IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES

IOWA CITY, IOWA

TITLE:»EMELINE FUHRMEISTER

SUBTITLE:»

»LETTERS, 1908 and undated

»QUANTITY:»4 letters

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ACQUISITION:	The »letters (donor no. 784) were donated by Marlene Brown and Charlotte Lehmann, in 2001.
ACCESS:	The »letters are open for research.
COPYRIGHT:	»Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
PROCESSED BY:	Doris Malkmus, 2001. [FuhrmeisterE.doc]

»Biography

Begin text here:» The birth date and maiden name of Emeline Fuhrmeister are unknown. She grew up on a farm near Ely, Iowa, in the late nineteenth century and married Peter Fuhrmeister. The Fuhrmeisters raised a family on a farm in or near Benton County. After the death of her husband, Fuhrmeister lived at the homes of her grown children in various parts of the state. While staying with them, she helped with sewing and other chores. She wrote the letters in this collection to her daughter Ella Fuhrmeister Bassett. The date of Fuhrmeister’s death is unknown, but was shortly before 1912.

Biographical information was obtained from the donor, Charlotte Lehman, a granddaughter of Ella Fuhrmeister.

Scope and Content Note

Begin text here:This collection consists of four, undated letters to Mrs. Ella Bassett signed “Mother.” A date of 1908 is penciled on the verso of an envelope. The letters share family news and information about Fuhrmeister’s travel plans. The collection also includes a recipe for making soap written on the back of an unidentified and undated letter fragment.

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SCVF Letters, 1908 and undated