Donated in 2014 by Seth McCormick-Goodhart. The items in this collection was discovered in the Womeldorf house after it was purchased by the donor.
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[Identification of item], Womeldorf Family Collection (WLU Coll. 0570), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.
The Womeldorf family consisted of parents Lillie Bell and George William Womeldorf and their nine children. The family lived in the Timber Ridge area of Rockbridge County, Va. before moving closer to Lexington so that the children could attend high school. The family farm was located off of Old Buena Vista Road.
This collection contains items that came from the Womeldorf family farm in Lexington, Va. Included are photographs of family members and the farm, postcards, Cora Bell Womeldorf's obituary, and letters received from missionaries to China in 1938. The letters describe their work and the conditions of the people they encounter including various illnesses.