Wilbur Olin Atwater to Charles and Helen Woodard Atwater, July 1897
Scope and Contents
Includes his correspondence and personal papers. Atwater's letters to his future wife include commentary on his classes, lectures and concerts he attended. He records his observations of people he meets in Washington, D.C. and abroad including his introduction to Leon Trotsky (1897). The series includes letters to his children. The series also contains some personal papers from his days at Wesleyan, a diary of study notes and lab notebooks, and correspondence and other materials documenting his travels in Brussels, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, and Cuba. His letters sometimes mention plans for the Chicago World's Fair (1893) and the Bruxelles Exposition Universelle.
Dates
- Creation: July 1897
Creator
- From the Collection: Atwater, W. O. (Wilbur Olin), 1844-1907 (Person)
- From the Collection: Atwater, Helen W. (Person)
- From the Collection: Galbraith, Catherine Atwater (Person)
- From the Collection: Atwater, Charles Woodard, 1885-1946 (Person)
- From the Collection: Atwater, Charles Woodard, Jr., 1920-2002 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 22 Linear Feet (40 hollinger boxes and 1 oversize flat hollinger box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository