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Title: Jungeblut (Laura) Collection
Date: 1946-1950
Collection Number: Ms93
Location:
Erickson Vault
Physical Description: 0.5 linear feet
Contributing Institution:
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95240
Language of Material: Records written in German
Abstract: The Laura Jungeblut Collection consists of seventy-seven pieces of correspondence, most written in German, between Lodi, California,
resident Laura M. Jungeblut (later Wiederrich) and relatives in Germany shortly after the end of the Second World War. The
letters discuss family news and afford insights into life under Allied occupation. The collection also includes lists of and
receipts for food, clothing, and other goods send to German relatives, as well as related newspaper clippings and various
notes.
Access Information
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Conditions of Use
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred citation: [Item name], Laura Jungeblut Collection, Ms93, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, Lodi,
California.
Laura M. Jungeblut (1909-1999) was a daughter of one of the leading Protestant clergyman in early twentieth-century Lodi,
California, Johann Friedrich Jungeblut (1859-1931), and his wife, Marie A. Stark Jungeblut (ca. 1860-1913). Emigrating from
Germany to the United States in 1874, Johann settled in the Upper Midwest, attended Dubuque Theological Seminary, and in 1890
finished his studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. Ordained to the German Reformed Church, Jungeblut held a series of
ministerial positions in the Midwest for the next fifteen years before accepting the pastorate of Lodi's Hope Church in 1905.
At that time, the Jungeblut family included not only Laura and her parents, but also her three older siblings: Erna Irene
Jungeblut Mettler (1891-1969), Calvin Johann Friedrich Jungeblut (1892-1964), and Edna Elizabeth Jungeblut Bender (1895-1990).
The family was fluent in German and maintained contact with relatives in Germany, among them Otto Jungeblut and Annelise Uthoff,
apparently the nephew and niece of Johann Jungeblut, and Annelise's daughter, Marie-Luise Uthoff. For much of her adult life,
Laura worked as a bookkeeper at Lodi Memorial Hospital. In 1964, she married John R. Wiederrich, Sr., another resident of
Lodi.
Included in this collection are seventy-seven hand- and typewritten pieces of correspondence, as well as related lists, newspaper
clippings, and other documents that discuss family news and food and supplies that Laura Jungeblut and members of her family
sent or had sent via CARE to relatives in Germany shortly after the end of the Second World War. The documents, most written
in German, have been arranged in chronological order.
Bender, Edna Elizabeth Jungeblut (1895-1990)
Jungeblut, Calvin Johann Friedrich (1892-1964)
Jungeblut, Johann Friedrich (1859-1931)
Jungeblut, Otto
Mettler, Erna Irene Jungeblut (1891-1969)
Uthoff, Marie-Luise
Wiederrich, Laura M. Jungeblut (1909-1999)
CARE
Lodi (Calif.)--History
San Joaquin County (Calif.)--History
World War II--United States