Edward and Christina (Munsch) Berreth Collection

Collection

Identifier: GRHC 037

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Edward and Christina (Munsch) Berreth Collection contains 104 photographs of relatives and acquaintances of the Munsch and Berreth families. These images date from approximately 1889 to 1915, and several photographic formats are represented, including albumin prints, cabinet photographs, real photographic postcards, and one carte de visite. The photographs were originally housed within two albums and removed for preservation purposes. Many of the prints are mounted on cardboard. Some of the photographic studios represented within this collection include Fallman of Eureka, South Dakota; Chaffee Photo of Herreid, South Dakota; J.J. Hochhalter Studio of Zeeland, North Dakota; Kempf Studio of Kulm, North Dakota; Johnson of Chicago, Illinois; and the Stanton Photo Company of Springfield, Ohio.

The images in the Edward and Christina (Munsch) Berreth Collection consist primarily of portraits of individuals and groups. Album 1 contained photographs 01 – 24, the pages of which are labeled with the subject’s name(s). Some of the names of the subjects of the photographs in Album 1 include: Karl Munsch, Anna and Frieda Mebius, Katy Boettcher, John Pfaul, Henry Berreth, Eva Berreth, Jack Wetzel, Christ and Jack Bentz, and Paul Berreth. Album 2, which is also labeled on its pages, contained photographs 25 – 101. It is inscribed on the inside cover “Berreth Relatives.” Some of the names of the subjects of the photographs in Album 2 include: Carl Wacker, Anna Munsch Haas, Ella Bohley, Art and Adeline Orth, Christ Kauk, Eva and Christina Fehrs, Carl Miller, Martha Beck, Christ Moser, Andrew Fisher, Philip Nimeler, and Pastor Figer. The detailed inventory contained in Folder 1/1 has a complete listing of all of the photographs, with descriptions.

Also contained in the collection are two folders (1/12 and 1/13) of photocopies of the album pages with the images intact, which demonstrate the original order of the photographs within the albums.

The album books are also contained within the collection. Album 1 is 10 ½” x 8”x 3” and is housed in Box 2. Album 1 features a celluloid cover with church scene in winter, secondary image in red of girl in green holding a goldfish bowl; back is plush in green with yellow/green roses and scrolls. Gold colored hasp fastener on side. Album 2 is contained in Box 3 and is 11” x 9” x 2 ½”. It features a heavy cloth cover with crescent-shaped beveled mirror framed stamped brass with feathers, scrolls and fans in lower right corner. Upper left corner has stamped brass fan [?]. Back is same material as front. Color of cover is green plush with flowers and leaves.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1889 - 1915

Creator

Berreth, Edward, 1888-1961. (Person)

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

Christina Munsch’s father, Andreas Munsch, was born 25 February 1843 in Neu Danzig, Russia. He married his first wife, Louisa Berreth (b. 7 October 1846 in Worms, Russia) on 1 October 1865 in Worms, Russia. They came to the United States on 23 December 1884. Louisa died on 4 January 1889 in Zeeland, ND. Andreas then married Charlotta Elizabeth Moser in 1889. They gave birth to three children, one of them, Christina Munsch, was born 8 February 1890 in Campbell County, SD.

Edward Berreth was born on February 25, 1888 in Menno, South Dakota to Phillip Berreth and Christina Biehr. The family moved to rural Campbell County when Edward was less than one year of age. On January 24, 1911, Berreth married Christina Munsch. The Berreths lived on the farm upon which Edward’s parents homesteaded near Artas, South Dakota and had thirteen children, nine of which survived into adulthood. Edward Berreth died on 27 March 1961 at Leola, South Dakota. Christina passed away on 28 September 1979 in Eureka, South Dakota.