Papers, 1877-2007.

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Papers, 1877-2007.

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The Papers are divided into the following series: Papers of Kurt P. Oppermann and his family; the Oppermann Fur Company records; materials Kurt mostly collected including: Historic Preservation Materials, Miscellaneous, Saginaw (Mich.) Materials, and the Papers of Others, including: Bude Volusin; Mabel C. (Scott) de Fere; Marion C. Weir; and Frank Selzer. The collection provides detailed, personal information about Kurt and his family, who were pivotal in the fur and newspaper businesses, as well as in the musical and social life of Saginaw (Mich.) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Family relationships, Germans in Saginaw, Saginaw history and local historic buildings are also well documented. Kurt's Papers (approximately 9 cubic ft. in 17 boxes, 1 Oversized v.) are divided into Biographical Materials, Photographic Materials, some of which were taken by the Goodridge Brothers, Personal Correspondence to immediate and extended family (some in German), Political Correspondence, and General Correspondence to friends. The Oppermann Fur Company Business records document the fur business through financial and customer records, business correspondence, and advertisements, 1888-1937 (4.5 cubic ft. in 9 boxes and 16 Oversized v.). The Historic Materials document historic organizations Kurt helped establish and the buildings they tried to save from destruction, 1949-1962 (.5 cubic ft. in 1 box). Miscellaneous includes correspondence Kurt had with various people on a variety of topics, and a collection of greeting cards, 1911-1973, and undated (.5 cubic ft. in 1 box). Saginaw (Mich.) Materials includes meeting minutes of various Saginaw committees and councils, and information by and about the local schools, auctions, and sewer construction, 1953-1965. Legal-size materials include official paperwork re: Kurt's tuberculosis claims, family wills, and fur advertisements and sketches (by Kurt), in Box 30. The papers of other Saginawians conclude the collection. The family letters of Bude Volusin, 1853-1871 (some in German, .25 cubic ft. in 1 box) document family news and business. The papers of Mabel C. (Scott) de Fere, 1895-1968, and undated (1 cubic ft. in 2 boxes) include her Biographical Materials, Correspondence, Teaching Materials, Certificates and a Diploma, as well as Photographs and other materials documenting her family and life in Bergland (Mich.). The papers of Marion C. Weir include his published and unpublished poetry (some in German), and correspondence with Kurt about their lives, work, and music, 1917-1959, and undated (.5 cubic ft. in 1 box). Frank Selzer's artistic and lithographic work is documented in an oversized ledger, 1930-1941.

26 cubic ft. (in 34 boxes, 3 Oversized folders, 19 Oversized v.) : ill.

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Weir, Marion C.

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Oppermann, Kurt P.

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Kurt P. Oppermann was the son of Nettie and Gustav Oppermann. Nettie was the eldest daughter of Anna (Seemann) Peters and Charles H. Peters of the Seemann and Peters newspaper firm in Saginaw (Mich.). Gustav was the son of Frederick Oppermann, a German furrier who founded the Oppermann Fur Company in Saginaw in 1895. Kurt was the third of seven children born to Nettie and Gustav, including: Arthur "Art" (1893-); Helen "Letto" (1895-); Kurt (1898-1977); Eugene "Gene" or "Jene" (1900-1942); Paul "...

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de Fere, Mabel.

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