Summary Information

Title: Zalinski Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1898 - 1906

Creators:

• Zalinski Family
• Adler Family

and Call Number: MS 418

Extent: One thin, legal sized Hollinger archival box

Repository: :

University of Wisconsin- Madison, Special Collections.

Archival Locations:

See Special Collections staff for assistance.

UW-Madison Libraries, Special Collections (Map)

Abstract:

The Zalinski Collection consists primarily of correspondence from Edward Robin Zalinski, addressed to his aunt and uncle, Simon and Anne Adler, and to his father, Edmund Louis Grey Zalinski and correspondence from Mark Adler, son of Simon and Anne, to his parents. Also included are several miscellaneous letters. Two from a Viola addressed to her parents and sister, a Mrs. Sarah H. Knible, two from Edward L. G. Zalinski to his sister and brother-in-law Anne and Simon Adler, and one is a letter from the Alumni Association of Lehigh University to Edward Robin Zalinski.

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The letters are arranged chronologically. Each year is in a separate folder and the materials within are numbered and arranged by date.

The Zalinski Collection consists primarily of correspondence from Edward Robin Zalinski, a young man studying in Europe, addressed to his aunt and uncle, Simon and Anne Adler, and to his father, Edmund Louis Grey Zalinski, an army officer and inventor of some note. While some of these letters talk of his studies at the University of Leipzig and the Professors he studied under, most of these letters are concerned with his travels, the people he has met and the good times he has had. During vacations, instead of returning home, he travels around Europe. His descriptions of his adventures in the company of princes, consuls, professors, and beer-chugging German students are vivid and often quite funny. He considers English girls “a strong, healthy looking set” and generally has a good time with them. In London, he meets a “Mr. Maxim, the inventor of the Maxim rapid fire gun,” which he gets to test himself. A particularly funny story from Italy relates how he got to see the Pope. Also included is a letter to Edward Robin Zalinski from the Alumni Association of Lehigh University, where he graduated with a B.S. in metallurgy in 1900, requesting verification of his biographical information for an upcoming school publication and noting donations to the Alumni Association and reporting meeting minutes.

Additionally, correspondence from Mark Adler, graduate of Cornell and Harvard Law School and son of Simon and Anne, to his parents is included. These letters are mostly from his travels in Europe, but some are from in the United States. His trip to Europe encompasses France, England and Belgium. These letters contain mainly tourist observations of famous sites he visits with his friend McLean and his mother. In the final letters he mentions his cousin “Eddo” (Edward R. Zalinski) in Leipzig, with whom he will travel to Russia.

Also included are several miscellaneous letters. Two are addressed from Edmund L. G. Zalinski while he was in a New York Hospital oneeach to Anne and Simon Adler. Two are from a “Viola” addressed to her parents and sister, Mrs. Sarah H. Knible. There are also several miscellaneous papers.

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Processing Information:

Processed by Sarah Boxhorn in May 2007.

Zalinski Collection	Series: Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1	1898
	From Edmund L. G. Zalinski to Simon L. Adler, April 2
	From Edmund L. G. Zalinski to Anne Adler, April 5
Box 1 Folder   2	1900
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, June 22
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, July 24
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, September 10
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Edmund L. G. Zalinski, October 11
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Edmund L. G. Zalinski, October 19
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Edmund L. G. Zalinski, Undated
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, November 4
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, December 8
Box 1 Folder   3	1901
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, May 9
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, June 16
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, September 8
Box 1 Folder   4	1902
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, April 8
	From Edmund R. Zalinski to Anne Adler, May 25
Box 1 Folder   5	1903
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, June 25
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, June 29
	From Alumni Association of Lehigh Universtiy to Mark Adler, July 1
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, July 6
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, July 8
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, July 15
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, July 17
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, July 19
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, July 21
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, July 27
	From Mark Adler to Lewis and Anne Adler, July 29
Box 1 Folder   6	1906
	From Viola to parents and sister, Mrs. Sarah H. Knible, August 10
	From Viola to parents and sister, Mrs. Sarah H. Knible, July 27
Box 1 Folder   7	Miscellaneous
	From Edward R. Zalinski to Unknown, Date Unknown
	From Unknown, may be Edward R. Zalinski, to Unknown, Date Unknown
	From Unknown to Unknow,with envelope addressed to Mrs. Lewis Adler Postmarked April 6th 1898
	From Unknown to Unknow, with envelope addressed to Madame Harry S. Lewis, French postmark, unclear date