Ottilie G. Boetzkes papers, 1872-1996

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Boetzkes, Ottilie G. (Ottilie Gertrude)
Title
Ottilie G. Boetzkes papers
Dates
1872-1996 (inclusive)
Quantity
10.67 cubic feet (11 boxes)
Collection Number
2918 (Accession No. 2918-004)
Summary
Prose and poetry writings, artwork, correspondence, photographs, financial records, notes, legal documents, ephemera relating to Boetzkes' world travels and her real estate investments
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Author and poet, professor (1877-1974). Born in Wurtzburg, Germany, Boetzkes immigrated to the United States with her family in 1894 and settled with them in Seattle in 1898. She received both her undergraduate and masters degrees from the University of Washington, taught language courses there from 1900 to 1903 and served as assistant professor of Germanics and French from 1910 to 1919. Throughout her life, Boetzkes wrote stories, articles, poems and books. She was also an amateur artist and an inveterate world traveler, who documented her trips through writing and collecting. She invested in real estate, particularly in Seattle's University District. She died in 1974.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Prose and poetry writings, artwork, correspondence, photographs, financial records, notes, legal documents, ephemera. Much relates to Boetzkes' world travels and her real estate investments. Also includes papers of other family members.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donated by: Frances Backus, 1996-07-24.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1 Biographical Features 1961-1996
1/2 Backus, Edith incoming letters 1932-1935
1/3 Backus, Leroy M. incoming letters 1936-1939
1/4 Backus, Leroy M. Jr. incoming letters approximately 1936
1/5 Backus, Manson F. incoming letters 1929-1930
1/6 Backus, Manson F. II incoming letters 1930-1953
1/7 Boetzkes, Harry and/or Nellie incoming letters 1933-1964
1/8 Boetzkes, Helen incoming letters 1916
1/9 Other family members incoming letters 1919-1963
1/10 University of Washington incoming letters 1907-1926
1/11-15 Miscellaneous incoming letters approximately 1910-1970
1/16 Outgoing Letters approximately 1907-1965
1/17 Miscellaneous correspondence of others 1974
1/18 Photographs undated
1/19-20 Western Europe, West Africa, India, China trip files 1929
1/21 Paris trip files 1931
1/22 Holland trip files 1932
1/23-24 China and Japan trip files 1933
1/25 Java trip files 1933
1/26-27 India trip files 1933
1/28 Egypt trip files 1933
1/29-31 Australia and New Zealand trip files 1933
1/32 South Pacific trip files 1933
1/33 Africa trip files 1933
1/34-2/1 Europe trip files 1933
2/2 London trip files 1933
2/3-5 Central America trip files 1934
2/6 Central and South America trip files 1936, 1939
2/7 Mexico and Guatemala trip files 1940
2/8-10 The Yukon trip files 1945
2/11-12 Central America trip files 1946
2/13-14 The Caribbean trip files 1947
2/15-17 The Mediterranean trip files 1950
2/18 Quebec trip files 1951
2/19 Australia, Spain and Portugal trip files 1953
2/20 Mexico trip files 1954
2/21 The Caribbean and Central America trip files 1956
2/22-3/1 South America (Brazil) trip files 1957
3/2 Italy trip files 1957
3/3 Adriatic, Agean, and Black Seas trip files 1960
3/4 Portugal trip files 1967
3/5 South America (Brazil) trip files 1967
3/6-7 Germany trip files 1968
3/8 Russia trip files 1968
3/9-10 Miscellaneous trip files undated
3/11-13 Artwork: Northwest undated
OS 10/1 Artwork: Northwest (oversized) undated
3/14 Artwork: Hot Springs, Montana approximately 1955-1968
OS 10/2 Artwork: Hot Springs, Montana (oversized) approximately 1955-1968
OS 11/1-3 Artwork: Trip (oversized) undated
3/15-19 Miscellaneous Artwork undated
OS 11/5 Miscellaneous Artwork (oversized) undated
3/20-22 Travel Writings: Cynthia Explores the West Indies undated
3/23-24 Travel Writings: Venezuela and the West Indies undated
3/25-28 Travel Writings: Trudi in India undated
3/29-31 Travel Writings: To Athens and Beyond with Auntie undated
4/1-5 Travel Writings: From the Magdalena to Magellan undated
4/6-7 Travel Writings: Vagabonding on the Mediterranean undated
4/8-11 Manuscripts: Die Burgkinder undated
4/12 Manuscripts: Abschied von Paradies undated
4/13-17 Manuscripts: Salvator Rosa, Seventeenth Century Italian Painter, Poet and Patriot undated
4/18-28, 11/4 Manuscripts: The Seed is Sown undated
4/29-5/2 Manuscripts: Sir Martin Frobisher's Search for the Northwest Passage undated
5/3-12 Manuscripts: Antonio the Counselor undated
5/13-24 Manuscripts: The Death of a King undated
5/25-6/10 Manuscripts: Catherine II, Empress of Russia undated
6/11-23 Manuscripts: The Little Queen: Isabella II, Queen of Spain undated
6/24-28 Manuscripts: The Glory Hole undated
6/29-30 Manuscripts: The Ramayana: The Epic of Rama, the Prince of India undated
7/1 Manuscripts: Depression Stories undated
7/2 Christmas Stories undated
7/3-5 Stories undated
7/6-9 Poems undated
7/10 Poetry: Bird Walks and Talks and Fragrance of Flowers and "By the Way" poems undated
7/11 Poetry: Past and Present, Here and There undated
7/12 Plays undated
7/13-18 Autobiographical Writings: As I Remember It undated
7/19-23 Autobiographical Writings: Looking Backward undated
7/24 Short Autobiographical Writings undated
7/25-26 Children's Stories: Stevie in Deepest Africa undated
7/27 Children's Stories: Stevie in Tiefsten Afrika (German) undated
7/28 Writings regarding Frank Thiess undated
7/29 Writings regarding Pasternak and Dr. Zhivago undated
7/30 Short Nonfiction undated
8/1-8 Writings: German Language undated
8/9-10 Writing fragments undated
8/11 Old French Seminar notes 1909
8/12 English 301: "The Bible as Literature" notes 1962
8/13 German notes undated
8/14 Miscellaneous notes undated
8/15 Clippings regarding Ottilie undated
8/16 Clippings regarding family members undated
8/17 Miscellaneous clippings undated
8/18 Legal Documents 1887-1965
8/19-9/3 Financial Records approximately 1900-1970
9/4-8 Ephemera undated
OS 11/6-7 Ephemera (oversized) undated
9/9 Edith Backus: legal documents 1882-1887
9/10 Edith Backus: Guest Book 1928-1971
9/11 Harry Boetzkes: outgoing letters 1927
9/12 Harry Boetzkes: speeches and writings 1916
9/13 Harry Boetzkes: legal documents 1879-1882
9/14 Harry Boetzkes: financial records 1907
9/15 Harry Boetzkes: ephemera undated
9/16 Helen Boetzkes: incoming letters 1923-1926
9/17-18 Helen Boetzkes: legal documents 1877-1925
10/3 Helen Boetzkes: legal documents (oversized) 1873
9/19-22 Helen Boetzkes: financial records approximately 1910-1926
9/23 Helen Boetzkes: ephemera undated
9/24 Helen Boetzkes: clippings undated
9/25 Peter A. E. Boetzkes: incoming letters 1873-1885
9/26 Peter A. E. Boetzkes: legal documents 1878-1885
10/4 Peter A. E. Boetzkes: legal documents (oversized) 1872-1889
9/27 Peter A. E. Boetzkes: financial records 1901
9/28 Peter A. E. Boetzkes: ephemera undated
9/29 Walter Boetzkes: legal documents 1874-1886

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Poetry--Women authors
  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
  • Women authors
  • Women college teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Boetzkes, Harry
  • Boetzkes, Helen
  • Boetzkes, Ottilie G. (Ottilie Gertrude)--Archives
  • Boetzkes, Ottilie G. (Ottilie Gertrude)--Family
  • Boetzkes, Ottilie G. (Ottilie Gertrude)--Family--Correspondence
  • Boetzkes, Ottilie G. (Ottilie Gertrude)--Travel
  • Boetzkes, Peter A. E

Corporate Names

  • University of Washington--Faculty

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Backus, Edith (creator)
    • Backus, LeRoy M., 1880?-1948 (creator)
    • Backus, LeRoy Manson, III (creator)
    • Backus, Manson Franklin, 1853-1935 (creator)
    • Boetzkes, Nellie (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • University of Washington. University Archives