Der Deutsche Correspondent
Type | Daily newspaper |
---|---|
Format | Broadsheet |
Founder(s) | |
Founded | 1841 |
Ceased publication | April 28, 1918 |
Circulation | 15,000 |
Der Deutsche Correspondent was a German-language newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the most influential newspaper among Germans in Baltimore, lasting longer than any of the other German newspapers in Maryland.
History[]
Der Deutsche Correspondent was established in 1841 by Friedrich Raine, a member of a family of printers from Westphalia, Germany. Raine saw the need for a German-language newspaper in a city populated by a large number of Germans[2] and established the newspaper at the age of 19.[3] The paper started out with only eight subscribers, but circulation numbers climbed and quickly overtook two other German newspapers in Baltimore.[2] During the 1880s and 1890s, its circulation reached about 15,000. Initially started as a weekly, the newspaper grew and eventually became a daily paper in 1848.[3]
The paper closed April 28, 1918, due to anti-German sentiment resulting from World War I. After the Correspondent closed, many of its employees began to work at Bayrische Wochenblatt, a newspaper that had been published in Baltimore since 1880.[3] The two newspapers merged and became a German weekly, called the Baltimore Correspondent.[3]
Legacy[]
In 2009 The Maryland Historical Society received a grant from the Charles Edward Hilgenberg Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation to digitize Der Deutsche Correspondent.[4]
In March 2013 the University of Maryland Libraries announced that they would also be digitizing the Der Deutsche Correspondent.[5] The content digitized by the University of Maryland are available as part of the historic newspaper database Chronicling America at the Library of Congress.[6]
Translations and transcriptions[]
- Ruppert, Gary B. The German Correspondent, Baltimore, Maryland: Translation and Transcription of Death Notices & Obituaries, 1879-1883 ISBN 9780788446023
- Ruppert, Gary B. The German Correspondent, Baltimore, Maryland: Translation and Transcription of Marriages, Deaths and Selected Articles of Genealogical Interest, 1879-1883 ISBN 9780788446030
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Howard, George Washington (1873). The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present Resources. Baltimore, Md.: J.D. Ehlers & Co. Engravers and Steam Book Printers. p. 60. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Preserving a part of the city's German past". tribunedigital-baltimoresun. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ^ a b c d Cunz, Dieter (1948). The Maryland Germans: A History. Princeton University Press.
- ^ "Resurrecting Print: The Hilgenberg Archive". MdHS Hilgenberg Archive's Blog. Maryland Historical Society. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Maryland joins national effort to digitize historic newspapers". University Libraries. University Libraries, UMD. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Results: Digitized Newspapers". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
External links[]
- About Der Deutsche Correspondent, Chronicling America
- German Newspapers in Maryland
- 1841 establishments in Maryland
- 1918 disestablishments in Maryland
- Anti-German sentiment in the United States
- Defunct newspapers published in Maryland
- Newspapers published in Baltimore
- German-American history
- German-American culture in Baltimore
- German-language newspapers published in Maryland
- Publications established in 1841
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