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Please contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Original audiocassettes contained in this collection are restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request.","Original audiocassette restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","Restricted from researcher access until July 15, 2035 per the amended donor agreement.","Series is open to research.","Original audiocassettes contained within this series are restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","Original audiocassette restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","Printed materials and monographs already held by Special Collections or deemed out of the collecting scope of Special Collections, yearbooks, and genealogy website printouts were not retained and were returned to the donor.","The collection is arranged into four series and further arranged chronologically. Exceptions to this arrangement were made in order to group like materials together specifically Hollar family genealogy research files.","Family Papers and Correspondence, 1849-2019 Genealogy Files, 1797-2018 2024-0604 Accession, circa 1850-1985 2024-0725 Accession, circa 1875-1990","Given the genealogical focus of this collection, this biographical note is not intended to serve as an exhaustive description of the Bowman family tree, which would largely duplicate the information found within the collection materials. Researchers are encouraged to review Series 2: Genealogy Files for more detailed genealogical information on the Bowman, Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Published genealogies on these families are also available for additional context.","The Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers primarily documents the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line of the Bowmans of Rockingham County, Virginia. Eli Bowman was the great-great-grandson of George and Barbara Bowman who  immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the late 1740s. The Bowmans moved to Rockingham County in the early 1770s and erected the \"Bowman House\" which is now part of the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. The descendants of Eli and Amanda Bowman documented in this collection include their son Luther Alexander Bowman (1884-1952) and his wife Otilla May Lahman (1891-1966), Luther and Otilla's son Millard Lahman Bowman (1914-1997) and his wife Oma Frances Wenger (1913-2002), and their nine children including Eldon Bowman (b. 1942) and Bernie Bowman (b. 1947). Many of the Bowmans were members of the Mennonite Church and were farmers by trade. Millard Bowman owned and operated a dairy and turkey farm with his family just outside of Harrisonburg. Eldon and Bernie Bowman as well as their siblings Jim, Daniel, and Miriam Haarer are all published authors. Their books include memoirs, genealogies, and family histories. ","Much of the family papers and genealogical research that form this collection were compiled and stewarded by Eldon Bowman's father Millard, and then by Eldon after Millard's death in 1997. Bernie Bowman, Eldon's brother, is also a contributor to the collection. A selection of his writings - published and unpublished - are included.","Millard Bowman - Tenor, Harold Lahman - Lead, Amos Rhodes - Baritone, James McDorman - Bass","The bulk of the materials were provided by the donor in labeled envelopes and binders. The donor's descriptions and folder titles were largely retained, and in cases where descriptions were substantive, a scope and content note is included at the folder level. The binders and envelopes were discarded. ","Audiocassettes listed in the container list have not been reformatted but can be made available upon request.","The Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, family papers, and financial and legal documents related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line.","Since the collection contains original and photocopied documents, dates were applied to documents according to the date the original document was created and not when it was reproduced. Researchers should note that while genealogical materials are primarily arranged in Series 2: Genealogical Files, materials found within Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence may also relate to Bowman and related family genealogies. ","Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence, 1849-2019, comprises ledgers; legal and financial documents related to the personal business doings of Eli Bowman and settling numerous Bowman family estates; and correspondence and email exchanges between Eldon Bowman and his classmates from Turner Ashby High School discussing religion and their respective spiritual journeys, politics, and philosophy.\nWritings by Bernie Bowman include published articles and papers he presented at meetings of \"The Thinkers,\" a discussion group in Tennessee of which Bernie was a member.","Includes names Eli M. Bowman, Isaac H. Bowman, and [Edmund T.] Bowman.","Eli Bowman records on settling his mother, Catharine Bowman's (1819-1882) estate","Jacob Wenger was the uncle of Oma Wenger Bowman.","Copy of original Great Granddaddy Elias Poems - Aunt Lois gave them to me some years ago - \u0026 I had them laminated for protection.","Includes receipts for electrical work completed by Roy S. Bowman at Eli Bowman's house as well as hospital and funeral bills after the death of Amanda Bowman in 1936.","Copies of letters written by Ottie Bowman to her son Paul Bowman when he was in alternate service during World War II.","Records of settlement of Ottie Bowman's estate. Millard Bowman acted as administrator.","Most addressed to William Bowman, father of Houston Bowman, the last resident at the original Bowman House.","The Grandpa's Quartet \"All Will Be Well\"","Side A What Did He Do? Just a Little Talk Surely Goodness and Mercy A Beautiful Life If I Be Lifted Up Nearer My Home","Side B Many Mansions In Times Like These All Will Be Well Hold to My Hand Sunset Hour Beyond the Sunset","Millard Bowman computations showing sale of farm and home in 1996. Also for 1996 estimated taxes and other tax returns.","At a class reunion, three high school classmates found common ground in philosophy, religion, and politics. These emails are the result.","Series 2: Genealogy Files, 1797-2018, contains obituaries, funeral registers, funeral cards, typed and handwritten biographies, genealogies, and research notes on the Bowman family and the related Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Much of the materials were compiled and written by Millard Bowman. Reference materials used in the writing of family histories by Eldon and Bernie Bowman are included.","Photocopied maps, deeds, indentures, and notes.","Eli Bowman's wife was Amanda Hollar, the 22nd child of David Hollar. This cemetary is the burial site of a number of the Hollar relatives.","Old wills of Wenger family: Joseph, Peter, Dan, Ella Rhodes, Laura Suter Wenger, Peter's widow, sale of Millard Bowman Farm in 1996.","1910 calendar with photo of Luther A. Bowman (1884-1952) and his horse, Squench. Photo of Luther A. Bowman in his buggy.","Includes copy of letter from William D. Bowman dated January 13, 1856.","In the mid 1960s, Millard Bowman bought the home place of Sam and Hattie Spitzer. Hattie's mother was Sallie Hollar Berry, a sister to our great grandmother Amanda Hollar Bowman. Esther and Steve Showalter bought the place and extensively remodeled the house. There once was a mill there, fed by a strong spring. Millard Bowman tore out the old wooden race and replaced it with pipe. He continued to allow free water to the neighbors.","This is the community where the Eli Bowman and David Hollar families lived. Relatives noted.","Millard Bowman's incomplete memories. Written by request of his daughter, Miriam Haarer.","Not the same line of Bowmans, but Luther Bowman lived on one of the family's farms from 1905-1910.","These mills were big in the lives of Eli Bowman and his son, Luther Bowman - our great grandfather and grandfather.","The Bowman Mill at Greenmount (page 7) was founded by a Bowman family not related to our line. It passed through several generations and was owned in the early 1900s by a descendant - M.H. (Homer) Myers. Samuel Bowman owned a large farm north of Greenmount in addition to the Lincoln Homestead.","Luther lived and worked on the first firm (near Greenmount) when he left home at age 21.","Solomon Bowman moved to Indiana in the 1880s.","Oscar Wenger, oldest child of Jacob and Jenny Wenger, married Bessie Heatwole. She kept a daily diary for many years. This notebook contains many of her entries referencing Mr. Bowman. Our granddad Luther worked with/for Oscar from 1905-1910. We thought these references were about him. Later realized they referred to Sam Bowman (not related) who owned the farm where Oscar \u0026 Luther lived. Bessie's diaries are in EMU's Historical Library.","Series is an addition to the collection and comprises photographs, family papers, and local history materials. The Wenger line of the family is documented in this series.","Bowman family photographs including the George Bowman house and New Erection School. Photographs were identified and labeled by donor.","School was located north of Singers Glen, Virginia and near home of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman. Two of their children, Ruth and Bertha, are pictured. Approximately half of the students are identified.","The envelope that accompanied the photograph identified the school as Morning View School. A sheet listing students names identifies the school as Mt. Valley School.","Callie Rebecca Bowman (1888-1985) was the daughter of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman.","Issued to Millard Bowman and transferred to Laura Wenger, Bowman's mother-in-law.","Research compiled by Jim Duncan. Concerns the George Bowman house built circa 1772 in northern Rockingham County (west of Timberville) and relocated to the Frontier Culture Museum in the early 2000s.","Series is an addition to the collection and comprises photograph albums and one loose photograph documenting the extended Bowman family. Photographs document the Bowman family house (now located at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton), Wenger home (Mt. Clinton Pike), family reunions, and students at Dale Enterprise School. Individual and group photos of family members are included. Detailed descriptions were provided by the donor (or other family members) and are included with the albums. A detailed description of the history and architecture of the Wenger house accompanies the photograph.","Published monographs related to the Bowman family and/or local history were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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","Audiocassettes listed in the container list have not been reformatted but can be made available upon request."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, family papers, and financial and legal documents related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSince the collection contains original and photocopied documents, dates were applied to documents according to the date the original document was created and not when it was reproduced. 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Bowman, and [Edmund T.] Bowman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEli Bowman records on settling his mother, Catharine Bowman's (1819-1882) estate\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJacob Wenger was the uncle of Oma Wenger Bowman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of original Great Granddaddy Elias Poems - Aunt Lois gave them to me some years ago - \u0026amp; I had them laminated for protection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes receipts for electrical work completed by Roy S. Bowman at Eli Bowman's house as well as hospital and funeral bills after the death of Amanda Bowman in 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of letters written by Ottie Bowman to her son Paul Bowman when he was in alternate service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords of settlement of Ottie Bowman's estate. Millard Bowman acted as administrator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost addressed to William Bowman, father of Houston Bowman, the last resident at the original Bowman House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Grandpa's Quartet \"All Will Be Well\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eSide A\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eWhat Did He Do?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJust a Little Talk\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSurely Goodness and Mercy\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eA Beautiful Life\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eIf I Be Lifted Up\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNearer My Home\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eSide B\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eMany Mansions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eIn Times Like These\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAll Will Be Well\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHold to My Hand\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSunset Hour\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBeyond the Sunset\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMillard Bowman computations showing sale of farm and home in 1996. Also for 1996 estimated taxes and other tax returns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt a class reunion, three high school classmates found common ground in philosophy, religion, and politics. These emails are the result.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Genealogy Files, 1797-2018, contains obituaries, funeral registers, funeral cards, typed and handwritten biographies, genealogies, and research notes on the Bowman family and the related Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Much of the materials were compiled and written by Millard Bowman. Reference materials used in the writing of family histories by Eldon and Bernie Bowman are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopied maps, deeds, indentures, and notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEli Bowman's wife was Amanda Hollar, the 22nd child of David Hollar. This cemetary is the burial site of a number of the Hollar relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOld wills of Wenger family: Joseph, Peter, Dan, Ella Rhodes, Laura Suter Wenger, Peter's widow, sale of Millard Bowman Farm in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1910 calendar with photo of Luther A. Bowman (1884-1952) and his horse, Squench. Photo of Luther A. Bowman in his buggy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copy of letter from William D. Bowman dated January 13, 1856.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the mid 1960s, Millard Bowman bought the home place of Sam and Hattie Spitzer. Hattie's mother was Sallie Hollar Berry, a sister to our great grandmother Amanda Hollar Bowman. Esther and Steve Showalter bought the place and extensively remodeled the house. There once was a mill there, fed by a strong spring. Millard Bowman tore out the old wooden race and replaced it with pipe. He continued to allow free water to the neighbors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is the community where the Eli Bowman and David Hollar families lived. Relatives noted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMillard Bowman's incomplete memories. Written by request of his daughter, Miriam Haarer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNot the same line of Bowmans, but Luther Bowman lived on one of the family's farms from 1905-1910.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese mills were big in the lives of Eli Bowman and his son, Luther Bowman - our great grandfather and grandfather.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Bowman Mill at Greenmount (page 7) was founded by a Bowman family not related to our line. It passed through several generations and was owned in the early 1900s by a descendant - M.H. (Homer) Myers. Samuel Bowman owned a large farm north of Greenmount in addition to the Lincoln Homestead.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLuther lived and worked on the first firm (near Greenmount) when he left home at age 21.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSolomon Bowman moved to Indiana in the 1880s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOscar Wenger, oldest child of Jacob and Jenny Wenger, married Bessie Heatwole. She kept a daily diary for many years. This notebook contains many of her entries referencing Mr. Bowman. Our granddad Luther worked with/for Oscar from 1905-1910. We thought these references were about him. Later realized they referred to Sam Bowman (not related) who owned the farm where Oscar \u0026amp; Luther lived. Bessie's diaries are in EMU's Historical Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries is an addition to the collection and comprises photographs, family papers, and local history materials. The Wenger line of the family is documented in this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBowman family photographs including the George Bowman house and New Erection School. Photographs were identified and labeled by donor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSchool was located north of Singers Glen, Virginia and near home of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman. Two of their children, Ruth and Bertha, are pictured. Approximately half of the students are identified.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe envelope that accompanied the photograph identified the school as Morning View School. A sheet listing students names identifies the school as Mt. Valley School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCallie Rebecca Bowman (1888-1985) was the daughter of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssued to Millard Bowman and transferred to Laura Wenger, Bowman's mother-in-law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch compiled by Jim Duncan. Concerns the George Bowman house built circa 1772 in northern Rockingham County (west of Timberville) and relocated to the Frontier Culture Museum in the early 2000s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries is an addition to the collection and comprises photograph albums and one loose photograph documenting the extended Bowman family. Photographs document the Bowman family house (now located at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton), Wenger home (Mt. Clinton Pike), family reunions, and students at Dale Enterprise School. Individual and group photos of family members are included. Detailed descriptions were provided by the donor (or other family members) and are included with the albums. A detailed description of the history and architecture of the Wenger house accompanies the photograph.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, family papers, and financial and legal documents related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line.","Since the collection contains original and photocopied documents, dates were applied to documents according to the date the original document was created and not when it was reproduced. Researchers should note that while genealogical materials are primarily arranged in Series 2: Genealogical Files, materials found within Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence may also relate to Bowman and related family genealogies. ","Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence, 1849-2019, comprises ledgers; legal and financial documents related to the personal business doings of Eli Bowman and settling numerous Bowman family estates; and correspondence and email exchanges between Eldon Bowman and his classmates from Turner Ashby High School discussing religion and their respective spiritual journeys, politics, and philosophy.\nWritings by Bernie Bowman include published articles and papers he presented at meetings of \"The Thinkers,\" a discussion group in Tennessee of which Bernie was a member.","Includes names Eli M. Bowman, Isaac H. Bowman, and [Edmund T.] Bowman.","Eli Bowman records on settling his mother, Catharine Bowman's (1819-1882) estate","Jacob Wenger was the uncle of Oma Wenger Bowman.","Copy of original Great Granddaddy Elias Poems - Aunt Lois gave them to me some years ago - \u0026 I had them laminated for protection.","Includes receipts for electrical work completed by Roy S. Bowman at Eli Bowman's house as well as hospital and funeral bills after the death of Amanda Bowman in 1936.","Copies of letters written by Ottie Bowman to her son Paul Bowman when he was in alternate service during World War II.","Records of settlement of Ottie Bowman's estate. Millard Bowman acted as administrator.","Most addressed to William Bowman, father of Houston Bowman, the last resident at the original Bowman House.","The Grandpa's Quartet \"All Will Be Well\"","Side A What Did He Do? Just a Little Talk Surely Goodness and Mercy A Beautiful Life If I Be Lifted Up Nearer My Home","Side B Many Mansions In Times Like These All Will Be Well Hold to My Hand Sunset Hour Beyond the Sunset","Millard Bowman computations showing sale of farm and home in 1996. Also for 1996 estimated taxes and other tax returns.","At a class reunion, three high school classmates found common ground in philosophy, religion, and politics. These emails are the result.","Series 2: Genealogy Files, 1797-2018, contains obituaries, funeral registers, funeral cards, typed and handwritten biographies, genealogies, and research notes on the Bowman family and the related Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Much of the materials were compiled and written by Millard Bowman. Reference materials used in the writing of family histories by Eldon and Bernie Bowman are included.","Photocopied maps, deeds, indentures, and notes.","Eli Bowman's wife was Amanda Hollar, the 22nd child of David Hollar. This cemetary is the burial site of a number of the Hollar relatives.","Old wills of Wenger family: Joseph, Peter, Dan, Ella Rhodes, Laura Suter Wenger, Peter's widow, sale of Millard Bowman Farm in 1996.","1910 calendar with photo of Luther A. Bowman (1884-1952) and his horse, Squench. Photo of Luther A. Bowman in his buggy.","Includes copy of letter from William D. Bowman dated January 13, 1856.","In the mid 1960s, Millard Bowman bought the home place of Sam and Hattie Spitzer. Hattie's mother was Sallie Hollar Berry, a sister to our great grandmother Amanda Hollar Bowman. Esther and Steve Showalter bought the place and extensively remodeled the house. There once was a mill there, fed by a strong spring. Millard Bowman tore out the old wooden race and replaced it with pipe. He continued to allow free water to the neighbors.","This is the community where the Eli Bowman and David Hollar families lived. Relatives noted.","Millard Bowman's incomplete memories. Written by request of his daughter, Miriam Haarer.","Not the same line of Bowmans, but Luther Bowman lived on one of the family's farms from 1905-1910.","These mills were big in the lives of Eli Bowman and his son, Luther Bowman - our great grandfather and grandfather.","The Bowman Mill at Greenmount (page 7) was founded by a Bowman family not related to our line. It passed through several generations and was owned in the early 1900s by a descendant - M.H. (Homer) Myers. Samuel Bowman owned a large farm north of Greenmount in addition to the Lincoln Homestead.","Luther lived and worked on the first firm (near Greenmount) when he left home at age 21.","Solomon Bowman moved to Indiana in the 1880s.","Oscar Wenger, oldest child of Jacob and Jenny Wenger, married Bessie Heatwole. She kept a daily diary for many years. This notebook contains many of her entries referencing Mr. Bowman. Our granddad Luther worked with/for Oscar from 1905-1910. We thought these references were about him. Later realized they referred to Sam Bowman (not related) who owned the farm where Oscar \u0026 Luther lived. Bessie's diaries are in EMU's Historical Library.","Series is an addition to the collection and comprises photographs, family papers, and local history materials. The Wenger line of the family is documented in this series.","Bowman family photographs including the George Bowman house and New Erection School. Photographs were identified and labeled by donor.","School was located north of Singers Glen, Virginia and near home of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman. Two of their children, Ruth and Bertha, are pictured. Approximately half of the students are identified.","The envelope that accompanied the photograph identified the school as Morning View School. A sheet listing students names identifies the school as Mt. Valley School.","Callie Rebecca Bowman (1888-1985) was the daughter of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman.","Issued to Millard Bowman and transferred to Laura Wenger, Bowman's mother-in-law.","Research compiled by Jim Duncan. Concerns the George Bowman house built circa 1772 in northern Rockingham County (west of Timberville) and relocated to the Frontier Culture Museum in the early 2000s.","Series is an addition to the collection and comprises photograph albums and one loose photograph documenting the extended Bowman family. Photographs document the Bowman family house (now located at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton), Wenger home (Mt. Clinton Pike), family reunions, and students at Dale Enterprise School. Individual and group photos of family members are included. Detailed descriptions were provided by the donor (or other family members) and are included with the albums. A detailed description of the history and architecture of the Wenger house accompanies the photograph."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePublished monographs related to the Bowman family and/or local history were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Published monographs related to the Bowman family and/or local history were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe 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).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["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)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_c36b83e647b2f8c7822ff05aea87d0ab\"\u003eThe Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, and family papers related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, and family papers related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line."],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Bowman family","Hollar family","Wenger family","Lahman family","Bowman, Eldon L.","Bowman, Bernard D."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"names_coll_ssim":["Bowman family","Hollar family","Wenger family","Lahman family","Bowman, Eldon L."],"famname_ssim":["Bowman family","Hollar family","Wenger family","Lahman family"],"persname_ssim":["Bowman, Eldon L.","Bowman, Bernard D."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":83,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:24:36.195Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_673","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_673","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_673","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_673","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_673.xml","title_ssm":["Eldon Bowman collection of Bowman family papers"],"title_tesim":["Eldon Bowman collection of Bowman family papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1797-2019"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1797-2019"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0328","/repositories/4/resources/673"],"text":["SC 0328","/repositories/4/resources/673","Eldon Bowman collection of Bowman family papers","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Family papers","Photographs","Estate records","Photocopies","Receipts (financial records)","Ledgers (account books)","Legal documents","Indentures","Deeds","Checks (bank checks)","Financial Records","Electronic mail","Funeral registers","Collection is open for research with the exception of Bowman correspondence from 1997-2019, which is restricted until July 15, 2035 per the amended donor agreement.","Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Original audiocassettes contained in this collection are restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request.","Original audiocassette restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","Restricted from researcher access until July 15, 2035 per the amended donor agreement.","Series is open to research.","Original audiocassettes contained within this series are restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","Original audiocassette restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","Printed materials and monographs already held by Special Collections or deemed out of the collecting scope of Special Collections, yearbooks, and genealogy website printouts were not retained and were returned to the donor.","The collection is arranged into four series and further arranged chronologically. Exceptions to this arrangement were made in order to group like materials together specifically Hollar family genealogy research files.","Family Papers and Correspondence, 1849-2019 Genealogy Files, 1797-2018 2024-0604 Accession, circa 1850-1985 2024-0725 Accession, circa 1875-1990","Given the genealogical focus of this collection, this biographical note is not intended to serve as an exhaustive description of the Bowman family tree, which would largely duplicate the information found within the collection materials. Researchers are encouraged to review Series 2: Genealogy Files for more detailed genealogical information on the Bowman, Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Published genealogies on these families are also available for additional context.","The Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers primarily documents the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line of the Bowmans of Rockingham County, Virginia. Eli Bowman was the great-great-grandson of George and Barbara Bowman who  immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the late 1740s. The Bowmans moved to Rockingham County in the early 1770s and erected the \"Bowman House\" which is now part of the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. The descendants of Eli and Amanda Bowman documented in this collection include their son Luther Alexander Bowman (1884-1952) and his wife Otilla May Lahman (1891-1966), Luther and Otilla's son Millard Lahman Bowman (1914-1997) and his wife Oma Frances Wenger (1913-2002), and their nine children including Eldon Bowman (b. 1942) and Bernie Bowman (b. 1947). Many of the Bowmans were members of the Mennonite Church and were farmers by trade. Millard Bowman owned and operated a dairy and turkey farm with his family just outside of Harrisonburg. Eldon and Bernie Bowman as well as their siblings Jim, Daniel, and Miriam Haarer are all published authors. Their books include memoirs, genealogies, and family histories. ","Much of the family papers and genealogical research that form this collection were compiled and stewarded by Eldon Bowman's father Millard, and then by Eldon after Millard's death in 1997. Bernie Bowman, Eldon's brother, is also a contributor to the collection. A selection of his writings - published and unpublished - are included.","Millard Bowman - Tenor, Harold Lahman - Lead, Amos Rhodes - Baritone, James McDorman - Bass","The bulk of the materials were provided by the donor in labeled envelopes and binders. The donor's descriptions and folder titles were largely retained, and in cases where descriptions were substantive, a scope and content note is included at the folder level. The binders and envelopes were discarded. ","Audiocassettes listed in the container list have not been reformatted but can be made available upon request.","The Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, family papers, and financial and legal documents related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line.","Since the collection contains original and photocopied documents, dates were applied to documents according to the date the original document was created and not when it was reproduced. Researchers should note that while genealogical materials are primarily arranged in Series 2: Genealogical Files, materials found within Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence may also relate to Bowman and related family genealogies. ","Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence, 1849-2019, comprises ledgers; legal and financial documents related to the personal business doings of Eli Bowman and settling numerous Bowman family estates; and correspondence and email exchanges between Eldon Bowman and his classmates from Turner Ashby High School discussing religion and their respective spiritual journeys, politics, and philosophy.\nWritings by Bernie Bowman include published articles and papers he presented at meetings of \"The Thinkers,\" a discussion group in Tennessee of which Bernie was a member.","Includes names Eli M. Bowman, Isaac H. Bowman, and [Edmund T.] Bowman.","Eli Bowman records on settling his mother, Catharine Bowman's (1819-1882) estate","Jacob Wenger was the uncle of Oma Wenger Bowman.","Copy of original Great Granddaddy Elias Poems - Aunt Lois gave them to me some years ago - \u0026 I had them laminated for protection.","Includes receipts for electrical work completed by Roy S. Bowman at Eli Bowman's house as well as hospital and funeral bills after the death of Amanda Bowman in 1936.","Copies of letters written by Ottie Bowman to her son Paul Bowman when he was in alternate service during World War II.","Records of settlement of Ottie Bowman's estate. Millard Bowman acted as administrator.","Most addressed to William Bowman, father of Houston Bowman, the last resident at the original Bowman House.","The Grandpa's Quartet \"All Will Be Well\"","Side A What Did He Do? Just a Little Talk Surely Goodness and Mercy A Beautiful Life If I Be Lifted Up Nearer My Home","Side B Many Mansions In Times Like These All Will Be Well Hold to My Hand Sunset Hour Beyond the Sunset","Millard Bowman computations showing sale of farm and home in 1996. Also for 1996 estimated taxes and other tax returns.","At a class reunion, three high school classmates found common ground in philosophy, religion, and politics. These emails are the result.","Series 2: Genealogy Files, 1797-2018, contains obituaries, funeral registers, funeral cards, typed and handwritten biographies, genealogies, and research notes on the Bowman family and the related Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Much of the materials were compiled and written by Millard Bowman. Reference materials used in the writing of family histories by Eldon and Bernie Bowman are included.","Photocopied maps, deeds, indentures, and notes.","Eli Bowman's wife was Amanda Hollar, the 22nd child of David Hollar. This cemetary is the burial site of a number of the Hollar relatives.","Old wills of Wenger family: Joseph, Peter, Dan, Ella Rhodes, Laura Suter Wenger, Peter's widow, sale of Millard Bowman Farm in 1996.","1910 calendar with photo of Luther A. Bowman (1884-1952) and his horse, Squench. Photo of Luther A. Bowman in his buggy.","Includes copy of letter from William D. Bowman dated January 13, 1856.","In the mid 1960s, Millard Bowman bought the home place of Sam and Hattie Spitzer. Hattie's mother was Sallie Hollar Berry, a sister to our great grandmother Amanda Hollar Bowman. Esther and Steve Showalter bought the place and extensively remodeled the house. There once was a mill there, fed by a strong spring. Millard Bowman tore out the old wooden race and replaced it with pipe. He continued to allow free water to the neighbors.","This is the community where the Eli Bowman and David Hollar families lived. Relatives noted.","Millard Bowman's incomplete memories. Written by request of his daughter, Miriam Haarer.","Not the same line of Bowmans, but Luther Bowman lived on one of the family's farms from 1905-1910.","These mills were big in the lives of Eli Bowman and his son, Luther Bowman - our great grandfather and grandfather.","The Bowman Mill at Greenmount (page 7) was founded by a Bowman family not related to our line. It passed through several generations and was owned in the early 1900s by a descendant - M.H. (Homer) Myers. Samuel Bowman owned a large farm north of Greenmount in addition to the Lincoln Homestead.","Luther lived and worked on the first firm (near Greenmount) when he left home at age 21.","Solomon Bowman moved to Indiana in the 1880s.","Oscar Wenger, oldest child of Jacob and Jenny Wenger, married Bessie Heatwole. She kept a daily diary for many years. This notebook contains many of her entries referencing Mr. Bowman. Our granddad Luther worked with/for Oscar from 1905-1910. We thought these references were about him. Later realized they referred to Sam Bowman (not related) who owned the farm where Oscar \u0026 Luther lived. Bessie's diaries are in EMU's Historical Library.","Series is an addition to the collection and comprises photographs, family papers, and local history materials. The Wenger line of the family is documented in this series.","Bowman family photographs including the George Bowman house and New Erection School. Photographs were identified and labeled by donor.","School was located north of Singers Glen, Virginia and near home of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman. Two of their children, Ruth and Bertha, are pictured. Approximately half of the students are identified.","The envelope that accompanied the photograph identified the school as Morning View School. A sheet listing students names identifies the school as Mt. Valley School.","Callie Rebecca Bowman (1888-1985) was the daughter of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman.","Issued to Millard Bowman and transferred to Laura Wenger, Bowman's mother-in-law.","Research compiled by Jim Duncan. Concerns the George Bowman house built circa 1772 in northern Rockingham County (west of Timberville) and relocated to the Frontier Culture Museum in the early 2000s.","Series is an addition to the collection and comprises photograph albums and one loose photograph documenting the extended Bowman family. Photographs document the Bowman family house (now located at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton), Wenger home (Mt. Clinton Pike), family reunions, and students at Dale Enterprise School. Individual and group photos of family members are included. Detailed descriptions were provided by the donor (or other family members) and are included with the albums. A detailed description of the history and architecture of the Wenger house accompanies the photograph.","Published monographs related to the Bowman family and/or local history were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings.","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 Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, and family papers related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Bowman family","Hollar family","Wenger family","Lahman family","Bowman, Eldon L.","Bowman, Bernard D.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0328","/repositories/4/resources/673"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Eldon Bowman collection of Bowman family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Eldon Bowman collection of Bowman family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Eldon Bowman collection of Bowman family papers"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"creator_ssm":["Bowman family","Bowman, Eldon L."],"creator_ssim":["Bowman family","Bowman, Eldon L."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Bowman, Eldon L."],"creator_famname_ssim":["Bowman family"],"creators_ssim":["Bowman, Eldon L.","Bowman family"],"places_ssim":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"access_terms_ssm":["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)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The collection was donated by Eldon Bowman in four separate accruals between 2019 and 2024."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Family papers","Photographs","Estate records","Photocopies","Receipts (financial records)","Ledgers (account books)","Legal documents","Indentures","Deeds","Checks (bank checks)","Financial Records","Electronic mail","Funeral registers"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Family papers","Photographs","Estate records","Photocopies","Receipts (financial records)","Ledgers (account books)","Legal documents","Indentures","Deeds","Checks (bank checks)","Financial Records","Electronic mail","Funeral registers"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["2.8 cubic feet 6 boxes, 2 audiocassettes","118 Megabytes 46 digital files"],"extent_tesim":["2.8 cubic feet 6 boxes, 2 audiocassettes","118 Megabytes 46 digital files"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Family papers","Photographs","Estate records","Photocopies","Receipts (financial records)","Ledgers (account books)","Legal documents","Indentures","Deeds","Checks (bank checks)","Financial Records","Electronic mail","Funeral registers"],"date_range_isim":[1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open for research with the exception of Bowman correspondence from 1997-2019, which is restricted until July 15, 2035 per the amended donor agreement.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. 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Please contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Original audiocassettes contained in this collection are restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request.","Original audiocassette restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","Restricted from researcher access until July 15, 2035 per the amended donor agreement.","Series is open to research.","Original audiocassettes contained within this series are restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","Original audiocassette restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information."],"appraisal_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePrinted materials and monographs already held by Special Collections or deemed out of the collecting scope of Special Collections, yearbooks, and genealogy website printouts were not retained and were returned to the donor.\u003c/p\u003e"],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Printed materials and monographs already held by Special Collections or deemed out of the collecting scope of Special Collections, yearbooks, and genealogy website printouts were not retained and were returned to the donor."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged into four series and further arranged chronologically. 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Published genealogies on these families are also available for additional context.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers primarily documents the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line of the Bowmans of Rockingham County, Virginia. Eli Bowman was the great-great-grandson of George and Barbara Bowman who  immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the late 1740s. The Bowmans moved to Rockingham County in the early 1770s and erected the \"Bowman House\" which is now part of the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. The descendants of Eli and Amanda Bowman documented in this collection include their son Luther Alexander Bowman (1884-1952) and his wife Otilla May Lahman (1891-1966), Luther and Otilla's son Millard Lahman Bowman (1914-1997) and his wife Oma Frances Wenger (1913-2002), and their nine children including Eldon Bowman (b. 1942) and Bernie Bowman (b. 1947). Many of the Bowmans were members of the Mennonite Church and were farmers by trade. Millard Bowman owned and operated a dairy and turkey farm with his family just outside of Harrisonburg. Eldon and Bernie Bowman as well as their siblings Jim, Daniel, and Miriam Haarer are all published authors. Their books include memoirs, genealogies, and family histories. \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Given the genealogical focus of this collection, this biographical note is not intended to serve as an exhaustive description of the Bowman family tree, which would largely duplicate the information found within the collection materials. Researchers are encouraged to review Series 2: Genealogy Files for more detailed genealogical information on the Bowman, Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Published genealogies on these families are also available for additional context.","The Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers primarily documents the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line of the Bowmans of Rockingham County, Virginia. Eli Bowman was the great-great-grandson of George and Barbara Bowman who  immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the late 1740s. The Bowmans moved to Rockingham County in the early 1770s and erected the \"Bowman House\" which is now part of the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. The descendants of Eli and Amanda Bowman documented in this collection include their son Luther Alexander Bowman (1884-1952) and his wife Otilla May Lahman (1891-1966), Luther and Otilla's son Millard Lahman Bowman (1914-1997) and his wife Oma Frances Wenger (1913-2002), and their nine children including Eldon Bowman (b. 1942) and Bernie Bowman (b. 1947). Many of the Bowmans were members of the Mennonite Church and were farmers by trade. Millard Bowman owned and operated a dairy and turkey farm with his family just outside of Harrisonburg. Eldon and Bernie Bowman as well as their siblings Jim, Daniel, and Miriam Haarer are all published authors. Their books include memoirs, genealogies, and family histories. "],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMuch of the family papers and genealogical research that form this collection were compiled and stewarded by Eldon Bowman's father Millard, and then by Eldon after Millard's death in 1997. Bernie Bowman, Eldon's brother, is also a contributor to the collection. 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A selection of his writings - published and unpublished - are included."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMillard Bowman - Tenor, Harold Lahman - Lead, Amos Rhodes - Baritone, James McDorman - Bass\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Quartet lineup"],"odd_tesim":["Millard Bowman - Tenor, Harold Lahman - Lead, Amos Rhodes - Baritone, James McDorman - Bass"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, SC 0328, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, SC 0328, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the materials were provided by the donor in labeled envelopes and binders. The donor's descriptions and folder titles were largely retained, and in cases where descriptions were substantive, a scope and content note is included at the folder level. The binders and envelopes were discarded. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAudiocassettes listed in the container list have not been reformatted but can be made available upon request.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The bulk of the materials were provided by the donor in labeled envelopes and binders. The donor's descriptions and folder titles were largely retained, and in cases where descriptions were substantive, a scope and content note is included at the folder level. The binders and envelopes were discarded. ","Audiocassettes listed in the container list have not been reformatted but can be made available upon request."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, family papers, and financial and legal documents related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSince the collection contains original and photocopied documents, dates were applied to documents according to the date the original document was created and not when it was reproduced. Researchers should note that while genealogical materials are primarily arranged in Series 2: Genealogical Files, materials found within Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence may also relate to Bowman and related family genealogies. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Family Papers and Correspondence, 1849-2019, comprises ledgers; legal and financial documents related to the personal business doings of Eli Bowman and settling numerous Bowman family estates; and correspondence and email exchanges between Eldon Bowman and his classmates from Turner Ashby High School discussing religion and their respective spiritual journeys, politics, and philosophy.\nWritings by Bernie Bowman include published articles and papers he presented at meetings of \"The Thinkers,\" a discussion group in Tennessee of which Bernie was a member.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes names Eli M. Bowman, Isaac H. Bowman, and [Edmund T.] Bowman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEli Bowman records on settling his mother, Catharine Bowman's (1819-1882) estate\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJacob Wenger was the uncle of Oma Wenger Bowman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of original Great Granddaddy Elias Poems - Aunt Lois gave them to me some years ago - \u0026amp; I had them laminated for protection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes receipts for electrical work completed by Roy S. Bowman at Eli Bowman's house as well as hospital and funeral bills after the death of Amanda Bowman in 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of letters written by Ottie Bowman to her son Paul Bowman when he was in alternate service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords of settlement of Ottie Bowman's estate. Millard Bowman acted as administrator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost addressed to William Bowman, father of Houston Bowman, the last resident at the original Bowman House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Grandpa's Quartet \"All Will Be Well\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eSide A\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eWhat Did He Do?\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eJust a Little Talk\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSurely Goodness and Mercy\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eA Beautiful Life\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eIf I Be Lifted Up\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eNearer My Home\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eSide B\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eMany Mansions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eIn Times Like These\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eAll Will Be Well\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eHold to My Hand\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSunset Hour\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eBeyond the Sunset\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMillard Bowman computations showing sale of farm and home in 1996. Also for 1996 estimated taxes and other tax returns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt a class reunion, three high school classmates found common ground in philosophy, religion, and politics. These emails are the result.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Genealogy Files, 1797-2018, contains obituaries, funeral registers, funeral cards, typed and handwritten biographies, genealogies, and research notes on the Bowman family and the related Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Much of the materials were compiled and written by Millard Bowman. Reference materials used in the writing of family histories by Eldon and Bernie Bowman are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopied maps, deeds, indentures, and notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEli Bowman's wife was Amanda Hollar, the 22nd child of David Hollar. This cemetary is the burial site of a number of the Hollar relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOld wills of Wenger family: Joseph, Peter, Dan, Ella Rhodes, Laura Suter Wenger, Peter's widow, sale of Millard Bowman Farm in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1910 calendar with photo of Luther A. Bowman (1884-1952) and his horse, Squench. Photo of Luther A. Bowman in his buggy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copy of letter from William D. Bowman dated January 13, 1856.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the mid 1960s, Millard Bowman bought the home place of Sam and Hattie Spitzer. Hattie's mother was Sallie Hollar Berry, a sister to our great grandmother Amanda Hollar Bowman. Esther and Steve Showalter bought the place and extensively remodeled the house. There once was a mill there, fed by a strong spring. Millard Bowman tore out the old wooden race and replaced it with pipe. He continued to allow free water to the neighbors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is the community where the Eli Bowman and David Hollar families lived. Relatives noted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMillard Bowman's incomplete memories. Written by request of his daughter, Miriam Haarer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNot the same line of Bowmans, but Luther Bowman lived on one of the family's farms from 1905-1910.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese mills were big in the lives of Eli Bowman and his son, Luther Bowman - our great grandfather and grandfather.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Bowman Mill at Greenmount (page 7) was founded by a Bowman family not related to our line. It passed through several generations and was owned in the early 1900s by a descendant - M.H. (Homer) Myers. Samuel Bowman owned a large farm north of Greenmount in addition to the Lincoln Homestead.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLuther lived and worked on the first firm (near Greenmount) when he left home at age 21.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSolomon Bowman moved to Indiana in the 1880s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOscar Wenger, oldest child of Jacob and Jenny Wenger, married Bessie Heatwole. She kept a daily diary for many years. This notebook contains many of her entries referencing Mr. Bowman. Our granddad Luther worked with/for Oscar from 1905-1910. We thought these references were about him. Later realized they referred to Sam Bowman (not related) who owned the farm where Oscar \u0026amp; Luther lived. Bessie's diaries are in EMU's Historical Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries is an addition to the collection and comprises photographs, family papers, and local history materials. The Wenger line of the family is documented in this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBowman family photographs including the George Bowman house and New Erection School. Photographs were identified and labeled by donor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSchool was located north of Singers Glen, Virginia and near home of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman. Two of their children, Ruth and Bertha, are pictured. Approximately half of the students are identified.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe envelope that accompanied the photograph identified the school as Morning View School. A sheet listing students names identifies the school as Mt. Valley School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCallie Rebecca Bowman (1888-1985) was the daughter of Eli Bowman and Amanda Hollar Bowman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssued to Millard Bowman and transferred to Laura Wenger, Bowman's mother-in-law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch compiled by Jim Duncan. Concerns the George Bowman house built circa 1772 in northern Rockingham County (west of Timberville) and relocated to the Frontier Culture Museum in the early 2000s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries is an addition to the collection and comprises photograph albums and one loose photograph documenting the extended Bowman family. Photographs document the Bowman family house (now located at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton), Wenger home (Mt. Clinton Pike), family reunions, and students at Dale Enterprise School. Individual and group photos of family members are included. Detailed descriptions were provided by the donor (or other family members) and are included with the albums. A detailed description of the history and architecture of the Wenger house accompanies the photograph.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Eldon Bowman Collection of Bowman Family Papers, 1797-2019, comprises genealogical materials (photocopied and original), correspondence, family papers, and financial and legal documents related to the Bowman family of Rockingham County, Virginia specifically the Eli Martin Bowman (1861-1950) and Amanda Hollar Bowman (1865-1936) line.","Since the collection contains original and photocopied documents, dates were applied to documents according to the date the original document was created and not when it was reproduced. Researchers should note that while genealogical materials are primarily arranged in Series 2: Genealogical Files, materials found within Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence may also relate to Bowman and related family genealogies. ","Series 1: Family Papers and Correspondence, 1849-2019, comprises ledgers; legal and financial documents related to the personal business doings of Eli Bowman and settling numerous Bowman family estates; and correspondence and email exchanges between Eldon Bowman and his classmates from Turner Ashby High School discussing religion and their respective spiritual journeys, politics, and philosophy.\nWritings by Bernie Bowman include published articles and papers he presented at meetings of \"The Thinkers,\" a discussion group in Tennessee of which Bernie was a member.","Includes names Eli M. Bowman, Isaac H. Bowman, and [Edmund T.] Bowman.","Eli Bowman records on settling his mother, Catharine Bowman's (1819-1882) estate","Jacob Wenger was the uncle of Oma Wenger Bowman.","Copy of original Great Granddaddy Elias Poems - Aunt Lois gave them to me some years ago - \u0026 I had them laminated for protection.","Includes receipts for electrical work completed by Roy S. Bowman at Eli Bowman's house as well as hospital and funeral bills after the death of Amanda Bowman in 1936.","Copies of letters written by Ottie Bowman to her son Paul Bowman when he was in alternate service during World War II.","Records of settlement of Ottie Bowman's estate. Millard Bowman acted as administrator.","Most addressed to William Bowman, father of Houston Bowman, the last resident at the original Bowman House.","The Grandpa's Quartet \"All Will Be Well\"","Side A What Did He Do? Just a Little Talk Surely Goodness and Mercy A Beautiful Life If I Be Lifted Up Nearer My Home","Side B Many Mansions In Times Like These All Will Be Well Hold to My Hand Sunset Hour Beyond the Sunset","Millard Bowman computations showing sale of farm and home in 1996. Also for 1996 estimated taxes and other tax returns.","At a class reunion, three high school classmates found common ground in philosophy, religion, and politics. These emails are the result.","Series 2: Genealogy Files, 1797-2018, contains obituaries, funeral registers, funeral cards, typed and handwritten biographies, genealogies, and research notes on the Bowman family and the related Hollar, Lahman, and Wenger families. Much of the materials were compiled and written by Millard Bowman. Reference materials used in the writing of family histories by Eldon and Bernie Bowman are included.","Photocopied maps, deeds, indentures, and notes.","Eli Bowman's wife was Amanda Hollar, the 22nd child of David Hollar. This cemetary is the burial site of a number of the Hollar relatives.","Old wills of Wenger family: Joseph, Peter, Dan, Ella Rhodes, Laura Suter Wenger, Peter's widow, sale of Millard Bowman Farm in 1996.","1910 calendar with photo of Luther A. Bowman (1884-1952) and his horse, Squench. Photo of Luther A. Bowman in his buggy.","Includes copy of letter from William D. Bowman dated January 13, 1856.","In the mid 1960s, Millard Bowman bought the home place of Sam and Hattie Spitzer. Hattie's mother was Sallie Hollar Berry, a sister to our great grandmother Amanda Hollar Bowman. Esther and Steve Showalter bought the place and extensively remodeled the house. There once was a mill there, fed by a strong spring. Millard Bowman tore out the old wooden race and replaced it with pipe. He continued to allow free water to the neighbors.","This is the community where the Eli Bowman and David Hollar families lived. Relatives noted.","Millard Bowman's incomplete memories. 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Harris papers","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Politics and government","Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865","Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865","Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950","Virginia -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History, Local","Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Virginia -- Social life and customs","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate","United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861","United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century","Lawyers -- Virginia","Judges -- Virginia","Practice of law -- Virginia","Elections -- Virginia","Statesmen -- Virginia","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Newspaper clippings","Indentures","Photographs","Wills","broadsides (notices)","Legal documents","Collection is open for research. 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 also available on microfilm at Special Collections of James Madison University (Microfilm # 1471-1479) and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The collection is arranged into the following four series and subseries. All correspondence series are arranged chronologically, and all other series are arranged topically.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928 Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936 Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896 Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933","Boatner, Mark Mayo.  The Civil War Dictionary . New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1959.","Dabney, Virginius.  Virginia: The New Dominion . Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1971.","Daniels, Jonathon.  The Randolphs of Virginia . New York: Doubleday, 1972.","Johnson, Allen \u0026 Malone, Dumas, ed.  Dictionary of American Biography.  Vol. VI. NY: Scribner's     Sons, 1931. ","Krick, Robert K.  Lee's Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia . Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979. ","Members of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977. ","The National Cyclopedia of American Biography . Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926. ","Tewksbury, Donald G.  The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War . NY: Archon Books, 1965. ","Wakelyn, Jon L.  Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy . Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977. ","Wayland, John W.  A History of Rockingham County, Virginia . Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912. ","John T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899. ","In addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017.  This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025.","Harter, Dale F.  Of Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia.  M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999.","The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:  ","Subseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.","Subseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.","Subseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.","Subseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.","Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.","Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections","Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.","Notable Letters: 2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter 3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\" 2 May 1860 Talk of secession 30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union 1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union. 16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.","Notable Letters: 21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South","Notable Letters 20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher 21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\" 27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime","Notable Letters: 13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson 25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt","Notable Letters: Eight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in  transcription  (NOT ON MICROFILM) 17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans. 7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas. 5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman. 29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.","Notable Letters: 9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River. 21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware. 4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral. 3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.","Notable Letters: 2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever. 4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather. 9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas. 6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son. 13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso. 13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration. 22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.","Notable Letters: 21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.","Notable Letters: 28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law. 18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings. 26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.","Notable Letters: 23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington. 19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.","Notable Letters: 1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death. 10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings. 22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.","Notable Letters: 9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate. 17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary. 24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress. 3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America. 3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.","Notable Letters: 7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.","Notable Letters: 6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war. 17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace. 24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama. 24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans. 14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\" 8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington. 20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers. 5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River. 24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.","Notable Letters: 15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond. 14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg. 20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead. 17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.","Notable Letters: 6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband. 10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.","Notable Letters: 4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm. 6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy. 12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal. 22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph. 13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.","Notable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.","Notable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\"","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consist of a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters of John T. Harris and his family, and of Peyton Randolph and his family. Several letters discuss Southern secession and the American Civil War. Also included are Randolph family letters, James Clarkson Papers, Civil War documents and Harris genealogy.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates -- Elections","Harris family -- Correspondence","Randolph family -- Correspondence","Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899","Harris, R. Randolph","Harris, John T. 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Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979. ","Members of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977. ","The National Cyclopedia of American Biography . Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926. ","Tewksbury, Donald G.  The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War . NY: Archon Books, 1965. ","Wakelyn, Jon L.  Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy . Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977. ","Wayland, John W.  A History of Rockingham County, Virginia . Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["John T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899. ","In addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), SC 0089, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], John T. 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The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e2 May 1860 Talk of secession\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eEight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/Harris_Coll_Force_Transcripts.html\"\u003etranscription\u003c/extref\u003e (NOT ON MICROFILM)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:  ","Subseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.","Subseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.","Subseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.","Subseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.","Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.","Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections","Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.","Notable Letters: 2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter 3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\" 2 May 1860 Talk of secession 30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union 1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union. 16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.","Notable Letters: 21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South","Notable Letters 20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher 21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\" 27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime","Notable Letters: 13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson 25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt","Notable Letters: Eight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in  transcription  (NOT ON MICROFILM) 17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans. 7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas. 5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman. 29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.","Notable Letters: 9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River. 21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware. 4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral. 3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.","Notable Letters: 2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever. 4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather. 9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas. 6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son. 13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso. 13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration. 22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.","Notable Letters: 21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.","Notable Letters: 28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law. 18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings. 26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.","Notable Letters: 23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington. 19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.","Notable Letters: 1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death. 10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings. 22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.","Notable Letters: 9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate. 17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary. 24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress. 3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America. 3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.","Notable Letters: 7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.","Notable Letters: 6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war. 17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace. 24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama. 24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans. 14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\" 8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington. 20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers. 5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River. 24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.","Notable Letters: 15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond. 14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg. 20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead. 17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.","Notable Letters: 6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband. 10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.","Notable Letters: 4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm. 6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy. 12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal. 22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph. 13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.","Notable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.","Notable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_dc1bd08acadd3e1eb1362ba5b6c828f4\"\u003eThe John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consist of a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters of John T. Harris and his family, and of Peyton Randolph and his family. Several letters discuss Southern secession and the American Civil War. Also included are Randolph family letters, James Clarkson Papers, Civil War documents and Harris genealogy.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consist of a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters of John T. Harris and his family, and of Peyton Randolph and his family. Several letters discuss Southern secession and the American Civil War. Also included are Randolph family letters, James Clarkson Papers, Civil War documents and Harris genealogy."],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates -- Elections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Harris family -- Correspondence","Randolph family -- Correspondence","Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Peyton, 1833-1891 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Susan Armistead, 1810-1884 -- Correspondence","Harris, R. 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Harris papers","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Politics and government","Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865","Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865","Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950","Virginia -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History, Local","Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Virginia -- Social life and customs","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate","United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861","United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century","Lawyers -- Virginia","Judges -- Virginia","Practice of law -- Virginia","Elections -- Virginia","Statesmen -- Virginia","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Newspaper clippings","Indentures","Photographs","Wills","broadsides (notices)","Legal documents","Collection is open for research. 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 also available on microfilm at Special Collections of James Madison University (Microfilm # 1471-1479) and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The collection is arranged into the following four series and subseries. All correspondence series are arranged chronologically, and all other series are arranged topically.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928 Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936 Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896 Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933","Boatner, Mark Mayo.  The Civil War Dictionary . New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1959.","Dabney, Virginius.  Virginia: The New Dominion . Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1971.","Daniels, Jonathon.  The Randolphs of Virginia . New York: Doubleday, 1972.","Johnson, Allen \u0026 Malone, Dumas, ed.  Dictionary of American Biography.  Vol. VI. NY: Scribner's     Sons, 1931. ","Krick, Robert K.  Lee's Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia . Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979. ","Members of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977. ","The National Cyclopedia of American Biography . Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926. ","Tewksbury, Donald G.  The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War . NY: Archon Books, 1965. ","Wakelyn, Jon L.  Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy . Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977. ","Wayland, John W.  A History of Rockingham County, Virginia . Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912. ","John T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899. ","In addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017.  This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025.","Harter, Dale F.  Of Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia.  M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999.","The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:  ","Subseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.","Subseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.","Subseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.","Subseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.","Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.","Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections","Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.","Notable Letters: 2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter 3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\" 2 May 1860 Talk of secession 30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union 1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union. 16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.","Notable Letters: 21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South","Notable Letters 20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher 21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\" 27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime","Notable Letters: 13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson 25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt","Notable Letters: Eight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in  transcription  (NOT ON MICROFILM) 17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans. 7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas. 5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman. 29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.","Notable Letters: 9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River. 21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware. 4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral. 3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.","Notable Letters: 2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever. 4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather. 9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas. 6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son. 13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso. 13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration. 22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.","Notable Letters: 21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.","Notable Letters: 28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law. 18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings. 26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.","Notable Letters: 23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington. 19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.","Notable Letters: 1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death. 10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings. 22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.","Notable Letters: 9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate. 17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary. 24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress. 3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America. 3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.","Notable Letters: 7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.","Notable Letters: 6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war. 17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace. 24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama. 24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans. 14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\" 8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington. 20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers. 5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River. 24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.","Notable Letters: 15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond. 14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg. 20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead. 17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.","Notable Letters: 6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband. 10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.","Notable Letters: 4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm. 6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy. 12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal. 22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph. 13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.","Notable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.","Notable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\"","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The John T. 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NY: Archon Books, 1965. \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eWakelyn, Jon L. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBiographical Dictionary of the Confederacy\u003c/emph\u003e. Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977. \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eWayland, John W. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA History of Rockingham County, Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e. Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912. \u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Boatner, Mark Mayo.  The Civil War Dictionary . New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1959.","Dabney, Virginius.  Virginia: The New Dominion . Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1971.","Daniels, Jonathon.  The Randolphs of Virginia . New York: Doubleday, 1972.","Johnson, Allen \u0026 Malone, Dumas, ed.  Dictionary of American Biography.  Vol. VI. NY: Scribner's     Sons, 1931. ","Krick, Robert K.  Lee's Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia . Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979. ","Members of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977. ","The National Cyclopedia of American Biography . Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926. ","Tewksbury, Donald G.  The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War . NY: Archon Books, 1965. ","Wakelyn, Jon L.  Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy . Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977. ","Wayland, John W.  A History of Rockingham County, Virginia . Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["John T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899. ","In addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), SC 0089, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), SC 0089, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017.  This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHarter, Dale F. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOf Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia.\u003c/emph\u003e M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Harter, Dale F.  Of Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia.  M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e2 May 1860 Talk of secession\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eEight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/Harris_Coll_Force_Transcripts.html\"\u003etranscription\u003c/extref\u003e (NOT ON MICROFILM)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003citem\u003e4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:  ","Subseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.","Subseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.","Subseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.","Subseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.","Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.","Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections","Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.","Notable Letters: 2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter 3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\" 2 May 1860 Talk of secession 30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union 1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union. 16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.","Notable Letters: 21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South","Notable Letters 20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher 21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\" 27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime","Notable Letters: 13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson 25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt","Notable Letters: Eight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in  transcription  (NOT ON MICROFILM) 17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans. 7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas. 5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman. 29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.","Notable Letters: 9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River. 21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware. 4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral. 3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.","Notable Letters: 2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever. 4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather. 9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas. 6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son. 13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso. 13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration. 22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.","Notable Letters: 21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.","Notable Letters: 28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law. 18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings. 26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.","Notable Letters: 23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington. 19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.","Notable Letters: 1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death. 10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings. 22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.","Notable Letters: 9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate. 17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary. 24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress. 3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America. 3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.","Notable Letters: 7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.","Notable Letters: 6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war. 17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace. 24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama. 24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans. 14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\" 8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington. 20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers. 5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River. 24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.","Notable Letters: 15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond. 14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg. 20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead. 17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.","Notable Letters: 6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband. 10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.","Notable Letters: 4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm. 6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy. 12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal. 22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph. 13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.","Notable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.","Notable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. 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Included in the collection are letters written by family members and an assortment of legal papers detailing taxes and land deeds.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_393#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_393","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_393","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_393","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_393","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_393.xml","title_ssm":["Manley Family papers"],"title_tesim":["Manley Family papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1707-1953"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1707-1953"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0085","/repositories/4/resources/393"],"text":["SC 0085","/repositories/4/resources/393","Manley Family papers","Marion County (W. Va.) -- History -- Sources","Augusta County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Marion County (W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- Genealogy","West Virginia -- Genealogy"," United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Augusta County (Va.) -- History","Debt -- Virginia","Real property -- Virginia","Indians of North America -- Virginia","Coaching (Transportation) -- Virginia","Miners -- West Virginia","Letters (correspondence)","Promissory notes","Financial Records","Genealogies (histories)","Indentures","Legal documents","Tax records","Wills","Family papers","Collection is open to research. 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.","Dictionary of American Biography .  New York: Charles Scribner, 1936.","The General Assembly of Virginia,1619-1978 . Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978.","Peyton, J. Lewis.  History of Augusta County Virginia , 2nd ed. Bridgewater, VA: C.J Carrier, 1953.","Waddel, Joseph A.  Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 , 2nd ed. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.","Wingfield, Marshall.  Franklin County, a History . Berryville, Virginia: Chesapeake Book Co., 1964.","George W. Manley descended from a prominent family which owned property near George Washington's Mount Vernon and intermarried with the Washington and Harrison families. The collection also contains letters to Hugh W. Sheffey, who was the Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s.","This collection was minimally reprocessed in April 2017 and renamed Manley Family Papers, a change from the George W. Manley Collection. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017.  This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2010.","George W. Manley Collection, 1707-1953, contains about 300 items housed in two boxes and one flat file. The collection is composed largely of two kinds of materials: personal, business, and genealogical papers relating to the Manley family of Augusta County, Virginia and Marion County, formerly of Virginia and later West Virginia; and miscellaneous business and legal papers not directly related to the Manleys that document the functioning of law and government in what is now Franklin County, West Virginia, and Augusta County, Virginia, with scattered references to other Virginia counties and Marion County, West Virginia.","General correspondence comprises Manley family letters, which are genealogical in nature and discuss family connections with the Righter family of West Virginia, the Bigler family, and family land transactions. Eight photographs of family members from Percy Manley's Aunt Jessie in DuPont, Washington, ca.1950s, are also included. Also notable in the collection is a 1933 letter from Percy C. Manley (George's father) to Lauretta K. Muir, an official in the Civil Works Administration, concerning a self-sufficiency homestead project for the poor of Mineral County, West Virginia. Also interesting are a 1774 character reference for a member of Cedar Creek Congregation, a 1777 letter from John Lowning (likely a Revolutionary War soldier), and other letters that offer glimpses of 19th Century life, mostly in Virginia.","Additionally, ten letters written to Hugh W. Sheffey, Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s are included. The relationship between Sheffey and Manley is unclear, but the correspondence is foldered separately due to Sheffey's political position. The transcript of a letter written to Sheffey by Kenton Harper, dated December 16, 1846, is also available in the collection.","Business and legal documents compromise the bulk of the collection and include general documents, court case documents, deeds and indentures, and tax papers.  Many of the documents originated in Franklin County, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; some materials are from other Virginia counties, particularly Marion County. The dominant concerns are land and debt.","General documents contain Franklin, Bath, Marion, and Shenandoah County legal and business documents, dating from 1785-1909, such as lists of goods and services rendered, agreements, payment receipts, cancelled checks, and promissory notes. Several of the promissory notes and other interesting items are in a sixteen page account ledger, marked \"Bill of Injuction in Franklin Court, March 1800,\" which itemizes merchandise sold to John Hook by D.W. Thomas Osbourne, 1795-1800, and Dr. George Cunningham's list of visits to the slave-owning J.W. Moore family, 1834-1835. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as the estate of Samuel Beam of Shenandoah County, 1978; marriage licenses/documents (1822: Cyrus Ross to Sarah Righter, 1830: Joseph Stump to Susan Mansen, 1853: George W. Manley to Harriet B. Righter); an 1839 contract for Mary C. Moore for her teaching in Bath County; an 1855 share certificate for the Howardsville and Rockfish Turnpike; and 1880s liquor licenses for George W. Manley at the Continental Hotel in Fairmont.","Court case documents contain judgements, summonses, depositions, complaints, lawsuits, etc., pertaining to Franklin, Augusta, and Marion Counties, 1707-1855.  Several summonses carry the note: \"kept off by force of arms.\"  Materials include two statements by unwed mothers naming the fathers and declaring need for financial assistance from them (1804, 1805); one summons for illegal slavery (1805); two orders to pay court witnesses (1840); a 1786 Augusta County seal; and several complaints of assault.","The deeds and indentures consist of numerous deeds from Marion County relevant to the Manley and Righter family. Other deeds pertain to Franklin County, with a few from Augusta, Shenandoah, and Hardy Counties. An 1834 land plat dividing Henry Gochenour's land in Hardy County is also present. Materials that are oversized and housed separately include materials such as a 1774 indenture of John Haynes of Bedford County for sale of slaves to William McDonald, deeds and indentures relating to the Saunders family of Franklin County, deeds granting land in Augusta County to John Archer, signed by Lord Dinwiddie (1759), to Gabriel Fox of Hampshire County, England, signed by Lord Fairfax (1780), an 1847 indenture documenting the sale of land in Illinois from Carlos Enos to William Tams, as well as deeds relevant to the Manley Family.","Tax papers include an 1812 list of lands not found in Franklin County after division of the county in 1786, and 1856-1862 Manley family receipts for personal and property taxes in Marion County.","Family memorabilia and genealogical notes consist of three folders relating to the Manley family, including poetry of P.C. Manley and typed excerpts ostensibly from George Washington's diary mentioning Harrison Manley; family memorabilia such as documents and certificates and two small publications, entitled \"The Naval Career of Captain John Manley of Marblehead\" (1909) and \"Hand Book of Pohick Church\" (undated with postcard; Fairfax County); and twelve photographs, seven of which are identified as various Manley family members and taken by various photographers from Fairmont, West Virginia.","Civil War papers consist of a small number of materials related to the Civil War. Documents include an 1863 C.S.A. mail contract, two reports of deserters, documents relating to Peter Righter, including documentation regarding his Presidential pardon (the pardon, which is signed by Andrew Johnson is housed with the oversized materials). Also included are two unsigned, undated notes that may have been from Confederate spies. When the collection was originally recieved in Special Collections, it included an envelope labled \"Trial and hanging of John Righter, Confederate Spy,\" the envelope was empty, and nothing concerning John Righter was found in the collection.","Native American data documents a 1932 excavation of an Indian Mound near Lewis Creek in Augusta County, Virginia, including an anonymous typescript describing the excavation (likely written by Percy Cyrus Manley, who assisted with the excavation), photocopied newspaper clippings, photocopied drawings of relics, and transcript from Augusta County Deed Book No. 22. Six photopraphs of the excavation are housed here also. An undated oversized map entititled \"Indian Tribes of North America,\" and compiled by Driver, Cooper, Kirchhoff, Libby, Massey, and Spier is housed separately.","Miscellaneous Virginia history consists of two folders of material: documents and images. Documents include anonymous notes regarding the Beverley Patent, copies of newspaper clippings regarding stage coaches, and notes regarding stage lines and businesses along stage line routes in Virginia in the 1800s. (An 1870 broadside advertising the sale of stage coach horses in Bath County is housed with oversized materials.) The Images folder includes one poor-quality engraving of the Hotel Altemonte in Staunton, Virginia likely removed from a publication. Also included are eleven postcards of various scenes and structures in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West Virginia, particularly of sites relating to the execution of John Brown, the abolitionist who led an unsuccesful slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. 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The collection is composed largely of two kinds of materials: personal, business, and genealogical papers relating to the Manley family of Augusta County, Virginia and Marion County, formerly of Virginia and later West Virginia; and miscellaneous business and legal papers not directly related to the Manleys that document the functioning of law and government in what is now Franklin County, West Virginia, and Augusta County, Virginia, with scattered references to other Virginia counties and Marion County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence comprises Manley family letters, which are genealogical in nature and discuss family connections with the Righter family of West Virginia, the Bigler family, and family land transactions. Eight photographs of family members from Percy Manley's Aunt Jessie in DuPont, Washington, ca.1950s, are also included. Also notable in the collection is a 1933 letter from Percy C. Manley (George's father) to Lauretta K. Muir, an official in the Civil Works Administration, concerning a self-sufficiency homestead project for the poor of Mineral County, West Virginia. Also interesting are a 1774 character reference for a member of Cedar Creek Congregation, a 1777 letter from John Lowning (likely a Revolutionary War soldier), and other letters that offer glimpses of 19th Century life, mostly in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, ten letters written to Hugh W. Sheffey, Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s are included. The relationship between Sheffey and Manley is unclear, but the correspondence is foldered separately due to Sheffey's political position. The transcript of a letter written to Sheffey by Kenton Harper, dated December 16, 1846, is also available in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBusiness and legal documents compromise the bulk of the collection and include general documents, court case documents, deeds and indentures, and tax papers.  Many of the documents originated in Franklin County, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; some materials are from other Virginia counties, particularly Marion County. The dominant concerns are land and debt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral documents contain Franklin, Bath, Marion, and Shenandoah County legal and business documents, dating from 1785-1909, such as lists of goods and services rendered, agreements, payment receipts, cancelled checks, and promissory notes. Several of the promissory notes and other interesting items are in a sixteen page account ledger, marked \"Bill of Injuction in Franklin Court, March 1800,\" which itemizes merchandise sold to John Hook by D.W. Thomas Osbourne, 1795-1800, and Dr. George Cunningham's list of visits to the slave-owning J.W. Moore family, 1834-1835. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as the estate of Samuel Beam of Shenandoah County, 1978; marriage licenses/documents (1822: Cyrus Ross to Sarah Righter, 1830: Joseph Stump to Susan Mansen, 1853: George W. Manley to Harriet B. Righter); an 1839 contract for Mary C. Moore for her teaching in Bath County; an 1855 share certificate for the Howardsville and Rockfish Turnpike; and 1880s liquor licenses for George W. Manley at the Continental Hotel in Fairmont.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCourt case documents contain judgements, summonses, depositions, complaints, lawsuits, etc., pertaining to Franklin, Augusta, and Marion Counties, 1707-1855.  Several summonses carry the note: \"kept off by force of arms.\"  Materials include two statements by unwed mothers naming the fathers and declaring need for financial assistance from them (1804, 1805); one summons for illegal slavery (1805); two orders to pay court witnesses (1840); a 1786 Augusta County seal; and several complaints of assault.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe deeds and indentures consist of numerous deeds from Marion County relevant to the Manley and Righter family. Other deeds pertain to Franklin County, with a few from Augusta, Shenandoah, and Hardy Counties. An 1834 land plat dividing Henry Gochenour's land in Hardy County is also present. Materials that are oversized and housed separately include materials such as a 1774 indenture of John Haynes of Bedford County for sale of slaves to William McDonald, deeds and indentures relating to the Saunders family of Franklin County, deeds granting land in Augusta County to John Archer, signed by Lord Dinwiddie (1759), to Gabriel Fox of Hampshire County, England, signed by Lord Fairfax (1780), an 1847 indenture documenting the sale of land in Illinois from Carlos Enos to William Tams, as well as deeds relevant to the Manley Family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTax papers include an 1812 list of lands not found in Franklin County after division of the county in 1786, and 1856-1862 Manley family receipts for personal and property taxes in Marion County.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFamily memorabilia and genealogical notes consist of three folders relating to the Manley family, including poetry of P.C. Manley and typed excerpts ostensibly from George Washington's diary mentioning Harrison Manley; family memorabilia such as documents and certificates and two small publications, entitled \"The Naval Career of Captain John Manley of Marblehead\" (1909) and \"Hand Book of Pohick Church\" (undated with postcard; Fairfax County); and twelve photographs, seven of which are identified as various Manley family members and taken by various photographers from Fairmont, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers consist of a small number of materials related to the Civil War. Documents include an 1863 C.S.A. mail contract, two reports of deserters, documents relating to Peter Righter, including documentation regarding his Presidential pardon (the pardon, which is signed by Andrew Johnson is housed with the oversized materials). Also included are two unsigned, undated notes that may have been from Confederate spies. When the collection was originally recieved in Special Collections, it included an envelope labled \"Trial and hanging of John Righter, Confederate Spy,\" the envelope was empty, and nothing concerning John Righter was found in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNative American data documents a 1932 excavation of an Indian Mound near Lewis Creek in Augusta County, Virginia, including an anonymous typescript describing the excavation (likely written by Percy Cyrus Manley, who assisted with the excavation), photocopied newspaper clippings, photocopied drawings of relics, and transcript from Augusta County Deed Book No. 22. Six photopraphs of the excavation are housed here also. An undated oversized map entititled \"Indian Tribes of North America,\" and compiled by Driver, Cooper, Kirchhoff, Libby, Massey, and Spier is housed separately.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous Virginia history consists of two folders of material: documents and images. Documents include anonymous notes regarding the Beverley Patent, copies of newspaper clippings regarding stage coaches, and notes regarding stage lines and businesses along stage line routes in Virginia in the 1800s. (An 1870 broadside advertising the sale of stage coach horses in Bath County is housed with oversized materials.) The Images folder includes one poor-quality engraving of the Hotel Altemonte in Staunton, Virginia likely removed from a publication. Also included are eleven postcards of various scenes and structures in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West Virginia, particularly of sites relating to the execution of John Brown, the abolitionist who led an unsuccesful slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["George W. Manley Collection, 1707-1953, contains about 300 items housed in two boxes and one flat file. The collection is composed largely of two kinds of materials: personal, business, and genealogical papers relating to the Manley family of Augusta County, Virginia and Marion County, formerly of Virginia and later West Virginia; and miscellaneous business and legal papers not directly related to the Manleys that document the functioning of law and government in what is now Franklin County, West Virginia, and Augusta County, Virginia, with scattered references to other Virginia counties and Marion County, West Virginia.","General correspondence comprises Manley family letters, which are genealogical in nature and discuss family connections with the Righter family of West Virginia, the Bigler family, and family land transactions. Eight photographs of family members from Percy Manley's Aunt Jessie in DuPont, Washington, ca.1950s, are also included. Also notable in the collection is a 1933 letter from Percy C. Manley (George's father) to Lauretta K. Muir, an official in the Civil Works Administration, concerning a self-sufficiency homestead project for the poor of Mineral County, West Virginia. Also interesting are a 1774 character reference for a member of Cedar Creek Congregation, a 1777 letter from John Lowning (likely a Revolutionary War soldier), and other letters that offer glimpses of 19th Century life, mostly in Virginia.","Additionally, ten letters written to Hugh W. Sheffey, Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s are included. The relationship between Sheffey and Manley is unclear, but the correspondence is foldered separately due to Sheffey's political position. The transcript of a letter written to Sheffey by Kenton Harper, dated December 16, 1846, is also available in the collection.","Business and legal documents compromise the bulk of the collection and include general documents, court case documents, deeds and indentures, and tax papers.  Many of the documents originated in Franklin County, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; some materials are from other Virginia counties, particularly Marion County. The dominant concerns are land and debt.","General documents contain Franklin, Bath, Marion, and Shenandoah County legal and business documents, dating from 1785-1909, such as lists of goods and services rendered, agreements, payment receipts, cancelled checks, and promissory notes. Several of the promissory notes and other interesting items are in a sixteen page account ledger, marked \"Bill of Injuction in Franklin Court, March 1800,\" which itemizes merchandise sold to John Hook by D.W. Thomas Osbourne, 1795-1800, and Dr. George Cunningham's list of visits to the slave-owning J.W. Moore family, 1834-1835. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as the estate of Samuel Beam of Shenandoah County, 1978; marriage licenses/documents (1822: Cyrus Ross to Sarah Righter, 1830: Joseph Stump to Susan Mansen, 1853: George W. Manley to Harriet B. Righter); an 1839 contract for Mary C. Moore for her teaching in Bath County; an 1855 share certificate for the Howardsville and Rockfish Turnpike; and 1880s liquor licenses for George W. Manley at the Continental Hotel in Fairmont.","Court case documents contain judgements, summonses, depositions, complaints, lawsuits, etc., pertaining to Franklin, Augusta, and Marion Counties, 1707-1855.  Several summonses carry the note: \"kept off by force of arms.\"  Materials include two statements by unwed mothers naming the fathers and declaring need for financial assistance from them (1804, 1805); one summons for illegal slavery (1805); two orders to pay court witnesses (1840); a 1786 Augusta County seal; and several complaints of assault.","The deeds and indentures consist of numerous deeds from Marion County relevant to the Manley and Righter family. Other deeds pertain to Franklin County, with a few from Augusta, Shenandoah, and Hardy Counties. An 1834 land plat dividing Henry Gochenour's land in Hardy County is also present. Materials that are oversized and housed separately include materials such as a 1774 indenture of John Haynes of Bedford County for sale of slaves to William McDonald, deeds and indentures relating to the Saunders family of Franklin County, deeds granting land in Augusta County to John Archer, signed by Lord Dinwiddie (1759), to Gabriel Fox of Hampshire County, England, signed by Lord Fairfax (1780), an 1847 indenture documenting the sale of land in Illinois from Carlos Enos to William Tams, as well as deeds relevant to the Manley Family.","Tax papers include an 1812 list of lands not found in Franklin County after division of the county in 1786, and 1856-1862 Manley family receipts for personal and property taxes in Marion County.","Family memorabilia and genealogical notes consist of three folders relating to the Manley family, including poetry of P.C. Manley and typed excerpts ostensibly from George Washington's diary mentioning Harrison Manley; family memorabilia such as documents and certificates and two small publications, entitled \"The Naval Career of Captain John Manley of Marblehead\" (1909) and \"Hand Book of Pohick Church\" (undated with postcard; Fairfax County); and twelve photographs, seven of which are identified as various Manley family members and taken by various photographers from Fairmont, West Virginia.","Civil War papers consist of a small number of materials related to the Civil War. Documents include an 1863 C.S.A. mail contract, two reports of deserters, documents relating to Peter Righter, including documentation regarding his Presidential pardon (the pardon, which is signed by Andrew Johnson is housed with the oversized materials). Also included are two unsigned, undated notes that may have been from Confederate spies. When the collection was originally recieved in Special Collections, it included an envelope labled \"Trial and hanging of John Righter, Confederate Spy,\" the envelope was empty, and nothing concerning John Righter was found in the collection.","Native American data documents a 1932 excavation of an Indian Mound near Lewis Creek in Augusta County, Virginia, including an anonymous typescript describing the excavation (likely written by Percy Cyrus Manley, who assisted with the excavation), photocopied newspaper clippings, photocopied drawings of relics, and transcript from Augusta County Deed Book No. 22. Six photopraphs of the excavation are housed here also. An undated oversized map entititled \"Indian Tribes of North America,\" and compiled by Driver, Cooper, Kirchhoff, Libby, Massey, and Spier is housed separately.","Miscellaneous Virginia history consists of two folders of material: documents and images. Documents include anonymous notes regarding the Beverley Patent, copies of newspaper clippings regarding stage coaches, and notes regarding stage lines and businesses along stage line routes in Virginia in the 1800s. (An 1870 broadside advertising the sale of stage coach horses in Bath County is housed with oversized materials.) The Images folder includes one poor-quality engraving of the Hotel Altemonte in Staunton, Virginia likely removed from a publication. Also included are eleven postcards of various scenes and structures in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West Virginia, particularly of sites relating to the execution of John Brown, the abolitionist who led an unsuccesful slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_174ac4af956e469525e670b9080575c4\"\u003eThe Manley Family Papers, 1707-1953, consist of various documents pertaining to the Manley family's personal, genealogical, and business activities, covering several Virginia and West Virginia counties. Included in the collection are letters written by family members and an assortment of legal papers detailing taxes and land deeds.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Manley Family Papers, 1707-1953, consist of various documents pertaining to the Manley family's personal, genealogical, and business activities, covering several Virginia and West Virginia counties. Included in the collection are letters written by family members and an assortment of legal papers detailing taxes and land deeds."],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Manley family","Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Bigler family","McCauley family","Turner, Mary E.","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. 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History of Augusta County Virginia , 2nd ed. Bridgewater, VA: C.J Carrier, 1953.","Waddel, Joseph A.  Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 , 2nd ed. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.","Wingfield, Marshall.  Franklin County, a History . Berryville, Virginia: Chesapeake Book Co., 1964.","George W. Manley descended from a prominent family which owned property near George Washington's Mount Vernon and intermarried with the Washington and Harrison families. The collection also contains letters to Hugh W. Sheffey, who was the Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s.","This collection was minimally reprocessed in April 2017 and renamed Manley Family Papers, a change from the George W. Manley Collection. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017.  This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2010.","George W. Manley Collection, 1707-1953, contains about 300 items housed in two boxes and one flat file. The collection is composed largely of two kinds of materials: personal, business, and genealogical papers relating to the Manley family of Augusta County, Virginia and Marion County, formerly of Virginia and later West Virginia; and miscellaneous business and legal papers not directly related to the Manleys that document the functioning of law and government in what is now Franklin County, West Virginia, and Augusta County, Virginia, with scattered references to other Virginia counties and Marion County, West Virginia.","General correspondence comprises Manley family letters, which are genealogical in nature and discuss family connections with the Righter family of West Virginia, the Bigler family, and family land transactions. Eight photographs of family members from Percy Manley's Aunt Jessie in DuPont, Washington, ca.1950s, are also included. Also notable in the collection is a 1933 letter from Percy C. Manley (George's father) to Lauretta K. Muir, an official in the Civil Works Administration, concerning a self-sufficiency homestead project for the poor of Mineral County, West Virginia. Also interesting are a 1774 character reference for a member of Cedar Creek Congregation, a 1777 letter from John Lowning (likely a Revolutionary War soldier), and other letters that offer glimpses of 19th Century life, mostly in Virginia.","Additionally, ten letters written to Hugh W. Sheffey, Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s are included. The relationship between Sheffey and Manley is unclear, but the correspondence is foldered separately due to Sheffey's political position. The transcript of a letter written to Sheffey by Kenton Harper, dated December 16, 1846, is also available in the collection.","Business and legal documents compromise the bulk of the collection and include general documents, court case documents, deeds and indentures, and tax papers.  Many of the documents originated in Franklin County, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; some materials are from other Virginia counties, particularly Marion County. The dominant concerns are land and debt.","General documents contain Franklin, Bath, Marion, and Shenandoah County legal and business documents, dating from 1785-1909, such as lists of goods and services rendered, agreements, payment receipts, cancelled checks, and promissory notes. Several of the promissory notes and other interesting items are in a sixteen page account ledger, marked \"Bill of Injuction in Franklin Court, March 1800,\" which itemizes merchandise sold to John Hook by D.W. Thomas Osbourne, 1795-1800, and Dr. George Cunningham's list of visits to the slave-owning J.W. Moore family, 1834-1835. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as the estate of Samuel Beam of Shenandoah County, 1978; marriage licenses/documents (1822: Cyrus Ross to Sarah Righter, 1830: Joseph Stump to Susan Mansen, 1853: George W. Manley to Harriet B. Righter); an 1839 contract for Mary C. Moore for her teaching in Bath County; an 1855 share certificate for the Howardsville and Rockfish Turnpike; and 1880s liquor licenses for George W. Manley at the Continental Hotel in Fairmont.","Court case documents contain judgements, summonses, depositions, complaints, lawsuits, etc., pertaining to Franklin, Augusta, and Marion Counties, 1707-1855.  Several summonses carry the note: \"kept off by force of arms.\"  Materials include two statements by unwed mothers naming the fathers and declaring need for financial assistance from them (1804, 1805); one summons for illegal slavery (1805); two orders to pay court witnesses (1840); a 1786 Augusta County seal; and several complaints of assault.","The deeds and indentures consist of numerous deeds from Marion County relevant to the Manley and Righter family. Other deeds pertain to Franklin County, with a few from Augusta, Shenandoah, and Hardy Counties. An 1834 land plat dividing Henry Gochenour's land in Hardy County is also present. Materials that are oversized and housed separately include materials such as a 1774 indenture of John Haynes of Bedford County for sale of slaves to William McDonald, deeds and indentures relating to the Saunders family of Franklin County, deeds granting land in Augusta County to John Archer, signed by Lord Dinwiddie (1759), to Gabriel Fox of Hampshire County, England, signed by Lord Fairfax (1780), an 1847 indenture documenting the sale of land in Illinois from Carlos Enos to William Tams, as well as deeds relevant to the Manley Family.","Tax papers include an 1812 list of lands not found in Franklin County after division of the county in 1786, and 1856-1862 Manley family receipts for personal and property taxes in Marion County.","Family memorabilia and genealogical notes consist of three folders relating to the Manley family, including poetry of P.C. Manley and typed excerpts ostensibly from George Washington's diary mentioning Harrison Manley; family memorabilia such as documents and certificates and two small publications, entitled \"The Naval Career of Captain John Manley of Marblehead\" (1909) and \"Hand Book of Pohick Church\" (undated with postcard; Fairfax County); and twelve photographs, seven of which are identified as various Manley family members and taken by various photographers from Fairmont, West Virginia.","Civil War papers consist of a small number of materials related to the Civil War. Documents include an 1863 C.S.A. mail contract, two reports of deserters, documents relating to Peter Righter, including documentation regarding his Presidential pardon (the pardon, which is signed by Andrew Johnson is housed with the oversized materials). Also included are two unsigned, undated notes that may have been from Confederate spies. When the collection was originally recieved in Special Collections, it included an envelope labled \"Trial and hanging of John Righter, Confederate Spy,\" the envelope was empty, and nothing concerning John Righter was found in the collection.","Native American data documents a 1932 excavation of an Indian Mound near Lewis Creek in Augusta County, Virginia, including an anonymous typescript describing the excavation (likely written by Percy Cyrus Manley, who assisted with the excavation), photocopied newspaper clippings, photocopied drawings of relics, and transcript from Augusta County Deed Book No. 22. Six photopraphs of the excavation are housed here also. An undated oversized map entititled \"Indian Tribes of North America,\" and compiled by Driver, Cooper, Kirchhoff, Libby, Massey, and Spier is housed separately.","Miscellaneous Virginia history consists of two folders of material: documents and images. Documents include anonymous notes regarding the Beverley Patent, copies of newspaper clippings regarding stage coaches, and notes regarding stage lines and businesses along stage line routes in Virginia in the 1800s. (An 1870 broadside advertising the sale of stage coach horses in Bath County is housed with oversized materials.) The Images folder includes one poor-quality engraving of the Hotel Altemonte in Staunton, Virginia likely removed from a publication. Also included are eleven postcards of various scenes and structures in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West Virginia, particularly of sites relating to the execution of John Brown, the abolitionist who led an unsuccesful slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. 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Lewis. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHistory of Augusta County Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e, 2nd ed. Bridgewater, VA: C.J Carrier, 1953.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eWaddel, Joseph A. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAnnals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871\u003c/emph\u003e, 2nd ed. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eWingfield, Marshall. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFranklin County, a History\u003c/emph\u003e. Berryville, Virginia: Chesapeake Book Co., 1964.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Dictionary of American Biography .  New York: Charles Scribner, 1936.","The General Assembly of Virginia,1619-1978 . Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978.","Peyton, J. Lewis.  History of Augusta County Virginia , 2nd ed. Bridgewater, VA: C.J Carrier, 1953.","Waddel, Joseph A.  Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871 , 2nd ed. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.","Wingfield, Marshall.  Franklin County, a History . Berryville, Virginia: Chesapeake Book Co., 1964."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Manley descended from a prominent family which owned property near George Washington's Mount Vernon and intermarried with the Washington and Harrison families. The collection also contains letters to Hugh W. Sheffey, who was the Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["George W. Manley descended from a prominent family which owned property near George Washington's Mount Vernon and intermarried with the Washington and Harrison families. The collection also contains letters to Hugh W. 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The collection is composed largely of two kinds of materials: personal, business, and genealogical papers relating to the Manley family of Augusta County, Virginia and Marion County, formerly of Virginia and later West Virginia; and miscellaneous business and legal papers not directly related to the Manleys that document the functioning of law and government in what is now Franklin County, West Virginia, and Augusta County, Virginia, with scattered references to other Virginia counties and Marion County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence comprises Manley family letters, which are genealogical in nature and discuss family connections with the Righter family of West Virginia, the Bigler family, and family land transactions. Eight photographs of family members from Percy Manley's Aunt Jessie in DuPont, Washington, ca.1950s, are also included. Also notable in the collection is a 1933 letter from Percy C. Manley (George's father) to Lauretta K. Muir, an official in the Civil Works Administration, concerning a self-sufficiency homestead project for the poor of Mineral County, West Virginia. Also interesting are a 1774 character reference for a member of Cedar Creek Congregation, a 1777 letter from John Lowning (likely a Revolutionary War soldier), and other letters that offer glimpses of 19th Century life, mostly in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, ten letters written to Hugh W. Sheffey, Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s are included. The relationship between Sheffey and Manley is unclear, but the correspondence is foldered separately due to Sheffey's political position. The transcript of a letter written to Sheffey by Kenton Harper, dated December 16, 1846, is also available in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBusiness and legal documents compromise the bulk of the collection and include general documents, court case documents, deeds and indentures, and tax papers.  Many of the documents originated in Franklin County, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; some materials are from other Virginia counties, particularly Marion County. The dominant concerns are land and debt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral documents contain Franklin, Bath, Marion, and Shenandoah County legal and business documents, dating from 1785-1909, such as lists of goods and services rendered, agreements, payment receipts, cancelled checks, and promissory notes. Several of the promissory notes and other interesting items are in a sixteen page account ledger, marked \"Bill of Injuction in Franklin Court, March 1800,\" which itemizes merchandise sold to John Hook by D.W. Thomas Osbourne, 1795-1800, and Dr. George Cunningham's list of visits to the slave-owning J.W. Moore family, 1834-1835. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as the estate of Samuel Beam of Shenandoah County, 1978; marriage licenses/documents (1822: Cyrus Ross to Sarah Righter, 1830: Joseph Stump to Susan Mansen, 1853: George W. Manley to Harriet B. Righter); an 1839 contract for Mary C. Moore for her teaching in Bath County; an 1855 share certificate for the Howardsville and Rockfish Turnpike; and 1880s liquor licenses for George W. Manley at the Continental Hotel in Fairmont.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCourt case documents contain judgements, summonses, depositions, complaints, lawsuits, etc., pertaining to Franklin, Augusta, and Marion Counties, 1707-1855.  Several summonses carry the note: \"kept off by force of arms.\"  Materials include two statements by unwed mothers naming the fathers and declaring need for financial assistance from them (1804, 1805); one summons for illegal slavery (1805); two orders to pay court witnesses (1840); a 1786 Augusta County seal; and several complaints of assault.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe deeds and indentures consist of numerous deeds from Marion County relevant to the Manley and Righter family. Other deeds pertain to Franklin County, with a few from Augusta, Shenandoah, and Hardy Counties. An 1834 land plat dividing Henry Gochenour's land in Hardy County is also present. Materials that are oversized and housed separately include materials such as a 1774 indenture of John Haynes of Bedford County for sale of slaves to William McDonald, deeds and indentures relating to the Saunders family of Franklin County, deeds granting land in Augusta County to John Archer, signed by Lord Dinwiddie (1759), to Gabriel Fox of Hampshire County, England, signed by Lord Fairfax (1780), an 1847 indenture documenting the sale of land in Illinois from Carlos Enos to William Tams, as well as deeds relevant to the Manley Family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTax papers include an 1812 list of lands not found in Franklin County after division of the county in 1786, and 1856-1862 Manley family receipts for personal and property taxes in Marion County.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFamily memorabilia and genealogical notes consist of three folders relating to the Manley family, including poetry of P.C. Manley and typed excerpts ostensibly from George Washington's diary mentioning Harrison Manley; family memorabilia such as documents and certificates and two small publications, entitled \"The Naval Career of Captain John Manley of Marblehead\" (1909) and \"Hand Book of Pohick Church\" (undated with postcard; Fairfax County); and twelve photographs, seven of which are identified as various Manley family members and taken by various photographers from Fairmont, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers consist of a small number of materials related to the Civil War. Documents include an 1863 C.S.A. mail contract, two reports of deserters, documents relating to Peter Righter, including documentation regarding his Presidential pardon (the pardon, which is signed by Andrew Johnson is housed with the oversized materials). Also included are two unsigned, undated notes that may have been from Confederate spies. When the collection was originally recieved in Special Collections, it included an envelope labled \"Trial and hanging of John Righter, Confederate Spy,\" the envelope was empty, and nothing concerning John Righter was found in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNative American data documents a 1932 excavation of an Indian Mound near Lewis Creek in Augusta County, Virginia, including an anonymous typescript describing the excavation (likely written by Percy Cyrus Manley, who assisted with the excavation), photocopied newspaper clippings, photocopied drawings of relics, and transcript from Augusta County Deed Book No. 22. Six photopraphs of the excavation are housed here also. An undated oversized map entititled \"Indian Tribes of North America,\" and compiled by Driver, Cooper, Kirchhoff, Libby, Massey, and Spier is housed separately.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous Virginia history consists of two folders of material: documents and images. Documents include anonymous notes regarding the Beverley Patent, copies of newspaper clippings regarding stage coaches, and notes regarding stage lines and businesses along stage line routes in Virginia in the 1800s. (An 1870 broadside advertising the sale of stage coach horses in Bath County is housed with oversized materials.) The Images folder includes one poor-quality engraving of the Hotel Altemonte in Staunton, Virginia likely removed from a publication. Also included are eleven postcards of various scenes and structures in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West Virginia, particularly of sites relating to the execution of John Brown, the abolitionist who led an unsuccesful slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["George W. Manley Collection, 1707-1953, contains about 300 items housed in two boxes and one flat file. The collection is composed largely of two kinds of materials: personal, business, and genealogical papers relating to the Manley family of Augusta County, Virginia and Marion County, formerly of Virginia and later West Virginia; and miscellaneous business and legal papers not directly related to the Manleys that document the functioning of law and government in what is now Franklin County, West Virginia, and Augusta County, Virginia, with scattered references to other Virginia counties and Marion County, West Virginia.","General correspondence comprises Manley family letters, which are genealogical in nature and discuss family connections with the Righter family of West Virginia, the Bigler family, and family land transactions. Eight photographs of family members from Percy Manley's Aunt Jessie in DuPont, Washington, ca.1950s, are also included. Also notable in the collection is a 1933 letter from Percy C. Manley (George's father) to Lauretta K. Muir, an official in the Civil Works Administration, concerning a self-sufficiency homestead project for the poor of Mineral County, West Virginia. Also interesting are a 1774 character reference for a member of Cedar Creek Congregation, a 1777 letter from John Lowning (likely a Revolutionary War soldier), and other letters that offer glimpses of 19th Century life, mostly in Virginia.","Additionally, ten letters written to Hugh W. Sheffey, Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s are included. The relationship between Sheffey and Manley is unclear, but the correspondence is foldered separately due to Sheffey's political position. The transcript of a letter written to Sheffey by Kenton Harper, dated December 16, 1846, is also available in the collection.","Business and legal documents compromise the bulk of the collection and include general documents, court case documents, deeds and indentures, and tax papers.  Many of the documents originated in Franklin County, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; some materials are from other Virginia counties, particularly Marion County. The dominant concerns are land and debt.","General documents contain Franklin, Bath, Marion, and Shenandoah County legal and business documents, dating from 1785-1909, such as lists of goods and services rendered, agreements, payment receipts, cancelled checks, and promissory notes. Several of the promissory notes and other interesting items are in a sixteen page account ledger, marked \"Bill of Injuction in Franklin Court, March 1800,\" which itemizes merchandise sold to John Hook by D.W. Thomas Osbourne, 1795-1800, and Dr. George Cunningham's list of visits to the slave-owning J.W. Moore family, 1834-1835. Also included are miscellaneous documents such as the estate of Samuel Beam of Shenandoah County, 1978; marriage licenses/documents (1822: Cyrus Ross to Sarah Righter, 1830: Joseph Stump to Susan Mansen, 1853: George W. Manley to Harriet B. Righter); an 1839 contract for Mary C. Moore for her teaching in Bath County; an 1855 share certificate for the Howardsville and Rockfish Turnpike; and 1880s liquor licenses for George W. Manley at the Continental Hotel in Fairmont.","Court case documents contain judgements, summonses, depositions, complaints, lawsuits, etc., pertaining to Franklin, Augusta, and Marion Counties, 1707-1855.  Several summonses carry the note: \"kept off by force of arms.\"  Materials include two statements by unwed mothers naming the fathers and declaring need for financial assistance from them (1804, 1805); one summons for illegal slavery (1805); two orders to pay court witnesses (1840); a 1786 Augusta County seal; and several complaints of assault.","The deeds and indentures consist of numerous deeds from Marion County relevant to the Manley and Righter family. Other deeds pertain to Franklin County, with a few from Augusta, Shenandoah, and Hardy Counties. An 1834 land plat dividing Henry Gochenour's land in Hardy County is also present. Materials that are oversized and housed separately include materials such as a 1774 indenture of John Haynes of Bedford County for sale of slaves to William McDonald, deeds and indentures relating to the Saunders family of Franklin County, deeds granting land in Augusta County to John Archer, signed by Lord Dinwiddie (1759), to Gabriel Fox of Hampshire County, England, signed by Lord Fairfax (1780), an 1847 indenture documenting the sale of land in Illinois from Carlos Enos to William Tams, as well as deeds relevant to the Manley Family.","Tax papers include an 1812 list of lands not found in Franklin County after division of the county in 1786, and 1856-1862 Manley family receipts for personal and property taxes in Marion County.","Family memorabilia and genealogical notes consist of three folders relating to the Manley family, including poetry of P.C. Manley and typed excerpts ostensibly from George Washington's diary mentioning Harrison Manley; family memorabilia such as documents and certificates and two small publications, entitled \"The Naval Career of Captain John Manley of Marblehead\" (1909) and \"Hand Book of Pohick Church\" (undated with postcard; Fairfax County); and twelve photographs, seven of which are identified as various Manley family members and taken by various photographers from Fairmont, West Virginia.","Civil War papers consist of a small number of materials related to the Civil War. Documents include an 1863 C.S.A. mail contract, two reports of deserters, documents relating to Peter Righter, including documentation regarding his Presidential pardon (the pardon, which is signed by Andrew Johnson is housed with the oversized materials). Also included are two unsigned, undated notes that may have been from Confederate spies. When the collection was originally recieved in Special Collections, it included an envelope labled \"Trial and hanging of John Righter, Confederate Spy,\" the envelope was empty, and nothing concerning John Righter was found in the collection.","Native American data documents a 1932 excavation of an Indian Mound near Lewis Creek in Augusta County, Virginia, including an anonymous typescript describing the excavation (likely written by Percy Cyrus Manley, who assisted with the excavation), photocopied newspaper clippings, photocopied drawings of relics, and transcript from Augusta County Deed Book No. 22. Six photopraphs of the excavation are housed here also. An undated oversized map entititled \"Indian Tribes of North America,\" and compiled by Driver, Cooper, Kirchhoff, Libby, Massey, and Spier is housed separately.","Miscellaneous Virginia history consists of two folders of material: documents and images. Documents include anonymous notes regarding the Beverley Patent, copies of newspaper clippings regarding stage coaches, and notes regarding stage lines and businesses along stage line routes in Virginia in the 1800s. (An 1870 broadside advertising the sale of stage coach horses in Bath County is housed with oversized materials.) The Images folder includes one poor-quality engraving of the Hotel Altemonte in Staunton, Virginia likely removed from a publication. Also included are eleven postcards of various scenes and structures in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town, West Virginia, particularly of sites relating to the execution of John Brown, the abolitionist who led an unsuccesful slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_174ac4af956e469525e670b9080575c4\"\u003eThe Manley Family Papers, 1707-1953, consist of various documents pertaining to the Manley family's personal, genealogical, and business activities, covering several Virginia and West Virginia counties. Included in the collection are letters written by family members and an assortment of legal papers detailing taxes and land deeds.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Manley Family Papers, 1707-1953, consist of various documents pertaining to the Manley family's personal, genealogical, and business activities, covering several Virginia and West Virginia counties. Included in the collection are letters written by family members and an assortment of legal papers detailing taxes and land deeds."],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Manley family","Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Bigler family","McCauley family","Turner, Mary E.","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. 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These materials include notebooks of various household income and expenses from the years 1935 - 1974, including lists of purchases for gasoline and various auto parts from several different stores including Wayne Motor Sales, Standard Oil Co., and Madrid Fil[l]ing Station. Other materials comprise a notebook of church council meeting minutes and legal documents from the Mt. Zion Brethren Church of Dayton, Virginia from 1895 - 1945, various financial and legal papers from 1892 - 1932 that include fire insurance appraisals and policies for the farm, tax receipts, estate debts, land deeds, and a 1930 Farm Census.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther materials within the collection relate to Mary A. Thompson, daughter of John and Elizabeth Thompson, from the years 1921 - 1945. These papers include temporary nursing permits and a letter from the principal of Dayton High School. There is also a small amount of Thompson family genealogical materials including written birth and death dates, newspaper clippings relating to the Thompson Geological Museum and various Thompson family members from 1921 - 1980, and three photographs. Other genealogical materials relate to the Heatwole and Weaver families and include the pamphlet, \"A History of the Heatwole Family\" from 1882. Also included is a small folder of schedules and list of staff for the WSVA radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Mary A. Thompson Papers, 1882 - 1975, consist primarily of documents and notebooks pertaining to the lives of John W. Thompson and his wife Elizabeth F. Thompson. These materials include notebooks of various household income and expenses from the years 1935 - 1974, including lists of purchases for gasoline and various auto parts from several different stores including Wayne Motor Sales, Standard Oil Co., and Madrid Fil[l]ing Station. Other materials comprise a notebook of church council meeting minutes and legal documents from the Mt. Zion Brethren Church of Dayton, Virginia from 1895 - 1945, various financial and legal papers from 1892 - 1932 that include fire insurance appraisals and policies for the farm, tax receipts, estate debts, land deeds, and a 1930 Farm Census.","Other materials within the collection relate to Mary A. Thompson, daughter of John and Elizabeth Thompson, from the years 1921 - 1945. These papers include temporary nursing permits and a letter from the principal of Dayton High School. There is also a small amount of Thompson family genealogical materials including written birth and death dates, newspaper clippings relating to the Thompson Geological Museum and various Thompson family members from 1921 - 1980, and three photographs. Other genealogical materials relate to the Heatwole and Weaver families and include the pamphlet, \"A History of the Heatwole Family\" from 1882. Also included is a small folder of schedules and list of staff for the WSVA radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe 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. 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Va.) -- Timetables","Railroads -- Virginia -- History","Church buildings -- Virginia -- History -- Sources","Real property and taxation -- Virginia -- Sources","Real property -- Virginia -- Sources","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Tax records","Legal documents","Financial Records","Family papers","Collection is open for research. 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 in three series:","Letters \u0026 Genealogy, 1776-1963 Business \u0026 Legal Documents, 1810-1928 Miscellaneous, 1865-1904","Abraham Strickler was one of the original settlers of the Shenandoah Valley at Massanutten (now Page County) in the 1720s. He was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He first settled in America around 1700 in the province of Pennsylvania. He then migrated to Virginia and settled about 4 miles west of Luray. His descendants figured prominently in the life of the region. Abraham is credited as being the ancestor of most of the Stricklers in Shenandoah County.","This collection was minimally reprocessed in May 2017 and renamed Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, a change from Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017.  This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2062.","L. R. Milbourne Papers, 1886-1906, SC 0108, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","Strickler Family Papers, 1887-1928, SC 0326, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, 1776-1963, consists of two Hollinger boxes and a few oversize materials dealing largely with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, in what would become Page County, Virginia in 1831, and a few related families. There are scattered documents relevant to related families, especially the Civil War correspondence of the Kauffmans, but the bulk of the collection documents parts of the lives of two Mary Stricklers (1860s, 1907-1940s); Joseph and Joseph T. Strickler (1810-1856, 1890s); and Baptist Elder Reuben T. Strickler (1854-1937). There is also some correspondence concerning the Strickler land claim and experiences in Oregon and Washington Territory (1860s-1880s).","From surnames Coffman, Ward, Crim, \u0026 others, mostly to Strickler family in Luray; mention of land purchases in the Valley, typhoid fever, farm \u0026 financial news. A few from Oregon concern prospecting in Rogue River. Includes an autograph copy of a letter from A. Strickler at University of VA to Dr. Thomas (Dec. 10, 1835).","Mostly between Robert G. Mauck in Page Cty \u0026 nephews Joseph F. \u0026 E.V. Kauffman \u0026 brother John W. Mauck, all in the 10th VA Reg., who wrote from various camps of camp life \u0026 troop movements. R. Mauck writes of farm news and \"excitement and rumors of all kinds\" (June 24, 1861)","Several from E.V. Kauffman from camp. Most of rest are to Mary Strickler from grandson Will concerning death in family. Mention of Cambellites (Sept. 1, 1866). Includes a cross-hatched letter dated August 30, 1863.","Mostly to Mary Strickler at Massanutten, including from grandson Will in Washington D.C. Details of W.A. Strickler's land claim in Washington Territory and his disappearance.","Friends \u0026 Strickler family in VA, WV, OH, NV, IL, MO, KS; two items related to Mill Creek Church (1874, 1879).","Mostly from W.S. Strickler in NV, where he was working, prospecting \u0026 mining, to brother Reuben T. \u0026 other relatives in VA.","Mostly from W.S. \u0026 J.G. Strickler in NV \u0026 Dakota to relatives in Page Cty; a few from Joshua Ruffner in ID \u0026 MT to VA. Several items related to Mill Creek Church.","Mostly to Reuben T. Strickler from relatives \u0026 Baptist Church members.","Mostly from family \u0026 friends with news of home to Mary Strickler, in Page County \u0026 later in Washington, D.C. One of Mary's school compositions (1913?) mentions gypsies in Page Cty. Some items incomplete.","Con't previous file; includes documents related to Mary Strickler's husband S.B. (Beery) Hoover; letters to Litha Strickler. Genealogy, 1770s","Property tax receipts of Jos. Strickler, 1810-1827; property tax receipts of Mary Rooff (adm. Jos. Strickler), 1810-1832; 1813 birth verification of Negro girl; inventory of Jos. Strickler estate, 1856; inventories \u0026 receipts for estate of Jos. T. Strickler, 1890 (see also Oversize); misc. other items.","Includes Shenandoah Valley Route and several other Virginia routes.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","Debt/interest ledger (?), Jos. Strickler (?),; bound with store/labor ledger, Jos. \u0026 Jos. T. Strickler (?), 1835-1864. See also oversize.","Includes religious pamphlet by J.G. Strickler (2 cop.), Minutes of Ebenezer Baptist Assoc. sessions (65,68,69,76, 1893-1904), Luray \u0026 Bridgewater newsletters (1885-93), \u0026 unidentified printed German poem.","Joseph H. Wenger's  History of the Descendants of Abraham Beery  was removed from the collection, individually cataloged, and placed in the rare book collection.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. 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There are scattered documents relevant to related families, especially the Civil War correspondence of the Kauffmans, but the bulk of the collection documents parts of the lives of two Mary Stricklers (1860s, 1907-1940s); Joseph and Joseph T. Strickler (1810-1856, 1890s); and Baptist Elder Reuben T. Strickler (1854-1937). There is also some correspondence concerning the Strickler land claim and experiences in Oregon and Washington Territory (1860s-1880s).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom surnames Coffman, Ward, Crim, \u0026amp; others, mostly to Strickler family in Luray; mention of land purchases in the Valley, typhoid fever, farm \u0026amp; financial news. A few from Oregon concern prospecting in Rogue River. Includes an autograph copy of a letter from A. Strickler at University of VA to Dr. Thomas (Dec. 10, 1835).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly between Robert G. Mauck in Page Cty \u0026amp; nephews Joseph F. \u0026amp; E.V. Kauffman \u0026amp; brother John W. Mauck, all in the 10th VA Reg., who wrote from various camps of camp life \u0026amp; troop movements. R. Mauck writes of farm news and \"excitement and rumors of all kinds\" (June 24, 1861)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral from E.V. Kauffman from camp. Most of rest are to Mary Strickler from grandson Will concerning death in family. Mention of Cambellites (Sept. 1, 1866). Includes a cross-hatched letter dated August 30, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly to Mary Strickler at Massanutten, including from grandson Will in Washington D.C. Details of W.A. Strickler's land claim in Washington Territory and his disappearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFriends \u0026amp; Strickler family in VA, WV, OH, NV, IL, MO, KS; two items related to Mill Creek Church (1874, 1879).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly from W.S. Strickler in NV, where he was working, prospecting \u0026amp; mining, to brother Reuben T. \u0026amp; other relatives in VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly from W.S. \u0026amp; J.G. Strickler in NV \u0026amp; Dakota to relatives in Page Cty; a few from Joshua Ruffner in ID \u0026amp; MT to VA. Several items related to Mill Creek Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly to Reuben T. Strickler from relatives \u0026amp; Baptist Church members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly from family \u0026amp; friends with news of home to Mary Strickler, in Page County \u0026amp; later in Washington, D.C. One of Mary's school compositions (1913?) mentions gypsies in Page Cty. Some items incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCon't previous file; includes documents related to Mary Strickler's husband S.B. (Beery) Hoover; letters to Litha Strickler. Genealogy, 1770s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProperty tax receipts of Jos. Strickler, 1810-1827; property tax receipts of Mary Rooff (adm. Jos. Strickler), 1810-1832; 1813 birth verification of Negro girl; inventory of Jos. Strickler estate, 1856; inventories \u0026amp; receipts for estate of Jos. T. Strickler, 1890 (see also Oversize); misc. other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Shenandoah Valley Route and several other Virginia routes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt/interest ledger (?), Jos. Strickler (?),; bound with store/labor ledger, Jos. \u0026amp; Jos. T. Strickler (?), 1835-1864. See also oversize.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes religious pamphlet by J.G. Strickler (2 cop.), Minutes of Ebenezer Baptist Assoc. sessions (65,68,69,76, 1893-1904), Luray \u0026amp; Bridgewater newsletters (1885-93), \u0026amp; unidentified printed German poem.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content ","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, 1776-1963, consists of two Hollinger boxes and a few oversize materials dealing largely with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, in what would become Page County, Virginia in 1831, and a few related families. There are scattered documents relevant to related families, especially the Civil War correspondence of the Kauffmans, but the bulk of the collection documents parts of the lives of two Mary Stricklers (1860s, 1907-1940s); Joseph and Joseph T. Strickler (1810-1856, 1890s); and Baptist Elder Reuben T. Strickler (1854-1937). There is also some correspondence concerning the Strickler land claim and experiences in Oregon and Washington Territory (1860s-1880s).","From surnames Coffman, Ward, Crim, \u0026 others, mostly to Strickler family in Luray; mention of land purchases in the Valley, typhoid fever, farm \u0026 financial news. A few from Oregon concern prospecting in Rogue River. Includes an autograph copy of a letter from A. Strickler at University of VA to Dr. Thomas (Dec. 10, 1835).","Mostly between Robert G. Mauck in Page Cty \u0026 nephews Joseph F. \u0026 E.V. Kauffman \u0026 brother John W. Mauck, all in the 10th VA Reg., who wrote from various camps of camp life \u0026 troop movements. R. Mauck writes of farm news and \"excitement and rumors of all kinds\" (June 24, 1861)","Several from E.V. Kauffman from camp. Most of rest are to Mary Strickler from grandson Will concerning death in family. Mention of Cambellites (Sept. 1, 1866). Includes a cross-hatched letter dated August 30, 1863.","Mostly to Mary Strickler at Massanutten, including from grandson Will in Washington D.C. Details of W.A. Strickler's land claim in Washington Territory and his disappearance.","Friends \u0026 Strickler family in VA, WV, OH, NV, IL, MO, KS; two items related to Mill Creek Church (1874, 1879).","Mostly from W.S. Strickler in NV, where he was working, prospecting \u0026 mining, to brother Reuben T. \u0026 other relatives in VA.","Mostly from W.S. \u0026 J.G. Strickler in NV \u0026 Dakota to relatives in Page Cty; a few from Joshua Ruffner in ID \u0026 MT to VA. Several items related to Mill Creek Church.","Mostly to Reuben T. Strickler from relatives \u0026 Baptist Church members.","Mostly from family \u0026 friends with news of home to Mary Strickler, in Page County \u0026 later in Washington, D.C. One of Mary's school compositions (1913?) mentions gypsies in Page Cty. Some items incomplete.","Con't previous file; includes documents related to Mary Strickler's husband S.B. (Beery) Hoover; letters to Litha Strickler. Genealogy, 1770s","Property tax receipts of Jos. Strickler, 1810-1827; property tax receipts of Mary Rooff (adm. Jos. Strickler), 1810-1832; 1813 birth verification of Negro girl; inventory of Jos. Strickler estate, 1856; inventories \u0026 receipts for estate of Jos. T. Strickler, 1890 (see also Oversize); misc. other items.","Includes Shenandoah Valley Route and several other Virginia routes.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","Debt/interest ledger (?), Jos. Strickler (?),; bound with store/labor ledger, Jos. \u0026 Jos. T. Strickler (?), 1835-1864. See also oversize.","Includes religious pamphlet by J.G. Strickler (2 cop.), Minutes of Ebenezer Baptist Assoc. sessions (65,68,69,76, 1893-1904), Luray \u0026 Bridgewater newsletters (1885-93), \u0026 unidentified printed German poem."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJoseph H. Wenger's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHistory of the Descendants of Abraham Beery\u003c/emph\u003e was removed from the collection, individually cataloged, and placed in the rare book collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Joseph H. Wenger's  History of the Descendants of Abraham Beery  was removed from the collection, individually cataloged, and placed in the rare book collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_e14078b672041e71509e85181cfc538e\"\u003eThis collection deals mainly with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, Virginia, along with a few other related families.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection deals mainly with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, Virginia, along with a few other related families."],"names_coll_ssim":["Ebenezer Baptist Association (Va.)","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 10th -- History","Mill Creek Regular Baptist Church (Va.)","Kauffman family","Hoover family","Hoover, Anna B., 1937-2008","Hoover, James B. (James Beery), 1934-2017","Strickler, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas), 1828-1889","Strickler, Joseph, 1786-1856","Strickler, Reuben T. (Reuben Thomas), 1854-1937","Strickler, Mary"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Ebenezer Baptist Association (Va.)","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 10th -- History","Mill Creek Regular Baptist Church (Va.)","Strickler family","Kauffman family","Hoover family","Hoover, Anna B., 1937-2008","Hoover, James B. (James Beery), 1934-2017","Strickler, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas), 1828-1889","Strickler, Joseph, 1786-1856","Strickler, Reuben T. (Reuben Thomas), 1854-1937","Strickler, Mary"],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Ebenezer Baptist Association (Va.)","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 10th -- History","Mill Creek Regular Baptist Church (Va.)"],"famname_ssim":["Strickler family","Kauffman family","Hoover family"],"persname_ssim":["Hoover, Anna B., 1937-2008","Hoover, James B. (James Beery), 1934-2017","Strickler, Joseph T. (Joseph Thomas), 1828-1889","Strickler, Joseph, 1786-1856","Strickler, Reuben T. (Reuben Thomas), 1854-1937","Strickler, Mary"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":30,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:23:04.783Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_253","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_253","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_253","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_253","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_253.xml","title_ssm":["Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1776-1963"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1776-1963"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0098","/repositories/4/resources/253"],"text":["SC 0098","/repositories/4/resources/253","Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers","Egypt (Va.) -- History","Massanutten (Va.) -- History","Luray (Va.) -- History","Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History","Virginia -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History, Local","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs -- Sources","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Economic conditions -- Sources","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Oregon -- History -- 1859-","Washington Territory -- History -- To 1889 -- Sources","United States -- History -- 1913-1921","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate","Page County (Va.) -- History","Land settlement -- Washington (State) -- To 1889 -- Sources","Soldiers -- Virginia -- Correspondence","Prospecting -- Oregon -- Sources","Prospecting -- Nevada -- Sources","African Americans -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century","Business records -- Sources","Inventories of decedents' estates -- Virginia -- Sources","Debt -- Virginia -- Sources","Romanies -- Virginia -- Page County","Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. 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He then migrated to Virginia and settled about 4 miles west of Luray. His descendants figured prominently in the life of the region. Abraham is credited as being the ancestor of most of the Stricklers in Shenandoah County.","This collection was minimally reprocessed in May 2017 and renamed Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, a change from Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017.  This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2062.","L. R. Milbourne Papers, 1886-1906, SC 0108, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","Strickler Family Papers, 1887-1928, SC 0326, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, 1776-1963, consists of two Hollinger boxes and a few oversize materials dealing largely with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, in what would become Page County, Virginia in 1831, and a few related families. There are scattered documents relevant to related families, especially the Civil War correspondence of the Kauffmans, but the bulk of the collection documents parts of the lives of two Mary Stricklers (1860s, 1907-1940s); Joseph and Joseph T. Strickler (1810-1856, 1890s); and Baptist Elder Reuben T. Strickler (1854-1937). There is also some correspondence concerning the Strickler land claim and experiences in Oregon and Washington Territory (1860s-1880s).","From surnames Coffman, Ward, Crim, \u0026 others, mostly to Strickler family in Luray; mention of land purchases in the Valley, typhoid fever, farm \u0026 financial news. A few from Oregon concern prospecting in Rogue River. Includes an autograph copy of a letter from A. Strickler at University of VA to Dr. Thomas (Dec. 10, 1835).","Mostly between Robert G. Mauck in Page Cty \u0026 nephews Joseph F. \u0026 E.V. Kauffman \u0026 brother John W. Mauck, all in the 10th VA Reg., who wrote from various camps of camp life \u0026 troop movements. R. Mauck writes of farm news and \"excitement and rumors of all kinds\" (June 24, 1861)","Several from E.V. Kauffman from camp. Most of rest are to Mary Strickler from grandson Will concerning death in family. Mention of Cambellites (Sept. 1, 1866). Includes a cross-hatched letter dated August 30, 1863.","Mostly to Mary Strickler at Massanutten, including from grandson Will in Washington D.C. Details of W.A. Strickler's land claim in Washington Territory and his disappearance.","Friends \u0026 Strickler family in VA, WV, OH, NV, IL, MO, KS; two items related to Mill Creek Church (1874, 1879).","Mostly from W.S. Strickler in NV, where he was working, prospecting \u0026 mining, to brother Reuben T. \u0026 other relatives in VA.","Mostly from W.S. \u0026 J.G. Strickler in NV \u0026 Dakota to relatives in Page Cty; a few from Joshua Ruffner in ID \u0026 MT to VA. Several items related to Mill Creek Church.","Mostly to Reuben T. Strickler from relatives \u0026 Baptist Church members.","Mostly from family \u0026 friends with news of home to Mary Strickler, in Page County \u0026 later in Washington, D.C. One of Mary's school compositions (1913?) mentions gypsies in Page Cty. Some items incomplete.","Con't previous file; includes documents related to Mary Strickler's husband S.B. (Beery) Hoover; letters to Litha Strickler. Genealogy, 1770s","Property tax receipts of Jos. Strickler, 1810-1827; property tax receipts of Mary Rooff (adm. Jos. Strickler), 1810-1832; 1813 birth verification of Negro girl; inventory of Jos. Strickler estate, 1856; inventories \u0026 receipts for estate of Jos. T. Strickler, 1890 (see also Oversize); misc. other items.","Includes Shenandoah Valley Route and several other Virginia routes.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","Debt/interest ledger (?), Jos. Strickler (?),; bound with store/labor ledger, Jos. \u0026 Jos. T. Strickler (?), 1835-1864. See also oversize.","Includes religious pamphlet by J.G. Strickler (2 cop.), Minutes of Ebenezer Baptist Assoc. sessions (65,68,69,76, 1893-1904), Luray \u0026 Bridgewater newsletters (1885-93), \u0026 unidentified printed German poem.","Joseph H. Wenger's  History of the Descendants of Abraham Beery  was removed from the collection, individually cataloged, and placed in the rare book collection.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. 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He first settled in America around 1700 in the province of Pennsylvania. He then migrated to Virginia and settled about 4 miles west of Luray. His descendants figured prominently in the life of the region. Abraham is credited as being the ancestor of most of the Stricklers in Shenandoah County.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Abraham Strickler was one of the original settlers of the Shenandoah Valley at Massanutten (now Page County) in the 1720s. He was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He first settled in America around 1700 in the province of Pennsylvania. He then migrated to Virginia and settled about 4 miles west of Luray. His descendants figured prominently in the life of the region. 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There are scattered documents relevant to related families, especially the Civil War correspondence of the Kauffmans, but the bulk of the collection documents parts of the lives of two Mary Stricklers (1860s, 1907-1940s); Joseph and Joseph T. Strickler (1810-1856, 1890s); and Baptist Elder Reuben T. Strickler (1854-1937). There is also some correspondence concerning the Strickler land claim and experiences in Oregon and Washington Territory (1860s-1880s).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom surnames Coffman, Ward, Crim, \u0026amp; others, mostly to Strickler family in Luray; mention of land purchases in the Valley, typhoid fever, farm \u0026amp; financial news. A few from Oregon concern prospecting in Rogue River. Includes an autograph copy of a letter from A. Strickler at University of VA to Dr. Thomas (Dec. 10, 1835).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly between Robert G. Mauck in Page Cty \u0026amp; nephews Joseph F. \u0026amp; E.V. Kauffman \u0026amp; brother John W. Mauck, all in the 10th VA Reg., who wrote from various camps of camp life \u0026amp; troop movements. R. Mauck writes of farm news and \"excitement and rumors of all kinds\" (June 24, 1861)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral from E.V. Kauffman from camp. Most of rest are to Mary Strickler from grandson Will concerning death in family. Mention of Cambellites (Sept. 1, 1866). Includes a cross-hatched letter dated August 30, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly to Mary Strickler at Massanutten, including from grandson Will in Washington D.C. Details of W.A. Strickler's land claim in Washington Territory and his disappearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFriends \u0026amp; Strickler family in VA, WV, OH, NV, IL, MO, KS; two items related to Mill Creek Church (1874, 1879).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly from W.S. 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Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026amp; und.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDistrict of Jos. 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Strickler (2 cop.), Minutes of Ebenezer Baptist Assoc. sessions (65,68,69,76, 1893-1904), Luray \u0026amp; Bridgewater newsletters (1885-93), \u0026amp; unidentified printed German poem.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content ","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover Collection of Strickler Family Papers, 1776-1963, consists of two Hollinger boxes and a few oversize materials dealing largely with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, in what would become Page County, Virginia in 1831, and a few related families. There are scattered documents relevant to related families, especially the Civil War correspondence of the Kauffmans, but the bulk of the collection documents parts of the lives of two Mary Stricklers (1860s, 1907-1940s); Joseph and Joseph T. Strickler (1810-1856, 1890s); and Baptist Elder Reuben T. Strickler (1854-1937). There is also some correspondence concerning the Strickler land claim and experiences in Oregon and Washington Territory (1860s-1880s).","From surnames Coffman, Ward, Crim, \u0026 others, mostly to Strickler family in Luray; mention of land purchases in the Valley, typhoid fever, farm \u0026 financial news. A few from Oregon concern prospecting in Rogue River. Includes an autograph copy of a letter from A. Strickler at University of VA to Dr. Thomas (Dec. 10, 1835).","Mostly between Robert G. Mauck in Page Cty \u0026 nephews Joseph F. \u0026 E.V. Kauffman \u0026 brother John W. Mauck, all in the 10th VA Reg., who wrote from various camps of camp life \u0026 troop movements. R. Mauck writes of farm news and \"excitement and rumors of all kinds\" (June 24, 1861)","Several from E.V. Kauffman from camp. Most of rest are to Mary Strickler from grandson Will concerning death in family. Mention of Cambellites (Sept. 1, 1866). Includes a cross-hatched letter dated August 30, 1863.","Mostly to Mary Strickler at Massanutten, including from grandson Will in Washington D.C. Details of W.A. Strickler's land claim in Washington Territory and his disappearance.","Friends \u0026 Strickler family in VA, WV, OH, NV, IL, MO, KS; two items related to Mill Creek Church (1874, 1879).","Mostly from W.S. Strickler in NV, where he was working, prospecting \u0026 mining, to brother Reuben T. \u0026 other relatives in VA.","Mostly from W.S. \u0026 J.G. Strickler in NV \u0026 Dakota to relatives in Page Cty; a few from Joshua Ruffner in ID \u0026 MT to VA. Several items related to Mill Creek Church.","Mostly to Reuben T. Strickler from relatives \u0026 Baptist Church members.","Mostly from family \u0026 friends with news of home to Mary Strickler, in Page County \u0026 later in Washington, D.C. One of Mary's school compositions (1913?) mentions gypsies in Page Cty. Some items incomplete.","Con't previous file; includes documents related to Mary Strickler's husband S.B. (Beery) Hoover; letters to Litha Strickler. Genealogy, 1770s","Property tax receipts of Jos. Strickler, 1810-1827; property tax receipts of Mary Rooff (adm. Jos. Strickler), 1810-1832; 1813 birth verification of Negro girl; inventory of Jos. Strickler estate, 1856; inventories \u0026 receipts for estate of Jos. T. Strickler, 1890 (see also Oversize); misc. other items.","Includes Shenandoah Valley Route and several other Virginia routes.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","District of Jos. Strickler, Commissioner of Revenue for Shenandoah Cty, 1815 (see also Oversize), '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '26 (?, with list of licenses issued), '27, \u0026 und.","Debt/interest ledger (?), Jos. Strickler (?),; bound with store/labor ledger, Jos. \u0026 Jos. T. Strickler (?), 1835-1864. See also oversize.","Includes religious pamphlet by J.G. 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For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_e14078b672041e71509e85181cfc538e\"\u003eThis collection deals mainly with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, Virginia, along with a few other related families.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection deals mainly with the Strickler family of Massanutten, Egypt Bend, and Luray, Virginia, along with a few other related families."],"names_coll_ssim":["Ebenezer Baptist Association (Va.)","Confederate States of America. Army. 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Evans \u0026 Associates","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_679#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The collection documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_679#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_679","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_679.xml","title_ssm":["Rupp Family papers"],"title_tesim":["Rupp Family papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1831-1973"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1831-1973"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0342","/repositories/4/resources/679"],"text":["SC 0342","/repositories/4/resources/679","Rupp Family papers","New Market (Va.) -- History","Luray (Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Mural painting and decoration","Pencil drawing","Legal documents","Financial Records","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Account books","Pencil drawings","Autograph albums","Collection open to research. 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.","A small wooden box of pencils and sketching implements was not retained. Two leather wallets were not retained.","The collection is arranged in two series:","Personal papers, 1831-1940 Photographs, 1840-1973","William F. Rupp (1834-1908) was a German-born frescoer, plain and ornamental painter, and paperhanger from New Market, Virginia. While a youth in Germany, Rupp attended design school. He immigrated from Heilbronn, Germany and arrived in New York on July 17, 1854. Rupp resided in Luray for approximately one year and moved to New Market permanently in July 1855. He married Mary Catherine Spitzer (1837-1900) in 1862. Her father, Charles Spitzer, was a New Market gunsmith. In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. His fresco painting included churches, public buildings, and private residences, some of which are still extant.","Many members of the immediate and extended Rupp family are buried in New Market's St. Matthew's Cemetery.","Researchers should reference the \"Rupp family obituaries\" file for additional and more complete biographical information.","The materials descended through the Fritz and Loretta Orebaugh family of New Market, Virginia. Fritz's mother, Mary Rupp Orebaugh, was the granddaughter of William F. Rupp.","Papers were removed from non-archival document sleeves. Several leather document cases were discarded due to lack of research value and overall condition.","Charles E. Rupp. Papers, 1869-1942. Accession 36719, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The collection documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","Most notably, the collection documents the work of William F. Rupp, a German-born frescoer, plain and ornamental painter, and paperhanger from New Market, Virginia. Rupp's account books list the name and place of buildings he painted, frescoed, and wallpapered including frescoing Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville and the Shenandoah County Courthouse courtroom in Woodstock. Bound accounts also document his work painting signs and gilding. One book is devoted to Rupp's sketches, including a birds-eye view of Luray, Virginia, but his pencil drawings are also scattered throughout the bound account books.","The collection also comprises photographs, financial documents, tax receipts, correspondence, and photographs related to William Rupp's immediate family including his wife Mary; sons Charles E., William \"Willie\" H., and Joseph H. Rupp, wife Rose, and their daughter Mary E., as well as others.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1831-1940, includes correspondence, financial and legal documents, account books, and pencil drawings and sketches. The materials primarily document William F. Rupp and his immediate family. Documents also relate to the Spitzer family.","Of note are the materials documenting William F. Rupp's profession as a fresco painter and paperhanger. These materials include business letterhead, account books, sketches, his apprentice certificate, and invoices and financial records. Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.","Additional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. Rupp, William's brother in New York, is written in German.","In addition to bound accounts, the financial documents primarily comprise annual tax receipts.","Charles E. Rupp's diary documents a trip from New Market to the Pacific coast and back with his three companions.","Includes bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia, other scenes, people, and many fresco designs. The sketch of Luray is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220.","Series 2: Photographs, 1840-1973, comprises photographs, cabinet cards, and a framed daguerreotype and ambrotype of the immediate William F. Rupp family. The photographs are largely identified with a subset of unidentified photographs grouped together. Images of Joseph H. and Rose Neff Rupp comprise the bulk of the photographs with several images featuring people posing with an obelisk-style Confederate memorial. More modern photographs document fresco works attributed to William F. Rupp and include a painted ceiling in the Charles Price home near Stanley, Virginia.","Two printed volumes were separated 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 documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Jeffrey S. 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Her father, Charles Spitzer, was a New Market gunsmith. In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. 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In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. His fresco painting included churches, public buildings, and private residences, some of which are still extant.","Many members of the immediate and extended Rupp family are buried in New Market's St. Matthew's Cemetery.","Researchers should reference the \"Rupp family obituaries\" file for additional and more complete biographical information."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials descended through the Fritz and Loretta Orebaugh family of New Market, Virginia. 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One book is devoted to Rupp's sketches, including a birds-eye view of Luray, Virginia, but his pencil drawings are also scattered throughout the bound account books.","The collection also comprises photographs, financial documents, tax receipts, correspondence, and photographs related to William Rupp's immediate family including his wife Mary; sons Charles E., William \"Willie\" H., and Joseph H. Rupp, wife Rose, and their daughter Mary E., as well as others.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1831-1940, includes correspondence, financial and legal documents, account books, and pencil drawings and sketches. The materials primarily document William F. Rupp and his immediate family. Documents also relate to the Spitzer family.","Of note are the materials documenting William F. Rupp's profession as a fresco painter and paperhanger. These materials include business letterhead, account books, sketches, his apprentice certificate, and invoices and financial records. Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.","Additional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. 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Rupp resided in Luray for approximately one year and moved to New Market permanently in July 1855. He married Mary Catherine Spitzer (1837-1900) in 1862. Her father, Charles Spitzer, was a New Market gunsmith. In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. His fresco painting included churches, public buildings, and private residences, some of which are still extant.","Many members of the immediate and extended Rupp family are buried in New Market's St. Matthew's Cemetery.","Researchers should reference the \"Rupp family obituaries\" file for additional and more complete biographical information.","The materials descended through the Fritz and Loretta Orebaugh family of New Market, Virginia. Fritz's mother, Mary Rupp Orebaugh, was the granddaughter of William F. Rupp.","Papers were removed from non-archival document sleeves. Several leather document cases were discarded due to lack of research value and overall condition.","Charles E. Rupp. Papers, 1869-1942. Accession 36719, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The collection documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","Most notably, the collection documents the work of William F. Rupp, a German-born frescoer, plain and ornamental painter, and paperhanger from New Market, Virginia. Rupp's account books list the name and place of buildings he painted, frescoed, and wallpapered including frescoing Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville and the Shenandoah County Courthouse courtroom in Woodstock. Bound accounts also document his work painting signs and gilding. One book is devoted to Rupp's sketches, including a birds-eye view of Luray, Virginia, but his pencil drawings are also scattered throughout the bound account books.","The collection also comprises photographs, financial documents, tax receipts, correspondence, and photographs related to William Rupp's immediate family including his wife Mary; sons Charles E., William \"Willie\" H., and Joseph H. Rupp, wife Rose, and their daughter Mary E., as well as others.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1831-1940, includes correspondence, financial and legal documents, account books, and pencil drawings and sketches. The materials primarily document William F. Rupp and his immediate family. Documents also relate to the Spitzer family.","Of note are the materials documenting William F. Rupp's profession as a fresco painter and paperhanger. These materials include business letterhead, account books, sketches, his apprentice certificate, and invoices and financial records. Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.","Additional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. Rupp, William's brother in New York, is written in German.","In addition to bound accounts, the financial documents primarily comprise annual tax receipts.","Charles E. Rupp's diary documents a trip from New Market to the Pacific coast and back with his three companions.","Includes bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia, other scenes, people, and many fresco designs. The sketch of Luray is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220.","Series 2: Photographs, 1840-1973, comprises photographs, cabinet cards, and a framed daguerreotype and ambrotype of the immediate William F. Rupp family. The photographs are largely identified with a subset of unidentified photographs grouped together. Images of Joseph H. and Rose Neff Rupp comprise the bulk of the photographs with several images featuring people posing with an obelisk-style Confederate memorial. More modern photographs document fresco works attributed to William F. Rupp and include a painted ceiling in the Charles Price home near Stanley, Virginia.","Two printed volumes were separated 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 documents the Rupp family of New Market, Virginia and includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, account books, legal documents, and pencil drawings.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Jeffrey S. 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Her father, Charles Spitzer, was a New Market gunsmith. In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. 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In 1866, Rupp purchased what is now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House (located at 9295 Congress Street, New Market) from members of the Spitzer family. William and Mary Rupp had three sons, Charles E. (1863-1930), William \"Willie\" H. (1866-1925), and Joseph H. (1869-1923), all of whom are documented in the collection. While William F. Rupp worked primarily in the Shenandoah Valley, documentary evidence confirms that he also frescoed and painted in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. His fresco painting included churches, public buildings, and private residences, some of which are still extant.","Many members of the immediate and extended Rupp family are buried in New Market's St. Matthew's Cemetery.","Researchers should reference the \"Rupp family obituaries\" file for additional and more complete biographical information."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials descended through the Fritz and Loretta Orebaugh family of New Market, Virginia. 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Rupp's sketchbook includes a bird's-eye view of Luray, Virginia that is featured in the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society's publication  Folk and Decorative Art of the Shenandoah Valley , pg. 16, fig. 220. Rupp's account book dated 1867-1930 records the work he did for private individuals as well as work in public buildings. These include Rader's Lutheran Church in Timberville, the Shenandoah County Court House court room, the Methodist Church in Edinburg, the United Brethren Church in Hawkinstown, the New Market Bank of Virginia, and many others. An 1856 document outlines Rupp's plan for providing drawing lessons to the pupils at the New Market Female Seminary and associated charges.","Additional William F. Rupp materials include his 1858 citizenship certificate, two 1866 deeds documenting the purchase of his New Market house (now known as the Spitzer-Rupp House) from the Spitzer family, and his July 1865 oath of allegiance to the United States. Correspondence from R.C. 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