Speaker: Peter Lubrecht PhD

Areas of focus or expertise:

  • Genealogy
  • Civil War, German, Irish
  • German American/Carl Schurz

Email contact: olpete.lubrecht@gmail.com

Web/social media: olpeteshistory.com

Home: Hackettstown NJ, US

Native language: English

Presentation language(s): English, German

Preferred presentation type: virtual and in-person

Travel preferences: Dependent on travel arrangements (have spoken in England and Germany)

Biography

Dr. Peter Lubrecht, is an author and historian who was awarded the George Hartleb Memorial Award for Excellence in German American Studies by the National Steuben Society in 2018. He is a retired teacher who is currently an avid researcher, with an interest in the Civil War, history, and German and American history. Lubrecht has been lecturing about German American contributions to American culture locally and nationally.

Peter is originally from New York City, where he appeared in, and was a part of, an experimental theater program conducted by the New York Public School. He was a guest on NPR radio at age nine. He taught for many years in public and private schools, ending his academic career as an adjunct professor of Writing and Humanities at Sussex County Community College. He also taught at Lehman University Graduate School and Lincoln Center (Performing Arts in the English Classroom) Jersey City University, and Bergen, Morris, and Passaic Community Colleges. His BA, MA and PhD are all from New York University.

His books include: The New Jersey Butterfly Boys in the Civil War. The Hussars of the Union Army (History Press; 2011) and Germans in New Jersey: A History (History Press; 2013); New Jersey Hessians: Truth and Lore (History Press 2016); Liebe Kück: A German Soldier’s Story of the Great War; and Carl Schurtz American Statesman (Fonthill Media’s America Through Time Series). His latest book is The Statesman and the Socialite, Carl Schurz and Fanny Chapman: Secret Love, Letters and Life in the Gilded Age

In which societies are you a member? Society of German American Studies

Speaking experience/references
  • Morris County, Hackettstown, Boonton, Plainfield, New Jersey State Patriot’s Week)
  • Museums
    • German-American-Museum: Washington D.C.
    • Schurz Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main Germany
    • Pearl S. Buck House, Bucks Co. PA
    • Dey Mansion Wayne NJ
    • Rutherford Hall, Allamuchy , NJ
  • German Clubs and Genealogy Societies
    • Deutsche Club of Clark, Clark NJ
      Morris County Genealogical Society at Germania Park
    • National Steuben Society Patchogue LI.
  • International German Genealogy Partnership (2021)
  • Historical Societies:
    • Randolph, Montville, Boonton, Stillwater, Branchville, Sparta, Bergen, Sussex County, Westchester NY
  • Houses of Worship
  • Temple Emanu-El New York City
    • Trinity Lutheran Church, Dover, NJ
    • Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Dingmans, PA
  • Conferences: Colleges and Universities
    • University of Surrey London UK (Shakespeare)
    • N.Y. College English Association
    • University of Roehampton U.K
    • International Drama and Theatre Association (Ottawa)
    • University of Portsmouth U.K
    • New York University (Performing Arts Consortium)
    • Lafayette College (Max Kade Austrian Studies)
    • Eastern Utah University (Shakespeare)
    • Conference on Transplanted Ideas a (Wartburg College)
    • Berkeley College N.Y.C, , N.Y.U , Sussex County
  • Civil War and Revolution Round Tables:
    • Col. Henry Ryerson, Robert E. Lee, North Jersey, General Kearney, Camp Holden, War of 1812
  • Retirement Communities:
    • Foulkeways at Gynedd, PA
    • Bristol Glen Newton NJ
    • Cranes Mill, West Caldwell NJ
    • Adult Day Care, Somerset County
  • Organizations
    • Rotary (Ridgewood, Hackettstown)
    • Kiwanis
    • Sons, and Daughters of the American Revolution

Recording of previous presentation OR an IGGP partner you have presented for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwbPh71MK1E

Payment/expense arrangements

How do you approach payment for making a presentation? I am willing to negotiate a speaking fee with clients

Other expenses you would like to have reimbursed if you travel? travel and accommodations

Recordings/additional materials

Are you willing to prepare a handout? Yes

Would you be willing to develop a presentation on another topic? Yes

Do you have any restrictions on recording, re-use of recordings, handouts, etc? No

Are you willing to have the presentation translated or translate it yourself? Yes

Presentation topics

See listing at https://olpeteshistory.com/presentation/