Inventory of the Kirchhoff Family Papers, 1808-1889

Collection Number 1457-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Kirchhoff family.
Title
Kirchhoff Family Papers, 1808-1889.
Call Number
1457-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
22 items.
Abstract
Scattered family letters, 1854-1875, and official papers (partly in German) of Friedrich Wilhelm Kirchhoff (1814-1863), Consul of Lübeck (now in Germany) in New Orleans and his wife, Adelaide Helena Welham, in Pass Christian, Miss., in the 1850s. Letters deal chiefly with family matters and Adelaide Kirchoff's business affairs after her husband's death. An 1852 diary of Adelaide Kirchhoff is included; it describes travels in Italy and visits with family in Bremen.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Kirchhoff Family Papers, #1457-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Bremen (Germany)--Description and travel.
Consuls--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
Diaries.
Diplomatic and consular service--Germany--Lübeck--History--19th century.
Italy--Description and travel.
Kirchhoff family.
Kirchhoff, Adelaide Helena Welham, fl. 1850.
Kirchhoff, Friedrich Wilhlem, 1814-1863.
New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs.
Pass Christian (Miss.)--Social life and customs.
Travelers--Europe--Diaries.
Women travelers--Europe--History--19th century.
Women--Europe--Diaries.
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Collection Overview

Scattered family letters, 1854-1875, and official papers (partly in German) of Friedrich Wilhelm Kirchhoff (1814-1863), Consul of Lübeck (now in Germany) in New Orleans and his wife, Adelaide Helena Welham, in Pass Christian, Miss., in the 1850s. Letters deal chiefly with family matters and Adelaide Kirchoff's business affairs after her husband's death. An 1852 diary of Adelaide Kirchhoff is included; it describes travels in Italy and visits with family in Bremen.