Summary Information

Title: Brumder Family and Milwaukee German Ancestry Research Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1844-2014

Creator:

• Brumder family

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 229; PH Milwaukee Mss 229

Quantity: 3.4 cubic feet (9 archives boxes), 3.6 cubic feet of photographs (4 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes), and 1.2 cubic feet of negatives (6 negative boxes)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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

Abstract:

Papers and photographs documenting the Brumder family of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and George Brumder Sr.'s founding of the Germania Publishing Company (later North American Press). The papers consist of correspondence between family and friends, Brumder business records, the Pine Lake property (Waukesha County, Wisconsin), and articles and research surrounding Milwaukee German ancestry. Scrapbooks, photographs, and negatives capture family celebrations and outings including George F. and Thekla Brumder's Panama Canal trip. Also included are research and family histories of Milwaukee surnames with German ancestry conducted and compiled by E.J. Brumder Jr.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00229

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