3.75 linear feet (3 archival boxes)
Virginia Anne de Mattos Langum was born on September 3, 1918 at Winnipeg, Manitoba to Dunbar Wright de Mattos and Phyllis Atherton (Drew) de Mattos. She died October 23, 1967 at Elgin, Illinois. She married John K. Langum at Fremont, Nebraska on November 18, 1939 and they had one son, David John Langum, who was born on October 24, 1940.
She attended Minneapolis Public Schools, Ramsey Junior High and Washburn Junior-Senior High School where she graduated in 1936. She attended the University of Minnesota from 1936-1940. She was a homemaker, but was very active in civic activities such as: a Girl Scout troop leader, the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, officer of Elgin Association for Crippled Children Easter Seal Center, League of Women Voters, volunteer at Elgin State Hospital and the Red Cross.
Contains birth record, confirmation certificate, church school report, baptism record, autograph book, 1927-1929, report cards , photographs of Virginia and her mother, college years, poems, Girl Scout diary, class play “Mother Carey’s Chickens”, school newspaper, yearbooks, Alpha Xi Delta Sorority (Mu Chapter), privilege cards (University of Minnesota), photos, diary (1937), diploma, college years ( 1936-1940), David Langum’s birth certificate, hair and footprint; Park Ridge Panhellenic Club booklet (this is a club of local college women who were members of Panhellenic sororities); doctor’s report; menu items, shopping lists, quotidian notes; birthday, valentine, Easter and Christmas cards; Girl Scout troop leader; correspondence from family, friends and others; death of Virginia Anne Langum and the probate of her will; Dunbar de Mattos trust.
Access: Open for research
Acc. No. 2008-1; 2011-31
Processed by: David Langum and Debbie Hamm, April, 2008; 2011
| Folder | Contents | |
| 1 | Newborn and Church Records | |
| 2 | Childhood and Primary Grades – 1920’s | |
| 3 | Junior High School – Activities – 1930-1933 | |
| 4 | Junior High School – 8th Grade – 1932 – School Work | |
| 5 | High School – 1933-1936 | |
| 6 | Washburn High School/Junior High – “Wahian” 1931 Yearbook | |
| 7 | Washburn High School – “Wahian” 1934 Yearbook | |
| 8 | Washburn High School – “Wahian” 1936 Yearbook | |
| 9 | College Years, Social/Personal – 1936-1940 | |
| 10 | College Years – Academic – 1936-1940 | |
| 11 | Delayed College Graduation | |
| 12 | Wife and New Mother 1940-1941 | |
| 13 | Car Trip – Minneapolis to Oakland (1940) | |
| 14 | Miscellaneous – 1940’s | |
| 15 | Meal Plans, Grocery Lists, Costs, Quotidian Notes – Summer, Fall – 1940 | |
| 16 | Menu Items, Shopping Lists, Prices, Quotidian Notes – 1941 | |
| 17-18 | Calendar/Date Book – 1944-1945 | |
| 19-20 | Calendar/Date Book – 1948-1949 | |
| 21-22 | Calendar/Date Book – 1961-1962 | |
| 23 | Calendar/Date Book – 1965 | |
| 24 | Address/Phone Book/Christmas Card List – 1953-1956 | |
| 25 | Quotidian Notes and Lists – 1950’s and 1960’s | |
| 26 | Notes on Political/Economic Topics | |
| 27 | Official Documents | |
| 28 | Presbyterian – St. Luke’s Hospital – 1965 | |
| 29 | Cats, Pets | |
| 30 | Psychiatric Therapy and Transcripts – 1965-1967 |
| Folder | Contents | |
| 1 | Incoming Correspondence from Phyllis De Mattos (mother) pre-1940 | |
| 2 | Incoming Correspondence from Phyllis De Mattos (mother) 1940-1944 | |
| 3 | Incoming Correspondence from Phyllis De Mattos (mother) 1945-1949 | |
| 4 | Incoming Correspondence from Phyllis De Mattos (mother) 1950-1954 | |
| 5 | Incoming Correspondence from Phyllis De Mattos (mother) 1955-1959 | |
| 6 | Incoming Correspondence from Phyllis De Mattos (mother) 1960’s | |
| 7 | Incoming Correspondence from Phyllis De Mattos (mother) undated | |
| 8 | Incoming Correspondence from Dunbar De Mattos (father) 1920’s | |
| 9 | Incoming Correspondence from Dunbar De Mattos (father) 1930’s | |
| 10 | Incoming Correspondence from Dunbar De Mattos (father) 1940’s | |
| 11 | Incoming Correspondence from Dunbar De Mattos (father) 1950’s | |
| 12 | Incoming Correspondence from Dunbar De Mattos (father) 1960’s | |
| 13 | Incoming Correspondence from Dunbar de Mattos (father) undated | |
| 14 | Outgoing Correspondence from Phyllis and Dunbar De Mattos (parents) | |
| 15 | Incoming Correspondence from “Dadam” (maternal grandmother-Maud (Shumway) Drew |
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| 16 | Incoming Correspondence from Lessie T. De Mattos (paternal grandmother) | |
| 17 | Outgoing to John K. Langum (husband) – 1940’s | |
| 18 | Outgoing to John K. Langum (husband) – 1950’s | |
| 19 | Outgoing to John K. Langum (husband) – 1960’s | |
| 20 | Outgoing to John K. Langum (husband) – undated | |
| 21 | Outgoing to David J. Langum (son) – most are 1950’s | |
| 22 | Correspondence with Frances (Penny) Zwinger (best friend) | |
| 23 | Incoming Correspondence – Miscellaneous | |
| 24 | Outgoing Correspondence – Miscellaneous | |
| 25 | Letters from Ken (an admirer) – 1937-1964 | |
| 26 | Girl Scout Troop Leader – 1949-1954 | |
| 27 | Elgin’s Woman Club | |
| 28 | Officer – Elgin Association for Crippled Children Easter Seal Center – 1950’s | |
| 29 | Elgin – YWCA | |
| 30 | Red Cross Fund Drive – 1963 | |
| 31 | Elgin – League of Women Voters | |
| 32 | Current History Forum | |
| 33 | Elgin State Hospital – Volunteer Work – 1961 | |
| 34 | Church of the Redeemer (Episcopal) – Elgin, Illinois | |
| 35 | The Larkin Home for Children – Elgin, Illinois | |
| 36 | Civic Music Association, Elgin, Illinois | |
| Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Board of Directors – Elections, Publicity, Resignation as Secretary of Board |
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| Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Financial and Annual Reports, and Board Minutes | ||
| Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Setting Salaries and Financial Planning | ||
| Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Facility Planning | ||
| Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – General Policies and Policy Information | ||
| Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Completion of 1968-Building |
| Folder | Contents | |
| 1 | Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Board of Directors – Elections, Publicity, Resignation as Secretary of Board |
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| 2 | Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Financial and Annual Reports, and Board Minutes | |
| 3 | Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Setting Salaries and Financial Planning | |
| 4 | Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Facility Planning | |
| 5 | Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – General Policies and Policy Information | |
| 6 | Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois – Completion of 1968-Building | |
| 7 | Virginia Anne Langum – Death – October 23, 1967 | |
| 8 | Virginia Anne Langum – Ephemera – Contents of Wallet When She Died | |
| 9 | Virginia Anne Langum – Funeral Services | |
| 10 | Virginia Anne Langum – Condolence Letters | |
| 11 | Virginia Anne Langum – Memorials (except fountain) | |
| 12 | Virginia Anne Langum – Memorial Fountain-Gail Borden Public Library | |
| 13 | Virginia Anne Langum – Probate-California | |
| 14 | Virginia Anne Langum – Probate-Illinois and JKL’s Papers on Probate | |
| 15 | Virginia Anne Langum – DJL’s File on Death as it Respects Estate, de Mattos Trust, Phyllis de Mattos, Finances, Correspondence with Lawyers, Bankers 1967-1969 | |
| 16-22 | Virginia Anne Langum – Co-trustee of Dunbar W. de Mattos Trust-Reports Correspondence, etc. – 1961-1967 | |
| 23 | Virginia Anne Langum – Continuation of Dunbar W. de Mattos Trust (after her death until death of Phyllis A. de Mattos-1968-1971) |