OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Minnesota Historical Society
Schultz, Ferdinand Peter,
1908-1978.
Ferdinand Peter Schultz
and family papers,
1817-1977.
Genealogical materials and information
collected by Schultz relating to the Schultz and Eitzen families; Schultz
family correspondence, scrapbooks, and related papers; and papers and
unpublished manuscripts written by Schultz.
3.75 cu. ft. (3
boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) for shelf
location.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE PAPERS
The genealogical materials were gathered from various sources:
Germany, Salt Lake City, and from relatives and friends. The records are fairly
well organized. The collection includes German-language materials that are not
translated. The Schultz family was a part of a German Mennonite community from
Russia that settled in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.
RELATED MATERIALS
Copies of Schultz's M.A. thesis are also in the Minnesota Historical
Society reference library.
OTHER FINDING AIDS
A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository;
filed in the ALPHA notebooks under the heading: Schultz, Ferdinand Peter.
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
German Americans -- Minnesota.
Mennonites -- Minnesota.
Russian Germans -- Minnesota.
Persons:
Eitzen family.
Schultz family.
Places:
Mountain Lake (Minn.).
Document Types:
Genealogies.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. Ferdinand Peter Schultz and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical
Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 12,323
Processing Information:
Processed by: Anne Levin, July 2002
Catalog ID number: 1737600
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
152.H.14.2F
1
F. P. Schultz Materials:
Personal,
1938-1970.
Genealogical correspondence,
1976.
Notes,
[197-].
Writings,
1938-1970.
"Memoirs in Brief," and related correspondence,
1949.
Schultz's complaints regarding the quality of the pedagogy in
his graduate school program.
M.A. thesis,
1938.
Schultz family letters,
[ca. 1909]-1919.
Schultz family letters and records,
1854, 1919-1948.
[Gustav Adolph] Neuman (1807?-1886),
1966-1967.
Miscellaneous pamphlets,
1870-1964.
2 folders.
Miscellaneous notebooks,
1874-1909.
Books on German immigration to the U.S.,
1927-1975.
2 folders ; photocopies.
Hamburg passenger lists,
[undated].
Minnesota township maps,
[undated].
Eitzen family history,
1977.
Family records, volumes 1-3,
[undated].
152.H.14.3B
2
German maps,
[undated].
2 folders ; photocopies.
German-American newspapers,
1869, 1961.
photocopies.
German language newspapers,
1834-1851.
photocopies.
German language books,
1837-1976.
8 folders ; photocopies.
Miscellaneous papers,
1879-1976.
152.H.14.4F
3
Genealogical materials,
[undated].
6 scrapbooks.
Included are newspaper clippings, many in German; birth and
marriage announcements; letters regarding Schultz family history.
Family letters, many in German,
[undated].
3 bundles.
German language newspapers printed in U.S.,
1934, 1959.
New York newspapers,
[undated].
photostats.