- unitid
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{"value"=>"1026753", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1880-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1880/1955"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Series IV. Family Correspondence: Letters to Carl Van Vechten and Fania Marinoff from Other Family members"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.7 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Contains letters mainly to Van Vechten from his extended family and to a lesser extent letters from Fania Marinoff's family. The subjects are mostly family related, with relatives recounting their daily lives. Correspondents include Van Vechten's uncle Charles Lewis Fitch who began to write letters to Van Vechten at the latter's birth and his cousin Elizabeth Hull Schaffer. Other correspondents represented include Maya Nafziger, Ada Fitch Neyland, Angevine Schaffer, Emma Van Vechten Shaffer and Charles Duane Van Vechten (Carl Van Vechten's father). There is some overlap of financial correspondence between Series IV and Series VI (Financial Papers) with regard to Charles Duane Van Vechten, who was a general agent for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Van Vechten Shaffer, who was vice-president of the Guaranty Bank Trust Co. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); and Van Vechten's brother Ralph who was president at the Cedar Rapids National Bank and the Continental Commercial National Bank (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
- date_start
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1880
- keydate
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1880
- date_end
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1955
- date_inclusive_start
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1880
- date_inclusive_end
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1955