Zlatko Ivan Kerhin papers
Abstract
The papers (1910-1976) of Zlatko Ivan Kerhin (1881-1968) include correspondence; genealogical information; minutes; photographs; programs, sheet music and other materials of Croatian American musical societies; reminiscences by Kerhin's daughter Zora; and scrapbooks. Records of the Croatian Union of Gary (Ind.); the Jefferson Club of Gary (Ind.); the Society Preradovic (ca. 1930-1970s); and the Society Mihanovic (ca. l930-l950s) are included.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-1976
Creator
- Kerhin, Zlatko Ivan, 1881-1968 (Person)
Language of Materials
Croatian and English
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Zlatko Ivan Kerhin (1881-1968) was born in Sisak, Croatia, and left around 1898 for Chicago, Illinois. There he married Ana Pepich, sister of Stephan Pepich, a popular Yugoslav singer and musician. The couple had three children. The Kerhins lived in Chicago; Pueblo, Colorado; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but in 1914 settled in Gary, Indiana. Zlatko was active in civic affairs, and particularly in the development and promotion of Croatian singing and music societies, helping to organize two singers' alliances (or zupe), the Mihanovic (Chicago, Illinois) and Faller (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). These served as organizational bodies for the smaller groups such as Society Javor. In 1949, these zupe became part of the national American-Croatian Singers Federation (Americko-Hrvatskog Pjevacki Savez). Zlatko served as its president off and on during the l950s and l960s.
Extent
15 linear feet
- Title
- Inventory of the Zlatko Ivan Kerhin papers.
- Author
- IHRC Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding Aid in English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Immigration History Research Center Archives Collecting Area
