Wieghardt-Brooks-Pertsch families papers
Scope and content
Scrapbooks of Frederick William Brooks and Alice Winton Brooks relating to Ithaca local history; advertisements about Ithaca real estate; Cornell certificates, programs, and memorabilia of John Pertsch and Herman Wieghardt; and Wieghardt family photographs.
Dates
- [ca. 1905-1945]
Creator
- Wieghardt family. (Family)
Biographical / Historical
. George Wieghardt (1887-1958) graduated from Cornell in 1909. He married Alice Winton Brooks of Ithaca, the daughter of Frederick William Brooks and Emily Winton. They had one daughter, Emily Brooks Wieghardt (b.1920). His brother, Herman Wieghardt (1889-1988), attended Cornell from 1909 to 1910. His sister, Frieda, married John George Pertsch (1887-1928), who graduated from Cornell in 1909 and served as a professor of electrical engineering at Cornell until his death in 1928.
Extent
1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Social life and customs.
- Brooks family.
- Brooks, Emily Winton.
- Brooks, Frederick William.
- Cornell University. Class of 1909
- Electrical engineering.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Pertsch family.
- Pertsch, Frieda Wieghardt.
- Pertsch, John George, 1887-
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Wiegardt, Herman.
- Wieghardt family.
- Wieghardt, Alice Brooks.
- Wieghardt, Emily Brooks.
- Wieghardt, George Frederick, 1887-1958.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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