Hoffmeister Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-665
Scope and Content
Letters, postcards, receipts, photographs and other materials collected by Henry Emil Hoffmeister and his daughter, Edith Mays Cunningham and her husband, Delbert Cunningham of Columbus, Mississippi, as a result of their correspondence with Hoffmeister and Gaede family members in Cologne, Germany. Includes approximately 175 letters of Otto Gaede, Ruth Gaede Becker, Kathe Hoffmeister and Henny Hoffmeister Gaede. Some of the letters are in German. Topics include the activities of both families during World War II, post-war and later. Postcards depict scenes in Germany.
Dates
- 1943 - 1969
Extent
.03 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Processing Note
This finding aid is currently in progress. Please contact sp_coll@library.msstate.edu for more information.
- Title
- Hoffmeister Family Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Shell created by Carrie P. Mastley.
- Date
- January 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
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