John Krause Papers, 1865-1934

Summary Information

Title: John Krause Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1865-1934

Creator:
  • Krause, John, 1854-1936
Call Number: Mss 406

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of John Krause, a North Dakota newspaper publisher and Madison, Wisconsin resident who originally emigrated from Bessarabia. Except for a small file of his writing and poetry and a few incidental official documents and clippings pertaining to events in Krause's life, the papers consist entirely of letters, mainly 1928-1931, to Krause from relatives in Europe concerning the Weimar Republic, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, and their suffering as a result of the political and economic upheavals in Central and Eastern Europe during the post-World War I period. The documents are largely written in German script.

Language: German, Russian, and English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00406
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