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Wartburg History – General Historical Materials Collection

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Introduction

Abstract: Items relating to Wilhelm Loehe, the Fritschel Family, Otto Hardwig, Germany, Wartburg, and the general history of Wartburg College from 1861-2009.

Scope and Content Note

Extent: 13 boxes and 15 audiovisual items.

Physical Description: Paper documents, books, memorabilia, audiocassettes, and video recordings.

Dates: 1861-2009

Subjects: Fritschel Family, Otto Hardwig, Wilhem Loehe, Germany, Wartburg, and General History.

Related Material:

Wartburg History Collections

Administrative Information

Restrictions: No restrictions

Preferred Citation: [item title/description], [date]; General Historical Materials Collection; Wartburg College Archives, Waverly, Iowa.

Acquisition Information: Items collected by transfer and donation. Additional provenance unknown.

Processing Information: Processing completed by WG on 12/3/2018.

Biographical Sketch/Agency History

History:

Wilhelm Loehe – A missionary and pastor from Neuendettelsau, Germany, he helped set up several Lutheran Synods in the US. He sent Georg Grossmann to Saginaw, MI in 1852 to establish a seminary that would eventually be known as Wartburg College. Loehe and Grossman are credited with the founding of Wartburg college in 1852.

Fritschel Family – Sigmund Fritschel was one of the founding members, who was sent by Loehe to the US in 1854, of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa. He established the Latein Schule (Latin School) in Dubuque not long after what would be known as the Wartburg Theological Seminary was established as well. Sigmund’s brother, Gottfried, arrived in 1857 to assist Grossman in instruction. Children of the brothers would grow up to be students at the various early locations of the college and one, John, would become the president of the college in 1907.

Otto Hardwig –

Bibliography:

Ron Matthias. Still on the Move: Wartburg College 1852-2002. Cedar Rapids, IA: WDG Publishing, 2002.

Series Description

General History
Fritschel Family
William Loehe
Otto Hardwig
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Germany
Audiovisual

General History:

Contains various items pertaining to the general history of Wartburg College including, but not limited to; original constitution of Wartburg College, amendments and bylaws of constitution, publications from and about the college, items pertaining to the Becker family, and brochures for the college.
5 boxes (28 folders).
Unarranged.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
1	1	History	Andrew, Iowa- Teachers Seminary
1	2	History	Becker, Johannes
1	3	History	Becker Family
1	4	History	Bergstrasesser, Gerhard Director at Waverly 1905-1909
1	5	History	Brochures
1	6	History	Charts/Quizzes
1	7	History	Diamond Jubilee
1	8	History	Faculty Salaries	1923
1	9	History	German Contracts	1885-1919
1	10	History	German/English Language
1	11	History	Campus Close-Up	2/1961
1	12	History	The College that Hurdled the Clock	4/30/1955
1	13	History	"Wartburg College" from the Iowan	03/1956
1	14	History	Jungendblatt	08/1900
1	15	History	Wartburg College the New Look
1	16	History	Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa	c.1961
1	17	History	Resolution Establishing the Origin and Founding of Wartburg College	3/21/1949
1	18	History	Life Story of Friedrich Ernst Schoenbohm
1	19	History	School Colors and Nickname
1	20	History	Sterling, Nebraska
1	21	History	"Still on the Move" Notes
2	1	History	Amended and Substituted Bylaws	10/19/2001
2	2	History	Constitution- Wartburg College Teachers Seminary and Academy
2	3	History	Constitution for Small Colleges	c.1945
2	4	History	Constitution Revision 1952	1952
2	5	History	Articles of Incorporation	1962
2	6	History	By-laws of Wartburg College	1962-2001
2	7	History	Constitution of Wartburg College
7	1	History	Schack, Frederick Picture	1909, 1919
7	2	History	Schack, Frederick	1919, 1921, 1925, 1933, 1935
7	3	History	Schack, Frederick
8	1	History	Auguste Von Schwartz Concordia Historical Institute (Award) 1979	1978-1979
8	2	History	Schwartz, Auguste von Letter Translations from 1861	1861, 1977
8	3	History	Schwartz, Auguste von Obituary 1877 (photocopy)	1877
8	4	History	Schwartz, Auguste von Story in Wartburg Kalendar 1894	1877, 1894
8	5	History	Schwartz, Auguste von The Palimpsest Article November/December 1978	1978
9	1	History	Vandenberg, Helen	1932, 1942, 1958, 1964, 1967, 1975
9	2	History	Scrapbook
9	3	History	Activity Blue Book of Iowa Women	1949

Fritschel Family:

Biographical sketches, correspondence, and publications of various Fritschel family members.
1 box (25 folders).
Arranged by family member.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
3	1	Fritschel	Fritschel Family
3	2	Fritschel	Fritschel, Gottfried
3	3	Fritschel	Fritschel, Gottfried Citizenship Papers	4/17/1863
3	4	Fritschel	Traktat von der Gnadenwahl	1882
3	5	Fritschel	Wundt's American Doctoral Students	11/1991-2/1992
3	6	Fritschel	Fritschel, John
3	7	Fritschel	Fritschel, John 40th Anniversary Celebration	6/3/1925
3	8	Fritschel	Fritschel, John 50th Anniversary Celebration
3	9	Fritschel	Fritschel, Sigmund
3	10	Fritschel	Fritschel, Sigmund Correspondence
3	11	Fritschel	Welcome Poem by Students for Sigmund Fritschel
3	12	Fritschel	Die Christliche Ethik
3	13	Fritschel	Fritschel Brothers
3	14	Fritschel	Article form Lutheran Standard	3/20/1987
3	15	Fritschel	The Brothers Fritschel(1)
3	16	Fritschel	The Brothers Fritschel(2)
3	17	Fritschel	The Brothers Fritschel(3)
3	18	Fritschel	The Brothers Fritschel(4)
3	19	Fritschel	The Brothers Fritschel(5)
3	20	Fritschel	The Brothers Fritschel(Pamphlet)	5/24/1890
3	21	Fritschel	Deaths
3	22	Fritschel	Stammbaum der Familie Fritschel
3	23	Fritschel	Genealogy of the Fritschel Family 1624-1952	1952
3	24	Fritschel	Memoirs of Henry Eyster Jacobs	1938
3	25	Fritschel	Fritschel Family Reunion	5/23/1980-5/24/1980

William Loehe:

Publications about and by Loehe along with correspondence. Also contains some biographical material.
1 box (14 folders).
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
4	1	Loehe	Loehe	11/6/1946
4	2	Loehe	Article in Kirchenblatt	1/9/1932
4	3	Loehe	Copy of Baptismal Record
4	4	Loehe	Correspondence
4	5	Loehe	Correspondence of Wilhelm Loehe in American Repositories	4/10/1969
4	6	Loehe	Lutheran Immigrants in North America (Translation)
4	7	Loehe	Society for the Inner Mission of the Lutheran Church
4	8	Loehe	Wilhelm Löhe: Das Hohelied von der Kirche	1951
4	9	Loehe	Wilhelm Loehe and Liturgical Renewal
4	10	Loehe	Wilhelm Loehe and Wartburg Theological Seminary	4/11/1972
4	11	Loehe	Wilhelm Loehe
4	12	Loehe	Wilhelm Loehe and the Ohio Synod
4	13	Loehe	Review of James L. Shaaf's Paper
4	14	Loehe	Wilhelm Loehe, Disciple	7/13/2005

Otto Hardwig:

Correspondence from & to Otto Hardwig from 1934-1936.
1 box (14 folders).
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
5	1	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence 1934	1934
5	2	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence January 1935	1/1935
5	3	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence February 1935	2/1935
5	4	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence March 1935	3/1935
5	5	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence April 1935	4/1935
5	6	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence May 1935	5/1935
5	7	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence June 1935	6/1935
5	8	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence July 1935	7/1935
5	9	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence August 1935	8/1935
5	10	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence September 1935	9/1935
5	11	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence October 1935	10/1935
5	12	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence November 1935	11/1935
5	13	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence December 1935	12/1935
5	14	Hardwig	Hardwig, Otto Correspondence 1936	1936

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

Contains material related to the history of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Waverly, Iowa, particularly in relationship with August Englebrecht and Wartburg College. 1929-1946.
1 box.
Unarranged.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
6	1	St. Paul’s	Operating Expenses 1942	1942
6	2	St. Paul’s	Why Disturb Wartburg College in Its Work?
6	3	St. Paul’s	History of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Waverly, Iowa
6	4	St. Paul’s	Wartburg College and Waverly
6	5	St. Paul’s	Parish Hall Receipts
6	6	St. Paul’s	[T]ore Blätter über deren Entstehung und aus deren Geschichte Zum Goldenen Jubiläum
6	7	St. Paul’s	AL Commentator
6	8	St. Paul’s	Report of Committee II
6	9	St. Paul’s	Report on Lutheran World Action/ Report on Educational Appeal	2/26/1945-11/10/1945
6	10	St. Paul’s	Lutheran Children's Home	10/19/1944-7/7/1945
6	11	St. Paul’s	Waverly Development Study Committee	7/31/1944-9/15/1945
6	12	St. Paul’s	Moving Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Company	5/10/1944-5/31/1946
6	13	St. Paul’s	On the Location of the Midwestern College	5/16/1929-5/1/1946
6	14	St. Paul’s	Diamond Jubilee Advance Folder	1947
6	15	St. Paul’s	Reception and Treatment: When they Come Home, A Series on Rehabilitation of Service Men and Women
6	16	St. Paul’s	Second Biennial Convention of the American Lutheran Church	1934
6	17	St. Paul’s	Lutheran Standard	11/4/1944
6	18	St. Paul’s	Workers' Bulletin	10/16/1944-11/7/1944
6	19	St. Paul’s	E.G. Engelbrecht's Trip to Denison University	1945
6	20	St. Paul’s	Miscellaneous St. Paul's Church Materials

Germany:

Records regarding Eisenach, Germany and Wartburg/Wartburg Castle. Dates from 1901-2005.
4 boxes.
Arranged by content.

Container Listing

Box	Folder	Series	Content	Date
10	1	Germany	Eisenach- Commemorative Medals	1993, 1996
10	2	Germany	"Welcome to Eisenach"
10	3	Germany	Germany Map
10	4	Germany	Eisenach, Germany tourism material	2000
11	1	Germany	Luther Album (pictures)
11	2	Germany	Luther Festival October 30-November 13, 1983 (500th anniversary)	1983
11	3	Germany	Luther in Eisenach English and German Versions	1996
11	4	Germany	Luther unddie Luther- Gedenkstatten heute- ein Gesprach mit Prof. Dr. Thulin	1966
11	5	Germany	Lutheran heritage: Luther's life in brief
11	6	Germany	Postcards
11	7	Germany	Sketch Book	1975
11	8	Germany	Sketch Book
		Germany	Eine Feste Burg ist unser Gott print
12	1	Germany	Article in Wartburg review February 1967	2/1967
12	2	Germany	College/Castle Connection- picture President John Bachman and Bishop Ingo Braecklein 1973	1973, 2000
12	3	Germany	Color oil painting by Thelma Richardson	1999
12	4	Germany	History	2005
12	5	Germany	Memento from 925 years
12	6	Germany	Newspaper Clippings
12	7	Germany	Note Cards
12	8	Germany	Pennant
12	9	Germany	Picture postcard album
12	10	Germany	Photograph Album- Marie von Cranach Dec 1901	1901, 1968
12	11	Germany	Signing Ceremony Agreement of Cooperation Wartburg College and Wartburg Castle Foundation	10/14/1999
12	12	Germany	Sister City	1992-1994, 1997
12	13	Germany	Tourist brochures	1975
12	14	Germany	Die Wartburg/Zwolf Kunstblatter
12	15	Germany	Die Wartburg bei Eisenach Instructions for building model of castle
13	1	Germany	Die Wartburg Messe	10/6/1994

Audiovisual

Contains Audiovisual Material regarding general history, and family history from 1985-2001.
15 items.
Arranged by location and date.

Container Listing

Format	Series	Content	Date
Audiocassette	A/V	G. Ottersberg, Wartburg History, Copy 1	10/8/1980
Audiocassette	A/V	G. Ottersberg, Wartburg History, Copy 2	10/8/1980
Audiocassette	A/V	Wartburg History Interview with Joy Bowden	5/10/1985
VHS	A/V	The Wartburg Castle and Other Castles of Europe
Audiocassette	A/V	Fritschel Family History, Copy 1	5/24/1980
Audiocassette	A/V	Fritschel Family History, Copy 2	5/24/1980
DVM60	A/V	Eisenach, Germany
DVM60	A/V	Neuendettelsau, Germany, Copy 1	5/3/2001
VHS	A/V	Eisenach, Germany, Copy 1	4/29/2001-4/30/2001
VHS	A/V	Eisenach, Germany, Copy 2	4/29/2001-4/30/2001
VHS	A/V	Eisenach, Germany, Copy 3	4/29/2001-4/30/2001
VHS	A/V	Neuendettelsau, Germany	5/3/2001
VHS	A/V	Neuendettelsau, Germany, Copy 2	5/3/2001
VHS	A/V	Neuendettelsau, Germany, Copy 3	5/3/2001
CD	A/V	Waverly Historic Photo Collection	2009

Other Finding Aids

None.