Wilhelm Friedrich Wilk (1841-1906) Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an autograph book signed by Professors August Craemer and Philip Fleischmann and numerous fellow students of both the teacher and theological seminaries in Fort Wayne in late September and early October 1860. Some of the entries include the birthplace and dates of the signers.
Dates
- Creation: 1860
Biographical / Historical
Wilk was born 4 October 1841 in Freistadt, Wisconsin, and died 12 March 1906. He prepared for the teaching ministry at the Missouri Synod teacher training school at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He taught first at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and then for 23 years at Concordia, Missouri, where he also served as organist. Illness forced him to retire in 1904. He was buried at Concordia, Missouri, on 17 March 1906.
Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
German
Physical Location
3.25.1.1. Filed in Community Box
- Title
- Wilhelm Friedrich Wilk (1841-1906) Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Margaret Robson
- Date
- March 23, 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Concordia Historical Institute Repository
804 Seminary Place
Saint Louis MO 63105 USA
314-505-7935
reference@concordiahistoricalinstitute.org