Digitized content from the Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title:

Digitized content from the Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers

Date:

circa 1870

Description:

<p class="MsoNormal"> The digitized content of the Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers consists of several letters exchanged between Friedrich Wilhelm Hess, friends and relatives, as well as poems, concert tickets, a birth certificate, and a newspaper clipping.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Friedrich Wilhelm Hess (d. 1877) was born in Hamm, Westphalia in the 1830’s. Before immigrating to America, he studied law in Germany. While in America, he studied medicine and served in the medical service during the Civil War. Afterwards, he practiced medicine in Baltimore and Cincinnati. He wrote several essays, novels, and poems, and worked on the staff of various newspapers in Cincinnati, including the “Freie Presse,” “Abend-Post,” “Westliche Blätter,” and “Volksblatt.” He died on August 2, 1877.

<p class="MsoNormal"> The digitized content contains forty-three items including letters, poems, concert tickets, a birth certificate, and a newspaper clipping. The letters are dated from the 1870’s and are primarily exchanged between Hess and his sister Emilie Hassel and his mother (signed as “M”). Also included are a birth certificate of Johann Hermann Gerhard Berling, a manuscript poem by Hess titled “Der Brand von Chicago,” an untitled poem by Paula in Emilie’s hand, two concert tickets dated 1875, and a newspaper clipping about the election of President Hayes.

<p class="MsoNormal"> The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Friedrich Wilhelm Hess Papers as part of the Heinrich A. Rattermann Papers (MS 210). This component of the collection was completely digitized in 2020. A preservation copy of the items is available to IHLC and digital preservation staff at the Library Digital Repository: https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/1513

Available:

https://digital.library.illinois.edu/collections/6d390e20-f766-0137-7065-02d0d7bfd6e4-c

ID:

6d390e20-f766-0137-7065-02d0d7bfd6e4-c

Repository:

Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Found in:

Rattermann, Heinrich A. Collection, 1732-1923

Rights:

Please contact the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections for more information about these materials.

Languages:

German