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Letter from Bill Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, January 26, 1860

Letter from Bill Van Riper to his Cousin Henry Van Riper discussing day to day events, weather and school.

Letter from Mary Taylor to Henry A. Van Riper, February 5, [18]60

Letter from Mary Taylor to her Cousin Henry Van Riper, she mentions occassional outbreaks of Typhoid fever, the death of a family member and other news and asks for letters from the family.

Letter from Jill to Henry, April 16, 1858

Letter from Jill to her Cousin Henry about her school, illness in the family, and other news.

Letter from [Yilder?] to Henry and Willis, February 22, 1857

Letter from Yilder to Henry and Willis Van Riper discussing family matters, school, farming, and other aspects of daily life.

Letter from Joshua G. Benster to Willis Van Riper, April 7, 1886

Letter from Joshua Van Riper to Willis Van Riper about patents and plans for a business.

Letter from Margaret J Van Riper to Mary Ann Van Riper, May 11, 1856

Letter from Margaret Van Riper to her Sister Mary Ann Van Riper, in it she expresses sorrow over the death of a woman named Hetty and talks about members of the family

Letter from Eloy Rufs to Henry and Willis Van Riper

Letter from Eloy Lane Rufs to Henry and Willis Van Riper discussing family life, farming, price of food and inquiring about the well being of other family members

The origin of the modern jewish woman writer: romance and reform in Victorian England

Between 1830 and 1880, the Jewish community flourished in England. During this time, known as haskalah, or the Anglo-Jewish Enlightenment, Jewish women in England became the first Jewish women anywhere to publish novels, histories, periodicals, theological tracts, and conduct manuals. The Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer analyzes this critical but forgotten period in the development of Jewish women's writing in relation to Victorian literary history, women's cultural history, and Jewish …

The iron hunter

Originally published in 1919, The Iron Hunter is the autobiography of one of Michigan's most influential and flamboyant historical figures: the reporter, publisher, explorer, politician, and twenty-seventh governor of Michigan, Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949). Making unprecedented use of the automobile in his 1910 campaign, Osborn ran a memorable campaign that was followed by an even more remarkable term as governor. In two years he eliminated Michigan's deficit, ended corruption, and produced t…

The shaping of Jewish identity in nineteenth-century France

Nineteenth-century French Jewry was a community struggling to meet the challenges of emancipation and modernity. This struggle, with its origins in the founding of the French nation, constitutes the core of modern Jewish identity. With the Revolution of 1789 came the collapse of the social, political, and philosophical foundations of exclusiveness, forcing French society and the Jews to come to terms with the meaning of emancipation. Over time, the enormous challenge that emancipation posed for …

Letter from [Jim?] to N W Van Riper

Letter from Jim to his Brother N.W. Van Riper in it he talks about buying horses, the farm, and what various goods are selling for.

Letter from Joshua Giles Benster to "Dear Friend", November 2[…], 1886

Letter from Joshua Benster to Henry Van Riper.

Letter from John Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, March 28, 1855

Letter from John Van Riper to his cousin Henry Van Riper, in it he talks about having an injured foot and asks about members of the family. There is also a short letter to Willis Van Riper on the back.

Letter from G. Van Riper to Nick Van Riper and family, January 28, 1866

Letter from G. Van Riper regarding his travels from Texas to Michigan.

Letter from Old, Bach to Friends

Letter from Old Bach to his friends talking about never marrying and advising his audience to marry young

Constructing modern identities: Jewish university students in Germany, 1815-1914

The emergence of Jewish student associations in 1881 provided a forum for Jews to openly proclaim their religious heritage. By examining the lives and social dynamics of Jewish university students, Keith Pickus shows how German Jews rearranged their self-images and redefined what it meant to be Jewish. Not only did the identities crafted by these students enable them to actively participate in German society, they also left an indelible imprint on contemporary Jewish culture. Pickus's portrayal …

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