- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 linear foot (3 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists of Weitling's correspondence, writings, patents and plans, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Access (note)
- Additional Formats (note)
- Biography (note)
- Wilhelm Weitling (1808-1871) was a German-born tailor, inventor and editor.
- Language (note)
- Materials in German (some in Gothic script), English and French.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- MssCol 3271
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A397
- Author
Weitling, Wilhelm, 1808-1871.
- Title
Wilhelm Weitling papers, 1844-1903.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional Formats
Selected items available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Biography
Wilhelm Weitling (1808-1871) was a German-born tailor, inventor and editor. In Germany he worked as a journeyman tailor and was a prominent socialist agitator. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1848, he organized an Arbeiterbund or "Workingmen's League" for skilled craftsmen and established a community in Iowa based on his socio-economic theories. He also was the founder and editor of Die Republik der Arbeiter in New York City from 1850 to 1855.
- Language
Materials in German (some in Gothic script), English and French.
- Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Editors.
Inventors.
Tailors.
- Added Author
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878.
Sorge, Friedrich A. (Friedrich Adolf), 1828-1906.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 3271