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Wedding certificate between JHL I and Elizabeth Gruber. Transliteration and original letter from JHL I written in Swiss-German. JHL I had lived in a Swiss-Austrian community during the 1850s with an Austrian wife. The letter in the folder is from when JHL I was at Sutter’s Fort.

Scope and Contents JHL I worked under Joseph Sutter at Sutter’s Fort in various capacities. JHL I wrote down many of his experiences in journals, which have been published in their original German language as well as some English translations. His journals include his travels from Switzerland to the U.S. and up and down the Mississippi River between 1843-1846. JHL I also wrote about his western trek where he passed the Donner Party on his way west towards Sutter’s Fort. Wilbur book on JHL I’s time...

Scope and Contents In this section of the discussion JHL IV spoke directly about Christa Landert, who is a Swiss academic that conducted a dissertation on JHL I. She also played a major role in the translation of the English version of JHL I’s journal. All of the material in the folder relates to the “last of the English version books” related to JHL I’s diaries, entitled "New Worlds to Seek." The folder also includes a book on Nauvoo, Illinois, which includes an image of the Lienhard family home on page 17....

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The John Henry Lienhard III series primarily includes material related to JHL III's service during WWI and his correspondence with cartoonist and weatherman PJ Hoffstrom in their later life. Arranged chronologically, the WWI material mostly consists of correspondence, images, pilot’s journals, and military records dating from 1900-1977.

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The John Henry Lienhard III series primarily includes material related to JHL III's service during WWI and his correspondence with cartoonist and weatherman PJ Hoffstrom in their later life. Arranged chronologically, the WWI material mostly consists of correspondence, images, pilot’s journals, and military records dating from 1900-1977.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The John Henry Lienhard III series primarily includes material related to JHL III's service during WWI and his correspondence with cartoonist and weatherman PJ Hoffstrom in their later life. Arranged chronologically, the WWI material mostly consists of correspondence, images, pilot’s journals, and military records dating from 1900-1977.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The John Henry Lienhard III series primarily includes material related to JHL III's service during WWI and his correspondence with cartoonist and weatherman PJ Hoffstrom in their later life. Arranged chronologically, the WWI material mostly consists of correspondence, images, pilot’s journals, and military records dating from 1900-1977.

Scope and Contents JHL III went on to become a newspaperman for St Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press. He was sent in 1936 to Alaska to cover the colonization of the agriculturally rich Matanuska Valley of south-east Alaska. At the time there was an effort to colonize the area, but it was not as successful as expected. During this period JHL III became a champion of the Alaska-Canada (Al-Can) Highway. The civil engineer leading the effort to build this road had originally planned to build the road along the...

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The John Henry Lienhard III series primarily includes material related to JHL III's service during WWI and his correspondence with cartoonist and weatherman PJ Hoffstrom in their later life. Arranged chronologically, the WWI material mostly consists of correspondence, images, pilot’s journals, and military records dating from 1900-1977.

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This folder includes JHL IV’s grandmother’s and other family members' ration cards. JHL IV considers them rare as they are largely unused. The campaign pins in this folder were used in an exhibit in the past.

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The John Henry Lienhard III series primarily includes material related to JHL III's service during WWI and his correspondence with cartoonist and weatherman PJ Hoffstrom in their later life. Arranged chronologically, the WWI material mostly consists of correspondence, images, pilot’s journals, and military records dating from 1900-1977.

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The photocopy is of the certificate/award given to the Lienhard family after JHL III’s military insignia (“wings”) were taken into space. The folder also includes an image of JHL III in his military uniform.

Scope and Contents JHL IV provided various brief descriptions of individual objects in the folder. He mentioned the photo of his father (JHL III) within an identity card booklet, stating that the image was from after the war. A canvas insignia of the unit that JHL III flew with was given to Special Collections. JHL IV highlighted some lines from his father’s description of a dog fight.JHL III likely kept the articles on the Lewis Gun because it was the gun that he fired during training. ...

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The pilot’s book provides some examples of what early military aircraft training was like.

Scope and Contents JHL IV talked about who PJ Hoff was and described his frienship with JHL III and the Lienhard family. JHL IV discussed JHL III’s politics, stating that he became ultra-conservative. He had voted for Roosevelt the first term, but was “horrified” at the "socialistic programs" and went increasingly conservative after that. JHL IV believed that PJ Hoff and JHL III were “on the same wave length.” The two men strongly disliked what they considered to be dishonesty in newspapers as they had seen...