Manfred Mayer-Zachart Collection

The Manfred Mayer-Zachart Collection documents the notable personal and professional activities of this physician, including his military service in World War I and his education and professional work. It also contains material on his family members. Among the papers are correspondence, photographs, research articles and drafts of his own writing.

Manfred Mayer-Zachart's relations with his family members, especially his parents and wife, are located in several areas of this collection. Series I contains his personal papers and correspondence. Among the correspondence are many letters to him from his family members and wife, much of it dating from the early 1930s. There are also childhood greetings to and from Manfred and his family members such as his parents and various aunts and uncles. The correspondence with his wife frequently mentions their immigration plans and the requirements to immigrate. Much of the later family correspondence is from his mother. Subseries 3 of Series I contains letters sent to him while he was in World War I. Related to the wartime letters are one folder of photographs and postcards, located in Series III, that depict Manfred and his fellow military members during the war as well as various places on the Western front. Family members are also among the many photographs of Series III, but the majority of these are unidentified, with the exception of Kate Mayer-Zachart, who was frequently photographed.

Papers that relate to Manfred Mayer-Zachart's medical career are located in Series II. Such papers include some educational papers, found in Subseries 1, including two notebooks of notes related to his earlier schooling, but also containing an anatomy notebook, his diploma and medical license. Professional correspondence makes up part of Subseries 2, along with other papers related to his medical practice, such as documentation from the public health insurance of Chemnitz, for whom he worked. Subseries 3 holds his records on patients, much of which are restricted, while Subseries 4 consists of many professional articles. Among these articles are some by Mayer-Zachart, including articles on charlatanism and health insurance. A few photographs of Manfred Mayer-Zachart as a physician with patients and medical staff are included among the photos of Series III.