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IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
SHALE AND WOLF FAMILIES
LETTERS, 1878-1999
1 linear inch
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ACQUISITION: |
The letters (donor no. 620) were
donated by Nita McLaughlin in
1999. |
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ACCESS: |
The letters are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has not been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Doris Malkmus, 1999. |
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Biography
Sophia
Shale, Wisconsin-born, farm woman, married Henry Wolf and moved with him to
Hampton, Iowa. One of her sisters, Mary
Shale, married David Wolf, a brother of Henry Wolf; another sister Lizzie Shale
married a cousin of David and Henry Wolf named William Seipp. The Wolf family had moved to Wisconsin in
1849 and their sons, in turn, moved with their wives to Iowa and the Dakota
Territory between 1849 and the 1880s.
The sisters continued to write to each other and to their parents,
Christian and Margaret Shale, who remained near Baraboo, Wisconsin. A biographical sketch of the family members,
written by the donor, is included in the collection.
Scope and
Content Note
The
Shale-Wolf letters were written between 1878 and 1892 and measure one linear
inch. The collection consists of
typescript copies of the correspondence between the sisters and their kin,
discussing important events in farm life in northern Iowa and the Dakota
Territory—agricultural production, child rearing, family interactions,
household chores, farm prices, and climate—primarily from a farm woman’s
perspective.
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