E.G. Luening Scrapbooks and Family Papers, circa 1881-1942
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Title: E.G. Luening Scrapbooks and Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: circa 1881-1942

Creators:
  • Luening, E. G. (Edwin Garfield)
  • Luening, D. C. (Diedrich Christian)
Call Number: M2004-017

Quantity: 1.0 cubic foot (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Five scrapbooks of photographs, correspondence, and news clippings, the bulk of which document the life of E. G. Luening, including his schooling, his association with the Milwaukee Rowing Club, and his work as a school principal at the Neeskara school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A Masonic yearbook of Luening’s is also included as are two works in German published by his father, D.C. Luening: an autobiography and a collection of poems and eulogies. D.C. Luening was a professor, lawyer, educator and school principal. Born in Amsterdam, he came to Milwaukee in 1864 and later founded the Phonological Institute and became the principal educator at the city’s Second District Primary, Second District, Tenth District No. 2, and the Ninth Street schools.

Language: English, German

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2004017
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