Title: Ernest Untermann Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1933-1956

Creator:

• Untermann, Ernest

Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 23; Micro 863

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of a social philosopher, writer, artist, and director of the Washington Park Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, containing correspondence, speeches and writings that largely concern socialism, and a few reproductions of his paintings. The correspondence includes letters to Joan London containing references to his acquaintance with her father Jack London, and to his work at the Washington Park Zoo and his membership in the Socialist Party; and carbons of many letters to Milwaukee socialists concerning his critique of Marxism. Writings include three longer works: The Tragedy of Marxism, Science and Thinking, and Lenin's Maggot, as well as shorter articles and speeches. One section of articles relates to his ideas concerning zoos.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0863

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

Ernest Untermann, who was born November 6, 1864 in the province of Brandenburg, Germany, studied geology, paleontology, and animal life for several years while traveling in the United States, East Africa, and Brazil. After settling in Milwaukee, he attended the Layton Art School and the Chicago Art Institute. In 1919, he traveled to the Vernal, Utah area while working as a mining engineer for a Chicago firm; while in Utah, Untermann developed an interest in the geology and fossils of the Uinta Basin, subjects which he later incorporated into his paintings. Many of these works were subsequently presented to the Utah Fieldhouse of Natural History in Vernal. Untermann also held the position of Director of the Washington Park Zoo in Milwaukee until age 75.

Acquisition Information

Presented by G. E. Untermann, Vernal, Utah, 1956 and 1958.

Processing Information

Prepared for microfilming by Carolyn Mattern, February 1980.

Reel   1 Frame   1-2	Obituaries, 1956
Reel   1 Frame   3-205	Correspondence, 1933-1956, undated
	Writings
Reel   1 Frame   206-536	Science and Thinking, Draft, 1934 (published 1940)
Reel   1 Frame   537-643	Lenin's Maggot, Draft, circa 1935
Reel   1 Frame   644-737	The Tragedy of Marxism, Draft, circa 1937
Reel   1 Frame   738-970	Speeches and Articles (typescript), undated
Reel   1 Frame   971-980	Clippings of Articles Published in Newspapers, undated
Reel   1 Frame   981-1048	Speeches re: Washington Park Zoo, Milwaukee, undated
Reel   1 Frame   1049-1054	Reproductions of Untermann's Artworks, undated