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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)18721996
- 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
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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
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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
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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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
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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