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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Voigt, Anna |
| Title, Monographic | Vergissmeinnicht! Ein Strauss geistlicher Gedankenbluethen |
| Place of Publication | Chicago |
| Publisher | North American Publishing Co. |
| Date of Publication | 1896 |
| Extent of Work | 2 unnumbered pages, 348 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 20 cm |
| Notes | On title page: von Frau Anna Voigt, aus Plymouth, Wisconsin; on title page verso: Entered according to Act of Congress, 1895, by Anna Voigt, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington; donated by Sheboygan County Historical Research Center; German-American author. From Ward, Bio-Bibliography, 1985: Born in Thueringen. Had only a grade school education, grew up in poverty. Emig. to Plymouth, Wis. Her poems are chiefly religious. ---- Two copies. Second copy donated by Prof. David M. Gosdeck, Martin Luther College Library, New Ulm, MN. On title page of second copy the death date 1914 is written. Online research indicates Anna Voigt was born about 1827 in Saxe Meimar and died either 1914 or 1915. |
| MKI Annotation | Repaired by GLS Conservation Lab, 2024. |
| Abstract | Poet is from Plymouth, Wisconsin. Poems are grouped into sections: Vaterlands-Lieder (includes poems about both Germany and America), Feld und Wald, Herbst-Lieder, Lenz-Lieder, Winter-Lieder, Abendgedanken, Nachtgedanken, Das Dasein Gottes, Glaube und Zuversicht, Klage und Trost, Vergaenglichkeit, Unsterblichkeit, An den Graebern, Im Krankheit und Heimsuchung, Auf der Reise des Lebens, and Vermischten Inhalts. |
| Call Number | PIA IL |
| MKI Terms | Women poets -- Wisconsin/ Poetry, German-American |