Ernst Schmidt papers
- Creator Names Schmidt, Ernst, 1830-1900.
- Title Ernst Schmidt papers [manuscript], 1843-1969, bulk 1850-1898.
- Physical description 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
- Collection summary Papers of Ernst Frederich Felix Schmidt, who was a Bavarian-born, Chicago (Ill.) physician, first coroner of Cook County (Republican), and supporter of the Haymarket Riot defendants. Materials include student medical notebooks, 1850-1851 (5 v.), for lectures given by Professors Virchow, Leydig, and Köllicker at the University of Würzburg; a folder of loose medical school notes, 1848-1856, including several sheets of clinical observations taken at a hospital in Würzburg; a scrapbook (1843-1880s) containing watercolors of German towns, pencil portraits, German and English language clippings on prominent German and U.S. individuals, and some photographs of Schmidt; a typed index to the scrapbook; a printed translation into German by Schmidt of Longfellow's "Morturi Salutamus"; a "remembrance book" of clipped poems/stories from German-language newspapers, prepared by Schmidt in 1898 for his friend Dr. Theodor Wild; a reprint of a memorial tribute printed by the Reform Advocate of Chicago on September 8, 1900; a January 19, 1969, Chicago Sun-Times review of a private printing of Schmidt's memoir, entitled "He Chose;" and 134 photocopied sheets of German-language newspaper articles, many written by Schmidt.
- Acquisition information Gift of Dr. Edward S. Petersen (M1980.0001) and Dr. Frederick R. Schmidt (M1979.0068).
- Names
- Schmidt, Ernst, 1830-1900 Archives.
- Köllicker.
- Leydig.
- Virchow, Rudolf.
- Wild, Theodor.
- Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
- Subjects
- German Americans Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- German Americans Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886.
- Medicine Germany 19th century.
- Medicine United States Illinois 19th century.
- Physicians Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Physicians Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Socialism Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Geographic coverage
- Bamberg (Germany) Description and travel 19th century.
- Bavaria (Germany) Social life and customs 19th century.
- Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 19th century.
- Ebern (Germany) Description and travel 19th century.
- Germany Politics and government 19th century.
- Würzburg (Germany) Social life and customs 19th century.
- Genre
- Drawings. aat
- Notebooks. aat
- Poetry. aat
- Scrapbooks. aat
- Watercolor paintings. gmgpc
- Geographic name
- Germany Bavaria Bamberg.
- Germany Bavaria Ebern.
- Germany Bavaria Würzburg.
- United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.