The original Schiller-Goethe Monument is located in Weimar, Germany. The bronze monument depicts German authors Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) and was designed by Ernst Rietschel in 1857. There are four exact copies of the monument in the United States, including the monument dedicated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1907. The Schiller-Goethe Monument Association coordinated the fundraising and details for the Cleveland monument, and 65,000 people attended the dedication of the monument in Wade Park. While the original monument was cast in Munich, the Cleveland monument was cast in Lauchammer, Germany. The monument was moved to the German Cultural Garden in Cleveland's Rockefeller Park and rededicated in 1929.
The Schiller-Goethe Monument Association of Cleveland, Ohio, Records, 1904-1937, consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, pamphlets, and other records. Persons represented include J.H. Gerlich, secretary, and Ernst J. Siller, president.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, business and entrepreneurship, and monument companies in the early twentieth century.
The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
The researcher should also consult PG 236 Schiller-Goethe Monument Association of Cleveland, Ohio, Photographs
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 2257 Schiller-Goethe Monument Association of Cleveland, Ohio, Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of J. Gerlich in 1937.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.