Peter Minwegen papers, 1915-1952.

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Peter Minwegen papers, 1915-1952.

Memoirs of Father Peter Minwegen concerning his service as a priest of the Holy Cross Church in Cornell Wisconsin. Topics include World War One, when many Catholic priests of German descent were accused of German sympathies, Free masons, and the Ku Klux Klan in Cornell.

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