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Ernest Hopf letters to Alice Lightner, 1931 September-1931 November, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

September 1, 1931 letter with envelope (sketch on envelope)

September 3, 1931 letter with envelope (sketch on envelope)

September 10, 1931 letter with envelope (sketches on letter)

September [17?], 1931 letter with envelope (sketches on letter, day from postmark)

[September 25, 1931] letter with envelope (date from postmark)

[September 25, 1931] letter with envelope (sketches on letter, date from postmark)

October 13, 1931 letter with envelope (sketch on envelope)

November 13, 1931 letter with envelope

Ernest Hopf letters to Alice Lightner, 1931 December-1932 July, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

December 30, 1931 letter with envelope (sketches on envelope)

January 6, 1932 envelope only

March 29, 1932 letter (sketches on letter)

May 8, 1932 letter

1932 letter

"Thursday night" [1932?] letter

Undated [1932?] letter

June 15, 1932 letter with envelope

June 20, 1932 letter (sketch on letter)

July 5, 1932 letter with envelope

July 12, 1932 letter with envelope

July, 1932

Ernest Hopf letters to Alice Lightner, 1932 August-1932 December, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

August 1932 letter

August 14, 1932 letter

August 30, 1932 letter with envelope

September 29, 1932 letter with envelope

Undated [1932?] note on a small card to accompany flowers

"8:30 PM Wednesday" [1932?] letter

Undated [1932?] letter

Undated [1932?] letter (with sketch)

Undated [1932?] letter

Undated [October or November 1932?] fragment of a letter

December 6, 1932 letter

"Wednesday night" [December 1932?] letter

December 26, 1932 letter with envelope

December 28, 1932 letter

Ernest Hopf letters to Alice Lightner, 1933 January-1933 May, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

"New Years Eve 1932-1933" [December 31, 1932 and January 1, 1933] letter

April 29, 1933 letter with envelope

May 9, 1933 letter with envelope

May 18, 1933 letter with envelope

May 21, 1933 letter with envelope

May 26, 1933 letter with envelope

May 30, 1933 letter with envelope

Ernest Hopf letters to Alice Lightner, 1933 June-1933 July, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

June 14, 1933 letter with envelope

June 17, 1933 letter with envelope

June 23, 1933 letter with envelope and 5 black and white postcards of Miechowitz, Germany [Miechowice, near Bytom, Poland]

June 23-24, 1933 letter with envelope

June 28, 1933 telegram

June 28, 1933 Hamburg-American Line prepaid ticket receipt

July 6, 1933 international money order receipt

July 13, 1933 letter

July 15, 1933 letter with envelope

July 24, 1933 letter with envelope

Ernest Hopf letters to Alice Lightner, 1933 August-1933 December, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

August 6 and 10, 1933 letter with envelope

August 18, 1933 letter with envelope and 5 black and white postcards

Undated [1933?] postcard with "Gluckspilze" print on verso

"Wednesday night 12 P.M." [December 6, 1933?] letter (with color sketch)

December 26, 1933 letter with envelope

December 29, 1933 letter

Ernest Hopf birth certificate, 1910 February 8

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ernest Hopf drawings, 1947-1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Three drawings by Ernest Hopf.

The first drawing is black ink or charcoal and depicts an urban industrial scene with a smokestack, powerlines, a crane, and two pedestrians walking on a sidewalk lined by a high fence. A "Vote for McKeen" sign appears on a building to the left. Signed "Hopf '47" in the lower right corner. 23 x 20 cm.

The second drawing is ink and watercolor and shows a town on a river with a bridge for the railroad in the center. A train is passing by to the right. Signed "E. Hopf '48" in the lower right corner. 19 x 24 cm.

The third drawing is ink and watercolor and shows boats by a pier. It is signed "E.H." in the lower right corner and appears on the front of a Christmas card. The inside of the card reads, "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Alice + Ernest Hopf '71." Image 9 x 13 cm., card 13 x 19 cm.

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