SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF THE
GERMANS IN MARYLAND
Twenty-eighth Report
1953
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
COPYRIGHT
1953
THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF THE
GERMANS IN MARYLAND
1212 CATHEDRAL STREET
BALTIMORE
1, MD.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY J. H. FURST COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE
HISTORY OF THE GERMANS IN MARYLAND
1953
ACTIVE MEMBERS
EDUARD A. ALTHAUSEN
ALBERT P. BACKHAUS
D®. ERNEST J. BECKER
REV. LEOPOLD W. BERNHARD
WALTER E. BEUCHELT
HARVEY BICKEL
GEORGE A. BINGLEY
KARL BRAND
PROF. JOHN H. BROWN
HERBERT M. BRUNE JR.
D®. HANS W. CONSTADT
PROF. DIETER CUNZ
I. W. DIEPGEN
D®. EDWARD A. DOEHLER
ADOLF C. DREYER
OTTO M. DUBRAU
REV. E. F. ENGELBERT
GEORGE A. ENGELBERT
REV. FRITZ O. EVERS
HERBERT E. FANKHANEL
OTTO J. FINGER
FREDERICK W. FLORENZ
OTTO H. FRANKE
PROF. PAUL G. GLEIS
JACOB GROSS J®.
PROF. LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAG
CHARLES E. HENNIGHAUSEN
HENRY R. HERGENROEDER
D®. PAUL HESSEMER
KENNETH HORVATH
ALBERT L. JOHN
GEORGE KLEY
HERBERT F. KUENNE
PROF.
WILLIAM KURRELMEYER
LEWIS KURTZ
D®. ERNEST G. MARR
HON. THEODORE R. M©KELDIN
ADOLF MEISTER
HENRY L. MENCKEN
CHARLES H. MIEGEL
D®. KURT G. F. MOELLER
JOHN C. MUNDE®
CARL L. NITZE
ALVIN P. OHLER
PROF. OTTO R. ORTMANN
WALTER J. PALME
BERNARD J. PETER
THEODORE V. PETER
D®. ADOLF H. PICKER
PROF. AUGUSTUS J. PHAHL
FRANCIS W. PHAMSCHUFER
HANS RAID
PROF. KURT P. RODERBOURG
CHARLES H. ROLOSON
D®. WALTER H. C. RUEGGEBERG
HON. J. ABNER SAYLOR
HERBERT W. SCHAEFER
OTTO H. SCHAUERMANN
HENRY S. SCHAUFUS
PROF. ARNO C. SCHIROKAUER
CARL F. C. SCHLEUNES
KARL W. SCHLITZ
WILLIAM SCHMIDT J®.
C. WM. SCHNEIDEREITH
JOSEPH RUSSELL SCHULTZ
CARL R. SEILER
PROF. EDWARD H. SEHRT
PROF. RICHARD H. SHRYOCK
LEONARD A. SIEMS
FREDERICK J. SINGLEY J®.
ROBERT LEE SLINGLUFF J®.
WILLIAM T. SNYDER J®.
EDWIN A. SPILLMAN
PROF. TAYLOR STARCK
CHARLES F. STEIN J®.
REV. HERMAN STORCK, S. J.
GUSTAV STRUBE
HENRY J. THAU
ARTHUR J. TRAUTNER
PROF. EDUARD UHLENHUT
PROF. ERNST O. VON SCHWERDTNER
HANS K. WEBER
D®. RICHARD D. WEIGLE
HENRY L. WIENEFELD
HERMANN G. WINKLER
CONRAD ZIEGET J®.
PROF. A. E. ZUCKER
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CORRESPONDING MEMBERS
PROFESSOR ROBERT T. CLARK...................University of Texas, Austin
PROFESSOR ERWIN G. GUDDE
..................University of California, Berkeley
PROFESSOR ERICH P. HOFACKER...............Washington University, St. Louis
PROFESSOR HAROLD S. JANTZ...................Northwestern University, Evanston
PROFESSOR AUGUST C. MAHR..................Ohio State University, Columbus
D®. FELIX REICHMANN...........................Cornell University, Ithaca
DEAN CARL WITTKE.................................Western Reserve University, Cleveland
PROFESSOR RALPH C. WOOD....................Muhlenberg College, Allentown
OFFICERS
PROFESSOR WILLIAM KURRELMEYER..............................Honorary President
ROBERT LEE SLINGLUFF J®
...........................................President
PROFESSOR A. E. ZUCKER
...............................................First Vice-President
PROFESSOR ARNO C. SCHIROKAUER
................................Second Vice-President
CHARLES F. STEIN J®....................................................
Treasurer
PROFESSOR DIETER CUNZ..............................................
Secretary
LEWIS KURTZ (Chairman)
REV. FRITZ O. EVERS
REV. EDWARD F. ENGELBERT
PROFESSOR AUGUSTUS J. PRAHL
WILLIAM T. SNYDER J®.
Executive Committee
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THE REPORT
Now that we are publishing the Twenty-eighth Report we note with
pleasure an increasing interest in the work of the Society, indicated by our
growth in membership. The roster of members is now larger than at any other
time in the 66 years history of the organization. Our publications have met
with increasingly favorable publicity inside and outside of the State.
We consider it our task to keep our readers abreast with publications
dealing with the various aspects of German immigration into Maryland and
with the history of the Maryland Germans. Dr. Cunz printed a complete
bibliography of all such books and articles appearing before 1948 in his recent
book, The Maryland Germans. Since that date the following studies have
been published:
Dorothy M. Quynn, " Johann Friedrich Amelung at New Bremen," Maryland Historical
Magazine, XLIII (1948), 155-179.
Mary V. Mish, "Jonathan Hager of Hagerstown," American German Review, XV (1949),
iii, 20-23.
Anne Beadenkopf, " The Baltimore Public Baths and their Founder, Rev. Thomas M.
Beadenkopf," Maryland Historical Magazine, XLV (1950), 201-214.
Felix Reichmann, " German Printing in Maryland," Twenty-seventh Report of our Society
(1950), 9-70.
Stanley N. Werbow, "Goethe Celebrations in Maryland 1949," Ibid. 71-73.
Klaus G. Wust, "Mathias Bartgis' Newspapers in Virginia," American German Review,
XVIII (1951), i, 16-18.
Dieter Cunz, " John Gruber and his Almanac," Maryland, Historical Magazine, XLVII
(1952), 89-102.
John C. French, " Otto Sutro and Music in Baltimore," Ibid. 260-262.
R. M. Torrence, " The Rev. Philip Otterbein and Susan LeRoy Otterbein," Ibid. 264-266.
Harriet N. Milford, " Amelung and his New Bremen Glas Ware," Ibid. 1-10.
The business of the Society has proceeded in the usual manner. The
speakers at the annual dinners held traditionally in the second half of Febru-
ary were:
1951,
Professor Dieter Cunz (University of Maryland): "The German Americans, Immigra-
tion and Integration";
1952,
President Richard D. Weigle (St. John's College): "St. John's College in Historical
Perspective."
Again we take this opportunity to express our thanks to the Enoch Pratt
Library for housing our book collection, while special thanks go to the li-
brarian, Miss Amy Winslow, and to Miss Elizabeth C. Litsinger, head of the
Maryland Room of the library.
A.E.Z.
January, 1953.
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