Title: Louis P. Lochner Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1923-1956

Creator:

• Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 37

Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of author and journalist, Louis Lochner. Collection contains clippings, articles, reports, correspondence, and drafts and manuscripts of his various works.

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Language: English, German

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-lhmc0037

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Louis Paul Lochner was born on 22 February 1887 in Springfield, Illinois. He was educated at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1909. He worked as a secretary to Henry Ford, at the Milwaukee Free Press, and finally at the Associated Press Berlin Bureau. As a war correspondent he covered the field and made many German connections before he was interned in 1941 for about five months before being released during a prisoner exchange. In 1939, Lochner was the Pulitzer Prize Foreign Correspondent winner. He also wrote several books, translated children’s books, wrote for periodicals, was a lecturer, and was a news commentator on NBC. He died on 8 January 1975.

The collection includes biographical clippings, newspaper clippings, lectures, programs, periodical articles, reports, and correspondence. There are also book manuscripts and proof copies for Always the Unexpected (1956) and Tycoons and Tyrants (1954), proof sheets for Fritz Kreisler (1950), and three children’s books (Little Rag Picker, Neighbors at the Brook, and Wood Peasant’s Grandchild) written by Margarethe Lenk and translated by Louis Lochner. Some contents are written in German.

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

Lochner, Louis P., Papers, 1923-1956, Collection 37. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated beginning in 1954 by Louis Lochner. Materials were accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Inventory by Jeffrey K. Carlin-Bartel, Volunteer Archivist, 2013. Processed by Bob Jaeger, 2018.

	Always the Unexpected
Box   1 Folder   1	Draft, 1956
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Manuscripts, 1956
Box   1 Folder   4-5	Proofs, 1956
Box   2 Folder   1	Typed Copy, 1956
Box   2 Folder   2	Articles by Lochner, 1925-1954
Box   2 Folder   3	Children’s Books by Margarethe Lenk and Translated by Lochner, 1923, undated
Box   2 Folder   4	Clippings, 1927-1953
Box   2 Folder   5	Correspondence, 1950
Box   3 Folder   1	Fritz Kreisler, proofs, 1950
Box   3 Folder   2	Lectures in Germany, 1953
Box   3 Folder   3	Programs and Pamphlets, including passenger list for the Hindenburg, 1936-1953
Box   3 Folder   4	Report on German Journalists Organization, 1952
Box   3 Folder   5	Speeches, 1943, undated
	Tycoons and Tyrants
Box   3 Folder   6	Manuscript, 1954
Box   3 Folder   7	Proof Copy, 1954
Box   4 Folder   1	Typed Copy, 1954
Box   4 Folder   2	War Dispatches, 1940