Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains twenty-three letters sent by Gustav Schindele to Francisca Meder who was living on Illinois, between March 12,1895 to November 4, 1895. There is also one letter from her to him. These letters cover the possibility of marriage, poems, sonnets, and family news. When the letters end, Gus will travel to Conant, Illinois and the couple would marry in January of 1896.The letters are in German with some words in English. The are written in a 19th century German...