Repository: German Society of Pennsylvania: Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library / Form: Portraits - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 0.93 linear feet (4 boxes)
Abstract:: Handwritten copies of works by German-American author Otto Welden (pseudonym of P. J. Reuss), mostly produced at Welden's direction, with some material in his own hand. Comprises two volumes of poetry, three dramatic works, and two novels. Includes works that were published only in periodicals; some may not have been published in any form.

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Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Abstract:: The collection comprises two reprints of articles published in honor of the Pennsylvania German poet and writer Harvey Monroe Miller, following his death in 1939.

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Extent:: 0.13 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Clippings and typescripts of writings by the German-American author Edna Fern (pseudonym of Fernande Richter), who was active in St. Louis, Mo. Two photographs are included, one of the author and one of her husband Georg Richter.

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Extent:: 0.05 linear feet (1 folder, 7 items)
Abstract:: Oscar Guthmann was a German seaman, born in Hamburg, in 1894, who later apparently settled in New York City. The collection comprises a 1921 copy of Guthmann's birth certificate, and 6 photographs, including one that is on a postcard addressed to a German, Hans Lüders, who was interned at the Knockaloe Aliens Camp on the Isle of Man, England, during World War I. Another photograph depicts a sailboat, or yacht, named Jacinta, at dock, and is inscribed on the verso with the name and address of Chase Adams of Dearborn, Michigan.

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