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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
Abstract | C. F. (Charles F.) Bansemer was a native of Prussia, student at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Lexington, S.C., 1839-1841; pastor, teacher, and principal of academies in South Carolina and North Carolina. The collection includes notes on lectures given by Ernest Lewis Hazelius, 1841, and other papers relating to Lutheran Theological Seminary, Lexington, S.C.; journal of ministerial work, 1841-1842, in the vicinity of McPhersonville, S.C., and Brailsfordville, S.C.; items relating to Bansemer's work as a teacher and principal at male academies and collegiate institutes in North and South Carolina; sermons; letters received from Bansemer's German-speaking family in Baltimore, Md., 1839-1866; and bills and receipts for personal expenses. |
Creator | Bansemer, C. F. (Charles F.), fl. 1839-1866. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Charles F. (Charles "Karl" F.) Bansemer (fl. 1839-1866) was a native of Prussia, who came to the United States sometimes before 1939. He was educated at Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina and Adjacent States at Lexington, S.C., 1839-1841, under Ernest L. (Ernest Lewis) Hazelius (1773-1853). Thereafter he served as a licentiate in McPersonville and Brailsfordville, S.C., 1841-1842, and entered the ministry, February 1842. He served at various places in the Beaufort and Colleton districts, S.C., and acted as the principal of an academy in Beaufort for two years. He was later the superintendant of the Chesterville Male Academy, Chester, S.C., and administrator at Mount Zion Collegiate Institute, Winnesboro, S.C. He was made president of the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, Mount Pleasant, N.C., in 1867.
Back to TopThe papers of C. F. Bransemer include notes on lectures given by Ernest Lewis Hazelius, 1841, and other papers relating to Lutheran Theological Seminary, Lexington, S.C.; journal of ministerial work, 1841-1842, in the vicinity of McPhersonville and Brailsfordville, S.C.; items relating to Bansemer's work as a teacher and principal at male academies and collegiate institutes in North and South Carolina; sermons; letters received from Bansemer's German-speaking family in Baltimore, Md., 1839-1866; and bills and receipts for personal expenses.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1830-1840 |
Folder 2 |
1841-1844 |
Folder 3 |
1845-1849 |
Folder 4 |
1850-1851 |
Folder 5 |
1852-1866 |
Folder 6 |
Undated |
Folder 7-9
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
Sermons |
Folder 10 |
Volume 1: Student theology notebook, 1841 |
Volume 2: Student theology notebook, 1841 |
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Volume 3: Journal of ministerial labors, 1841-1842 |