Inventory
Wimer Family Papers
Dates: 1896-1944
Accession Number: 880912; SM D.C. 16
Donor: Patricia Lasswell and Frederick K. Lasswell
Description: One document case and one small document case
Content and Scope of Collection
Benjamin Edgar Wimer (1877-1941) was born in Terre Haute and served 37 years in the local postal service. His military career spanned nearly 50 years of both active and reserve duty. He married Terre Haute native Stella May Steinmier (1873-1954) on May 22, 1898 at Camp Mount near Indianapolis, Indiana.
The papers of the Wimer family include original correspondence along with a few miscellaneous items such as newspaper clippings and photographs. Most of the collection consists of letters written by Benjamin Wimer to his wife Stella during the Spanish American War, the Mexican border campaign, and World War I. Other correspondents include Ella Wimer Hamilton (Benjamin Wimer's sister), Stanley Wimer (son of Benjamin and Stella Wimer), B. Richard Wimer (son of Benjamin and Stella Wimer), Joseph W. Shields (Benjamin Wimer's nephew), and William H. Wood (Stella Wimer's nephew).
Due to its fragile condition, this collection should be handled as little as possible. A complete transcript of the Wimer family correspondence can be found in: Benjamin E. Wimer Letters (Archives 86; 87). Volume 87 also contains genealogical information on the Wimer family.
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Folder 1 |
Photographs: |
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Drummer Boy of Co. F, 4.3. |
1896 |
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Camp - Indianapolis, Indiana |
1898 |
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Folder 2 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
Aug. 23, 1897- |
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Folder 3 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
Feb. 28, 1898- |
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Folder 4 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
March 16, 1898- |
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Folder 5 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
March 30, 1898- |
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Folder 6 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
April 13, 1898- |
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Folder 7 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
April 27, 1898- |
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Folder 8 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
May 10, 1898- |
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Folder 9 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
May 24, 1898- |
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Letter, from Ella Wimer Hamilton to Stella Wimer |
May 27, 1898 |
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Folder 10 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
May 31, 1898- |
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Folder 11 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
June 6, 1898- |
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Folder 12 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
June 12, 1898- |
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Folder 13 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
June 19, 1898- |
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Folder 14 |
Letters, from Benjamin Wimer
to Stella; |
June 28, 1898- |
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| Folder 1 | Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
July 5, 1898- July 15, 1898 |
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| Folder 2 | Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
July 16, 1898- July 25, 1898 |
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| Folder 3 | Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
July 26, 1898- Aug. 6, 1898 |
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| Folder 4 | Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
Aug. 8, 1898- Aug. 19, 1898 |
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| Folder 5 | Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
Aug. 22, 1898- Aug. 29, 1898 |
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Letter, from Ella Wimer
Hamilton to Benjamin Wimer |
Aug. 22, 1898 | ||
| Folder 6 | Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
Aug. 30, 1898- Sept. 9, 1898 |
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| Folder 7 | Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
Sept. 10, 1898- Nov. 17, 1916 |
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| Note and poem written by Stella Wimer | n.d. | ||
| War Department Payroll Voucher, Indiana Infantry | June 1916 | ||
| Folder 8 | Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
Nov. 26, 1916- Feb. 2, 1919 |
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| Letter, from Stanley Wimer to Benjamin Wimer | Dec. 8, 1918 | ||
| Folder 9 | Postcard, from Stanley Wimer to Stella Wimer | Feb. 4, 1919 | |
| Letters, from Benjamin Wimer to Stella |
Feb. 23, 1919- June 25, 1919 |
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Letter, from B. Richard Wimer
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Feb. 1, 1943 | ||
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| To Stella from Pvt. Joseph W. Shields | Jan. 28, 1944 | ||
| To Stella from Col. B. R. Wimer | Dec. 1944 | ||
| To Stella from Wm. H. Wood | Dec. 1944 | ||
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