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{"value"=>"285470", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1800-1996", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1800/1996"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series III: Luening and Jacobs Family Papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"46 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"18.0 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Some papers in this series are in German."}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Otto Luening was the last surviving member of his nuclear family and collected papers from his siblings, parents, and extended family (the Luenings and the Jacobs). He was the youngest of six children. His siblings were Frederick (born 1884), Eugene II (nicknamed \"Dix,\" born 1886), Helene (born 1887), John (nicknamed \"Hans,\" born 1892), and Robert (born 1894). Eugene II had two sons, Eugene III (nicknamed \"Dixie\"), and William.</p> <p>On the Jacobs side, Otto's mother, Emma Jacobs Luening, had five sisters (Claire, Gretchen, Tillie, Hermine, and Helene), and her parents were Colonel William H. Jacobs and Caroline Jacobs. Emma's mother Caroline had a sister, Josephine, and Emma's paternal grandfather was Holzen Jacobs.</p> <p>On the Luening side, Otto's father, Eugene, had a brother named Adolph. Eugene's father was Frederick August Luening, and Eugene's maternal grandparents were Franz and Xavier Neukirch.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This series documents the multi-generational history of the Luening and Jacobs families dating back to the early 19th century. It also reveals the history of German immigration to Wisconsin and the Milwaukee area in particular, and the development of that community. The papers include correspondence, photographs, clippings, genealogical research, official papers, and writings. The source and provenance of some of these papers are unknown. Portions of the series, particularly the clippings and older correspondence, are in German.</p> <p>All the family members named in the biography note are documented to some extent in this series. The figures with the most content are Eugene and Emma Luening, Helene Luening (Otto's sister, a music teacher), and Otto Luening. As a group, however, the Jacobs side of the family has more documentation than the Luening side.</p> <p>The General Papers at the top of the series hold family history and genealogical research carried out by Luening and others; Otto Luening's correspondence with various family members, some unidentified; and photographs.</p> <p>The Eugene and Emma Luening papers hold clippings, writings, photographs, and correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues, including Richard Wagner (although the recipient of the letter is unclear), and the music theorist Bernhard Ziehn. They also hold brief letters from Thomas Edison and Eleanor Roosevelt. The writings hold essays on music and literature by Eugene Luening (some in German), and diaries and notebooks by both Eugene and Emma Luening. Business and official papers include a ledger from the Luening Conservatory in Milwaukee (later the Wisconsin Conservatory); baptism certificates and real estate transactions; and travel documents.</p> <p>Helene Luening's papers include correspondence with her family and friends; arrangements and transcriptions of folk and classical songs for voice and piano; programs and clippings; teaching materials; and papers documenting her work for the Works Progress Administration and The New York Public Library.</p> <p>Otto Luening's family papers comprise family correspondence and photographs. They also include a sketch of Luening by the painter Carl Bohnen, whom Luening met when his family was living in Munich.</p> <p>The papers of Otto Luening's other siblings contain correspondence and photographs, and include some documentation of their children as well.</p> <p>A large section of correspondence in this series is with or regarding Otto Luening's first wife Ethel Codd Luening, a Canadian vocalist he met at the Eastman School of Music around 1930. She suffered from mental illness and spent portions of the 1940s and 1950s in various hospitals. The correspondence is between Ethel and Otto; between Ethel and Helene Luening; and between Otto, Helene, and Margaret Codd Goldovsky (Ethel's sister), regarding Ethel's care and how best to support her. Otto Luening financially supported Ethel and her medical needs throughout their marriage and continued to help support her after their divorce and his re-marriage, up until her death in 1989. The correspondence dates from 1931 to 1989, but the bulk dates from the 1940s and 1950s, when Ethel's illness seems to have been most acute.</p> <p>Among the other notable papers in this series are letters from Adolph Luening, the brother of Eugene Luening, which contains discussions of his experiences in the American Civil War; a letter from an unknown soldier to his mother at the end of the German campaign of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814 (found in the Franz and Xavier Neukirch correspondence, with an English translation by Emma Luening); and correspondence between Otto Luening and historians in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, regarding Luening's grandfather Frederick August Luening, one of the town's first settlers.</p> <p>Many of the clippings in this series are from German newspapers in Milwaukee, or from the <span class=\"title\">Milwaukee Sentinel</span>. Among Eugene Luening's papers is a log of mentions of the Jacobs and Luening families in the <span class=\"title\">Sentinel</span> in the late 19th century.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The arrangement is alphabetical by name. General family papers are at the top of the series.</p>"}
- date_start
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1800
- keydate
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1800
- date_end
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1996
- date_inclusive_start
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1800
- date_inclusive_end
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1996