Identity area
Reference code
US BCMLA 00/MS.218
Title
Alvin R. Nickel Papers
Date(s)
- 1890-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
0.15 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 20 Aug 1899, Marion County, Kansas. Parents Wilhelm J. Nickel and Agate Riesen. From the very brief obituary "He worked on his parents' farm in rural Hillsboro, on a threshing crew, at Bean Radio in Newton and was a piano technician. He also restored a number of old reed organs."
Died 5 September 1992, Goessel, Kansas.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence from the 1890s to 1930s. The Riesen correspondents were his mother's relatives.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
unprocessed
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
open to research use
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- German
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas) (Subject)
- Goerz, Helene Riesen, 1857-1928 (Subject)
- Riesen, John D. (photographer) (Subject)
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Description control area
Description identifier
ArchonInternalCollectionID:46