TY - THES KW - Biographies KW - Diaries KW - Breithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939) KW - Berlin (Ontario) KW - Kitchener KW - Leather industry KW - Breithaupt Leather Co. Berlin KW - Entrepreneurs KW - Politicians KW - Evangelical Church KW - 19th century KW - 20th century AU - Julie Sullivan AB - A biography of L.J. Breithaupt, based on entries in his diaries spanning 35 years and ranging from his apprenticeship in his father's tannery to his later interests in the Breithaupt Leather Company, in politics on local and provincial levels, and in the German-Canadian identity. The author also notes "L.J.'s" role in the Evangelical Church and his strong Christian commitment to the welfare of Berlin's needy. C1 - Breithaupt, L.J.; Breithaupt, Louis; Breithaupt, Catharine Hailer (m. Louis); Breithaupt Family; Hailer Family; Breithaupt, Emma Devitt (m. L.J.) C2 - Liberal Party; Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, Kitchener; Breithaupt Leather Co., Berlin; Evangelical Association; Friedensfest of 1871, Berlin C3 - Berlin; Kitchener C4 - 1875-1910 C7 - English(30) DP - Elizabeth Bloomfield. WATERLOO REGIONAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM. Most pre-1993 items are also included in the print work Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History. Kitchener: Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993. ET - Undergraduate essay ID - 2516 LA - English M1 - Dissertation/Thesis M3 - Print(0) PB - University of Waterloo (Department of History) PY - 1988 SP - 35 p. bibl. T1 - The dual heritage of Berlin, Ontario ER -