Johann Edmund Seuel (1865-1951) Papers

Collection

Identifier: Collection ID-0763

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Main Collection

Key items: scrapbook on his 25th anniversary as manager of Concordia Publishing House, a leather-bound certificate from the Trinity Choral Society, an oral history interview, A silver-encased gift of Krauss's book "Lebensbilder aus der Geschichte" for the Seuel's 25th wedding anniversary,and original scores and arrangements.

2020 Supplement

Concordia Junior Messenger (10:8 August 1932) with article on Edmund Seuel
The Lutheran Layman (21:4 July 1950) with article on LLL Founding
Correspondence from Seuel to Fuerbringer (July 17, 1930)
Photo (b/w) of Edmund Seuel
Order of Service for the Funeral of Edmund Seuel
Photo (b/w) of Edmund and Emma Seuel
Order of Commencement at Valparaiso University and conferring of the Honorary Doctor of Music Degree for Edmund Seuel (June 14, 1936)
Obituary of Edmund Seuel from Lutheran Convalescent Home: Tidings Newsletter (June 1951)
Sermon at the Funeral of Edmund Seuel (May 12, 1951)
Correspondence from George Beto to Rudolph Norden (November 11, 1977)
Correspondence from W. H. Hansel to Rudolph Norden (February 14, 1978)
Correspondence from Theodore Graebner to Children and Grandchildren of Edmund Seuel (April 24, 1935)
Other loose items and news clippings

Dates

Creation: 1865 - 1978

Biographical / Historical

Edmund Seuel was born on 21 April 1865 in Vincennes, Indiana. He graduated from Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis in 1886. During his life, Seuel served as a missionary in Ogallala, Nebraska, taught at Walther College in Saint Louis, managed Concordia Publishing House, helped found the Lutheran Layman's League, served as the treasurer of the synod and on its Board of Directors. Seuel died on 9 May 1951.