Summary Information
Ruth Kriehn Papers 1897-1989
Local History Manuscript Collection 363
- 2.2 cubic ft. (7 boxes)
- 1 oversize folder
Milwaukee Public Library (Map)
Ruth Kriehn was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin author and
historian. This collection contains her research for her 1988 book, The Fisherfolk of Jones Island.
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English, German, Polish
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Biography/History
Ruth Louise Kriehn (1914–2007) was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin –
Milwaukee, teaching human kinetics, modern dance and exercise from 1952 to 1979.
Notably, she lived and studied modern dance under famed dancer Mary Wigman in
Berlin, Germany from 1951 to 1952. Kriehn passed away in 2007, at the age of 92.
Kriehn earned a Master’s degree in History from the University of Wisconsin – Madison
prior to her study of modern dance, and continued to be interested in history
throughout her career. Upon retirement from UW – Milwaukee, Kriehn began researching
her family history, which had inhabited the small fishing village of Jones Island
years before. After seven years of research, Kriehn published The Fisherfolk of
Jones Island in 1988. Kriehn’s book details the history of the settlement of Jones
Island (which was not an island but rather a peninsula) from the early 1800s until
modern times.
Scope and Content Note
This collection exclusively covers Ruth Kriehn’s research for her 1988 book, The Fisherfolk of Jones Island. The majority of
materials originate during the roughly seven years Kriehn spent researching for the
book. However, this collection contains many photographs or copies of older
photographs or other visual materials dating from roughly 1890 to 1944.
Series 1 is about specific histories for important families which inhabited Jones
Island. Each of these histories includes written information and photographs for
each family covered. Series 2 focuses on Kriehn’s family history and contains
notebooks on the European history of the Kriehn family, including one of Kriehn’s
family members who worked as a maid in Berlin during the late 19th century. Series 3
contains photographs, sketches, ephemera and newspaper clippings of Jones Island,
Milwaukee, fishing, people, recreation, and saloons. Series 4 contains several books
relating to Kriehn’s topics of research on Jones Islanders as well as a published
copy of The Fisherfolk of Jones Island. Also included are correspondence and a map
of the northern tip of Jones Island circa 1897.
Arrangement of the Materials
The collection is arranged into the following series: - Family Histories,
Jones Island, circa 1988
- Family Histories,
Kriehn family, 1951-1988
- Photographs,
1987-1988
- Books, Articles
and Correspondence, 1897-1989
These series are arranged alphabetically except for series 4, which is at the end
because of larger material type. Series 1, 2 and part of 3 were originally organized
into spiral bound notebooks. The notebooks were dismantled, pages sleeved for
preservation and organized alphabetically by title of notebook within each
series.
Preferred Citation
Kriehn, Ruth, Papers, 1897-1989, Collection 363. Local History Manuscript
Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Related Material in the Milwaukee Public Library
Archival Collections
Publications and Other Items
The Fisherfolk of Jones Island
Map Showing Jones Island
The People Nobody Knew: The Kaszubs of Jones Island
Administrative/Restriction Information
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.
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).
This collection was donated to Milwaukee Public Library in 1993 by Ruth Kriehn.
The materials were accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.
Inventoried by Kadie Seitz, Fieldworker, 2014. Processed by Casey Lapworth,
2019.
Contents List
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Series: 1. Family Histories, Jones Island, circa
1988
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The Squatters of Jones Island by Ruth Kriehn, circa
1988
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Box
1
Folder
1-2
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Dreher-Kolp families, circa
1988
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Box
1
Folder
3-4
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Jacob Muza, Anton Muza, Joseph Budzisz, August Budzisz, and
John Bolda families, circa 1988
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Kanski, Plambeck, and Struck families, circa
1988
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Lenz, Paczocha, and Jeka families, circa
1988
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Box
2
Folder
1-2
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Meyer and Tamms families, circa
1988
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Box
2
Folder
3-5
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Reminiscences of Ella Tessler Miller and George Treu,
circa 1988
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Rosenstock, Braeger, Leben and Rosenow families,
circa 1988
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Rotta, Warres, and Adrian families, circa
1988
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Selin and Koss families, circa
1988
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Box
3
Folder
2-3
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Tessler, Miller, Rennpferd, and Treu families,
circa 1988
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Box
3
Folder
4-5
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Thompson, Eggers, Schweitzer, Strehlow, Pilgrim, and Heyer
families, circa 1988
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Series: 2. Family Histories, Kriehn family,
1951-1988
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Box
3
Folder
6-7
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Carl Kriehn and Ewig families, circa
1988
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Box
4
Folder
1-2
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European Background of the Kriehn family and a Short History of
the Kashubes, circa 1988
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Box
4
Folder
3-5
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Franz Kriehn family, circa 1988
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Box
4
Folder
6-7
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Louisa Habeck in Berlin and Berlin,
1951
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Louisa Habeck in Berlin and Berlin,
1951
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Series: 3. Photographs, 1987-1988
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Hel Peninsula, Photographs and memorabilia at the Ethnographic
Kashubian Park in Wdzydze come from Alexander Sudak and Aleksander
Celarek, circa 1988
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Box
6
Folder
1-3
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Jones Island pictures : Jones Island today, early Jones Island,
the squatters, fisherfolk, circa 1988
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Miscellany of pictures : Early Milwaukee, Jones island streets,
people, houses, saloons, recreation, news clippings, paintings and
etchings,
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Box
5
Folder
3-4
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Circa 1988
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Box
7
Folder
1-12
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Undated
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Negatives (Black and white copy negative image of Jones Island),
1987
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Septuagenarian goes chub fishing,
undated
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Series: 4. Books, Articles and Correspondence,
1897-1989
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Books
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Box
6
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Dienstbare Geister: Leben und
Arbeitswelt städtischer Dienstboten [Ministering
spirits: life and work of urban servants] by Heidi Muller,
1981
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Box
6
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The Fisherfolk of Jones Island by Ruth
Kriehn, 1988
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Box
6
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History of Gdansk by Edmund Cieslak
and Czeslaw Biernat,
1988
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Box
6
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Stettin in alten
Ansichtskarten [Stettin in Old Postcards] edited by
Werner Boddeker, 1979
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Correspondence, 1981-1989
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Oversize Folder
1
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Map, homes and fish houses on the northern tip of Jones Island,
circa 1897
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