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(Scanned images from the MKI Archives)

German-American Financial Institutions

Additional examples of various German-American documents can be found in the
Frautschi Letters Virtual Archive ( http://csumc.wisc.edu/FLVA/FLVAhomed.html)
and within the section on Jakob Sternberger (http://mki.wisc.edu/Resources/Archival_Images/Sternberger/Sternberger_index.htm)

1. German-American immigration

1.1. Immigration Advice Books
1.1.1. Ratgeber für Auswanderungslustige, 1846 (11 images + 1 transcription)
1.1.2. Handbuch für Einwanderer, published in Wisconsin, 1895 (1 image) [This item at Wisconsin Historical Society, not MKI]
1.1.3. Taschenbuch für Einwanderer, published in 1924 by the National-Gesellschaft der Töchter der Amerikanischen Revolution (6 images + transcriptions)

1.2. Passports
1.2.1. Deutsches Reich, 1928 (5 images)
1.2.2. Königreich Wuerttemberg (4 images + 1 transcription)
1.2.3. Jakob Sternberger's Reisepass, Böhmen, 1840 [Transcription]

1.3. Immigration Documents
1.3.1. Certificate of Citizenship, 1943 (1 image)
1.3.2. Certificate of Naturalization, 1906 (1 image)
1.3.3. Application for Admission to Canada, North German Lloyd Canada Services, early 20th century [not filled out] (1 image)

2. Advice Books

2.1 General Advice Books
2.1.1. Der Praktische Rathgeber, late 1870s (21 images + transcriptions)

2.2. Language, Dictionaries, etc.
2.2.1. Amerikanischer Dolmetscher, Philadephia, n.d. (15 images)

2.3. Health, Healthcare, and Beauty
2.3.1. Dr. Ward's Wegweiser, 1898 (5 images + transcriptions)
2.3.2. Dr. Chase's Recept-Buch und Haus-Arzt, 1915 (3 images)

2.4. Business and Law
2.4.1. Der Geschäftsführer, 1894 (26 images + transcriptions)

2.5 Courtship and Marriage
2.5.1. Familienglück [Advice for those seeking to marry], Columbus, OH, 1905 (1 image)

3. Cookbooks and Recipes

3.1. Recipes from Praktisches Kochbuch für die Deutschen in Amerika, by Henriette Davidis. Milwaukee: Brumder, 1879.
3.2. Advertisements from a German-American Cookbook

4. German-American Schools

4.1. Report Card, Ev.-Luth. Friedensschule, Menomonie, WI, 1907 (1 image)
4.2. Report Card, National German-American Teachers Seminary, Milwaukee, WI, 1914 (1 image)
4.3. Krone's Deutsche Schul-Vorschriften, Irma Bublitz, Nov. 17, 1900
4.4. Witter's Deutsch-Englische Schreib- und Lese-Fibel und Neues Erstes Lesebuch, 1904 (48 images)

5. German-American Financial Institutions

5.1. Taschen Conto Buch, Fountain City, WI, 1877 (1 image)

6. Family Photos

6.1. Family photos (3 images)
6.2. Wedding pictures (6 images)
6.3. Voss photo album (16 images)

7. Letters and Old German Script

8. Church and Religion

8.1 Taufbrief

9. Jakob Sternberger Collection

10. Community / Societies

10.1 Stammtisch, Cafe Martini, Milwaukee, 1920

11. Autograph Books

11.1 “Dies schrieb Dir zur Erinnerung. . .” From Album Amicorum to Autograph Book

12. Miscellaneous

12. 1 "On Wisconsin" (Festlied der Universität Wisconsin) in German

Contact
Educators with comments or questions are encouraged to contact Antje Petty, Assistant Director and Educational Outreach Specialist at the Max Kade Institute, at apetty@wisc.edu or (608)262-7546.

Friends of the MKI: K-12 Educators' fee
K-12 educators are eligible to join the Friends of the MKI at the special rate of $20/year. Please contact Antje Petty at apetty@wisc.edu or (608) 262-7546 for details.


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