Missouri, Hermann. Board of Trustees, Records, 1799, 1836-1877 (C2992)

2 rolls of microfilm

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INTRODUCTION

Records, in German, of the German Settlement Society of Philadelphia, which founded Hermann. The records include land records with maps, bylaws, lists of stockholders, incorporation records, trustees' minutes for 1852-1877, collector and treasurer records, and an architectural drawing of the Town School, 1855.

DONOR INFORMATION

The collection was microfilmed for the State Historical Society of Missouri by the American Micro Company, Kansas City, Missouri. It was subsequently transferred from the Newspaper Library to the Manuscript Collection on 14 October 1971 (SHS Accession No. 888) and on 12 September 1972 (SHS Accession No. 974).

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The German Settlement Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1836 for the purpose of organizing colonies where traditional German culture could be perpetuated. The society purchased 11,300 acres in the Gasconade River valley and established the town of Hermann. The Missouri legislature passed an act of incorporation for Hermann in 1845. Town business was conducted by a board of trustees, with yearly elections.

ROLL LIST

r. 1 Miscellaneous Documents and Maps
German Settlement Society records: list of persons who bought certificates.
Leases for wine lots, Hermann, Missouri, 1845-1856. Record is in German
until late l847 and early 1848.
Lots sold to benefit the Hermann Town School, September 1855.
"Island Account," collector and treasurer records, 1865-1872.
Licenses, leases, bills payable, taxes, and interest on railroad bonds.
Land purchases and deeds, l837-l839.
Amended Incorporation Act, Hermann, Missouri, 1870.
Architectural plan of first Hermann school.
Maps, Gasconade County, including a 1799 map of Pierre Chouteau's land grant.
r. 2 Board of Trustees, Minutes
Bylaws, 27 August 1836, of the German Settlement Society.
Meeting minutes, 1852-1877, of the Hermann Board of Trustees.

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Architecture--Designs and plans, 1855
  • Baer, E.C.
  • Bartz, John G.
  • Bayer, Catherine
  • Bayer, George F.
  • Chouteau, Pierre
  • Dodd, Sylvester
  • Eitzen, Charles D.
  • Ferries--Licenses
  • German Americans--Missouri
  • German Heritage Archives
  • German language
  • German Settlement Society of Philadelphia
  • Graf, Jacob
  • Henrich, Lewis
  • Kaempf, Ferdinand
  • Krauter, Mathews
  • Land records--Missouri, Hermann
  • Land settlement--Missouri, Gasconade County
  • Licenses
  • Maps, Missouri, 1799
  • Maps, Missouri, Gasconade County
  • Maps, Missouri, Hermann
  • Merchants--Licenses
  • Miche, John B.
  • Missouri, Hermann, Fires & fire prevention, 1868
  • Missouri, Hermann. Board of Trustees
  • Missouri, Hermann. Schools
  • Peddlers & peddling, Licenses
  • Phillips, Polly
  • Pierre, Etienne H.
  • Restaurants, bars, etc., Licenses
  • Rouark, Charles
  • Rural schools
  • School buildings, 1855
  • Shields, William
  • Sleckmann, Henry
  • Sonn, William
  • Straub, Lorenz
  • Tax Lists, Missouri, Hermann
  • Turner, Patton
  • Weber, Phillip
  • Wine and wine making, Leases
  • Wine and wine making, Licenses