The Franklin Merrell-Wolff Fellowship

The three letters in this file describe Wolff’s 1943 trip to purchase a 430-acre ranch just outside Lone Pine, Calif. At the time, it was known as the “Hoar Ranch” (after its owners), and shortly after its purchase, Sherifa renamed it the “Assembly of Man Ranch,” after the organization that Wolff and she had founded in 1928. The purchase of this property provided the group with easy access to the Ashrama and was primarily used as a base for the group’s summer activities. After Wolff wed Gertrude Adams, the newly married couple moved to the ranch (in 1960) and built a home, where Wolff would spend the remainder of his life. (10 pages)