Deutscher Verein Records
outline view | full-text/printable view [size: 0.0 KB] | Add this to my bookbag

Summary Information

Title: Deutscher Verein Records
Date: 1859-1937

Creator:
  • Deutcher Verein (La Crosse, Wis.).
Unique Identifier: MSS A

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet

Physical Description: 1 archives box

Repository:
La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:
La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:
The Deutscher Verein was a German cultural, social, and musical organization formed officially in 1874 through the consolidation of two much older local German groups from the mid-1850s; namely, the Turn Verein or Turners and Liederkranz or Singing Society. In 1875 the German Independent School Society also joined the Deutscher Verein. The name was changed to the Germania Society in November 1877 but still called itself the Deutscher Verein in official documents. In 1918 the group’s name again changed to the Pioneer Club as a result of anti-German sentiment during World War I. The club was dissolved in 1937 due to a decline in membership.

Records of the Deutscher Verein von La Crosse (Wis.), consist of historical background, legal and financial records, 1876-1937, including articles of incorporation (1892 amendments), warranty and quit-claim deeds, bond issues, trustee appointments, and dissolution documents. Also available are records from two of the predecessor groups, the Liederkranz (records date from 1859-1881) and Turn Verein (records date from 1865-1874), and one document of the German Independent School Society stating a merger with the Deutscher Verein in 1875. Some of the early records are written in the German language.

Language: English, German

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mssa
 ↑ Bookmark this ↑