Mrs. Carl Wolff collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains five letters to Alexander Brown in Jackson County, Michigan, from relatives in New York. The letters discuss family news, agriculture prospects, and the possibility of moving to Michigan as Brown had done (1836). Also included is a diary kept by Belle Voorheis of Mungerville (now Burton), Michigan. Her entries record life in rural Michigan in 1872. The collection also contains a recipe for brewing beer.
Dates
- Creation: 1836, 1872
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (, 2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Mrs. Carl Wolff Collection
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Date
- August 1956
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Historical Collections Repository
Conrad Hall
943 Conrad Road, Room 101
East Lansing MI 48824 US
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu