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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm85061876
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of the Hulsizer family were given to the Library of Congress by Charles Merrill Mount in 1985.
The papers of the Hulsizer family were arranged and described in 1995. The finding aid was revised in 2007.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Hulsizer family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Hulsizer family are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Hulsizer Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of the Hulsizer family span the years 1915-1941, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period between 1917 and 1919. The collection consists primarily of letters from Edith Hulsizer Copher and her sister, Sophy Hulsizer Powell, to family members during World War I. Copher described her work at the Harvard U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 5, British Expeditionary Force, near Paris, France, and commented on local social life and customs. Powell's letters were written chiefly in 1919 when she lived in London, England, as the wife of American commercial attaché, Fred Wilbur Powell, and reflect the social life of the expatriate community in London. The collection also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to the Hulsizer family.
This collection is arranged by type of material. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and therein chronologically.