Hartwick Seminary. 150th Anniversary Scrapbooks, 1947.

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Hartwick Seminary. 150th Anniversary Scrapbooks, 1947.

Photographic scrapbook for the 150th Anniversary of Hartwick Seminary in 1945, including pictures of trustees, faculty, staff and other prominent figures.

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Established in 1797 as the first Lutheran Seminary in the United States. John Christopher Hartwick (1714-1796) was born in Molschleben, Germany and educated at the University of Halle. He arrived in America in 1746 an ordained Lutheran minister. He had a strong desire to establish a seminary and send missionaries out to Christianize the Indians. To this end he made numerous deals and eventually was successful in obtaining the majority of a 24,000 acre patent from the Indians in Otsego County, Ne...