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Marguerite (Bullinger-Gustin) Lien Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRHC 023

Scope and Contents

The main focus of the Marguerite (Bullinger-Gustin) Lien Collection is twenty-eight (28) photographic images that were housed in an ancestral Gustin-Roether family photograph album from Halbstadt/Schoenfeld, Beresan District, South Russia to Flasher/Glen Ullin, North Dakota. Also found within the album were two religious prayer cards, circa 1900. The photographs and prayer cards were housed in a cloth-bound photo album with a celluloid cover. These items were removed from the album for archival purposes. Also contained within the Marguerite Bullinger/Gustin Lien Collection are four folders of materials related to the Gustin family and the identity of the subjects of the photographs. The organization and listing of the photographs is based upon the initial inventory and the order in which the images appear in the photo album.

The Manuscripts Folder contains a grouping of hand-written notes concerning the identity of the subjects of the photographs and also Gustin family history. The author and date of these materials is unknown.

The Correspondence Folder contains correspondence between from Ms. Bullinger/Gustin-Lien to the GRHC concerning the identification of the photographs. These date from 2005-2006.

The Photograph Information Folder contains materials regarding the photographs and their subjects. Also within this folder are one CD-ROM and one 3.5” floppy disk with scans of the photographs.

The Subject Files Folder contains three items. A brochure for the “Journey to the Homeland Tour” of 2006 featuring some hand-written corrections is present in this folder. Also contained in the Subject Files Folder is a packet of information concerning “Witnesses for Christ: A German 20th Century Martyrology”, a publication regarding the Conference of German Bishops. Also present is a color photocopy of the cover for the sheet music of the song “Hail to Abbey! Hail” by Fr. Lambert OSB, and published by the Assumption Entertainers Club.

The Photographic Images Series is comprised of twenty-eight photographs, once housed in a family photo album. On the back of the album is inscribed “Lorenz Gustin, Flasher, North Dakota.” The Photograph Series contains twenty-eight photographs mostly of portraits relating to the family. The portraits include family, individual, and group. The subjects are listed below. The photographic formats represented within this series are twenty-one cabinet photographs, six cartes de visites, one albumen print, and one real photo postcard. Some of the photographic studios represented within this series are Fallman, Eureka, South Dakota; Welch, Mandan, North Dakota; F.X. Ostermayr, Munich, Germany; N. Goldberg, Saratov, Russia; J. Murnseer, Karlsruhe, Germany; Gogler, New York City, New York; and Bostwick, New York City. Photograph identification and other information was taken from the family history, Twice Pioneers. The photographs date from c. 1885-1900. Also placed within this series is one folder of photocopies of the photographs from Marguerite Bullinger/Gustin Lien Collection, as well as other photocopies of unidentified photographs found in the collection.

The Ephemera Series contains religious prayer devotion cards with colorful images. One is in German and titled “Sacred Heart of Mary” and the other “Immaculate Conception.” These items date from c. 1900.

Dates

  • 1885 - 2006

Creator

Access

Access to the physical collection is available upon request. Request must be made at least three (3) business days prior to ndsu.grhc@ndsu.edu.

Copyright

Copyrights to items in this collection remain with original copyright holders or are in the public domain.

Biography

Lorenz/Lawrence Gustin was born at Halbstadt, Beresan District in 1860 and died on his farm North of Flasher, North Dakota in 1925. Lorenz Gustin named the St. Lawrence mission church at Flasher.

Lorenz’s father was Bartholomeus Gustin, born in 1826 at Rastadt, Beresan District and died in November 1897 in Karlsruhe, Beresan District. Lorenz’s mother was Maria-Eva Schoeller Gustin, born in 1819 in Karlsruhe and died in 1887 in Karlsruhe, Beresan District. [Reference by Marguerite Bullinger Lien: “Ancestors and Descendants of Bartholomeus and Maria-Eva Gustin.”]

Lorenz Gustin attended school in Karlsruhe and further educated at [Saint Benedict’s Abbey] Roman Catholic Seminary at Saratov, Volga Region, Russia. Lorenz was planning for priesthood, but married Margaretha Roether on January 25, 1882 in Halbstadt.

Margaretha Roether was a daughter of Joseph Roether (1819-?) and Carolina Siegel (1820-1882) in Karlsruhe, Beresan District. Margaretha’s grandfather Johanners Roether (1782-?) was founding settler at Karlsruhe in 1809; he was a professional textiles weaver. Johannes Roether married Katherina Baron, whose father Simon Baron (1763-?) was a founding settler in Karlsruhe in 1809. Simon Baron, a carpenter, married Katherina Filikis (born 1776 in Neukirch, Baden, Germany): Both were the parents of Katherine Baron Roether.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Summary

This collection contains twenty-eight (28) photographic images, circa 1885-1900, concerning the Gustin family, Halbstadt, Russia and Flasher, North Dakota. Two (2) religious ephemera, circa 1900. Manuscripts, correspondence, and subject files, 2005-2008.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into two series: Photographic Images and Ephemera, and four other folders.

Provenance

Materials were donated by Marguerite Lien on July 20, 2005.

Property Rights

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Marguerite (Bullinger-Gustin) Lien Collection
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Repository

Contact:
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