Mary Wolff has continued a long time tradition in her family. She and her family have been saving their correspondence for over 200 years. About 75,000 documents are stored in 200 boxes in the family home in Boulder. The letters and essays are a glimpse into historical events from a middle-class family’s perspective.

To read the entire New York Times article, “In 200 Years of Family Letters, a Nation’s Story” go to
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/national/29letter.html?_r=1

A shorter version, “Family’s archive is one of nation’s largest” can be found in the Denver Post at
(http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_3448800)