This collection contains the personal papers of the Wolffing family who lived in Würzburg, Bavaria. The family emigrated to England from Nazi Germany to escape Nazi persecution just before the outbreak of the Second World War. The collection mainly contains documents concerning generations of family members living in the 19th century whose exact relations are unknown: Simon Wolffing (born in c 1788, perfumer); Isidor Wolffing (born in 1834, distiller), Selma Wolffing (born in 1881, pianist), and Marie Krebs and Ernst Wolffing (were engaged in 1880).

The collection mainly concerns earlier generations of the family who lived in the 19th century. It includes Selma Wolffing's certificates of the Royal School of Music in Würzburg and correspondence regarding her musical performances at the Club Français and the Zionistische Vereinigung Würzburg; release certificates of the Royal Bavarian Army of Isidor Wolffing and Simon Wolffing; professional certificates and French passport of perfumer Simon Wolffing; and engagement contract between Simon Wolffing and Sara Steffler. Also includes a copy of Decretum Würzburg on cultivated crops dated 14 June 1771.

The spelling of the family name changes frequently and is recorded as Wolffing and Wolfing.