Ernst Conrad Schmidt papers

  • Creator Names Schmidt, Ernst C. (Ernst Conrad), 1893-
  • Title Ernst Conrad Schmidt papers [manuscript], 1850s-1980, bulk 1940-1980.
  • Physical description 10 linear ft. (12 boxes)
  • Collection arrangement Obituaries and death announcements are arranged alphabetically.
  • Access and usage restrictions Most of the collection is in remote storage. Please ask Research Center staff about the possibility of retrieval.
  • Collection summary Correspondence, forms, reports, clippings, photographs, wedding invitations and announcements, obituaries and death announcements, handwritten notes, and other papers of Ernst C. Schmidt. Most of the materials relate to members of the Inland Lakes Yachting Association (an organization of yacht clubs, mostly based in the Middle West) and the Lake Geneva Yacht Club (Wisconsin), where Schmidt was a member. In 1946, Schmidt was secretary/treasurer of the Inland Lakes Yachting Association. The collection also includes papers from the Geneva Lake Boat Company, of which Ernst. C. Schmidt was president, and working files documenting the operation of Grant Hospital in the 1960s, with several typescripts of minute books recorded from the 1870s-1890s. Also included is an illustration of the Zellengefangniss, a Berlin penitentiary (ca. mid-1800s).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Otto L. Schmidt papers; the Seipp family collection (1982.0006); the Ernst Schmidt papers; and family collections of visual materials.
  • Names
    • Schmidt, Ernst C. (Ernst Conrad), 1893- Archives.
    • Geneva Lake Boat Company (Wis.)
    • German Hospital of Chicago (Ill.)
    • Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Inland Lakes Yachting Association.
    • Lake Geneva Yacht Club (Wis.)
    • Geneva Lake Boat Company (Wis.)
    • German Hospital of Chicago (Ill.)
    • Grant Hospital (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Inland Lakes Yachting Association.
    • Lake Geneva Yacht Club (Wis.)
  • Subjects
    • Hospitals Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Hospitals Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Inland navigation Middle West 20th century.
    • Physicians Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Yacht clubs Wisconsin Lake Geneva 20th century.
    • Yachting Middle West Societies, etc.
    • Yachting Wisconsin Lake Geneva Societies, etc.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs 20th century.
    • Geneva, Lake (Walworth County, Wis. : Lake)
    • Lake Geneva (Wis.) Population.
    • Lake Geneva (Wis.) Social life and customs 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Announcements. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Invitations. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Obituaries. aat
    • Reports. aat
    • Photographic prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name
    • United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
    • United States Wisconsin Lake Geneva.