Margaret and Ames Vanwormer Letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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The collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Margaret and Ames Vanwormer Letter, Ms2009-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Vanwormer, Ames, b. abt. 1836 and Vanwormer, Margaret, b. abt. 1841
Abstract:
The collection includes a letter from Margaret and Ames Vanwormer to brother, regarding news of family and acquaintances.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Margaret and Ames Vanwormer Letter, Ms2009-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a brief letter from Margaret and Ames Vanwormer to an unnamed brother. The letter relates entirely to personal matters, mentioning the illness of Edward Matthew; news of Charles, James and Samuel Lake; and plans to move away from Fort [Dodge?].

Biographical / historical:

Ames and Margaret Vanwormer are listed in the 1880 census as a married couple living in Hamilton County, Nebraska. Both were born in Pennsylvania--he ca. 1836, she ca. 1841. Also living in the household were their children: Caroline, Charles, Henry, Birdy, and Alvira. (The census indicates that the oldest two children had been born in Iowa; the latter 3, Nebraska.) Boarding with the family was 21-year-old Edward M. Vanwormer. No further biographical information could be found.

Acquisition information:
The Margaret and Ames Vanwormer Letter was purchased by Special Collections in 1993.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Margaret and Ames Vanwormer Letter commenced and was completed in April 2009.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Letters