Summary Information
Pädagogisches Institute Darmstadt Collection
1948-1953
- Pädagogisches Institute Darmstadt
UWM Manuscript Collection 246
.4 cubic ft. (1 box)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Small collection of materials, dating from 1948 to 1953, sent from students and faculty of the Pädagogisches Institute Darmstadt, Germany, to Milwaukee State Teachers College. Contains an excerpt from a German student's diary (not translated into English), photographs of the students and campus, photographic postcards of various cities in Germany including before-and-after World War II photographs of Berlin, and a small scrapbook of photographs.
A listing of articles relating to the institute that were published in the Milwaukee State Teachers College newspaper Echo, is available in the Archives' case file along with the finding aid. Ask an archivist for details.
English, German
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Biography/History
The Pädagogisches Institute Darmstadt suffered extensive damage during Allied bombing in World War II, and the school moved to an abandoned castle in the Darmstadt suburb of Jugenheim. With an enrollment of 400 students and very few books and little equipment, the college faced disaster.
In 1948, J. Martin Klotsche, president of Milwaukee State Teachers College (MSTC), was touring the German province of Hesse with Ken Bateman, an MSTC alumnus who was serving with the U.S. Military Government in Hesse. They visited the struggling institution at Jugenheim, and Bateman suggested that MSTC might lend assistance. The German school was "adopted" by the students and faculty of MSTC at a fall convocation meeting in 1948, after Klotsche suggested that U.S. colleges should help educational institutions throughout the world. The college formed a committee which was responsible for mail, food packages, clothing, and supplies that were sent by students and faculty to their counterparts at Jugenheim. The Jugenheim Committee joined the Overseas Scholarship Committee to form the International Student Service Committee in the spring of 1949.
Preferred Citation
Citation Guide for Primary Sources
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.
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 the Archives sometime before 1990 (accession 1999-005). Most of the collection was likely originally sent to Milwaukee State Teachers College in early 1950.
Jessica Sawinski processed this collection in November 2006 (Jeremy Brett supervised).
Contents List
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Correspondence, undated
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Box
1
Folder
2-4
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Photographs, 1948-1953
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Postcards
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Bad Godesberg, Germany, 1948-1949
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Berlin, Germany, 1948-1949
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Bonn, Germany, 1948-1949
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Frankfurt, Germany, 1948-1949
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Heidelberg, Germany, 1948-1949
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Lindenfels, Germany, 1948-1949
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Miscellaneous, Germany, 1948-1949
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Box
1
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Scrapbook, 1948-1949
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