Series: Sophie Rosenblatt Martindale (1861-1952). Papers, 1888-1952
Biography/History: Sophie Martindale, wife of Stephen Martindale IV and mother of Katharine, Henrietta, and Stephen V, was born 19 February 1861 in Beloit, Wisconsin, where her family had a clothing manufacturing business. She married Stephen IV 30 October 1883 and moved to La Crosse where she lived until her death 30 July 1952. As a young woman she gave piano lessons and later was a member of the La Crosse Music Study Club. From early middle age she was frequently ill, and Katharine was her constant companion after her husband's death in 1923.
Scope and Content Note: Sophie's papers consist primarily of her letters to her husband and children and concern the details of her daily life: events attended, news about friends and family, daily chores accomplished, meals prepared, weather, etc. There are also some postcards and letters to Sophie from miscellaneous friends and relatives. Additional correspondence received at the Archives after the rest was organized is in Boxes 11A and 11B.

Personal Correspondence, 1886-1952

Stephen Martindale IV, 1888-1914

Henrietta, Katharine and Stephen Martindale (children), 1894-1906

Henrietta and Katharine, college years, 1908-19124

Katharine, 1913-1938

Katharine Howard Martindale (Mrs. S. Martindale III), 1886-1900

Friends and relatives, 1897-1949

Additional exchanges with friends and relatives, 1897-1922

Additional exchanges by Sophie and Stephen IV with their children

1913-1914

1915-1922

Postcards

Outgoing, 1904-1912

Incoming, 1908-1952

Additional postcards, undated (mostly from the University of Chicago)