A Guide to the Papers of Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker, 1878-1916 Wertenbaker, Charles Poindexter, Papers 10619-a

A Guide to the Papers of Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker, 1878-1916

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Accession Number 10619-a

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10619-a

Title

Papers of Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker 1878-1916

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of ca. 50 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Charles Poindexter Wertenbaker, Accession #10619-a, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was placed on deposit in the Library on November 6, 1985, by Mr. John Middleton Freeman of Charlottesville, Va.

Scope and Content

This addition to the Wertenbaker family papers contains fifty items, 1878-1916, and includes correspondence, legal papers, genealogical material, and an obituary, chiefly pertaining to Dr. Charles P. Wertenbaker (1860-1916), a surgeon in the U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service and graduate of the University of Virginia Medical School.

The correspondence includes: a letter from George Wertenbaker to his brother regarding the drowning of a black boy in the old University reservoir (August 1, 1891); several letters discussing genealogy, especially ancestors who possibly served in the American Revolutionary War (February 21, 1893; February 23, 1893; March 14, 1893; March 22, 1895; February 3, 1911; August 20, 1913; and September 3, 1913); and a letter regarding Charles C. Wertenbaker's Monticello Cigar Factory business and his financial condition (August 31, 1895).

Other items of interest include: an account book, and Masonic by-laws of the widow's Son Lodge of Charlottesville, both belonging to C. P. Wertenbaker; directions for the burial of C. P. Wertenbaker (December 27, 1915) found in the legal papers; photographs of C. P. Wertenbaker, and his medals, insignia, and officer's cap band; three pairs of eye glasses; and a brooch; and two unidentified ambrotypes of children.