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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], C. Fichtel Papers, Ms2009-017, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the C. Fichtel Papers commenced and was completed in January 2009.

Biographical Note

C. Fichtel was from Neulingen, Germany. He served as a non-commissioned officer--probably a fourier (company quartermaster)--in the Königl. Württembergischen Feldartillerie (Field Artillery) during the late nineteenth century. Fichtel may be the Christian Ludwig Fichtel (1827-1888) mentioned in a document within the collection. Also mentioned is a Karl Gotlob Fichtel (1830-1901), who immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was the father of Charles, Emma, Clara and Augusta.

Scope and Content

This collection contains the papers of C. Fichtel, a non-commissioned officer serving in a German field artillery regiment during the late nineteenth century. The collection contains a copy of Oberlieutenant Strack's Notiz-buch zum Gebrauch im Felde für der Unteroffizier der Königl. Württembergishen Feldartillerie , a notebook for the use of non-commissioned officers in a field artillery regiment. Published in Ludwigsburg in 1868, the book is comprised of facsimile copies of handwritten notes, tables, diagrams and illustrations relating to the operation of a field artillery battery. Also from Strack is a calling card, inscribed to Fichtel. The collection also includes a few miscellaneous pages bearing German handwriting, as well as a small page of genealogical data on the Fichtel family, an entry copied in English from Burke's General Armory for the Norman family coat-of-arms, a carte-de-visite of an unidentified infant (portrait created by J. A. Keenan, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania photographer), and a photograph of an ornate wooden chair.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the C. Fichtel Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).