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Correspondence with Neale Publishing as well as a carbon copy of Neese's 1908 publishing contract with them is included.","Correspondence from Neese's family in Memphis, Missouri, specifically the family of Neese's brother Aaron and nephew Jacob, discusses family matters, deaths, and provides general updates.","Correspondence from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biological Survey acknowledges Neese's submitted notes on the spring migration of birds at New Market.","Correspondence from Theodore Schuster from Brooklyn, New York concerns acquisition of plants, flowers, bulbs, and seeds.","Series 2: Personal Papers, 1859-1921, comprises the writings, diaries, ledgers, photographs, and assorted personal papers of George M. Neese. The series also includes several handwritten poems that are unattributed but may have been written by Neese.","Of note is Neese's draft manuscript of Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery which was published by Neale Publishing in 1911. 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Correspondence with Neale Publishing as well as a carbon copy of Neese's 1908 publishing contract with them is included.","Correspondence from Neese's family in Memphis, Missouri, specifically the family of Neese's brother Aaron and nephew Jacob, discusses family matters, deaths, and provides general updates.","Correspondence from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biological Survey acknowledges Neese's submitted notes on the spring migration of birds at New Market.","Correspondence from Theodore Schuster from Brooklyn, New York concerns acquisition of plants, flowers, bulbs, and seeds.","Series 2: Personal Papers, 1859-1921, comprises the writings, diaries, ledgers, photographs, and assorted personal papers of George M. Neese. The series also includes several handwritten poems that are unattributed but may have been written by Neese.","Of note is Neese's draft manuscript of Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery which was published by Neale Publishing in 1911. The manuscript is largely complete and includes numbered pages 5 through 217 with some unnumbered pages and gaps. The draft covers almost the entirety of the published diary. The draft is written on poor quality scraps of paper including calendar pages and advertisements. The original diaries that served as the basis for Neese's book are held by the Library of Virginia.","Twenty-four diaries and loose diary entries document Neese's daily activities, work conducted as a painter and wallpaper hanger, weather, deaths, and other community news.","Neese kept notebooks documenting bird sightings in New Market. He included the date, species, and number of birds for each sighting.","According to notations on the front page, the address \"In New Market Cemetery\"  was given by Charles Bemis Bliss on the occasion of Memorial Day 1911. It is dated May 28, 1911.","Includes scanned pages with annotations.","Address was given fifty years after the beginning of the Civil War. Discussion of the results of the Civil War from the persective of Massacusetts pastor C.B. Bliss. Invokes Lost Cause narratives.","A copy of The People's Pocket Dictionary of the Holy Bible with George Neese's owner's signature was separated from the collection and cataloged individually.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The collection comprises the personal papers, correspondence, diaries, and writings of George M. Neese of New Market, Virginia.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Jeffrey S. Evans \u0026 Associates","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery","Neese, George M. (George Michael), 1839-1921","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["George M. Neese papers, 1859/1946"],"collection_ssim":["George M. 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Neese (1839-1921), son of Michael and Elizabeth Zirkle Neese, was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia. As a youth, he attended New Market Academy. During the Civil War, Neese served for three years in the Confederate Army as a gunner in Chew's Battery, Stuart's Horse Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was captured approximately six miles north of Woodstock, Virginia on October 9, 1864. Neese was held as a prisoner at Point Lookout, Maryland for the remainder of the Civil War. After the war ended and he was released, Neese returned to Shenandoah County where he worked as a fresco painter, house painter, and wallpaper hanger for William F. Rupp. Neese also lived with Rupp's family in the Spitzer-Rupp House on Congress Street until his death in 1921. 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A 1946 letter to Fritz Orebaugh (through whose family the papers descended) requests to compare the original Civil War diaries against the published book to distinguish contemporary notes from additions made after the war. A 1920 letter from Henry Read McIlwaine, Virginia State Librarian, to George Neese concerns Neese's donation of materials including his original Civil War diaries to the Virginia State Library (now Library of Virginia). Correspondence with Neale Publishing as well as a carbon copy of Neese's 1908 publishing contract with them is included.","Correspondence from Neese's family in Memphis, Missouri, specifically the family of Neese's brother Aaron and nephew Jacob, discusses family matters, deaths, and provides general updates.","Correspondence from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biological Survey acknowledges Neese's submitted notes on the spring migration of birds at New Market.","Correspondence from Theodore Schuster from Brooklyn, New York concerns acquisition of plants, flowers, bulbs, and seeds.","Series 2: Personal Papers, 1859-1921, comprises the writings, diaries, ledgers, photographs, and assorted personal papers of George M. Neese. The series also includes several handwritten poems that are unattributed but may have been written by Neese.","Of note is Neese's draft manuscript of Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery which was published by Neale Publishing in 1911. The manuscript is largely complete and includes numbered pages 5 through 217 with some unnumbered pages and gaps. The draft covers almost the entirety of the published diary. The draft is written on poor quality scraps of paper including calendar pages and advertisements. The original diaries that served as the basis for Neese's book are held by the Library of Virginia.","Twenty-four diaries and loose diary entries document Neese's daily activities, work conducted as a painter and wallpaper hanger, weather, deaths, and other community news.","Neese kept notebooks documenting bird sightings in New Market. He included the date, species, and number of birds for each sighting.","According to notations on the front page, the address \"In New Market Cemetery\"  was given by Charles Bemis Bliss on the occasion of Memorial Day 1911. It is dated May 28, 1911.","Includes scanned pages with annotations.","Address was given fifty years after the beginning of the Civil War. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged chronologically and filed according to the sender of the correspondence. If the author of the letter is unknown, the letter is filed according to the recipient. Addressed envelopes with no corresponding letter were filed according to the sender if known.","The Strickler Family Papers primarily document the Joseph Thomas Strickler (1828-1889) and Sarah Brubaker Strickler (1836-1891) family originally from Page County, Virginia, specifically their children's families. At some point several members of the Strickler family moved out west to Washington (Sprague and Harrington), Nevada, and California to engage in various professional ventures including the lumber industry.","Strickler family members documented in this collection include Reuben Thomas Strickler (1854-1937) of Page County; William Isaac Strickler (1857-1928) of Nevada; and David Benton Strickler (1869-1898), Joseph Gideon Strickler (1855-1924), and Jacob Perry Strickler (1872-1934), all of Washington.","David Benton Strickler frequently wrote letters on his business letterhead including Shields \u0026 Bassett Lumber, D. B. Strickler, and Amon \u0026 Strickler.","Letters were removed from their respective envelopes and fastened together with stainless steel paper clips.","Mr.\u0026 Mrs. James Hoover collection of Strickler family papers, 1776-1963, SC 0098, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The Strickler Family Papers, 1887-1928, primarily comprise correspondence written by members of the Strickler family originally of Page County, Virginia who had relocated to Washington and Nevada. Reuben Thomas Strickler of Page County is the primary recipient of the correspondence. A travel diary documents a 1928 trip from New Market, Virginia to California and back to settle the estate of William Isaac Strickler.","The collection largely comprises correspondence written by David Benton Strickler (1869-1898) to his brother Reuben Thomas Strickler (1854-1937) and mother Sarah Brubaker Strickler (1836-1891) in Page County. Letters were written from Sprague and Harrington, Washington where David Strickler lived and worked in the lumber industry. The correspondence provides updates on family and work matters, and are generally newsy in their content.","Additional correspondence was written to Reuben Strickler by his brothers Jacob Perry, Joseph Gideon, and William Isaac. William Isaac Strickler (1857-1928) also wrote to his niece Mary Stickler Hoover (1895-1972). A cross-hatched style letter was written to Joseph Gideon Strickler in February 15, 1887 by an unknown sender.","An April-May 1928 travel diary chronicles a trip out west from New Market, Virginia to Nevada (and further on to Washington, Oregon, and California) after the death of William Isaac Strickler in March 1928. Contextual clues suggest that the diary was likely written by Mary Lucy Strickler Hoover (daughter of Reuben Strickler) who traveled with husband Samuel Beery Hoover. The goal of the trip appears to be settling William Strickler's estate as well as visiting with family. Someone known only as \"B.\" is the diarist's companion on the trip. There are mentions of \"Uncle Will\" [Strickler] and \"Uncle Perry\" [Strickler] who lived in Vancouver, Washington. The couple made the trip via a Ford automobile part of the way and also traveled via train and bus. The pair visited Hazel Strickler Halford and husband Bill in Los Angeles. The diary also documents their trip back home to New Market.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Strickler Family Papers, 1887-1928, primarily comprise correspondence written by members of the Strickler family originally of Page County, Virginia who had relocated to Washington and Nevada. 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