LibGuides: Wartburg College Archives: Gustav J. Neumann

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Faculty – Gustav J. Neumann Collection

Preface

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Introduction

Abstract: This collection consists of writings and works of Gustav Neumann, who was a published author and English professor at Wartburg College. Gustav was also the father to Edwin, for whom the current auditorium is named. Gustav Neumann was a very religious man with a long teaching career at the collegiate level (more than 50 years).

Scope and Content Note

Extent: 39 boxes (approximately 15 linear feet).

Physical Description: Composition books, bound notebooks, and papers.

Dates: 1921-1965 (also includes much undated material)

Subjects: English, Poetry, Writings, Professor, Neumann

Related Material:

Edwin Neumann Collection

Administrative Information

Restrictions: None.

Preferred Citation: [item title/description], [date]; Gustav Neumann Collection; Wartburg College Archives, Waverly, Iowa.

Acquisition Information: Donation; provenance unknown.

Processing Information: Processing completed by JSM on December 11, 2017.

Biographical History

History: Gustav Neumann was born in 1888 in Eldorado, Iowa, as the youngest of five children. For college, Neumann studied at Wartburg College in Clinton, Iowa. After graduating, he attending the University of Berlin. He taught German at the University of Iowa, and later returned to Wartburg to teach in 1910. While teaching, he married and had two sons. He worked at Wartburg for 54 years and received two honorary degrees during that time: one from Capital University and one from Wartburg. Gustav Neumann published eight books during his career. He died in 1965.

Bibliography:

Neumann, G. J., Little Songs. Edited by Margaret Wolff Garland. Waverly, IA: Wartburg College, 1980.

Series Descriptions

Composition Books
Notebooks
Poetry
Collected Works
Parables
Children’s Stories
Miscellaneous
Personal Information

Composition Books:

Collection of Gustav Neumann’s Composition books where he wrote poems, limericks, and other material. No dates.
13 boxes.
Arranged numerically by number of the composition book assigned by creator (Neumann).

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
1	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 2-5
1	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 6-10
1	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 11-15
2	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 16-20
2	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 21-25
2	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 26-30
3	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 31-35
3	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 36-40
3	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 41-45
4	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 46-50
4	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 51-55
4	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 56-60
5	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 61-65
5	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 66-70
5	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 71-75
6	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 76-80
6	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 81-85
6	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 86-90
7	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 91-95
7	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 96-100
7	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 101-105
8	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 106-110
8	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 111-115
8	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 116-120
9	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 121-125
9	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 126-130
10	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 131-135
10	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 136-140
11	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 141-145
11	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 146-150
11	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 151-155
12	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 156-160
12	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 161-165
13	1	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 166-167
13	2	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 169-170
13	3	Composition Books	Composition books numbers 173

Notebooks:

Collection of Gustav Neumann’s notebooks where he wrote poems, limericks, and other material.
2 boxes.
Arranged numerically by number of the notebook assigned by creator (Neumann).

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
14	N/a	Notebooks	Handwritten notebooks numbered 168, 171, 172, 174, 177, and a Record book with handwritten pieces.
15	N/a	Notebooks	Two small notebooks, one black with crossed out writing and one red with handwritten notes. A black notebook with loose pieces of paper of writings and a gray/green notebook with typed and handwritten Christmas Stories.

Gustav J. Neumann- Poetry

Poetry

Poetry – Adult, Titled:

Collection of Gustav Neumann’s poems from a wide array of subjects that Neumann had titled when composing.
2.2 boxes.
Arranged alphabetically by first letter of poem title.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
16	3	Adult, Titled	Adult Humorous Poem Titled D-T
16	6	Adult, Titled	Adult Secular Poems Titled A-Y
17	1	Adult, Titled	“A-Lippity-Lip” through “By The Way--”
17	2	Adult, Titled	“Cain’t Nobody Help Like De Lord” through “Gwine to Walk in De Golden Zion”
17	3	Adult, Titled	“Haricut” through “I’ve Been Reading”
18	1	Adult, Titled	“Jan Kebulick—His Bow” through “The Nurse”
18	2	Adult, Titled	“O Beloved” through “The Quiet Life”
18	3	Adult, Titled	“The Rabbit Trap” through “The Shood”
18	4	Adult, Titled	“Take Comfort my Soul” through “Youth’s Song

Poetry – Adult, Untitled:

Collection of Gustav Neumann’s poems on a wide array of subjects that Neumann did not title when composing.
5.6 boxes.
Arranged in alphabetical order based on the first word of the poem.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
16	1	Adult, Untitled	Adult Humorous Poems Untitled A-Y
16	2	Adult, Untitled	Untitled folder
16	7	Adult, Untitled	Adult Secular Poems Untitled A-M
16	8	Adult, Untitled	Adult Secular Poems Untitled N-Y
16	9	Adult, Untitled	Miscellaneous Poems
19	1	Adult, Untitled	“About Her was an Atmosphere” to “Awake, Oh Sluggard”
19	2	Adult, Untitled	“Babe in the manger” to “By two tiny chinks of eyes”
19	3	Adult, Untitled	“Call me, as robin calls” to “Dwelling among the blue”
19	4	Adult, Untitled	“Each bed and bush” to “Furled pinions in the nest”
20	1	Adult, Untitled	“Gauge the large blessing” to “His Strength is in my Faith”
20	2	Adult, Untitled	“I humbly pray: may God” to “Lying on the Woody Slope”
20	3	Adult, Untitled	“A maid that lost her chastity” to “A nuzzling kitten, gossamer blown”
21	1	Adult, Untitled	“O armed stars of beauty bright” to “Over the trees a spire”
21	2	Adult, Untitled	“A page whereon no thing is writ” to “Running robin, hopping jay”
21	3	Adult, Untitled	“Sad voices still repeat” to “Sweeting of the red lip”
22	1	Adult, Untitled	“Take my hand” to “A voice in the silence spake”
23	1	Adult, Untitled	“Was it a dream” to “Wide is the garden”
23	2	Adult, Untitled	“Wild bird in the white” to “A young man stands at the window”

Poetry - Limericks:

Collection of Gustav Neumann’s limericks on a variety of topics.
2 boxes.
Arranged in numerical order, based on a number assigned by creator (Neumann).

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
24	1	Limericks	Limericks numbered 1 through 500
24	2	Limericks	Limericks numbered 501 through 1000
24	3	Limericks	Limericks numbered 1001 through 1500
24	4	Limericks	Limericks numbered 1501 through 2000
24	5	Limericks	Limericks numbered 2001 through 2500
24	6	Limericks	Limericks numbered 2501 through 3000
24	7	Limericks	Limericks numbered 3001 through 500
25	1	Limericks	Limericks numbered 3501 through 4000
25	2	Limericks	Limericks numbered 4001 through 4500
25	3	Limericks	Limericks numbered 4501 through 5000
25	4	Limericks	Limericks numbered 5001 through 5320

Poetry – Children’s:

Collection of Gustav Neumann’s poetry written for children.
3 boxes.
Boxes 26 and 27 are arranged alphabetically by first letter of poem title, followed by box 28, which is arranged numerically by a number assigned by the creator of the poem (Neumann).

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
26	1	Children	“A-diddle, a-daddle” to “Away out West”
26	2	Children	“The B-B Gun” to “Bye-Libby-Low”
26	3	Children	“The calendar” to “The Curly-Whorly Snail”
26	4	Children	“Daddy and I” to “Dunking”
26	5	Children	“Early April” to “The Fuzzy-Wuzzy Fog”
26	6	Children	“Gabble, Gabble, Gooey,” to the Gypsy Wind”
26	7	Children	“Hallowe’en” to “Hurrah! Hurrah!”
26	8	Children	“I ask myself” to “I’ve Wished and Wished”
26	9	Children	“Jack Frost” to “King, Klang”
26	10	Children	“The lady” to “Lying so still”
26	11	Children	“Magic” to “A Mystery”
26	12	Children	“The Naughty Ball” to “Nuts”
26	13	Children	“O Danny Dandelion” to “Overseas”
26	14	Children	“Paddy the Dunce” to “Puzzle”
27	1	Children	“The Queen’s Lunch” to “The Runaway”
27	2	Children	“Sad Tale” to “Sympathy”
27	3	Children	“Tadpole” to “Two Little Stars”
27	4	Children	“Unafraid” to “Voices”
27	5	Children	“Wagon Tongue” to “The Zoo”
28	1	Children	Poems 3-97: “O What’ll I Do?” to “Thoughts on a Star”
28	2	Children	Poems 104-193: “Can’t Tell you Now” to “Bed Time”
28	3	Children	Poems 203-298: “Daddy’s Wish” to “One Morning”
28	4	Children	Poems 300-398: “My Other Self” to “Tasks”
28	5	Children	Poem 473: “I Wish I Had A Shining Name”
28	6	Children	Poems 516-591: “Sad and Lone” to “The Best Teacher”
28	7	Children	Poems 602-697: “White Smoke” to “Saturday”
28	8	Children	Poems 700-797: “Question Box” to “B-E-D”
28	9	Children	Poems 800-899: “The Death of Baldur” to “Doing my Duty”
28	10	Children	Poems 900-955: “Late March” to “Child’s Vision”
28	11	Children	Poems 1000-1094: “What do you think?” to “The Green Goblet”
28	12	Children	Poems 1103-1198: “Our Old Clock” to “If”
28	13	Children	Poems 1202-1299: “To the Weather-Man” to “Counting Out”
28	14	Children	Poems 1311-1352: “The Neighbor Man” to “Surprise”
28	15	Children	Unnumbered Titles A-W: “A Secret” to “Wind and Water”

Poetry - Religious:

Collection of Gustav Neumann’s poetry about Religion, mostly Christianity.
2.2 boxes
Arranged by category/subject and thereunder alphabetically by title. Box 30 is arranged by Christian holiday in relation to the calendar year, beginning on January 1.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
16	4	Religious	Adult Religious Untitled A-W
16	5	Religious	Adult Religious Titled A-Y
29	1	Religious	Copy of the Golden Story Handwritten
29	2	Religious	The Golden Story in a typed copy with notes made on it.
29	3	Religious	The Golden Story Typed without notes
29	4	Religious	Christmas Poetry Class I: “Coin into my Heart” to “Who is his Host?
29	5	Religious	Christmas Poetry Class II (A-O): “Again the Bells” to “Over at Last”
29	6	Religious	Christmas Poetry Class II (P-W): “Peace on Earth” to “With the Shepherds”
29	7	Religious	Christmas Poetry Class II (Untitled): “Babe in the Manger” to “Whistle, oh winds,”
29	8	Religious	Religious Poetry (A-W): “After Breakfast” to “Wings over Jordan”
29	9	Religious	Handwritten Religious Poetry: “After Breakfast” to “Wuigo”
30	1	Religious	Poetry about New Years
30	2	Religious	Poetry about Epiphany
30	3	Religious	Poetry about Ash Wednesday
30	4	Religious	Poetry about Invocavit
30	5	Religious	Poetry about Reminiscere
30	6	Religious	Poetry about Oculi
30	7	Religious	Poetry about Laetare
30	8	Religious	Poetry about Judicia
30	9	Religious	Poetry about Quinquagesima
30	10	Religious	Poetry about Septuagesima
30	11	Religious	Poetry about Sexagesima
30	12	Religious	Poetry about Palm Sunday
30	13	Religious	Poetry about Maundy Thursday
30	14	Religious	Poetry about Good Friday
30	15	Religious	Poetry about Easter
30	16	Religious	Poetry about Easter Monday
30	17	Religious	Poetry about Quasimodogenti
30	18	Religious	Poetry about Misericordias
30	19	Religious	Poetry about Jubilate
30	20	Religious	Poetry about Contate
30	21	Religious	Poetry about Rogate
30	22	Religious	Poetry about Ascension Day
30	23	Religious	Poetry about Exaudi
30	24	Religious	Poetry about Whitsunday
30	25	Religious	Poetry about Whitmonday
30	26	Religious	Poetry about Trinity Sunday to week 19
30	27	Religious	Poetry about Trinity Sunday weeks 20-29
30	28	Religious	Poetry about the Reformation
30	29	Religious	Poetry about Thanksgiving
30	30	Religious	Poetry about Advent Poetry
30	31	Religious	Poetry about Christmas
30	32	Religious	Christmas Poetry (A-L): “Above the Star” to “Lullaby at the Manger”
30	33	Religious	Christmas Poetry (M-Z): “Manger Scene” to “You and I”
30	34	Religious	Christmas Papers (A-L): “Advent” to “Low is the Door”
30	35	Religious	Christmas Papers (M-Z): “Many Thanks” to “Wonder without End”

Collected Works:

Collected (bound and published) works by Gustav Neumann.
1 box.
Arranged numerically by assigned number.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
31	1	Collected Works	Collected works with notes
31	2	Collected Works	Collected works #2
31	3	Collected Works	Collected works #3
31	4	Collected Works	Collected works #4
31	5	Collected Works	Collected works #5
31	6	Collected Works	Collected works #6
31	7	Collected Works	Collected works #7
31	8	Collected Works	Collected works #8
31	9	Collected Works	Grouping of some of Neumann’s published works

Parables:

Collection of Gustav Neumann’s three books of parables.
1 box.
Arranged alphabetically by title of work.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
32	N/A	Parables	Three books of Neumann’s printed Parables: The Kingdom of God, The Kingdom of God, and The Kingdom of Heaven

Children’s Stories:

Short stories written by Gustav Neumann for young audiences.
3 boxes.
Arranged numerically by number assigned by creator (Neumann), although contents are listed by title of story.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
33	1	Children’s Stories	List of Stories—Numerical and alphabetical
33	2	Children’s Stories	Program 17 (Introduction to how Neumann began writing children’s stories)	3/3/1953
33	3	Children’s Stories	Editing Notes and Others (Notes and other papers relating to the children’s stories)
33	4	Children’s Stories	“The Little Road that Got Lost”
33	5	Children’s Stories	“Jonny Talker”
33	6	Children’s Stories	“What Little Dusty, the Bookworm, Found”
33	7	Children’s Stories	“Nippity-Nip and the Merry-Go-Round
33	8	Children’s Stories	“The Ball that Wouldn’t Stop Rolling”
33	9	Children’s Stories	“Tippy, Tippy Table”
33	10	Children’s Stories	“Mr. Blue Jay and the Seven Angleworms”
33	11	Children’s Stories	“The Robin that Stood on His Head”
33	12	Children’s Stories	“Willie, the Wind, and the Hookie Bird”
33	13	Children’s Stories	“The Door that Walked Away”
33	14	Children’s Stories	“Billy-Who and the Picture Frame”
33	15	Children’s Stories	“The Tree that Wouldn’t Stop Growing”
33	16	Children’s Stories	“Winnie Jo and the Dream Shadow”
33	17	Children’s Stories	“And a Fish Fell in Love with a Star”
33	18	Children’s Stories	“Wonder Jack”
33	19	Children’s Stories	“The Book and the Ladybird”
33	20	Children’s Stories	“Billy Breeze and the Scarecrows”
33	21	Children’s Stories	“The Moon and the New Stepladder”
33	22	Children’s Stories	“The Cat in the Bird Cage”
33	23	Children’s Stories	‘The Lickity Spoon and the Ladle”
33	24	Children’s Stories	“When the Man Fell out of the Moon”
33	25	Children’s Stories	“The Bear and the Hole in His Pocket”
33	26	Children’s Stories	“The Cat with a Corn”
33	27	Children’s Stories	“The Floor that Got it Wanted”
33	28	Children’s Stories	“Calf and the Cowslip”
33	29	Children’s Stories	“The Toad and the Tantrum”
33	30	Children’s Stories	“Linkum Lankurm and the Turtle Soup”
33	31	Children’s Stories	“The Little Round Hole in the Telephone Pole”
33	32	Children’s Stories	“The Wagon Without any Wheels”
33	33	Children’s Stories	“The Bobber that Got Away”
33	34	Children’s Stories	“Billy—Go Down”
33	35	Children’s Stories	“The Hoppity Hoe and his Helper”
33	36	Children’s Stories	“The Clucking Hen and the Golf Ball”
33	37	Children’s Stories	“The Cat and the Cat bird”
33	38	Children’s Stories	“Upsy-Dupsy”
33	39	Children’s Stories	“And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon”
33	40	Children’s Stories	“The Ant and the Rainbow”
33	41	Children’s Stories	“The Feathers that Flew to the Woods”
33	42	Children’s Stories	“The Doll that Fell out of the Window”
33	43	Children’s Stories	“the Man in the Moon and the Cowbird”
33	44	Children’s Stories	“The Fox, the Wind, and the Rooster”
33	45	Children’s Stories	“The Runaway”
33	46	Children’s Stories	“The Mice and the Overcoat”
33	47	Children’s Stories	“Humpty-Dumpty”
33	48	Children’s Stories	“’Ha-ha!’ Laughed the Looking Glass”
33	49	Children’s Stories	“The Happy Sand Bar”
33	50	Children’s Stories	“Bushy Lends a Hand”
33	51	Children’s Stories	“How the Gopher got his Pockets”
33	52	Children’s Stories	“The Bee with the Tender Heart”
33	53	Children’s Stories	“Dr. Toad and the Toothache”
34	1	Children’s Stories	List of Stories numerical and alphabetical
34	2	Children’s Stories	“The Queen and the Kimbo Cup”
34	3	Children’s Stories	“Little Billy Big-Ear”
34	4	Children’s Stories	“The Prince Who Couldn’t Say Swallow”
34	5	Children’s Stories	“The Stick and the Star”
34	6	Children’s Stories	“The Slip Slip Slippers”
34	7	Children’s Stories	“The Little Brown Leaf that Stayed”
34	8	Children’s Stories	“The Corner that Turned Around”
34	9	Children’s Stories	“The Bridge that Sailed Away”
34	10	Children’s Stories	“When the Wind was Put in the Calaboose”
34	11	Children’s Stories	“The Ladybug Under the Lamp”
34	12	Children’s Stories	“The Broom and the Golden Day”
34	13	Children’s Stories	“The Cat and the Caterpillar”
34	14	Children’s Stories	“The King and the Pipes”
34	15	Children’s Stories	“The Pine that was Bound to Know”
34	16	Children’s Stories	“The Wheel that Wouldn’t Go Round”
34	17	Children’s Stories	“Billy Beetle and the Dipper”
34	18	Children’s Stories	“The robin that Couldn’t Take off his Hat”
34	19	Children’s Stories	“Johnny and his Shadow”
34	20	Children’s Stories	“Margie and the Little Pink Fish”
34	21	Children’s Stories	“Fairy Pie”
34	22	Children’s Stories	“The Little White Cloud that Got Stuck”
34	23	Children’s Stories	“The Little Girl that Hadn’t a Curl”
34	24	Children’s Stories	“The Birds and the Telephone Wire”
34	25	Children’s Stories	“The Elm and the Orioles”
34	26	Children’s Stories	“The Ring and the Robbins”
34	27	Children’s Stories	“Little One Eye”
34	28	Children’s Stories	“The Willow that Waited Too Long”
34	29	Children’s Stories	“The Billy goat and the Bumblebee”
34	30	Children’s Stories	“The Clock with the Dirty Face”
34	31	Children’s Stories	“The Hat with the Peacock Feather”
34	32	Children’s Stories	“The Duck and the Doodle”
34	33	Children’s Stories	“Hippity-Hop and Haw-Haw”
34	34	Children’s Stories	“The River that Ran Uphill”
34	35	Children’s Stories	“The Little Tin Man who Talked”
34	36	Children’s Stories	“The Jolly Rhinoceros”
34	37	Children’s Stories	“The Dancing Table”
34	38	Children’s Stories	“Puck and the Owl”
34	39	Children’s Stories	“Klickity-Klee, The Merry Gnome”
34	40	Children’s Stories	“The Tall Tale of the Table Fork”
34	41	Children’s Stories	“The Cup and the Mouse”
34	42	Children’s Stories	“Monkeyshines”
34	43	Children’s Stories	“The Hole in the Hill”
34	44	Children’s Stories	“The Story that Told Itself”
34	45	Children’s Stories	“Nibble-Nibble-Nosy”
34	46	Children’s Stories	“The Wandering Flames”
34	47	Children’s Stories	“The Little Boy that Wouldn’t”
34	48	Children’s Stories	“That Cats’ Whiskers”
34	49	Children’s Stories	“Slippity Sloo”
34	50	Children’s Stories	“The Bell that Wouldn’t be Merry”
35	1	Children’s Stories	List of Stories numerical and alphabetical
35	2	Children’s Stories	“Old Man Chimney”
35	3	Children’s Stories	“The Candle that Burns Forever”
35	4	Children’s Stories	“Ears and Tails”
35	5	Children’s Stories	“A Hundred Foxes”
35	6	Children’s Stories	“Too Many Mice”
35	7	Children’s Stories	“April Fool”
35	8	Children’s Stories	“The Ring that Wouldn’t be Beaten”
35	9	Children’s Stories	“The Giant’s Boots”
35	10	Children’s Stories	“Jimmy Bold and the Robins”
35	11	Children’s Stories	“The Kite that Couldn’t Help Laughing”
35	12	Children’s Stories	“Sniggle and the Stupid Gophers”
35	13	Children’s Stories	“The Day of the Sudden Night”
35	14	Children’s Stories	“One and a Half Dozen”
35	15	Children’s Stories	“The Stairway the Climbed to Heaven”
35	16	Children’s Stories	“The Mouse, the Man in the Moon, and the Miser”
35	17	Children’s Stories	“The Bed and the Now Wall Paper”
35	18	Children’s Stories	“Fuzzy-Wuzzy”
35	19	Children’s Stories	“The Tree that Wouldn’t be Kind”
35	20	Children’s Stories	“The Piggy Whose Tail Wouldn’t Curl”
35	21	Children’s Stories	“How the Moon Came to Live in the Moon”
35	22	Children’s Stories	“The King’s Crown and the Lucky Jester”
35	23	Children’s Stories	“The Thief and the Poor Tailor”
35	24	Children’s Stories	“The Birds and the Lost Balloon”
35	25	Children’s Stories	“The Naughty Key”
35	26	Children’s Stories	“The Man with the Copper Nose”
35	27	Children’s Stories	“The Hands that Will Never Part”
35	28	Children’s Stories	“The Man with the Wonderful Beard”
35	29	Children’s Stories	“The Cuckoo that Wouldn’t Come Out”
35	30	Children’s Stories	“Zilly Zoo”

Miscellaneous:

Miscellaneous writings by Gustav Neumann and other related materials.
3 boxes.
Arrangement retained from previous archival processing project.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
36	1	Miscellaneous	Paper: Wuthering Heights and Ethan Frome
36	2	Miscellaneous	Prayers (handwritten)
36	3	Miscellaneous	“Last Pages of Writing in Hospital”
36	4	Miscellaneous	“The Stranger”
36	5	Miscellaneous	“Prayers on Illness and on Regaining Health”
36	6	Miscellaneous	“The Man with the Apron”
36	7	Miscellaneous	“Series of Hymns for Church Year” #1
36	8	Miscellaneous	“Series of Hymns for Church Year” #2
36	9	Miscellaneous	Convocation (Gustav Neumann)
36	10	Miscellaneous	Various letters and pieces of writing that are incomplete or do not fit in any other folder
37	1	Miscellaneous	Christmas Lyrics (Gustav Neumann)
37	2	Miscellaneous	Various poems organized by date.
37	3	Miscellaneous	Composition Book 40
37	4	Miscellaneous	Prayer Series
37	5	Miscellaneous	Printings of the Lord’s Prayer
37	6	Miscellaneous	Special Days in the Church Calendar
37	7	Miscellaneous	Hymns for Special Days in the Church Calendar
37	8	Miscellaneous	Prayers for Special Days
37	9	Miscellaneous	Morning Prayers
37	10	Miscellaneous	Poetry Published Works (Gustav Neumann)
38	1	Miscellaneous	M.G.R. Manuscript – possibly written by Gustav Neumann
38	2	Miscellaneous	Dated Children’s Poetry
38	3	Miscellaneous	The Golden Prayer (Gustav Neumann)
38	4	Miscellaneous	Excerpts of short stories by Neumann
38	5	Miscellaneous	Poetry with Illustrations
38	6	Miscellaneous	“The Kingdom of God: A Little Book of Parables” (early draft)
38	7	Miscellaneous	“Evening Prayer”
38	8	Miscellaneous	Illustrations for some of Neumann’s writings created by Doretta Ensign
	Audio Reel	Miscellaneous	Gustav Neumann reads Alfred, Lord Tennyson “Lady of Shalott,” “Dora,” and “The Revenge”

Personal Information:

Materials related to Neumann’s life and career.
1 box.
Arrangement retained from previous archival processing project.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
39	1	Personal	“An American Student...” (A story about a college student who is looking at America)
39	2	Personal	The hymnal “Awake, my soul, from slumber! Hearken, O Lord, and give ear”
39	3	Personal	Excerpts noting books by Neumann
39	4	Personal	Certificate of Appreciation from the American Lutheran Church
39	5	Personal	Pamphlets from Christmas services by Sunday schools
39	6	Personal	Obituary for Gustav Neumann’s wife
39	7	Personal	Information on Gustav’s son, Edwin Neumann
39	8	Personal	Press release celebrating Neumann’s fiftieth year of college teaching	1959
39	9	Personal	Excerpt from a Lutheran printing celebrating Neumann’s fifty years of teaching
39	10	Personal	Memorial Service/Funeral information
39	11	Personal	Tribute given at funeral by Gerhard Ottersberg.
39	12	Personal	Newspaper Clippings
39	13	Personal	Selective Service Registration Certificate	4/27/1942
39	14	Personal	“Spirit of a College” (by Ted Heinecken about Neumann and his Wartburg College Spirit)
39	15	Personal	Correspondence
39	16	Personal	Correspondence from Olaf Lysnes to Gustav Neumann

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