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Summary Information
Germans in the United States Collection
1837-1937
Wis Mss HO
1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
A collection of manuscript materials, chiefly letters, obtained from various sources and relating to the general subject of German immigration to the United States, and particularly to Wisconsin. Half of the collection consists of exchanges between Joseph Schafer of the State Historical Society and Joseph von Scheben of the University of Bonn about a cooperative study of emigration from the Eifel district of Rhenish Prussia. The results of that project consist of German language transcripts of letters written in the United States to people in Germany; English translations are present for a few letters. Less than half of the project letters concern families for which some members settled in Wisconsin. Most thoroughly documented Wisconsin places are Calumet County, Milwaukee, and Sheboygan. Among the prominently noted surnames are Boger, Goebel, Grones, Hullen, Hutter, Karst, Klinkhammer, Leuthert, Metzen, Michels, Mies, Musseler, Niederhofen, Pitzen, Radermacher, Schaefer, and Schmitz. Practically all the material is in the German language, although there are sometimes accompanying translations for the more important items. The remainder of the collection consists of small groups of original and copied manuscripts collected by Schafer about German immigrants. About half concern families with ties to Wisconsin. A substantial number of these letters were mailed from Germany to the United States; only a few have been transcribed or translated.
German and English
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