De Mey van Streefkerk Family Papers
Scope and Content
Letters and documents regarding a Dutch family in the West Indies during the years 1725-1830. Related to plantations and slavery in the Dutch colony of Suriname. These are reproductions of selected documents found in a collection at the University of Minnesota.
Dates
- Creation: 1725-1830
Creator
- De Mey van Streefkerk family. (Family)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
The De Mey van Streefkerk family was a Dutch family who owned several sugar plantations in the colony of Suriname.
Extent
0.4 Linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
Dutch; Flemish
Abstract
Reproductions of letters and other documents pertaining to the sugar plantations operated by the De Mey van Streefkerk family in the Dutch colony of Surinam in the West Indies.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Acquisition Information
Gift of Rosamary Bran-Shute, 1976.
- Title
- A Guide to the De Mey van Streefkerk Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
- Date
- December 2011
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu