Hulda (Wacker) Reinhardt Collection
Scope and Contents
The Hulda (Wacker) Reinhardt Collection consists of two pins and one photocopied image. The collection has been divided into two series: Artifact and Photograph.
The Artifact Series contains two pins:
The first pin (1998.03.01) is a “DFYF” pin of blue and white glass enamel; circa 1931-1934 as “club” pins for sisters Esther and Hulda Wacker in rural Wacker #1 school (twenty miles northwest of Leola, South Dakota). The second pin (1998.03.02) is a Lung Association (Old Ironsides) pin is a red Lorraine Cross from third or fourth grade at rural country school, McPherson County, South Dakota.
The Photograph Series is comprised of one photocopied image of the Nill sisters, circa 1912 at Jewell and Coldwater (east of Ashley, North Dakota), McIntosh County. The Nill sisters (left to right in the image) are Emma, Christina, Martha, and Katherina Nill; daughters of John Friedrich Nill and Ottilia (Kempf) Nill. The women in the image were the aunts of Hulda (Wacker) Reinhardt; and sisters to her mother, Friedarika (Nill) Wacker.
Dates
- 1912
- 1930
Access
Copyright
Biography
Heinrich “Henry” Wacker was born on August 31, 1886 in Freeman, South Dakota, to parents Karl and Barbara (Neuhart) Wacker. Friedarika Nill was born on January 4, 1893 to parents John Fredrick Nill and Ottilia (Kempf) Nill. One September 4, 1913, Henry Wacker married Friedarika Nill and they had five children: Hulda, Erna “Esther,” Elmer, Victor, and Ruth.
Hulda (Wacker) Reinhardt was born on August 5, 1914 to parents Heinrich “Henry” and Friedarika (Nill) Wacker. On June 2, 1938, she married Emil Reinhardt in Aberdeen, South Dakota. They had two children: Glenn and Eric. Emil Reinhardt died on August 7, 1976, and Hulda (Wacker) Reinhardt died on March 18, 2005.
Extent
2 Items (2 artifacts)
1 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Summary
Arrangement
Provenance
Separated Materials
Pins
- “DFYF” pin, circa 1931-1934 [1998.03.01]
- The first pin (1998.03.01) is a “DFYF” pin of blue and white glass enamel; circa 1931-1934 as “club” pins for sisters Esther and Hulda Wacker in rural Wacker #1 school (twenty miles northwest of Leola, South Dakota).
- The Lung Association (Old Ironsides) pin [1998.03.02]
- The second pin (1998.03.02) is a Lung Association (Old Ironsides) pin is a red Lorraine Cross from third or fourth grade at rural country school, McPherson County, South Dakota.
Property Rights
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Hulda (Wacker) Reinhardt Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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