Scope and Contents The collection contains family history information dating back to about 1600, biographical information, correspondence, sermons, manuscripts and documents pertaining to the history of the seminary (now Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana) and pictures. Among the correspondence is a collection of letters written by Craemer to his brother, Carl von Craemer, in Germany between 1840 and 1877, which contain significant family information, as well as comments on the seminary and...

Scope and Contents The Frankenmuth Historical Association donated this collection to Concordia Historical Institute in 1983. It includes an array of photocopied letters (1840-1920) of early residents of Frankenmuth, Michigan, as well as an assortment of transcribed letters from Friedrich August Craemer (1812-1891), the founder of the mission colony in Frankenmuth. There are various church registers, bylaws, and congregational records, mainly from Saint Lorenz Lutheran Church. The photographs available are a...