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Chapman Jr., Thomas Putnam Family Letters Guide to the Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Family Letters MS 00279

Guide to the Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Family Letters MS 00279


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Daniil Eliseev, Student Assistant

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
MS 00279
Title
Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Papers 1875-1935
Quantity
4.0 Linear Feet
Creator
Chapman, Thomas Putnam, Jr.
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

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Conditions Governing Access

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Preferred Citation

Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Letters, 1875-1935, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from the family of Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr., 2019.

Scope and Contents

Collection of letters, cards, ephemera, and personal items belonging to Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. A large portion of the letters are written to his family from his time spent as a student at the College of William and Mary. Included with Thomas' letters are letters from his father and other family members. This collections is currently in processing and is not fully available to researchers. The collection guide will be updated once processing of the collection is complete.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • College of William and Mary
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Male college students
  • Postcards
  • YMCA of the USA--History

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Chapman, Thomas Putnam, Jr.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • New York (N.Y.)
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Container List

Letters
4.0 Linear Feet
circa 1875-1935English.
Scope and Contents

Consists of letters circa 1875-1935 between members of the Chapman family. Letters are organized alphabetically by creator's first name and each creator's letters are chronological. Letters with unknown creators are filed under their recipient, if known. Oversized letters are not organized alphabetically by creator, only chronologically. Letters were primarily written in Plattsmouth, Nebraska; Mediapolis, Iowa; Vienna, Virginia; Napanoch, New York; Washington, D.C.; and Williamsburg, Virginia. Box 1 Folder 1 contains genealogical information and related resource guides concerning the creators of letters.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1
    Reference Information
    2019English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2
    Agnes Sampson Chapman Letters
    1903-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
    Agnes Sampson Chapman Letters
    1903-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4
    Agnes Sampson Chapman Letters
    1903-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5
    Agnes Sampson Chapman Letters
    1903-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6
    Amanda Elgin Letters
    1890 September 29English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7
    Anna Letters
    1907 May 18English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 8
    Anna Letters
    1905 August 2English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9
    Cousin Bush Letters
    1893-1895English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10
    Cousin Bush Letters
    1893-1895English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11
    Eliza Skinner Letters
    1893 December 10English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12
    Estelle Inzer Chapman Letters
    1903-1918English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13
    Estelle Inzer Chapman Letters
    1903-1918English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14
    F. A. Foster Letters
    1877-1879English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15
    Frank Letters
    1914 October 11English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 16
    Frederick L. Battell Letters
    1907-1919English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 17
    Frederick L. Battell Letters
    1907-1919English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 18
    Helen Hope Chapman Letters
    1906-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19
    Helen Hope Chapman Letters
    1906-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 20
    Helen Hope Chapman Letters
    1906-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21
    Helen Hope Chapman Letters
    1906-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22
    J. A. Elgin Letters
    1880-1881English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23
    Jane "Jennie" Chapman Letters
    1904-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 24
    Jane "Jennie" Chapman Letters
    1904-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 6
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 7
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 8
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 11
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 12
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 13
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 14
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 9
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 10
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 11
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 12
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 13
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 14
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 15
    Harriet Elizabeth Chapman Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 1
    Joe Chapman Letters
    1919-1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 2
    John Barclay Letters
    1919 December 30English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 3
    John Chapman Letters
    1875-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 4
    John Chapman Letters
    1875-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 5
    John Chapman Letters
    1875-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 6
    Leo M. Corey Letters
    1884English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 7
    Maria Putnam Letters
    1907English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 8
    Mary Herron Chapman Letters
    1877-1915English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 9
    Mary Herron Chapman Letters
    1877-1915English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 10
    Max Letters
    1902-1908English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 11
    R. E. Skinner Letters
    1894 February 4English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 12
    Ruth Margaret Chapman Letters
    1908-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 13
    Ruth Margaret Chapman Letters
    1908-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 14
    Sallie Sampson Letters
    1879-1888English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 15
    Sam Matson Letters
    1917 December 19English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 16
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 17
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 18
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 19
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 20
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 21
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 22
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 23
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 24
    Samuel M. Chapman Letters
    1879-1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 25
    Sarah Inzer Letters
    1881 SeptemberEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 1
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Letters
    1913-1925English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 2
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Letters
    1913-1925English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 3
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Letters
    1913-1925English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 4
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Letters
    1913-1925English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 5
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr. Letters
    1913-1925English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 6
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Sr. Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 7
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Sr. Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 8
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Sr. Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 9
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Sr. Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 10
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Sr. Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 11
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Sr. Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 12
    Thomas Putnam Chapman, Sr. Letters
    1903-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13
    Elizabeth [nee Chapman] Letters
    1952English.
    Scope and Contents

    Three letters from Elizabeth (signed "Bets" and "Liz") to her brother Thomas Chapman, Jr.(addressed as "Junior") while Elizabeth and her husband (Gus?) were stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Mentions political conventions, family issues, and her health.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 1
    Oversized Letters
    1891-1893English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 2
    Oversized Letters
    1893English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 3
    Oversized Letters
    1897-1920English.
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Postcards and Greeting Cards
1893-1921English.
Scope and Contents

Contains both stamped and unstamped postcards, greeting cards, and invitations dating from circa 1893-1921. Ordered chronologically.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 4
    Cards and Invitations
    1904-1918English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 5
    Cards and Invitations
    1904-1918English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 11
    Postcards
    1893-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 12
    Postcards
    1893-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 13
    Postcards
    1893-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 14
    Postcards
    1893-1921English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 15
    Postcards
    1893-1921English.
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Ephemera
1880-1925English.
Scope and Contents

Contains pamphlets, calling cards, a map of the area surrounding Napanoch, New York, and miscellaneous documents including some of Thomas Putnam Chapman, Jr.'s schoolwork. Documents that may be letters but are incomplete or have no known recipient or creator are included.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 1
    Genealogy
    circa 1920English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 2
    Miscellaneous Documents
    undatedEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 3
    Miscellaneous, Incomplete Letters
    undatedEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 6
    Newsprint
    1934English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 7
    YMCA War Workers
    undatedEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 8
    Health and Report Cards
    1917English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 9
    Calling Cards
    undatedEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 10
    Maps, Passes, and Tickets
    1905English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11
    Newspaper Article on Angier Biddle Duke
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Newspaper article on Angier Biddle Duke, the individual who presented Thomas P. Champan with the cigareete box artifact that is part of this colleciton.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 17
    Framed postcard
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Framed postcard of the White House with the signature of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Artifact
English.
Scope and Contents

Silver cigarette box presented to the Honorable Thomas P. Chapman May 12, 1962 and engraved with the State Department seal and a signature line of With the Esteem of Angier Biddle Duke, who served as Ambassador to Morroco, Denmark, Spain, and El Salvador from the early 1950s through the 1960s.

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Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 16
Diary
1926English.
Scope and Contents

Diary of Thomas Chapman, dated 1926 and the year after his graduation from William & Mary. Daily, handwritten entries discuss his daily activities, the weather, his acquaintances, and local events.