Mrs. Carl Wolff Collection
c.00249

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator - Donor
Wolff, Carl, Mrs.
Title
Mrs. Carl Wolff collection
ID
c.00249
Date [inclusive]
1836-1872
Extent
0.1 Cubic feet , 2 folders
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Scope and Contents note

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.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections August 1956

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  March 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Diaries
  • Letters (correspondence)

Geographic Name(s)

  • Elmira (N.Y.)
  • Jackson County (Mich.)
  • Michigan -- Social life and customs

Personal Name(s)

  • Brown, Alexander
  • Voorheis, Belle

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture -- New York (State)
  • Beer
  • Women

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Collection Inventory

Folder

Letters 1836 

1

Diary 1872 

2