Vinda Elizabeth Kibler letters

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Vinda Elizabeth Kibler Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.42 Linear Feet 1 letter size Hollinger box
Language:
English French
Preferred citation:

Vinda Elizabeth Kibler Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters written to Vinda Elizabeth Kibler, also called Kitty or Elizabeth, between 1917-1924, while she was at Bridgewater College in Rockingham County (1917-1922), the State Teacher's College in Harrisonburg (1923), and at her teaching post in Front Royal, Virginia (1923-1924). Most letters are from her mother and father on their small farm in Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. Also included are a number of letters from other relatives, businesses, and a pen pal in France.

Topics found in the letters include church happenings, town gossip, health, gardening, farm animals, farm work, weather, crops, and concern for Kibler's health and provisioning. Pressed flowers, yellow pansies, were found in two of the letters.

Biographical / historical:

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Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed in December 2009 by Special Collections Staff. Processing completed by Jessica Kidwell in September 2014.

Arrangement:

Series 1 are letters from Kibler's parents, arranged in chronological order. Series 2 contains letters from other family members and from non-family members, arranged by author, then chronologically.