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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Eiselmeier, John |
| Title, Monographic | Aus meinem Leben |
| Place of Publication | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Publisher | Milwaukee Herold |
| Date of Publication | 1941-45 |
| Extent of Work | 6 vols. |
| Abstract | John Eiselmeier was born in Austria, close to Linz, in 1861. He immigrated to America when still a child. The family settled on a farm in Southern Illinois, close to Jonesboro. John went to college in Watertown, Wis. and became a teacher. John Eiselmeier published his autobiography as a serial in the Milwaukee Herold and the English version in the Jonesboro Gazette. |
| Notes | PIA; John Eiselmeier's autobiography (1862-1938) was published in the Milwaukee Herold as a serial column. MKI has scrapbooks of the columns published in the years 1941-1945 (6 volumes); a manuscript (typescript) of the autobiography written in 1934 in German covering the years 1862-1929); and a scrapbook of the English version of his autobiography (his childhood and young adulthood: about 1865 to 1885) and of his trip abroad in 1906 (published in the Jonesboro Gazette of Jonesboro, Illinois). John Eiselmeier died 1 Jan. 1947 in Milwaukee, Wis. MKI also owns a typescript of his trip abroad: 'Meine Reise nach Europa im Jahre 1906', 'Tagebuch und Vortraege', 1943; a scrapbook of teachers' seminary, especially the National German-American Teachers' Seminary and other scrapbooks with newspapers clippings (1934-1942). |
| Call Number | FH Eiselmeier |
| MKI Terms | PIA/ Autobiography/ Diaries |