Jack Greising Manuscript

Collection

Identifier: Collection ID-1751

Staff Only

Content Description

The primary item in this collection is a digital unpublished manuscript entitled, The Life and Memoirs of A. R. Kretzmann by Jack Greising. There is also a brief biography and an obituary for Dr. Greising. Dr. Greising wrote this manuscript during a sabbatical from Northern Michigan University where he taught History. The academic papers for Dr. Greising are held at Northern Michigan University including the original manuscript on Kretzmann.

Dates

Creation: 1931 - 1997

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Jack Greising was born December 20, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois to Robert and Jewel (Mayfield) Greising and lived in the Marquette [Michigan] area since 1969. He received his BS degree from Concordia Teacher's College (River Forest, Illinois) and his Master's and Phd in History from Saint Louis University. He was a professor of history at Northern Michigan University where he began his tenure in February 1969. He was given emeritus status on August 10, 1992 and was a member of the history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta. He was a member of redeemer Lutheran Church (Marquette, Michigan) and was a deacon in the Northern Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. [This abridged obituary was originally published completely in The Mining Journal on June 17, 1997.]