<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Nelie-Wampler-Virginia-Mennonite-letters</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Nelie Wampler Virginia Mennonite letters</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Nelie Wampler Virginia Mennonite letters <num>SC 01711</num></titleproper><author>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center staff</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2026 July</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-07-22 07:01:53 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Nelie Wampler Virginia Mennonite letters</unittitle>
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      <persname source="local">Wampler, Nelie</persname>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1940-12-27/1949-02-11" type="inclusive">December 27, 1940 - February 11, 1949</unitdate>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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<p>The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Purchased from Caroliniana for $125.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>Nelie Wampler Virginia Mennonite letters, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Seven letters consisting of twenty-eight pages and seven envelopes total, written by Nelie Wampler in Geer, Virginia, to her sister Susie Wenger who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Primarily focuses on Wampler's life in a rural Mennonite community, describing crafting, cooking, and charity work.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <genreform source="aat">Correspondence</genreform>
    <subject source="lcsh">Religion and culture</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Mennonites--United States--Social life and customs</subject>
    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Letter writing</subject>
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