Menke, Burlage, and Kracke families papers, 1842-1887 | Louisiana Research Collection

By LAC Group

Collection Overview

Title: Menke, Burlage, and Kracke families papers, 1842-1887Add to your cart.

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 603

Primary Creator: Menke family.

Other Creators: Burlage family., Kracke family.

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic as follows: correspondence, poetry in German, poetry in English, grammar exercises in English, compositions, notes, other items, clippings, and composition and note books. The collection is made up of one box.

Date Acquired: 11/22/1978

Subjects: Buhrlage, Johann Hermann., Burlage, Reinhardine Menke., Burlage family., German Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., German poetry., Kracke family., Menke family.

Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence., Notebooks., Poetry., Writings.

Languages: English, German

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of German manuscript poetry from the 1850s. Some of the poems were written by Reinhardine Menke, but most are of unknown authorship. Most of the poems are contained in Menke's composition books (1844, 1850-1856). These notebooks also contain moral philosophies supported by biblical quotations. Also included is family correspondence (1866-1887), compositions and school exercises (1854, 1873-1879), clippings of German and English poetry, and a notebook of Johann Hermann Buhrlage that contain some copies of his letters regarding his 1847 trip from Germany to New Orleans.

Biographical Note

Reinhardine Menke came to New Orleans from Bremen, Germany. Around 1856, she married Johann Hermann Buhrlage, who came to New Orleans from Talge, Germany in 1847. They apparently had a son named J. Edgar Burlage.

In 1856 Louise Reinhardine Menke Burlage married J.F.L. Kracke. They had a son named Thomas Wharton Kracke.

Subject/Index Terms

Buhrlage, Johann Hermann.
Burlage, Reinhardine Menke.
Burlage family.
German Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
German poetry.
Kracke family.
Menke family.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Frank Kane.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Menke, Burlage, and Kracke families papers, Manuscripts Collection 603, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1978 by MHK.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 746084032

Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Menke, Burlage, and Kracke families papers],
[All]

Box 1: Menke, Burlage, and Kracke families papersAdd to your cart.
Seven bound volumes-composition and note books (all in box).
Folder 1: Correspondence, 1866-1887Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Poetry in GermanAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Poetry in EnglishAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Grammar exercises in EnglishAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Compositions, 1854, 1873-1874Add to your cart.
Folder 6: NotesAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Other items, 1857Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Clippings, 1857?-1879Add to your cart.

Page Generated in: 1.231 seconds (using 235 queries).
Using 10.3MB of memory. (Peak of 10.51MB.)

Powered by Archon Version 3.21
Copyright ©2011 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
© 2012 Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University  |  6801 Freret St., New Orleans, LA 70118  |  (504) 865-5685  |
Email the Louisiana Research Collection  |  Email the Hogan Jazz Archive