Scanned images from the MKI Archives
Passports | Immigration Documents | Advice Books | Cookbooks and Recipes | German American Journals | German American Schools | German American Financial Institutions | The German Language in America | Family Photos | Letters and Old German Script | Church and Religion | Jakob Sternberger Collection | Community / Societies | Autograph Books | Miscellaneous
Images and texts included in this section are all scans from originals in the Max Kade Institute Library and Archive. They are made available here for personal and educational use only. Please credit the Max Kade Institute for German American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and our website, mki.wisc.edu.
For any other uses, including print or digital publications, please seek permission from the Max Kade Institute at mki@library.wisc.edu.
Passports
- Deutsches Reich, 1928 (5 images)
- Königreich Wuerttemberg, 1858 (4 images + 1 transcription)
- Jakob Sternberger’s Reisepass, Böhmen, 1840 [Transcription]
Immigration Documents
- Certificate of Citizenship, 1943 (1 image)
- Certificate of Naturalization, 1906 (1 image)
- Application for Admission to Canada, North German Lloyd Canada Services, early 20th century [not filled out] (1 image)
Advice Books
General Advice Books
- Der Praktische Rathgeber, late 1870s (21 images + transcriptions)
Immigration Advice Books
- Bromme, Traugott. Ratgeber für Auswanderungslustige. Stuttgart.: Hoffmann, 1846.
- Handbuch für Einwanderer, published in Wisconsin, 1895 (1 image) [This item at Wisconsin Historical Society, not MKI]
- Taschenbuch über die Vereinigten Staaten für Einwanderer und Ausländer, published in 1924 by the National-Gesellschaft der Töchter der Amerikanischen Revolution (6 images + transcriptions)
Language, Dictionaries, etc.
- Amerikanischer Dolmetscher, Philadelphia, n.d. (15 images)
Health, Healthcare, and Beauty
- Dr. Ward’s Wegweiser, 1898 (5 images + transcriptions)
- Dr. Chase’s Recept-Buch und Haus-Arzt, 1915 (3 images)
Business and Law
- Der Geschäftsführer, 1894 (26 images + transcriptions)
Courtship and Marriage
- Familienglück [Advice for those seeking to marry], Columbus, OH, 1905 (1 image)
Cookbooks and Recipes
- Recipes from Praktisches Kochbuch für die Deutschen in Amerika, by Henriette Davidis. Milwaukee: Brumder, 1879.
- Advertisements from a German American Cookbook
German American Journals
- Die Abendschule
- Poem about the American flag from Das Evangelische Magazin, Vol. 54, no. 7, Juli 1922
German American Schools
- Ebert, E. and H. M. Zurstadt. Lehrplan fuer den Unterricht in der deutschen Sprache in den lutherischen Elementarschulen und Anleitung fuer den Gebrauch desselben. St. Louis, Mo: Concordia Publishing House, 1930. (PDF)
- Erstes Lesebüchlein für Sonntagsschulen. Nach der Lautiermethode bearbeitet. Revised Edition. Cleveland, Ohio: Publikations-Verein der deutschen Baptisten Nord-Amerikas, 1916.
- Koerner, Christian. Das Bennett-Gesetz und die deutschen protestantischen Gemeindeschulen in Wisconsin. Milwaukee: Germania Publishing Company, 1890. (PDF)
- Lehrplan für das Nationale Deutsch-Amerikanische Lehrerseminar in Milwaukee, Wis. 1891. Milwaukee, Wis.: Freidenker, 1891 (PDF)
- Report Card, Ev.-Luth. Friedensschule, Menomonie, WI, 1907 (1 image)
- Report Card, National German American Teachers Seminary, Milwaukee, WI, 1914 (1 image)
- Krone’s Deutsche Schul-Vorschriften, Irma Bublitz, Nov. 17, 1900
- Witter’s Deutsch-Englische Schreib- und Lese-Fibel und Neues Erstes Lesebuch, 1904 (48 images)
German American Financial Institutions
- Taschen Conto Buch, Fountain City, WI, 1877 (1 image)
The German Language in America
- Lohmann, F. H. Die deutsche Sprache. Was können wir beitragen zu ihrer Erhaltung in diesem Lande. Chicago, Ill.: Koelling & Klappenbach; 1904.
- Schneider, Herm. “Vergiss die deutschen Sprache nicht.” Poem from: Freund, E. J. Karl hat Zahnschmerzen [and] Vergiss die deutsche Sprache nicht. Dritte Auflage ed. Antigo, Wis.: Antigo Publishing; n.d. 16 pp. (Dialoge und Vortraege fuer Jugendvereine; No. 33). This poem is very similar to Theodor Müller’s “Vergeßt die deutschen Sprache nicht!” of 1858.
- “Ein Strauß deutsch-englischer Übersetzungsblüten,” from Abendschule-Kalender, 1882, pp. 123-126.
- “Schönheiten der deutsch-amerikansichen Sprache,” from Anekdoten-Schatz (Milwaukee: Brumder, 1891, pp. 322-326).
Family Photos
- Family photos (3 images)
- Wedding pictures (6 images)
- Voss photo album (16 images)
Church and Religion
Community / Societies
- Silbernes Jubilaeum des Kranken-Unterstuetzungs-Verein Saxonia, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1883-1908.
Contents: Chronik des K.-U. Vereins “Saxonia” [Part 1] [Part 2] — Mitglieder im Jahre 1908 (fold out page with images) — Aus Milwaukees Vergangenheit [Part 1] [Part 2]– Twenty pages listing Milwaukee business sponsors [Part 1] [Part 2]— Four page program.
Donated by Astrid Adler, 2018. - Stammtisch, Cafe Martini, Milwaukee, 1920
Autograph Books
Miscellaneous
- “On Wisconsin” (Festlied der Universität Wisconsin) in German
- Deutsch-Athener Kompot (Poem about Milwaukee, by H. C. Mayer, [1915?], 20 pp.)
- Historical Maps of Central Europe (G. D. Reymann’s Special-Karte, 1832-1870) Detailed Central European maps by Gottlob Daniel Reymann (b. 1759, d. 1837. 1:200,000 scale. Donated by Martin Johnson.
- “People of Wisconsin According to Ethnic Stocks, 1940” by G. W. Hill
- “Schönheiten der deutsch-amerikansichen Sprache,” from Anekdoten-Schatz (Milwaukee: Brumder, 1891, pp. 322-326).
- Hapag-Lloyd advertisement for post-WWII care packages to Germans (From the Gross Family Collection)
- “Forty-Eight Years in Dane County: The Experiences of a German Pioneer of Dane County,” by Otto Kerl. (Originally published in German in the Wisconsin Staats-Zeitung in 1905-1906. The sketch describes Kerl’s immigration to Dane County, Wis., the construction of his farm and brewery, his search for a wife, and his life in and around the Town of Berry.)
- Advertisement for E. Steiger’s Deutsch-amerikanische Bibliothek / Die Literatur der Deutschen in Amerika (from back pages of Büchner, Ludwig, Kraft und Stoff. Empirisch-naturphilosophische Studien, New York: Steiger, 1872).
- Troubles of a Traveling Man
A poem in Denglish, likely written around the time of Prohibition, issued by Ed. Hafemeister, shoe seller, 1091 Teutonia Ave., Milwaukee.
External Link
Publishers’ Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books
(Includes bindings from the Max Kade Institute collections)