Examples of Letters and Old German Script

New: German-American Correspondence Collection from the Max Kade Institute
This online collection is a collaboration between MKI and the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries Digital Collections. It includes 134 letters written to and by Jacob Sternberger (1822–1889) and among family members.

From Jakob Sternberger’s first letter home to family and friends, pp. 6-7, Nov. 1850 [Transcription of entire letter, Nov. 1850]

Joseph Mathison to Jakob Sternberger, Madison, WI, 1860 [Transcription]

March 1900 letter written by Chr. Clausen in Chicago to his uncle, aunt, and cousins on letterhead paper which reads: Plattdüttsche Gilde Fritz Reuter, No. 4 (5 images)

Examples from a cross-written letter (3 images)

Frautschi Letters Virtual Archive (extensive)

Asbach letters and documents, ca. 1864-1887 (20 images)

Krueger journal pages (immigration story)

Student writing, Wartburg Theological Seminary (Wavery, Iowa)

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