Henkel Family Papers 1800-1829

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Henkel Family Papers, Accession 8653-i, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:
Mrs. John Godfrey Miller
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Henkel Family Papers, Accession 8653-i, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the business, legal, and personal correspondence of the Henkel familyof New Market, Virginia, and contains 356 letters (2 Hollinger boxes), 1800-1829, and undated, the majority of which are in German. The correspondents include John Gruberof Hagerstown, Maryland, concerning book purchases and the printing business in New Market; Ambrose Henkel, Golden Spring, Rowan County, North Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland, where he worked in a bookstore for a time, about family matters, preaching in the Lutheran Church, and book sales; letters from miscellaneous members of the Henkel family; Charles Henkel; Jacob Henkel; Paul Henkel(6 folders of 126 letters); Philip Henkel(5 folders of 110 letters); the business of Samuel & S. Jackson, late David & S. Jackson; Gideon L. Jones; and Samuel Sower & Company.

Acquisition information:
This addition to the papers of the Henkel family was given to the Library by Mrs. John Godfrey Miller of New Market, Virginia , through H.E. Comstock of Winchester, Virginia , on January 10, 1991 .
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
356 items