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Correspondence with Peggy Gevers

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Date:

1953-1990

Reference:

R16849-12-9-E, Volume number: 1

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Item ID number:

5877503

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Maria Elisabeth Frauenfelder Dufresne fonds

Correspondence with Peggy Gevers
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Date(s):

1953-1990

Place of creation:

Various places

Added country of publication:

Germany, Netherlands

Language of material:

Dutch

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This file consists of 95 letters, notes, and cards sent between Maria Elisabeth Frauenfelder Dufresne and her sister Janna (Peggy) Gevers over more than 40 years. Over the course of their correspondence Maria lived in a variety of different countries, and Peggy lived in Luneburg, Germany. They discuss a wide variety of subjects including: family news; Maria's travels and work; a dispute over inheritance and funeral expenses after the death of their mother in 1989; Maria's romantic relationships; and the death of Peggy's husband in the early 1970s.

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MSS2738

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General note:

Please see attached ecopy for summaries of the correspondence in this file. Summaries are provided by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Please note that the summaries are not listed chronologically in the document and as such are not listed in the same order as the items appear in the file.

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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R16849]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 File number 13--17

[Consultation 90 Open]

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