{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6","prev":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=5","next":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=7","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=12"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":6,"next_page":7,"prev_page":5,"total_pages":12,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":50,"total_count":113,"first_page?":false,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_433#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_433#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, are comprised of the writings of John Walter Wayland, historian and original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Many documents relate to the founding and early years of the school.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_433#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_433.xml","title_ssm":["John W. Wayland Papers"],"title_tesim":["John W. Wayland Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1916-1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1916-1980"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1916/1980"],"normalized_title_ssm":["John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980"],"text":["John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980","SC 0258","/repositories/4/resources/433","Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century","Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","Bibliographies","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)","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.","Papers are arranged topically in four folders.","Find A Grave. \"John Walter Wayland (1872-1962)\" Find a Grave Memorial no. 8154002. Accessed January 4, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8154002.","John Walter Wayland was born in 1872 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He received his BA from Bridgewater College in 1899, and his Ph.D in 1907 from the University of Virginia. He was an original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, where he chaired the history and social science department, and served many years as secretary of the faculty. At the Normal School, he was known for his unconventional teaching style, sometimes holding classes outside, and leading students on long hikes on Massunutten Mountain. He retired in 1931.","Wayland was known as a preeminent historian of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. He authored at least 40 books, some of the most well-known being History of Virginia for Boys and Girls, published in 1931, and histories of Bridgewater College, Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and the Washingtons. In 1955, the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution designating the Old Port Republic as the \"Wayland Highway.\" He died in 1962. Wayland was married to Mattie V. Frey (1877-1965), and had two children: Francis Fry Wayland (1907-1995) and John Walter Wayland Jr. (b. 1909).","Correspondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022.","John Walter Wayland Papers, Mss. 65 W36, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.","John Walter Wayland Papers, 26 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.","John W. Wayland papers, 1890 - 1961, 19.4.001, Alexander Mack Memorial Library Special Collections, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.","A. D. Lough correspondence, 1902-1920, SC 0421, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.","The John W. Wayland Papers contain personal papers and documents that recount the founding of the Harrisonburg State Normal School at Harrisonburg and its early years. The collection includes transcribed portions of John Wayland's personal diary (1908-1931) that relate to the early years of the Normal School. A document contains a list of commencement speakers from 1910-1919. The collection contains several of Wayland's papers and speeches, including the manuscript \"Harrisonburg State Normal School in Relation to the World War, 1914-1918,\" and a paper titled \"Some Reminiscences of the Founding of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, VA., 1908,\" which was prepared for First Founders Day, State Teachers College on March 14, 1928. The collection includes character sketches of the early faculty members, including an extended reflection on faculty member, Elizabeth Cleveland.","The collection contains bibliographies of Wayland's publications between 1895-1957, and 1901-1957. Accompanying the bibliographies are correspondence between son, Francis F. Wayland and librarian at Madison College, Lowell E. Ashley, regarding John Wayland publications and writings. The collection also contains newspaper clippings from the Daily News Record that reference Wayland.","Correspondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022.","The copyright interests in this collection have 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 John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, are comprised of the writings of John Walter Wayland, historian and original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Many documents relate to the founding and early years of the school.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History","Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980"],"collection_ssim":["John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0258","/repositories/4/resources/433"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0258","/repositories/4/resources/433"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"places_ssim":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"creator_ssm":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962"],"creator_ssim":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History"],"creators_ssim":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have 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":["Immediate acquisition is not known. No accession documents are found."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","Bibliographies","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","Bibliographies","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.2 cubic feet 5 folders"],"extent_tesim":["0.2 cubic feet 5 folders"],"genreform_ssim":["Bibliographies","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers are arranged topically in four folders.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Papers are arranged topically in four folders."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eFind A Grave. \"John Walter Wayland (1872-1962)\" Find a Grave Memorial no. 8154002. Accessed January 4, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8154002.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Find A Grave. \"John Walter Wayland (1872-1962)\" Find a Grave Memorial no. 8154002. Accessed January 4, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8154002."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Walter Wayland was born in 1872 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He received his BA from Bridgewater College in 1899, and his Ph.D in 1907 from the University of Virginia. He was an original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, where he chaired the history and social science department, and served many years as secretary of the faculty. At the Normal School, he was known for his unconventional teaching style, sometimes holding classes outside, and leading students on long hikes on Massunutten Mountain. He retired in 1931.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWayland was known as a preeminent historian of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. He authored at least 40 books, some of the most well-known being History of Virginia for Boys and Girls, published in 1931, and histories of Bridgewater College, Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and the Washingtons. In 1955, the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution designating the Old Port Republic as the \"Wayland Highway.\" He died in 1962. Wayland was married to Mattie V. Frey (1877-1965), and had two children: Francis Fry Wayland (1907-1995) and John Walter Wayland Jr. (b. 1909).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Walter Wayland was born in 1872 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He received his BA from Bridgewater College in 1899, and his Ph.D in 1907 from the University of Virginia. He was an original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, where he chaired the history and social science department, and served many years as secretary of the faculty. At the Normal School, he was known for his unconventional teaching style, sometimes holding classes outside, and leading students on long hikes on Massunutten Mountain. He retired in 1931.","Wayland was known as a preeminent historian of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. He authored at least 40 books, some of the most well-known being History of Virginia for Boys and Girls, published in 1931, and histories of Bridgewater College, Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and the Washingtons. In 1955, the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution designating the Old Port Republic as the \"Wayland Highway.\" He died in 1962. Wayland was married to Mattie V. Frey (1877-1965), and had two children: Francis Fry Wayland (1907-1995) and John Walter Wayland Jr. (b. 1909)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, SC 0258, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, SC 0258, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Correspondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Walter Wayland Papers, Mss. 65 W36, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Walter Wayland Papers, 26 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn W. Wayland papers, 1890 - 1961, 19.4.001, Alexander Mack Memorial Library Special Collections, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. D. Lough correspondence, 1902-1920, SC 0421, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["John Walter Wayland Papers, Mss. 65 W36, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.","John Walter Wayland Papers, 26 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.","John W. Wayland papers, 1890 - 1961, 19.4.001, Alexander Mack Memorial Library Special Collections, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.","A. D. Lough correspondence, 1902-1920, SC 0421, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John W. Wayland Papers contain personal papers and documents that recount the founding of the Harrisonburg State Normal School at Harrisonburg and its early years. The collection includes transcribed portions of John Wayland's personal diary (1908-1931) that relate to the early years of the Normal School. A document contains a list of commencement speakers from 1910-1919. The collection contains several of Wayland's papers and speeches, including the manuscript \"Harrisonburg State Normal School in Relation to the World War, 1914-1918,\" and a paper titled \"Some Reminiscences of the Founding of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, VA., 1908,\" which was prepared for First Founders Day, State Teachers College on March 14, 1928. The collection includes character sketches of the early faculty members, including an extended reflection on faculty member, Elizabeth Cleveland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains bibliographies of Wayland's publications between 1895-1957, and 1901-1957. Accompanying the bibliographies are correspondence between son, Francis F. Wayland and librarian at Madison College, Lowell E. Ashley, regarding John Wayland publications and writings. The collection also contains newspaper clippings from the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News Record\u003c/emph\u003e that reference Wayland. \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John W. Wayland Papers contain personal papers and documents that recount the founding of the Harrisonburg State Normal School at Harrisonburg and its early years. The collection includes transcribed portions of John Wayland's personal diary (1908-1931) that relate to the early years of the Normal School. A document contains a list of commencement speakers from 1910-1919. The collection contains several of Wayland's papers and speeches, including the manuscript \"Harrisonburg State Normal School in Relation to the World War, 1914-1918,\" and a paper titled \"Some Reminiscences of the Founding of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, VA., 1908,\" which was prepared for First Founders Day, State Teachers College on March 14, 1928. The collection includes character sketches of the early faculty members, including an extended reflection on faculty member, Elizabeth Cleveland.","The collection contains bibliographies of Wayland's publications between 1895-1957, and 1901-1957. Accompanying the bibliographies are correspondence between son, Francis F. Wayland and librarian at Madison College, Lowell E. Ashley, regarding John Wayland publications and writings. The collection also contains newspaper clippings from the Daily News Record that reference Wayland.","Correspondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 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_e5d70ec834984a2babab52a565c06109\"\u003eThe John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, are comprised of the writings of John Walter Wayland, historian and original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Many documents relate to the founding and early years of the school.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, are comprised of the writings of John Walter Wayland, historian and original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Many documents relate to the founding and early years of the school."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History"],"names_coll_ssim":["State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History"],"persname_ssim":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History","Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":5,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_433","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_433.xml","title_ssm":["John W. Wayland Papers"],"title_tesim":["John W. Wayland Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1916-1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1916-1980"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1916/1980"],"normalized_title_ssm":["John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980"],"text":["John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980","SC 0258","/repositories/4/resources/433","Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century","Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","Bibliographies","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)","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.","Papers are arranged topically in four folders.","Find A Grave. \"John Walter Wayland (1872-1962)\" Find a Grave Memorial no. 8154002. Accessed January 4, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8154002.","John Walter Wayland was born in 1872 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He received his BA from Bridgewater College in 1899, and his Ph.D in 1907 from the University of Virginia. He was an original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, where he chaired the history and social science department, and served many years as secretary of the faculty. At the Normal School, he was known for his unconventional teaching style, sometimes holding classes outside, and leading students on long hikes on Massunutten Mountain. He retired in 1931.","Wayland was known as a preeminent historian of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. He authored at least 40 books, some of the most well-known being History of Virginia for Boys and Girls, published in 1931, and histories of Bridgewater College, Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and the Washingtons. In 1955, the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution designating the Old Port Republic as the \"Wayland Highway.\" He died in 1962. Wayland was married to Mattie V. Frey (1877-1965), and had two children: Francis Fry Wayland (1907-1995) and John Walter Wayland Jr. (b. 1909).","Correspondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022.","John Walter Wayland Papers, Mss. 65 W36, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.","John Walter Wayland Papers, 26 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.","John W. Wayland papers, 1890 - 1961, 19.4.001, Alexander Mack Memorial Library Special Collections, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.","A. D. Lough correspondence, 1902-1920, SC 0421, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.","The John W. Wayland Papers contain personal papers and documents that recount the founding of the Harrisonburg State Normal School at Harrisonburg and its early years. The collection includes transcribed portions of John Wayland's personal diary (1908-1931) that relate to the early years of the Normal School. A document contains a list of commencement speakers from 1910-1919. The collection contains several of Wayland's papers and speeches, including the manuscript \"Harrisonburg State Normal School in Relation to the World War, 1914-1918,\" and a paper titled \"Some Reminiscences of the Founding of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, VA., 1908,\" which was prepared for First Founders Day, State Teachers College on March 14, 1928. The collection includes character sketches of the early faculty members, including an extended reflection on faculty member, Elizabeth Cleveland.","The collection contains bibliographies of Wayland's publications between 1895-1957, and 1901-1957. Accompanying the bibliographies are correspondence between son, Francis F. Wayland and librarian at Madison College, Lowell E. Ashley, regarding John Wayland publications and writings. The collection also contains newspaper clippings from the Daily News Record that reference Wayland.","Correspondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022.","The copyright interests in this collection have 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 John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, are comprised of the writings of John Walter Wayland, historian and original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Many documents relate to the founding and early years of the school.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History","Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980"],"collection_ssim":["John W. Wayland Papers, 1916/1980"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0258","/repositories/4/resources/433"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0258","/repositories/4/resources/433"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"places_ssim":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"creator_ssm":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962"],"creator_ssim":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History"],"creators_ssim":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have 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":["Immediate acquisition is not known. No accession documents are found."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","Bibliographies","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","Bibliographies","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.2 cubic feet 5 folders"],"extent_tesim":["0.2 cubic feet 5 folders"],"genreform_ssim":["Bibliographies","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers are arranged topically in four folders.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Papers are arranged topically in four folders."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eFind A Grave. \"John Walter Wayland (1872-1962)\" Find a Grave Memorial no. 8154002. Accessed January 4, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8154002.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Find A Grave. \"John Walter Wayland (1872-1962)\" Find a Grave Memorial no. 8154002. Accessed January 4, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8154002."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Walter Wayland was born in 1872 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He received his BA from Bridgewater College in 1899, and his Ph.D in 1907 from the University of Virginia. He was an original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, where he chaired the history and social science department, and served many years as secretary of the faculty. At the Normal School, he was known for his unconventional teaching style, sometimes holding classes outside, and leading students on long hikes on Massunutten Mountain. He retired in 1931.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWayland was known as a preeminent historian of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. He authored at least 40 books, some of the most well-known being History of Virginia for Boys and Girls, published in 1931, and histories of Bridgewater College, Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and the Washingtons. In 1955, the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution designating the Old Port Republic as the \"Wayland Highway.\" He died in 1962. Wayland was married to Mattie V. Frey (1877-1965), and had two children: Francis Fry Wayland (1907-1995) and John Walter Wayland Jr. (b. 1909).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Walter Wayland was born in 1872 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He received his BA from Bridgewater College in 1899, and his Ph.D in 1907 from the University of Virginia. He was an original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, where he chaired the history and social science department, and served many years as secretary of the faculty. At the Normal School, he was known for his unconventional teaching style, sometimes holding classes outside, and leading students on long hikes on Massunutten Mountain. He retired in 1931.","Wayland was known as a preeminent historian of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. He authored at least 40 books, some of the most well-known being History of Virginia for Boys and Girls, published in 1931, and histories of Bridgewater College, Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and the Washingtons. In 1955, the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution designating the Old Port Republic as the \"Wayland Highway.\" He died in 1962. Wayland was married to Mattie V. Frey (1877-1965), and had two children: Francis Fry Wayland (1907-1995) and John Walter Wayland Jr. (b. 1909)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, SC 0258, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, SC 0258, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Correspondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Walter Wayland Papers, Mss. 65 W36, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Walter Wayland Papers, 26 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn W. Wayland papers, 1890 - 1961, 19.4.001, Alexander Mack Memorial Library Special Collections, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. D. Lough correspondence, 1902-1920, SC 0421, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["John Walter Wayland Papers, Mss. 65 W36, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.","John Walter Wayland Papers, 26 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.","John W. Wayland papers, 1890 - 1961, 19.4.001, Alexander Mack Memorial Library Special Collections, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA.","A. D. Lough correspondence, 1902-1920, SC 0421, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John W. Wayland Papers contain personal papers and documents that recount the founding of the Harrisonburg State Normal School at Harrisonburg and its early years. The collection includes transcribed portions of John Wayland's personal diary (1908-1931) that relate to the early years of the Normal School. A document contains a list of commencement speakers from 1910-1919. The collection contains several of Wayland's papers and speeches, including the manuscript \"Harrisonburg State Normal School in Relation to the World War, 1914-1918,\" and a paper titled \"Some Reminiscences of the Founding of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, VA., 1908,\" which was prepared for First Founders Day, State Teachers College on March 14, 1928. The collection includes character sketches of the early faculty members, including an extended reflection on faculty member, Elizabeth Cleveland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains bibliographies of Wayland's publications between 1895-1957, and 1901-1957. Accompanying the bibliographies are correspondence between son, Francis F. Wayland and librarian at Madison College, Lowell E. Ashley, regarding John Wayland publications and writings. The collection also contains newspaper clippings from the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News Record\u003c/emph\u003e that reference Wayland. \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John W. Wayland Papers contain personal papers and documents that recount the founding of the Harrisonburg State Normal School at Harrisonburg and its early years. The collection includes transcribed portions of John Wayland's personal diary (1908-1931) that relate to the early years of the Normal School. A document contains a list of commencement speakers from 1910-1919. The collection contains several of Wayland's papers and speeches, including the manuscript \"Harrisonburg State Normal School in Relation to the World War, 1914-1918,\" and a paper titled \"Some Reminiscences of the Founding of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, VA., 1908,\" which was prepared for First Founders Day, State Teachers College on March 14, 1928. The collection includes character sketches of the early faculty members, including an extended reflection on faculty member, Elizabeth Cleveland.","The collection contains bibliographies of Wayland's publications between 1895-1957, and 1901-1957. Accompanying the bibliographies are correspondence between son, Francis F. Wayland and librarian at Madison College, Lowell E. Ashley, regarding John Wayland publications and writings. The collection also contains newspaper clippings from the Daily News Record that reference Wayland.","Correspondence written by or to Wayland and related to the Alumnae/Alumni Association and the Alumnae Building Campaign Committee was pulled from the Alumni and Glee Club vertical files and added to Wayland's papers in November 2022."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 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_e5d70ec834984a2babab52a565c06109\"\u003eThe John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, are comprised of the writings of John Walter Wayland, historian and original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Many documents relate to the founding and early years of the school.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The John W. Wayland Papers, 1916-1980, are comprised of the writings of John Walter Wayland, historian and original faculty member at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Many documents relate to the founding and early years of the school."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History"],"names_coll_ssim":["State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History"],"persname_ssim":["Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Faculty","James Madison University -- History","Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962","Lee, Robert Walker, 1875-1929"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":5,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_433"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_436#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_436#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The collection contains papers and correspondences, reports and speeches by President Julian Ashby Burruss, first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, and documents related to the founding of the school.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_436#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_436.xml","title_ssm":["Julian A. Burruss Papers"],"title_tesim":["Julian A. Burruss Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1904-2005"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1904-2005"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1904/2005"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005"],"text":["Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005","UA 0023","/repositories/4/resources/436","Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century","Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","College presidents -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","Universities and colleges -- Virginia -- Administration","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (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.","Documents are arranged topically. Papers that are noted as originating from R.C. Dingledine and Dr. John Wayland are contained in folders of the same title.","Dingledine, Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. Madison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958, Harrisonburg, VA : Madison College. 1959.","\"President Burruss Papers,\" Founding Documents in Special Collections, James Madison University. Accessed January 8, 2018. https://apps.lib.jmu.edu/special/FoundingDocs/burruss/default.aspx.","Julian Burruss was the first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, serving from 1908 to 1919. During his tenure, Burruss maintained a busy speaking schedule promoting the new school, actively recruited faculty and students, expanded administrative staff, oversaw the establishment of the Student Government Association, YWCA and other clubs and societies, and established special funds and scholarships available to eligible students. He oversaw many building projects, and created a long-range development plan for the school and grounds that would contain approximately 40 buildings and support a maximum enrollment of 1000 students.","During Burruss' tenure, the Normal School went from an enrollment of 11 women in 1909, to a graduating class of over 300 students in 1919. During his presidency, the Normal school transitioned from offering four years of high school and two years of post-high school professional programs and teaching certificates, to offering a four-year Bachelor Science degree in Education, in addition to other programs. Burruss was a strong advocate for industrial and vocational training, and established Harrisonburg Normal School as leader in manual arts, household arts and rural arts.","Burruss was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1876. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1889 with a degree in civil engineering, and did some graduate work at Columbia University. Prior to his presidency, he served four years as the head of the manual training program in the Richmond city schools. While in Harrisonburg, he was an officer in the Presbyterian church and served two years as president of the Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce. In 1919, Burruss left the Normal School to become president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.","Records of Julian A. Burruss, President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, RG 2/8, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.","The Julian A. Burruss Papers contain documents related to the establishment of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, including a 1904 report to the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on Location of State Normal School titled \"State Female Normal School: Reasons and Inducements for Its Location at Harrisonburg\" by A. H. Snyder and George E Sipe. It also contains a newspaper clipping from the May 26, 1904 Daily News-Record – \"Stating the case for Harrisonburg, Committee on Normal School here to investigate.\"","Of note in the correspondence file are Burruss' exchanges with and president of the senior class, Alpha Holcolme, regarding regulations proposed by senior class (1913), letters regarding Burruss' decision to accept the position of President at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1919), and correspondence with M'Ledge Moffett, Dean of Women at the State Teachers College in East Radford, Virginia (1939). The file contains photocopies of a 1917 letter from Burruss to George W. Chappelear, then of the Miller School in Virginia, inviting him to a position as a biology instructor and head of buildings and grounds.","The files include several reports and speeches, including the \"Report and Bylaws, Virginia Normal School Board,\" July 1, 1914 - January 1, 1916, and a report titled \"Normal School Organization and Administration: Some Recommendations Relative Thereto with Special Reference to the State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg , Virginia,\" written in 1918.","The papers include news releases from 1914-1919, most of which were prepared for the Virginia Journal of Education.","Mentions of the Joan of Arc sculpture are included.","Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The collection contains papers and correspondences, reports and speeches by President Julian Ashby Burruss, first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, and documents related to the founding of the school.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005"],"collection_ssim":["Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["UA 0023","/repositories/4/resources/436"],"unitid_tesim":["UA 0023","/repositories/4/resources/436"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"places_ssim":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"creator_ssm":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"creator_ssim":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration"],"creators_ssim":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration"],"access_terms_ssm":["Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Some papers contain a handwritten note in the margins indicating that they were received from R.C. Dingledine in 1984."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","College presidents -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","Universities and colleges -- Virginia -- Administration","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","College presidents -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","Universities and colleges -- Virginia -- Administration","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.4 cubic feet 8 folders"],"extent_tesim":["0.4 cubic feet 8 folders"],"genreform_ssim":["Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDocuments are arranged topically. Papers that are noted as originating from R.C. Dingledine and Dr. John Wayland are contained in folders of the same title.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Documents are arranged topically. Papers that are noted as originating from R.C. Dingledine and Dr. John Wayland are contained in folders of the same title."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eDingledine, Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMadison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958\u003c/emph\u003e, Harrisonburg, VA : Madison College. 1959.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"President Burruss Papers,\" Founding Documents in Special Collections, James Madison University. Accessed January 8, 2018. https://apps.lib.jmu.edu/special/FoundingDocs/burruss/default.aspx.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Dingledine, Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. Madison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958, Harrisonburg, VA : Madison College. 1959.","\"President Burruss Papers,\" Founding Documents in Special Collections, James Madison University. Accessed January 8, 2018. https://apps.lib.jmu.edu/special/FoundingDocs/burruss/default.aspx."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJulian Burruss was the first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, serving from 1908 to 1919. During his tenure, Burruss maintained a busy speaking schedule promoting the new school, actively recruited faculty and students, expanded administrative staff, oversaw the establishment of the Student Government Association, YWCA and other clubs and societies, and established special funds and scholarships available to eligible students. He oversaw many building projects, and created a long-range development plan for the school and grounds that would contain approximately 40 buildings and support a maximum enrollment of 1000 students. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring Burruss' tenure, the Normal School went from an enrollment of 11 women in 1909, to a graduating class of over 300 students in 1919. During his presidency, the Normal school transitioned from offering four years of high school and two years of post-high school professional programs and teaching certificates, to offering a four-year Bachelor Science degree in Education, in addition to other programs. Burruss was a strong advocate for industrial and vocational training, and established Harrisonburg Normal School as leader in manual arts, household arts and rural arts. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBurruss was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1876. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1889 with a degree in civil engineering, and did some graduate work at Columbia University. Prior to his presidency, he served four years as the head of the manual training program in the Richmond city schools. While in Harrisonburg, he was an officer in the Presbyterian church and served two years as president of the Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce. In 1919, Burruss left the Normal School to become president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Julian Burruss was the first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, serving from 1908 to 1919. During his tenure, Burruss maintained a busy speaking schedule promoting the new school, actively recruited faculty and students, expanded administrative staff, oversaw the establishment of the Student Government Association, YWCA and other clubs and societies, and established special funds and scholarships available to eligible students. He oversaw many building projects, and created a long-range development plan for the school and grounds that would contain approximately 40 buildings and support a maximum enrollment of 1000 students.","During Burruss' tenure, the Normal School went from an enrollment of 11 women in 1909, to a graduating class of over 300 students in 1919. During his presidency, the Normal school transitioned from offering four years of high school and two years of post-high school professional programs and teaching certificates, to offering a four-year Bachelor Science degree in Education, in addition to other programs. Burruss was a strong advocate for industrial and vocational training, and established Harrisonburg Normal School as leader in manual arts, household arts and rural arts.","Burruss was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1876. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1889 with a degree in civil engineering, and did some graduate work at Columbia University. Prior to his presidency, he served four years as the head of the manual training program in the Richmond city schools. While in Harrisonburg, he was an officer in the Presbyterian church and served two years as president of the Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce. In 1919, Burruss left the Normal School to become president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Julian Ashby Burruss Papers, 1904-2005, UA 0023, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Julian Ashby Burruss Papers, 1904-2005, UA 0023, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords of Julian A. Burruss, President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, RG 2/8, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Records of Julian A. Burruss, President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, RG 2/8, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Julian A. Burruss Papers contain documents related to the establishment of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, including a 1904 report to the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on Location of State Normal School titled \"State Female Normal School: Reasons and Inducements for Its Location at Harrisonburg\" by A. H. Snyder and George E Sipe. It also contains a newspaper clipping from the May 26, 1904 Daily News-Record – \"Stating the case for Harrisonburg, Committee on Normal School here to investigate.\" \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf note in the correspondence file are Burruss' exchanges with and president of the senior class, Alpha Holcolme, regarding regulations proposed by senior class (1913), letters regarding Burruss' decision to accept the position of President at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1919), and correspondence with M'Ledge Moffett, Dean of Women at the State Teachers College in East Radford, Virginia (1939). The file contains photocopies of a 1917 letter from Burruss to George W. Chappelear, then of the Miller School in Virginia, inviting him to a position as a biology instructor and head of buildings and grounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe files include several reports and speeches, including the \"Report and Bylaws, Virginia Normal School Board,\" July 1, 1914 - January 1, 1916, and a report titled \"Normal School Organization and Administration: Some Recommendations Relative Thereto with Special Reference to the State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg , Virginia,\" written in 1918.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include news releases from 1914-1919, most of which were prepared for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Journal of Education.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions of the Joan of Arc sculpture are included.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Julian A. Burruss Papers contain documents related to the establishment of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, including a 1904 report to the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on Location of State Normal School titled \"State Female Normal School: Reasons and Inducements for Its Location at Harrisonburg\" by A. H. Snyder and George E Sipe. It also contains a newspaper clipping from the May 26, 1904 Daily News-Record – \"Stating the case for Harrisonburg, Committee on Normal School here to investigate.\"","Of note in the correspondence file are Burruss' exchanges with and president of the senior class, Alpha Holcolme, regarding regulations proposed by senior class (1913), letters regarding Burruss' decision to accept the position of President at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1919), and correspondence with M'Ledge Moffett, Dean of Women at the State Teachers College in East Radford, Virginia (1939). The file contains photocopies of a 1917 letter from Burruss to George W. Chappelear, then of the Miller School in Virginia, inviting him to a position as a biology instructor and head of buildings and grounds.","The files include several reports and speeches, including the \"Report and Bylaws, Virginia Normal School Board,\" July 1, 1914 - January 1, 1916, and a report titled \"Normal School Organization and Administration: Some Recommendations Relative Thereto with Special Reference to the State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg , Virginia,\" written in 1918.","The papers include news releases from 1914-1919, most of which were prepared for the Virginia Journal of Education.","Mentions of the Joan of Arc sculpture are included."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_b8de0c07efcb24a381bcb54738e586df\"\u003eThe collection contains papers and correspondences, reports and speeches by President Julian Ashby Burruss, first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, and documents related to the founding of the school.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains papers and correspondences, reports and speeches by President Julian Ashby Burruss, first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, and documents related to the founding of the school."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration"],"names_coll_ssim":["James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration"],"persname_ssim":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":8,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-07T00:01:22.789Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_436","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_436.xml","title_ssm":["Julian A. Burruss Papers"],"title_tesim":["Julian A. Burruss Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1904-2005"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1904-2005"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1904/2005"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005"],"text":["Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005","UA 0023","/repositories/4/resources/436","Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century","Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","College presidents -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","Universities and colleges -- Virginia -- Administration","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (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.","Documents are arranged topically. Papers that are noted as originating from R.C. Dingledine and Dr. John Wayland are contained in folders of the same title.","Dingledine, Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. Madison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958, Harrisonburg, VA : Madison College. 1959.","\"President Burruss Papers,\" Founding Documents in Special Collections, James Madison University. Accessed January 8, 2018. https://apps.lib.jmu.edu/special/FoundingDocs/burruss/default.aspx.","Julian Burruss was the first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, serving from 1908 to 1919. During his tenure, Burruss maintained a busy speaking schedule promoting the new school, actively recruited faculty and students, expanded administrative staff, oversaw the establishment of the Student Government Association, YWCA and other clubs and societies, and established special funds and scholarships available to eligible students. He oversaw many building projects, and created a long-range development plan for the school and grounds that would contain approximately 40 buildings and support a maximum enrollment of 1000 students.","During Burruss' tenure, the Normal School went from an enrollment of 11 women in 1909, to a graduating class of over 300 students in 1919. During his presidency, the Normal school transitioned from offering four years of high school and two years of post-high school professional programs and teaching certificates, to offering a four-year Bachelor Science degree in Education, in addition to other programs. Burruss was a strong advocate for industrial and vocational training, and established Harrisonburg Normal School as leader in manual arts, household arts and rural arts.","Burruss was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1876. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1889 with a degree in civil engineering, and did some graduate work at Columbia University. Prior to his presidency, he served four years as the head of the manual training program in the Richmond city schools. While in Harrisonburg, he was an officer in the Presbyterian church and served two years as president of the Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce. In 1919, Burruss left the Normal School to become president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.","Records of Julian A. Burruss, President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, RG 2/8, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.","The Julian A. Burruss Papers contain documents related to the establishment of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, including a 1904 report to the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on Location of State Normal School titled \"State Female Normal School: Reasons and Inducements for Its Location at Harrisonburg\" by A. H. Snyder and George E Sipe. It also contains a newspaper clipping from the May 26, 1904 Daily News-Record – \"Stating the case for Harrisonburg, Committee on Normal School here to investigate.\"","Of note in the correspondence file are Burruss' exchanges with and president of the senior class, Alpha Holcolme, regarding regulations proposed by senior class (1913), letters regarding Burruss' decision to accept the position of President at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1919), and correspondence with M'Ledge Moffett, Dean of Women at the State Teachers College in East Radford, Virginia (1939). The file contains photocopies of a 1917 letter from Burruss to George W. Chappelear, then of the Miller School in Virginia, inviting him to a position as a biology instructor and head of buildings and grounds.","The files include several reports and speeches, including the \"Report and Bylaws, Virginia Normal School Board,\" July 1, 1914 - January 1, 1916, and a report titled \"Normal School Organization and Administration: Some Recommendations Relative Thereto with Special Reference to the State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg , Virginia,\" written in 1918.","The papers include news releases from 1914-1919, most of which were prepared for the Virginia Journal of Education.","Mentions of the Joan of Arc sculpture are included.","Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The collection contains papers and correspondences, reports and speeches by President Julian Ashby Burruss, first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, and documents related to the founding of the school.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005"],"collection_ssim":["Julian A. Burruss Papers, 1904/2005"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["UA 0023","/repositories/4/resources/436"],"unitid_tesim":["UA 0023","/repositories/4/resources/436"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"places_ssim":["Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History -- 20th century"],"creator_ssm":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"creator_ssim":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration"],"creators_ssim":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration"],"access_terms_ssm":["Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Some papers contain a handwritten note in the margins indicating that they were received from R.C. Dingledine in 1984."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","College presidents -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","Universities and colleges -- Virginia -- Administration","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Education, Higher -- Virginia -- History","Teachers colleges -- History","College presidents -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","Universities and colleges -- Virginia -- Administration","Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.4 cubic feet 8 folders"],"extent_tesim":["0.4 cubic feet 8 folders"],"genreform_ssim":["Manuscripts (documents)","Newspaper clippings","Letters (correspondence)","Speeches (Documents)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDocuments are arranged topically. Papers that are noted as originating from R.C. Dingledine and Dr. John Wayland are contained in folders of the same title.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Documents are arranged topically. Papers that are noted as originating from R.C. Dingledine and Dr. John Wayland are contained in folders of the same title."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eDingledine, Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMadison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958\u003c/emph\u003e, Harrisonburg, VA : Madison College. 1959.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"President Burruss Papers,\" Founding Documents in Special Collections, James Madison University. Accessed January 8, 2018. https://apps.lib.jmu.edu/special/FoundingDocs/burruss/default.aspx.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Dingledine, Raymond C. Dingledine, Jr. Madison College: the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958, Harrisonburg, VA : Madison College. 1959.","\"President Burruss Papers,\" Founding Documents in Special Collections, James Madison University. Accessed January 8, 2018. https://apps.lib.jmu.edu/special/FoundingDocs/burruss/default.aspx."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJulian Burruss was the first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, serving from 1908 to 1919. During his tenure, Burruss maintained a busy speaking schedule promoting the new school, actively recruited faculty and students, expanded administrative staff, oversaw the establishment of the Student Government Association, YWCA and other clubs and societies, and established special funds and scholarships available to eligible students. He oversaw many building projects, and created a long-range development plan for the school and grounds that would contain approximately 40 buildings and support a maximum enrollment of 1000 students. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring Burruss' tenure, the Normal School went from an enrollment of 11 women in 1909, to a graduating class of over 300 students in 1919. During his presidency, the Normal school transitioned from offering four years of high school and two years of post-high school professional programs and teaching certificates, to offering a four-year Bachelor Science degree in Education, in addition to other programs. Burruss was a strong advocate for industrial and vocational training, and established Harrisonburg Normal School as leader in manual arts, household arts and rural arts. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBurruss was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1876. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1889 with a degree in civil engineering, and did some graduate work at Columbia University. Prior to his presidency, he served four years as the head of the manual training program in the Richmond city schools. While in Harrisonburg, he was an officer in the Presbyterian church and served two years as president of the Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce. In 1919, Burruss left the Normal School to become president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Julian Burruss was the first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, serving from 1908 to 1919. During his tenure, Burruss maintained a busy speaking schedule promoting the new school, actively recruited faculty and students, expanded administrative staff, oversaw the establishment of the Student Government Association, YWCA and other clubs and societies, and established special funds and scholarships available to eligible students. He oversaw many building projects, and created a long-range development plan for the school and grounds that would contain approximately 40 buildings and support a maximum enrollment of 1000 students.","During Burruss' tenure, the Normal School went from an enrollment of 11 women in 1909, to a graduating class of over 300 students in 1919. During his presidency, the Normal school transitioned from offering four years of high school and two years of post-high school professional programs and teaching certificates, to offering a four-year Bachelor Science degree in Education, in addition to other programs. Burruss was a strong advocate for industrial and vocational training, and established Harrisonburg Normal School as leader in manual arts, household arts and rural arts.","Burruss was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1876. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1889 with a degree in civil engineering, and did some graduate work at Columbia University. Prior to his presidency, he served four years as the head of the manual training program in the Richmond city schools. While in Harrisonburg, he was an officer in the Presbyterian church and served two years as president of the Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce. In 1919, Burruss left the Normal School to become president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Julian Ashby Burruss Papers, 1904-2005, UA 0023, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Julian Ashby Burruss Papers, 1904-2005, UA 0023, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords of Julian A. Burruss, President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, RG 2/8, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Records of Julian A. Burruss, President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, RG 2/8, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Julian A. Burruss Papers contain documents related to the establishment of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, including a 1904 report to the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on Location of State Normal School titled \"State Female Normal School: Reasons and Inducements for Its Location at Harrisonburg\" by A. H. Snyder and George E Sipe. It also contains a newspaper clipping from the May 26, 1904 Daily News-Record – \"Stating the case for Harrisonburg, Committee on Normal School here to investigate.\" \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf note in the correspondence file are Burruss' exchanges with and president of the senior class, Alpha Holcolme, regarding regulations proposed by senior class (1913), letters regarding Burruss' decision to accept the position of President at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1919), and correspondence with M'Ledge Moffett, Dean of Women at the State Teachers College in East Radford, Virginia (1939). The file contains photocopies of a 1917 letter from Burruss to George W. Chappelear, then of the Miller School in Virginia, inviting him to a position as a biology instructor and head of buildings and grounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe files include several reports and speeches, including the \"Report and Bylaws, Virginia Normal School Board,\" July 1, 1914 - January 1, 1916, and a report titled \"Normal School Organization and Administration: Some Recommendations Relative Thereto with Special Reference to the State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg , Virginia,\" written in 1918.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers include news releases from 1914-1919, most of which were prepared for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Journal of Education.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions of the Joan of Arc sculpture are included.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Julian A. Burruss Papers contain documents related to the establishment of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, including a 1904 report to the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on Location of State Normal School titled \"State Female Normal School: Reasons and Inducements for Its Location at Harrisonburg\" by A. H. Snyder and George E Sipe. It also contains a newspaper clipping from the May 26, 1904 Daily News-Record – \"Stating the case for Harrisonburg, Committee on Normal School here to investigate.\"","Of note in the correspondence file are Burruss' exchanges with and president of the senior class, Alpha Holcolme, regarding regulations proposed by senior class (1913), letters regarding Burruss' decision to accept the position of President at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1919), and correspondence with M'Ledge Moffett, Dean of Women at the State Teachers College in East Radford, Virginia (1939). The file contains photocopies of a 1917 letter from Burruss to George W. Chappelear, then of the Miller School in Virginia, inviting him to a position as a biology instructor and head of buildings and grounds.","The files include several reports and speeches, including the \"Report and Bylaws, Virginia Normal School Board,\" July 1, 1914 - January 1, 1916, and a report titled \"Normal School Organization and Administration: Some Recommendations Relative Thereto with Special Reference to the State Normal School for Women, Harrisonburg , Virginia,\" written in 1918.","The papers include news releases from 1914-1919, most of which were prepared for the Virginia Journal of Education.","Mentions of the Joan of Arc sculpture are included."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_b8de0c07efcb24a381bcb54738e586df\"\u003eThe collection contains papers and correspondences, reports and speeches by President Julian Ashby Burruss, first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, and documents related to the founding of the school.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains papers and correspondences, reports and speeches by President Julian Ashby Burruss, first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, and documents related to the founding of the school."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration"],"names_coll_ssim":["James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration"],"persname_ssim":["Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University -- Administration","James Madison University -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History","State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Administration","Burruss, Julian Ashby, 1876-1947"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":8,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-07T00:01:22.789Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_436"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_333#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_333#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_333#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_333.xml","title_ssm":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers"],"title_tesim":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1946-1978"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1946-1978"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1946/1978"],"normalized_title_ssm":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978"],"text":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978","SC 0200","/repositories/4/resources/333","Virginia -- History, Local","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Programs (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 arranged topically in three folders.","Daily News-Record, June 3, 1989 and March 20, 2006.","Born in Paola, Kansas, James Wilbert Chappell (1906-1989) was the son of George Lee Chappell and Mary Adeline Smith Chappell. He graduated from Ottowa University in 1929 and received his Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas. He married Ellen Aileen Harris on December 22, 1936. After becoming assistant professor of chemistry at Fort Hays State College in Kansas, where he taught from 1935-1943, Dr. Chappell joined the faculty at Madison College where he served as chair of the Chemistry Department until 1971. He retired as professor emeritus in 1975. Dr. Chappell was a member of various national panhellenic societies and local organizations including the Harrisonburg Kiwanis Club.","Ellen Aileen Harris (1914-2006) was born in Lawrence, Kansas to Allen Shackleford Harris and Martha Washington Harris. She graduated from the University of Kansas with an A.B. degree and also pursued graduate work at James Madison University. Upon moving to Harrisonburg in 1943, Ellen Chappell taught fifth grade at Mt. Clinton, Bridgewater, and Pleasant Valley Elementary schools and was active in various local organizations including the Lanier Garden Club and the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She was also the founder of the Madison College Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, which later became the James Madison University Women's Club.","Congratulatory letters were removed from the scrapbook and placed loose in their original order in an acid-free folder.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5022.","The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.","The collection is comprised primarily of congratulatory letters addressed to Dr. Chappell in celebration of his retirement in 1975. The letters, originally compiled in a scrapbook, were written by various members of the JMU community including faculty members and Dr. Chappell's former students. Also present are other materials relating to Dr. Chappell's retirement such as luncheon invitations and a guest list. Nine programs from the Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, dating from 1946 to 1958, are also included. A folder of miscellany contains a black and white photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony with corresponding negative and enlarged print as well as other ephemera. The identity of the photographed persons, with the exception of Dr. Chappell, is unknown.","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).","The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources","Chappell family","Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978"],"collection_ssim":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0200","/repositories/4/resources/333"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0200","/repositories/4/resources/333"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia -- History, Local"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia -- History, Local"],"places_ssim":["Virginia -- History, Local"],"creator_ssm":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"creator_ssim":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Chappell family"],"creators_ssim":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources","Chappell family"],"access_terms_ssm":["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)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Materials within this collection were donated by Mary Ann Chappell, the Chappells' daughter-in-law, as two separate accessions between 2009 and 2010."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Programs (documents)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Programs (documents)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.16 cubic feet 3 folders"],"extent_tesim":["0.16 cubic feet 3 folders"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Programs (documents)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged topically in three folders.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged topically in three folders."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/title\u003e, June 3, 1989 and March 20, 2006.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Daily News-Record, June 3, 1989 and March 20, 2006."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBorn in Paola, Kansas, James Wilbert Chappell (1906-1989) was the son of George Lee Chappell and Mary Adeline Smith Chappell. He graduated from Ottowa University in 1929 and received his Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas. He married Ellen Aileen Harris on December 22, 1936. After becoming assistant professor of chemistry at Fort Hays State College in Kansas, where he taught from 1935-1943, Dr. Chappell joined the faculty at Madison College where he served as chair of the Chemistry Department until 1971. He retired as professor emeritus in 1975. Dr. Chappell was a member of various national panhellenic societies and local organizations including the Harrisonburg Kiwanis Club. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEllen Aileen Harris (1914-2006) was born in Lawrence, Kansas to Allen Shackleford Harris and Martha Washington Harris. She graduated from the University of Kansas with an A.B. degree and also pursued graduate work at James Madison University. Upon moving to Harrisonburg in 1943, Ellen Chappell taught fifth grade at Mt. Clinton, Bridgewater, and Pleasant Valley Elementary schools and was active in various local organizations including the Lanier Garden Club and the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She was also the founder of the Madison College Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, which later became the James Madison University Women's Club.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Born in Paola, Kansas, James Wilbert Chappell (1906-1989) was the son of George Lee Chappell and Mary Adeline Smith Chappell. He graduated from Ottowa University in 1929 and received his Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas. He married Ellen Aileen Harris on December 22, 1936. After becoming assistant professor of chemistry at Fort Hays State College in Kansas, where he taught from 1935-1943, Dr. Chappell joined the faculty at Madison College where he served as chair of the Chemistry Department until 1971. He retired as professor emeritus in 1975. Dr. Chappell was a member of various national panhellenic societies and local organizations including the Harrisonburg Kiwanis Club.","Ellen Aileen Harris (1914-2006) was born in Lawrence, Kansas to Allen Shackleford Harris and Martha Washington Harris. She graduated from the University of Kansas with an A.B. degree and also pursued graduate work at James Madison University. Upon moving to Harrisonburg in 1943, Ellen Chappell taught fifth grade at Mt. Clinton, Bridgewater, and Pleasant Valley Elementary schools and was active in various local organizations including the Lanier Garden Club and the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She was also the founder of the Madison College Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, which later became the James Madison University Women's Club."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1947-1978, SC 0200, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1947-1978, SC 0200, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCongratulatory letters were removed from the scrapbook and placed loose in their original order in an acid-free folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 5022\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Congratulatory letters were removed from the scrapbook and placed loose in their original order in an acid-free folder.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5022."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is comprised primarily of congratulatory letters addressed to Dr. Chappell in celebration of his retirement in 1975. The letters, originally compiled in a scrapbook, were written by various members of the JMU community including faculty members and Dr. Chappell's former students. Also present are other materials relating to Dr. Chappell's retirement such as luncheon invitations and a guest list. Nine programs from the Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, dating from 1946 to 1958, are also included. A folder of miscellany contains a black and white photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony with corresponding negative and enlarged print as well as other ephemera. The identity of the photographed persons, with the exception of Dr. Chappell, is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.","The collection is comprised primarily of congratulatory letters addressed to Dr. Chappell in celebration of his retirement in 1975. The letters, originally compiled in a scrapbook, were written by various members of the JMU community including faculty members and Dr. Chappell's former students. Also present are other materials relating to Dr. Chappell's retirement such as luncheon invitations and a guest list. Nine programs from the Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, dating from 1946 to 1958, are also included. A folder of miscellany contains a black and white photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony with corresponding negative and enlarged print as well as other ephemera. The identity of the photographed persons, with the exception of Dr. Chappell, is unknown."],"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_2257717ef2889acf83ad4fec6bdad022\"\u003eThe J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources"],"names_coll_ssim":["Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources","Chappell family","Chappell, Mary Ann","Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006"],"famname_ssim":["Chappell family"],"persname_ssim":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources","Chappell family","Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":3,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_333","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_333.xml","title_ssm":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers"],"title_tesim":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1946-1978"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1946-1978"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1946/1978"],"normalized_title_ssm":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978"],"text":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978","SC 0200","/repositories/4/resources/333","Virginia -- History, Local","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Programs (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 arranged topically in three folders.","Daily News-Record, June 3, 1989 and March 20, 2006.","Born in Paola, Kansas, James Wilbert Chappell (1906-1989) was the son of George Lee Chappell and Mary Adeline Smith Chappell. He graduated from Ottowa University in 1929 and received his Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas. He married Ellen Aileen Harris on December 22, 1936. After becoming assistant professor of chemistry at Fort Hays State College in Kansas, where he taught from 1935-1943, Dr. Chappell joined the faculty at Madison College where he served as chair of the Chemistry Department until 1971. He retired as professor emeritus in 1975. Dr. Chappell was a member of various national panhellenic societies and local organizations including the Harrisonburg Kiwanis Club.","Ellen Aileen Harris (1914-2006) was born in Lawrence, Kansas to Allen Shackleford Harris and Martha Washington Harris. She graduated from the University of Kansas with an A.B. degree and also pursued graduate work at James Madison University. Upon moving to Harrisonburg in 1943, Ellen Chappell taught fifth grade at Mt. Clinton, Bridgewater, and Pleasant Valley Elementary schools and was active in various local organizations including the Lanier Garden Club and the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She was also the founder of the Madison College Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, which later became the James Madison University Women's Club.","Congratulatory letters were removed from the scrapbook and placed loose in their original order in an acid-free folder.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5022.","The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.","The collection is comprised primarily of congratulatory letters addressed to Dr. Chappell in celebration of his retirement in 1975. The letters, originally compiled in a scrapbook, were written by various members of the JMU community including faculty members and Dr. Chappell's former students. Also present are other materials relating to Dr. Chappell's retirement such as luncheon invitations and a guest list. Nine programs from the Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, dating from 1946 to 1958, are also included. A folder of miscellany contains a black and white photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony with corresponding negative and enlarged print as well as other ephemera. The identity of the photographed persons, with the exception of Dr. Chappell, is unknown.","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).","The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources","Chappell family","Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978"],"collection_ssim":["J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946/1978"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0200","/repositories/4/resources/333"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0200","/repositories/4/resources/333"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia -- History, Local"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia -- History, Local"],"places_ssim":["Virginia -- History, Local"],"creator_ssm":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"creator_ssim":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Chappell family"],"creators_ssim":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources","Chappell family"],"access_terms_ssm":["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)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Materials within this collection were donated by Mary Ann Chappell, the Chappells' daughter-in-law, as two separate accessions between 2009 and 2010."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Programs (documents)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Programs (documents)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.16 cubic feet 3 folders"],"extent_tesim":["0.16 cubic feet 3 folders"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Programs (documents)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged topically in three folders.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged topically in three folders."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/title\u003e, June 3, 1989 and March 20, 2006.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Daily News-Record, June 3, 1989 and March 20, 2006."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBorn in Paola, Kansas, James Wilbert Chappell (1906-1989) was the son of George Lee Chappell and Mary Adeline Smith Chappell. He graduated from Ottowa University in 1929 and received his Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas. He married Ellen Aileen Harris on December 22, 1936. After becoming assistant professor of chemistry at Fort Hays State College in Kansas, where he taught from 1935-1943, Dr. Chappell joined the faculty at Madison College where he served as chair of the Chemistry Department until 1971. He retired as professor emeritus in 1975. Dr. Chappell was a member of various national panhellenic societies and local organizations including the Harrisonburg Kiwanis Club. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEllen Aileen Harris (1914-2006) was born in Lawrence, Kansas to Allen Shackleford Harris and Martha Washington Harris. She graduated from the University of Kansas with an A.B. degree and also pursued graduate work at James Madison University. Upon moving to Harrisonburg in 1943, Ellen Chappell taught fifth grade at Mt. Clinton, Bridgewater, and Pleasant Valley Elementary schools and was active in various local organizations including the Lanier Garden Club and the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She was also the founder of the Madison College Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, which later became the James Madison University Women's Club.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Born in Paola, Kansas, James Wilbert Chappell (1906-1989) was the son of George Lee Chappell and Mary Adeline Smith Chappell. He graduated from Ottowa University in 1929 and received his Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas. He married Ellen Aileen Harris on December 22, 1936. After becoming assistant professor of chemistry at Fort Hays State College in Kansas, where he taught from 1935-1943, Dr. Chappell joined the faculty at Madison College where he served as chair of the Chemistry Department until 1971. He retired as professor emeritus in 1975. Dr. Chappell was a member of various national panhellenic societies and local organizations including the Harrisonburg Kiwanis Club.","Ellen Aileen Harris (1914-2006) was born in Lawrence, Kansas to Allen Shackleford Harris and Martha Washington Harris. She graduated from the University of Kansas with an A.B. degree and also pursued graduate work at James Madison University. Upon moving to Harrisonburg in 1943, Ellen Chappell taught fifth grade at Mt. Clinton, Bridgewater, and Pleasant Valley Elementary schools and was active in various local organizations including the Lanier Garden Club and the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She was also the founder of the Madison College Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, which later became the James Madison University Women's Club."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1947-1978, SC 0200, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1947-1978, SC 0200, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCongratulatory letters were removed from the scrapbook and placed loose in their original order in an acid-free folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 5022\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Congratulatory letters were removed from the scrapbook and placed loose in their original order in an acid-free folder.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5022."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is comprised primarily of congratulatory letters addressed to Dr. Chappell in celebration of his retirement in 1975. The letters, originally compiled in a scrapbook, were written by various members of the JMU community including faculty members and Dr. Chappell's former students. Also present are other materials relating to Dr. Chappell's retirement such as luncheon invitations and a guest list. Nine programs from the Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, dating from 1946 to 1958, are also included. A folder of miscellany contains a black and white photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony with corresponding negative and enlarged print as well as other ephemera. The identity of the photographed persons, with the exception of Dr. Chappell, is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.","The collection is comprised primarily of congratulatory letters addressed to Dr. Chappell in celebration of his retirement in 1975. The letters, originally compiled in a scrapbook, were written by various members of the JMU community including faculty members and Dr. Chappell's former students. Also present are other materials relating to Dr. Chappell's retirement such as luncheon invitations and a guest list. Nine programs from the Faculty Wives Sewing Circle, dating from 1946 to 1958, are also included. A folder of miscellany contains a black and white photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony with corresponding negative and enlarged print as well as other ephemera. The identity of the photographed persons, with the exception of Dr. Chappell, is unknown."],"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_2257717ef2889acf83ad4fec6bdad022\"\u003eThe J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The J. Wilbert and Ellen A. Chappell Papers, 1946-1978, consist of three folders of congratulatory letters, Faculty Wives Sewing Circle programs, photographs, and miscellany."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources"],"names_coll_ssim":["Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources","Chappell family","Chappell, Mary Ann","Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006"],"famname_ssim":["Chappell family"],"persname_ssim":["Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty","Madison College. Faculty Wives Sewing Circle -- Records and correspondence","James Madison University. Women's Club -- History -- Sources","Madison College -- History -- Sources","James Madison University -- History -- Sources","Chappell family","Chappell, Ellen Aileen Harris, 1914-2006","Chappell, James Wilbert, 1906-1989","Chappell, Mary Ann"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":3,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_333"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_400#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_400#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_400.xml","title_ssm":["Kathryn Eye Papers"],"title_tesim":["Kathryn Eye Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1920-1991"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1920-1991"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1920/1991"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991"],"text":["Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991","SC 0231","Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960","Belgium -- Colonies -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History","Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Art, African","Stamp collections","Postage stamps -- History","Coins -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Money -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Scrapbooks","Appraisals (financial records)","Magazines (periodicals)","Postage stamps","Money (objects)","Envelopes","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.","The collection is arranged in three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1920-1975\n      Artifact Information, 1959-1991\n      Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988","\"Find A Grave Index,\" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-BGNZ : 13 December 2015), Kathryn Eye, 1979; Burial, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States of America, Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 67091406,Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.","Garnett, William E. and Emma Garnett McCoy. The Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett, Antecedents and Descendants. 1963.","Obituary for Rev. Kathryn Eye, Daily News-Record, November 17, 1979.","Kathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026 Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.","Before her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.","On her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026 Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.","Marie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett.","The materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary.","The scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location.","The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"","Of note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.","Several letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.","Series 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.","Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of Life magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the Life magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.","Kathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of Life magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.","The scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.","Other items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.","Series 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page.","The Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' Our Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera.","The copyright interests in this collection have 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 Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester","Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991"],"collection_ssim":["Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0231"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0231"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960","Belgium -- Colonies -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960","Belgium -- Colonies -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History"],"places_ssim":["Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960","Belgium -- Colonies -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester"],"creators_ssim":["Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have 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":["This collection was transferred from Kate Stevens, Director of the Madison Art Collection, on October 3, 2013."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Art, African","Stamp collections","Postage stamps -- History","Coins -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Money -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Scrapbooks","Appraisals (financial records)","Magazines (periodicals)","Postage stamps","Money (objects)","Envelopes"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Art, African","Stamp collections","Postage stamps -- History","Coins -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Money -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Scrapbooks","Appraisals (financial records)","Magazines (periodicals)","Postage stamps","Money (objects)","Envelopes"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.14  cubic feet 3 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["1.14  cubic feet 3 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Scrapbooks","Appraisals (financial records)","Magazines (periodicals)","Postage stamps","Money (objects)","Envelopes"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged in three series. All series are arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1920-1975\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eArtifact Information, 1959-1991\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eScrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1920-1975\n      Artifact Information, 1959-1991\n      Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\"Find A Grave Index,\" database, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFamilySearch\u003c/emph\u003e (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-BGNZ : 13 December 2015), Kathryn Eye, 1979; Burial, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States of America, Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 67091406,Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eGarnett, William E. and Emma Garnett McCoy. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett, Antecedents and Descendants\u003c/emph\u003e. 1963.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eObituary for Rev. Kathryn Eye, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e, November 17, 1979.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["\"Find A Grave Index,\" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-BGNZ : 13 December 2015), Kathryn Eye, 1979; Burial, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States of America, Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 67091406,Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.","Garnett, William E. and Emma Garnett McCoy. The Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett, Antecedents and Descendants. 1963.","Obituary for Rev. Kathryn Eye, Daily News-Record, November 17, 1979."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026amp; Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBefore her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026amp; Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Kathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026 Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.","Before her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.","On her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026 Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.","Marie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, SC 0231, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, SC 0231, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"","Of note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.","Several letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.","Series 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.","Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of Life magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the Life magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.","Kathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of Life magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.","The scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.","Other items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.","Series 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' Our Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 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_dc6abb5b677a2f6a7661dd6cba76e988\"\u003eThe Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester"],"names_coll_ssim":["James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester","Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence"],"persname_ssim":["Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester","Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"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":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_400","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_400.xml","title_ssm":["Kathryn Eye Papers"],"title_tesim":["Kathryn Eye Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1920-1991"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1920-1991"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1920/1991"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991"],"text":["Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991","SC 0231","Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960","Belgium -- Colonies -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History","Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Art, African","Stamp collections","Postage stamps -- History","Coins -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Money -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Scrapbooks","Appraisals (financial records)","Magazines (periodicals)","Postage stamps","Money (objects)","Envelopes","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.","The collection is arranged in three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1920-1975\n      Artifact Information, 1959-1991\n      Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988","\"Find A Grave Index,\" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-BGNZ : 13 December 2015), Kathryn Eye, 1979; Burial, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States of America, Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 67091406,Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.","Garnett, William E. and Emma Garnett McCoy. The Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett, Antecedents and Descendants. 1963.","Obituary for Rev. Kathryn Eye, Daily News-Record, November 17, 1979.","Kathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026 Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.","Before her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.","On her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026 Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.","Marie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett.","The materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary.","The scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location.","The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"","Of note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.","Several letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.","Series 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.","Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of Life magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the Life magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.","Kathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of Life magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.","The scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.","Other items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.","Series 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page.","The Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' Our Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera.","The copyright interests in this collection have 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 Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester","Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991"],"collection_ssim":["Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920/1991"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0231"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0231"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960","Belgium -- Colonies -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960","Belgium -- Colonies -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History"],"places_ssim":["Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960","Belgium -- Colonies -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester"],"creators_ssim":["Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have 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":["This collection was transferred from Kate Stevens, Director of the Madison Art Collection, on October 3, 2013."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Art, African","Stamp collections","Postage stamps -- History","Coins -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Money -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Scrapbooks","Appraisals (financial records)","Magazines (periodicals)","Postage stamps","Money (objects)","Envelopes"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Missionaries -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Art, African","Stamp collections","Postage stamps -- History","Coins -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Money -- Congo (Democratic Republic)","Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Scrapbooks","Appraisals (financial records)","Magazines (periodicals)","Postage stamps","Money (objects)","Envelopes"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.14  cubic feet 3 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["1.14  cubic feet 3 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Scrapbooks","Appraisals (financial records)","Magazines (periodicals)","Postage stamps","Money (objects)","Envelopes"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged in three series. All series are arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1920-1975\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eArtifact Information, 1959-1991\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eScrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1920-1975\n      Artifact Information, 1959-1991\n      Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\"Find A Grave Index,\" database, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFamilySearch\u003c/emph\u003e (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-BGNZ : 13 December 2015), Kathryn Eye, 1979; Burial, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States of America, Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 67091406,Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eGarnett, William E. and Emma Garnett McCoy. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett, Antecedents and Descendants\u003c/emph\u003e. 1963.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eObituary for Rev. Kathryn Eye, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e, November 17, 1979.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["\"Find A Grave Index,\" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-BGNZ : 13 December 2015), Kathryn Eye, 1979; Burial, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States of America, Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 67091406,Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.","Garnett, William E. and Emma Garnett McCoy. The Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett, Antecedents and Descendants. 1963.","Obituary for Rev. Kathryn Eye, Daily News-Record, November 17, 1979."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026amp; Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBefore her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026amp; Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Kathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026 Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.","Before her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.","On her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026 Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.","Marie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, SC 0231, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, SC 0231, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"","Of note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.","Several letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.","Series 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.","Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of Life magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the Life magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.","Kathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of Life magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.","The scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.","Other items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.","Series 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' Our Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 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_dc6abb5b677a2f6a7661dd6cba76e988\"\u003eThe Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester"],"names_coll_ssim":["James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester","Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence"],"persname_ssim":["Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. Madison Art Collection","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg","United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Virginia -- Winchester","Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. (Title of work: Correspondence.)","Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence","Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993 -- Correspondence"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"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":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_400"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_635#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_635#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The material present in this collection comprise the personal papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files contain materials from conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photos, reports on women's issues in sports and education, and personal reflections.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_635#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_635.xml","title_ssm":["Lee Morrison Papers"],"title_tesim":["Lee Morrison Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1946-2012"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1946-2012"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1946/2012"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012"],"text":["Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012","SC 0215","/repositories/4/resources/635","Physical education for girls","Physical education for women","College sports for women","College sports","Speeches (Documents)","Photographs","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Reports","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.","Four boxes of trophies, plaques, awards, and realia were not retained by Special Collections.","This collection is arranged in the same order in which it was donated.","Dr. Lonnie Leotus \"Lee\" Morrison (1926-2015) was a professor, coach, and administrator at Madison College starting in 1954 until she retired in 1989. She graduated from Georgia State College for Women in 1948 with a B.S. in Education. She then went on to get her M.A. from George Peabody College for Teachers in 1951. After acquiring the position at Madison College, she received her doctorate at Indiana University in 1964. In 1967, she became the Coordinator of Women's Sports for Madison College. From 1972 until her retirement in 1989 she served as the Associate Director of Athletics for James Madison University. Dr. Morrison dedicated her professional career to promoting equality in collegiate sports. After the passage of Title IX, an educational amendment that banned sex discrimination in any program receiving federal aid, she was still involved in many organizations that fought to end sex discrimination in school athletics. She was a member of the Virginia Association for Girls and Women in Sport and a founding board member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), for which she later served as president. She worked on numerous committees at the state, regional, and national level for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. She also served on President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU. Throughout her career she won many awards for her dedication. After retirement, she helped establish the Morrison-Bruce Center for the Promotion of Physical Activity for Girls and Women on the JMU campus. The Morrison-Bruce Center is named in honor of Dr. Morrison and Dr. Patricia Bruce, professor of physical and health education at JMU from 1961-1989. Morrison and Bruce were colleagues, friends, and long-time companions.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2019. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5041. This collection was rehoused in January 2020 and slight alterations were made to finding aid.","The Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, comprise the personal and professional papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files relate to conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photographs, reports on women's issues in sports and education, Title IX, President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU, and personal reflections. There are also transcripts of interviews conducted by Chuck Walcott, Virginia Tech professor of political science, with Lee Morrison dated 1996.","A copy of the brochure \"Sexism in Higher Education: The James Madison Perspective\" (1990) was separated from the collection and cataloged.","The copyright interests in this collection have 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 material present in this collection comprise the personal papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files contain materials from conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photos, reports on women's issues in sports and education, and personal reflections.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012"],"collection_ssim":["Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0215","/repositories/4/resources/635"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0215","/repositories/4/resources/635"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"creator_ssm":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015"],"creator_ssim":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence"],"creators_ssim":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have 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":["Donated by Lee Morrison in October 2012."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Physical education for girls","Physical education for women","College sports for women","College sports","Speeches (Documents)","Photographs","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Reports"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Physical education for girls","Physical education for women","College sports for women","College sports","Speeches (Documents)","Photographs","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Reports"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.32 cubic feet 4 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["1.32 cubic feet 4 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Speeches (Documents)","Photographs","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Reports"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"appraisal_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFour boxes of trophies, plaques, awards, and realia were not retained by Special Collections.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Four boxes of trophies, plaques, awards, and realia were not retained by Special Collections."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged in the same order in which it was donated.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in the same order in which it was donated."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDr. Lonnie Leotus \"Lee\" Morrison (1926-2015) was a professor, coach, and administrator at Madison College starting in 1954 until she retired in 1989. She graduated from Georgia State College for Women in 1948 with a B.S. in Education. She then went on to get her M.A. from George Peabody College for Teachers in 1951. After acquiring the position at Madison College, she received her doctorate at Indiana University in 1964. In 1967, she became the Coordinator of Women's Sports for Madison College. From 1972 until her retirement in 1989 she served as the Associate Director of Athletics for James Madison University. Dr. Morrison dedicated her professional career to promoting equality in collegiate sports. After the passage of Title IX, an educational amendment that banned sex discrimination in any program receiving federal aid, she was still involved in many organizations that fought to end sex discrimination in school athletics. She was a member of the Virginia Association for Girls and Women in Sport and a founding board member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), for which she later served as president. She worked on numerous committees at the state, regional, and national level for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. She also served on President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU. Throughout her career she won many awards for her dedication. After retirement, she helped establish the Morrison-Bruce Center for the Promotion of Physical Activity for Girls and Women on the JMU campus. The Morrison-Bruce Center is named in honor of Dr. Morrison and Dr. Patricia Bruce, professor of physical and health education at JMU from 1961-1989. Morrison and Bruce were colleagues, friends, and long-time companions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Dr. Lonnie Leotus \"Lee\" Morrison (1926-2015) was a professor, coach, and administrator at Madison College starting in 1954 until she retired in 1989. She graduated from Georgia State College for Women in 1948 with a B.S. in Education. She then went on to get her M.A. from George Peabody College for Teachers in 1951. After acquiring the position at Madison College, she received her doctorate at Indiana University in 1964. In 1967, she became the Coordinator of Women's Sports for Madison College. From 1972 until her retirement in 1989 she served as the Associate Director of Athletics for James Madison University. Dr. Morrison dedicated her professional career to promoting equality in collegiate sports. After the passage of Title IX, an educational amendment that banned sex discrimination in any program receiving federal aid, she was still involved in many organizations that fought to end sex discrimination in school athletics. She was a member of the Virginia Association for Girls and Women in Sport and a founding board member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), for which she later served as president. She worked on numerous committees at the state, regional, and national level for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. She also served on President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU. Throughout her career she won many awards for her dedication. After retirement, she helped establish the Morrison-Bruce Center for the Promotion of Physical Activity for Girls and Women on the JMU campus. The Morrison-Bruce Center is named in honor of Dr. Morrison and Dr. Patricia Bruce, professor of physical and health education at JMU from 1961-1989. Morrison and Bruce were colleagues, friends, and long-time companions."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, SC 0215, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, SC 0215, 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 2017-2019. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 5041\u003c/emph\u003e. This collection was rehoused in January 2020 and slight alterations were made to finding aid.\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 2017-2019. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5041. This collection was rehoused in January 2020 and slight alterations were made to finding aid."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, comprise the personal and professional papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files relate to conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photographs, reports on women's issues in sports and education, Title IX, President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU, and personal reflections. There are also transcripts of interviews conducted by Chuck Walcott, Virginia Tech professor of political science, with Lee Morrison dated 1996.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, comprise the personal and professional papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files relate to conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photographs, reports on women's issues in sports and education, Title IX, President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU, and personal reflections. There are also transcripts of interviews conducted by Chuck Walcott, Virginia Tech professor of political science, with Lee Morrison dated 1996."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA copy of the brochure \"Sexism in Higher Education: The James Madison Perspective\" (1990) was separated from the collection and cataloged.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["A copy of the brochure \"Sexism in Higher Education: The James Madison Perspective\" (1990) was separated from the collection and cataloged."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 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_e10caaa40cfcecc877b023be053c2d57\"\u003eThe material present in this collection comprise the personal papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files contain materials from conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photos, reports on women's issues in sports and education, and personal reflections.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The material present in this collection comprise the personal papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files contain materials from conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photos, reports on women's issues in sports and education, and personal reflections."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence"],"names_coll_ssim":["Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence"],"persname_ssim":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":50,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:53.919Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_635","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_635.xml","title_ssm":["Lee Morrison Papers"],"title_tesim":["Lee Morrison Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1946-2012"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1946-2012"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1946/2012"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012"],"text":["Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012","SC 0215","/repositories/4/resources/635","Physical education for girls","Physical education for women","College sports for women","College sports","Speeches (Documents)","Photographs","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Reports","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.","Four boxes of trophies, plaques, awards, and realia were not retained by Special Collections.","This collection is arranged in the same order in which it was donated.","Dr. Lonnie Leotus \"Lee\" Morrison (1926-2015) was a professor, coach, and administrator at Madison College starting in 1954 until she retired in 1989. She graduated from Georgia State College for Women in 1948 with a B.S. in Education. She then went on to get her M.A. from George Peabody College for Teachers in 1951. After acquiring the position at Madison College, she received her doctorate at Indiana University in 1964. In 1967, she became the Coordinator of Women's Sports for Madison College. From 1972 until her retirement in 1989 she served as the Associate Director of Athletics for James Madison University. Dr. Morrison dedicated her professional career to promoting equality in collegiate sports. After the passage of Title IX, an educational amendment that banned sex discrimination in any program receiving federal aid, she was still involved in many organizations that fought to end sex discrimination in school athletics. She was a member of the Virginia Association for Girls and Women in Sport and a founding board member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), for which she later served as president. She worked on numerous committees at the state, regional, and national level for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. She also served on President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU. Throughout her career she won many awards for her dedication. After retirement, she helped establish the Morrison-Bruce Center for the Promotion of Physical Activity for Girls and Women on the JMU campus. The Morrison-Bruce Center is named in honor of Dr. Morrison and Dr. Patricia Bruce, professor of physical and health education at JMU from 1961-1989. Morrison and Bruce were colleagues, friends, and long-time companions.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2019. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5041. This collection was rehoused in January 2020 and slight alterations were made to finding aid.","The Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, comprise the personal and professional papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files relate to conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photographs, reports on women's issues in sports and education, Title IX, President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU, and personal reflections. There are also transcripts of interviews conducted by Chuck Walcott, Virginia Tech professor of political science, with Lee Morrison dated 1996.","A copy of the brochure \"Sexism in Higher Education: The James Madison Perspective\" (1990) was separated from the collection and cataloged.","The copyright interests in this collection have 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 material present in this collection comprise the personal papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files contain materials from conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photos, reports on women's issues in sports and education, and personal reflections.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012"],"collection_ssim":["Lee Morrison Papers, 1946/2012"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0215","/repositories/4/resources/635"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0215","/repositories/4/resources/635"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"creator_ssm":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015"],"creator_ssim":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence"],"creators_ssim":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have 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":["Donated by Lee Morrison in October 2012."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Physical education for girls","Physical education for women","College sports for women","College sports","Speeches (Documents)","Photographs","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Reports"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Physical education for girls","Physical education for women","College sports for women","College sports","Speeches (Documents)","Photographs","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Reports"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.32 cubic feet 4 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["1.32 cubic feet 4 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Speeches (Documents)","Photographs","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Reports"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"appraisal_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFour boxes of trophies, plaques, awards, and realia were not retained by Special Collections.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"appraisal_heading_ssm":["Appraisal"],"appraisal_tesim":["Four boxes of trophies, plaques, awards, and realia were not retained by Special Collections."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged in the same order in which it was donated.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in the same order in which it was donated."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDr. Lonnie Leotus \"Lee\" Morrison (1926-2015) was a professor, coach, and administrator at Madison College starting in 1954 until she retired in 1989. She graduated from Georgia State College for Women in 1948 with a B.S. in Education. She then went on to get her M.A. from George Peabody College for Teachers in 1951. After acquiring the position at Madison College, she received her doctorate at Indiana University in 1964. In 1967, she became the Coordinator of Women's Sports for Madison College. From 1972 until her retirement in 1989 she served as the Associate Director of Athletics for James Madison University. Dr. Morrison dedicated her professional career to promoting equality in collegiate sports. After the passage of Title IX, an educational amendment that banned sex discrimination in any program receiving federal aid, she was still involved in many organizations that fought to end sex discrimination in school athletics. She was a member of the Virginia Association for Girls and Women in Sport and a founding board member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), for which she later served as president. She worked on numerous committees at the state, regional, and national level for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. She also served on President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU. Throughout her career she won many awards for her dedication. After retirement, she helped establish the Morrison-Bruce Center for the Promotion of Physical Activity for Girls and Women on the JMU campus. The Morrison-Bruce Center is named in honor of Dr. Morrison and Dr. Patricia Bruce, professor of physical and health education at JMU from 1961-1989. Morrison and Bruce were colleagues, friends, and long-time companions.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Dr. Lonnie Leotus \"Lee\" Morrison (1926-2015) was a professor, coach, and administrator at Madison College starting in 1954 until she retired in 1989. She graduated from Georgia State College for Women in 1948 with a B.S. in Education. She then went on to get her M.A. from George Peabody College for Teachers in 1951. After acquiring the position at Madison College, she received her doctorate at Indiana University in 1964. In 1967, she became the Coordinator of Women's Sports for Madison College. From 1972 until her retirement in 1989 she served as the Associate Director of Athletics for James Madison University. Dr. Morrison dedicated her professional career to promoting equality in collegiate sports. After the passage of Title IX, an educational amendment that banned sex discrimination in any program receiving federal aid, she was still involved in many organizations that fought to end sex discrimination in school athletics. She was a member of the Virginia Association for Girls and Women in Sport and a founding board member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), for which she later served as president. She worked on numerous committees at the state, regional, and national level for the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. She also served on President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU. Throughout her career she won many awards for her dedication. After retirement, she helped establish the Morrison-Bruce Center for the Promotion of Physical Activity for Girls and Women on the JMU campus. The Morrison-Bruce Center is named in honor of Dr. Morrison and Dr. Patricia Bruce, professor of physical and health education at JMU from 1961-1989. Morrison and Bruce were colleagues, friends, and long-time companions."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, SC 0215, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, SC 0215, 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 2017-2019. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 5041\u003c/emph\u003e. This collection was rehoused in January 2020 and slight alterations were made to finding aid.\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 2017-2019. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5041. This collection was rehoused in January 2020 and slight alterations were made to finding aid."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, comprise the personal and professional papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files relate to conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photographs, reports on women's issues in sports and education, Title IX, President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU, and personal reflections. There are also transcripts of interviews conducted by Chuck Walcott, Virginia Tech professor of political science, with Lee Morrison dated 1996.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lee Morrison Papers, 1946-2012, comprise the personal and professional papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files relate to conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photographs, reports on women's issues in sports and education, Title IX, President Ronald Carrier's Think Tank on Women's Issues at JMU, and personal reflections. There are also transcripts of interviews conducted by Chuck Walcott, Virginia Tech professor of political science, with Lee Morrison dated 1996."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA copy of the brochure \"Sexism in Higher Education: The James Madison Perspective\" (1990) was separated from the collection and cataloged.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["A copy of the brochure \"Sexism in Higher Education: The James Madison Perspective\" (1990) was separated from the collection and cataloged."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 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_e10caaa40cfcecc877b023be053c2d57\"\u003eThe material present in this collection comprise the personal papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files contain materials from conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photos, reports on women's issues in sports and education, and personal reflections.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The material present in this collection comprise the personal papers of Dr. Lee Morrison. These files contain materials from conferences, speeches, diplomas and awards, photos, reports on women's issues in sports and education, and personal reflections."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence"],"names_coll_ssim":["Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence"],"persname_ssim":["Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Madison College -- Faculty -- Correspondence","James Madison University -- Faculty -- Correspondence","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015","Morrison, Lee (Lonnie Leotus), 1926-2015 -- Correspondence"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":50,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:53.919Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_635"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_784#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_784#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_784#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_784.xml","title_ssm":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files"],"title_tesim":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files"],"unitdate_ssm":["1941-1991"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1941-1991"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1941/1991"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991"],"text":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991","SC 0404","/repositories/4/resources/784","Brocks Gap (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Genealogy","Genealogies (histories)","Letters (correspondence)","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.","The collection is arranged in two series:","Notebooks, 1979-1990\n      Research files, 1941-1991","Estep, Jean Yankey. Life and Times of Lewis Harvey Yankey 1903-2000. place of publication not identified: [publisher not identified], n.d.","Lewis Harvey Yankey (1903-2000) was born in Criders, Virginia to William Harvey Yankey and Victoria Halterman Yankey. In 1924, he married Mary Ann Thomas (1909-1976), who predeceased him. They had thirteen children. He married Ressie Viola Sutherly (1904-1991) in 1984. Lewis Yankey was active in the local Brocks Gap community. He was a member of Valley View Mennonite Church and Bergton Ruritan Club. He helped to establish the local 4-H clubs, the Bergton Fair, and Friendship Park, a picnicking area and campground located on the Yankey property in Criders. Yankey was an avid genealogist and historian of the local area and its families. He worked with other contributors including Pat Turner Ritchie to publish more than 20 genealogies and family histories. In addition to his contributions to the Brocks Gap community, Yankey was a farmer by trade and also worked for the U.S. Forest Service.","Yankey dedicated years of his life researching and documenting the families of the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Geographically, Brocks Gap encompasses the larger communities of Fulks Run, Bergton (formerly Dovesville), and Criders as well as the smaller communities familiar to local residents of Dry River, Runions Creek, Genoa, Palos, Hopkins Gap, Riverside, Yankeetown, Bennetts Run, Crab Run, Germany River, and Overly Hollow.","The materials descended through Shirley Kuykendall, daughter of Lewis Yankey.","The bound notebooks were heavily annotated with post-it notes. The post-its were used to flag names, families, and stories that are present in the notebooks, but did not provide additional context or content. As a result, the post-it notes were all removed and discarded.","The bulk of the notebooks are undated. An approximate date of 1990 was applied to all of the undated notebooks and is based on the publication dates of Yankey's compiled genealogies which date to the late 1980s and early 1990s. The notebooks that are dated have a date written on the front cover or elsewhere in the notebook. The dates written on the front covers likely document when the notebooks were typed in preparation for publication. The same dating strategy was employed for the research files. Therefore, the date ranges in this collection reflect when the research was compiled and are not representative of the dates of the subject matter documented within the collection.","Many groupings of papers in the research files were received stapled together. Those groupings were retained.","U.S. Forest Service oral histories, 1972-1994, SdArch 19, Special Collections, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.","The genealogical research, captured over the course of several decades, documents family lines and kinship; birth, marriage, and death information; cemetery records; narrative accounts; and traditions for families in the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Names include Dove, Crider/Kreider, Nesselrodt/Nazelrod, Whetzel, Mongold, Yankey, Hottinger, Riggleman, Sirk/Zirk, Moyer, Halterman, Caplinger/Keplinger, Wittig, Fulk, Ritchie, Siever, etc. These materials were used in the research and publication of Lewis Yankey's genealogies on local families.","While notebooks and research files may primarily document a specific family, researchers should be aware that many of the Brocks Gap families covered in Yankey's research are interrelated through marriage and are documented in other family genealogies. Researchers are encouraged to cross-reference files.","The series comprises bound, ledger-type volumes and spiral notebooks of handwritten family genealogies. The bulk of the notebooks are labeled with specific family names but other related families are typically included as well. In addition to typical genealogical information, the notebooks include transcriptions and summaries of deeds, wills, surveys, census records, and other official documents as well as copied correspondence between Lonzo Dove and Lorenzo \"Doc\" Smith, who were also local historians and genealogists.","Many of the notebooks include notes (e.g. \"Done\", \"Copied\") and checkmarks throughout that indicate the contents was typed and/or indexed, presumably by Pat Turner Ritchie who assisted Yankey with his research, in preparation for publication.","May, Dove, Siever, Freed, Reedy, miscellaneous.","Stultz, Fink, Wittig, census, miscellaneous","Whetzel (Weissell)","May, Ritchie, Dove, Sonifrank","Dove, Riggleman, Ritchie, May, witch story","Whetzel, Caplinger, May, Shaver, Ritchie","Shaver, Lantz, May","Hottinger, Shaver, May, copied Lonzo Dove letters","Miscellaneous (Dove, Delawder, Hupp, Secrist, Smith, Whetzel, Shaver, Sonifrank, Stultz, etc.; Fort Seybert massacre, Pendleton County; copied Lonza Dove-Doc Smith letters)","Pendleton County marriages, Whetzel, Mongold, Hottinger, Freed, etc.","Dove, Mongold","Dove (Doup, Daub, Doup)","Caplinger, Caplinger Cemetery","Yankey","Latnz, Will, Whetzel, Heavener","Siever","Crider; Capliner, Crider, Freed family marriages","Nesselrodt, Jacob C. Yankey (shot and killed on top of Shenandoah Mountain by unknown assailant)","Baker, Mongold, Siever","Smith, Caplinger, Siever, Yankey, Sirk, Delawder, miscellaneous","Caplinger, Yankey, Stultz, Aubrey, Dove, Whetzel, Overly, Ritchie, Harriet Dove (rumored to be a witch), marriages, births, deaths","Crider, Dove, Sutherly, Smith, Moyer, Halterman","Dove","Brocks Gap essay, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters","Dove, Heavener, Whetzel, Caplinger, Lantz, May","Whetzel, Sutherly, Heavener, copied Lonzo Dove letters","Sirk, Bible, Thomas, Fawley, Fulk, Roadcap, West, Custer, Souder, marriages, deeds","Dove, Smith, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters","Souders, Dove Cemetery (Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery), marriages, wills, deeds, miscellaneous","Whetzel, Wetsel, Weissell","Dove (English), Doup (German), Ritchie, Crider, Whetzel, voters at Wittig's, election results","The series contains typed and handwritten genealogical research files organized primarily according to family. Documents include typed transcripts of research documented in the notebooks. As a result, the content across series may overlap or be duplicative. Correspondence to Yankey from family members, genealogists, and research contributors requests and/or provides details on specific families. The 1988 Bergton-Criders Community Calendar features a photograph of the K-5 students at Bergton Elementary School with a twelve-month calendar documenting birthdays and anniversaries of local community members. An envelope of photographic negatives is filed with Assorted Notes.","The copyright interests in this collection have 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, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991"],"collection_ssim":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0404","/repositories/4/resources/784"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0404","/repositories/4/resources/784"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Brocks Gap (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Brocks Gap (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"places_ssim":["Brocks Gap (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"creator_ssm":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"creator_ssim":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"creators_ssim":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have 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":["Donated by Donnita K. Williams, granddaughter of Lewis Yankey."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Genealogy","Genealogies (histories)","Letters (correspondence)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Genealogy","Genealogies (histories)","Letters (correspondence)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3.3 cubic feet 9 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["3.3 cubic feet 9 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Genealogies (histories)","Letters (correspondence)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged in two series:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eNotebooks, 1979-1990\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eResearch files, 1941-1991\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in two series:","Notebooks, 1979-1990\n      Research files, 1941-1991"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eEstep, Jean Yankey. Life and Times of Lewis Harvey Yankey 1903-2000. place of publication not identified: [publisher not identified], n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Estep, Jean Yankey. Life and Times of Lewis Harvey Yankey 1903-2000. place of publication not identified: [publisher not identified], n.d."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLewis Harvey Yankey (1903-2000) was born in Criders, Virginia to William Harvey Yankey and Victoria Halterman Yankey. In 1924, he married Mary Ann Thomas (1909-1976), who predeceased him. They had thirteen children. He married Ressie Viola Sutherly (1904-1991) in 1984. Lewis Yankey was active in the local Brocks Gap community. He was a member of Valley View Mennonite Church and Bergton Ruritan Club. He helped to establish the local 4-H clubs, the Bergton Fair, and Friendship Park, a picnicking area and campground located on the Yankey property in Criders. Yankey was an avid genealogist and historian of the local area and its families. He worked with other contributors including Pat Turner Ritchie to publish more than 20 genealogies and family histories. In addition to his contributions to the Brocks Gap community, Yankey was a farmer by trade and also worked for the U.S. Forest Service. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYankey dedicated years of his life researching and documenting the families of the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Geographically, Brocks Gap encompasses the larger communities of Fulks Run, Bergton (formerly Dovesville), and Criders as well as the smaller communities familiar to local residents of Dry River, Runions Creek, Genoa, Palos, Hopkins Gap, Riverside, Yankeetown, Bennetts Run, Crab Run, Germany River, and Overly Hollow.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lewis Harvey Yankey (1903-2000) was born in Criders, Virginia to William Harvey Yankey and Victoria Halterman Yankey. In 1924, he married Mary Ann Thomas (1909-1976), who predeceased him. They had thirteen children. He married Ressie Viola Sutherly (1904-1991) in 1984. Lewis Yankey was active in the local Brocks Gap community. He was a member of Valley View Mennonite Church and Bergton Ruritan Club. He helped to establish the local 4-H clubs, the Bergton Fair, and Friendship Park, a picnicking area and campground located on the Yankey property in Criders. Yankey was an avid genealogist and historian of the local area and its families. He worked with other contributors including Pat Turner Ritchie to publish more than 20 genealogies and family histories. In addition to his contributions to the Brocks Gap community, Yankey was a farmer by trade and also worked for the U.S. Forest Service.","Yankey dedicated years of his life researching and documenting the families of the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Geographically, Brocks Gap encompasses the larger communities of Fulks Run, Bergton (formerly Dovesville), and Criders as well as the smaller communities familiar to local residents of Dry River, Runions Creek, Genoa, Palos, Hopkins Gap, Riverside, Yankeetown, Bennetts Run, Crab Run, Germany River, and Overly Hollow."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials descended through Shirley Kuykendall, daughter of Lewis Yankey.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The materials descended through Shirley Kuykendall, daughter of Lewis Yankey."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941-1991, SC 0404, James Madison University Special Collections, Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941-1991, SC 0404, James Madison University Special Collections, Harrisonburg, Virginia."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bound notebooks were heavily annotated with post-it notes. The post-its were used to flag names, families, and stories that are present in the notebooks, but did not provide additional context or content. As a result, the post-it notes were all removed and discarded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the notebooks are undated. An approximate date of 1990 was applied to all of the undated notebooks and is based on the publication dates of Yankey's compiled genealogies which date to the late 1980s and early 1990s. The notebooks that are dated have a date written on the front cover or elsewhere in the notebook. The dates written on the front covers likely document when the notebooks were typed in preparation for publication. The same dating strategy was employed for the research files. Therefore, the date ranges in this collection reflect when the research was compiled and are not representative of the dates of the subject matter documented within the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany groupings of papers in the research files were received stapled together. Those groupings were retained.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The bound notebooks were heavily annotated with post-it notes. The post-its were used to flag names, families, and stories that are present in the notebooks, but did not provide additional context or content. As a result, the post-it notes were all removed and discarded.","The bulk of the notebooks are undated. An approximate date of 1990 was applied to all of the undated notebooks and is based on the publication dates of Yankey's compiled genealogies which date to the late 1980s and early 1990s. The notebooks that are dated have a date written on the front cover or elsewhere in the notebook. The dates written on the front covers likely document when the notebooks were typed in preparation for publication. The same dating strategy was employed for the research files. Therefore, the date ranges in this collection reflect when the research was compiled and are not representative of the dates of the subject matter documented within the collection.","Many groupings of papers in the research files were received stapled together. Those groupings were retained."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eU.S. Forest Service oral histories, 1972-1994, SdArch 19, Special Collections, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["U.S. Forest Service oral histories, 1972-1994, SdArch 19, Special Collections, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe genealogical research, captured over the course of several decades, documents family lines and kinship; birth, marriage, and death information; cemetery records; narrative accounts; and traditions for families in the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Names include Dove, Crider/Kreider, Nesselrodt/Nazelrod, Whetzel, Mongold, Yankey, Hottinger, Riggleman, Sirk/Zirk, Moyer, Halterman, Caplinger/Keplinger, Wittig, Fulk, Ritchie, Siever, etc. These materials were used in the research and publication of Lewis Yankey's genealogies on local families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile notebooks and research files may primarily document a specific family, researchers should be aware that many of the Brocks Gap families covered in Yankey's research are interrelated through marriage and are documented in other family genealogies. Researchers are encouraged to cross-reference files.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThe series comprises bound, ledger-type volumes and spiral notebooks of handwritten family genealogies. The bulk of the notebooks are labeled with specific family names but other related families are typically included as well. In addition to typical genealogical information, the notebooks include transcriptions and summaries of deeds, wills, surveys, census records, and other official documents as well as copied correspondence between Lonzo Dove and Lorenzo \"Doc\" Smith, who were also local historians and genealogists.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany of the notebooks include notes (e.g. \"Done\", \"Copied\") and checkmarks throughout that indicate the contents was typed and/or indexed, presumably by Pat Turner Ritchie who assisted Yankey with his research, in preparation for publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMay, Dove, Siever, Freed, Reedy, miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStultz, Fink, Wittig, census, miscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhetzel (Weissell)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMay, Ritchie, Dove, Sonifrank\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove, Riggleman, Ritchie, May, witch story\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhetzel, Caplinger, May, Shaver, Ritchie\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShaver, Lantz, May\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHottinger, Shaver, May, copied Lonzo Dove letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous (Dove, Delawder, Hupp, Secrist, Smith, Whetzel, Shaver, Sonifrank, Stultz, etc.; Fort Seybert massacre, Pendleton County; copied Lonza Dove-Doc Smith letters)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePendleton County marriages, Whetzel, Mongold, Hottinger, Freed, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove, Mongold\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove (Doup, Daub, Doup)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaplinger, Caplinger Cemetery\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYankey\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLatnz, Will, Whetzel, Heavener\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSiever\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrider; Capliner, Crider, Freed family marriages\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNesselrodt, Jacob C. Yankey (shot and killed on top of Shenandoah Mountain by unknown assailant)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaker, Mongold, Siever\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Caplinger, Siever, Yankey, Sirk, Delawder, miscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaplinger, Yankey, Stultz, Aubrey, Dove, Whetzel, Overly, Ritchie, Harriet Dove (rumored to be a witch), marriages, births, deaths\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrider, Dove, Sutherly, Smith, Moyer, Halterman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrocks Gap essay, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove, Heavener, Whetzel, Caplinger, Lantz, May\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhetzel, Sutherly, Heavener, copied Lonzo Dove letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSirk, Bible, Thomas, Fawley, Fulk, Roadcap, West, Custer, Souder, marriages, deeds\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove, Smith, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSouders, Dove Cemetery (Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery), marriages, wills, deeds, miscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhetzel, Wetsel, Weissell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove (English), Doup (German), Ritchie, Crider, Whetzel, voters at Wittig's, election results\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series contains typed and handwritten genealogical research files organized primarily according to family. Documents include typed transcripts of research documented in the notebooks. As a result, the content across series may overlap or be duplicative. Correspondence to Yankey from family members, genealogists, and research contributors requests and/or provides details on specific families. The 1988 Bergton-Criders Community Calendar features a photograph of the K-5 students at Bergton Elementary School with a twelve-month calendar documenting birthdays and anniversaries of local community members. An envelope of photographic negatives is filed with Assorted Notes.\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","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 collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.","The genealogical research, captured over the course of several decades, documents family lines and kinship; birth, marriage, and death information; cemetery records; narrative accounts; and traditions for families in the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Names include Dove, Crider/Kreider, Nesselrodt/Nazelrod, Whetzel, Mongold, Yankey, Hottinger, Riggleman, Sirk/Zirk, Moyer, Halterman, Caplinger/Keplinger, Wittig, Fulk, Ritchie, Siever, etc. These materials were used in the research and publication of Lewis Yankey's genealogies on local families.","While notebooks and research files may primarily document a specific family, researchers should be aware that many of the Brocks Gap families covered in Yankey's research are interrelated through marriage and are documented in other family genealogies. Researchers are encouraged to cross-reference files.","The series comprises bound, ledger-type volumes and spiral notebooks of handwritten family genealogies. The bulk of the notebooks are labeled with specific family names but other related families are typically included as well. In addition to typical genealogical information, the notebooks include transcriptions and summaries of deeds, wills, surveys, census records, and other official documents as well as copied correspondence between Lonzo Dove and Lorenzo \"Doc\" Smith, who were also local historians and genealogists.","Many of the notebooks include notes (e.g. \"Done\", \"Copied\") and checkmarks throughout that indicate the contents was typed and/or indexed, presumably by Pat Turner Ritchie who assisted Yankey with his research, in preparation for publication.","May, Dove, Siever, Freed, Reedy, miscellaneous.","Stultz, Fink, Wittig, census, miscellaneous","Whetzel (Weissell)","May, Ritchie, Dove, Sonifrank","Dove, Riggleman, Ritchie, May, witch story","Whetzel, Caplinger, May, Shaver, Ritchie","Shaver, Lantz, May","Hottinger, Shaver, May, copied Lonzo Dove letters","Miscellaneous (Dove, Delawder, Hupp, Secrist, Smith, Whetzel, Shaver, Sonifrank, Stultz, etc.; Fort Seybert massacre, Pendleton County; copied Lonza Dove-Doc Smith letters)","Pendleton County marriages, Whetzel, Mongold, Hottinger, Freed, etc.","Dove, Mongold","Dove (Doup, Daub, Doup)","Caplinger, Caplinger Cemetery","Yankey","Latnz, Will, Whetzel, Heavener","Siever","Crider; Capliner, Crider, Freed family marriages","Nesselrodt, Jacob C. Yankey (shot and killed on top of Shenandoah Mountain by unknown assailant)","Baker, Mongold, Siever","Smith, Caplinger, Siever, Yankey, Sirk, Delawder, miscellaneous","Caplinger, Yankey, Stultz, Aubrey, Dove, Whetzel, Overly, Ritchie, Harriet Dove (rumored to be a witch), marriages, births, deaths","Crider, Dove, Sutherly, Smith, Moyer, Halterman","Dove","Brocks Gap essay, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters","Dove, Heavener, Whetzel, Caplinger, Lantz, May","Whetzel, Sutherly, Heavener, copied Lonzo Dove letters","Sirk, Bible, Thomas, Fawley, Fulk, Roadcap, West, Custer, Souder, marriages, deeds","Dove, Smith, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters","Souders, Dove Cemetery (Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery), marriages, wills, deeds, miscellaneous","Whetzel, Wetsel, Weissell","Dove (English), Doup (German), Ritchie, Crider, Whetzel, voters at Wittig's, election results","The series contains typed and handwritten genealogical research files organized primarily according to family. Documents include typed transcripts of research documented in the notebooks. As a result, the content across series may overlap or be duplicative. Correspondence to Yankey from family members, genealogists, and research contributors requests and/or provides details on specific families. The 1988 Bergton-Criders Community Calendar features a photograph of the K-5 students at Bergton Elementary School with a twelve-month calendar documenting birthdays and anniversaries of local community members. An envelope of photographic negatives is filed with Assorted Notes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 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_3ade4656039b87a9957818594883b7e4\"\u003eThe collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"persname_ssim":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"names_coll_ssim":["Williams, Donnita K."],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":76,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:58:12.526Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_784","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_784.xml","title_ssm":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files"],"title_tesim":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files"],"unitdate_ssm":["1941-1991"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1941-1991"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1941/1991"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991"],"text":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991","SC 0404","/repositories/4/resources/784","Brocks Gap (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Genealogy","Genealogies (histories)","Letters (correspondence)","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.","The collection is arranged in two series:","Notebooks, 1979-1990\n      Research files, 1941-1991","Estep, Jean Yankey. Life and Times of Lewis Harvey Yankey 1903-2000. place of publication not identified: [publisher not identified], n.d.","Lewis Harvey Yankey (1903-2000) was born in Criders, Virginia to William Harvey Yankey and Victoria Halterman Yankey. In 1924, he married Mary Ann Thomas (1909-1976), who predeceased him. They had thirteen children. He married Ressie Viola Sutherly (1904-1991) in 1984. Lewis Yankey was active in the local Brocks Gap community. He was a member of Valley View Mennonite Church and Bergton Ruritan Club. He helped to establish the local 4-H clubs, the Bergton Fair, and Friendship Park, a picnicking area and campground located on the Yankey property in Criders. Yankey was an avid genealogist and historian of the local area and its families. He worked with other contributors including Pat Turner Ritchie to publish more than 20 genealogies and family histories. In addition to his contributions to the Brocks Gap community, Yankey was a farmer by trade and also worked for the U.S. Forest Service.","Yankey dedicated years of his life researching and documenting the families of the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Geographically, Brocks Gap encompasses the larger communities of Fulks Run, Bergton (formerly Dovesville), and Criders as well as the smaller communities familiar to local residents of Dry River, Runions Creek, Genoa, Palos, Hopkins Gap, Riverside, Yankeetown, Bennetts Run, Crab Run, Germany River, and Overly Hollow.","The materials descended through Shirley Kuykendall, daughter of Lewis Yankey.","The bound notebooks were heavily annotated with post-it notes. The post-its were used to flag names, families, and stories that are present in the notebooks, but did not provide additional context or content. As a result, the post-it notes were all removed and discarded.","The bulk of the notebooks are undated. An approximate date of 1990 was applied to all of the undated notebooks and is based on the publication dates of Yankey's compiled genealogies which date to the late 1980s and early 1990s. The notebooks that are dated have a date written on the front cover or elsewhere in the notebook. The dates written on the front covers likely document when the notebooks were typed in preparation for publication. The same dating strategy was employed for the research files. Therefore, the date ranges in this collection reflect when the research was compiled and are not representative of the dates of the subject matter documented within the collection.","Many groupings of papers in the research files were received stapled together. Those groupings were retained.","U.S. Forest Service oral histories, 1972-1994, SdArch 19, Special Collections, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.","The genealogical research, captured over the course of several decades, documents family lines and kinship; birth, marriage, and death information; cemetery records; narrative accounts; and traditions for families in the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Names include Dove, Crider/Kreider, Nesselrodt/Nazelrod, Whetzel, Mongold, Yankey, Hottinger, Riggleman, Sirk/Zirk, Moyer, Halterman, Caplinger/Keplinger, Wittig, Fulk, Ritchie, Siever, etc. These materials were used in the research and publication of Lewis Yankey's genealogies on local families.","While notebooks and research files may primarily document a specific family, researchers should be aware that many of the Brocks Gap families covered in Yankey's research are interrelated through marriage and are documented in other family genealogies. Researchers are encouraged to cross-reference files.","The series comprises bound, ledger-type volumes and spiral notebooks of handwritten family genealogies. The bulk of the notebooks are labeled with specific family names but other related families are typically included as well. In addition to typical genealogical information, the notebooks include transcriptions and summaries of deeds, wills, surveys, census records, and other official documents as well as copied correspondence between Lonzo Dove and Lorenzo \"Doc\" Smith, who were also local historians and genealogists.","Many of the notebooks include notes (e.g. \"Done\", \"Copied\") and checkmarks throughout that indicate the contents was typed and/or indexed, presumably by Pat Turner Ritchie who assisted Yankey with his research, in preparation for publication.","May, Dove, Siever, Freed, Reedy, miscellaneous.","Stultz, Fink, Wittig, census, miscellaneous","Whetzel (Weissell)","May, Ritchie, Dove, Sonifrank","Dove, Riggleman, Ritchie, May, witch story","Whetzel, Caplinger, May, Shaver, Ritchie","Shaver, Lantz, May","Hottinger, Shaver, May, copied Lonzo Dove letters","Miscellaneous (Dove, Delawder, Hupp, Secrist, Smith, Whetzel, Shaver, Sonifrank, Stultz, etc.; Fort Seybert massacre, Pendleton County; copied Lonza Dove-Doc Smith letters)","Pendleton County marriages, Whetzel, Mongold, Hottinger, Freed, etc.","Dove, Mongold","Dove (Doup, Daub, Doup)","Caplinger, Caplinger Cemetery","Yankey","Latnz, Will, Whetzel, Heavener","Siever","Crider; Capliner, Crider, Freed family marriages","Nesselrodt, Jacob C. Yankey (shot and killed on top of Shenandoah Mountain by unknown assailant)","Baker, Mongold, Siever","Smith, Caplinger, Siever, Yankey, Sirk, Delawder, miscellaneous","Caplinger, Yankey, Stultz, Aubrey, Dove, Whetzel, Overly, Ritchie, Harriet Dove (rumored to be a witch), marriages, births, deaths","Crider, Dove, Sutherly, Smith, Moyer, Halterman","Dove","Brocks Gap essay, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters","Dove, Heavener, Whetzel, Caplinger, Lantz, May","Whetzel, Sutherly, Heavener, copied Lonzo Dove letters","Sirk, Bible, Thomas, Fawley, Fulk, Roadcap, West, Custer, Souder, marriages, deeds","Dove, Smith, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters","Souders, Dove Cemetery (Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery), marriages, wills, deeds, miscellaneous","Whetzel, Wetsel, Weissell","Dove (English), Doup (German), Ritchie, Crider, Whetzel, voters at Wittig's, election results","The series contains typed and handwritten genealogical research files organized primarily according to family. Documents include typed transcripts of research documented in the notebooks. As a result, the content across series may overlap or be duplicative. Correspondence to Yankey from family members, genealogists, and research contributors requests and/or provides details on specific families. The 1988 Bergton-Criders Community Calendar features a photograph of the K-5 students at Bergton Elementary School with a twelve-month calendar documenting birthdays and anniversaries of local community members. An envelope of photographic negatives is filed with Assorted Notes.","The copyright interests in this collection have 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, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991"],"collection_ssim":["Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941/1991"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0404","/repositories/4/resources/784"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0404","/repositories/4/resources/784"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Brocks Gap (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Brocks Gap (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"places_ssim":["Brocks Gap (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History"],"creator_ssm":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"creator_ssim":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"creators_ssim":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have 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":["Donated by Donnita K. Williams, granddaughter of Lewis Yankey."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Genealogy","Genealogies (histories)","Letters (correspondence)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Genealogy","Genealogies (histories)","Letters (correspondence)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3.3 cubic feet 9 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["3.3 cubic feet 9 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Genealogies (histories)","Letters (correspondence)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged in two series:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eNotebooks, 1979-1990\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eResearch files, 1941-1991\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in two series:","Notebooks, 1979-1990\n      Research files, 1941-1991"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eEstep, Jean Yankey. Life and Times of Lewis Harvey Yankey 1903-2000. place of publication not identified: [publisher not identified], n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Estep, Jean Yankey. Life and Times of Lewis Harvey Yankey 1903-2000. place of publication not identified: [publisher not identified], n.d."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLewis Harvey Yankey (1903-2000) was born in Criders, Virginia to William Harvey Yankey and Victoria Halterman Yankey. In 1924, he married Mary Ann Thomas (1909-1976), who predeceased him. They had thirteen children. He married Ressie Viola Sutherly (1904-1991) in 1984. Lewis Yankey was active in the local Brocks Gap community. He was a member of Valley View Mennonite Church and Bergton Ruritan Club. He helped to establish the local 4-H clubs, the Bergton Fair, and Friendship Park, a picnicking area and campground located on the Yankey property in Criders. Yankey was an avid genealogist and historian of the local area and its families. He worked with other contributors including Pat Turner Ritchie to publish more than 20 genealogies and family histories. In addition to his contributions to the Brocks Gap community, Yankey was a farmer by trade and also worked for the U.S. Forest Service. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYankey dedicated years of his life researching and documenting the families of the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Geographically, Brocks Gap encompasses the larger communities of Fulks Run, Bergton (formerly Dovesville), and Criders as well as the smaller communities familiar to local residents of Dry River, Runions Creek, Genoa, Palos, Hopkins Gap, Riverside, Yankeetown, Bennetts Run, Crab Run, Germany River, and Overly Hollow.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lewis Harvey Yankey (1903-2000) was born in Criders, Virginia to William Harvey Yankey and Victoria Halterman Yankey. In 1924, he married Mary Ann Thomas (1909-1976), who predeceased him. They had thirteen children. He married Ressie Viola Sutherly (1904-1991) in 1984. Lewis Yankey was active in the local Brocks Gap community. He was a member of Valley View Mennonite Church and Bergton Ruritan Club. He helped to establish the local 4-H clubs, the Bergton Fair, and Friendship Park, a picnicking area and campground located on the Yankey property in Criders. Yankey was an avid genealogist and historian of the local area and its families. He worked with other contributors including Pat Turner Ritchie to publish more than 20 genealogies and family histories. In addition to his contributions to the Brocks Gap community, Yankey was a farmer by trade and also worked for the U.S. Forest Service.","Yankey dedicated years of his life researching and documenting the families of the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Geographically, Brocks Gap encompasses the larger communities of Fulks Run, Bergton (formerly Dovesville), and Criders as well as the smaller communities familiar to local residents of Dry River, Runions Creek, Genoa, Palos, Hopkins Gap, Riverside, Yankeetown, Bennetts Run, Crab Run, Germany River, and Overly Hollow."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials descended through Shirley Kuykendall, daughter of Lewis Yankey.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The materials descended through Shirley Kuykendall, daughter of Lewis Yankey."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941-1991, SC 0404, James Madison University Special Collections, Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lewis Yankey genealogical research files, 1941-1991, SC 0404, James Madison University Special Collections, Harrisonburg, Virginia."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bound notebooks were heavily annotated with post-it notes. The post-its were used to flag names, families, and stories that are present in the notebooks, but did not provide additional context or content. As a result, the post-it notes were all removed and discarded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the notebooks are undated. An approximate date of 1990 was applied to all of the undated notebooks and is based on the publication dates of Yankey's compiled genealogies which date to the late 1980s and early 1990s. The notebooks that are dated have a date written on the front cover or elsewhere in the notebook. The dates written on the front covers likely document when the notebooks were typed in preparation for publication. The same dating strategy was employed for the research files. Therefore, the date ranges in this collection reflect when the research was compiled and are not representative of the dates of the subject matter documented within the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany groupings of papers in the research files were received stapled together. Those groupings were retained.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The bound notebooks were heavily annotated with post-it notes. The post-its were used to flag names, families, and stories that are present in the notebooks, but did not provide additional context or content. As a result, the post-it notes were all removed and discarded.","The bulk of the notebooks are undated. An approximate date of 1990 was applied to all of the undated notebooks and is based on the publication dates of Yankey's compiled genealogies which date to the late 1980s and early 1990s. The notebooks that are dated have a date written on the front cover or elsewhere in the notebook. The dates written on the front covers likely document when the notebooks were typed in preparation for publication. The same dating strategy was employed for the research files. Therefore, the date ranges in this collection reflect when the research was compiled and are not representative of the dates of the subject matter documented within the collection.","Many groupings of papers in the research files were received stapled together. Those groupings were retained."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eU.S. Forest Service oral histories, 1972-1994, SdArch 19, Special Collections, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["U.S. Forest Service oral histories, 1972-1994, SdArch 19, Special Collections, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe genealogical research, captured over the course of several decades, documents family lines and kinship; birth, marriage, and death information; cemetery records; narrative accounts; and traditions for families in the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Names include Dove, Crider/Kreider, Nesselrodt/Nazelrod, Whetzel, Mongold, Yankey, Hottinger, Riggleman, Sirk/Zirk, Moyer, Halterman, Caplinger/Keplinger, Wittig, Fulk, Ritchie, Siever, etc. These materials were used in the research and publication of Lewis Yankey's genealogies on local families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile notebooks and research files may primarily document a specific family, researchers should be aware that many of the Brocks Gap families covered in Yankey's research are interrelated through marriage and are documented in other family genealogies. Researchers are encouraged to cross-reference files.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThe series comprises bound, ledger-type volumes and spiral notebooks of handwritten family genealogies. The bulk of the notebooks are labeled with specific family names but other related families are typically included as well. In addition to typical genealogical information, the notebooks include transcriptions and summaries of deeds, wills, surveys, census records, and other official documents as well as copied correspondence between Lonzo Dove and Lorenzo \"Doc\" Smith, who were also local historians and genealogists.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany of the notebooks include notes (e.g. \"Done\", \"Copied\") and checkmarks throughout that indicate the contents was typed and/or indexed, presumably by Pat Turner Ritchie who assisted Yankey with his research, in preparation for publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMay, Dove, Siever, Freed, Reedy, miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStultz, Fink, Wittig, census, miscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhetzel (Weissell)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMay, Ritchie, Dove, Sonifrank\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove, Riggleman, Ritchie, May, witch story\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhetzel, Caplinger, May, Shaver, Ritchie\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShaver, Lantz, May\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHottinger, Shaver, May, copied Lonzo Dove letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous (Dove, Delawder, Hupp, Secrist, Smith, Whetzel, Shaver, Sonifrank, Stultz, etc.; Fort Seybert massacre, Pendleton County; copied Lonza Dove-Doc Smith letters)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePendleton County marriages, Whetzel, Mongold, Hottinger, Freed, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove, Mongold\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove (Doup, Daub, Doup)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaplinger, Caplinger Cemetery\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYankey\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLatnz, Will, Whetzel, Heavener\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSiever\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrider; Capliner, Crider, Freed family marriages\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNesselrodt, Jacob C. Yankey (shot and killed on top of Shenandoah Mountain by unknown assailant)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaker, Mongold, Siever\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmith, Caplinger, Siever, Yankey, Sirk, Delawder, miscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaplinger, Yankey, Stultz, Aubrey, Dove, Whetzel, Overly, Ritchie, Harriet Dove (rumored to be a witch), marriages, births, deaths\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrider, Dove, Sutherly, Smith, Moyer, Halterman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrocks Gap essay, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove, Heavener, Whetzel, Caplinger, Lantz, May\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhetzel, Sutherly, Heavener, copied Lonzo Dove letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSirk, Bible, Thomas, Fawley, Fulk, Roadcap, West, Custer, Souder, marriages, deeds\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove, Smith, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSouders, Dove Cemetery (Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery), marriages, wills, deeds, miscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhetzel, Wetsel, Weissell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDove (English), Doup (German), Ritchie, Crider, Whetzel, voters at Wittig's, election results\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series contains typed and handwritten genealogical research files organized primarily according to family. Documents include typed transcripts of research documented in the notebooks. As a result, the content across series may overlap or be duplicative. Correspondence to Yankey from family members, genealogists, and research contributors requests and/or provides details on specific families. The 1988 Bergton-Criders Community Calendar features a photograph of the K-5 students at Bergton Elementary School with a twelve-month calendar documenting birthdays and anniversaries of local community members. An envelope of photographic negatives is filed with Assorted Notes.\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","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 collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.","The genealogical research, captured over the course of several decades, documents family lines and kinship; birth, marriage, and death information; cemetery records; narrative accounts; and traditions for families in the Brocks Gap area of western Rockingham County. Names include Dove, Crider/Kreider, Nesselrodt/Nazelrod, Whetzel, Mongold, Yankey, Hottinger, Riggleman, Sirk/Zirk, Moyer, Halterman, Caplinger/Keplinger, Wittig, Fulk, Ritchie, Siever, etc. These materials were used in the research and publication of Lewis Yankey's genealogies on local families.","While notebooks and research files may primarily document a specific family, researchers should be aware that many of the Brocks Gap families covered in Yankey's research are interrelated through marriage and are documented in other family genealogies. Researchers are encouraged to cross-reference files.","The series comprises bound, ledger-type volumes and spiral notebooks of handwritten family genealogies. The bulk of the notebooks are labeled with specific family names but other related families are typically included as well. In addition to typical genealogical information, the notebooks include transcriptions and summaries of deeds, wills, surveys, census records, and other official documents as well as copied correspondence between Lonzo Dove and Lorenzo \"Doc\" Smith, who were also local historians and genealogists.","Many of the notebooks include notes (e.g. \"Done\", \"Copied\") and checkmarks throughout that indicate the contents was typed and/or indexed, presumably by Pat Turner Ritchie who assisted Yankey with his research, in preparation for publication.","May, Dove, Siever, Freed, Reedy, miscellaneous.","Stultz, Fink, Wittig, census, miscellaneous","Whetzel (Weissell)","May, Ritchie, Dove, Sonifrank","Dove, Riggleman, Ritchie, May, witch story","Whetzel, Caplinger, May, Shaver, Ritchie","Shaver, Lantz, May","Hottinger, Shaver, May, copied Lonzo Dove letters","Miscellaneous (Dove, Delawder, Hupp, Secrist, Smith, Whetzel, Shaver, Sonifrank, Stultz, etc.; Fort Seybert massacre, Pendleton County; copied Lonza Dove-Doc Smith letters)","Pendleton County marriages, Whetzel, Mongold, Hottinger, Freed, etc.","Dove, Mongold","Dove (Doup, Daub, Doup)","Caplinger, Caplinger Cemetery","Yankey","Latnz, Will, Whetzel, Heavener","Siever","Crider; Capliner, Crider, Freed family marriages","Nesselrodt, Jacob C. Yankey (shot and killed on top of Shenandoah Mountain by unknown assailant)","Baker, Mongold, Siever","Smith, Caplinger, Siever, Yankey, Sirk, Delawder, miscellaneous","Caplinger, Yankey, Stultz, Aubrey, Dove, Whetzel, Overly, Ritchie, Harriet Dove (rumored to be a witch), marriages, births, deaths","Crider, Dove, Sutherly, Smith, Moyer, Halterman","Dove","Brocks Gap essay, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters","Dove, Heavener, Whetzel, Caplinger, Lantz, May","Whetzel, Sutherly, Heavener, copied Lonzo Dove letters","Sirk, Bible, Thomas, Fawley, Fulk, Roadcap, West, Custer, Souder, marriages, deeds","Dove, Smith, copied Lonzo Dove-Doc Smith letters","Souders, Dove Cemetery (Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery), marriages, wills, deeds, miscellaneous","Whetzel, Wetsel, Weissell","Dove (English), Doup (German), Ritchie, Crider, Whetzel, voters at Wittig's, election results","The series contains typed and handwritten genealogical research files organized primarily according to family. Documents include typed transcripts of research documented in the notebooks. As a result, the content across series may overlap or be duplicative. Correspondence to Yankey from family members, genealogists, and research contributors requests and/or provides details on specific families. The 1988 Bergton-Criders Community Calendar features a photograph of the K-5 students at Bergton Elementary School with a twelve-month calendar documenting birthdays and anniversaries of local community members. An envelope of photographic negatives is filed with Assorted Notes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 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_3ade4656039b87a9957818594883b7e4\"\u003eThe collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection, compiled by Lewis Yankey, comprises genealogical research files on families in Rockingham County, specifically Brocks Gap, dating from the mid-18th century to the late 20th century."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"persname_ssim":["Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"names_coll_ssim":["Williams, Donnita K."],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Yankey, Lewis H. (Lewis Harvey), 1903-2000","Ritchie, Patricia Turner","Williams, Donnita K."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":76,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:58:12.526Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_784"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_320#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Liskey, Leon","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_320#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records, and various other items pertaining to the William Heavner family, documented through the maternal side: William Heavner, Evaline Heavner Aubrey, Dorcas Aubrey Breneman (also spelled Brenneman), and Mae Breneman Liskey. Other names represented are Hughes, Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_320#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_320.xml","title_ssm":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1788-1967"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1788-1967"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1788/1967"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967"],"text":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967","SC 0184","/repositories/4/resources/320","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History","Virginia -- Social life and customs","Virginia -- Genealogy","Farmers -- Virginia -- Biography","Indentured servants -- Virginia","Agriculture -- Virginia -- History","Farm life -- Virginia -- History","Farm management -- Sources","Trust indentures -- Virginia","Real property -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Sources","Wills -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Receipts (financial records)","Financial Records","Estate records","Family papers","Hairwork","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.","This collection is arranged in four series:","Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837\n      Correspondence, 1852-1967\n      Financial Papers, 1820-1947\n      General Miscellany, 1864-1925","Brock, Robert L. 47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham County, Virginia. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1997.","\"Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery, Woodbine Cemetery.\" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/woodbine09_2.htm.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. Brocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1878 \u0026 1879, 1880. Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. Brocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1881, 1882. Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. My Sweet Valley Home: Rockingham County, Virginia, Personal Correspondence from October 16, 1876 to January 16, 1888. [Fulks Run Va.: J. R. Liskey], 1991.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. When This You See, Think of Me! [S.I.:s.n.], c1990.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. With Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux. [S.I.]:Judy Ruleman Liskey, c2006.","\"Virginia General Assembly.\" virginiageneralassembly.gov","The Heavner family has a long and rich history in the Shenandoah Valley. William Heavner (1787-1866) was born in present day Pendleton County, West Virginia to Joseph and Elizabeth Hevinor. William married Joanna Custer (1792-1862) in 1814, and shortly thereafter purchased 650 acres in the area now known as Fulks Run. The couple raised seven children: Wells, Delilah, Elizabeth, William Jr., Harvey, Julian (Julie Anne), and Evaline. In addition to farming, William operated a blacksmith shop on the family property. Heavner also served as executor of the estate of Richard Hughes, of whom little is known. Why Heavner was acting as executor on behalf of Hughes is unclear. Nonetheless, papers relating to Richard Hughes' estate remained in the custody of Heavner after Hughes' death.","Of the Heavner children, only three lived past the age of fifty: Wells (78), Julian (53) and Evaline (84). Wells (1815-1893) married Elizabeth Hess (1822-1875) around 1851, and with Elizabeth's mother Catherine, moved to Champaign County, Ohio, where Elizabeth's siblings had settled. They maintained contact with the Heavner family through correspondence, as over the years they moved further west. Julian (1824-1877) married Michael Brake in 1853 and settled in Hardy County. Evaline (1830-1914), the youngest daughter of William and Joanna, would become the matriarch of the Heavner estate.","Evaline married George W. Aubrey of Luney's Creek in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia in 1859. During the Civil War, George Aubrey joined the Union Army. He was captured in September 1861 and was incarcerated at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he died in 1862. During that time, Evaline and her infant son, William Casper, moved back to the family home in Brocks Gap, where she gave birth to their daughter Dorcas. Evaline suffered several other losses that year: her brother, William Jr., died serving in the Confederate Army; her son, William Casper, died shortly thereafter of complications from croup; and she then suffered the loss of her mother. With her father in his seventies, Evaline thus took charge of the family farm, where she spent the remainder of her life with Dorcas and her family.","Dorcas Aubrey (1861-1946) married Jacob R. Breneman (1872-1953) in 1896. Following their honeymoon they moved into the Heavner family home to take over operations for Evaline. Breneman also was active in politics as a Democrat and served in the Virginia House of Delegates: 1926-1927, 1930-1931, and 1940-1945. Their daughter Mae (1903-1984)later married Robert D. Liskey (1903-1967). They were the parents of Mr. Leon Liskey, one of the donors of this collection, and are buried, as are the Brenemans, in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","For a more detailed genealogical account see Judy Ruleman Liskey's When This You See, Think of Me! and With Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux. Both texts provide a history of the Heavner family, photographs, and correspondence that supplement this collection.","The collection was found in the eighteenth century home of the donors.","Documents cited in publications not extant in this collection may have been retained by the donor.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5006.","The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records and various other items pertaining to the Heavner family. The documents were passed down through the matrilineal side of the Heavner family, much like the original Heavner home, where these documents were found. Documents were thus passed from William Heavner to his daughter Evaline (Heavner) Aubrey, to her daughter Dorcas (Aubrey) Breneman, to her daughter Mae (Breneman) Liskey, then to her son, Leon Liskey and his wife Judy. The collection remained in the possession of the Liskey family until the bulk of the papers were donated to Special Collections in November 2007. Family names of note that are seen throughout the collection are Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.","Series One, Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837, consists of three folders of documents regarding Hughes' personal business matters and legal transactions involving his estate. William Heavner, acting as executor, retained these documents after the estate was settled. Personal papers include the appraisal and bill of sale of household possessions, powers of attorney, and court summonses. A folder of Hughes' receipts includes general and tax receipts directly related to Hughes' estate. A folder of miscellaneous material from Hughes' estate includes agreements and papers concerning land and property, as well as various promissory notes and receipts from other individuals such as George Dove, Conrad Custer, Solomon Jones, and Henry Overley.","Series Two, Correspondence, 1852-1967, is arranged into four subseries, then chronologically. Letters to Evaline Aubrey, the Brenemans (also spelled Brenneman) and other members of the Heavner family figure most prominently; the remainder are miscellaneous letters, some with unknown senders and recipients. Hair clippings and hair art are present.","Letters to Evaline Aubrey span from 1868 until 1913. In addition to correspondence from family and friends, many of the letters addressed to her are from M.P. Trumbo and concern family property in Illinois, where her brother Wells had settled. Legal and estate issues are also represented.","Letters to and from J.R. Breneman, et al, date from 1904 until 1967, and primarily concern business interests; although family letters are also present. Several post cards are addressed to his daughter Mae from a trip Breneman took out West. Letters to his wife Dorcas are also filed here.","Correspondence of the Heavner family, 1852-1896, includes letters to William Heavner Sr., as well as a small number to and from Wells Heavner. Correspondence relating to Well's mother in law Catherine Hess, brother in law Nathan Hess, and others are also filed here chronologically.","Miscellaneous correspondence, 1861-1937, is a small series of letters from individuals who are either not directly related to the Heavners, or the letters are unsigned.","Series Three, Financial Papers, 1820-1947, are arranged topically as promissory notes, property documents, general receipts, tax receipts, and other financial documents, then chronologically. Promissory notes are small sheets or slips of paper that clearly state \"I Promise to Pay\" or \"I bind myself to\" for a specific amount of money to a specific person. Property documents pertain to ownership, transfer, and inheritance of property. These include land agreements, notice of land for sale, and the estate division of William Heavner Sr., to the Brake and Aubrey families. General receipts cover a wide range of household purchases and expenditures. Tax receipts largely represent personal property taxes paid for the family property in Rockingham County, as well as property owned in La Salle County, Illinois, which had passed to Evaline from her brother Wells' family. Of particular interest are receipts for taxes paid during the Civil War. Miscellaneous financial documents range in content from a note regarding a young boy's indentured service in 1847, an 1852 toll road account, and a 1907 probate inventory of Michael S. Wine's estate, with Breneman acting as administrator.","Series Four, General Miscellany, 1864-1925, consists of a wide array of items, such as greeting cards and ephemera, print material, recipes and home remedies, weaving patterns and fabric squares. Items of note are Mae Breneman's 1925 Shenandoah College graduation announcement, and undated obituaries for Lizzie E. Wittig and Ruby Heavner.","An item-level description is available here: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/5006Liskey_Detail.pdf","Includes example of braided lock of hair sewn to a letter.","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).","The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records, and various other items pertaining to the William Heavner family, documented through the maternal side: William Heavner, Evaline Heavner Aubrey, Dorcas Aubrey Breneman (also spelled Brenneman), and Mae Breneman Liskey. Other names represented are Hughes, Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Heavner family","Brenneman family","Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967"],"collection_ssim":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0184","/repositories/4/resources/320"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0184","/repositories/4/resources/320"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History","Virginia -- Social life and customs","Virginia -- Genealogy"],"geogname_ssim":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History","Virginia -- Social life and customs","Virginia -- Genealogy"],"places_ssim":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History","Virginia -- Social life and customs","Virginia -- Genealogy"],"creator_ssm":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy","Heavner family"],"creator_ssim":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy","Heavner family"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Heavner family","Brenneman family"],"creators_ssim":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Heavner family","Brenneman family"],"access_terms_ssm":["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)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift of Leon and Judy Liskey in November 2007."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Farmers -- Virginia -- Biography","Indentured servants -- Virginia","Agriculture -- Virginia -- History","Farm life -- Virginia -- History","Farm management -- Sources","Trust indentures -- Virginia","Real property -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Sources","Wills -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Receipts (financial records)","Financial Records","Estate records","Family papers","Hairwork"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Farmers -- Virginia -- Biography","Indentured servants -- Virginia","Agriculture -- Virginia -- History","Farm life -- Virginia -- History","Farm management -- Sources","Trust indentures -- Virginia","Real property -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Sources","Wills -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Receipts (financial records)","Financial Records","Estate records","Family papers","Hairwork"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.4 cubic feet 1 box"],"extent_tesim":["0.4 cubic feet 1 box"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Receipts (financial records)","Financial Records","Estate records","Family papers","Hairwork"],"date_range_isim":[1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged in four series:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eRichard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1852-1967\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eFinancial Papers, 1820-1947\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGeneral Miscellany, 1864-1925\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in four series:","Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837\n      Correspondence, 1852-1967\n      Financial Papers, 1820-1947\n      General Miscellany, 1864-1925"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eBrock, Robert L. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham County, Virginia.\u003c/emph\u003e Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1997.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery, Woodbine Cemetery.\" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/woodbine09_2.htm.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1878 \u0026amp; 1879, 1880.\u003c/emph\u003e Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1881, 1882.\u003c/emph\u003e Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMy Sweet Valley Home: Rockingham County, Virginia, Personal Correspondence from October 16, 1876 to January 16, 1888.\u003c/emph\u003e [Fulks Run Va.: J. R. Liskey], 1991.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWhen This You See, Think of Me!\u003c/emph\u003e [S.I.:s.n.], c1990.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWith Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux.\u003c/emph\u003e [S.I.]:Judy Ruleman Liskey, c2006.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Virginia General Assembly.\" virginiageneralassembly.gov\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Brock, Robert L. 47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham County, Virginia. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1997.","\"Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery, Woodbine Cemetery.\" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/woodbine09_2.htm.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. Brocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1878 \u0026 1879, 1880. Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. Brocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1881, 1882. Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. My Sweet Valley Home: Rockingham County, Virginia, Personal Correspondence from October 16, 1876 to January 16, 1888. [Fulks Run Va.: J. R. Liskey], 1991.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. When This You See, Think of Me! [S.I.:s.n.], c1990.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. With Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux. [S.I.]:Judy Ruleman Liskey, c2006.","\"Virginia General Assembly.\" virginiageneralassembly.gov"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Heavner family has a long and rich history in the Shenandoah Valley. William Heavner (1787-1866) was born in present day Pendleton County, West Virginia to Joseph and Elizabeth Hevinor. William married Joanna Custer (1792-1862) in 1814, and shortly thereafter purchased 650 acres in the area now known as Fulks Run. The couple raised seven children: Wells, Delilah, Elizabeth, William Jr., Harvey, Julian (Julie Anne), and Evaline. In addition to farming, William operated a blacksmith shop on the family property. Heavner also served as executor of the estate of Richard Hughes, of whom little is known. Why Heavner was acting as executor on behalf of Hughes is unclear. Nonetheless, papers relating to Richard Hughes' estate remained in the custody of Heavner after Hughes' death. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf the Heavner children, only three lived past the age of fifty: Wells (78), Julian (53) and Evaline (84). Wells (1815-1893) married Elizabeth Hess (1822-1875) around 1851, and with Elizabeth's mother Catherine, moved to Champaign County, Ohio, where Elizabeth's siblings had settled. They maintained contact with the Heavner family through correspondence, as over the years they moved further west. Julian (1824-1877) married Michael Brake in 1853 and settled in Hardy County. Evaline (1830-1914), the youngest daughter of William and Joanna, would become the matriarch of the Heavner estate. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvaline married George W. Aubrey of Luney's Creek in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia in 1859. During the Civil War, George Aubrey joined the Union Army. He was captured in September 1861 and was incarcerated at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he died in 1862. During that time, Evaline and her infant son, William Casper, moved back to the family home in Brocks Gap, where she gave birth to their daughter Dorcas. Evaline suffered several other losses that year: her brother, William Jr., died serving in the Confederate Army; her son, William Casper, died shortly thereafter of complications from croup; and she then suffered the loss of her mother. With her father in his seventies, Evaline thus took charge of the family farm, where she spent the remainder of her life with Dorcas and her family. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDorcas Aubrey (1861-1946) married Jacob R. Breneman (1872-1953) in 1896. Following their honeymoon they moved into the Heavner family home to take over operations for Evaline. Breneman also was active in politics as a Democrat and served in the Virginia House of Delegates: 1926-1927, 1930-1931, and 1940-1945. Their daughter Mae (1903-1984)later married Robert D. Liskey (1903-1967). They were the parents of Mr. Leon Liskey, one of the donors of this collection, and are buried, as are the Brenemans, in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor a more detailed genealogical account see Judy Ruleman Liskey's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWhen This You See, Think of Me!\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWith Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux.\u003c/emph\u003e Both texts provide a history of the Heavner family, photographs, and correspondence that supplement this collection.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Heavner family has a long and rich history in the Shenandoah Valley. William Heavner (1787-1866) was born in present day Pendleton County, West Virginia to Joseph and Elizabeth Hevinor. William married Joanna Custer (1792-1862) in 1814, and shortly thereafter purchased 650 acres in the area now known as Fulks Run. The couple raised seven children: Wells, Delilah, Elizabeth, William Jr., Harvey, Julian (Julie Anne), and Evaline. In addition to farming, William operated a blacksmith shop on the family property. Heavner also served as executor of the estate of Richard Hughes, of whom little is known. Why Heavner was acting as executor on behalf of Hughes is unclear. Nonetheless, papers relating to Richard Hughes' estate remained in the custody of Heavner after Hughes' death.","Of the Heavner children, only three lived past the age of fifty: Wells (78), Julian (53) and Evaline (84). Wells (1815-1893) married Elizabeth Hess (1822-1875) around 1851, and with Elizabeth's mother Catherine, moved to Champaign County, Ohio, where Elizabeth's siblings had settled. They maintained contact with the Heavner family through correspondence, as over the years they moved further west. Julian (1824-1877) married Michael Brake in 1853 and settled in Hardy County. Evaline (1830-1914), the youngest daughter of William and Joanna, would become the matriarch of the Heavner estate.","Evaline married George W. Aubrey of Luney's Creek in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia in 1859. During the Civil War, George Aubrey joined the Union Army. He was captured in September 1861 and was incarcerated at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he died in 1862. During that time, Evaline and her infant son, William Casper, moved back to the family home in Brocks Gap, where she gave birth to their daughter Dorcas. Evaline suffered several other losses that year: her brother, William Jr., died serving in the Confederate Army; her son, William Casper, died shortly thereafter of complications from croup; and she then suffered the loss of her mother. With her father in his seventies, Evaline thus took charge of the family farm, where she spent the remainder of her life with Dorcas and her family.","Dorcas Aubrey (1861-1946) married Jacob R. Breneman (1872-1953) in 1896. Following their honeymoon they moved into the Heavner family home to take over operations for Evaline. Breneman also was active in politics as a Democrat and served in the Virginia House of Delegates: 1926-1927, 1930-1931, and 1940-1945. Their daughter Mae (1903-1984)later married Robert D. Liskey (1903-1967). They were the parents of Mr. Leon Liskey, one of the donors of this collection, and are buried, as are the Brenemans, in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","For a more detailed genealogical account see Judy Ruleman Liskey's When This You See, Think of Me! and With Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux. Both texts provide a history of the Heavner family, photographs, and correspondence that supplement this collection."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection was found in the eighteenth century home of the donors.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The collection was found in the eighteenth century home of the donors."],"originalsloc_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDocuments cited in publications not extant in this collection may have been retained by the donor.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"originalsloc_heading_ssm":["Location of Originals"],"originalsloc_tesim":["Documents cited in publications not extant in this collection may have been retained by the donor."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, SC 0184, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, SC 0184, 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 2017-2018. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 5006\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 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5006."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records and various other items pertaining to the Heavner family. The documents were passed down through the matrilineal side of the Heavner family, much like the original Heavner home, where these documents were found. Documents were thus passed from William Heavner to his daughter Evaline (Heavner) Aubrey, to her daughter Dorcas (Aubrey) Breneman, to her daughter Mae (Breneman) Liskey, then to her son, Leon Liskey and his wife Judy. The collection remained in the possession of the Liskey family until the bulk of the papers were donated to Special Collections in November 2007. Family names of note that are seen throughout the collection are Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries One, Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837, consists of three folders of documents regarding Hughes' personal business matters and legal transactions involving his estate. William Heavner, acting as executor, retained these documents after the estate was settled. Personal papers include the appraisal and bill of sale of household possessions, powers of attorney, and court summonses. A folder of Hughes' receipts includes general and tax receipts directly related to Hughes' estate. A folder of miscellaneous material from Hughes' estate includes agreements and papers concerning land and property, as well as various promissory notes and receipts from other individuals such as George Dove, Conrad Custer, Solomon Jones, and Henry Overley. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries Two, Correspondence, 1852-1967, is arranged into four subseries, then chronologically. Letters to Evaline Aubrey, the Brenemans (also spelled Brenneman) and other members of the Heavner family figure most prominently; the remainder are miscellaneous letters, some with unknown senders and recipients. Hair clippings and hair art are present.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Evaline Aubrey span from 1868 until 1913. In addition to correspondence from family and friends, many of the letters addressed to her are from M.P. Trumbo and concern family property in Illinois, where her brother Wells had settled. Legal and estate issues are also represented. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to and from J.R. Breneman, et al, date from 1904 until 1967, and primarily concern business interests; although family letters are also present. Several post cards are addressed to his daughter Mae from a trip Breneman took out West. Letters to his wife Dorcas are also filed here. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of the Heavner family, 1852-1896, includes letters to William Heavner Sr., as well as a small number to and from Wells Heavner. Correspondence relating to Well's mother in law Catherine Hess, brother in law Nathan Hess, and others are also filed here chronologically. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous correspondence, 1861-1937, is a small series of letters from individuals who are either not directly related to the Heavners, or the letters are unsigned. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries Three, Financial Papers, 1820-1947, are arranged topically as promissory notes, property documents, general receipts, tax receipts, and other financial documents, then chronologically. Promissory notes are small sheets or slips of paper that clearly state \"I Promise to Pay\" or \"I bind myself to\" for a specific amount of money to a specific person. Property documents pertain to ownership, transfer, and inheritance of property. These include land agreements, notice of land for sale, and the estate division of William Heavner Sr., to the Brake and Aubrey families. General receipts cover a wide range of household purchases and expenditures. Tax receipts largely represent personal property taxes paid for the family property in Rockingham County, as well as property owned in La Salle County, Illinois, which had passed to Evaline from her brother Wells' family. Of particular interest are receipts for taxes paid during the Civil War. Miscellaneous financial documents range in content from a note regarding a young boy's indentured service in 1847, an 1852 toll road account, and a 1907 probate inventory of Michael S. Wine's estate, with Breneman acting as administrator. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries Four, General Miscellany, 1864-1925, consists of a wide array of items, such as greeting cards and ephemera, print material, recipes and home remedies, weaving patterns and fabric squares. Items of note are Mae Breneman's 1925 Shenandoah College graduation announcement, and undated obituaries for Lizzie E. Wittig and Ruby Heavner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn item-level description is available here: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" actuate=\"onRequest\" show=\"new\" href=\"https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/5006Liskey_Detail.pdf\"\u003ehttps://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/5006Liskey_Detail.pdf\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes example of braided lock of hair sewn to a letter.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records and various other items pertaining to the Heavner family. The documents were passed down through the matrilineal side of the Heavner family, much like the original Heavner home, where these documents were found. Documents were thus passed from William Heavner to his daughter Evaline (Heavner) Aubrey, to her daughter Dorcas (Aubrey) Breneman, to her daughter Mae (Breneman) Liskey, then to her son, Leon Liskey and his wife Judy. The collection remained in the possession of the Liskey family until the bulk of the papers were donated to Special Collections in November 2007. Family names of note that are seen throughout the collection are Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.","Series One, Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837, consists of three folders of documents regarding Hughes' personal business matters and legal transactions involving his estate. William Heavner, acting as executor, retained these documents after the estate was settled. Personal papers include the appraisal and bill of sale of household possessions, powers of attorney, and court summonses. A folder of Hughes' receipts includes general and tax receipts directly related to Hughes' estate. A folder of miscellaneous material from Hughes' estate includes agreements and papers concerning land and property, as well as various promissory notes and receipts from other individuals such as George Dove, Conrad Custer, Solomon Jones, and Henry Overley.","Series Two, Correspondence, 1852-1967, is arranged into four subseries, then chronologically. Letters to Evaline Aubrey, the Brenemans (also spelled Brenneman) and other members of the Heavner family figure most prominently; the remainder are miscellaneous letters, some with unknown senders and recipients. Hair clippings and hair art are present.","Letters to Evaline Aubrey span from 1868 until 1913. In addition to correspondence from family and friends, many of the letters addressed to her are from M.P. Trumbo and concern family property in Illinois, where her brother Wells had settled. Legal and estate issues are also represented.","Letters to and from J.R. Breneman, et al, date from 1904 until 1967, and primarily concern business interests; although family letters are also present. Several post cards are addressed to his daughter Mae from a trip Breneman took out West. Letters to his wife Dorcas are also filed here.","Correspondence of the Heavner family, 1852-1896, includes letters to William Heavner Sr., as well as a small number to and from Wells Heavner. Correspondence relating to Well's mother in law Catherine Hess, brother in law Nathan Hess, and others are also filed here chronologically.","Miscellaneous correspondence, 1861-1937, is a small series of letters from individuals who are either not directly related to the Heavners, or the letters are unsigned.","Series Three, Financial Papers, 1820-1947, are arranged topically as promissory notes, property documents, general receipts, tax receipts, and other financial documents, then chronologically. Promissory notes are small sheets or slips of paper that clearly state \"I Promise to Pay\" or \"I bind myself to\" for a specific amount of money to a specific person. Property documents pertain to ownership, transfer, and inheritance of property. These include land agreements, notice of land for sale, and the estate division of William Heavner Sr., to the Brake and Aubrey families. General receipts cover a wide range of household purchases and expenditures. Tax receipts largely represent personal property taxes paid for the family property in Rockingham County, as well as property owned in La Salle County, Illinois, which had passed to Evaline from her brother Wells' family. Of particular interest are receipts for taxes paid during the Civil War. Miscellaneous financial documents range in content from a note regarding a young boy's indentured service in 1847, an 1852 toll road account, and a 1907 probate inventory of Michael S. Wine's estate, with Breneman acting as administrator.","Series Four, General Miscellany, 1864-1925, consists of a wide array of items, such as greeting cards and ephemera, print material, recipes and home remedies, weaving patterns and fabric squares. Items of note are Mae Breneman's 1925 Shenandoah College graduation announcement, and undated obituaries for Lizzie E. Wittig and Ruby Heavner.","An item-level description is available here: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/5006Liskey_Detail.pdf","Includes example of braided lock of hair sewn to a letter."],"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_31d822af7eb29cfa160a0bdcbd90866d\"\u003eThe Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records, and various other items pertaining to the William Heavner family, documented through the maternal side: William Heavner, Evaline Heavner Aubrey, Dorcas Aubrey Breneman (also spelled Brenneman), and Mae Breneman Liskey. Other names represented are Hughes, Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records, and various other items pertaining to the William Heavner family, documented through the maternal side: William Heavner, Evaline Heavner Aubrey, Dorcas Aubrey Breneman (also spelled Brenneman), and Mae Breneman Liskey. Other names represented are Hughes, Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"famname_ssim":["Heavner family","Brenneman family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Brenneman family","Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy"],"persname_ssim":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Heavner family","Brenneman family","Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":21,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_320","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_320.xml","title_ssm":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1788-1967"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1788-1967"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1788/1967"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967"],"text":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967","SC 0184","/repositories/4/resources/320","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History","Virginia -- Social life and customs","Virginia -- Genealogy","Farmers -- Virginia -- Biography","Indentured servants -- Virginia","Agriculture -- Virginia -- History","Farm life -- Virginia -- History","Farm management -- Sources","Trust indentures -- Virginia","Real property -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Sources","Wills -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Receipts (financial records)","Financial Records","Estate records","Family papers","Hairwork","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.","This collection is arranged in four series:","Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837\n      Correspondence, 1852-1967\n      Financial Papers, 1820-1947\n      General Miscellany, 1864-1925","Brock, Robert L. 47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham County, Virginia. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1997.","\"Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery, Woodbine Cemetery.\" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/woodbine09_2.htm.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. Brocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1878 \u0026 1879, 1880. Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. Brocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1881, 1882. Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. My Sweet Valley Home: Rockingham County, Virginia, Personal Correspondence from October 16, 1876 to January 16, 1888. [Fulks Run Va.: J. R. Liskey], 1991.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. When This You See, Think of Me! [S.I.:s.n.], c1990.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. With Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux. [S.I.]:Judy Ruleman Liskey, c2006.","\"Virginia General Assembly.\" virginiageneralassembly.gov","The Heavner family has a long and rich history in the Shenandoah Valley. William Heavner (1787-1866) was born in present day Pendleton County, West Virginia to Joseph and Elizabeth Hevinor. William married Joanna Custer (1792-1862) in 1814, and shortly thereafter purchased 650 acres in the area now known as Fulks Run. The couple raised seven children: Wells, Delilah, Elizabeth, William Jr., Harvey, Julian (Julie Anne), and Evaline. In addition to farming, William operated a blacksmith shop on the family property. Heavner also served as executor of the estate of Richard Hughes, of whom little is known. Why Heavner was acting as executor on behalf of Hughes is unclear. Nonetheless, papers relating to Richard Hughes' estate remained in the custody of Heavner after Hughes' death.","Of the Heavner children, only three lived past the age of fifty: Wells (78), Julian (53) and Evaline (84). Wells (1815-1893) married Elizabeth Hess (1822-1875) around 1851, and with Elizabeth's mother Catherine, moved to Champaign County, Ohio, where Elizabeth's siblings had settled. They maintained contact with the Heavner family through correspondence, as over the years they moved further west. Julian (1824-1877) married Michael Brake in 1853 and settled in Hardy County. Evaline (1830-1914), the youngest daughter of William and Joanna, would become the matriarch of the Heavner estate.","Evaline married George W. Aubrey of Luney's Creek in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia in 1859. During the Civil War, George Aubrey joined the Union Army. He was captured in September 1861 and was incarcerated at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he died in 1862. During that time, Evaline and her infant son, William Casper, moved back to the family home in Brocks Gap, where she gave birth to their daughter Dorcas. Evaline suffered several other losses that year: her brother, William Jr., died serving in the Confederate Army; her son, William Casper, died shortly thereafter of complications from croup; and she then suffered the loss of her mother. With her father in his seventies, Evaline thus took charge of the family farm, where she spent the remainder of her life with Dorcas and her family.","Dorcas Aubrey (1861-1946) married Jacob R. Breneman (1872-1953) in 1896. Following their honeymoon they moved into the Heavner family home to take over operations for Evaline. Breneman also was active in politics as a Democrat and served in the Virginia House of Delegates: 1926-1927, 1930-1931, and 1940-1945. Their daughter Mae (1903-1984)later married Robert D. Liskey (1903-1967). They were the parents of Mr. Leon Liskey, one of the donors of this collection, and are buried, as are the Brenemans, in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","For a more detailed genealogical account see Judy Ruleman Liskey's When This You See, Think of Me! and With Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux. Both texts provide a history of the Heavner family, photographs, and correspondence that supplement this collection.","The collection was found in the eighteenth century home of the donors.","Documents cited in publications not extant in this collection may have been retained by the donor.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5006.","The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records and various other items pertaining to the Heavner family. The documents were passed down through the matrilineal side of the Heavner family, much like the original Heavner home, where these documents were found. Documents were thus passed from William Heavner to his daughter Evaline (Heavner) Aubrey, to her daughter Dorcas (Aubrey) Breneman, to her daughter Mae (Breneman) Liskey, then to her son, Leon Liskey and his wife Judy. The collection remained in the possession of the Liskey family until the bulk of the papers were donated to Special Collections in November 2007. Family names of note that are seen throughout the collection are Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.","Series One, Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837, consists of three folders of documents regarding Hughes' personal business matters and legal transactions involving his estate. William Heavner, acting as executor, retained these documents after the estate was settled. Personal papers include the appraisal and bill of sale of household possessions, powers of attorney, and court summonses. A folder of Hughes' receipts includes general and tax receipts directly related to Hughes' estate. A folder of miscellaneous material from Hughes' estate includes agreements and papers concerning land and property, as well as various promissory notes and receipts from other individuals such as George Dove, Conrad Custer, Solomon Jones, and Henry Overley.","Series Two, Correspondence, 1852-1967, is arranged into four subseries, then chronologically. Letters to Evaline Aubrey, the Brenemans (also spelled Brenneman) and other members of the Heavner family figure most prominently; the remainder are miscellaneous letters, some with unknown senders and recipients. Hair clippings and hair art are present.","Letters to Evaline Aubrey span from 1868 until 1913. In addition to correspondence from family and friends, many of the letters addressed to her are from M.P. Trumbo and concern family property in Illinois, where her brother Wells had settled. Legal and estate issues are also represented.","Letters to and from J.R. Breneman, et al, date from 1904 until 1967, and primarily concern business interests; although family letters are also present. Several post cards are addressed to his daughter Mae from a trip Breneman took out West. Letters to his wife Dorcas are also filed here.","Correspondence of the Heavner family, 1852-1896, includes letters to William Heavner Sr., as well as a small number to and from Wells Heavner. Correspondence relating to Well's mother in law Catherine Hess, brother in law Nathan Hess, and others are also filed here chronologically.","Miscellaneous correspondence, 1861-1937, is a small series of letters from individuals who are either not directly related to the Heavners, or the letters are unsigned.","Series Three, Financial Papers, 1820-1947, are arranged topically as promissory notes, property documents, general receipts, tax receipts, and other financial documents, then chronologically. Promissory notes are small sheets or slips of paper that clearly state \"I Promise to Pay\" or \"I bind myself to\" for a specific amount of money to a specific person. Property documents pertain to ownership, transfer, and inheritance of property. These include land agreements, notice of land for sale, and the estate division of William Heavner Sr., to the Brake and Aubrey families. General receipts cover a wide range of household purchases and expenditures. Tax receipts largely represent personal property taxes paid for the family property in Rockingham County, as well as property owned in La Salle County, Illinois, which had passed to Evaline from her brother Wells' family. Of particular interest are receipts for taxes paid during the Civil War. Miscellaneous financial documents range in content from a note regarding a young boy's indentured service in 1847, an 1852 toll road account, and a 1907 probate inventory of Michael S. Wine's estate, with Breneman acting as administrator.","Series Four, General Miscellany, 1864-1925, consists of a wide array of items, such as greeting cards and ephemera, print material, recipes and home remedies, weaving patterns and fabric squares. Items of note are Mae Breneman's 1925 Shenandoah College graduation announcement, and undated obituaries for Lizzie E. Wittig and Ruby Heavner.","An item-level description is available here: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/5006Liskey_Detail.pdf","Includes example of braided lock of hair sewn to a letter.","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).","The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records, and various other items pertaining to the William Heavner family, documented through the maternal side: William Heavner, Evaline Heavner Aubrey, Dorcas Aubrey Breneman (also spelled Brenneman), and Mae Breneman Liskey. Other names represented are Hughes, Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Heavner family","Brenneman family","Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967"],"collection_ssim":["Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788/1967"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0184","/repositories/4/resources/320"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0184","/repositories/4/resources/320"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History","Virginia -- Social life and customs","Virginia -- Genealogy"],"geogname_ssim":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History","Virginia -- Social life and customs","Virginia -- Genealogy"],"places_ssim":["Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Virginia -- History","Virginia -- Social life and customs","Virginia -- Genealogy"],"creator_ssm":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy","Heavner family"],"creator_ssim":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy","Heavner family"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Heavner family","Brenneman family"],"creators_ssim":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Heavner family","Brenneman family"],"access_terms_ssm":["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)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift of Leon and Judy Liskey in November 2007."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Farmers -- Virginia -- Biography","Indentured servants -- Virginia","Agriculture -- Virginia -- History","Farm life -- Virginia -- History","Farm management -- Sources","Trust indentures -- Virginia","Real property -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Sources","Wills -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Receipts (financial records)","Financial Records","Estate records","Family papers","Hairwork"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Farmers -- Virginia -- Biography","Indentured servants -- Virginia","Agriculture -- Virginia -- History","Farm life -- Virginia -- History","Farm management -- Sources","Trust indentures -- Virginia","Real property -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Sources","Wills -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Receipts (financial records)","Financial Records","Estate records","Family papers","Hairwork"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.4 cubic feet 1 box"],"extent_tesim":["0.4 cubic feet 1 box"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Receipts (financial records)","Financial Records","Estate records","Family papers","Hairwork"],"date_range_isim":[1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged in four series:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eRichard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1852-1967\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eFinancial Papers, 1820-1947\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eGeneral Miscellany, 1864-1925\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection is arranged in four series:","Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837\n      Correspondence, 1852-1967\n      Financial Papers, 1820-1947\n      General Miscellany, 1864-1925"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eBrock, Robert L. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham County, Virginia.\u003c/emph\u003e Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1997.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery, Woodbine Cemetery.\" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/woodbine09_2.htm.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1878 \u0026amp; 1879, 1880.\u003c/emph\u003e Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1881, 1882.\u003c/emph\u003e Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMy Sweet Valley Home: Rockingham County, Virginia, Personal Correspondence from October 16, 1876 to January 16, 1888.\u003c/emph\u003e [Fulks Run Va.: J. R. Liskey], 1991.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWhen This You See, Think of Me!\u003c/emph\u003e [S.I.:s.n.], c1990.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eLiskey, Judy Ruleman. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWith Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux.\u003c/emph\u003e [S.I.]:Judy Ruleman Liskey, c2006.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Virginia General Assembly.\" virginiageneralassembly.gov\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Brock, Robert L. 47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham County, Virginia. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1997.","\"Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery, Woodbine Cemetery.\" http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/woodbine09_2.htm.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. Brocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1878 \u0026 1879, 1880. Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. Brocks Gap Missives: Personal Letters to a Young Lady in the Nineteenth Century, 1881, 1882. Fulks Run (Va.): Judy Ruleman Liskey, [19--?]","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. My Sweet Valley Home: Rockingham County, Virginia, Personal Correspondence from October 16, 1876 to January 16, 1888. [Fulks Run Va.: J. R. Liskey], 1991.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. When This You See, Think of Me! [S.I.:s.n.], c1990.","Liskey, Judy Ruleman. With Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux. [S.I.]:Judy Ruleman Liskey, c2006.","\"Virginia General Assembly.\" virginiageneralassembly.gov"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Heavner family has a long and rich history in the Shenandoah Valley. William Heavner (1787-1866) was born in present day Pendleton County, West Virginia to Joseph and Elizabeth Hevinor. William married Joanna Custer (1792-1862) in 1814, and shortly thereafter purchased 650 acres in the area now known as Fulks Run. The couple raised seven children: Wells, Delilah, Elizabeth, William Jr., Harvey, Julian (Julie Anne), and Evaline. In addition to farming, William operated a blacksmith shop on the family property. Heavner also served as executor of the estate of Richard Hughes, of whom little is known. Why Heavner was acting as executor on behalf of Hughes is unclear. Nonetheless, papers relating to Richard Hughes' estate remained in the custody of Heavner after Hughes' death. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf the Heavner children, only three lived past the age of fifty: Wells (78), Julian (53) and Evaline (84). Wells (1815-1893) married Elizabeth Hess (1822-1875) around 1851, and with Elizabeth's mother Catherine, moved to Champaign County, Ohio, where Elizabeth's siblings had settled. They maintained contact with the Heavner family through correspondence, as over the years they moved further west. Julian (1824-1877) married Michael Brake in 1853 and settled in Hardy County. Evaline (1830-1914), the youngest daughter of William and Joanna, would become the matriarch of the Heavner estate. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvaline married George W. Aubrey of Luney's Creek in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia in 1859. During the Civil War, George Aubrey joined the Union Army. He was captured in September 1861 and was incarcerated at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he died in 1862. During that time, Evaline and her infant son, William Casper, moved back to the family home in Brocks Gap, where she gave birth to their daughter Dorcas. Evaline suffered several other losses that year: her brother, William Jr., died serving in the Confederate Army; her son, William Casper, died shortly thereafter of complications from croup; and she then suffered the loss of her mother. With her father in his seventies, Evaline thus took charge of the family farm, where she spent the remainder of her life with Dorcas and her family. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDorcas Aubrey (1861-1946) married Jacob R. Breneman (1872-1953) in 1896. Following their honeymoon they moved into the Heavner family home to take over operations for Evaline. Breneman also was active in politics as a Democrat and served in the Virginia House of Delegates: 1926-1927, 1930-1931, and 1940-1945. Their daughter Mae (1903-1984)later married Robert D. Liskey (1903-1967). They were the parents of Mr. Leon Liskey, one of the donors of this collection, and are buried, as are the Brenemans, in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor a more detailed genealogical account see Judy Ruleman Liskey's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWhen This You See, Think of Me!\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWith Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux.\u003c/emph\u003e Both texts provide a history of the Heavner family, photographs, and correspondence that supplement this collection.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Heavner family has a long and rich history in the Shenandoah Valley. William Heavner (1787-1866) was born in present day Pendleton County, West Virginia to Joseph and Elizabeth Hevinor. William married Joanna Custer (1792-1862) in 1814, and shortly thereafter purchased 650 acres in the area now known as Fulks Run. The couple raised seven children: Wells, Delilah, Elizabeth, William Jr., Harvey, Julian (Julie Anne), and Evaline. In addition to farming, William operated a blacksmith shop on the family property. Heavner also served as executor of the estate of Richard Hughes, of whom little is known. Why Heavner was acting as executor on behalf of Hughes is unclear. Nonetheless, papers relating to Richard Hughes' estate remained in the custody of Heavner after Hughes' death.","Of the Heavner children, only three lived past the age of fifty: Wells (78), Julian (53) and Evaline (84). Wells (1815-1893) married Elizabeth Hess (1822-1875) around 1851, and with Elizabeth's mother Catherine, moved to Champaign County, Ohio, where Elizabeth's siblings had settled. They maintained contact with the Heavner family through correspondence, as over the years they moved further west. Julian (1824-1877) married Michael Brake in 1853 and settled in Hardy County. Evaline (1830-1914), the youngest daughter of William and Joanna, would become the matriarch of the Heavner estate.","Evaline married George W. Aubrey of Luney's Creek in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia in 1859. During the Civil War, George Aubrey joined the Union Army. He was captured in September 1861 and was incarcerated at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he died in 1862. During that time, Evaline and her infant son, William Casper, moved back to the family home in Brocks Gap, where she gave birth to their daughter Dorcas. Evaline suffered several other losses that year: her brother, William Jr., died serving in the Confederate Army; her son, William Casper, died shortly thereafter of complications from croup; and she then suffered the loss of her mother. With her father in his seventies, Evaline thus took charge of the family farm, where she spent the remainder of her life with Dorcas and her family.","Dorcas Aubrey (1861-1946) married Jacob R. Breneman (1872-1953) in 1896. Following their honeymoon they moved into the Heavner family home to take over operations for Evaline. Breneman also was active in politics as a Democrat and served in the Virginia House of Delegates: 1926-1927, 1930-1931, and 1940-1945. Their daughter Mae (1903-1984)later married Robert D. Liskey (1903-1967). They were the parents of Mr. Leon Liskey, one of the donors of this collection, and are buried, as are the Brenemans, in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","For a more detailed genealogical account see Judy Ruleman Liskey's When This You See, Think of Me! and With Pen in Hand: Buttons and Beaux. Both texts provide a history of the Heavner family, photographs, and correspondence that supplement this collection."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection was found in the eighteenth century home of the donors.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The collection was found in the eighteenth century home of the donors."],"originalsloc_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDocuments cited in publications not extant in this collection may have been retained by the donor.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"originalsloc_heading_ssm":["Location of Originals"],"originalsloc_tesim":["Documents cited in publications not extant in this collection may have been retained by the donor."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, SC 0184, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, SC 0184, 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 2017-2018. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 5006\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 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5006."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records and various other items pertaining to the Heavner family. The documents were passed down through the matrilineal side of the Heavner family, much like the original Heavner home, where these documents were found. Documents were thus passed from William Heavner to his daughter Evaline (Heavner) Aubrey, to her daughter Dorcas (Aubrey) Breneman, to her daughter Mae (Breneman) Liskey, then to her son, Leon Liskey and his wife Judy. The collection remained in the possession of the Liskey family until the bulk of the papers were donated to Special Collections in November 2007. Family names of note that are seen throughout the collection are Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries One, Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837, consists of three folders of documents regarding Hughes' personal business matters and legal transactions involving his estate. William Heavner, acting as executor, retained these documents after the estate was settled. Personal papers include the appraisal and bill of sale of household possessions, powers of attorney, and court summonses. A folder of Hughes' receipts includes general and tax receipts directly related to Hughes' estate. A folder of miscellaneous material from Hughes' estate includes agreements and papers concerning land and property, as well as various promissory notes and receipts from other individuals such as George Dove, Conrad Custer, Solomon Jones, and Henry Overley. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries Two, Correspondence, 1852-1967, is arranged into four subseries, then chronologically. Letters to Evaline Aubrey, the Brenemans (also spelled Brenneman) and other members of the Heavner family figure most prominently; the remainder are miscellaneous letters, some with unknown senders and recipients. Hair clippings and hair art are present.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Evaline Aubrey span from 1868 until 1913. In addition to correspondence from family and friends, many of the letters addressed to her are from M.P. Trumbo and concern family property in Illinois, where her brother Wells had settled. Legal and estate issues are also represented. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to and from J.R. Breneman, et al, date from 1904 until 1967, and primarily concern business interests; although family letters are also present. Several post cards are addressed to his daughter Mae from a trip Breneman took out West. Letters to his wife Dorcas are also filed here. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of the Heavner family, 1852-1896, includes letters to William Heavner Sr., as well as a small number to and from Wells Heavner. Correspondence relating to Well's mother in law Catherine Hess, brother in law Nathan Hess, and others are also filed here chronologically. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous correspondence, 1861-1937, is a small series of letters from individuals who are either not directly related to the Heavners, or the letters are unsigned. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries Three, Financial Papers, 1820-1947, are arranged topically as promissory notes, property documents, general receipts, tax receipts, and other financial documents, then chronologically. Promissory notes are small sheets or slips of paper that clearly state \"I Promise to Pay\" or \"I bind myself to\" for a specific amount of money to a specific person. Property documents pertain to ownership, transfer, and inheritance of property. These include land agreements, notice of land for sale, and the estate division of William Heavner Sr., to the Brake and Aubrey families. General receipts cover a wide range of household purchases and expenditures. Tax receipts largely represent personal property taxes paid for the family property in Rockingham County, as well as property owned in La Salle County, Illinois, which had passed to Evaline from her brother Wells' family. Of particular interest are receipts for taxes paid during the Civil War. Miscellaneous financial documents range in content from a note regarding a young boy's indentured service in 1847, an 1852 toll road account, and a 1907 probate inventory of Michael S. Wine's estate, with Breneman acting as administrator. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries Four, General Miscellany, 1864-1925, consists of a wide array of items, such as greeting cards and ephemera, print material, recipes and home remedies, weaving patterns and fabric squares. Items of note are Mae Breneman's 1925 Shenandoah College graduation announcement, and undated obituaries for Lizzie E. Wittig and Ruby Heavner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn item-level description is available here: \u003cextref type=\"simple\" actuate=\"onRequest\" show=\"new\" href=\"https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/5006Liskey_Detail.pdf\"\u003ehttps://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/5006Liskey_Detail.pdf\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes example of braided lock of hair sewn to a letter.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records and various other items pertaining to the Heavner family. The documents were passed down through the matrilineal side of the Heavner family, much like the original Heavner home, where these documents were found. Documents were thus passed from William Heavner to his daughter Evaline (Heavner) Aubrey, to her daughter Dorcas (Aubrey) Breneman, to her daughter Mae (Breneman) Liskey, then to her son, Leon Liskey and his wife Judy. The collection remained in the possession of the Liskey family until the bulk of the papers were donated to Special Collections in November 2007. Family names of note that are seen throughout the collection are Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.","Series One, Richard Hughes Estate Papers, 1788-1837, consists of three folders of documents regarding Hughes' personal business matters and legal transactions involving his estate. William Heavner, acting as executor, retained these documents after the estate was settled. Personal papers include the appraisal and bill of sale of household possessions, powers of attorney, and court summonses. A folder of Hughes' receipts includes general and tax receipts directly related to Hughes' estate. A folder of miscellaneous material from Hughes' estate includes agreements and papers concerning land and property, as well as various promissory notes and receipts from other individuals such as George Dove, Conrad Custer, Solomon Jones, and Henry Overley.","Series Two, Correspondence, 1852-1967, is arranged into four subseries, then chronologically. Letters to Evaline Aubrey, the Brenemans (also spelled Brenneman) and other members of the Heavner family figure most prominently; the remainder are miscellaneous letters, some with unknown senders and recipients. Hair clippings and hair art are present.","Letters to Evaline Aubrey span from 1868 until 1913. In addition to correspondence from family and friends, many of the letters addressed to her are from M.P. Trumbo and concern family property in Illinois, where her brother Wells had settled. Legal and estate issues are also represented.","Letters to and from J.R. Breneman, et al, date from 1904 until 1967, and primarily concern business interests; although family letters are also present. Several post cards are addressed to his daughter Mae from a trip Breneman took out West. Letters to his wife Dorcas are also filed here.","Correspondence of the Heavner family, 1852-1896, includes letters to William Heavner Sr., as well as a small number to and from Wells Heavner. Correspondence relating to Well's mother in law Catherine Hess, brother in law Nathan Hess, and others are also filed here chronologically.","Miscellaneous correspondence, 1861-1937, is a small series of letters from individuals who are either not directly related to the Heavners, or the letters are unsigned.","Series Three, Financial Papers, 1820-1947, are arranged topically as promissory notes, property documents, general receipts, tax receipts, and other financial documents, then chronologically. Promissory notes are small sheets or slips of paper that clearly state \"I Promise to Pay\" or \"I bind myself to\" for a specific amount of money to a specific person. Property documents pertain to ownership, transfer, and inheritance of property. These include land agreements, notice of land for sale, and the estate division of William Heavner Sr., to the Brake and Aubrey families. General receipts cover a wide range of household purchases and expenditures. Tax receipts largely represent personal property taxes paid for the family property in Rockingham County, as well as property owned in La Salle County, Illinois, which had passed to Evaline from her brother Wells' family. Of particular interest are receipts for taxes paid during the Civil War. Miscellaneous financial documents range in content from a note regarding a young boy's indentured service in 1847, an 1852 toll road account, and a 1907 probate inventory of Michael S. Wine's estate, with Breneman acting as administrator.","Series Four, General Miscellany, 1864-1925, consists of a wide array of items, such as greeting cards and ephemera, print material, recipes and home remedies, weaving patterns and fabric squares. Items of note are Mae Breneman's 1925 Shenandoah College graduation announcement, and undated obituaries for Lizzie E. Wittig and Ruby Heavner.","An item-level description is available here: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/5006Liskey_Detail.pdf","Includes example of braided lock of hair sewn to a letter."],"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_31d822af7eb29cfa160a0bdcbd90866d\"\u003eThe Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records, and various other items pertaining to the William Heavner family, documented through the maternal side: William Heavner, Evaline Heavner Aubrey, Dorcas Aubrey Breneman (also spelled Brenneman), and Mae Breneman Liskey. Other names represented are Hughes, Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Liskey Collection of Heavner Family Papers, 1788-1967, consists of one box (.4 cubic feet) of personal correspondence, business and personal financial records, and various other items pertaining to the William Heavner family, documented through the maternal side: William Heavner, Evaline Heavner Aubrey, Dorcas Aubrey Breneman (also spelled Brenneman), and Mae Breneman Liskey. Other names represented are Hughes, Brake, Dove, Hess, and Trumbo, among others. The collection is arranged chronologically in four series: Richard Hughes Estate Papers, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and General Miscellany."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"famname_ssim":["Heavner family","Brenneman family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Brenneman family","Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy"],"persname_ssim":["Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Heavner family","Brenneman family","Liskey, Leon","Liskey, Judy"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":21,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_320"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_393","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Manley Family papers, 1707/1953","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_393#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Manley family","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_393#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"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.","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"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1707/1953"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Manley Family papers, 1707/1953"],"text":["Manley Family papers, 1707/1953","SC 0085","/repositories/4/resources/393","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. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","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.","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. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Manley Family papers, 1707/1953"],"collection_ssim":["Manley Family papers, 1707/1953"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0085","/repositories/4/resources/393"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0085","/repositories/4/resources/393"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["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"],"geogname_ssim":["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"],"places_ssim":["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"],"creator_ssm":["Manley family","Turner, Mary E."],"creator_ssim":["Manley family","Turner, Mary E."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Turner, Mary E.","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Manley family","Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Bigler family","McCauley family"],"creators_ssim":["Turner, Mary E.","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Manley family","Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Bigler family","McCauley family"],"access_terms_ssm":["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)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was donated by Mrs. Mary E. Turner, heir to George Manley through Mrs. Ruth Beam of Planters Bank \u0026 Trust Co. in Staunton, Virginia, in September 1983."],"access_subjects_ssim":["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"],"access_subjects_ssm":["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"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.2 cubic feet 2 boxes, 1 flat file"],"extent_tesim":["1.2 cubic feet 2 boxes, 1 flat file"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Promissory notes","Financial Records","Genealogies (histories)","Indentures","Legal documents","Tax records","Wills","Family papers"],"date_range_isim":[1707,1708,1709,1710,1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716,1717,1718,1719,1720,1721,1722,1723,1724,1725,1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDictionary of American Biography\u003c/emph\u003e.  New York: Charles Scribner, 1936.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe General Assembly of Virginia,1619-1978\u003c/emph\u003e. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003ePeyton, J. Lewis. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHistory of Augusta County Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e, 2nd ed. Bridgewater, VA: C.J Carrier, 1953.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\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\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eWingfield, Marshall. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFranklin County, a History\u003c/emph\u003e. Berryville, Virginia: Chesapeake Book Co., 1964.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"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. Sheffey, who was the Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], Manley Family Papers, 1707-1953, SC 0085, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], Manley Family Papers, 1707-1953, SC 0085, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 2010.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["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."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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\n    "],"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."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"famname_ssim":["Manley family","Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Bigler family","McCauley family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Manley family","Bigler family","McCauley family","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895","Turner, Mary E."],"persname_ssim":["Turner, Mary E.","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895"],"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. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":20,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"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"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1707/1953"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Manley Family papers, 1707/1953"],"text":["Manley Family papers, 1707/1953","SC 0085","/repositories/4/resources/393","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. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","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.","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. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Manley Family papers, 1707/1953"],"collection_ssim":["Manley Family papers, 1707/1953"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0085","/repositories/4/resources/393"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0085","/repositories/4/resources/393"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["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"],"geogname_ssim":["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"],"places_ssim":["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"],"creator_ssm":["Manley family","Turner, Mary E."],"creator_ssim":["Manley family","Turner, Mary E."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Turner, Mary E.","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Manley family","Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Bigler family","McCauley family"],"creators_ssim":["Turner, Mary E.","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Manley family","Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Bigler family","McCauley family"],"access_terms_ssm":["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)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was donated by Mrs. Mary E. Turner, heir to George Manley through Mrs. Ruth Beam of Planters Bank \u0026 Trust Co. in Staunton, Virginia, in September 1983."],"access_subjects_ssim":["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"],"access_subjects_ssm":["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"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.2 cubic feet 2 boxes, 1 flat file"],"extent_tesim":["1.2 cubic feet 2 boxes, 1 flat file"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Promissory notes","Financial Records","Genealogies (histories)","Indentures","Legal documents","Tax records","Wills","Family papers"],"date_range_isim":[1707,1708,1709,1710,1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716,1717,1718,1719,1720,1721,1722,1723,1724,1725,1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDictionary of American Biography\u003c/emph\u003e.  New York: Charles Scribner, 1936.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe General Assembly of Virginia,1619-1978\u003c/emph\u003e. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003ePeyton, J. Lewis. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHistory of Augusta County Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e, 2nd ed. Bridgewater, VA: C.J Carrier, 1953.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\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\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eWingfield, Marshall. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFranklin County, a History\u003c/emph\u003e. Berryville, Virginia: Chesapeake Book Co., 1964.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"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. Sheffey, who was the Augusta County representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 and to the Virginia General Assembly in 1850s and 1860s."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], Manley Family Papers, 1707-1953, SC 0085, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of item], [box #, folder #], Manley Family Papers, 1707-1953, SC 0085, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 2010.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["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."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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\n    "],"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."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"famname_ssim":["Manley family","Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Bigler family","McCauley family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Manley family -- Correspondence","Righter family","Manley family","Bigler family","McCauley family","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895","Turner, Mary E."],"persname_ssim":["Turner, Mary E.","Sheffey, Hugh W. (Hugh White), 1815-1889 -- Correspondence","Manley, John","Righter, Peter B. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895"],"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. (Peter Baker), 1804-1895"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":20,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:34.491Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_393"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_245#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_245#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather. Also included are biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collection is arranged in three series: John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_245#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_245.xml","title_ssm":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection"],"title_tesim":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1707-1992","1857-1910"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1707-1992"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1857-1910"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910"],"text":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910","SC 0090","/repositories/4/resources/245","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel -- Sources","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Description and travel","Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775","Land titles -- Virginia -- Rockingham County -- Sources","Land settlement -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Pamphlets","Land grants","Indentures","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:","John E. Roller papers, 1779-1910\n      Biographical / genealogical information, 1707-1992\n      Civil war documents, 1857-1894","Wayland, John W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, Va.: Ruebush-Elkins Company, 1912.","John Edwin Roller (1844-1918), born near Mt. Crawford, was a prominent lawyer, lecturer, and antiquarian in the Shenandoah Valley. He served in the Confederate Army, and in 1872 became major-general of the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Law School, Roller was the first non-Pennsylvanian president of the Pennsylvania German Society (1909-1910). Roller also served four sessions in the Virginia State Senate and was the first president of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. He pursued interests in local and religious history, ammassing a considerable collection of books and papers. Most of these items were dispersed, however, during the course of the twentieth century.","The donor, Margaret Grattan Weaver (1905-2001), was a member of two of the most distinguished families in Rockingham County, the Rollers and the Grattans. She was known throughout the Shenandoah Valley for her involvement in civic, historic, and religious organizations including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, and the Margaret Grattan Weaver Foundation, which she founded in 1997. The foundation supports and promotes preservation and appreciation of the history and religious heritage of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. She was also dedicated to writing poetry and essays on suffering and death, some of which are included in this collection.","The Civil War era signatures were removed from their backing, deacidified, remounted with wheat paste on acid-free backing, and encapsulated in March 1993. 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 2030.","John E. Roller Papers, MS 0171, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.","Papers of John Edwin Roller, 1813-1916, Mss 9478, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.","The Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992, consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather, as well as biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collections is arranged in three series:  John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.","Series 1: John E. Roller Papers, 1779-1910, consists of five folders of documents including letters, historical notes, writings, and speeches.  A folder of Roller's addresses containes lecture material on Jefferson Davis, Huguenots, the Reformed Church, and the Civil War.  Also included in this series are bonds for collection of taxes, road petitions and certifications, deeds, and an indictment for permitting an insane slave to go at large.","Series 2: Biographical/Genealogical Information, 1877-1992, contains various writings by Margaret Grattan Weaver, John E. Roller biographical information including invitations and his obituary, and miscellaneous Grattan family documents. A copy of the registration forms for the Thomas Harrison House to be put on the National Register of Historic Places is also included. John E. Roller bought the house in 1879 and Weaver was part owner of the property from 1951-1963 along with her two brothers. Alsoincludes a 1753 land patent and facsimile to Gabriel Jones, the first appointed lawyer for Augusta and Rockingham Counties, signed by Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Robert Dinwiddie for 644 acres on \"the north side of Shannando\" in Augusta County (now Rockingham County near Port Republic), indentures, and two unidentified photographs of female academy classes.","Series 3: Civil War Documents, 1857-1894, is comprised of letters, receipts for supplies, a monthly summary of funds, and personal notes concerning arms, transportation, and personnel. Twenty-nine pamphlets are included pertaining to the Battle of New Market, Southern \u0026 Confederate States almanacs, and addresses by General Jubal Early and Charles C. Jones, Jr.  Pieces from the USS Merrimack and USS Cumberland and a letter from Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Thomas \"Stonewall\" Jackson are also present. A sheet of clipped signatures includes Robert E. Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Albert Sidney Johnston, and others.","The copyright interests in the bulk of 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 Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather. Also included are biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collection is arranged in three series: John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910"],"collection_ssim":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0090","/repositories/4/resources/245"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0090","/repositories/4/resources/245"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel -- Sources","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Description and travel","Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"geogname_ssim":["Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel -- Sources","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Description and travel","Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"places_ssim":["Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel -- Sources","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Description and travel","Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"creator_ssm":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001"],"creator_ssim":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office"],"creators_ssim":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in the bulk of 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 bulk of the collection, received in February 1992, is on deposit from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. A parchment land patent dated May 31, 1753 to Gabriel Jones, signed by Robert Dinwiddie, was donated to Carrier Library by Margaret Grattan Weaver of Harrisonburg in October 1986."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Land titles -- Virginia -- Rockingham County -- Sources","Land settlement -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Pamphlets","Land grants","Indentures"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Land titles -- Virginia -- Rockingham County -- Sources","Land settlement -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Pamphlets","Land grants","Indentures"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.41 cubic feet 1 box and 1 folder"],"extent_tesim":["0.41 cubic feet 1 box and 1 folder"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Pamphlets","Land grants","Indentures"],"date_range_isim":[1707,1708,1709,1710,1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716,1717,1718,1719,1720,1721,1722,1723,1724,1725,1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged in three series:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eJohn E. Roller papers, 1779-1910\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBiographical / genealogical information, 1707-1992\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCivil war documents, 1857-1894\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in three series:","John E. Roller papers, 1779-1910\n      Biographical / genealogical information, 1707-1992\n      Civil war documents, 1857-1894"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eWayland, John W. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA History of Rockingham County, Virginia.\u003c/emph\u003e Dayton, Va.: Ruebush-Elkins Company, 1912.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Wayland, John W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, Va.: Ruebush-Elkins Company, 1912."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Edwin Roller (1844-1918), born near Mt. Crawford, was a prominent lawyer, lecturer, and antiquarian in the Shenandoah Valley. He served in the Confederate Army, and in 1872 became major-general of the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Law School, Roller was the first non-Pennsylvanian president of the Pennsylvania German Society (1909-1910). Roller also served four sessions in the Virginia State Senate and was the first president of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. He pursued interests in local and religious history, ammassing a considerable collection of books and papers. Most of these items were dispersed, however, during the course of the twentieth century. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe donor, Margaret Grattan Weaver (1905-2001), was a member of two of the most distinguished families in Rockingham County, the Rollers and the Grattans. She was known throughout the Shenandoah Valley for her involvement in civic, historic, and religious organizations including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, and the Margaret Grattan Weaver Foundation, which she founded in 1997. The foundation supports and promotes preservation and appreciation of the history and religious heritage of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. She was also dedicated to writing poetry and essays on suffering and death, some of which are included in this collection.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Edwin Roller (1844-1918), born near Mt. Crawford, was a prominent lawyer, lecturer, and antiquarian in the Shenandoah Valley. He served in the Confederate Army, and in 1872 became major-general of the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Law School, Roller was the first non-Pennsylvanian president of the Pennsylvania German Society (1909-1910). Roller also served four sessions in the Virginia State Senate and was the first president of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. He pursued interests in local and religious history, ammassing a considerable collection of books and papers. Most of these items were dispersed, however, during the course of the twentieth century.","The donor, Margaret Grattan Weaver (1905-2001), was a member of two of the most distinguished families in Rockingham County, the Rollers and the Grattans. She was known throughout the Shenandoah Valley for her involvement in civic, historic, and religious organizations including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, and the Margaret Grattan Weaver Foundation, which she founded in 1997. The foundation supports and promotes preservation and appreciation of the history and religious heritage of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. She was also dedicated to writing poetry and essays on suffering and death, some of which are included in this collection."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), SC 0090, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), SC 0090, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Civil War era signatures were removed from their backing, deacidified, remounted with wheat paste on acid-free backing, and encapsulated in March 1993. In 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 2030.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The Civil War era signatures were removed from their backing, deacidified, remounted with wheat paste on acid-free backing, and encapsulated in March 1993. 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 2030."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn E. Roller Papers, MS 0171, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers of John Edwin Roller, 1813-1916, Mss 9478, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["John E. Roller Papers, MS 0171, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.","Papers of John Edwin Roller, 1813-1916, Mss 9478, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992, consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather, as well as biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collections is arranged in three series:  John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: John E. Roller Papers, 1779-1910, consists of five folders of documents including letters, historical notes, writings, and speeches.  A folder of Roller's addresses containes lecture material on Jefferson Davis, Huguenots, the Reformed Church, and the Civil War.  Also included in this series are bonds for collection of taxes, road petitions and certifications, deeds, and an indictment for permitting an insane slave to go at large.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Biographical/Genealogical Information, 1877-1992, contains various writings by Margaret Grattan Weaver, John E. Roller biographical information including invitations and his obituary, and miscellaneous Grattan family documents. A copy of the registration forms for the Thomas Harrison House to be put on the National Register of Historic Places is also included. John E. Roller bought the house in 1879 and Weaver was part owner of the property from 1951-1963 along with her two brothers. Alsoincludes a 1753 land patent and facsimile to Gabriel Jones, the first appointed lawyer for Augusta and Rockingham Counties, signed by Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Robert Dinwiddie for 644 acres on \"the north side of Shannando\" in Augusta County (now Rockingham County near Port Republic), indentures, and two unidentified photographs of female academy classes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Civil War Documents, 1857-1894, is comprised of letters, receipts for supplies, a monthly summary of funds, and personal notes concerning arms, transportation, and personnel. Twenty-nine pamphlets are included pertaining to the Battle of New Market, Southern \u0026amp; Confederate States almanacs, and addresses by General Jubal Early and Charles C. Jones, Jr.  Pieces from the USS Merrimack and USS Cumberland and a letter from Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Thomas \"Stonewall\" Jackson are also present. A sheet of clipped signatures includes Robert E. Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Albert Sidney Johnston, and others.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992, consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather, as well as biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collections is arranged in three series:  John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.","Series 1: John E. Roller Papers, 1779-1910, consists of five folders of documents including letters, historical notes, writings, and speeches.  A folder of Roller's addresses containes lecture material on Jefferson Davis, Huguenots, the Reformed Church, and the Civil War.  Also included in this series are bonds for collection of taxes, road petitions and certifications, deeds, and an indictment for permitting an insane slave to go at large.","Series 2: Biographical/Genealogical Information, 1877-1992, contains various writings by Margaret Grattan Weaver, John E. Roller biographical information including invitations and his obituary, and miscellaneous Grattan family documents. A copy of the registration forms for the Thomas Harrison House to be put on the National Register of Historic Places is also included. John E. Roller bought the house in 1879 and Weaver was part owner of the property from 1951-1963 along with her two brothers. Alsoincludes a 1753 land patent and facsimile to Gabriel Jones, the first appointed lawyer for Augusta and Rockingham Counties, signed by Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Robert Dinwiddie for 644 acres on \"the north side of Shannando\" in Augusta County (now Rockingham County near Port Republic), indentures, and two unidentified photographs of female academy classes.","Series 3: Civil War Documents, 1857-1894, is comprised of letters, receipts for supplies, a monthly summary of funds, and personal notes concerning arms, transportation, and personnel. Twenty-nine pamphlets are included pertaining to the Battle of New Market, Southern \u0026 Confederate States almanacs, and addresses by General Jubal Early and Charles C. Jones, Jr.  Pieces from the USS Merrimack and USS Cumberland and a letter from Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Thomas \"Stonewall\" Jackson are also present. A sheet of clipped signatures includes Robert E. Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Albert Sidney Johnston, and others."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in the bulk of 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 the bulk of 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_5ca1ca116c82db218309415ddf9503fd\"\u003eThe Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather. Also included are biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collection is arranged in three series: John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather. Also included are biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collection is arranged in three series: John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office"],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia (Colony). Land Office","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001"],"persname_ssim":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":22,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:12.722Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_245","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_245.xml","title_ssm":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection"],"title_tesim":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1707-1992","1857-1910"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1707-1992"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1857-1910"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910"],"text":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910","SC 0090","/repositories/4/resources/245","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel -- Sources","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Description and travel","Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775","Land titles -- Virginia -- Rockingham County -- Sources","Land settlement -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Pamphlets","Land grants","Indentures","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:","John E. Roller papers, 1779-1910\n      Biographical / genealogical information, 1707-1992\n      Civil war documents, 1857-1894","Wayland, John W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, Va.: Ruebush-Elkins Company, 1912.","John Edwin Roller (1844-1918), born near Mt. Crawford, was a prominent lawyer, lecturer, and antiquarian in the Shenandoah Valley. He served in the Confederate Army, and in 1872 became major-general of the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Law School, Roller was the first non-Pennsylvanian president of the Pennsylvania German Society (1909-1910). Roller also served four sessions in the Virginia State Senate and was the first president of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. He pursued interests in local and religious history, ammassing a considerable collection of books and papers. Most of these items were dispersed, however, during the course of the twentieth century.","The donor, Margaret Grattan Weaver (1905-2001), was a member of two of the most distinguished families in Rockingham County, the Rollers and the Grattans. She was known throughout the Shenandoah Valley for her involvement in civic, historic, and religious organizations including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, and the Margaret Grattan Weaver Foundation, which she founded in 1997. The foundation supports and promotes preservation and appreciation of the history and religious heritage of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. She was also dedicated to writing poetry and essays on suffering and death, some of which are included in this collection.","The Civil War era signatures were removed from their backing, deacidified, remounted with wheat paste on acid-free backing, and encapsulated in March 1993. 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 2030.","John E. Roller Papers, MS 0171, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.","Papers of John Edwin Roller, 1813-1916, Mss 9478, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.","The Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992, consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather, as well as biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collections is arranged in three series:  John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.","Series 1: John E. Roller Papers, 1779-1910, consists of five folders of documents including letters, historical notes, writings, and speeches.  A folder of Roller's addresses containes lecture material on Jefferson Davis, Huguenots, the Reformed Church, and the Civil War.  Also included in this series are bonds for collection of taxes, road petitions and certifications, deeds, and an indictment for permitting an insane slave to go at large.","Series 2: Biographical/Genealogical Information, 1877-1992, contains various writings by Margaret Grattan Weaver, John E. Roller biographical information including invitations and his obituary, and miscellaneous Grattan family documents. A copy of the registration forms for the Thomas Harrison House to be put on the National Register of Historic Places is also included. John E. Roller bought the house in 1879 and Weaver was part owner of the property from 1951-1963 along with her two brothers. Alsoincludes a 1753 land patent and facsimile to Gabriel Jones, the first appointed lawyer for Augusta and Rockingham Counties, signed by Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Robert Dinwiddie for 644 acres on \"the north side of Shannando\" in Augusta County (now Rockingham County near Port Republic), indentures, and two unidentified photographs of female academy classes.","Series 3: Civil War Documents, 1857-1894, is comprised of letters, receipts for supplies, a monthly summary of funds, and personal notes concerning arms, transportation, and personnel. Twenty-nine pamphlets are included pertaining to the Battle of New Market, Southern \u0026 Confederate States almanacs, and addresses by General Jubal Early and Charles C. Jones, Jr.  Pieces from the USS Merrimack and USS Cumberland and a letter from Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Thomas \"Stonewall\" Jackson are also present. A sheet of clipped signatures includes Robert E. Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Albert Sidney Johnston, and others.","The copyright interests in the bulk of 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 Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather. Also included are biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collection is arranged in three series: John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910"],"collection_ssim":["Margaret Grattan Weaver collection, 1707/1992, bulk 1857/1910"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0090","/repositories/4/resources/245"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0090","/repositories/4/resources/245"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel -- Sources","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Description and travel","Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"geogname_ssim":["Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel -- Sources","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Description and travel","Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"places_ssim":["Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel -- Sources","Rockingham County (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Description and travel","Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"creator_ssm":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001"],"creator_ssim":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office"],"creators_ssim":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in the bulk of 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 bulk of the collection, received in February 1992, is on deposit from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. A parchment land patent dated May 31, 1753 to Gabriel Jones, signed by Robert Dinwiddie, was donated to Carrier Library by Margaret Grattan Weaver of Harrisonburg in October 1986."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Land titles -- Virginia -- Rockingham County -- Sources","Land settlement -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Pamphlets","Land grants","Indentures"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Land titles -- Virginia -- Rockingham County -- Sources","Land settlement -- Virginia -- Rockingham County","Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Pamphlets","Land grants","Indentures"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.41 cubic feet 1 box and 1 folder"],"extent_tesim":["0.41 cubic feet 1 box and 1 folder"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Genealogies (histories)","Pamphlets","Land grants","Indentures"],"date_range_isim":[1707,1708,1709,1710,1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716,1717,1718,1719,1720,1721,1722,1723,1724,1725,1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["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."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged in three series:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eJohn E. Roller papers, 1779-1910\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBiographical / genealogical information, 1707-1992\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCivil war documents, 1857-1894\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in three series:","John E. Roller papers, 1779-1910\n      Biographical / genealogical information, 1707-1992\n      Civil war documents, 1857-1894"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eWayland, John W. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA History of Rockingham County, Virginia.\u003c/emph\u003e Dayton, Va.: Ruebush-Elkins Company, 1912.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Wayland, John W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, Va.: Ruebush-Elkins Company, 1912."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Edwin Roller (1844-1918), born near Mt. Crawford, was a prominent lawyer, lecturer, and antiquarian in the Shenandoah Valley. He served in the Confederate Army, and in 1872 became major-general of the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Law School, Roller was the first non-Pennsylvanian president of the Pennsylvania German Society (1909-1910). Roller also served four sessions in the Virginia State Senate and was the first president of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. He pursued interests in local and religious history, ammassing a considerable collection of books and papers. Most of these items were dispersed, however, during the course of the twentieth century. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe donor, Margaret Grattan Weaver (1905-2001), was a member of two of the most distinguished families in Rockingham County, the Rollers and the Grattans. She was known throughout the Shenandoah Valley for her involvement in civic, historic, and religious organizations including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, and the Margaret Grattan Weaver Foundation, which she founded in 1997. The foundation supports and promotes preservation and appreciation of the history and religious heritage of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. She was also dedicated to writing poetry and essays on suffering and death, some of which are included in this collection.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Edwin Roller (1844-1918), born near Mt. Crawford, was a prominent lawyer, lecturer, and antiquarian in the Shenandoah Valley. He served in the Confederate Army, and in 1872 became major-general of the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Law School, Roller was the first non-Pennsylvanian president of the Pennsylvania German Society (1909-1910). Roller also served four sessions in the Virginia State Senate and was the first president of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. He pursued interests in local and religious history, ammassing a considerable collection of books and papers. Most of these items were dispersed, however, during the course of the twentieth century.","The donor, Margaret Grattan Weaver (1905-2001), was a member of two of the most distinguished families in Rockingham County, the Rollers and the Grattans. She was known throughout the Shenandoah Valley for her involvement in civic, historic, and religious organizations including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, and the Margaret Grattan Weaver Foundation, which she founded in 1997. The foundation supports and promotes preservation and appreciation of the history and religious heritage of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. She was also dedicated to writing poetry and essays on suffering and death, some of which are included in this collection."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), SC 0090, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), SC 0090, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Civil War era signatures were removed from their backing, deacidified, remounted with wheat paste on acid-free backing, and encapsulated in March 1993. In 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 2030.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The Civil War era signatures were removed from their backing, deacidified, remounted with wheat paste on acid-free backing, and encapsulated in March 1993. 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 2030."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn E. Roller Papers, MS 0171, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers of John Edwin Roller, 1813-1916, Mss 9478, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["John E. Roller Papers, MS 0171, Virginia Military Institute Archives, Lexington, Virginia.","Papers of John Edwin Roller, 1813-1916, Mss 9478, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992, consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather, as well as biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collections is arranged in three series:  John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: John E. Roller Papers, 1779-1910, consists of five folders of documents including letters, historical notes, writings, and speeches.  A folder of Roller's addresses containes lecture material on Jefferson Davis, Huguenots, the Reformed Church, and the Civil War.  Also included in this series are bonds for collection of taxes, road petitions and certifications, deeds, and an indictment for permitting an insane slave to go at large.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Biographical/Genealogical Information, 1877-1992, contains various writings by Margaret Grattan Weaver, John E. Roller biographical information including invitations and his obituary, and miscellaneous Grattan family documents. A copy of the registration forms for the Thomas Harrison House to be put on the National Register of Historic Places is also included. John E. Roller bought the house in 1879 and Weaver was part owner of the property from 1951-1963 along with her two brothers. Alsoincludes a 1753 land patent and facsimile to Gabriel Jones, the first appointed lawyer for Augusta and Rockingham Counties, signed by Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Robert Dinwiddie for 644 acres on \"the north side of Shannando\" in Augusta County (now Rockingham County near Port Republic), indentures, and two unidentified photographs of female academy classes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Civil War Documents, 1857-1894, is comprised of letters, receipts for supplies, a monthly summary of funds, and personal notes concerning arms, transportation, and personnel. Twenty-nine pamphlets are included pertaining to the Battle of New Market, Southern \u0026amp; Confederate States almanacs, and addresses by General Jubal Early and Charles C. Jones, Jr.  Pieces from the USS Merrimack and USS Cumberland and a letter from Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Thomas \"Stonewall\" Jackson are also present. A sheet of clipped signatures includes Robert E. Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Albert Sidney Johnston, and others.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992, consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather, as well as biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collections is arranged in three series:  John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.","Series 1: John E. Roller Papers, 1779-1910, consists of five folders of documents including letters, historical notes, writings, and speeches.  A folder of Roller's addresses containes lecture material on Jefferson Davis, Huguenots, the Reformed Church, and the Civil War.  Also included in this series are bonds for collection of taxes, road petitions and certifications, deeds, and an indictment for permitting an insane slave to go at large.","Series 2: Biographical/Genealogical Information, 1877-1992, contains various writings by Margaret Grattan Weaver, John E. Roller biographical information including invitations and his obituary, and miscellaneous Grattan family documents. A copy of the registration forms for the Thomas Harrison House to be put on the National Register of Historic Places is also included. John E. Roller bought the house in 1879 and Weaver was part owner of the property from 1951-1963 along with her two brothers. Alsoincludes a 1753 land patent and facsimile to Gabriel Jones, the first appointed lawyer for Augusta and Rockingham Counties, signed by Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Robert Dinwiddie for 644 acres on \"the north side of Shannando\" in Augusta County (now Rockingham County near Port Republic), indentures, and two unidentified photographs of female academy classes.","Series 3: Civil War Documents, 1857-1894, is comprised of letters, receipts for supplies, a monthly summary of funds, and personal notes concerning arms, transportation, and personnel. Twenty-nine pamphlets are included pertaining to the Battle of New Market, Southern \u0026 Confederate States almanacs, and addresses by General Jubal Early and Charles C. Jones, Jr.  Pieces from the USS Merrimack and USS Cumberland and a letter from Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Thomas \"Stonewall\" Jackson are also present. A sheet of clipped signatures includes Robert E. Lee, Judah P. Benjamin, Albert Sidney Johnston, and others."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in the bulk of 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 the bulk of 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_5ca1ca116c82db218309415ddf9503fd\"\u003eThe Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather. Also included are biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collection is arranged in three series: John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Margaret Grattan Weaver Collection, 1707-1992 (bulk 1857-1910), consists of one box and one oversize folder of materials pertaining to Weaver and her ancestors, specifically John E. Roller, Weaver's grandfather. Also included are biographical and genealogical information of county residents and historic locations and Civil War Documents with notable signatures. The collection is arranged in three series: John E. Roller Papers, Biographical/Genealogical Information, and Civil War Documents."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office"],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia (Colony). Land Office","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001"],"persname_ssim":["Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia (Colony). Land Office","Weaver, Margaret Grattan, 1905-2001","Jones, Gabriel, 1724-1806","Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":22,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:12.722Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_245"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9064#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9064#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9064.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Ries, Mary Eleanor Davis, Papers","title_ssm":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967"],"title_tesim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967"],"unitdate_ssm":["1870-1967"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1870-1967"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1870/1967"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967"],"text":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967","Mss. 91 D29","/repositories/2/resources/9064","Williamsburg (Va.)--History","Letters (correspondence)","Photographic prints","Diplomas","Reports","The course work material in this collection contains grade reports which were restricted until May 2014. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Mary Eleanor Davis Ries was the daughter of Donald Walton Davis and Katherine Bressler Davis. She was born on 14 March 1910 in Cambridge, Mass. and died on 16 December 1968 in Normal, Ill. She graduated from Williamsburg High School, the Castilleja School, Palo Alto, Ca., Smith College and attended graduate school at Cornell University. She married Donald Timmerman Ries in 1935 and worked as a biological researcher.","Papers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.","Acc. 2010.676 contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938.  There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.","Papers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.","Contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938. There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967"],"collection_ssim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 91 D29","/repositories/2/resources/9064"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 91 D29","/repositories/2/resources/9064"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Williamsburg (Va.)--History"],"geogname_ssim":["Williamsburg (Va.)--History"],"places_ssim":["Williamsburg (Va.)--History"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Faulconer. Gift during the mid-1970s. Mss. 2010.676 was a gift of Robert and Virginia Faulconer, October 2010"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographic prints","Diplomas","Reports"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographic prints","Diplomas","Reports"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3 Linear Feet 2 boxes."],"extent_tesim":["3 Linear Feet 2 boxes."],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographic prints","Diplomas","Reports"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe course work material in this collection contains grade reports which were restricted until May 2014. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The course work material in this collection contains grade reports which were restricted until May 2014. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMary Eleanor Davis Ries was the daughter of Donald Walton Davis and Katherine Bressler Davis. She was born on 14 March 1910 in Cambridge, Mass. and died on 16 December 1968 in Normal, Ill. She graduated from Williamsburg High School, the Castilleja School, Palo Alto, Ca., Smith College and attended graduate school at Cornell University. She married Donald Timmerman Ries in 1935 and worked as a biological researcher.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries was the daughter of Donald Walton Davis and Katherine Bressler Davis. She was born on 14 March 1910 in Cambridge, Mass. and died on 16 December 1968 in Normal, Ill. She graduated from Williamsburg High School, the Castilleja School, Palo Alto, Ca., Smith College and attended graduate school at Cornell University. She married Donald Timmerman Ries in 1935 and worked as a biological researcher."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMary Eleanor Davis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcc. 2010.676 contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938.  There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia \u003cspan class=\"highlight1 bold\"\u003eDavis\u003c/span\u003e Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938. There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.","Acc. 2010.676 contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938.  There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.","Papers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.","Contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938. There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":7,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:48:16.704Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9064","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9064.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Ries, Mary Eleanor Davis, Papers","title_ssm":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967"],"title_tesim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967"],"unitdate_ssm":["1870-1967"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1870-1967"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1870/1967"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967"],"text":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967","Mss. 91 D29","/repositories/2/resources/9064","Williamsburg (Va.)--History","Letters (correspondence)","Photographic prints","Diplomas","Reports","The course work material in this collection contains grade reports which were restricted until May 2014. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Mary Eleanor Davis Ries was the daughter of Donald Walton Davis and Katherine Bressler Davis. She was born on 14 March 1910 in Cambridge, Mass. and died on 16 December 1968 in Normal, Ill. She graduated from Williamsburg High School, the Castilleja School, Palo Alto, Ca., Smith College and attended graduate school at Cornell University. She married Donald Timmerman Ries in 1935 and worked as a biological researcher.","Papers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.","Acc. 2010.676 contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938.  There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.","Papers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.","Contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938. There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967"],"collection_ssim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries Papers, 1870-1967, 1870/1967"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 91 D29","/repositories/2/resources/9064"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 91 D29","/repositories/2/resources/9064"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Williamsburg (Va.)--History"],"geogname_ssim":["Williamsburg (Va.)--History"],"places_ssim":["Williamsburg (Va.)--History"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Faulconer. Gift during the mid-1970s. Mss. 2010.676 was a gift of Robert and Virginia Faulconer, October 2010"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographic prints","Diplomas","Reports"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographic prints","Diplomas","Reports"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3 Linear Feet 2 boxes."],"extent_tesim":["3 Linear Feet 2 boxes."],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Photographic prints","Diplomas","Reports"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe course work material in this collection contains grade reports which were restricted until May 2014. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The course work material in this collection contains grade reports which were restricted until May 2014. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMary Eleanor Davis Ries was the daughter of Donald Walton Davis and Katherine Bressler Davis. She was born on 14 March 1910 in Cambridge, Mass. and died on 16 December 1968 in Normal, Ill. She graduated from Williamsburg High School, the Castilleja School, Palo Alto, Ca., Smith College and attended graduate school at Cornell University. She married Donald Timmerman Ries in 1935 and worked as a biological researcher.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Ries was the daughter of Donald Walton Davis and Katherine Bressler Davis. She was born on 14 March 1910 in Cambridge, Mass. and died on 16 December 1968 in Normal, Ill. She graduated from Williamsburg High School, the Castilleja School, Palo Alto, Ca., Smith College and attended graduate school at Cornell University. She married Donald Timmerman Ries in 1935 and worked as a biological researcher."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMary Eleanor Davis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Mary Eleanor Davis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcc. 2010.676 contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938.  There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia \u003cspan class=\"highlight1 bold\"\u003eDavis\u003c/span\u003e Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938. There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.","Acc. 2010.676 contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938.  There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended.","Papers, 1870-1967, of Mary Eleanor (Davis) Ries. Includes correspondence of Ries with her parents, Donald Walton Davis [1882-1950] and Katherine (Bressler) Davis and other family members including her brother Donald Walton Davis, Jr. and sister Virginia Davis Faulconer as well as research notes, research papers, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia from her years at Smith College. The collection also includes papers of Donald Timmerman Ries and photographs of Williamsburg, Virginia and pets; and greeting cards.","Contains diplomas of Mary Eleanor Ries: one from Smith College dated 1931 and one from Cornell University dated 1938. There is also a copy of a paper from the 1932 International Congress of Genetics, which she attended."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":7,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:48:16.704Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9064"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"College of William and Mary","value":"College of William and Mary","hits":43},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and+Mary"}},{"attributes":{"label":"James Madison University","value":"James Madison University","hits":70},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=James+Madison+University"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Adele Blow Chatfield-Taylor family papers, 1899/1977","value":"Adele Blow Chatfield-Taylor family papers, 1899/1977","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Adele+Blow+Chatfield-Taylor+family+papers%2C+1899%2F1977\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Allen-Kean-Laurence family letters, 1837/1960","value":"Allen-Kean-Laurence family letters, 1837/1960","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Allen-Kean-Laurence+family+letters%2C+1837%2F1960\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alumni Association Records, 1924/2016","value":"Alumni Association Records, 1924/2016","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Alumni+Association+Records%2C+1924%2F2016\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Professors (AAUP). James Madison University Chapter records, 1944/1988","value":"American Association of University Professors (AAUP). James Madison University Chapter records, 1944/1988","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Professors+%28AAUP%29.+James+Madison+University+Chapter+records%2C+1944%2F1988\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Women (AAUW) Records, Harrisonburg, Virginia Branch, 1929/2025","value":"American Association of University Women (AAUW) Records, Harrisonburg, Virginia Branch, 1929/2025","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Women+%28AAUW%29+Records%2C+Harrisonburg%2C+Virginia+Branch%2C+1929%2F2025\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Ann Little Papers, 1947/1967","value":"Ann Little Papers, 1947/1967","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Ann+Little+Papers%2C+1947%2F1967\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer papers, 1920/2015, bulk 1943/1949","value":"Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer papers, 1920/2015, bulk 1943/1949","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Betty+Brown+Clemmer+and+Willis+Clemmer+papers%2C+1920%2F2015%2C+bulk+1943%2F1949\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Blackley Family papers, 1830/2020","value":"Blackley Family papers, 1830/2020","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Blackley+Family+papers%2C+1830%2F2020\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Bosworth and Fling Family Papers, 1890/1960, bulk 1935/1957","value":"Bosworth and Fling Family Papers, 1890/1960, bulk 1935/1957","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Bosworth+and+Fling+Family+Papers%2C+1890%2F1960%2C+bulk+1935%2F1957\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Bristow Family Papers, 1900/1973, bulk 1962/1967","value":"Bristow Family Papers, 1900/1973, bulk 1962/1967","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Bristow+Family+Papers%2C+1900%2F1973%2C+bulk+1962%2F1967\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968","value":"Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Caley+Family+Papers%2C+1895%2F1968\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"type":"facet","id":"date_range_isim","attributes":{"label":"Date range","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"1593","value":"1593","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1593"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1594","value":"1594","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1594"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1595","value":"1595","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1595"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1596","value":"1596","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1596"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1597","value":"1597","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1597"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1598","value":"1598","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1598"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1599","value":"1599","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1599"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1600","value":"1600","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1600"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1601","value":"1601","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1601"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1602","value":"1602","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1602"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1603","value":"1603","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1603"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/date_range_isim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Professors","value":"American Association of University Professors","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Professors\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Women. Harrisonburg Branch","value":"American Association of University Women. Harrisonburg Branch","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Women.+Harrisonburg+Branch\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Archer family","value":"Archer family","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Archer+family\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Bacon, Daisy, 1898-1986","value":"Bacon, Daisy, 1898-1986","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Bacon%2C+Daisy%2C+1898-1986\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Baldwin, Frank Dwight, 1842-1923","value":"Baldwin, Frank Dwight, 1842-1923","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Baldwin%2C+Frank+Dwight%2C+1842-1923\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Barranger \u0026 Company, Inc.","value":"Barranger \u0026 Company, Inc.","hits":3},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Barranger+%26+Company%2C+Inc.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Beck, William M.","value":"Beck, William M.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Beck%2C+William+M.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Blackley family","value":"Blackley family","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Blackley+family\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Blackley, Charles Phillips, Sr., 1909-1999","value":"Blackley, Charles Phillips, Sr., 1909-1999","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Blackley%2C+Charles+Phillips%2C+Sr.%2C+1909-1999\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Blackley, Chuck","value":"Blackley, Chuck","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Blackley%2C+Chuck\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Bosworth, John Woodbridge","value":"Bosworth, John Woodbridge","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Bosworth%2C+John+Woodbridge\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/creator_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"type":"facet","id":"names_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Names","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Acosta, Jim","value":"Acosta, Jim","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Acosta%2C+Jim"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Adams, Patch, 1945-","value":"Adams, Patch, 1945-","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Adams%2C+Patch%2C+1945-"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Aleichem Sholem, 1859-1916","value":"Aleichem Sholem, 1859-1916","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Aleichem+Sholem%2C+1859-1916"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Allen, Doris Harper, 1927-2021","value":"Allen, Doris Harper, 1927-2021","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Allen%2C+Doris+Harper%2C+1927-2021"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Allen, George, 1952-","value":"Allen, George, 1952-","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Allen%2C+George%2C+1952-"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Professors","value":"American Association of University Professors","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Professors"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Professors -- History","value":"American Association of University Professors -- History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Professors+--+History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Women. Harrisonburg Branch","value":"American Association of University Women. Harrisonburg Branch","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Women.+Harrisonburg+Branch"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Women. Harrisonburg Branch -- Archives","value":"American Association of University Women. Harrisonburg Branch -- Archives","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Women.+Harrisonburg+Branch+--+Archives"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Women. Harrisonburg Branch -- History","value":"American Association of University Women. Harrisonburg Branch -- History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Women.+Harrisonburg+Branch+--+History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"American Association of University Women. Virginia Division -- History","value":"American Association of University Women. Virginia Division -- History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=American+Association+of+University+Women.+Virginia+Division+--+History"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/names_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"type":"facet","id":"geogname_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Places","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Accomack County (Va.)--History","value":"Accomack County (Va.)--History","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Accomack+County+%28Va.%29--History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Albemarle County (Va.)--History","value":"Albemarle County (Va.)--History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Albemarle+County+%28Va.%29--History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Albemarle County (Va.)--History--20th century","value":"Albemarle County (Va.)--History--20th century","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Albemarle+County+%28Va.%29--History--20th+century"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Amelia County (Va.)--History","value":"Amelia County (Va.)--History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Amelia+County+%28Va.%29--History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Amherst County (Va.)--History","value":"Amherst County (Va.)--History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Amherst+County+%28Va.%29--History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Appalachian Region, Southern -- History","value":"Appalachian Region, Southern -- History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Appalachian+Region%2C+Southern+--+History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Augusta County (Va.) -- Genealogy","value":"Augusta County (Va.) -- Genealogy","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Augusta+County+%28Va.%29+--+Genealogy"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Augusta County (Va.) -- History","value":"Augusta County (Va.) -- History","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Augusta+County+%28Va.%29+--+History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century","value":"Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Augusta+County+%28Va.%29+--+History+--+19th+century"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 20th century","value":"Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 20th century","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Augusta+County+%28Va.%29+--+History+--+20th+century"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 21st century","value":"Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 21st century","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Augusta+County+%28Va.%29+--+History+--+21st+century"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/geogname_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"type":"facet","id":"access_subjects_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Subjects","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Abused children -- Services for -- Virginia -- Periodicals","value":"Abused children -- Services for -- Virginia -- Periodicals","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Abused+children+--+Services+for+--+Virginia+--+Periodicals\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Academic writing","value":"Academic writing","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Academic+writing\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account books","value":"Account books","hits":8},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account books -- Sources","value":"Account books -- Sources","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books+--+Sources\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Accounts","value":"Accounts","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Accounts\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Administrative records","value":"Administrative records","hits":10},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Administrative+records\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Administrative reports","value":"Administrative reports","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Administrative+reports\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Advertisements","value":"Advertisements","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Advertisements\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Advertising cards","value":"Advertising cards","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Advertising+cards\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","value":"African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+American+churches+--+Virginia+--+Harrisonburg+--+History\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"attributes":{"label":"African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","value":"African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+American+neighborhoods+--+Virginia+--+Harrisonburg+--+History\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access_subjects_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Collection","value":"Collection","hits":113},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026search_field=all_fields"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026search_field=keyword"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026search_field=name"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026search_field=place"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026search_field=subject"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026search_field=title"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026search_field=container"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026search_field=identifier"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026sort=date_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026sort=date_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026sort=title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Letters+%28correspondence%29\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1947\u0026page=6\u0026sort=title_sort+desc"}}]}