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.