Letter to Amanda Carter from an expectant mother
date: label: Date
content: August 12, 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 enclosed letter (b) sent to midwife Amanda Carey Carter from an expectant mother regarding Carter potentially attending a birth at the woman's home. The letter is handwritten in blue ink on a single sheet of white paper, folded to form two joined pages. At top right of the first page is the date [Aug 10, 1972] and the letter begins [Dear Mrs. Carter, / Thanks so much for your letter. / I have another request to make of / you.]. The letter continues to detail the potential timing of the woman going into labor and asks if Carter would be willing to attend the birth at the woman's home if another midwife, Mrs. Fisk, is unavailable at that time. The letter is in a standard white envelope, addressed to [Mrs. Amanda Carter] in Farmville, Virginia with a return address in Crozet, Virginia. The postmark is dated August 12, 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: 2011.75.15.2ab
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)