Der Deutsche Correspondent

{{Short description|Defunct newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, US}}

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| image_alt = A lithograph of a four story building on the corner of two streets. It has tall, narrow arched windows in pairs with considerable decoration and a mansard roof. The stone street is busy with people, including a trolly partly out of frame and a two horse carriage.

| caption = The Raine Building, publishing location of Der Deutsche Correspondent, at 8587 East Baltimore Street, the southwest corner of Baltimore Street and Post Office Avenue (now known as Customs House Avenue), Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1869, prior to the great 1904 fire{{cite book |last= Howard |first= George Washington |date= 1873 |title= The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present Resources |url= https://archive.org/details/monumentalcityi00howagoog |location= Baltimore, Md. |publisher= J.D. Ehlers & Co. Engravers and Steam Book Printers |page= [https://archive.org/details/monumentalcityi00howagoog/page/n64 60] |access-date= 22 July 2014}}

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| foundation = {{start date|1841}}

| ceased publication = April 28, 1918

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Der Deutsche Correspondent was a German-language newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the most influential newspaper among Germans in Baltimore, lasting longer than any of the other German newspapers in Maryland.

History

Der Deutsche Correspondent was established in 1841 by Friedrich Raine, a member of a family of printers from Westphalia, Germany. Raine saw the need for a German-language newspaper in a city populated by a large number of Germans{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/01/24/preserving-a-part-of-the-citys-german-past/|title=Preserving a part of the city's German past|website=tribunedigital-baltimoresun|access-date=2016-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190912/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-01-24/news/bal-md.backstory24jan24_1_maryland-germans-german-exodus-german-newspapers|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=live}} and established the newspaper at the age of 19.{{Cite book|title=The Maryland Germans: A History|last=Cunz|first=Dieter|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=1948}} The paper started out with only eight subscribers, but circulation numbers climbed and quickly overtook two other German newspapers in Baltimore. During the 1880s and 1890s, its circulation reached about 15,000. Initially started as a weekly, the newspaper grew and eventually became a daily paper in 1848.

In the midst of the 1858 municipal election, outbreaks of violence occurred and the offices of Der Deutsche Correspondent were attacked.{{Cite book |last=Walsh |first=Richard |title=Maryland: A History |last2=Fox |first2=William Lloyd |publisher=Maryland Historical Society |year=1983 |pages=328 |language=English}}

The paper found difficulty in navigating its German and American heritages. In January 1917, it printed photos, poetry, and other printed fanfare for the Kaiser's birthday, but was warning Baltimore Germans not to support his war policies by the next.{{Cite book |last=Brugger |first=Robert J. |title=Maryland, a Middle Temperament |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |year=1988 |isbn=9780801833991 |location=Baltimore, Md |pages=439 |language=English |oclc=17650698}}

The paper closed April 28, 1918, due to anti-German sentiment resulting from World War I. After the Correspondent closed, many of its employees began to work at Bayrische Wochenblatt, a newspaper that had been published in Baltimore since 1880. The two newspapers merged and became a German weekly, called the Baltimore Correspondent.

Legacy

In 2009 The Maryland Historical Society received a grant from the Charles Edward Hilgenberg Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation to digitize Der Deutsche Correspondent.{{cite web|title=Resurrecting Print: The Hilgenberg Archive|url=http://mdhshilgenbergarchive.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/resurrecting-print-the-hilgenberg-archive/|website=MdHS Hilgenberg Archive's Blog|publisher=Maryland Historical Society|access-date=20 August 2014|date=30 March 2009}}

In March 2013 the University of Maryland Libraries announced that they would also be digitizing the Der Deutsche Correspondent.{{cite web|title=Maryland joins national effort to digitize historic newspapers|url=http://www.lib.umd.edu/news/2014/02/historic-newspapers|website=University Libraries|publisher=University Libraries, UMD|access-date=20 August 2014}} The content digitized by the University of Maryland are available as part of the historic newspaper database Chronicling America at the Library of Congress.{{cite web|title=Results: Digitized Newspapers|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Marylandðnicity=German&language|website=Chronicling America|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=20 August 2014}}

Translations and transcriptions

Ruppert, Gary B. The German Correspondent, Baltimore, Maryland: Translation and Transcription of Death Notices & Obituaries, 1879-1883 {{ISBN|9780788446023}}
Ruppert, Gary B. The German Correspondent, Baltimore, Maryland: Translation and Transcription of Marriages, Deaths and Selected Articles of Genealogical Interest, 1879-1883 {{ISBN|9780788446030}}

References

External links

[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045081/ About Der Deutsche Correspondent], Chronicling America
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140727210738/http://www.germanmarylanders.org/german-newspapers German Newspapers in Maryland]

{{German-language newspapers outside of German-speaking countries}}

Category:1841 establishments in Maryland

Category:1918 disestablishments in Maryland

Category:Anti-German sentiment in the United States

Category:Defunct newspapers published in Maryland

Category:Newspapers published in Baltimore

Category:German-American history

Category:German-American culture in Baltimore

Category:German-language newspapers published in Maryland

Category:Newspapers established in 1841