Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895
label: Collection Creator
content: Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935
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content: Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers
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content: Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers / Series 1: Douglas Volk Papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.75 Linear Feet (Boxes 1, 12, OVs 13-14)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1897-circa 1929
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.volkleon, Subseries 1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Series is scanned in entirety, with the exception of the map of Hewnoaks which could not be scanned due to the condition of the item.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes five address books and addresses on notes and business cards; biographical notes and résumés for Douglas Volk and his sons, Gerome and Wendell Volk; a hand-drawn and colored map of Hewnoaks; and a travel itinerary for Volk's 1919 trip to Europe, written on the back of a map of France and Belgium.

Miscellaneous material includes a blueprint of a proposed sarcophagus to be erected in Fryeburg Village Cemetery for Marion Volk and a 1925 receipt for the purchase of cemetery lots; a pair of eyeglasses; two membership cards for the Society for Ethical Culture; two handwritten verses; and genealogical memoranda of the Barlow family and Volk families from the 1600s to the early 1900s.

Biographical material relating specifically to Marion Volk includes a warranty deed for a parcel of Center Lovell land which she purchased from Hattie M. Lyons in 1904; a 1921 address book; a lock of hair accompanied by a photograph of Marion Volk; and a memorial address written for her by Felix Adler.