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Anna Rechnitzer Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-008
Scope and Contents
This manuscript collection includes personal, academic, professional, and legal documents regarding Dr. Anna Rechnitzer, a German professor at Wheaton from 1946 to 1963. The collection includes personal letters in German covering 1925-1950. It contains a family tree drawn by hand that is accompanied by description of family genealogy in German as well as documents and correspondence in German regarding family business and property, covering 1946-1959. The special collection includes...
Dates:
1906-1963
SMC365: U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Consumer Pamphlet Collection
Item — Folder: SMC365: U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Consumer Pamphlet Collection
Identifier: SMC-365
Content Description
Eight pamphlets produced by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture: Home & Garden, and Consumer & Marketing Divisions. Two pamphlets on manners, and drinks.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1953, 1967, 1975
Wheaton Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-001
Abstract
The Wheaton Family Collection covers the years 1721-2009. The bulk of the collection relates to the years 1779-1905. The collection shows the activities of an affluent family in the small town of Norton, MA. Laban Morey Wheaton and Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton were both active in the community, and established Wheaton Female Seminary. Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton contributed a great deal to the town of Norton by helping to renovate the Trinitarian Congregational Church and building the...
Dates:
1721-1994; 1779 - 1905