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COLLECTION SUMMARY

Title:     Grewing Manuscript

Dates:     1949-1997 (bulk 1949, 1975, 1997)

Creator:    Louis and Frederick Grewing

Physical Description:     0.21 linear feet—1 container

Collection number:     MA 24

Language:     Collection material in English and German.

Repository:     South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Abstract:     Collection is composed of a manuscript titled “In the Blizzard” relating events that occurred during a blizzard in South Dakota in March 1882.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance:    This collection was donated to the Archives in 1998 by Carl R. Sunde, retired Professor of German, SDSU.

Access Restrictions:     This collection is open to research without restriction. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Copyright Status:     Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding aid.

It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)

Preferred Citation:     [Identification of item]. Grewing manuscript, MA 24, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Processing Information:    This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on July 9, 1999 with revisions on July 8, 2008 (cjg).

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Persons:

• Grewing, Frederick, 1867-1937.

• Grewing, Louis, 1843-1908.

Subjects:

• Blizzards—South Dakota.

• Winter storms—South Dakota.

BACKGROUND NOTE

The original manuscript of “In the Blizzard” relates events that occurred during a blizzard that occurred in South Dakota during March, 1882 and was written by Louis Grewing (1843-1908). His son, Frederick Grewing (1867-1937), states in a note next to the text that he had copied the document. The location of the original is unknown. Other notes indicate that Frederick planned to submit the story for publication. The earliest publication date found was 1949, twelve years after his death.

A copy of the Frederick Grewing Manuscript "In the Blizzard" was given to Carl R. Sunde, Professor of German at South Dakota State University, by Carlene Aro, a descendent of the original author, for translation from the handwritten, old German script into English. A small grant from the South Dakota State University research support fund was given to Mr. Sunde that permitted translation of and research about the document.

SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE

This collection is composed of a manuscript titled “In the Blizzard,” newspaper accounts, photos and other background information. Included are versions printed by the "Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt," a Lutheran church bulletin written in German from Madison, Wisconsin, and by the Watertown Public Opinion, which features a translation of that article by Reverend Elwood Habermann and other useful information. Frederick's role as editor and copier of the original document is omitted in Reverend Habermann's translation as well as several other significant details presumably unknown to him.

ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.

Box 1.

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