Title: H. W. Jordens Papers
Inclusive Dates: circa 1874-1954

Creator:

• Jordens, H. W. (Harry W.)

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss H

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

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)

Abstract:

Papers of Jordens, Milwaukee, Wis., relating largely to the Milwaukee German-American community and including scattered correspondence, newsclippings, financial statements, minutes, and other materials on the Rigoletto Mandolin Club (1925-1945), and the Federation of German-American Societies of Wisconsin (1925-1954). Also present are letters (circa 1874-1882), mostly in German script, to Jordens' great-grandfather, Emil Viergutz, a German immigrant and hardware store owner in Milwaukee.

Language: English

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Harry W. Jordens, a Milwaukee businessman, is of German extraction. He has been employed as a salesman by a number of large Wisconsin companies, including Evinrude and Pabst, has worked independently as an insurance agent, and has also been interested in real estate. He has been active in at least two German American organizations: the Rigoletto-Mandolin Club, and the Federation of German American Societies of Wisconsin.

The Jordens Papers relate primarily to the Milwaukee German American community. They include a folder of letters and other writings in German script that relate to Jordens' great-grandfather, Emil Viergutz, a German immigrant who operated a hardware store in Milwaukee. The papers also include scattered correspondence, clippings, financial statements, minutes, and other miscellany relating to the Rigoletto Mandolin Club (an orchestral group composed almost entirely of mandolins), 1925-1945, and to the Federation of German-American Societies of Wisconsin, 1941-1954.

Acquisition Information

Presented by H. W. Jordens, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1964.

Processing Information

Processed by Emily Al-Khazraji, July 30, 1964.

	Rigoletto Mandolin Club
Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence, Clippings, Programs, Constitution, 1937-1945
Box   1 Volume   1	Statutes, Historical Information, Minutes, 1925-1942
	Federation of German-American Societies of Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   2	Correspondence, 1941-1954
Box   1 Folder   3	Articles of Incorporation, Minutes, Radio Hour Materials, and Miscellaneous, 1932-1949, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Financial Information, 1940-1949
Box   1 Folder   5	Emil Viergutz, Correspondence, Notes, and Clippings, 1874-1882, undated