Comprising war records, correspondence, financial and legal papers, publications, photographs, and other documents, the George Willrich Papers, 1873-1937, document the legal, military, and farming career of Willrich. Legal documents concern the law career of Willrich in the form of estate papers, divorce files, trial transcripts, court dockets, guardianship papers, insurance claims, abstracts, briefs, bankruptcy files, publications, forms, parole and pardon correspondence, and land transactions. Example cases pertain to War Savings Stamps and Liberty Loans buyers, the Heller and Dorothea Kraus estates, the case of Henry Graf et al. vs. Buckholts State Bank et al., the J. W. Gates land affair, Katrena P. Barta vs. Vinc V. Barta, and the guardianship of Mary Wecheta et al., among others. Financial papers consist of bills, bond purchasing correspondence, account books, cancelled paychecks, check stubs, bank account ledgers, and financial correspondence, relating to Willrich’s legal cases and personal finances. Composed of infantry ledgers, veterans’ pensions correspondence, photographs, forms, and correspondence, the military records concern Willrich’s service in the United States Army before the Spanish-American War, his tenure as captain of Company H in the 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry during the war, and his years as a veteran. Personal papers illuminate Willrich’s interest in politics and election results, including newspaper clippings, campaign pamphlets, and correspondence; his farming activities; and his relationships with family and friends, including his wife Olivia Tuttle Woolrich and the Tuttle family.

Archivist’s note: A paper copy of the Willrich Papers finding aid contains a more in-depth inventory.