Rev. Bathholomew Krüsi Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Steinway, William
label: Collection Creator
content: Steinway, Henry Ziegler
label: Collection Creator
content: Steinway family
label: Collection Creator
content: Steinway & Sons
label: Collection Creator
content: Krüsi, Bartholomew, Rev.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Steinway & Sons Records and Family Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1857-1919
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0178, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes information about  Krüsi, pastor of the German Presbyterian Church in New York City. He performed christenings, weddings, and funerals for the Steinway family and is mentioned frequently in William's diaries. Pastor Krüsi's descendents donated the Steinway materials relating to Rev. Krüsi in this collection. These include school records, a program for his twenty-fifth anniversary at his church, and photographs of the church interior. Loose pages from Mrs. Krüsi's scrapbook include an account of the wedding of the soprano Lilly Lehman for which Pastor Krüsi performed the ceremony.