Abstract The Fred Kotter Collection was donated by F. Ralph Kotter in November 2001. This collection contains sixty-four letters written from Fred Kotter to his family while on a mission in Germany for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fred served from 1902-1904. The correspondence is mainly addressed to his father, Henry Kotter and his sister, Nora Kotter. The letters detail Fred’s experiences while serving a mission in Hamburg, Dresden, and the Saxony region. Of particular...

Abstract This collection contains the diary of Grant C. Aanesen during his German Austrian Mission in 1933. The entries include excerpts of quotes from famous people in English and German. Most of the entries in the diary are in German. It also includes outlines of the Missionary discussions, prayers, answers to frequently asked questions to LDS Missionaries, and Aanesen's personal testimony of the LDS Church. Several pages are dated in...

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The contents of this collection consist of a manuscript written by Llewelyn R. McKay, entitled

“Are All Germans Guilty?”, a collection of articles about Nazi Germany under Hitler’s regime.

Scope and Contents The Ralph P. Vander Heide collection was donated by Ralph to Special Collections along withhis book “German Leaves.” This collection is based upon Ralph’s research into the Chileanmigration of Germans fleeing their homeland in the 1930s and 1940s, specifically Udo Ruskerand Albert Theile.The collection is broken up into four main series: Correspondence, Deutsch Blätter, Dissertation,and Miscellaneous. Correspondence contains letters...

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Baptismal certificate for Wilhelm Waterstradt: 1888