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Francesca (Stroh) Kuhn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRHC SC 062

Scope and Contents

The Francesca (Stroh) Kuhn Collection contains a skirt and two shawls. The skirt is made by medium gray wool twill and is 37” long from waist to hem. One of the shawls is a dark brown material that is 66” by 58”. There are two lighter brown bands that are near the edge. It also has fringe. The second shawl is woven and has a dark green, dark blue, and dark brown-red background with alternating yellow and red rows in a window pane style. The initials FK are embroidered in a corner. The shawl measures 54” by 53”. All of these items belonged to Francesca who came through Ellis Island in 1911.

This collection also contains correspondence pertaining to Daniel Kuhn added by the GRHC Staff found in the GRHS Letter Archives.

Dates

  • n.d.

Access

Access to the physical collection is available upon request. Request must be made at least three (3) business days prior to ndsu.grhc@ndsu.edu.

Copyright

Copyrights to items in this collection remain with original copyright holders or are in the public domain.

Biography

Francesca Stroh was born in August 10, 1889 in Kandel, South Russia. She immigrated to the United States in 1911 with her two children and their father, Daniel Kuhn. She married Daniel in 1914.They had five more children. Francesca died on March 29, 1971 in Linton, North Dakota.

Extent

3 Items (3 textiles)

Language of Materials

English

Summary

This collection contains three textiles worn by Francesca (Stroh) Kuhn and correspondence with mentions of Daniel Kuhn.

Provenance

Items donated by Alene Rudy on November 4, 2014.

Separated Materials

These items are housed at the Emily P. Reynolds Historic Costume Collection on the NDSU campus. Advance notice is requested for the viewing of these items.

Property Rights

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Francesca (Stroh) Kuhn Collection
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Repository

Contact:
NDSU Dept 2080
PO Box 6050
Fargo ND 58108-6050 United States
(701) 231-6596