Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Familienbriefe: 1958-1962.
Parallel title
Family letters: 1958-1962.
Level of description
File
Reference code
SCA344-GA393-6
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Archival description area
Name of creator
Scope and content
Correspondence primarily between members of the Sommer family. Includes letters describing Eduard and Elisabeth Höpken’s impending trip to Canada and letters discussing Ulrich Sommer’s adult adoption by a man named Friedrich Joachim who lived in Germany. ... »
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated in 2017.
Language of material
- English
- German
General note
A small selection of correspondence in this file was translated by Lori Heffner Straus in 2018.
A selection of correspondence in this file was transcribed and translated in 2022 by the following students from the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies: Annemarie Hezel.
Access points
Name access points
- Sommer family (Author)
- Höpken, Eduard Julius (Subject)
- Höpken, Elisabeth (Subject)
- Sommer, Ulrich (Subject)
Genre access points
Control area
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Described by NM in 2018.
Revised by NM in 2021.
Updated by NR in 2022.
Language of description
- English