Letter to Amanda Carter from Irene Vaughan
date: label: Date
content: August 12, 1964
name: label: Received by
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
label: Owned by
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A letter from a prospective patient to midwife Amanda Carey Carter regarding an upcoming birth. The letter is handwritten in blue ink on a single sheet of lined white paper, folded to make two pages. The letter is dated at top right [August 12-64] and begins "Dear Mrs. Cater, I have talked with you about delivering my baby, I told you I was due in October but Dr. Coppedge said Sept. 14. I have all my things ready." The letter is signed by Vaughan and ends with the note "I have your $25.00 also."
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: 2011.75.23ab
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: 8 x 5 in. (20.3 x 12.7 cm)