John E. Rothensteiner papers
Abstract
Parish priest in Fredericktown and St. Louis, Missouri; born in 1860, ordained in 1884, raised to the monsignorate in 1934. Notebooks, literary manuscripts, clippings, correspondence, greeting cards and other printed ephemera. Includes material concerning Rothensteiner's work as a Catholic parish priest in Missouri, historian and censor librorum, poet, essayist and journalist. Some published works and correspondence in German are provided with translations by Sister Callista Campion, author of a dissertation on Rothensteiner and curator of his papers in the 1940s. The correspondence sequence includes significant exchanges with the Catholic poets H.A. Rattermann, Franz Joseph Zlatnik and Anton Müller (Bruder Willram), and with Sigismund Cardinal Waitz, archbishop of Salzburg, and literary critic Friedrich Bruns. Many of the letters concern the writing, translating and teaching of German poetry.
Dates
- Creation: 1880-1940
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in German and English.
Biographical / Historical
Parish priest in Fredericktown and St. Louis, Missouri; born in 1860, ordained in 1884, raised to the monsignorate in 1934. From the 1880s onward he was a major collector of books, including rare books, many of which went to Mundelein College and now reside at the Newberry Library. He acted as historian and censor librorum of the archdiocese of St. Louis, and wrote many essays, articles, and poems on German and German-American themes, in both English and German. His essays appeared chiefly in the Catholic press, especially "Amerika", the "Catholic Herald," "The Fortnightly Review," and "Pastoralblatt."
Extent
7.5 Linear Feet (12 boxes and 12 volumes)
Arrangement
Papers organized into biographical materials, writings, and correspondence.
Location
4a 30 3
Ownership and Custodial History
Forms part of the Mundelein College Collection at the Newberry Library.
Related/Analytical Titles
Amerika.
Pastoralblatt.
Catholic herald.
Fortnightly review.
Subject
- Rothensteiner, John E. (John Ernest), 1860-1936 (Person)
- Waitz, Sigismund, 1864-1941 (Person)
- Willram, Bruder, 1870-1939 (Person)
- Zlatnik, Franz Joseph, 1871-1933 (Person)
- Bruns, Friedrich, 1878-1961 (Person)
- Campion, Mary Callista, Sister, B.V.M. (Person)
- Catholic Church -- Periodicals -- United States (Organization)
- Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Sources -- History (Organization)
- Mundelein College Collection (Newberry Library) (Organization)
- Rattermann, H. A. (Heinrich Armin), 1832-1923 (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Book collectors -- Middle West -- Biography
- Catholics -- Missouri -- History -- Sources
- German American Catholics -- Missouri -- Biography
- German American literature -- Missouri -- Catholic authors
- German American poetry -- 19th century
- German American poetry -- 20th century
- German American poetry -- Translations into English
- Status
- Catalog Record Only
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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