Finding aid, inventory, and historical information
Scope and Contents
The Reuben Drefs Collection contains a song sheet and a sermon book. The song sheet is a typescript of verses of “O Where is the Home of the Soul to be Found?” On the top of the song sheet the following note is typed: “(To be sung by the Congregation in cemetery).” The song sheet is typed on a half sheet of brown paper, approximately 8 ½” x 5 ½. A note along with the song sheet reads, “Used by Reuben Drefs father.”
The sermon book, Predigten für alle Sonn-, Fest- und Feiertage nebst einigen Busstags-Predigten und Grabreden. Vols. I and II by Ludwig Hofacker, consists of many sermons in German. The book was published in 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The binding on the book is in poor condition, and the spine is detached. The donor, Reuben Drefs, included a note along with the sermon book: “This was the book of sermons that kusters/ lay teachers in Poland and Russia read to the congregation in the absence of the pastor.”
Dates
- 1872
Access
Extent
From the Collection: 2 Folders
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: German
Creator
- From the Collection: Drefs, R. Reuben. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hofacker, Ludwig, 1798-1828. (Person)
- From the Collection: Knak, Gustav Friedrich Ludwig, 1806-1878. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Repository
NDSU Dept 2080
PO Box 6050
Fargo ND 58108-6050 United States
(701) 231-6596
ndsu.grhc@ndsu.edu