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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Title, Monographic | Information on Gustav Erlenkoetter |
| Abstract | Gustav Erlenkoetter is the author of several education-related books published by Schaefer and Koradi in Philadelphia between 1871 and 1891, including Liederbuch fuer deutsch-amerikanische Schulen (Erstes Baendchen); Rechenbuch fuer deutsche Elementarschulen in Amerika (Erster Theil); Mensch und Natur. Ein Lehrbuch Gemeinnuetziger Kenntnisse; Lesebuch fuer die Oberklasse der Elementarschule; Lesebuch fuer die Mittelklasse der Elementarschule; Lesebuch fuer Realklassen deutsch-amerikanischer Schulen; Rechenfibel. Stufenmaessig geordnete Aufgaben fuer Anfaenger im Kopf- und Tafelrechnen; Erstes Lese-Buechlein fuer deutsche Elementarschulen; and Lesebuch fuer die Unterklasse der Elementarschule (nebst Wandfibel); as well as a self-published book of poetry titled Poetischer Jugendschatz in Bild und Spruch, der deutschen Jugend gewidmet. Online research indicates Erlenkoetter was an assistant teacher in Burscheid (Germany), when, in 1840, he was appointed to the post of teacher at the evangelical school in Pattscheid. Erlenkoetter was liberal in his politics and critical of the local educational system; in 1861 he founded a newspaper to promote his views (which later became the Bergischer Volksbote), but was forced to sell it and then emigrated to America around 1865. The 1870 U.S. census shows Gustav (occupation teacher), his wife Julia, and his son Charles living in the Town of Union, Hudson County, New Jersey. |
| Notes | Contents: Text copied from the 7. November 1840 Amtsblatt der Regierung Duesselforf and printed portions of a PDF titled 150 Jahre Bergischer Volksbote (15. Juli 2011). |
| Call Number | MKI P2012-10 |
| MKI Terms | Biographies/ Erlenkoetter, Gustav/ German Americans -- Biography/ Education/ German Americans -- New Jersey |