Letter to Amanda Carter from a new mother
date: label: Date
content: September 15, 1972
name: label: Written by
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
label: Owned by
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: An envelope (a) with letter (b) sent to midwife Amanda Carey Carter from a new mother regarding Carter potentially attending a birth at the woman's home. The letter is handwritten in blue ink on both sides of a single sheet of lined white paper. At top right of the first page is the date [Sept 14, 1972] and the letter begins [Dear Mrs. Carter, / Thank you for your letter. But it's all over with. The baby was born last Tues, Sept 5.]. The letter continues to detail the birth, which was attended by a midwife named Mrs. Fisk and thanks Carter for her willingness to travel for the birth if she had been needed. The letter is in a standard white envelope, addressed to [Mrs. Amanda Carter] in Farmville, Virginia with a return addressin Crozet, Virginia. The postmark is dated September 15, 1972 in Crozet.
place: label: Place used
content: Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Midwifery
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.75.15.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. (9.2 x 16.5 cm)