Manuscript Collection

Albin O. Bauer Letters - Accession 526 - M225 (272)

Albin O. Bauer Letters - Accession 526 - M225 (272)

Albin O. Bauer

Identifier

Accession 526 - M225 (272)

Inclusive Dates

1914-1934

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

18 pieces

Language

English;

Historical Note

Albin O. Bauer was a professor and the director of music at Winthrop from 1907-1913. He was retired and moved back to Germany in 1913 just before the outbreak of World War I.

Scope and Content Note

Albin O. Bauer was a professor and the director of music at Winthrop from 1907-1913. He was retired and moved back to Germany in 1913 just before the outbreak of World War I. The letters provide a nostalgic glimpse of life in Rock Hill in the early twentieth century and provide information from the German point of view about World War I by a former resident of the United States. The letters detail the struggles Mr. Bauer endured while attempting to reconcile his admiration of the U.S. with his love of Germany and the German Culture that was threatened during World War I and what life was like following the defeat of the Germans in the war. Most of the letters were written to the Fewell family of Rock Hill, SC with whom he lived with while working at Winthrop.

Provenance

The Albin O. Bauer Letters were deposited with the Winthrop Archives by Edward J. Fewell on September 19, 1983.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

Albin O. Bauer Letters - Accession 526 - M225 (272)

LC Subject Headings

Bauer, Albin O.--Correspondence; Fewell family--Correspondence; Winthrop Normal and Industrial College--Faculty; Music teachers--South Carolina--Rock Hill; College teachers--South Carolina--Rock Hill; World War, 1914-1918--Correspondence; World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Germany--Public opinion

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