PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00092::Henkel Family Papers)//EN" "ViU00092.sgm" A Guide to the Henkel Family PapersHenkel Family. 8653-iProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Courtney BoissonnaultFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00092::Henkel Family Papers)//EN" "ViU00092.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Henkel Family Papers A Collection in the Special Collections Department 8653-i

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #8653-i Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Henkel Family Papers 1800-1829 8653-i 356 items English Mrs. John Godfrey Miller Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

 Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

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

 Acquisition Information

This addition to the papers of the Henkel familywas given to the Library by Mrs. John Godfrey Millerof New Market, Virginia, through H.E. Comstockof Winchester, Virginia, on January 10, 1991.

 Funding Note

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

 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.

 Container List CORRESPONDENCE Letters from John Gruber 1806-1823 Box 1 (2 folders) Letters from the Henkel Family 1814-1818, n.d. Box 1 Letters from Ambrose Henkel 1801-1818 Box 1 Letters from Charles Henkel 1817-1821 Box 1 Letters from Jacob Henkel 1809, 1818 Box 1 Letters from Paul Henkel 1800-1822, n.d. Box 1 (6 folders) Letters from Philip Henkel 1801-1829, n.d. Box 2 (5 folders) Letters from Samuel & S. Jackson, late David & S. Jackson 1801-1817 Box 2 Letters from Gideon L. Jones 1818-1821 Box 2 Letters from Miscellaneous Correspondents 1802-1816, 1823, 1829 Box 2 Letters from Samuel Sower & Company 1808-1812 Box 2