The Papers of William Paul Sihler, 1887-1989 | Luther College Archives

Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of William Paul Sihler, 1887-1989Add to your cart.

ID: LCA/RG15/Sihler, W

Primary Creator: Sihler, William Paul (1865-1941)

Extent: 3.4 Linear Feet. More info below.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Documentation consists of correspondence, 1904-1940; two Luther College photo albums; privately owned books; music by Sihler; journal "The Lutheran Herald," 1951; cassettes and tapes with notes; books by Sihler (fables for children, grammar books, buides for learning different languages); program; writings; miscellaneous articles (some in German); sales plan; certificate of membership; materials on Billy Sihler stories.

Biographical Note

William Paul Sihler was born Nov. 5, 1865 at Fort Wayne, Ind. Attended Concordia College, 1877-73; Concordia Seminary, 1883-86 (CT); Univ. of Wis., 1887-88 (MA); Johns Hopkins Univ., 1889-90. Teacher of parochial school, 1886-87; Dr. Sachs Collegiate Institute, 1888-89.

Sihler taught German at Luther College from 1890-1940.  His experience playing professional baseball helped to promote the development of the game at Luther.

He married Amelia Schust on June 23, 1893. They had four children, including Margaret Sihler and Rev. E.W. Sihler. Died 1941.

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Sihler underviste i tysk på Luther College fra 1890 til 1940. Som tidligere profesjonell baseball spiller.

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 4 boxes

Use Restrictions: Though we may hold the property rights, Luther College Archives does not hold the copyrights for all materials. Individuals may use materials for non-commercial, private use, but commercial users must secure permissions from the copyright holders and/or Luther College Archives to reproduce, publish, or quote protected materials and photographs. For more information about the Luther College copyright and fair use policy, please visit https://www.luther.edu/copyright/

Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: William Paul Sihler Papers, RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History: 11/26/19: EC updated the preferred citation.


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Box:

[Box 1: 1899-1979],
[Box 2: 1917-1985],
[Box 3: 1899-1993],
[Box 4: Photos and Letters, 1890 - 1997],
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Box 1: 1899-1979Add to your cart.
Folder 1: 2 Books. "Cotta'sche Bibliothek der Weltlitteratur: Schiller" and "Cotta'sche Bibliothek der Weltliteratur: Goethe", undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Inventory Processing Sheets, 1979Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Music, Publications, and Program, 1899-1955Add to your cart.
Folder 4: "Fifty Fables for Children" by Wilhelm Hey, Translated by William Sihler and Two Booklets "Drikfaldighed", 1884, 1877, 1927Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Photo Album and Snapshot Booklet, 1921Add to your cart.
Folder 6: "Digte og Sange" by Wilhelm Fr. Koren, "The Latin Forms Through the Shortest Method" by William Sihler, "The German Noun Its Difficulties Simplified" by WIlliam Sihler, and Notes, 1890, 1930, 1905Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Reel Cassettes, Box Cover Photocopies, Cassette Tape, and Notes on Cassette Tape, 1989Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Correspondence, Certificate of Membership in the Chartered Institute of American Inventors, Shoveling Machine Patent, and Notes, 1935-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Correspondence, Booklet on Patent Law, Brochure, and material regarding Patents, 1900-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Patents, Patent Copies, and Envelopes, 1899-1936Add to your cart.
Folder 11: 4 Luther College Homecoming Buttons, 1911,1948, 1951Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Booklets on German, Latin, and Greek by WIlliam Sihler, 1896-1930Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Articles Including Poetry, German Word Lists, and Notes, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: German Grammar Books by William Sihler, 1903, 1914, 1931Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Letters About Recognition Day, 1930Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1915-1917Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1920Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1921Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1922Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1923Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1926Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1927Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1928Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Correspondence to Margaret Sihler, 1929, 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Correspondence to Mrs. William Sihler, 13 April 1904 - 1 December 1913Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Family Letters, 15 January 1914- 31 October 1916Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Family Letters, 27 January 1919- 10 October 1919Add to your cart.
Box 2: 1917-1985Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Family Letters, 7 January 1917- 24 August 1917Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Family Letters, 17 December 1921- 25 April 1925Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Billy Sihler Sayings, September- October 1985Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Arrangement and Summary of the Billy Sihler Stories, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Casper Nervig, 1925Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Arnold J. Alstad, 5 December 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Rev. Jesse P. Knutson, 1925Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Owen L. Olson, 1932Add to your cart.
Folder 9: William A. Olson, 1930Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Rev. N.A. Berntson, 1975, 1929Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Rev. Erling H. Peterson, 10 December 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Leif E. Evans, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Ted E. Gilberson, 11 December 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Harold J. Amland, 1975, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Rev. V. S. Larson, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Dr. L. O. Swanson, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Robert N. Snouffer, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Harland P. Nasoik, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Elmer "Pete" Anderson, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Sig Ode, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Elmer L. Ulland, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Ernest J. Rod, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Rev. Walter A. Olson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Rev. Pernie C. Pederson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 25: Guy Gilbertson, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Rev. Martin T. Sensen, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Ernest Espelie, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Rev. Arthur J. Tolo, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Everett G. Ritland, 1976, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Melvin N. Tatley, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Robert S. Jacobson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Harriet Aspenson Norland, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Obert G. Olson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 34: A. S. Peterson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 35: Rev. Gilbert Borreson, 1976, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 36: James O. Holmlund, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 37: Arthur P. Branae, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 38: George A. Hougen, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Oliver C. Sand, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Robert H. Lounsberry, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Ralph Tyler, 1976, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Frank R. Miller, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Rev. Milo E. Lee, 1976, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Mrs. Margaret (Hanson) Gulsvig, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Dr. M. Duane Sommerness M.D., 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Mrs. Naomi (Salverson) Bush, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 47: Dr. E. J. Nordby M.D., 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 48: Mrs. Helen (Hoff) Haatvedt, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Larry H. Shipp, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 50: Dr. Herman A. Preus, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 51: Art Olson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 52: Harold C. Kumpf, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 53: Walter V. Linde, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Rev. Christian Preus, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 55: R. V. Sando, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 56: Rev. Victor Fiskerbeck, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 57: Rev. Ed Beaver, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Ted Gilberson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 59: Rev. Osmund G. Salverson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 60: Rev. Norvald R. Hjermstad, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 61: B. H. Narveson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 62: Alvin R. Hesla, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 63: Godtfred I. Brende, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 64: Ernest Olson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 65: Rev. Obert Rust, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 66: George A. Amundson, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 67: Adolph L. Harsted, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 68: Julius W. Opheim, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 69: Dr. Lester H. Waldum, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 70: Oscar E. Nybakken, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 71: Rev. Clifton M. Weihe, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 72: Rev. Herman Preus, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 73: Rev. Harold Aasen, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 74: Reuben B. Frost, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 75: Reuben I. Jacobson, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 76: Karsten Baalson, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 77: George Schade, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 78: K. E. Brunsdale, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 79: Clifton M. Weihe, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 80: Dorcas Jacobsen Wrolstad, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 81: Adrian Docken, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 82: George Strum, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 83: Gerhard Naeseth, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 84: Maurice Akre, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 85: Charles B. McMasters, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 86: Einar R. Larson, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 87: Lucile M. Roberts, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 88: Gunnar Malmin, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 89: Kenneth L. Olsen, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 90: Ruth (Fortun) Schallert, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 91: Harold J. Belgum, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 92: Earl F. Voelz, 1979Add to your cart.
Folder 93: Nick Renslo, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 94: Earling S. Kaasa, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 95: Morris A. Sorenson Sr., 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 96: Cameron P. Hoff, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 97: Richard Rodsether, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 98: Linka Preus Johnson, 1979Add to your cart.
Folder 99: Correspondence, Newspaper Article (photocopied), and Notes, 1930-1988Add to your cart.
Folder 100: Transcriptions, Cassette Tapes, Short Stories, and Correspondence, 1960-1978Add to your cart.
Folder 101: Short Stories and Correspondence, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 102: Short Stories and Correspondence, 1975-1977Add to your cart.
Folder 103: "Methodismen" by Dr. W. Sihler. Photocopy, 1878Add to your cart.
Folder 104: Short Stories, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 105: Music, 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 106: Correspondence, Photograph, and Newspaper Clipping, 1846, 1909, 1954,1993Add to your cart.
Folder 107: Short Stories, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 108: Flyer for "Woman, Faith, and the Nuclear Age", 5 March 1989Add to your cart.
Folder 109: Letters from Casper B. Nervig, 1976, 1978Add to your cart.
Box 3: 1899-1993Add to your cart.
Item 1: "The Provacative Professor: The Billy Sihler Stories" by Roland A. Nervig, 1992Add to your cart.
Item 2: "The Provacative Professor: The Billy Sihler Stories" by Roland A. Nervig, 1992Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Obituary, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Photographs and Correspondence, 1993Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Letter, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: "The Greek Verb Graphically" by W. Sihler, 1899Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Music and Cataloging Cards (Photocopies), 1938Add to your cart.
Item 3: Materials Prepared and Submitted by Mrs. Ernest Sihler, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Photographs, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Correspondence and Chips Article, 1992, 1993Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Photographs and Correspondence, 1992-1993Add to your cart.
Item 4: "German for Two Years" by W. Sihler, 1914Add to your cart.
Item 5: Snapshots, early 1900sAdd to your cart.
Box 4: Photos and Letters, 1890 - 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Photo Album, 1927Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Sihler Lectures, 1996 - 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Family Photos, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Papers on Billy Sihler Stories, 1996 - 1997Add to your cart.
Folder 5: House Photo and Interior Layout, 1916Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Family Photos, 1920Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Tributes to Professor Sihler, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Correspondence between Sihler and Amelia Schust: 1 of 2, Circa 1890Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Correspondence between Sihler and Amelia Schust: 2 of 2, 1929 - 1931Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Photo Album, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Small Luther College Dish, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Sheet Music, 1939Add to your cart.

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