Summary Information
Otto Engel Papers
1843-1862
Wis Mss IX
0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Photostat copies of miscellaneous letters and documents of the Rev. Otto Engel, bearing on the history of the Lutheran Church in Wisconsin and the United States, and relating especially to the Buffalo Synod, all in German script. Included are letters of the Rev. Johannes A. A. Grabau, several items bearing on the history of the church at Kirchhayn, Wisconsin, and biographical sketches of Wisconsin Lutheran leaders.
German
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Scope and Content Note
The primary item in this collection is a twenty-nine page typewritten article by Reverend Engel of Milwaukee, Wis., entitled “The Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin.” Included in the article are a number of biographical sketches of Wisconsin pioneer Lutheran leaders, including John F. Bading, Dr. Augustus Frederick Ernst, Carl F. W. Gausewitz, Dr. Adolf Hoenecke, Dr. Edward Frederick Moldenhnke, John Muehlhaeuser, Frederick William Augustus Notz, Philipp Andreas von Rohr, and John Schaller. There is also a six-page bibliography.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Originals loaned for copying by the Rev. Otto Engel.
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