urn:taro:ttu.rb.00160 Boeer/Wolf Families: An Inventory of Their Papers, 1837-1972 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Texas Tech University MS 41041 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Phone: (806)-742-3749 Fax: (806)-742-0496 Webpage: http://swco.ttu.edu/ Contact Person: Reference Archivist
December 19, 1997 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided Abel Ramirez, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, January 2004. Finding aid written in English. Inventory for the Boeer/Wolf Families Papers, 1837-1972 and undated Abel Ramirez Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, 1997 Descriptive Summary Wolf, Ilse Hildegarde Boeer/Wolf Families Papers, 1837-1972 and undated Letters, writing works and notes from Karl and Louisa Boeer Wolf and their German relatives. R1.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 3 boxes (3.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The collection was created by two families the Wolf and Boeer Families who imigrated during the mid to late 19th Century from Germany to Texas. Karl Wolf’s parents had moved to Texas during the 1890’s. Karl Wolf became involved with the “Free Thinkers” Club a social organization that supported freedom, democracy, and nationalism. He eventually married Louisa Boeer, daughter of Maria Wolf Boeer. After moving from the Houston area, Karl’s family settled in Old Glory, Texas where they raised two daughters, Mina and Ilse Wolf. Mina and Ilse both graduated from Texas Technological College in 1932. They each have master’s and doctoral degrees from other universities. Indirectly, Mina and Ilse Wolf are related to Thomas A. Hickey, the Texas socialist and publisher of the The Rebel. Their aunt, Clara, the daughter of Maria Wolf Boeer and sister of Louisa, married Hickey in the very early 1900s. Maria Boeer’s correspondence describes her association with the socialist movement as well as association with German writers from abroad. The family heritage of the Boeer and Wolf Families are detailed from their writing to and from their relatives and friends abroad and in the United States.

 Scope and Contents

The collection consist of mostly correspondence to and from family members, relatives, friends of relatives of the Boeer and Wolf Families. The correspondence is mostly in the German language. The bulk of the correspondence concentrate on letters sent to Maria Boeer, the grandmother of Mina Wolf Lamb and Ilse Wolf. Includes Maria Boeer’s correspondence with German editors as she was an avid writer herself. Also contains a few of Ilse Wolf’s files on the Home Economics Department at Oklahoma State University and Texas Tech University, as well as files on literary productions, printed materials, and scrapbook material.

 Organization

The collection is organized by types of materials such as correspondence, printed materials, and scrapbook materials.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Duncan, David James Duncan, David James- --Archives Duncan, David James- --Correspondence Duncan, David James- --Manuscripts Places Washington (State)--Fiction Subjects American literature--21st century Novelists, American--20th century--Correspondence

Gifts, 1989-1991

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, 2000

 Preferred Citation

Boeer/Wolf Families, 1837-1972 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

Thomas A. Hickey Photo Collection, SWCPC 633 Boeer/Wolf Families collection of publications (1878-1976), R1.2 Boeer/Wolf Families collection of newspapers (1904-1973) Collection Inventory Correspondence I 1 1 Related to Acquisition of Collection, 1996-1997 1 2 Boeer, Maria and Family, 1865-1924 1 3 Boeer, Maria, 1869-1940 1 4 Boeer, Wilheim and Louise, 1851 1 5 Boeer, Wilheim and Family, 1869-1937 1 6 Boeer, Anna, Alma, and Klara, 1899-1902 1 7 Boeer, Louise (Wolf) and Others, 1887-1920 1 8 Boeer-Wolf, Louise, 1890-1906 1 9 Wolf, Karl and Louise, 1902-1958 1 10 Boeer and Wolf Families, 1837-1923 1 11 Wolf, Karl, 1888-1909 1 12 Miscellaneous Letters to Karl Wolf and Family, 1901-1935 1 13 Wolf, Karl and Brauner, Franz, 1927-1928 1 14 Alber, Gottlob Karl, 1911-1927 1 15 Bauer, George, 1907-1911 1 16 Beibwanger, Konrad, 1913-1923 1 17 Biedenkapp, Georg, 1913-1916 1 18 Boetcher Family, 1872-1891 1 19 Brehmer, Emma, 1924-1927 1 20 Bufe, F. G., 1906-1911 1 21 Bufe, F. G. and Family, 1911-1924 1 22 Drescher, Martin, 1909-1919 1 23 Ettel, Konrad, 1910 1 24 Fabian, 1904-1906 1 25 Froberg, Johannes, 1902-1909 1 26 Froberg, Johannes, 1910-1915 1 27 Fuchs, Frieda, Anna, and H. T., 1904-1924 1 28 Fuldner, Lisa and Gotz, Emilie, 1922 1 29 Guttzeit, Johannes, 1910-1923 2 1 Hanschke, Robert, 1902-1907 2 2 Hedrich, Martha and Alfred, 1947-1949 2 3 Heinzke, Heinrich, 1914-1924 2 4 Ilse, Helene, 1900-1906 2 5 Hempel, Dr., 1904 2 6 Herder, George, 1894-1904 2 7 Herrmann, Maria and unknown, 1958-1959 2 8 Hielscher, Theodor, 1894-1906 2 9 Hillje, Elise and Fred, 1895-1906 2 10 Himmer, Agnes, 1956 2 11 Hofmann, Agnes, 1910-1913 2 12 Hofman, Emilie, 1906-1917 2 13 Hoffmeister, Willy and Huhn, Mr., 1908-1910 2 14 Lehnert, Josef, 1956-1961 2 15 John, Margarete, 1907-1921 2 16 Kaepp, J. F., 1917 2 17 Klostermayer, C. W., 1860 2 18 Knebel, H. Letters, 1891-1938 2 19 Knipscher, John and Louise, 1881-1889 2 20 Kretschmann, Lisbeth and G., 1908-1926 2 21 Kules, Mary B., 1919 2 22 Lange-Broderick, Frieda, 1905-1926 2 23 Lohmann, F. H. and Ludwig, G. C., 1916-1926 2 24 Michel, Frederick, 1902-1908 2 25 Most, Helene, 1918 2 26 Mueller, Richard, 1922-1924 2 27 Neuhaus, Millie, 1885-1888 2 28 Nies, Konrad, 1902-1916 2 29 Panek, Zikes and Clotilde, 1913-1919 2 30 Peter, Karl and Louise, 1908-1913 2 31 Petri, Theo and Pisch, J. F., 1917-1918 and undated 2 32 Rosenberg, W. L., 1913-1926 2 33 Ruppelt, Herman, 1914-1919 2 34 ______, Rudolf, 1903 2 35 Scheffler, Fritz, 1908 2 36 Schietinger, C. G., 1911-1919 2 37 Schurg, Theodor and Wilhelm, 1923-1927 2 38 Schwartz, Theodor, 1907-1924 2 39 Schweppe, F. W., 1921-1930 2 40 Seidel, Robert and Mathilde, 1909-1918 2 41 Specht, August K., 1906-1910 2 42 Staerkel, Jacob, 1907-1911 2 43 Steiner, Robert, 1910-1925 2 44 Steinhauser, Albert, 1917-1928 2 45 Stremmel, August, 1891-1928 2 46 Theis, Gottfried, 1921-1925 2 47 Wagner, Alfred, 1892-1897 2 48 Walter, Richard, 1916-1921 2 49 Walters, Berthold and Martha, 1918-1919 2 50 Wendel, Barbara and/or K. H. Wendel, 1909-1922 2 51 Westhof, Ida, 1839-1842 2 52 Wingeshausen German Relatives, 1881-1925 2 53 Zalabak, Franz and Rose, 1910-1923 2 54 Zetkin, Clara and Ziesing, George, 1916-1920 2 55 Zimmerman, Franz Theo and Anna, 1912-1915 2 56 Zorn, Julius and Zundt, Mrs., 1903-1906 2 57 Professional: Arbeiter-Zeitung, 1906-1925 2 58 Professional: Bund der Frein Gemeinden und Freidenker-Vereine von Nord-Amerika, 1902-1913 2 59 Professional: Deutsche Rundschau, 1905-1918 2 60 Professional: Freidenkerbund von Nord-Amerika, 1920-1939 2 61 Professional: Freidenker Publishing Company, 1903-1925 2 62 Professional: Freiheit, 1910-1911 2 63 Professional: Labor Publishing Company, 1908-1930 2 64 Professional: New Yorker Volkszeitung, Volks-Zeitung and Vorwarts der Pacific Kuste, 1909-1936 2 65 Professional: The Rebel (Thomas Hickey, E. R. and Johanna Meitzen, etc.), 1907-1917 2 66 Professional: Socialist Literature Company/ The Socialist Publication Society, 1915-1920 2 67 Comrades and Friends, 1899-1917 2 68 Boeer and Wolf Families, undated General Files 2 69 Printed Material: Newspaper Clippings, Pamphlets, and Miscellaneous, undated 2 70 Scrapbook Material: Poetry, Notes, and Photographs, undated Correspondence II 3 1 _________, unknown, 1918 3 2 _________, unknown, 1929 3 3 ______, Agnes, 1958 3 4 ______, Amelie, 1966 3 5 ______, Anni and Wally, undated 3 6 ______, Annie, undated 3 7 ______, Clara, 1953 3 8 ______, Gerhardt, 1953 3 9 ______, Gertrud, 1952-1966 3 10 ______, Hirlta, 1972 3 11 ______, Ilsa, 1953 3 12 ______, Ilse, 1930 3 13 ______, Ilse, undated 3 14 ______, Kathrin, 1953 and undated 3 15 ______, Lisebeth, 1951 3 16 ______, Magarita, 1961 3 17 ______, Nedra, undated 3 18 ______, Olga, 1948-1951 3 19 Albrand, Jennie-Maria, 1953 3 20 Atlantik-Bruke e. V., 1956 3 21 Augustin-Allen, Emilie, 1951 and undated 3 22 Bald, Emma, 1954 3 23 Bald, Katharine, 1955-1959 3 24 Bavarian Red Cross, 1950 3 25 Berngruber, L., 1954 3 26 Bertholdt, Wiltrud, 1954 3 27 Bittner, Anna, 1953-1961 3 28 Boeer, Geliebte, 1923 3 29 Borchardt, Karl, 1950-1951 3 30 Breuer, Auguste, 1950-1958 3 31 British Federation of University Women, Ltd., 1950 3 32 Brix, Hans and Amie Schimmel, 1951-1966 3 33 Brodier, Glylle, 1954 3 34 Demling, Ludwig, 1951 3 35 Deutscher Landfrauenverband, 1953 3 36 Dickel, Christina, 1966-1972 3 37 Dornbach, Hiddo, 1953 3 38 Europa-Haus e. V., 1953 3 39 Federschmidt, Pfarrer Hermann and Ruth, 1955-1958 3 40 Fischer, Friedrich Carl, 1953 3 41 Gatto, Carloho, 1956 3 42 Gleich, Wally, 1953 3 43 Gleissner, Franz, 1950 3 44 Goral, Ruth, 1953 3 45 Graffmann, Eberhand, 1954 3 46 Grime, J. Hall, 1954 3 47 Guttzeit, Johanne u Fela, 1916 3 48 Hausffoldengut, Ursula, 1951 3 49 Hedrich, Birgit, 1972 3 50 Heidrich, Petra, 1950-1963 3 51 Hemeling, Erika, 1953 3 52 Hessmann, Maria and Edwarde, 1958 3 53 Hobelmann, Ingeborg, 1953 3 54 Hock, Hilda, 1951 3 55 Hof, Annedore, 1962 3 56 Hofe, August, 1953 3 57 Hossain, Shamsunnadar, 1963-1972 3 58 Hukbi, Ronni, 1960 3 59 J., Cecil, 1952 3 60 Jeffrey, Lota, 1953-1954 3 61 Katz, Marth, 1953-1971 3 62 Klinist, Beinhard, 1953 3 63 Koch, Uta and Ernest, 1950-1963 and undated 3 64 Kohler, Ursula, 1953-1956 3 65 Kohmann, Elsbeth, 1953 3 66 Kruger, Annelone, 1953-1972 3 67 Kunkel, Emilie, 1954 3 68 Kypke, Herta, 1953 3 69 Landwirtshaftsverlag, 1950 3 70 Levnar, Maria, 1910-1914 3 71 Lumme, Terttu, 1953 3 72 MacArthur, Isabel, 1959-1960 3 73 Mampaey, Carlos, 1956-1958 3 74 Mauk, Marielies, 1950 3 75 McKenzie, Aline, 1959 3 76 Meusel, Tonie, 1951 3 77 Miranda, Sabatino, 1952-1953 3 78 Murmann, Gertrud, 1954-1965 3 79 Padagogische Arbeitsstatte, 1952 3 80 Patzak, Erika, 1950 3 81 Peter, Else, 1951-1958 3 82 Pitz, Elizabeth, 1954 3 83 Plesmann, Genda, 1953 3 84 Prechner, Cissee, 1951 3 85 Rahin, Leenath, 1961-1970 3 86 Ralph, 1951 3 87 Regnoni-Macera, Clara, 1953-1958 3 88 Rumba, Alma and Janis, 1960-1962 3 89 Runkel, Emily, 1953 3 90 Russells, undated 3 91 Schaar, Ursula and Wolfgang P., 1953-1957 3 92 Schirber, Cis, 1952-1958 3 93 Schroeder, Kathe, 1950-1963 3 94 Schuler, Egon, 1953-1960 3 95 Schulz-Basken, Rohtraut, 1953 3 96 Schuppan, Alice, 1953 and undated 3 97 Schwonkel, Martha, 1951 3 98 Scwaarz, Luise, 1954 3 99 Sierstorfer, E., 1953 3 100 Socarti, 1961 3 101 Strobel, Anna, 1953-1954 3 102 Stuble, E., 1950 3 103 Stuckert, Irene, 1953-1954 3 104 Teikoff, Helmut, 1952 3 105 Theresienthaler Krystall-Glasfabrik, 1950 3 106 Unknown, 1953 3 107 Verlag Joachim Boehmer, 1950 3 108 Volkshochschule Marburg, 1953 3 109 Werner, Gerhard, 1953-1966 3 110 Wilhelmi, Else, 1953-1954 3 111 Will, Rosl, 1951 3 112 Wolf, Elisabeth, 1955-1956 3 113 Wolf, Werner, 1953 3 114 Wolfsdorf, Eugen, 1911 3 115 Wooten, Mary E., 1948 3 116 Wurtz, Kathrin, 1952-1961 3 117 Wyler, Georg and Meta, 1956 3 118 Zimbauer, Gertrude, 1951 Home Economics Department 3 119 Notes: Envelope Note, undated 3 120 Notes: Opinions and Comments Made By Germans, 1953 3 121 Notes: Samples of German Thought, 1950 3 122 Notes: Talks - Discussions - Question - Answer, undated 3 123 Photographs: Kitchen Scene and Women's Meeting (7 prints), undated 3 124 Printed Material: News Articles, 1952-1954 3 125 Report: Community Organization and Adult Education, 1953 3 126 Report: Office of the U. S. High Commissioner For Germany, 1950 3 127 Report: Report on Home Economics, 1950 3 128 Texas Tech University: Class Requirements, 1969 and undated Literary Productions 3 129 Notes: Book Inscriptions, 1850-1960 3 130 Poetry: Das Edelmeiso, undated 3 131 Poetry: Die Macht der Erinnerung, by W. L. Rosenberg, undated 3 132 Poetry: Love by Mrs. Upton Sinclair, undated Photographs 3 133 Maria Boeer and Friends, 1890-1930 Printed Material 3 134 Booklet: German Almanac, undated 3 135 Broadsides and Pamphlets: Miscellaneous, undated 3 136 Map: Switzerland, 1920 3 137 News clippings: From Maria Boeer, 1900-1910 and undated 3 138 News clippings: From Ted Alexander, 1919 and undated 3 139 News clippings: German Group Visit, undated 3 140 News clippings: Miscellaneous, undated 3 141 News clippings: Vietnam Map, 1968 3 142 Newsletter: Furunsere Jugend, 1906 3 143 Newsletter: Kiplinger Washington Letter, 1968 3 144 Newsletter: Menfdjentum, 1909 3 145 Newsletter: Union Overseas Newsletter, 1966 3 146 Pamphlet: Der Bater der Fungfrau Maria, undated 3 147 Pamphlet: German Schools, undated 3 148 Periodical: Civil Liberties, 1969 Scrapbook Material 3 149 K. Wolf's Scrapbook: Flower Pressed Book, undated 3 150 Maria Boeer: Business Card, undated 3 151 Maria Boeer: Drawings and Notes, undated 3 152 Mina Lamb: Stamp Collection, undated 3 153 Miscellaneous: Envelopes, 1906-1952 and undated 3 154 Notes: List of Texas Counties, undated 3 155 Unknown Author: German Scrapbook/Diary, 1915-???