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Finding aid created by Zach Hilpert, P.J. Bell and Samantha Besora. Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Dora and Cara Armistead Papers, 1880-1950 A Collection in theManuscripts and Rare Books Department Mss. Acc. 2006.54

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2009 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Dora and Cara Armistead Papers 1880-1950 01/Mss. Acc. 2006.54 3036.00 The papers are in: English Papers from the household of Dora Travis Armistead (1890-1979) and Rowland Cara Armistead, sisters of Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes letters, personal, financial and business papers of Cary Peyton Armistead (1856-1901), father of Dora and Cara, Steward of Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), and prominent local Episcopal Church and school leader; Eudora Ester Armistead (d. 1940), mother; Cary Champion Armistead (d. 1944), brother, and lawyer for a time in Detroit, Michigan; Meriwether Irving Armistead (d. 1945), brother, and lawyer in Williamsburg; and Dora and Cara Armistead, elementary school teachers; along with materials related to relatives in the Armistead family, most notably Gregory Armistead, brother, who died at an early age; and Julia Maria Armistead (1858-1897), sister of Cary Peyton. The papers pertain primarily to Armistead family finances, health and personal affairs, the financial operation of the asylum/hospital, and school and church issues. Also included are a number of undated and unlabeled photographs, schoolwork of the Armistead siblings as children and college students, letters to Cary Peyton from College of William and Mary Presidents Benjamin S. Ewell and Lyon G. Tyler, and a long series of letters to Cary Champion from girlfriend Ruth Conkey. Armistead, Dora Travis, 1890-1979 Armistead Family Armistead, Cary Champion, d. 1944 Armistead, Cary Peyton, 1856-1901 Armistead, Gregory Armistead, Maria, 1858-1897 Armistead, Meriwether Irving, d. 1945 Armistead, Rowland Cara Conkey, Ruth Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

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Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

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Dora and Cara Armistead Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Papers from the household of Dora Travis Armistead (1890-1979) and Rowland Cara Armistead, sisters of Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes letters, personal, financial and business papers of Cary Peyton Armistead (1856-1901), father of Dora and Cara, Steward of Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital), and prominent local Episcopal Church and school leader; Eudora Ester Armistead (d. 1940), mother; Cary Champion Armistead (d. 1944), brother, and lawyer for a time in Detroit, Michigan; Meriwether Irving Armistead (d. 1945), brother, and lawyer in Williamsburg; and Dora and Cara Armistead, elementary school teachers; along with materials related to relatives in the Armistead family, most notably Gregory Armistead, brother, who died at an early age; and Julia Maria Armistead (1858-1897), sister of Cary Peyton. The papers pertain primarily to Armistead family finances, health and personal affairs, the financial operation of the asylum/hospital, and school and church issues. Also included are a number of undated and unlabeled photographs, schoolwork of the Armistead siblings as children and college students, letters to Cary Peyton from College of William and Mary Presidents Benjamin S. Ewell and Lyon G. Tyler, and a long series of letters to Cary Champion from girlfriend Ruth Conkey.

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Genre/Form of Material: Correspondence Financial records Photographs Topical Term: College of William and Mary--History--20th century. Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History. Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--20th century. Lawyers--Virginia--Correspondence. Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century. Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century.