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German-Americana Collection Holdings


Cataloged Materials

There is a published catalog of the Collection, which lists holdings to the date of publication: Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Catalog of the German-Americana Collection, University of Cincinnati . (Muenchen: K.G. Saur, 1990), ARB Z1361.G37 T63 1990.   These, as well as materials acquired since that time are accessible through UCLID, the online catalog of the University of Cincinnati Libraries.

Robert E. Cazden Collection

The Robert E. Cazden Collection is a collection focusing on German social, intellectual, and cultural thought, movements, and history, with especially important material related to the German-American experience, and was donated in 2002 to the University Libraries of the University of Cincinnati by Prof. Robert E. Cazden, College of Library Science, University of Kentucky.

Archival Materials

Following are brief descriptions for the archival collections in the German-Americana Collection, for which there is a finding aid: Don Heinrich Tolzmann, German-Americana Collection: Inventories to Collections , ARB Reference Z1361.G37 1998.  Please check this page occasionally as collections continue to be added, and the finding aid is also updated periodically.

Armstrong Photos - Collection of Postwar Germany
Correspondence and photos of a Cincinnati soldier in postwar Germany.
1 photograph box

Biographical Indexes
Biographical indexes within the collection on various German-Americans living in Cincinnati, primarily covering the 19th century.
Several volumes

Fairview German Bilingual School
Annual reports and records of the German bilingual school in Cincinnati.
1 Hollinger box

Fick Pamphlet Collection
German-American pamphlets and manuscripts collected by H.H. Fick.
6 Hollinger boxes

Fick Collection Addenda
Additional German-American pamphlets and manuscripts.
38 Hollinger boxes

German Newspaper Collection
Miscellaneous files of German-American newspapers.
50 newspaper boxes

German-Americana Addenda
Photos and informational materials for German-American book exhibits at the University of Cincinnati.
4 Hollinger boxes.

Goebel Collection
German-Americana collected by Julius Goebel as editor of Deutsch-Amerikanische Geschichtsblaetter , including unpublished manuscripts.
43 Hollinger boxes

Gong, Alfred Collection
The literary estate of the German-American author, Alfred Gong.
8 Paige boxes.

Grace Brewing History Collection
A collection of histories of German-American breweries
41 volumes

Helmecke Collection
Family correspondence of a Cincinnati German family, 19th - 20th centuries.
10 Hollinger boxes

Koegel Collection of German-American Almanacs
Collection of 19th Century German-American almanacs.
One box.

Koegel Collection of German-American Ephemera
GA-05-02
Miscellaneous documents, programs, and other published materials on German-American topics.
1 box.

Mann, Thomas Collection.
Lot of signed letters from Mann
4 pieces

Merrill Slide Collection of German-American Artists
Collection assembled by Peter C. Merrill of works by German-American artists.
One box.

Metternich Manuscripts
Correspondence from Prince Metternich of Austria brought to America by Friedrich Laskus.
1 Hollinger box

Microfilm Collection of German-Americana
Microfilm collections of German-American newspapers; Cincinnati German histories; Cincinnati German church records; and the papers of Baron von Steuben.

Niers Collection
Printed and unprinted German-Americana collected by Gert Niers, editor of German-American newspapers in New York City.
32 Hollinger boxes

Petuchowski Collection of Wolfgang Hildesheimer Material
Materials relating to the German author, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, collected by Elizabeth Petuchowski.
1 Holloinger box

Protestantische Zeitblätter Articles
Index to articles in the Cincinnati German newspaper, 1853-1864.
The newspaper is part of the Microfilm Collection of German-Americana holdings.

Saengerfest
Collection of Charles Schmidt, president of the German-American Saengerbund, sponsor of the national Saengerfest programs.
1.25 lin. ft.
Finding aid available.
Accession No.: GA-08-01.

Schade, Gerhard R.
Papers, 1920-1990, including literary, historical, and autobiographical writings.
3.7 lin. Ft.
Finding aid available.
Accession No.: GA-06-03

Society for German-American Studies - Records
Society records, 1976-2000.
6 Hollinger boxes

Third German Protestant Memorial Church
Church vital records, 1814-1982.
18 vols., 1 box photographs

Video Collection of Interviews with German Rocket Scientists and Others
Index to taped interviews with rocket scientists.
Located in DAAP Library at University of Cincinnati

The Wolff Festschriften Collection
German-American imprints from the Wolff Printing Co., Covington, Kentucky.
1 Hollinger box


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