Frederick William (Wilhelm Friedrich) Koepchen (1864-1936) Papers

The collection contains addresses, speeches and sermons, articles, notebooks and books, bulletins, files, notes, papers and other writings, pictures and photographs, and other assorted items.

Box 1

• Glaubensbekenntniβ der Gemeinde zu St. Johannis in Dresden zugleich als Widerlegung der ihr und ihrem Seelsorger dem Herrn Pastor M. Stephan in einigen öffentlichen Blättern gemachten Beschuldigungen. Dresden, 1833.
• Zum 50jährigen Jubiläum des praktischen evang.-lutherischen Concordia-Seminars zu Springfield, Ill. 1846–1896. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1896. [Signature: Karl Koepchen. Contains inserts with notes and annotations in text.]
• “Die diamantine Jubelfeier unsrer Concordia,” Der Concordianer: Zeitschrift des Alumnenvereins des Concordia-College zu Ft. Wayne, Ind. 1913–1914, Nr. 6.
• Gräbner, A. L. “Bis hieher.” Kurzgefaβte Geschichte der Missouri-Synode. Im Jubiläums-Jahre 1897.
• Gräbner, A. L. Half a Century of Sound Lutheranism … [partial pamphlet; contains notations]
• Köstering, J. F. Leben und Wirken des Ehrw. Ernst Gerhard Wilh. Keyl, weil. Pastor der Synode von Missouri, Ohio u. a. St. St. Louis: Druckerei des “Luth. Concordia-Verlags,” 1882. [Contains notations.]
• Hochstetter, Chr. Die Geschichte der Evangelisch-lutherischen Missouri-Synode in Nord-Amerika, und ihrer Lehrkämpfe von der sächsischen Auswanderung im Jahre 1838 an bis zum Jahre 1884. Dresden: Verlag von Heinrich J. Naumann, 1885. [Few underlinings and notations.]
• Wegener, W. Festbüchlein zur hudertjährigen Geburtstagsfeier D. C. F. W. Walthers, des gesegnetsten lutherischen Zeugen Amerikas. Unser lutherischen Schuljugend dargeboten. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1911. [A couple of underlinings and question marks.]
• Köstering, J. F. Auswanderung der sächsischen Lutheraner im Jahre 1838, ihre Niederlassung in Perry-Co., Mo., und damit zusammenhängende interessante Nachrichten … St. Louis: Druck und Verlag von A. Wiebusch u. Sohn, 1866. [Notations and underlinings.]
• Notebook — “Ft. Wayne, Ind.” [Handwritten notes and pasted clippings on many details of the history of Concordia College, Fort Wayne]
• Geschichte des Concordia Collegiums der Ev.-luth. Synode von Missouri, Ohio u. a. St. zu Fort Wayne, Ind.: Zum fünfzigjährigen Jubiläum seiner Alma Mater im Auftrag des Judelfestkomitees dem Druck übergeben von eimem Concordianer. St. Louis: Lutherischer Concordia-Verlag, 1889. [The author is Fr. Lindemann, Boston, according to Der Lutheraner 45 (1889): 96. The copy includes a few notations.]
• Geschichte des Concordia Collegiums der Ev.-luth. Synode von Missouri, Ohio u. a. St. zu Fort Wayne, Ind.: Zum fünfzigjährigen Jubiläum seiner Alma Mater im Auftrag des Judelfestkomitees dem Druck übergeben von eimem Concordianer. St. Louis: Lutherischer Concordia-Verlag, 1889. [A second copy, also with markings and notations.]
• Wyneken, H. C. Adolf Fr. Ch. Biewend, weiland Professor am Concordia-Seminary and Director des Gymnasiums zu St. Louis, Mo.: Ein Lebensbild. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1896. [Contains some markings and a few notations.]
• Arndt, W. “Sermon: The Story of the Missouri Synod,” Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Fiscal Office, n.d. [Brief notations]
• Graebner, Th. Lutheran Pioneers I. Our Pilgrim Fathers: The Story of the Saxon Emigration of 1838. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1919. [Contains some markings and notations.]
• Vehse, Carl Eduard. Die Stephan’sche Auswanderung nach Amerika. Mit Actenstücken. Dresden: Verlagsexpedition des Dresdner Wochenblattes, 1840. [Some markings and notations.]
• Janzow, C. L. Life of Rev. Prof. C. F. W. Walther, D.D. Ed. the Revision Board, English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri a. o. States. Pittsburg [sic], Pa.: American Lutheran Publication Board, 1899. [Brief notations.]
• Geschichte des Dreyβigjährigen Krieges und des Westphälischen Friedens. Neue Auflage. Gotha: Christian Mevius, 1760. [Underlinings and marginal notations.]
• Der Kirchenfreund für das nördliche Deutschland (1838) [Includes articles relating to Martin Stephan; underlinings and notations. This volume is filed in the CHI Periodical Collection.]
• Notebook — “Ft. Wayne – Springfield” [Handwritten notes and pasted clippings with many loose notes and clippings inserted. Some notes bear numbers that may relate to slides and may have served as the narrative for a slide presentation.]
• Notebook — “Lehranstalten der Evang.-Luth. Synode von Mo. O. u. a. Staaten” [Handwritten notes and pasted clippings with many loose notes and clippings on the schools of the Missouri Synod.]

Box 2

• Materials re Martin Stephan [Includes handwritten pages that formed part of the Stephan manuscript; notes reflecting Koepchen’s research; drafts and revisions of the manuscript and articles on specific aspects of Stephan’s life; correspondence; etc. The material is partially in typescript, partially handwritten; it consists of both German and English.]
• Materials re Martin Stephan — Bibliography Cards
• “Bishop Martin Stephan and the Saxon Immigration, 1838” [Typescript of partial contents of the full manuscript found in Box 3.]
• Saxon Immigration and Related Material [Typescript pages from the Stephan manuscript, other notes (typed and handwritten), correspondence, etc., relating to Koepchen’s research.]
• Fort Wayne College [Notes, articles, etc., on the history of Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana.]
• Springfield Seminary [Clippings and notes on the history of Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, particularly from the 75th anniversary celebration of the school.]
• Chicago: Addison Seminary [Clippings and photographs pertaining to the teachers college at Addison/River Forest, Illinois.]
• Notebook [Typewritten German loose-leaf pages on 6-by-9.5-inch paper, removed from 3-ring binder; consists of another draft of the Stephan manuscript, though pages are not completely in order; includes many handwritten notations.]

Photographs and Pictures

• “Fakultät des Concordia-College zu Fort Wayne, Ind.” [composite of individual portraits]
• Unidentified mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of bearded man; photographer: F. Schanz, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• Unidentified mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of man with mustache and wearing glasses; photographer: F. Schanz, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• Unidentified mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of elderly woman; photographer: Fred Bach, New York.
• Mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of Prof. Aug. Crull, Concordia College, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; photographer: F. Schanz, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• Mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of Rector Georg Schick, Concordia College, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; photographer: F. Schanz, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• Mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of Prof. F. Zucker, Concordia College, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; photographer: F. Schanz, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• Mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of Prof. J. Schmidt, Concordia College, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; photographer: F. Schanz, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• Unidentified mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of man with a handlebar mustache; photographer: F. Schanz, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• Unidentified mounted portrait (4 x 5.5 inches) of man with mutton chop sideburns; photographer: F. Schanz, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: H. A. Lüdtke”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: John C. Koch”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: J. Pritzlaff”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. Karl Homann”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. C. Gaenssle”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. Karl Ross”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. E. G. Sihler”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Turnlehrer A. Müller”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. Otto Hattstädt”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Hilfslehrer Aug. Hardt”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Dreieinigkeits Kirche”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Aula”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Dir. M. J. F. Albrecht”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: F. Pritzlaff”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Naturalien-Kabinett”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. E. Hamann”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. A. Bergmann”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. G. W. Mueller”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: C. Eissfeld”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: Prof. Karl Huth”
• Photo mounted on card: “Milwaukee: G. Wolläger”

Box 3

• Correspondence — Fuerbringer, L.
• Correspondence — Schmidt, Joseph
• Correspondence — Stephan, T. M.
• Martin Stephan — Lawsuits
• Notes — Bimpage
• Notes — Binder “3” —Passenger lists, last days in Dresden, Bremen, etc.
• Notes — Charges against Stephan
• Notes — Immigration Voyage
• Notes — Martin Stephan’s Death
• Notes — Missouri Synod History
• Notes — “Notes for German Manuscript” (removed from a binder with the numeral “5” pasted on the spine) — Includes copies of letters to Consul Flügel in Leipzig from Martin Stephan and Gustav Körner, also a manuscript by Theo M. Stephan, “The Truth about the so-called ‘Treasure Chest.’”
• Notes — Saxon Immigration
• Notes — “Die Schicksale und Abenteuer der … Stephanianer”
• “Pastor Martin Stephan and the Saxon Immigration of 1838” (May 1935)

Box 4

• Personal - Miscellaneous
• Personal - class notes
• Reformation - notes
• Reformation - Augsburg Confession Anniversary

Box 5

• Sermons - Published
• Sermons - Festival (Advent - Pentecost)
• Sermons - Trinity Season 1-10
• Sermons - Trinity Season 11-27
• Sermons - Old Testament
• Sermons - New Testament (Matthew thru John)

Box 6

• Sermons - New Testament (Acts thru Revelation)
• Sermons - Miscellaneous
• Sermons - Funeral
• Sermons - Waisenfeste, Addison, Illinois 1902-1908
• Slide lecture notes - world

Box 7

• Notebooks on slide lectures - Reformation Era

Box 8

• Notebooks on slide lectures - Synodical Colleges
• Notebooks on slide lectures - The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States

Box 9

• Small box of Luther Reformation pictures
• Various Reformation Anniversary services (German)
• Correspondence
• Martin Luther items
• Scrap book

Box 10

• Slides and Notebooks

Volumes

• Ledger - listing of slides and negatives
• Binder 1 - "Die Stephan'sche Auswanderung aus Sachsen nach den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika im Jahre 1838"
• Binder 2 - "Pastor Martin Stephan and the Saxon Emigration of 1838" by Wm. Koepchen. New York, 1935

Map

• Perry County Missouri