Deutscher Einwanderungs- und Unterstützungs-Verein records, ca. 1856-1868.

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Deutscher Einwanderungs- und Unterstützungs-Verein records, ca. 1856-1868.

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Collection of items issued or authored by the Deutscher Einwanderungs- und Unterstützungs-Verein (German Immigration and Beneficial Society) of Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes: 2 versions of its constitution (undated); 7 annual reports (issued December 1856 to October 1867); and a handwritten letter from the Verein to Oswald Seidensticker at the German Society of Pennsylvania, dated 20 February 1868, with enclosed newspaper clipping. One constitution, with bylaws, dates from around the time of the founding; and the other is a revision from around 1865. The latter copy is included in an oversize color illustrated membership card (Mitglieder-Karte) printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., lithographers, Cincinnati. In the period covered by the reports, there is a gap between September 1860 and September 1864. The earliest report is a broadside (An das deutsche Publikum von Cincinnati; 1856). One report is a booklet dated February 1858, printed by Stephan Molitor, of the newspaper Volksblatt, Cincinnati; and another (1866) is in the form of a flier printed by Volksblatt. Two reports are in the form of newspaper clippings. The report of 1860 lists 174 members who paid annual dues of at least $1. Individuals who sign sections of reports include G. Lindemann; George H. Garlichs; Louis Ballauf; and Carl Strobel. The letter of 1868 is signed by H.M. Groenland, as secretary of the Verein, and addressed to Oswald Seidensticker at the German Society of Pennsylvania. It tells of a mass meeting of German citizens in Cincinnati that formulated goals for the improvement of conditions for immigrants in the wake of news of the emigrant ship Leibnitz, which, due to a cholera outbreak during passage, had a death toll of 105. The clipping contains the text of a warning to German immigrants concerning the Hamburg shipping company R.M. Sloman, signed by Philip Bissinger, President, German Society of the City of New York.

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German Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library

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German Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library

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Deutscher Einwanderungs- und Unterstützungs-Verein (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Founded in 1854 for the purpose of offering advice and practical assistance, as well as charitable aid to newly arrived German immigrants in Cincinnati, Ohio; and to protect them against abuses. The society was originally called the Allgemeiner Deutscher Einwanderungs-Verein (General German Immigration Society); the name was amended between 1860 and 1865. The main type of assistance offered by the Society's agency was job referrals. In addition, bread, groceries, shoes, wood and bedding were dis...

Ballauf, Louis.

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Lindemann, G.

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Bissinger, Philip.

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German Society of Pennsylvania

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Members of the German Society of Pennsylvania constituted the Executive Committee in charge of the arrangements for the Humboldt birthday centennial celebration in Philadelphia: William J. Horstmann (chair); C.M. Baumann; Julius Hein; Lorenz Herbert; Emil Herwig; Paul Jagode; Rudolphi Koradi; Josef Kinike; Oswald Seidensticker; and F.W. Thomas. From the description of Humboldt-Säcular-Feier, 1869. (German Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 646218809 The German So...

German Society of the City of New York

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Garlichs, George H.

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Seidensticker, Oswald, 1825-1894

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Born in Göttingen, Germany, Seidensticker emigrated to Philadelphia in 1846. In 1867 he was named professor of German language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. From the description of The first German immigration to America and the founding of Germantown : typescript, 1893. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155866628 ...

Strobel, Carl.

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Groenland, H. M.

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