Otto Engel Papers, 1843-1862

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.