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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Title, Monographic | Documents and photographs related to the Schlaraffia Milwaukia |
| Abstract | Contains: An undated invitation to two festivities: 1. Inauguration of the new "Burg" at 1808 Chambers Street, with lodging in the Hotel Schroeder ("Ecke Wisconsin Ave. und 5. Str.") and 2. "Grossursippenfeier unseres R. [Ritter] Markstein" [Markstein was the name given to Dietrich C. Luening]; four black-and-white photographs of events presumed to be Schlaraffia proceedings; a postcard that may show the inside of a Schlaraffia Reych; a hand-made illustrated birthday card for "Aepfelchen" [Edwin, son of D. C. Luening] on his sixty-fifth birthday ("An Aepfelchen zum 8. Windmond anno Uhu.i 87"), which may have come from the Schlaraffia in New Orleans; a poem dedicated "Dem Siebziger Aepfelchen"); and a brochure of 1994-1995 events for the Schlaraffia Milwaukia located at 500 E. Marquette Avenue in Milwaukee. |
| Notes | From Wikipedia, 2007: The Schlaraffen, members of a men's organization (exclusively men of a mellower age and in secure positions), dedicated to maintaining a quaint and witty German in prose and verse. They meet in midwinter (October 1 - April 30) once per week in their Schlaraffen castle (equipped in the style of a knight's tavern from the middle ages) for "Sippungen" (gatherings which take place in the fixed ceremonial form of a knight's play). In doing so, everyday life is satirized as well as kept alive through recitations of literary and musical forms. An antiquated language with its own vernacular for everyday things (Schlaraffen Latin - for example "powder pot" for tobacco pipe, "gasoline horse" for car, "castle monster" for mother-in-law) gives the Sippungen their own humorous note. The approximately 280 "reychs" (local clubs) stay in close contact with one another. Each Schlaraffe is always welcome in every reych in the world. Donated by Bob Luening. See also: MKI GR 941 .C63 D47 1983 and P2007-21 |
| Call Number | FH Luening |
| MKI Terms | PIA/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Milwaukee (Wis.)/ Societies, etc. |