Ottendorfer Public Library
Ottendorfer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Ottendorfer ( 1815–1884), American journalist and philanthropist * Oswald Ottendorfer (1826–1900), American journalist See also *Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital The Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital are a pair of historic buildings at 135 and 137 Second Avenue in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The buildings house the Ottendorfer Branch of the ...

Anna Ottendorfer
Anna Ottendorfer (13 February 1815 Würzburg, Bavaria - 1 April 1884 New York City) was a German-American journalist and philanthropist. She was associated with the development of the German-language ''New Yorker Staats-Zeitung'' into a major newspaper. Early life Ottendorfer was born the daughter of a poor man named Behr. She came to the United States in 1837, and remained for a year with her brother in Niagara County, New York. Journalism In 1838, Ottendorfer married Jacob Uhl, a printer. In 1845, her husband purchased the ''New Yorker Staats-Zeitung'', an influential and growing tri-weekly German-language newspaper owned and edited by Gustav Adolph Neumann.''An Epitome of the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung's Sixty-Five Years of Progress''. 1899. Complimentary pamphlet prepared and distributed by the Staats-Zeitung to describe its history and new press capacity. Jacob Uhl's young wife helped him constantly, and, after a brief period, they were able to issue the publication dai ...
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Oswald Ottendorfer
Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer (26 February 1826 – 15 December 1900) was a United States journalist associated with the development of the German-language ''New Yorker Staats-Zeitung'' into a major newspaper. He served a term as a member of the New York City Board of Aldermen and as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. He also served three times as an elector of the United States Electoral College. In addition to his political and journalistic pursuits, Ottendorfer was a notable philanthropist in both Europe and the United States. Today, he is best remembered as the donor whose contribution founded the Ottendorfer Public Library in Manhattan, which bears his name. Education Ottendorfer was the son of a manufacturer, the youngest of six children. He was sent to live with a married sister in Brunn. There he studied the classics in the gymnasium. At the age of 20, he left to study jurisprudence at the University of Vienna, and then transferred ...
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