Frautschi Letters Virtual Archive
The originals that make up this virtual collection are held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Max Kade Institute library (MKI/Frautschi3). Copyright for the originals remains with the holding institution. The electronic texts are prepared at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison as a requirement of the course LIS 839 Special Collections in the Digital Environment. Display pages for each of the letters contain information about the original and the electronic edition. The images of the original document (when available), a transliteration of the document and the English translation, a summary and the SGML-encoded version are available from the display page for each letter. Information about the creators of the electronic edition of the document is given at each page.The letters are encoded in SGML, a feature that will allow searching the collection when other components of an SGML system are in place.
Also available in this virtual archive, is the electronic edition of a brief history of the Madison Frautschis written by Lowell Frautschi. This text, titled The Hundred Years of a Family Business is largely based on the letters and the diary that make up this virtual collection.
New additions (2003): A new collection of more than ninety letters—the majority written by John Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian over the period 1863 to 1914—have been discovered and digitized by Rick J. Frautschi in California. These materials have been integrated into the existing collection of digital images on these pages, but an index to the new finds may be accessed here. The Max Kade Institute thanks Janet Spaeth West for preserving these letters, and thanks Rick Frautschi for supplying us with the digital images, transcriptions, and translations.
New addition (2013): A photo of Johann Jakob / John Jacob Frautschi in his later years was donated by Larry Liegel. In 1852, Johann J. Frautschi was the first Swiss settler of White Mound, Sauk County, Wisconsin, living on what is now the John H. Liegel/Tom Dischler farm. Johann Frautschi is buried in White Mound Cemetery; his wife is buried in St. Luke’s Cemetery, Plain, Wis.
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The One Hundred Years of a Family Business |
2 February 1855, Letter from Abraham Frautschi to his brother Jakob Frautschi
1859-1887, Excerpts of Letters from Christian Frautschi to his family in Switzerland (handcopied by Bertha Frautschi, after 1947)
July 1863, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
1 January 1865, Letter from Johannes Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
April 1865, Letter from Abraham Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
13 November 1865, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
6 January 1867, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his parents and brothers in Switzerland
[January-March 1868], Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
25 March 1868, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
26 April 1868, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
[23 August 1868], Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
9 September 1868, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
20 September 1868, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
25 October 1868, Letter from Christian Frautschi to his parents and brothers in Switzerland
3 November 1868, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
22 November 1868, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
6 December 1868, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
[7 December 1867 or 1868], Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
12 December 1868, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
7 February 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
12 February 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
12 March 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
12 May 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
17 May 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
2 July 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
11 July 1869, Letter from Christian Frautschi to his parents and brothers in Switzerland
1 September 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
21 September 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
4 October 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
9 December 1869, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
3 January 1870, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
4 September 1870, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
12 March 1871, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
6 May 1872, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
30 April 1873, Letter from F. Huebler to his brother Christian Frautschi
21 August 1875, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
19 Fall(?) 1875, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
21 December 1877, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
18 December 1878, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
18 February 1881, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
27 December 1881, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
3 September 1883, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
26 December 1884, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
25 March 1885, Postcard from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
9 June 1885, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
12 October 1885, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
20 February 1886, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
1 November 1886, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
(enclosure: 11 June 1886, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to Johann J. Frautschi)
7 November 1886, Letter from F. Reichenbach to his cousin Christian Frautschi
23 March 1887, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
8 April 1887, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
31 May 1887, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
24 August 1887, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
5 September 1887, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
24 December 1888, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
16 January 1889, Letter from Christian Frautschi to his brother Johann Frautschi
6 May 1889, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
18 May 1889, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
(enclosure: 12 May 1889, Letter from J. Peter Frautschi to John J. Frautschi)
29 June 1889, Postcard from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
16 August 1889, Letter from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
25 September and 9 October 1889, Letters from John J. Frautschi to Christian F. Frautschi
11 December 1890, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
3 December 1891, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
29 February 1892, Letter from Johann J. Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
(enclosure: 30 January 1892, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother John J. Frautschi)
6 February 1893, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
6 February 1894, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
2 December 1894, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
29 April 1895, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
29 December 1895, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
2 March 1896, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
4 August 1896, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
8 February 1897, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
8 February 1897, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
30 December 1897, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
2 February 1898, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
28 August 1898, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to his brother Christian F. Frautschi
12 January 1900, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
11 June 1900, Letter from Ida Nell (Frautschi) Seidel to Christian F. Frautschi
11 December 1900, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
1 February 1901, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
5 February 1901, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
28 January 1903, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
7 January 1904, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
20 January 1904, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
19 December 1904, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
6 February 1905, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
15 February 1905, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
23 February 1905, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
23 March 1905, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
6 April 1905, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
17 April 1905, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
Christian Frautschi’s diary entries from April 25 to June 6, 1905 [with] Sketch of the family home built by Abraham Frautschi in 1856 in Turbach (Switzerland) (laid in the diary)
Wanderbuch for Johann Jacob Frautschi, describing the 1905 trip to Switzerland (see also: Excerpts from Christian’s1905 diary)
10 December 1905, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
15 December 1906, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
21 November 1907, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
20 December 1907, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
12 May 1908, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
20 December 1908, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
29 June 1909, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to relatives in Switzerland
12 October 1909, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
21 January 1910, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
24 August 1910, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi
(enclosure, 11 August 1910, from Elise Frautschi to her uncle Johann Jacob Frautschi and his family)
1 December 1910, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to relatives in Saanen, Switzerland
30 July 1913, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Luise Brand, a niece in Switzerland
21 April 1914, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to nephews and nieces in Switzerland
Swiss passport for Jacob (Jacques) Frautschi, dated 21 May 1842
Swiss passport for Jacob (Jacques) Frautschi, dated 13 February 1852
Land patent assigning forty acres of land in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, to Jacob Frautschy [sic], signed 2 October 1854
Naturalization document for Jacob Frautscher [sic], dated 1861, in Sauk County, Wisconsin
Naturalization document for John Jacob Frautschi, dated June 11, 1869, in Stearns County, Minnesota
Photo of Emalia (Emma) Buhler, for her wedding, Nov. 11, 1874
Photo of John Jacob Frautschi, for his wedding, Nov. 11, 1874
Photo from Christian and Johann Jacob Frautschi’s 1905 visit to Switzerland
![Photo of Emma Buhler Frautschi, ca. 1915 [Studio of N. R. Chamberlin, 150 Concord St., St. Paul, Minn.]](http://frautschi-letters.mki.wisc.edu/flva/let/RelatedDocs/Frautschi_Emma-Buhler_ca_1915.jpg){kind=link}
Photo of John Jacob Frautschi, ca. 1915
Binding from John Jacob and Emma Buhler Frautschi’s family Bible
Title page from John Jacob and Emma Buhler Frautschi’s family Bible
Photo of Johann Jacob Frautschi in his later years
Diary entries from April 25 to June 6, 1905
Related: Photo from Christian and Johann Jacob Frautschi’s 1905 visit to Switzerland
Frautschi Letters Virtual Archive Home
Created: 20 March 2000
Revised: 12 January 2015
Comments to: mki@library.wisc.edu