Moltke Family Papers - Accession 667 - M293 (344)

• Main Authors: Moltke Family, Hart, Joseph
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Digital Commons @ Winthrop University 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Moltke; Rasmussen; Rose Hill
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/513

The Moltke Family Papers consists of Joseph Hart's research concerning Count Oscar P. A. Von Moltke (1828-1882), who is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in York, SC, and the Motlke Family from Denmark that lived in York(ville), SC in the 1870s-1980s. Included in the collection is a translated reminiscence of York(ville), SC by Harald Moltke (1871-1960), son of Oscar Motlke, which describes life in Yorkville, SC from the perspective of a Danish immigrant. Harald Motlke was an accomplished painter and participated as a draughtsman in several Arctic expeditions in the 1890s and early 1900s with such noted arctic explorers as Knud Rasmussen, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, and Jørgen Brønlund. Also, included is correspondence and book excerpts concerning the Moltke Family. https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1641/thumbnail.jpg