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The Kroeger Story

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-40

Scope and Contents

This is a digitized copy of an original typed booklet with spiral binding compiled by Elma "Tib" Peitscher Elliott Stewart from 1979-1981. It tells the story of the Marx and Anna (Ahmling) Kroeger family and their descendants in a narrative style. Farming, chores, picnics, school, and descriptions of daily life provide valuable insight into Iowa life in the pioneer days.

Included are anecdotal stories, recipes, and pedigree chart. Other family surnames included are Mohr, Scharff, Schwanz and more.

Dates

  • Creation: 1979-1981

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials are available for use in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center only.

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Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Biographical / Historical

Marx Kroeger and Anna Ahmling came to Scott County, Iowa from Schleswig-Holstein in the 1870's. They married, farmed, and raised a family near Princeton, Iowa.

Extent

65.5 Megabytes (in 33 folders.)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Repository

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