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Title
Raster, Edwin Otto - Correspondence to Margarethe Raster, Hermann Raster family papers, 1884-1906
Creator
Raster, Hermann, 1827-1891
Date
1884-1906
Place
United States
Language
German
Subjects
Forty-Eighters (American immigrants)
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German Americans
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Germans
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Newspaper editors
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Newspaper publishing
Summary
The bulk of this collection consists of correspondenc--professional, personal, and family. Many of the letters in the collection are in German, written by prominent German-American and German editors, professors, diplomats, singers and authors. There are also letters in English from important Chicagoans covering topics such as the fledgling Chicago Public library, immigration laws, the Chicago Board of Education, anti-temperance and the Republican Platform. Many of Raster's letters to his family have been translated, including those that reveal his experiences and feelings as an immigrant in New York City and during the aftermath of the Chicago fire in 1871.
Biographical/Historical Note
German immigrant "Forty-Eighter," editor of New York Abendzeitung and Illinois Staats-Zeitung. Hermann Raster was born in 1827 in Zerbst, Germany. He graduated from University of Leipzig in 1846 and the University of Berlin in 1848. In 1849 he took a job as the stenographer of the Anhalt Legislature. Raster took part in the revolutions of 1848, writing passionately against church and monarchy. He was forced to flee to America with fellow revolutionaries to escape prison. Raster arrived in New York in July 1851 and first found employment as a farmhand near Tioga, PA. He left for Buffalo in the spring of 1852, accepting the position of editor for the Buffalo Demokrat. His journalistic reputation grew quickly and in February of 1853, Raster was made editor of the New York Abendzeitung, the most influential German-language paper of the time. In 1867, Raster accepted the position as editor for the Illinois Staats-Zeitung in Chicago, where he remained until his death. Raster died in July 1891 in Silesia, Germany where he had traveled for his poor health. His third wife Margarethe and their three children, Anna, Edwin and Walther survived him. Raster was influential in leading the German-American switch to the Republican Party in 1856, swaying German public opinion via his pro-union, anti-slavery articles in the German press, and promoting the personal liberty (anti-temperance) cause.
Extent
6.2 linear feet (10 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)
Format
Clippings (Information artifacts)
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Correspondence
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Diaries
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Manuscripts (Documents)
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Photographs
Archival Collection Title
Hermann Raster papers
Rights Status
No Copyright - United States
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Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
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Call Number
Midwest MS Raster Box 8 Folder 141
BibID
998784178805867
Size
2544px × 3977px 57.92 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
998784178805867_mms_raster_box_008_fl_141_001_001.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11CJ3H
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