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Marty Voellmy Giessler autobiography
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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041
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Marty Voellmy Giessler (1895-1984) was born in Switzerland circa 1895. She married Fritz Giessler and the couple moved to the United States sometime between 1935 and 1940. By 1940, Giessler and her husband had moved to Delaware. The couple had two children: Hansuli (b. 1928) and Vreneli (b. 1930). Marty Voellmy Giessler died in January of 1984, in Fraser, Michigan.
This collection is comprised of the single volume manuscript of Marty Voellmy Giessler's autobiography. The autobiography begins with her travel to Berlin from her home in Switzerland. She arrives as a student hoping to study the socialist movement and describes her experiences with other students and members of the "German Youth Movement."
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Processed by Kara Flynn; completed September, 2015.
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Kara Flynn
- Finding Aid Date
- September, 2015
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The collection is open for research use.
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Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).