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Pauline Binswanger and Morris Wolf Family Correspondence
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The collection consists of correspondence including letters and postcards between Pauline (Polly) Binswanger and Morris Wolf during their courtship and after their marriage on December 5, 1910. Letters discuss Morris's legal practice and legal partner and friend, Horace Stern; his uncle, Clarence Wolf; their children, Edwin and Robert; and their daily lives. The collection also includes correspondence from Martha and Barnett Binswanger sent to their daughter Pauline and her seven siblings; family photographs, among them cabinet cards and tin types; a book of botanical drawings "Exercises in Botany" created by Pauline; school report cards, and other family records.
Donated by Mary Wolf Hurtig in February 2019.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared in April 2019 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist.
People
- Binswanger, Barnett, 1854-1914
- Binswanger, Martha, 1861-1931
- Stern, Horace, 1878-1969
- Wolf, Clarence
- Wolf, Edwin, 1911-1991
- Wolf, Morris, 1883-1978
- Wolf, Pauline Binswanger, 1889-1916
- Wolf, Robert B., 1914-2005
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- March 2024
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Collection is open for research.
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The Pauline Binswanger and Morris Wolf Family Correspondence is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The donor assigned rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.