Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Weising family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Weising family papers
- Date
- 1905-1947, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.69 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Letters.
- Families.
- German Americans.
- German language
- Germany.
- Pennsylvania
- Marriage
- Travel.
- Education
- Weising family
- Weising, Gustus
- Weising, Elfriede Arndt
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.1144: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Weising family papers, 1905-1947, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Gustus Weising (1886-1961) was born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania to Herman Weising (1845-1911) and Maria Sophia Schroeder (1845-1930). In 1927, he married Elfriede Arndt (1897-1990) and they had two children together, twins Marion Sophia (1928-1928) and Charles (1928-1928). Gustus worked as a music teacher. No other biographical information available.
- American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
- Scope and Content
- The Weising family papers (dated 1905-1947, undated; 0.69 cubic feet; 2 boxes, 43 items) comprises letters, papers, and photographs that document the lives of the members of the Weising family in Pennsylvania and Germany in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The letters are primarily sent to Gustus Weising and his future wife, Elfriede Arndt, from their friends and family and many of them are written in German. Letters to Gustus discuss personal health, relationships, travel, education, hopes to have him visit, thoughts about the future, and business. Letters to Elfriede are mainly in German, from her family. Those that are in English discuss her traveling to the United States, the celebration of her marrying Gustus, and having children. Other letters in the collection are sent to distant relatives or to immigration officers. The papers include newspaper clippings, travel documents, and poetry written by Elfriede. The photographs depict life in early twentieth century Germany between the Weising and Arndt families.
- The Weising family papers collection is part of the Wade Hall Collection of American letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Arndt family to Gustus Weising, 1922-1935, undated
Elfriede Arndt to Gustus Weising, 1922-1924
Arthur Belcher to Gustus Weising, 1921-1927
Elise Beyer to Gustus Weising, 1921
Maria Kohler to Gustus Weising, 1922-1924
[Teny?] Nuplein to Gustus Weising, 1921-1922
Lisel and Bert Seidler to Gustus Weising, 1920-1923, undated
Paul Seidler to Gustus Weising, 1920-1922
Christine to Gustus Weising, 1917-1918, undated
Fritzi to Gustus Weising, 1921
Letters to Gustus Weising, 1905-1918
Letters to Gustus Weising, 1920-1932, undated
Letters from Gustus Weising, 1908-1924
Carl Arndt to Elfriede Weising, 1920-1930
Mother [Thusnelda Arndt] to Elfriede Weising, 1924-1932, undated
Alma Hofmann to Elfriede Weising, 1916-1938
Gustus Weising to Elfriede Weising, 1922-1924
Letters to Elfriede Weising, 1915-1944, undated
Letters from Elfriede Weising, 1924-1928, undated
Karl Arndt to Gustus and Elfriede Weising, 1930-1934, undated
Thusnelda Arndt to Gustus and Elfriede Weising, 1928-1947, undated
Hanna Jahn to Gustus and Elfriede Weising, 1931-1947, undated
Letters to Gustus and Elfriede Weising, 1928-1942
Weising family letters, 1912-1947, undated
Letters from Karl, 1920
Greeting cards, 1920-1928, undated
Weising family papers, 1911-1922, undated
Clippings, 1922, 1939, undated
Travel documents, 1918, 1924, undated
Photographs, 1910-1945, undated
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