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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Negatives are unavailable pending reformatting. Reformatted access copies may be available upon request.","Original media is unavailable pending reformatting. Reformatted access copies may be available upon request.","The collection is arranged in three series.","Administrative Files, 1931-2016\n      Photographs, 1945-1995\n      2023-0127, 2023-0419, 1924-2008 Accessions","\"History of Bluestone Reunions.\" http://www.alumni.jmu.edu/s/1591/gid3-Alumni/index.aspx?sid=1591\u0026gid=3\u0026pgid=3124 (accessed August 2017).","\"About the JMU Alumni Association.\" http://www.alumni.jmu.edu/s/1591/gid3-Alumni/index.aspx?sid=1591\u0026gid=3\u0026pgid=3124 (accessed August 2017).","The JMU Alumni association was formed June 13, 1911, soon after the first 20 women graduated from the school, then the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. At the time, it was known as the Alumnae Association, reflecting its all-women membership. As the growing Madison College began accepting male students, the association renamed itself the Alumni Association to reflect the institution's move towards coeducation. In 2017, the Alumni Association had over 127,000 members.","The JMU Alumni Association is a JMU organization which facilitates relations with JMU alumni and the university, encouraging their continued engagement and support for the school. The organization's membership consists of all individuals who have completed 12 credit hours from JMU or its previous institutional iterations.","The Alumni Association is directed by the Alumni Board of Directors, an executive committee, and representatives from the JMU Board of Visitors. The primary actions and strategies of the Board of Directors are carried out by the Office of Alumni Relations.","One of the most visible activities the Alumni Association organizes is class reunions. The reunions take place at regular intervals after a class's graduation. The Alumni Association handles the logistical issues in planning, notifying, and registering alumni for the event. Festivities often include campus tours, luncheons, and group photographs.","The Alumni Association also oversees the Bluestone Society, a subgroup of alumni from JMU having celebrated their 50th class reunion. Bluestone reunions are marked by larger-scale events and festivities and the members' induction into the society. The earliest mention of the organization was in 1974 at the 50th reunion of the class of 1924. Its official title was given in 1983 for the joint reunion of alumni from 1908 to 1933. All alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago are automatically inducted into the society. The society's name comes from the bluestone architecture of the quad area, the oldest portion of the JMU campus.","Duplicate photographs as well as negative strips of photographs were not retained. Slide negatives positively identified as pages or images from the yearbook or other historic photographs already part of UA 0051 were not retained. University publications were either discarded if duplicates or added to bibliographic holdings.","See also:  Alumni Collections held by Special Collections.","The collection consists of the administrative files and photographs of the Alumni Association, all referring to the individual graduated classes of JMU, Madison College, and the State Normal School. The collection also includes the photographs used in a commemorative reunion book and a VHS tape of 1999 reunions.","Series 1: Administrative Files, 1934-2015, is primarily made up of files used for the logistical planning of reunions and files created for reunion attendees. These files include photographs, reunion booklets, active class member lists, sign-up sheets, alumni correspondence, and newsletters. These files remain largely in their original order, organized by the graduating classes. Nearly every class file includes reunion booklets for reunions between 1970 and 2005. Most class files include group photographs of alumni during reunions, as well as candid shots of reunion festivities.","Some ephemeral material donated by alumni to be used to benefit reunion festivities. One such example is a Madison College degree as well as a sorority membership certificate, housed in the Class of 1955 file.","Also in the series are files for the Bluestone Society and unlabeled class files. The Bluestone Society file includes administrative files for early Bluestone Society reunions, as well as the alma mater for the society. The unlabeled class file includes materials from reunions, but hold no indication as to which graduating class they correspond.","Photographs with accompanying negatives remain in their original envelopes for organizational purposes.","A VHS tape labeled \"1999 Reunions\" is also included. This likely has recordings of the events and festivities of various reunions that took place in 1999. A note is included in the VHS box that lists names and addresses of alumni and their corresponding years, likely a list of alumni to whom copies of the VHS were distributed.","Series 2: Photographs, 1945-1995, is made up of the photographs submitted by various 1940s alumni to be compiled into the \"Welcome back to the memories... the decade of the '40s\" yearbook-style book given to Bluestone Society members during reunions in the 1990s. All photographs have reference tags attached to refer to its location in the book. The photographs are largely of the 1940s alumni, most taken in the 1990s to represent the alumni at the time of the reunion. The alumni are mostly depicted with friends and family. Many photographs have hand-written notes on the back to identify those pictured and context. These photographs are all represented in the book, most with additional detail on those depicted.","Photographs are stored according to size for organizational purposes.","Series 3: Accession 2023-0127, 2023-0419, 1924-2008, primarily comprises photographs and photograph albums from events organized by the Alumni Association. Events include reunion weekend festivities, Bluestone Society inductions, Homecoming, Leeolou Alumni Center grand opening and parties, golf tournaments, award ceremonies, and group trips. Administrative files include planning documents, peer institution research, and reunion logistics.","Features commencement, general campus views, buildings and grounds, snow scenes, autumn and changing leaves, Quad, Greek Row, Wilson Hall and cupola, Sonner Hall, Carrier Library, Convocation Center, Warren Hall, Burruss Hall, Hillside dormitories, Newman Lake, Marching Royal Dukes, athletics, students, aerials, 1982 NCAA men's basketball tournament, freshmen move-in, and more.","Documents September 1989 trip to Smith Mountain Lake and April 1990 trip to Edisto Island, South Carolina. Also includes photographs of campus dating to March 1990.","Documents the Class of 1943 50th reunion weekend.","Binder includes inidividual headshots of students along with their biographical information (hometown, high school, graduation date, major, extracurriculars, etc.). The binder is labeled \"S. A. Alumni\" but it is unclear what group or organization this refers to.","Assorted photographs include a trip to Scotland.","Documents group trip to Italy.","The yearbook-style reunion book Welcome back to the memories… the decade of the '40s has been removed from the collection and is cataloged as part of Special Collections' rare book collection.","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. 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The organization's membership consists of all individuals who have completed 12 credit hours from JMU or its previous institutional iterations.","The Alumni Association is directed by the Alumni Board of Directors, an executive committee, and representatives from the JMU Board of Visitors. The primary actions and strategies of the Board of Directors are carried out by the Office of Alumni Relations.","One of the most visible activities the Alumni Association organizes is class reunions. The reunions take place at regular intervals after a class's graduation. The Alumni Association handles the logistical issues in planning, notifying, and registering alumni for the event. Festivities often include campus tours, luncheons, and group photographs.","The Alumni Association also oversees the Bluestone Society, a subgroup of alumni from JMU having celebrated their 50th class reunion. 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These files include photographs, reunion booklets, active class member lists, sign-up sheets, alumni correspondence, and newsletters. These files remain largely in their original order, organized by the graduating classes. Nearly every class file includes reunion booklets for reunions between 1970 and 2005. Most class files include group photographs of alumni during reunions, as well as candid shots of reunion festivities.","Some ephemeral material donated by alumni to be used to benefit reunion festivities. One such example is a Madison College degree as well as a sorority membership certificate, housed in the Class of 1955 file.","Also in the series are files for the Bluestone Society and unlabeled class files. The Bluestone Society file includes administrative files for early Bluestone Society reunions, as well as the alma mater for the society. The unlabeled class file includes materials from reunions, but hold no indication as to which graduating class they correspond.","Photographs with accompanying negatives remain in their original envelopes for organizational purposes.","A VHS tape labeled \"1999 Reunions\" is also included. This likely has recordings of the events and festivities of various reunions that took place in 1999. A note is included in the VHS box that lists names and addresses of alumni and their corresponding years, likely a list of alumni to whom copies of the VHS were distributed.","Series 2: Photographs, 1945-1995, is made up of the photographs submitted by various 1940s alumni to be compiled into the \"Welcome back to the memories... the decade of the '40s\" yearbook-style book given to Bluestone Society members during reunions in the 1990s. All photographs have reference tags attached to refer to its location in the book. The photographs are largely of the 1940s alumni, most taken in the 1990s to represent the alumni at the time of the reunion. The alumni are mostly depicted with friends and family. Many photographs have hand-written notes on the back to identify those pictured and context. These photographs are all represented in the book, most with additional detail on those depicted.","Photographs are stored according to size for organizational purposes.","Series 3: Accession 2023-0127, 2023-0419, 1924-2008, primarily comprises photographs and photograph albums from events organized by the Alumni Association. Events include reunion weekend festivities, Bluestone Society inductions, Homecoming, Leeolou Alumni Center grand opening and parties, golf tournaments, award ceremonies, and group trips. Administrative files include planning documents, peer institution research, and reunion logistics.","Features commencement, general campus views, buildings and grounds, snow scenes, autumn and changing leaves, Quad, Greek Row, Wilson Hall and cupola, Sonner Hall, Carrier Library, Convocation Center, Warren Hall, Burruss Hall, Hillside dormitories, Newman Lake, Marching Royal Dukes, athletics, students, aerials, 1982 NCAA men's basketball tournament, freshmen move-in, and more.","Documents September 1989 trip to Smith Mountain Lake and April 1990 trip to Edisto Island, South Carolina. Also includes photographs of campus dating to March 1990.","Documents the Class of 1943 50th reunion weekend.","Binder includes inidividual headshots of students along with their biographical information (hometown, high school, graduation date, major, extracurriculars, etc.). The binder is labeled \"S. A. 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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_6fdd7f130403239d45bd3dd728660f45\"\u003eThe collection consists of the administrative files and photographs of the James Madison University Alumni Association, all referring to the individual graduated classes of JMU, Madison College, and the State Normal School.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection consists of the administrative files and photographs of the James Madison University Alumni Association, all referring to the individual graduated classes of JMU, Madison College, and the State Normal School."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","James Madison University. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Negatives are unavailable pending reformatting. Reformatted access copies may be available upon request.","Original media is unavailable pending reformatting. Reformatted access copies may be available upon request.","The collection is arranged in three series.","Administrative Files, 1931-2016\n      Photographs, 1945-1995\n      2023-0127, 2023-0419, 1924-2008 Accessions","\"History of Bluestone Reunions.\" http://www.alumni.jmu.edu/s/1591/gid3-Alumni/index.aspx?sid=1591\u0026gid=3\u0026pgid=3124 (accessed August 2017).","\"About the JMU Alumni Association.\" http://www.alumni.jmu.edu/s/1591/gid3-Alumni/index.aspx?sid=1591\u0026gid=3\u0026pgid=3124 (accessed August 2017).","The JMU Alumni association was formed June 13, 1911, soon after the first 20 women graduated from the school, then the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. At the time, it was known as the Alumnae Association, reflecting its all-women membership. As the growing Madison College began accepting male students, the association renamed itself the Alumni Association to reflect the institution's move towards coeducation. In 2017, the Alumni Association had over 127,000 members.","The JMU Alumni Association is a JMU organization which facilitates relations with JMU alumni and the university, encouraging their continued engagement and support for the school. The organization's membership consists of all individuals who have completed 12 credit hours from JMU or its previous institutional iterations.","The Alumni Association is directed by the Alumni Board of Directors, an executive committee, and representatives from the JMU Board of Visitors. The primary actions and strategies of the Board of Directors are carried out by the Office of Alumni Relations.","One of the most visible activities the Alumni Association organizes is class reunions. The reunions take place at regular intervals after a class's graduation. The Alumni Association handles the logistical issues in planning, notifying, and registering alumni for the event. Festivities often include campus tours, luncheons, and group photographs.","The Alumni Association also oversees the Bluestone Society, a subgroup of alumni from JMU having celebrated their 50th class reunion. Bluestone reunions are marked by larger-scale events and festivities and the members' induction into the society. The earliest mention of the organization was in 1974 at the 50th reunion of the class of 1924. Its official title was given in 1983 for the joint reunion of alumni from 1908 to 1933. All alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago are automatically inducted into the society. The society's name comes from the bluestone architecture of the quad area, the oldest portion of the JMU campus.","Duplicate photographs as well as negative strips of photographs were not retained. Slide negatives positively identified as pages or images from the yearbook or other historic photographs already part of UA 0051 were not retained. University publications were either discarded if duplicates or added to bibliographic holdings.","See also:  Alumni Collections held by Special Collections.","The collection consists of the administrative files and photographs of the Alumni Association, all referring to the individual graduated classes of JMU, Madison College, and the State Normal School. The collection also includes the photographs used in a commemorative reunion book and a VHS tape of 1999 reunions.","Series 1: Administrative Files, 1934-2015, is primarily made up of files used for the logistical planning of reunions and files created for reunion attendees. These files include photographs, reunion booklets, active class member lists, sign-up sheets, alumni correspondence, and newsletters. These files remain largely in their original order, organized by the graduating classes. Nearly every class file includes reunion booklets for reunions between 1970 and 2005. Most class files include group photographs of alumni during reunions, as well as candid shots of reunion festivities.","Some ephemeral material donated by alumni to be used to benefit reunion festivities. One such example is a Madison College degree as well as a sorority membership certificate, housed in the Class of 1955 file.","Also in the series are files for the Bluestone Society and unlabeled class files. The Bluestone Society file includes administrative files for early Bluestone Society reunions, as well as the alma mater for the society. The unlabeled class file includes materials from reunions, but hold no indication as to which graduating class they correspond.","Photographs with accompanying negatives remain in their original envelopes for organizational purposes.","A VHS tape labeled \"1999 Reunions\" is also included. This likely has recordings of the events and festivities of various reunions that took place in 1999. A note is included in the VHS box that lists names and addresses of alumni and their corresponding years, likely a list of alumni to whom copies of the VHS were distributed.","Series 2: Photographs, 1945-1995, is made up of the photographs submitted by various 1940s alumni to be compiled into the \"Welcome back to the memories... the decade of the '40s\" yearbook-style book given to Bluestone Society members during reunions in the 1990s. All photographs have reference tags attached to refer to its location in the book. The photographs are largely of the 1940s alumni, most taken in the 1990s to represent the alumni at the time of the reunion. The alumni are mostly depicted with friends and family. Many photographs have hand-written notes on the back to identify those pictured and context. These photographs are all represented in the book, most with additional detail on those depicted.","Photographs are stored according to size for organizational purposes.","Series 3: Accession 2023-0127, 2023-0419, 1924-2008, primarily comprises photographs and photograph albums from events organized by the Alumni Association. Events include reunion weekend festivities, Bluestone Society inductions, Homecoming, Leeolou Alumni Center grand opening and parties, golf tournaments, award ceremonies, and group trips. Administrative files include planning documents, peer institution research, and reunion logistics.","Features commencement, general campus views, buildings and grounds, snow scenes, autumn and changing leaves, Quad, Greek Row, Wilson Hall and cupola, Sonner Hall, Carrier Library, Convocation Center, Warren Hall, Burruss Hall, Hillside dormitories, Newman Lake, Marching Royal Dukes, athletics, students, aerials, 1982 NCAA men's basketball tournament, freshmen move-in, and more.","Documents September 1989 trip to Smith Mountain Lake and April 1990 trip to Edisto Island, South Carolina. Also includes photographs of campus dating to March 1990.","Documents the Class of 1943 50th reunion weekend.","Binder includes inidividual headshots of students along with their biographical information (hometown, high school, graduation date, major, extracurriculars, etc.). The binder is labeled \"S. A. 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Contact research services staff at library-special@jmu.edu for additional information.","The scrapbook pages have been photocopied and are available alongside the original.","The collection is arranged into seven series:","Administrative Files, 1929-2015\n      Financial Files, 1969-2007\n      Causes, Activism, and Education, 1965-2008\n      Publications, 1968-2011\n      Conventions and Programming, 1968-2017\n      Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Ephemera, 1929-2011\n      2025-0909 Accession, 1979-2025","\"Our History.\" American Association of University Women, https://history.aauw.org/ (accessed September 19, 2019).","The American Association of University Women (AAUW) was founded on November 28, 1881 when Marion Talbot and Ellen Richards met in Boston, Massachusetts along with 15 alumnae representing eight colleges. The aim of this first meeting was to discuss the needs of college-educated women and to broaden opportunities and assist women in higher education. The organization is nonpartisan and nonprofit with more than 170,000 members. The mission of AAUW is \"to advance gender equity for women through research, education, and advocacy.\" Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding a two-year associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university, or equivalent.","The Harrisonburg branch of AAUW was founded on April 15, 1929 in Alumnae Hall on the campus of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). The branch was organized with 15 charter members including Virginia Harnsberger, librarian at the State Teachers College, who was elected its first president. During the 1940s, the branch established and provided continued support for the Virginia Harnsberger Memorial Fund to furnish the Children's Room at the new Rockingham Public Library. In addition to membership dues, the recipe book Recipes of the Shenandoah Valley, first published in 1959, served as a primary funding source for branch activities and outreach. Since 1975, the branch has held regular book club meetings. Current branch initiatives include equal rights and equal pay advocacy as well as voter registration. In partnership with JMU, the branch organizes \"Girls Can,\" an annual STEM conference and career fair for middle school girls.","The Harrisonburg branch of AAUW officially disbanded on July 1, 2025.","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 5036.","During this time, the collection was also reprocessed in order to simplify the intellectual arrangement, increase discoverability through better description, and better stabilize  the materials through physical rehousing. Significant changes to the collection include the weeding of bank statements, canceled checks and check stubs, receipts, and deposit slips. Their research value is minimal and furthermore the financial activities of AAUW are documented in the bound account books and membership files which were retained. Additionally, duplicate materials, primarily multiple copies of newsletters and publications, were also discarded.","Loose copies of the Harrisonburg Branch Yearbook and branch newsletters, originally associated with the 1929-1947 scrapbook, were filed with like materials in Series 1 and Series 4 respectively.","When the collection was originally processed in September 2012, the pages of the 1929-1947 scrapbook were separated from the boards and photocopied. The original scrapbook, boards, pages, and photocopied pages are all retained.","The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Records, Harrisonburg, Virginia Branch, 1929-2017, document the activities of Harrisonburg's local AAUW branch and include administrative records, meeting minutes, bylaws, membership records, financial files, publications and newsletters, annual conference materials, scrapbooks, ephemera, and photographs.","Researchers should note that while there is a discrete series for Financial Files, other series, specifically Administrative Files, also contain documents related to the financial goings-on of AAUW. Cross-referencing related series is encouraged. Similarly, the absence of a Correspondence series does not denote a lack of correspondence. In fact, correspondence is likely located in most series.","Series 1: Administrative Files, 1929-2015, comprises bylaws, meeting minutes, membership files, and general materials related to the administrative activities of the Harrisonburg branch of AAUW. Materials related to other branches, specifically bylaws, are also included.","Series 2: Financial Files, 1969-2007, documents the business activities of the AAUW, Harrisonburg branch. The account books document the branch's income and expenses. Complementary materials include financial statements and reports, budgets, and treasurer's reports.","Series 3: Causes, Activism, and Education, 1965-2008, comprises subject files related to the mission of AAUW, particularly concerning social movements, education, and voting rights.","Series 4: Publications, 1968-2011, contains official publications and printed material primarily created by AAUW as well as the Harrisonburg branch, other local branches, and the Virginia division.","The Harrisonburg Branch newsletter has had several title changes during the course of its publication. The titles represented in this collection include: \"U\" News, AAUW Newsletter, AAUW News, and The Inside Track. There are periods of time during which the newsletter does not have a discernable title. In the spirit of keeping like materials together, all branch newsletters, regardless of title, are filed under the generic title \"Newsletters.\"","This series also includes publications explicitly related to causes, activism, and education. Relatedly, regularly published periodicals by AAUW also include articles related to the organization's causes. Researchers are encouraged to cross-reference Series 3: Causes, Activism, and Education for related subject files.","Series 5: Conventions and Programming, 1968-2017, comprises programs and related materials documenting the annual Virginia AAUW convention. The Harrisonburg branch's implementation of \"Girls Can,\" a STEM career fair, is documented in this series. This series also includes assorted programming and promotional materials and flyers.","Series 6: Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Ephemera, 1929-2011, comprises five scrapbooks, photo albums and loose photographs, printed ephemera, and realia. 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The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, ephemera, programs, and photographs documenting the activities of the AAUW, Harrisonburg branch during a given time period. Of particular interest is a sash including the phrase \"MARCH FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY, WOMEN'S LIVES.\"","Series 7: 2025-0909 Accession, 1979-2025, comprises assorted administrative records documenting the activities of the Harrisonburg branch of AAUW. Materials include newsletters, yearbooks, conference programs, newspaper clippings, and records related to branch initiatives including the Equal Rights Amendment, the Crystal Theodore Scholarship, and other philanthropic endeavors."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison Special Collections Library to use this collection.","Original media formats are restricted from access. Reformatted access copies may be available, or media reformatting may be available upon request. 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The organization is nonpartisan and nonprofit with more than 170,000 members. The mission of AAUW is \"to advance gender equity for women through research, education, and advocacy.\" Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding a two-year associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university, or equivalent.","The Harrisonburg branch of AAUW was founded on April 15, 1929 in Alumnae Hall on the campus of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). The branch was organized with 15 charter members including Virginia Harnsberger, librarian at the State Teachers College, who was elected its first president. During the 1940s, the branch established and provided continued support for the Virginia Harnsberger Memorial Fund to furnish the Children's Room at the new Rockingham Public Library. In addition to membership dues, the recipe book Recipes of the Shenandoah Valley, first published in 1959, served as a primary funding source for branch activities and outreach. Since 1975, the branch has held regular book club meetings. Current branch initiatives include equal rights and equal pay advocacy as well as voter registration. In partnership with JMU, the branch organizes \"Girls Can,\" an annual STEM conference and career fair for middle school girls.","The Harrisonburg branch of AAUW officially disbanded on July 1, 2025.","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 5036.","During this time, the collection was also reprocessed in order to simplify the intellectual arrangement, increase discoverability through better description, and better stabilize  the materials through physical rehousing. Significant changes to the collection include the weeding of bank statements, canceled checks and check stubs, receipts, and deposit slips. Their research value is minimal and furthermore the financial activities of AAUW are documented in the bound account books and membership files which were retained. Additionally, duplicate materials, primarily multiple copies of newsletters and publications, were also discarded.","Loose copies of the Harrisonburg Branch Yearbook and branch newsletters, originally associated with the 1929-1947 scrapbook, were filed with like materials in Series 1 and Series 4 respectively.","When the collection was originally processed in September 2012, the pages of the 1929-1947 scrapbook were separated from the boards and photocopied. 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Complementary materials include financial statements and reports, budgets, and treasurer's reports.","Series 3: Causes, Activism, and Education, 1965-2008, comprises subject files related to the mission of AAUW, particularly concerning social movements, education, and voting rights.","Series 4: Publications, 1968-2011, contains official publications and printed material primarily created by AAUW as well as the Harrisonburg branch, other local branches, and the Virginia division.","The Harrisonburg Branch newsletter has had several title changes during the course of its publication. The titles represented in this collection include: \"U\" News, AAUW Newsletter, AAUW News, and The Inside Track. There are periods of time during which the newsletter does not have a discernable title. 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Betty was a member of the German Club and Granddaughters' Club as her mother also attended the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg. While in Harrisonburg, Betty met Willis Clemmer of Staunton, Virginia and they were engaged in March 1948. She decided to postpone her college career in January 1949 in preparation for marrying Willis in April 1949. She returned to Madison College and graduated in 1966 with a bachelor's degree. Betty went on to teach elementary school for 29 years and volunteered at the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Museum and Augusta Health Center.","Willis Clemmer (1926-2013) was born near Fairfield, Virginia to Viola Ralston Clemmer and Alva Lewis Clemmer. During WWII, while attending Lee High School in Staunton, Willis enlisted as a cadet pilot in the Army Air Forces, returning after the war to complete his high school degree. For a short period of time in 1946, Willis also enrolled in Shenandoah College in Dayton, Virginia. After graduating from Dunsmore Business College, Willis worked for Smith's Transfer, Westinghouse, and Staunton's Public Work Department. He had a particular fascination with automobiles and was a member of the Model A Ford Club of American and the Antique Automobile Club of America.","The Seawright Springs (Augusta County, Virginia) history compiled by Ralph Coffman was originally housed in a three-ring binder with each page in a plastic sleeve. The history was disbound and the plastic sleeves discarded. The pages were foldered together and in their orginal order in an acid-free folder. All pieces of correspondence were removed from their respective envelopes. The letters and envelopes were joined with a slip of acid-free paper and a stainless steel paper clip.","The Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer Papers, 1920-2015 (bulk 1943-1949), largely comprise correspondence between Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer during their courtship while Betty was a student at Madison College. Other papers relate to Betty's coursework at Madison College including art drawings and program cards, Willis' service in the Army Air Forces including a patch and correspondence from the Veterans Administration, and family biographies and histories related to Augusta County.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1943-1949, largely comprises love letters between Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer during their courtship and subsequent engagement when Betty was a student at Madison College. They are sentimental and endearing overall, but are also gossipy and newsy in nature, providing updates on family members, community happenings, and each other's social life.","Correspondence to Betty primarily comprises letters from Willis written during their courtship and are, as a result, affectionate and longing in nature. In writing to Betty, Willis also describes his daily activities of playing sports, driving cars, and seeing movies, in addition to providing updates on family and neighbors. Letters to Betty also include early love letters from gentleman callers other than Willis. She received letters from boys who were attending Virginia Tech, Randolph Macon, and Fork Union Military Academy. Letters presumably from high school beaus are also included. Other correspondents include Betty's mother Ruth Moseley Brown, Betty's grandmother Nannie Clay Brown, and fellow Madison College students. A March 15, 1949 from one of Betty's former classmates, Bunny Maifield, describes the goings-on at Madison College including girls getting caught by the watchmen \"night riding\" as well as a \"bunch of drunk Virginia boys came over and took over the place.\"","Willis' letters are primarily from Betty, but also include letters from friends and family. A selection of 1945 letters were written to Willis while he was stationed at Keesler Field in Mississippi. The content of these letters describe tales of escapades back home and friends going to Madison College on dates. While Betty's letters to Willis are mostly affectionate and playful in nature, they also document her school and home life. Of particular interest is an August 11, 1948 letter from Betty to Willis while she is home in Baskerville for the summer. She describes an incident with an African-American child stepping on a nail and not receiving proper medical care. In describing this incident, Betty uses racist language and characterizations of the child's family.","Beyond their overall sentiments of affection, Betty's letters to Willis provide insight into her life as a student at Madison College. Betty comments on her schoolwork, exams, studying, social life, entertainment, going downtown (buying food, going to the movies, going to Friddles), and rules and regulations (March 23, 1948: \"All my plans for going home have gone 'hay-wire.' Dr. Duke said today that we had to have a chaperone and at this late date we can't find anyone. I could cuss him - wonder what he thinks a busload of girls are going to do in broad open daylight - must think we are terrible\"). Betty frequently mentions her dissatisfaction with school and refers to Madison College as Hell or a hell-hole. Additionally, in several letters to Willis (December 4, 1947; September 28, 1948; etc.), Betty describes her presumed struggles with an apparent eating disorder.","A selection of \"special letters\" (as designated by the donor) concern Betty's engagement announcement, upcoming wedding, and Ruth Moseley Brown's visit to Chicago, etc. These letters are interfiled according to date and include Betty to Willis, April 13, 1949; Ruth Brown to Betty, September 17, 1947; Ruth Brown to Betty, September 15, 1947; Ruth Brown to Betty, April 8, 1948 (\"hoping you'd set the world on fire before getting married\"); Willis to Betty, April 11, 1949; Nannie Clay Brown to Betty, January 14, 1949 (letter after quitting school to get married); Nannie Clay Brown to Betty, May 3, 1948; Rev. Claude Moseley (uncle) to Betty, March 31, 1949; Ruth Brown to Betty, March 9, 1948.","Series 2: Personal and Biographical Papers, 1920-2015, comprise personal papers belonging to Betty and Willis Clemmer as well as personal and family biographies. Materials also relate to Augusta County history.","This series includes photographs - originals and facsimiles - of the Clemmers as well as Ruth Moseley Brown during her high school and college years.","The Clemmers' personal papers include materials and coursework from Betty's time at Madison College, specifically drawings from Basic Art 2 in which she was assigned to draw home furnishings and clothing. Alimae Aiken was Betty's instructor. Willis' transcripts from Lee High School and documents from the Veterans Administration are included.","The series also comprises several Clemmer family biographies, autobiographies, and histories related to Augusta County, Virginia. 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A March 15, 1949 from one of Betty's former classmates, Bunny Maifield, describes the goings-on at Madison College including girls getting caught by the watchmen \"night riding\" as well as a \"bunch of drunk Virginia boys came over and took over the place.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWillis' letters are primarily from Betty, but also include letters from friends and family. A selection of 1945 letters were written to Willis while he was stationed at Keesler Field in Mississippi. The content of these letters describe tales of escapades back home and friends going to Madison College on dates. While Betty's letters to Willis are mostly affectionate and playful in nature, they also document her school and home life. Of particular interest is an August 11, 1948 letter from Betty to Willis while she is home in Baskerville for the summer. She describes an incident with an African-American child stepping on a nail and not receiving proper medical care. 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A March 15, 1949 from one of Betty's former classmates, Bunny Maifield, describes the goings-on at Madison College including girls getting caught by the watchmen \"night riding\" as well as a \"bunch of drunk Virginia boys came over and took over the place.\"","Willis' letters are primarily from Betty, but also include letters from friends and family. A selection of 1945 letters were written to Willis while he was stationed at Keesler Field in Mississippi. The content of these letters describe tales of escapades back home and friends going to Madison College on dates. While Betty's letters to Willis are mostly affectionate and playful in nature, they also document her school and home life. Of particular interest is an August 11, 1948 letter from Betty to Willis while she is home in Baskerville for the summer. She describes an incident with an African-American child stepping on a nail and not receiving proper medical care. In describing this incident, Betty uses racist language and characterizations of the child's family.","Beyond their overall sentiments of affection, Betty's letters to Willis provide insight into her life as a student at Madison College. Betty comments on her schoolwork, exams, studying, social life, entertainment, going downtown (buying food, going to the movies, going to Friddles), and rules and regulations (March 23, 1948: \"All my plans for going home have gone 'hay-wire.' Dr. Duke said today that we had to have a chaperone and at this late date we can't find anyone. I could cuss him - wonder what he thinks a busload of girls are going to do in broad open daylight - must think we are terrible\"). Betty frequently mentions her dissatisfaction with school and refers to Madison College as Hell or a hell-hole. Additionally, in several letters to Willis (December 4, 1947; September 28, 1948; etc.), Betty describes her presumed struggles with an apparent eating disorder.","A selection of \"special letters\" (as designated by the donor) concern Betty's engagement announcement, upcoming wedding, and Ruth Moseley Brown's visit to Chicago, etc. These letters are interfiled according to date and include Betty to Willis, April 13, 1949; Ruth Brown to Betty, September 17, 1947; Ruth Brown to Betty, September 15, 1947; Ruth Brown to Betty, April 8, 1948 (\"hoping you'd set the world on fire before getting married\"); Willis to Betty, April 11, 1949; Nannie Clay Brown to Betty, January 14, 1949 (letter after quitting school to get married); Nannie Clay Brown to Betty, May 3, 1948; Rev. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged into two series. Series 1: Correspondence is arranged into subseries according to recipient. Each series is arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1943-1949\n      Personal and Biographical Papers, 1920-2015","Obituary of Willis Lee Clemmer, The News Leader, July 12, 2013.","The Schoolma'am, 1948. Harrisonburg (Va.): Madison College.","The Schoolma'am, 1949. Harrisonburg (Va.): Madison College.","Betty Brown Clemmer was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia to Ruth Leigh Moseley Brown (1905-1998) and Henry Brown (1906-1985). After graduating as valedictorian from Buckhorn High School, Betty enrolled at Madison College in the fall of 1947 to pursue her studies in home economics education. Betty was a member of the German Club and Granddaughters' Club as her mother also attended the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg. While in Harrisonburg, Betty met Willis Clemmer of Staunton, Virginia and they were engaged in March 1948. She decided to postpone her college career in January 1949 in preparation for marrying Willis in April 1949. She returned to Madison College and graduated in 1966 with a bachelor's degree. Betty went on to teach elementary school for 29 years and volunteered at the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Museum and Augusta Health Center.","Willis Clemmer (1926-2013) was born near Fairfield, Virginia to Viola Ralston Clemmer and Alva Lewis Clemmer. During WWII, while attending Lee High School in Staunton, Willis enlisted as a cadet pilot in the Army Air Forces, returning after the war to complete his high school degree. For a short period of time in 1946, Willis also enrolled in Shenandoah College in Dayton, Virginia. After graduating from Dunsmore Business College, Willis worked for Smith's Transfer, Westinghouse, and Staunton's Public Work Department. He had a particular fascination with automobiles and was a member of the Model A Ford Club of American and the Antique Automobile Club of America.","The Seawright Springs (Augusta County, Virginia) history compiled by Ralph Coffman was originally housed in a three-ring binder with each page in a plastic sleeve. The history was disbound and the plastic sleeves discarded. The pages were foldered together and in their orginal order in an acid-free folder. All pieces of correspondence were removed from their respective envelopes. The letters and envelopes were joined with a slip of acid-free paper and a stainless steel paper clip.","The Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer Papers, 1920-2015 (bulk 1943-1949), largely comprise correspondence between Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer during their courtship while Betty was a student at Madison College. Other papers relate to Betty's coursework at Madison College including art drawings and program cards, Willis' service in the Army Air Forces including a patch and correspondence from the Veterans Administration, and family biographies and histories related to Augusta County.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1943-1949, largely comprises love letters between Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer during their courtship and subsequent engagement when Betty was a student at Madison College. They are sentimental and endearing overall, but are also gossipy and newsy in nature, providing updates on family members, community happenings, and each other's social life.","Correspondence to Betty primarily comprises letters from Willis written during their courtship and are, as a result, affectionate and longing in nature. In writing to Betty, Willis also describes his daily activities of playing sports, driving cars, and seeing movies, in addition to providing updates on family and neighbors. Letters to Betty also include early love letters from gentleman callers other than Willis. She received letters from boys who were attending Virginia Tech, Randolph Macon, and Fork Union Military Academy. Letters presumably from high school beaus are also included. Other correspondents include Betty's mother Ruth Moseley Brown, Betty's grandmother Nannie Clay Brown, and fellow Madison College students. A March 15, 1949 from one of Betty's former classmates, Bunny Maifield, describes the goings-on at Madison College including girls getting caught by the watchmen \"night riding\" as well as a \"bunch of drunk Virginia boys came over and took over the place.\"","Willis' letters are primarily from Betty, but also include letters from friends and family. A selection of 1945 letters were written to Willis while he was stationed at Keesler Field in Mississippi. The content of these letters describe tales of escapades back home and friends going to Madison College on dates. While Betty's letters to Willis are mostly affectionate and playful in nature, they also document her school and home life. Of particular interest is an August 11, 1948 letter from Betty to Willis while she is home in Baskerville for the summer. She describes an incident with an African-American child stepping on a nail and not receiving proper medical care. In describing this incident, Betty uses racist language and characterizations of the child's family.","Beyond their overall sentiments of affection, Betty's letters to Willis provide insight into her life as a student at Madison College. Betty comments on her schoolwork, exams, studying, social life, entertainment, going downtown (buying food, going to the movies, going to Friddles), and rules and regulations (March 23, 1948: \"All my plans for going home have gone 'hay-wire.' Dr. Duke said today that we had to have a chaperone and at this late date we can't find anyone. I could cuss him - wonder what he thinks a busload of girls are going to do in broad open daylight - must think we are terrible\"). Betty frequently mentions her dissatisfaction with school and refers to Madison College as Hell or a hell-hole. Additionally, in several letters to Willis (December 4, 1947; September 28, 1948; etc.), Betty describes her presumed struggles with an apparent eating disorder.","A selection of \"special letters\" (as designated by the donor) concern Betty's engagement announcement, upcoming wedding, and Ruth Moseley Brown's visit to Chicago, etc. These letters are interfiled according to date and include Betty to Willis, April 13, 1949; Ruth Brown to Betty, September 17, 1947; Ruth Brown to Betty, September 15, 1947; Ruth Brown to Betty, April 8, 1948 (\"hoping you'd set the world on fire before getting married\"); Willis to Betty, April 11, 1949; Nannie Clay Brown to Betty, January 14, 1949 (letter after quitting school to get married); Nannie Clay Brown to Betty, May 3, 1948; Rev. Claude Moseley (uncle) to Betty, March 31, 1949; Ruth Brown to Betty, March 9, 1948.","Series 2: Personal and Biographical Papers, 1920-2015, comprise personal papers belonging to Betty and Willis Clemmer as well as personal and family biographies. Materials also relate to Augusta County history.","This series includes photographs - originals and facsimiles - of the Clemmers as well as Ruth Moseley Brown during her high school and college years.","The Clemmers' personal papers include materials and coursework from Betty's time at Madison College, specifically drawings from Basic Art 2 in which she was assigned to draw home furnishings and clothing. Alimae Aiken was Betty's instructor. Willis' transcripts from Lee High School and documents from the Veterans Administration are included.","The series also comprises several Clemmer family biographies, autobiographies, and histories related to Augusta County, Virginia. Willis' reminiscences, written in 1993-1994, document his memories of growing up in Augusta County. A history of Seawright Springs (Mt. Solon) compiled by Augusta County historian Ralph Coffman includes photographs and other materials related to the resort. The Seawright Springs history includes a partial transcript of Alexander Stuart Coffman's 1864 diary and a transcript of a March 26, 1907 letter from Charles Curry (a lawyer in Staunton) to an A. C. Gorden regarding the geography and folklore of specific Augusta County locations.","Two self-published local history publications were removed from the collection and cataloged separately.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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While in Harrisonburg, Betty met Willis Clemmer of Staunton, Virginia and they were engaged in March 1948. She decided to postpone her college career in January 1949 in preparation for marrying Willis in April 1949. She returned to Madison College and graduated in 1966 with a bachelor's degree. Betty went on to teach elementary school for 29 years and volunteered at the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Museum and Augusta Health Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWillis Clemmer (1926-2013) was born near Fairfield, Virginia to Viola Ralston Clemmer and Alva Lewis Clemmer. During WWII, while attending Lee High School in Staunton, Willis enlisted as a cadet pilot in the Army Air Forces, returning after the war to complete his high school degree. For a short period of time in 1946, Willis also enrolled in Shenandoah College in Dayton, Virginia. After graduating from Dunsmore Business College, Willis worked for Smith's Transfer, Westinghouse, and Staunton's Public Work Department. 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Betty went on to teach elementary school for 29 years and volunteered at the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Museum and Augusta Health Center.","Willis Clemmer (1926-2013) was born near Fairfield, Virginia to Viola Ralston Clemmer and Alva Lewis Clemmer. During WWII, while attending Lee High School in Staunton, Willis enlisted as a cadet pilot in the Army Air Forces, returning after the war to complete his high school degree. For a short period of time in 1946, Willis also enrolled in Shenandoah College in Dayton, Virginia. After graduating from Dunsmore Business College, Willis worked for Smith's Transfer, Westinghouse, and Staunton's Public Work Department. He had a particular fascination with automobiles and was a member of the Model A Ford Club of American and the Antique Automobile Club of America."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of Item], [Identifier, box/container]. Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer papers, SC 0280. 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The letters and envelopes were joined with a slip of acid-free paper and a stainless steel paper clip."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer Papers, 1920-2015 (bulk 1943-1949), largely comprise correspondence between Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer during their courtship while Betty was a student at Madison College. Other papers relate to Betty's coursework at Madison College including art drawings and program cards, Willis' service in the Army Air Forces including a patch and correspondence from the Veterans Administration, and family biographies and histories related to Augusta County.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1943-1949, largely comprises love letters between Betty Brown Clemmer and Willis Clemmer during their courtship and subsequent engagement when Betty was a student at Madison College. 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A March 15, 1949 from one of Betty's former classmates, Bunny Maifield, describes the goings-on at Madison College including girls getting caught by the watchmen \"night riding\" as well as a \"bunch of drunk Virginia boys came over and took over the place.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWillis' letters are primarily from Betty, but also include letters from friends and family. A selection of 1945 letters were written to Willis while he was stationed at Keesler Field in Mississippi. The content of these letters describe tales of escapades back home and friends going to Madison College on dates. While Betty's letters to Willis are mostly affectionate and playful in nature, they also document her school and home life. Of particular interest is an August 11, 1948 letter from Betty to Willis while she is home in Baskerville for the summer. She describes an incident with an African-American child stepping on a nail and not receiving proper medical care. 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They are sentimental and endearing overall, but are also gossipy and newsy in nature, providing updates on family members, community happenings, and each other's social life.","Correspondence to Betty primarily comprises letters from Willis written during their courtship and are, as a result, affectionate and longing in nature. In writing to Betty, Willis also describes his daily activities of playing sports, driving cars, and seeing movies, in addition to providing updates on family and neighbors. Letters to Betty also include early love letters from gentleman callers other than Willis. She received letters from boys who were attending Virginia Tech, Randolph Macon, and Fork Union Military Academy. Letters presumably from high school beaus are also included. Other correspondents include Betty's mother Ruth Moseley Brown, Betty's grandmother Nannie Clay Brown, and fellow Madison College students. A March 15, 1949 from one of Betty's former classmates, Bunny Maifield, describes the goings-on at Madison College including girls getting caught by the watchmen \"night riding\" as well as a \"bunch of drunk Virginia boys came over and took over the place.\"","Willis' letters are primarily from Betty, but also include letters from friends and family. A selection of 1945 letters were written to Willis while he was stationed at Keesler Field in Mississippi. The content of these letters describe tales of escapades back home and friends going to Madison College on dates. While Betty's letters to Willis are mostly affectionate and playful in nature, they also document her school and home life. Of particular interest is an August 11, 1948 letter from Betty to Willis while she is home in Baskerville for the summer. She describes an incident with an African-American child stepping on a nail and not receiving proper medical care. In describing this incident, Betty uses racist language and characterizations of the child's family.","Beyond their overall sentiments of affection, Betty's letters to Willis provide insight into her life as a student at Madison College. Betty comments on her schoolwork, exams, studying, social life, entertainment, going downtown (buying food, going to the movies, going to Friddles), and rules and regulations (March 23, 1948: \"All my plans for going home have gone 'hay-wire.' Dr. Duke said today that we had to have a chaperone and at this late date we can't find anyone. I could cuss him - wonder what he thinks a busload of girls are going to do in broad open daylight - must think we are terrible\"). Betty frequently mentions her dissatisfaction with school and refers to Madison College as Hell or a hell-hole. Additionally, in several letters to Willis (December 4, 1947; September 28, 1948; etc.), Betty describes her presumed struggles with an apparent eating disorder.","A selection of \"special letters\" (as designated by the donor) concern Betty's engagement announcement, upcoming wedding, and Ruth Moseley Brown's visit to Chicago, etc. These letters are interfiled according to date and include Betty to Willis, April 13, 1949; Ruth Brown to Betty, September 17, 1947; Ruth Brown to Betty, September 15, 1947; Ruth Brown to Betty, April 8, 1948 (\"hoping you'd set the world on fire before getting married\"); Willis to Betty, April 11, 1949; Nannie Clay Brown to Betty, January 14, 1949 (letter after quitting school to get married); Nannie Clay Brown to Betty, May 3, 1948; Rev. Claude Moseley (uncle) to Betty, March 31, 1949; Ruth Brown to Betty, March 9, 1948.","Series 2: Personal and Biographical Papers, 1920-2015, comprise personal papers belonging to Betty and Willis Clemmer as well as personal and family biographies. Materials also relate to Augusta County history.","This series includes photographs - originals and facsimiles - of the Clemmers as well as Ruth Moseley Brown during her high school and college years.","The Clemmers' personal papers include materials and coursework from Betty's time at Madison College, specifically drawings from Basic Art 2 in which she was assigned to draw home furnishings and clothing. Alimae Aiken was Betty's instructor. Willis' transcripts from Lee High School and documents from the Veterans Administration are included.","The series also comprises several Clemmer family biographies, autobiographies, and histories related to Augusta County, Virginia. Willis' reminiscences, written in 1993-1994, document his memories of growing up in Augusta County. A history of Seawright Springs (Mt. Solon) compiled by Augusta County historian Ralph Coffman includes photographs and other materials related to the resort. The Seawright Springs history includes a partial transcript of Alexander Stuart Coffman's 1864 diary and a transcript of a March 26, 1907 letter from Charles Curry (a lawyer in Staunton) to an A. C. 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Collection is open for research with the exception of one file contained within the correspondence series that is restricted until January 1, 2035 at the request of the donor.","Access to original media, photographic negatives, and slides contained within this collection is restricted; reformatted access copies of these materials may exist, or researchers may request digital access copies be made.","Please contact the Special Collections Reference Desk before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection (library-special@jmu.edu).","File is restricted from research use until January 1, 2035 at the request of the donor.","Access to original photographic negatives contained within this collection is restricted; reformatted access copies of these materials may exist, or researchers may contact library-special@jmu.edu to request reformatted access copies.","Digital images of nineteenth-century correspondence and papers are available upon request.","Duplicates and out of scope materials were returned to the donor.","Duplicates and out of scope materials were returned to the donor.","The collection is arranged in seven series:","Correspondence, 1830-2011\n      Personal Papers, 1857-2016\n      Ephemera, 1856-2004\n      Photographs, circa 1861-1989\n      Scrapbooks, 1862-1931\n      2020-0121 Accession, 1930s-2019\n      2020-0702 Accession, 1882-2020","Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.","The Blackley Family Papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, and Nix families of mostly Texas and Staunton, Virginia between 1830 and 2016. James Scott (1799-1856) was a Tennessee native and former Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice who married Sarah Lane (1803-1880) and settled in Anderson, Texas. James was a prominent Texas judge who was friends with Davie Crockett. While in Mississippi and Texas, James and Sarah had six children. The eldest, Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" (1833-1917), was born in Mississippi in 1833, Sarah \"Sallie\" (1843-1914), born April 9, 1843 in Texas, and one of their brothers, Garrett (1838-1862), born in 1838, contribute the most to this collection of letters.","Lizzie married William H. Neblett (1826-1871), a farmer and attorney, in 1852. He eventually left her to go fight for the Confederacy. Her domestic struggle on the home front during the Civil War is the subject of Erika L. Murr's book, A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864 (2001).","In 1862, Sallie married Robert Houston \"R.H.\" Bassett (1836-1870). R.H. went on to enlist and serve in the famed Hood's Texas Brigade from 1861 to his wounding in 1864. He worked briefly as the adjutant general to Major General John Bell. While leading the regiment, he was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga by an artillery shell fragment that lodged in his shoulder. This would effectively end his role in the war. Following the conclusion of the conflict and his recovery from the wound, R.H. tried his hand at politics in a bid to represent Grimes County, Texas in Congress. Their first child, Robert, died tragically in 1864 at only eight months old. R.H. died in 1870 because of health complications that appear related to edema.","R.H.'s brother, Noah (1839-1886), also served in the Texas Brigade. The correspondence between R.H., Sallie, and Noah provides a lucid account of the Army of Northern Virginia's major campaigns and operations, including developments related to the Battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga.","Garrett Scott, Sallie Scott's brother, died in action at the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 while serving in the Texas Brigade. His letters from the early years of the war offer yet another perspective of campaign and camp life.","R.H. and Sallie's daughter, Barbara \"Belle\" Bassett (1865-1958), married William Mason Blackley (1863-1898) in 1884 and lived in Staunton, Virginia before moving to Washington, D.C. Research suggests they only had one child, Belle Blackley (1890-1967), whom never married and lived out her life in Washington, D.C. However, an 1888 letter contained in this collection written by Ida Carter, the Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.","The bulk of the twentieth-century material was created by or concerns William Mason Blackley's nephew, Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. (1909-1999), his wife Catherine Matthews Blackley (1914-2010), and their son and daughter-in-law Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley (b. 1951) and Patricia Fry Blackley (b. 1952).","Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1909. His parents died from the Spanish Flu when he was 10. Their deaths required Chas and his sister Mary Gilkeson Blackley to move in with their aunt, Fannie Blackley Cushing in Staunton. These materials cover his travels throughout the Pacific and Asia aboard a \"tramp steamer\" with boyhood friend, George Earman in 1930, his 1927-1929 military training in the little discussed Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC), time at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), his 1934 travels in Europe, World War II military service, and ownership and operation of WSVA, the first radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chas sold his share in WSVA and moved to Staunton, Virginia where he started the WTON radio station. Beyond his official jobs, Chas spent much of the early 1930s as an amateur playwright and author. Chas and Catherine Matthews were married in 1938.","While traveling Europe via train in 1934, Chas met David Kahn, a young Presbyterian judge of Indian descent. They would become lifelong friends. Mr. Kahn went on to become a governor of an Indian province under British rule and later head the Department of Sanitation for Calcutta. He and his wife visited their children, who had moved to the United States, and Mr. and Mrs. Blackley often until his health would not allow it. Evidence of their lifelong friendship can be found most clearly in this collection's correspondence and photographs.","Chas' WWII experience saw him drafted at age 35 and shipped to Camp Crowder, Missouri for training. He would eventually be transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a private in the basement of the Pentagon. According this son, his superiors frequently called him upstairs to request autographed photos of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) celebrities. He was able to oblige them because of WSVA's status as an ABC affiliate.","Catherine Matthews Blackley was originally from Cambridge, Maryland and came to the Shenandoah Valley to attend the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). She graduated in 1935 with a degree in home economics. For a short time she taught in Norfolk, Virginia before marrying Chas Blackley in 1938 and buying a home on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg. After Chas was drafted and shipped to Camp Crowder, Mrs. Blackley traveled to Neosho, Missouri to be with her husband. While in Missouri, she volunteered with the Red Cross to help care for wounded soldiers. She continued this service after Mr. Blackley was transferred to Washington, D.C. After the war, they returned to the Valley and Catherine became a member of the Staunton School Board and was very active in volunteer work.","Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley Jr. was a professional engineer and graduate of Virginia Tech. He provided services in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Chuck married Patricia Fry in 1971. At the time he sold his office it was the largest engineering company in the region outside of Richmond, Roanoke, and Northern Virginia.","Patricia Fry Blackley graduated from James Madison University in 1987 and became a licensed real estate appraiser. After Chuck stepped away from his engineering office he teamed up with his wife and the couple became full-time photographers and writers. Their work can be found in hundreds of magazines, books, and calendars.","The collection as a whole required only limited preservation treatment. Some of the correspondence and papers did require Mylar sleeves. The 3D objects are housed together in one box with special housings created to protect them long-term. Most of the nineteenth-century letters required flattening to make them more accessible and to allow for proper digitization as per the donor agreement. Also, many of the diplomas and older photographs were removed from their frames for proper storage. Original order of materials was maintained wherever possible, taking into account provenance, storage needs, and accessibility for researchers.","Photographs and cabinet cards were removed from a leather photo album with \"Fannie S. Blackley Session 1881-'82\" embossed on the front cover. Some of the cabinet cards were identified with a Post-It note. Those identifications were written in pencil on the back of the cabinet cards. The photo album was not retained due to significant condition issues.","Charles C. Phillips Civil War Papers. MS 0327. Virginia Military Institute Archives.","Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.","Lizzie Scott Neblett Papers, 1848-1935, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.","Yourself and family are invited to attend the feast of Mondamin corn festival. n.p.: Staunton, Va.: J. Harry Drechsler, pr., [1890], 1890. JAMES MADISON UNIV's Catalog, EBSCOhost (accessed May 2, 2017).","The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1830-2011, is comprised of more than 300 individual letters. The majority of the earlier ones involve Sarah \"Sallie\" Scott Bassett and/or her husband R.H. Bassett. Together their combined correspondence comprises eight folders and spans the years 1850-1913.","These letters cover the years of the American Civil War and shed light on how the conflict affected their lives. In addition to letters from Captain R.H. Bassett, there are dozens of notes written home to Sallie from her brother Garrett Scott, brother-in-law Noah Bassett, and her cousin John Nix. All of these men spent time serving in the 4th Texas Regiment of the famed Texas Brigade. While their letters contain minimal military focused discussions, they do highlight camp life, personal struggles of being separated from each other, personal and public incidents, and family news. The military discussion is really limited to mention of the dead and wounded from battles and engagements. However, R.H. does write a letter to Sallie as he arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg. He expresses excitement to build off the Confederates successes that afternoon. Battles and engagements discussed include Antietam (September 17, 1862), Chancellorsville (April 30 to May 6, 1863), Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), and Chickamauga (September 18–20, 1863).","Lizzie Scott Neblett was the older sister of Sallie Bassett and many letters between the sisters not previously examined, both before and after the American Civil War, can be found within this collection. Their letters shed light on relationship struggles, farm life, local news, and family connections.","While few in number, the surviving letters of Lizzie and Sallie's father, James Scott, provide significant insight into Texas prior to its in 1846. In the first, James writes his wife, Sarah, from the convention in Austin, Texas, where the debates about joining the United States were taking place. He offers few specifics as \"Nothing in which you would take any interest has occurred here and therefore I will not say anything about the proceedings…\" In second of these letters, James is writing to a Colonel B. Rush Wallace and gets far more political in discussion and tone. He talks at length about concern over the merits of becoming Whig or Democrat once they are thrust into the existing political climate of their new nation.","Of particular interest is an 1888 letter written by Ida Carter, presumably William M. and Belle Bassett Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.","Of the twentieth-century correspondence, most of it was sent or received by Chas Blackley. While his letters span most of the century, the bulk are centered between the years 1930-1944. The letters that Chas Blackley wrote while visiting Europe in 1934 are of particular interest due to the changing political climate with the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Through his correspondence, diaries, and photographs there is an opportunity to see an American view of this transformative time. In one letter to his sister, Mary, dated August 21, Chas Blackley writes of the hanging of Nazis in Vienna, Austria for a failed coup that took place mere weeks before his arrival and that it \"has retarded history making considerably.\" He also spoke of the Heimwehr, the home guard, patrolling the streets with their rifles and \"keeping a sharp to windward.\"","Series 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2015, is comprised of personal papers, diaries, and other documents that highlight the careers and interests of the family members. R.H. Bassett's papers include Confederate government and military documents pertaining to promotions, recruitment, and resignation.","Another unique piece of this collection from the early period is the Belle Bassett Diary, 1873-1879, which offers a glimpse of the post-war years for a child growing up in the South.","Chas Blackley, in addition to his letters from the trip to Europe, also kept a diary of his experiences. This diary covers the personal and public incidents of his travels.","More information about individual members of family is available here in the form of detailed histories of specific family lines (Blackley, Bassett, Hoge, etc.), through family trees, and biographical information.","Other items of note from Chas Blackley are the many manuscripts of novels and plays that he wrote in the early-to-mid 1930s.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004, houses many unique items such as hundreds of stamps (U.S., Confederate, and international), brochures, certificates, awards, diplomas, and pamphlets from events such as the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, and dance cards. The aforementioned diplomas and certificates document the Blackley family's achievements and graduations from various schools and universities, including the University of Virginia, the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg, and Virginia Tech. Many of the manuals and booklets used in Chas' various military training can be found in this series.","There are also newspaper clippings that share stories directly related to family members or address significant events of the time. These include awards won by the family, news about new jobs or graduations, historic events like D-Day, and John F. Kennedy's assassination.","One of the more locally relevant pieces is a pamphlet entitled \"Dedication of the Shenandoah National Park\" (1936). It lists the planned dedication speech from President Franklin D. Roosevelt given at Big Meadows as the key event.","This series also includes one oversize box of 3D ephemeral objects. Objects of interest include a Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie camera (1917-1926) owned by Chas Blackley and inscribed with the names of Blackley and the SS Gertrude Kellogg, Dr. Charles Coatesworth Phillips' small leather medicine case with glass bottles that he took on house calls, several pairs of glasses, a glass plate photograph of Susie E. Phillips, and assorted World's Fair ephemera.","Stored separately are multiple flags that are likely from Chas' 1930 voyage in the Pacific. There is a large and small Japanese flag, a small Chinese [pre-communist revolution] flag, and a small Philippine national flag. An additional flag dates to WWI and features the United States flag surrounded by smaller flags of all our allies from that conflict.","Series 4, Photographs, circa 1861-1989, includes photographic prints, negatives, and slides that document the Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia. Files are arranged chronologically and undated groupings of images are listed alphabetically at the end of the series. Files are labeled to reflect the subject of the photos; original arrangement and description of people and places as received from the donor was maintained whenever possible. Some photographs contain identifying text written on the back of the image, though many photos are unidentified.","Photographs within this series document Chas Blackley's trips to Asia and the Pacific in 1930 as well as his journey through Europe in 1934. Other photographs document the Civilian Military Training Camp (CMTC) experience at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, from 1928.","Photographs created by or picturing Catherine Matthews Blackley contain images of campus and student life at the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now JMU) dating from the early 1930s.","Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931, is comprised of one scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett, and three scrapbooks created by Chas Blackley. The scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett dates from 1862-1869 and contains mostly newspaper clippings related to Bassett's work in local and state politics in Grimes County, Texas, after a wound at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1864 ended his role in the American Civil War. \nThe three remaining scrapbooks were created by Chas Blackley, and document aspects of his life in the years between 1928-1931. The CTMC and VMI scrapbook documents Chas Blackley's military training at the Citizen's Military Training Camp (CTMC) from 1927-1929 as well as his time enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Two scrapbooks document Chas Blackley's 1930 travels with childhood friend  George Earman throughout the Pacific and multiple Asian nations aboard the steamer SS Gertrude Kellogg.","The series largely documents Chas Blackley's involvement with radio stations WSVA and WTON and comprises photographs, correspondence, and printed ephemera. A file concerning Susan Blackley, Chas Blackley's daughter, is included and relate to her work as the horticulturalist for the city of Staunton. Photographs document Susan's time as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.","Includes newspaper clippings covering Susan's work as a horticulturist for Staunton as well as photographs of Susan as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.","Includes negatives.","Includes negatives.","Comprises papers and photographs related to the immediate and extended Blackley family. Materials also concern the Fry and Matthews families.","Materials related to Eugene Fry, father of Patricia Fry Blackley.","All published monographs have been cataloged individually and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. Catherine Matthews Blackley's Schooma'am yearbooks were removed and housed with the yearbook collection. They are retained due to heavy annotations.","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 Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Students","United States. War Department. Citizens' Military Training Camps","Virginia Military Institute -- Students","Confederate States of America. Army. 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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Blackley Family Papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, and Nix families of mostly Texas and Staunton, Virginia between 1830 and 2016. James Scott (1799-1856) was a Tennessee native and former Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice who married Sarah Lane (1803-1880) and settled in Anderson, Texas. James was a prominent Texas judge who was friends with Davie Crockett. While in Mississippi and Texas, James and Sarah had six children. The eldest, Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" (1833-1917), was born in Mississippi in 1833, Sarah \"Sallie\" (1843-1914), born April 9, 1843 in Texas, and one of their brothers, Garrett (1838-1862), born in 1838, contribute the most to this collection of letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizzie married William H. Neblett (1826-1871), a farmer and attorney, in 1852. He eventually left her to go fight for the Confederacy. Her domestic struggle on the home front during the Civil War is the subject of Erika L. Murr's book, A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864 (2001).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1862, Sallie married Robert Houston \"R.H.\" Bassett (1836-1870). R.H. went on to enlist and serve in the famed Hood's Texas Brigade from 1861 to his wounding in 1864. He worked briefly as the adjutant general to Major General John Bell. While leading the regiment, he was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga by an artillery shell fragment that lodged in his shoulder. This would effectively end his role in the war. Following the conclusion of the conflict and his recovery from the wound, R.H. tried his hand at politics in a bid to represent Grimes County, Texas in Congress. Their first child, Robert, died tragically in 1864 at only eight months old. R.H. died in 1870 because of health complications that appear related to edema.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.H.'s brother, Noah (1839-1886), also served in the Texas Brigade. The correspondence between R.H., Sallie, and Noah provides a lucid account of the Army of Northern Virginia's major campaigns and operations, including developments related to the Battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarrett Scott, Sallie Scott's brother, died in action at the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 while serving in the Texas Brigade. His letters from the early years of the war offer yet another perspective of campaign and camp life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.H. and Sallie's daughter, Barbara \"Belle\" Bassett (1865-1958), married William Mason Blackley (1863-1898) in 1884 and lived in Staunton, Virginia before moving to Washington, D.C. Research suggests they only had one child, Belle Blackley (1890-1967), whom never married and lived out her life in Washington, D.C. However, an 1888 letter contained in this collection written by Ida Carter, the Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the twentieth-century material was created by or concerns William Mason Blackley's nephew, Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. (1909-1999), his wife Catherine Matthews Blackley (1914-2010), and their son and daughter-in-law Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley (b. 1951) and Patricia Fry Blackley (b. 1952).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1909. His parents died from the Spanish Flu when he was 10. Their deaths required Chas and his sister Mary Gilkeson Blackley to move in with their aunt, Fannie Blackley Cushing in Staunton. These materials cover his travels throughout the Pacific and Asia aboard a \"tramp steamer\" with boyhood friend, George Earman in 1930, his 1927-1929 military training in the little discussed Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC), time at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), his 1934 travels in Europe, World War II military service, and ownership and operation of WSVA, the first radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chas sold his share in WSVA and moved to Staunton, Virginia where he started the WTON radio station. Beyond his official jobs, Chas spent much of the early 1930s as an amateur playwright and author. Chas and Catherine Matthews were married in 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile traveling Europe via train in 1934, Chas met David Kahn, a young Presbyterian judge of Indian descent. They would become lifelong friends. Mr. Kahn went on to become a governor of an Indian province under British rule and later head the Department of Sanitation for Calcutta. He and his wife visited their children, who had moved to the United States, and Mr. and Mrs. Blackley often until his health would not allow it. Evidence of their lifelong friendship can be found most clearly in this collection's correspondence and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChas' WWII experience saw him drafted at age 35 and shipped to Camp Crowder, Missouri for training. He would eventually be transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a private in the basement of the Pentagon. According this son, his superiors frequently called him upstairs to request autographed photos of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) celebrities. He was able to oblige them because of WSVA's status as an ABC affiliate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCatherine Matthews Blackley was originally from Cambridge, Maryland and came to the Shenandoah Valley to attend the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). She graduated in 1935 with a degree in home economics. For a short time she taught in Norfolk, Virginia before marrying Chas Blackley in 1938 and buying a home on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg. After Chas was drafted and shipped to Camp Crowder, Mrs. Blackley traveled to Neosho, Missouri to be with her husband. While in Missouri, she volunteered with the Red Cross to help care for wounded soldiers. She continued this service after Mr. Blackley was transferred to Washington, D.C. After the war, they returned to the Valley and Catherine became a member of the Staunton School Board and was very active in volunteer work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley Jr. was a professional engineer and graduate of Virginia Tech. He provided services in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Chuck married Patricia Fry in 1971. At the time he sold his office it was the largest engineering company in the region outside of Richmond, Roanoke, and Northern Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatricia Fry Blackley graduated from James Madison University in 1987 and became a licensed real estate appraiser. After Chuck stepped away from his engineering office he teamed up with his wife and the couple became full-time photographers and writers. Their work can be found in hundreds of magazines, books, and calendars.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Blackley Family Papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, and Nix families of mostly Texas and Staunton, Virginia between 1830 and 2016. James Scott (1799-1856) was a Tennessee native and former Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice who married Sarah Lane (1803-1880) and settled in Anderson, Texas. James was a prominent Texas judge who was friends with Davie Crockett. While in Mississippi and Texas, James and Sarah had six children. The eldest, Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" (1833-1917), was born in Mississippi in 1833, Sarah \"Sallie\" (1843-1914), born April 9, 1843 in Texas, and one of their brothers, Garrett (1838-1862), born in 1838, contribute the most to this collection of letters.","Lizzie married William H. Neblett (1826-1871), a farmer and attorney, in 1852. He eventually left her to go fight for the Confederacy. Her domestic struggle on the home front during the Civil War is the subject of Erika L. Murr's book, A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864 (2001).","In 1862, Sallie married Robert Houston \"R.H.\" Bassett (1836-1870). R.H. went on to enlist and serve in the famed Hood's Texas Brigade from 1861 to his wounding in 1864. He worked briefly as the adjutant general to Major General John Bell. While leading the regiment, he was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga by an artillery shell fragment that lodged in his shoulder. This would effectively end his role in the war. Following the conclusion of the conflict and his recovery from the wound, R.H. tried his hand at politics in a bid to represent Grimes County, Texas in Congress. Their first child, Robert, died tragically in 1864 at only eight months old. R.H. died in 1870 because of health complications that appear related to edema.","R.H.'s brother, Noah (1839-1886), also served in the Texas Brigade. The correspondence between R.H., Sallie, and Noah provides a lucid account of the Army of Northern Virginia's major campaigns and operations, including developments related to the Battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga.","Garrett Scott, Sallie Scott's brother, died in action at the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 while serving in the Texas Brigade. His letters from the early years of the war offer yet another perspective of campaign and camp life.","R.H. and Sallie's daughter, Barbara \"Belle\" Bassett (1865-1958), married William Mason Blackley (1863-1898) in 1884 and lived in Staunton, Virginia before moving to Washington, D.C. Research suggests they only had one child, Belle Blackley (1890-1967), whom never married and lived out her life in Washington, D.C. However, an 1888 letter contained in this collection written by Ida Carter, the Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.","The bulk of the twentieth-century material was created by or concerns William Mason Blackley's nephew, Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. (1909-1999), his wife Catherine Matthews Blackley (1914-2010), and their son and daughter-in-law Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley (b. 1951) and Patricia Fry Blackley (b. 1952).","Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1909. His parents died from the Spanish Flu when he was 10. Their deaths required Chas and his sister Mary Gilkeson Blackley to move in with their aunt, Fannie Blackley Cushing in Staunton. These materials cover his travels throughout the Pacific and Asia aboard a \"tramp steamer\" with boyhood friend, George Earman in 1930, his 1927-1929 military training in the little discussed Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC), time at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), his 1934 travels in Europe, World War II military service, and ownership and operation of WSVA, the first radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chas sold his share in WSVA and moved to Staunton, Virginia where he started the WTON radio station. Beyond his official jobs, Chas spent much of the early 1930s as an amateur playwright and author. Chas and Catherine Matthews were married in 1938.","While traveling Europe via train in 1934, Chas met David Kahn, a young Presbyterian judge of Indian descent. They would become lifelong friends. Mr. Kahn went on to become a governor of an Indian province under British rule and later head the Department of Sanitation for Calcutta. He and his wife visited their children, who had moved to the United States, and Mr. and Mrs. Blackley often until his health would not allow it. Evidence of their lifelong friendship can be found most clearly in this collection's correspondence and photographs.","Chas' WWII experience saw him drafted at age 35 and shipped to Camp Crowder, Missouri for training. He would eventually be transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a private in the basement of the Pentagon. According this son, his superiors frequently called him upstairs to request autographed photos of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) celebrities. He was able to oblige them because of WSVA's status as an ABC affiliate.","Catherine Matthews Blackley was originally from Cambridge, Maryland and came to the Shenandoah Valley to attend the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). She graduated in 1935 with a degree in home economics. For a short time she taught in Norfolk, Virginia before marrying Chas Blackley in 1938 and buying a home on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg. After Chas was drafted and shipped to Camp Crowder, Mrs. Blackley traveled to Neosho, Missouri to be with her husband. While in Missouri, she volunteered with the Red Cross to help care for wounded soldiers. She continued this service after Mr. Blackley was transferred to Washington, D.C. After the war, they returned to the Valley and Catherine became a member of the Staunton School Board and was very active in volunteer work.","Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley Jr. was a professional engineer and graduate of Virginia Tech. He provided services in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Chuck married Patricia Fry in 1971. At the time he sold his office it was the largest engineering company in the region outside of Richmond, Roanoke, and Northern Virginia.","Patricia Fry Blackley graduated from James Madison University in 1987 and became a licensed real estate appraiser. After Chuck stepped away from his engineering office he teamed up with his wife and the couple became full-time photographers and writers. Their work can be found in hundreds of magazines, books, and calendars."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, SC 0232, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, SC 0232, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection as a whole required only limited preservation treatment. Some of the correspondence and papers did require Mylar sleeves. The 3D objects are housed together in one box with special housings created to protect them long-term. Most of the nineteenth-century letters required flattening to make them more accessible and to allow for proper digitization as per the donor agreement. Also, many of the diplomas and older photographs were removed from their frames for proper storage. Original order of materials was maintained wherever possible, taking into account provenance, storage needs, and accessibility for researchers.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs and cabinet cards were removed from a leather photo album with \"Fannie S. Blackley Session 1881-'82\" embossed on the front cover. Some of the cabinet cards were identified with a Post-It note. Those identifications were written in pencil on the back of the cabinet cards. The photo album was not retained due to significant condition issues.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The collection as a whole required only limited preservation treatment. Some of the correspondence and papers did require Mylar sleeves. The 3D objects are housed together in one box with special housings created to protect them long-term. Most of the nineteenth-century letters required flattening to make them more accessible and to allow for proper digitization as per the donor agreement. Also, many of the diplomas and older photographs were removed from their frames for proper storage. Original order of materials was maintained wherever possible, taking into account provenance, storage needs, and accessibility for researchers.","Photographs and cabinet cards were removed from a leather photo album with \"Fannie S. Blackley Session 1881-'82\" embossed on the front cover. Some of the cabinet cards were identified with a Post-It note. Those identifications were written in pencil on the back of the cabinet cards. The photo album was not retained due to significant condition issues."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref type=\"simple\" actuate=\"onRequest\" show=\"new\" href=\"http://archivesspace.vmi.edu/repositories/3/resources/780\"\u003eCharles C. Phillips Civil War Papers. MS 0327. Virginia Military Institute Archives.\u003c/extref\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMurr, Erika, L., ed., \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864\u003c/emph\u003e. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref type=\"simple\" actuate=\"onRequest\" show=\"new\" href=\"http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00426/cah-00426.html\"\u003eLizzie Scott Neblett Papers, 1848-1935, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eYourself and family are invited to attend the feast of Mondamin corn festival\u003c/emph\u003e. n.p.: Staunton, Va.: J. Harry Drechsler, pr., [1890], 1890. JAMES MADISON UNIV's Catalog, EBSCOhost (accessed May 2, 2017).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Charles C. Phillips Civil War Papers. MS 0327. Virginia Military Institute Archives.","Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.","Lizzie Scott Neblett Papers, 1848-1935, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.","Yourself and family are invited to attend the feast of Mondamin corn festival. n.p.: Staunton, Va.: J. Harry Drechsler, pr., [1890], 1890. JAMES MADISON UNIV's Catalog, EBSCOhost (accessed May 2, 2017)."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1830-2011, is comprised of more than 300 individual letters. The majority of the earlier ones involve Sarah \"Sallie\" Scott Bassett and/or her husband R.H. Bassett. Together their combined correspondence comprises eight folders and spans the years 1850-1913.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters cover the years of the American Civil War and shed light on how the conflict affected their lives. In addition to letters from Captain R.H. Bassett, there are dozens of notes written home to Sallie from her brother Garrett Scott, brother-in-law Noah Bassett, and her cousin John Nix. All of these men spent time serving in the 4th Texas Regiment of the famed Texas Brigade. While their letters contain minimal military focused discussions, they do highlight camp life, personal struggles of being separated from each other, personal and public incidents, and family news. The military discussion is really limited to mention of the dead and wounded from battles and engagements. However, R.H. does write a letter to Sallie as he arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg. He expresses excitement to build off the Confederates successes that afternoon. Battles and engagements discussed include Antietam (September 17, 1862), Chancellorsville (April 30 to May 6, 1863), Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), and Chickamauga (September 18–20, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizzie Scott Neblett was the older sister of Sallie Bassett and many letters between the sisters not previously examined, both before and after the American Civil War, can be found within this collection. Their letters shed light on relationship struggles, farm life, local news, and family connections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile few in number, the surviving letters of Lizzie and Sallie's father, James Scott, provide significant insight into Texas prior to its in 1846. In the first, James writes his wife, Sarah, from the convention in Austin, Texas, where the debates about joining the United States were taking place. He offers few specifics as \"Nothing in which you would take any interest has occurred here and therefore I will not say anything about the proceedings…\" In second of these letters, James is writing to a Colonel B. Rush Wallace and gets far more political in discussion and tone. He talks at length about concern over the merits of becoming Whig or Democrat once they are thrust into the existing political climate of their new nation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest is an 1888 letter written by Ida Carter, presumably William M. and Belle Bassett Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf the twentieth-century correspondence, most of it was sent or received by Chas Blackley. While his letters span most of the century, the bulk are centered between the years 1930-1944. The letters that Chas Blackley wrote while visiting Europe in 1934 are of particular interest due to the changing political climate with the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Through his correspondence, diaries, and photographs there is an opportunity to see an American view of this transformative time. In one letter to his sister, Mary, dated August 21, Chas Blackley writes of the hanging of Nazis in Vienna, Austria for a failed coup that took place mere weeks before his arrival and that it \"has retarded history making considerably.\" He also spoke of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHeimwehr\u003c/emph\u003e, the home guard, patrolling the streets with their rifles and \"keeping a sharp to windward.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2015, is comprised of personal papers, diaries, and other documents that highlight the careers and interests of the family members. R.H. Bassett's papers include Confederate government and military documents pertaining to promotions, recruitment, and resignation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother unique piece of this collection from the early period is the Belle Bassett Diary, 1873-1879, which offers a glimpse of the post-war years for a child growing up in the South.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChas Blackley, in addition to his letters from the trip to Europe, also kept a diary of his experiences. This diary covers the personal and public incidents of his travels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information about individual members of family is available here in the form of detailed histories of specific family lines (Blackley, Bassett, Hoge, etc.), through family trees, and biographical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note from Chas Blackley are the many manuscripts of novels and plays that he wrote in the early-to-mid 1930s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004, houses many unique items such as hundreds of stamps (U.S., Confederate, and international), brochures, certificates, awards, diplomas, and pamphlets from events such as the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, and dance cards. The aforementioned diplomas and certificates document the Blackley family's achievements and graduations from various schools and universities, including the University of Virginia, the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg, and Virginia Tech. Many of the manuals and booklets used in Chas' various military training can be found in this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also newspaper clippings that share stories directly related to family members or address significant events of the time. These include awards won by the family, news about new jobs or graduations, historic events like D-Day, and John F. Kennedy's assassination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne of the more locally relevant pieces is a pamphlet entitled \"Dedication of the Shenandoah National Park\" (1936). It lists the planned dedication speech from President Franklin D. Roosevelt given at Big Meadows as the key event.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series also includes one oversize box of 3D ephemeral objects. Objects of interest include a Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie camera (1917-1926) owned by Chas Blackley and inscribed with the names of Blackley and the SS \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGertrude Kellogg\u003c/emph\u003e, Dr. Charles Coatesworth Phillips' small leather medicine case with glass bottles that he took on house calls, several pairs of glasses, a glass plate photograph of Susie E. Phillips, and assorted World's Fair ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStored separately are multiple flags that are likely from Chas' 1930 voyage in the Pacific. There is a large and small Japanese flag, a small Chinese [pre-communist revolution] flag, and a small Philippine national flag. An additional flag dates to WWI and features the United States flag surrounded by smaller flags of all our allies from that conflict.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4, Photographs, circa 1861-1989, includes photographic prints, negatives, and slides that document the Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia. Files are arranged chronologically and undated groupings of images are listed alphabetically at the end of the series. Files are labeled to reflect the subject of the photos; original arrangement and description of people and places as received from the donor was maintained whenever possible. Some photographs contain identifying text written on the back of the image, though many photos are unidentified. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs within this series document Chas Blackley's trips to Asia and the Pacific in 1930 as well as his journey through Europe in 1934. Other photographs document the Civilian Military Training Camp (CMTC) experience at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, from 1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs created by or picturing Catherine Matthews Blackley contain images of campus and student life at the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now JMU) dating from the early 1930s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931, is comprised of one scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett, and three scrapbooks created by Chas Blackley. The scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett dates from 1862-1869 and contains mostly newspaper clippings related to Bassett's work in local and state politics in Grimes County, Texas, after a wound at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1864 ended his role in the American Civil War. \nThe three remaining scrapbooks were created by Chas Blackley, and document aspects of his life in the years between 1928-1931. The CTMC and VMI scrapbook documents Chas Blackley's military training at the Citizen's Military Training Camp (CTMC) from 1927-1929 as well as his time enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Two scrapbooks document Chas Blackley's 1930 travels with childhood friend  George Earman throughout the Pacific and multiple Asian nations aboard the steamer SS \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGertrude Kellogg\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series largely documents Chas Blackley's involvement with radio stations WSVA and WTON and comprises photographs, correspondence, and printed ephemera. A file concerning Susan Blackley, Chas Blackley's daughter, is included and relate to her work as the horticulturalist for the city of Staunton. Photographs document Susan's time as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes newspaper clippings covering Susan's work as a horticulturist for Staunton as well as photographs of Susan as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes negatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes negatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComprises papers and photographs related to the immediate and extended Blackley family. Materials also concern the Fry and Matthews families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Eugene Fry, father of Patricia Fry Blackley.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1830-2011, is comprised of more than 300 individual letters. The majority of the earlier ones involve Sarah \"Sallie\" Scott Bassett and/or her husband R.H. Bassett. Together their combined correspondence comprises eight folders and spans the years 1850-1913.","These letters cover the years of the American Civil War and shed light on how the conflict affected their lives. In addition to letters from Captain R.H. Bassett, there are dozens of notes written home to Sallie from her brother Garrett Scott, brother-in-law Noah Bassett, and her cousin John Nix. All of these men spent time serving in the 4th Texas Regiment of the famed Texas Brigade. While their letters contain minimal military focused discussions, they do highlight camp life, personal struggles of being separated from each other, personal and public incidents, and family news. The military discussion is really limited to mention of the dead and wounded from battles and engagements. However, R.H. does write a letter to Sallie as he arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg. He expresses excitement to build off the Confederates successes that afternoon. Battles and engagements discussed include Antietam (September 17, 1862), Chancellorsville (April 30 to May 6, 1863), Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), and Chickamauga (September 18–20, 1863).","Lizzie Scott Neblett was the older sister of Sallie Bassett and many letters between the sisters not previously examined, both before and after the American Civil War, can be found within this collection. Their letters shed light on relationship struggles, farm life, local news, and family connections.","While few in number, the surviving letters of Lizzie and Sallie's father, James Scott, provide significant insight into Texas prior to its in 1846. In the first, James writes his wife, Sarah, from the convention in Austin, Texas, where the debates about joining the United States were taking place. He offers few specifics as \"Nothing in which you would take any interest has occurred here and therefore I will not say anything about the proceedings…\" In second of these letters, James is writing to a Colonel B. Rush Wallace and gets far more political in discussion and tone. He talks at length about concern over the merits of becoming Whig or Democrat once they are thrust into the existing political climate of their new nation.","Of particular interest is an 1888 letter written by Ida Carter, presumably William M. and Belle Bassett Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.","Of the twentieth-century correspondence, most of it was sent or received by Chas Blackley. While his letters span most of the century, the bulk are centered between the years 1930-1944. The letters that Chas Blackley wrote while visiting Europe in 1934 are of particular interest due to the changing political climate with the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Through his correspondence, diaries, and photographs there is an opportunity to see an American view of this transformative time. In one letter to his sister, Mary, dated August 21, Chas Blackley writes of the hanging of Nazis in Vienna, Austria for a failed coup that took place mere weeks before his arrival and that it \"has retarded history making considerably.\" He also spoke of the Heimwehr, the home guard, patrolling the streets with their rifles and \"keeping a sharp to windward.\"","Series 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2015, is comprised of personal papers, diaries, and other documents that highlight the careers and interests of the family members. R.H. Bassett's papers include Confederate government and military documents pertaining to promotions, recruitment, and resignation.","Another unique piece of this collection from the early period is the Belle Bassett Diary, 1873-1879, which offers a glimpse of the post-war years for a child growing up in the South.","Chas Blackley, in addition to his letters from the trip to Europe, also kept a diary of his experiences. This diary covers the personal and public incidents of his travels.","More information about individual members of family is available here in the form of detailed histories of specific family lines (Blackley, Bassett, Hoge, etc.), through family trees, and biographical information.","Other items of note from Chas Blackley are the many manuscripts of novels and plays that he wrote in the early-to-mid 1930s.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004, houses many unique items such as hundreds of stamps (U.S., Confederate, and international), brochures, certificates, awards, diplomas, and pamphlets from events such as the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, and dance cards. The aforementioned diplomas and certificates document the Blackley family's achievements and graduations from various schools and universities, including the University of Virginia, the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg, and Virginia Tech. Many of the manuals and booklets used in Chas' various military training can be found in this series.","There are also newspaper clippings that share stories directly related to family members or address significant events of the time. These include awards won by the family, news about new jobs or graduations, historic events like D-Day, and John F. Kennedy's assassination.","One of the more locally relevant pieces is a pamphlet entitled \"Dedication of the Shenandoah National Park\" (1936). It lists the planned dedication speech from President Franklin D. Roosevelt given at Big Meadows as the key event.","This series also includes one oversize box of 3D ephemeral objects. Objects of interest include a Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie camera (1917-1926) owned by Chas Blackley and inscribed with the names of Blackley and the SS Gertrude Kellogg, Dr. Charles Coatesworth Phillips' small leather medicine case with glass bottles that he took on house calls, several pairs of glasses, a glass plate photograph of Susie E. Phillips, and assorted World's Fair ephemera.","Stored separately are multiple flags that are likely from Chas' 1930 voyage in the Pacific. There is a large and small Japanese flag, a small Chinese [pre-communist revolution] flag, and a small Philippine national flag. An additional flag dates to WWI and features the United States flag surrounded by smaller flags of all our allies from that conflict.","Series 4, Photographs, circa 1861-1989, includes photographic prints, negatives, and slides that document the Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia. Files are arranged chronologically and undated groupings of images are listed alphabetically at the end of the series. Files are labeled to reflect the subject of the photos; original arrangement and description of people and places as received from the donor was maintained whenever possible. Some photographs contain identifying text written on the back of the image, though many photos are unidentified.","Photographs within this series document Chas Blackley's trips to Asia and the Pacific in 1930 as well as his journey through Europe in 1934. Other photographs document the Civilian Military Training Camp (CMTC) experience at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, from 1928.","Photographs created by or picturing Catherine Matthews Blackley contain images of campus and student life at the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now JMU) dating from the early 1930s.","Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931, is comprised of one scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett, and three scrapbooks created by Chas Blackley. The scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett dates from 1862-1869 and contains mostly newspaper clippings related to Bassett's work in local and state politics in Grimes County, Texas, after a wound at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1864 ended his role in the American Civil War. \nThe three remaining scrapbooks were created by Chas Blackley, and document aspects of his life in the years between 1928-1931. The CTMC and VMI scrapbook documents Chas Blackley's military training at the Citizen's Military Training Camp (CTMC) from 1927-1929 as well as his time enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Two scrapbooks document Chas Blackley's 1930 travels with childhood friend  George Earman throughout the Pacific and multiple Asian nations aboard the steamer SS Gertrude Kellogg.","The series largely documents Chas Blackley's involvement with radio stations WSVA and WTON and comprises photographs, correspondence, and printed ephemera. A file concerning Susan Blackley, Chas Blackley's daughter, is included and relate to her work as the horticulturalist for the city of Staunton. Photographs document Susan's time as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.","Includes newspaper clippings covering Susan's work as a horticulturist for Staunton as well as photographs of Susan as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.","Includes negatives.","Includes negatives.","Comprises papers and photographs related to the immediate and extended Blackley family. Materials also concern the Fry and Matthews families.","Materials related to Eugene Fry, father of Patricia Fry Blackley."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAll published monographs have been cataloged individually and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. Catherine Matthews Blackley's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSchooma'am\u003c/emph\u003e yearbooks were removed and housed with the yearbook collection. 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For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_e73d9f92cf4c9d321a4666b26feddd80\"\u003eThe Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. 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Collection is open for research with the exception of one file contained within the correspondence series that is restricted until January 1, 2035 at the request of the donor.","Access to original media, photographic negatives, and slides contained within this collection is restricted; reformatted access copies of these materials may exist, or researchers may request digital access copies be made.","Please contact the Special Collections Reference Desk before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection (library-special@jmu.edu).","File is restricted from research use until January 1, 2035 at the request of the donor.","Access to original photographic negatives contained within this collection is restricted; reformatted access copies of these materials may exist, or researchers may contact library-special@jmu.edu to request reformatted access copies.","Digital images of nineteenth-century correspondence and papers are available upon request.","Duplicates and out of scope materials were returned to the donor.","Duplicates and out of scope materials were returned to the donor.","The collection is arranged in seven series:","Correspondence, 1830-2011\n      Personal Papers, 1857-2016\n      Ephemera, 1856-2004\n      Photographs, circa 1861-1989\n      Scrapbooks, 1862-1931\n      2020-0121 Accession, 1930s-2019\n      2020-0702 Accession, 1882-2020","Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.","The Blackley Family Papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, and Nix families of mostly Texas and Staunton, Virginia between 1830 and 2016. James Scott (1799-1856) was a Tennessee native and former Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice who married Sarah Lane (1803-1880) and settled in Anderson, Texas. James was a prominent Texas judge who was friends with Davie Crockett. While in Mississippi and Texas, James and Sarah had six children. The eldest, Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" (1833-1917), was born in Mississippi in 1833, Sarah \"Sallie\" (1843-1914), born April 9, 1843 in Texas, and one of their brothers, Garrett (1838-1862), born in 1838, contribute the most to this collection of letters.","Lizzie married William H. Neblett (1826-1871), a farmer and attorney, in 1852. He eventually left her to go fight for the Confederacy. Her domestic struggle on the home front during the Civil War is the subject of Erika L. Murr's book, A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864 (2001).","In 1862, Sallie married Robert Houston \"R.H.\" Bassett (1836-1870). R.H. went on to enlist and serve in the famed Hood's Texas Brigade from 1861 to his wounding in 1864. He worked briefly as the adjutant general to Major General John Bell. While leading the regiment, he was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga by an artillery shell fragment that lodged in his shoulder. This would effectively end his role in the war. Following the conclusion of the conflict and his recovery from the wound, R.H. tried his hand at politics in a bid to represent Grimes County, Texas in Congress. Their first child, Robert, died tragically in 1864 at only eight months old. R.H. died in 1870 because of health complications that appear related to edema.","R.H.'s brother, Noah (1839-1886), also served in the Texas Brigade. The correspondence between R.H., Sallie, and Noah provides a lucid account of the Army of Northern Virginia's major campaigns and operations, including developments related to the Battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga.","Garrett Scott, Sallie Scott's brother, died in action at the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 while serving in the Texas Brigade. His letters from the early years of the war offer yet another perspective of campaign and camp life.","R.H. and Sallie's daughter, Barbara \"Belle\" Bassett (1865-1958), married William Mason Blackley (1863-1898) in 1884 and lived in Staunton, Virginia before moving to Washington, D.C. Research suggests they only had one child, Belle Blackley (1890-1967), whom never married and lived out her life in Washington, D.C. However, an 1888 letter contained in this collection written by Ida Carter, the Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.","The bulk of the twentieth-century material was created by or concerns William Mason Blackley's nephew, Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. (1909-1999), his wife Catherine Matthews Blackley (1914-2010), and their son and daughter-in-law Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley (b. 1951) and Patricia Fry Blackley (b. 1952).","Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1909. His parents died from the Spanish Flu when he was 10. Their deaths required Chas and his sister Mary Gilkeson Blackley to move in with their aunt, Fannie Blackley Cushing in Staunton. These materials cover his travels throughout the Pacific and Asia aboard a \"tramp steamer\" with boyhood friend, George Earman in 1930, his 1927-1929 military training in the little discussed Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC), time at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), his 1934 travels in Europe, World War II military service, and ownership and operation of WSVA, the first radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chas sold his share in WSVA and moved to Staunton, Virginia where he started the WTON radio station. Beyond his official jobs, Chas spent much of the early 1930s as an amateur playwright and author. Chas and Catherine Matthews were married in 1938.","While traveling Europe via train in 1934, Chas met David Kahn, a young Presbyterian judge of Indian descent. They would become lifelong friends. Mr. Kahn went on to become a governor of an Indian province under British rule and later head the Department of Sanitation for Calcutta. He and his wife visited their children, who had moved to the United States, and Mr. and Mrs. Blackley often until his health would not allow it. Evidence of their lifelong friendship can be found most clearly in this collection's correspondence and photographs.","Chas' WWII experience saw him drafted at age 35 and shipped to Camp Crowder, Missouri for training. He would eventually be transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a private in the basement of the Pentagon. According this son, his superiors frequently called him upstairs to request autographed photos of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) celebrities. He was able to oblige them because of WSVA's status as an ABC affiliate.","Catherine Matthews Blackley was originally from Cambridge, Maryland and came to the Shenandoah Valley to attend the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). She graduated in 1935 with a degree in home economics. For a short time she taught in Norfolk, Virginia before marrying Chas Blackley in 1938 and buying a home on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg. After Chas was drafted and shipped to Camp Crowder, Mrs. Blackley traveled to Neosho, Missouri to be with her husband. While in Missouri, she volunteered with the Red Cross to help care for wounded soldiers. She continued this service after Mr. Blackley was transferred to Washington, D.C. After the war, they returned to the Valley and Catherine became a member of the Staunton School Board and was very active in volunteer work.","Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley Jr. was a professional engineer and graduate of Virginia Tech. He provided services in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Chuck married Patricia Fry in 1971. At the time he sold his office it was the largest engineering company in the region outside of Richmond, Roanoke, and Northern Virginia.","Patricia Fry Blackley graduated from James Madison University in 1987 and became a licensed real estate appraiser. After Chuck stepped away from his engineering office he teamed up with his wife and the couple became full-time photographers and writers. Their work can be found in hundreds of magazines, books, and calendars.","The collection as a whole required only limited preservation treatment. Some of the correspondence and papers did require Mylar sleeves. The 3D objects are housed together in one box with special housings created to protect them long-term. Most of the nineteenth-century letters required flattening to make them more accessible and to allow for proper digitization as per the donor agreement. Also, many of the diplomas and older photographs were removed from their frames for proper storage. Original order of materials was maintained wherever possible, taking into account provenance, storage needs, and accessibility for researchers.","Photographs and cabinet cards were removed from a leather photo album with \"Fannie S. Blackley Session 1881-'82\" embossed on the front cover. Some of the cabinet cards were identified with a Post-It note. Those identifications were written in pencil on the back of the cabinet cards. The photo album was not retained due to significant condition issues.","Charles C. Phillips Civil War Papers. MS 0327. Virginia Military Institute Archives.","Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.","Lizzie Scott Neblett Papers, 1848-1935, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.","Yourself and family are invited to attend the feast of Mondamin corn festival. n.p.: Staunton, Va.: J. Harry Drechsler, pr., [1890], 1890. JAMES MADISON UNIV's Catalog, EBSCOhost (accessed May 2, 2017).","The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1830-2011, is comprised of more than 300 individual letters. The majority of the earlier ones involve Sarah \"Sallie\" Scott Bassett and/or her husband R.H. Bassett. Together their combined correspondence comprises eight folders and spans the years 1850-1913.","These letters cover the years of the American Civil War and shed light on how the conflict affected their lives. In addition to letters from Captain R.H. Bassett, there are dozens of notes written home to Sallie from her brother Garrett Scott, brother-in-law Noah Bassett, and her cousin John Nix. All of these men spent time serving in the 4th Texas Regiment of the famed Texas Brigade. While their letters contain minimal military focused discussions, they do highlight camp life, personal struggles of being separated from each other, personal and public incidents, and family news. The military discussion is really limited to mention of the dead and wounded from battles and engagements. However, R.H. does write a letter to Sallie as he arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg. He expresses excitement to build off the Confederates successes that afternoon. Battles and engagements discussed include Antietam (September 17, 1862), Chancellorsville (April 30 to May 6, 1863), Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), and Chickamauga (September 18–20, 1863).","Lizzie Scott Neblett was the older sister of Sallie Bassett and many letters between the sisters not previously examined, both before and after the American Civil War, can be found within this collection. Their letters shed light on relationship struggles, farm life, local news, and family connections.","While few in number, the surviving letters of Lizzie and Sallie's father, James Scott, provide significant insight into Texas prior to its in 1846. In the first, James writes his wife, Sarah, from the convention in Austin, Texas, where the debates about joining the United States were taking place. He offers few specifics as \"Nothing in which you would take any interest has occurred here and therefore I will not say anything about the proceedings…\" In second of these letters, James is writing to a Colonel B. Rush Wallace and gets far more political in discussion and tone. He talks at length about concern over the merits of becoming Whig or Democrat once they are thrust into the existing political climate of their new nation.","Of particular interest is an 1888 letter written by Ida Carter, presumably William M. and Belle Bassett Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.","Of the twentieth-century correspondence, most of it was sent or received by Chas Blackley. While his letters span most of the century, the bulk are centered between the years 1930-1944. The letters that Chas Blackley wrote while visiting Europe in 1934 are of particular interest due to the changing political climate with the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Through his correspondence, diaries, and photographs there is an opportunity to see an American view of this transformative time. In one letter to his sister, Mary, dated August 21, Chas Blackley writes of the hanging of Nazis in Vienna, Austria for a failed coup that took place mere weeks before his arrival and that it \"has retarded history making considerably.\" He also spoke of the Heimwehr, the home guard, patrolling the streets with their rifles and \"keeping a sharp to windward.\"","Series 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2015, is comprised of personal papers, diaries, and other documents that highlight the careers and interests of the family members. R.H. Bassett's papers include Confederate government and military documents pertaining to promotions, recruitment, and resignation.","Another unique piece of this collection from the early period is the Belle Bassett Diary, 1873-1879, which offers a glimpse of the post-war years for a child growing up in the South.","Chas Blackley, in addition to his letters from the trip to Europe, also kept a diary of his experiences. This diary covers the personal and public incidents of his travels.","More information about individual members of family is available here in the form of detailed histories of specific family lines (Blackley, Bassett, Hoge, etc.), through family trees, and biographical information.","Other items of note from Chas Blackley are the many manuscripts of novels and plays that he wrote in the early-to-mid 1930s.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004, houses many unique items such as hundreds of stamps (U.S., Confederate, and international), brochures, certificates, awards, diplomas, and pamphlets from events such as the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, and dance cards. The aforementioned diplomas and certificates document the Blackley family's achievements and graduations from various schools and universities, including the University of Virginia, the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg, and Virginia Tech. Many of the manuals and booklets used in Chas' various military training can be found in this series.","There are also newspaper clippings that share stories directly related to family members or address significant events of the time. These include awards won by the family, news about new jobs or graduations, historic events like D-Day, and John F. Kennedy's assassination.","One of the more locally relevant pieces is a pamphlet entitled \"Dedication of the Shenandoah National Park\" (1936). It lists the planned dedication speech from President Franklin D. Roosevelt given at Big Meadows as the key event.","This series also includes one oversize box of 3D ephemeral objects. Objects of interest include a Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie camera (1917-1926) owned by Chas Blackley and inscribed with the names of Blackley and the SS Gertrude Kellogg, Dr. Charles Coatesworth Phillips' small leather medicine case with glass bottles that he took on house calls, several pairs of glasses, a glass plate photograph of Susie E. Phillips, and assorted World's Fair ephemera.","Stored separately are multiple flags that are likely from Chas' 1930 voyage in the Pacific. There is a large and small Japanese flag, a small Chinese [pre-communist revolution] flag, and a small Philippine national flag. An additional flag dates to WWI and features the United States flag surrounded by smaller flags of all our allies from that conflict.","Series 4, Photographs, circa 1861-1989, includes photographic prints, negatives, and slides that document the Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia. Files are arranged chronologically and undated groupings of images are listed alphabetically at the end of the series. Files are labeled to reflect the subject of the photos; original arrangement and description of people and places as received from the donor was maintained whenever possible. Some photographs contain identifying text written on the back of the image, though many photos are unidentified.","Photographs within this series document Chas Blackley's trips to Asia and the Pacific in 1930 as well as his journey through Europe in 1934. Other photographs document the Civilian Military Training Camp (CMTC) experience at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, from 1928.","Photographs created by or picturing Catherine Matthews Blackley contain images of campus and student life at the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now JMU) dating from the early 1930s.","Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931, is comprised of one scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett, and three scrapbooks created by Chas Blackley. The scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett dates from 1862-1869 and contains mostly newspaper clippings related to Bassett's work in local and state politics in Grimes County, Texas, after a wound at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1864 ended his role in the American Civil War. \nThe three remaining scrapbooks were created by Chas Blackley, and document aspects of his life in the years between 1928-1931. The CTMC and VMI scrapbook documents Chas Blackley's military training at the Citizen's Military Training Camp (CTMC) from 1927-1929 as well as his time enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Two scrapbooks document Chas Blackley's 1930 travels with childhood friend  George Earman throughout the Pacific and multiple Asian nations aboard the steamer SS Gertrude Kellogg.","The series largely documents Chas Blackley's involvement with radio stations WSVA and WTON and comprises photographs, correspondence, and printed ephemera. A file concerning Susan Blackley, Chas Blackley's daughter, is included and relate to her work as the horticulturalist for the city of Staunton. Photographs document Susan's time as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.","Includes newspaper clippings covering Susan's work as a horticulturist for Staunton as well as photographs of Susan as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.","Includes negatives.","Includes negatives.","Comprises papers and photographs related to the immediate and extended Blackley family. Materials also concern the Fry and Matthews families.","Materials related to Eugene Fry, father of Patricia Fry Blackley.","All published monographs have been cataloged individually and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. Catherine Matthews Blackley's Schooma'am yearbooks were removed and housed with the yearbook collection. They are retained due to heavy annotations.","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 Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Students","United States. War Department. Citizens' Military Training Camps","Virginia Military Institute -- Students","Confederate States of America. Army. 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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Blackley Family Papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, and Nix families of mostly Texas and Staunton, Virginia between 1830 and 2016. James Scott (1799-1856) was a Tennessee native and former Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice who married Sarah Lane (1803-1880) and settled in Anderson, Texas. James was a prominent Texas judge who was friends with Davie Crockett. While in Mississippi and Texas, James and Sarah had six children. The eldest, Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" (1833-1917), was born in Mississippi in 1833, Sarah \"Sallie\" (1843-1914), born April 9, 1843 in Texas, and one of their brothers, Garrett (1838-1862), born in 1838, contribute the most to this collection of letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizzie married William H. Neblett (1826-1871), a farmer and attorney, in 1852. He eventually left her to go fight for the Confederacy. Her domestic struggle on the home front during the Civil War is the subject of Erika L. Murr's book, A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864 (2001).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1862, Sallie married Robert Houston \"R.H.\" Bassett (1836-1870). R.H. went on to enlist and serve in the famed Hood's Texas Brigade from 1861 to his wounding in 1864. He worked briefly as the adjutant general to Major General John Bell. While leading the regiment, he was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga by an artillery shell fragment that lodged in his shoulder. This would effectively end his role in the war. Following the conclusion of the conflict and his recovery from the wound, R.H. tried his hand at politics in a bid to represent Grimes County, Texas in Congress. Their first child, Robert, died tragically in 1864 at only eight months old. R.H. died in 1870 because of health complications that appear related to edema.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.H.'s brother, Noah (1839-1886), also served in the Texas Brigade. The correspondence between R.H., Sallie, and Noah provides a lucid account of the Army of Northern Virginia's major campaigns and operations, including developments related to the Battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarrett Scott, Sallie Scott's brother, died in action at the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 while serving in the Texas Brigade. His letters from the early years of the war offer yet another perspective of campaign and camp life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.H. and Sallie's daughter, Barbara \"Belle\" Bassett (1865-1958), married William Mason Blackley (1863-1898) in 1884 and lived in Staunton, Virginia before moving to Washington, D.C. Research suggests they only had one child, Belle Blackley (1890-1967), whom never married and lived out her life in Washington, D.C. However, an 1888 letter contained in this collection written by Ida Carter, the Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the twentieth-century material was created by or concerns William Mason Blackley's nephew, Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. (1909-1999), his wife Catherine Matthews Blackley (1914-2010), and their son and daughter-in-law Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley (b. 1951) and Patricia Fry Blackley (b. 1952).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1909. His parents died from the Spanish Flu when he was 10. Their deaths required Chas and his sister Mary Gilkeson Blackley to move in with their aunt, Fannie Blackley Cushing in Staunton. These materials cover his travels throughout the Pacific and Asia aboard a \"tramp steamer\" with boyhood friend, George Earman in 1930, his 1927-1929 military training in the little discussed Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC), time at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), his 1934 travels in Europe, World War II military service, and ownership and operation of WSVA, the first radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chas sold his share in WSVA and moved to Staunton, Virginia where he started the WTON radio station. Beyond his official jobs, Chas spent much of the early 1930s as an amateur playwright and author. Chas and Catherine Matthews were married in 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile traveling Europe via train in 1934, Chas met David Kahn, a young Presbyterian judge of Indian descent. They would become lifelong friends. Mr. Kahn went on to become a governor of an Indian province under British rule and later head the Department of Sanitation for Calcutta. He and his wife visited their children, who had moved to the United States, and Mr. and Mrs. Blackley often until his health would not allow it. Evidence of their lifelong friendship can be found most clearly in this collection's correspondence and photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChas' WWII experience saw him drafted at age 35 and shipped to Camp Crowder, Missouri for training. He would eventually be transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a private in the basement of the Pentagon. According this son, his superiors frequently called him upstairs to request autographed photos of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) celebrities. He was able to oblige them because of WSVA's status as an ABC affiliate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCatherine Matthews Blackley was originally from Cambridge, Maryland and came to the Shenandoah Valley to attend the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). She graduated in 1935 with a degree in home economics. For a short time she taught in Norfolk, Virginia before marrying Chas Blackley in 1938 and buying a home on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg. After Chas was drafted and shipped to Camp Crowder, Mrs. Blackley traveled to Neosho, Missouri to be with her husband. While in Missouri, she volunteered with the Red Cross to help care for wounded soldiers. She continued this service after Mr. Blackley was transferred to Washington, D.C. After the war, they returned to the Valley and Catherine became a member of the Staunton School Board and was very active in volunteer work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley Jr. was a professional engineer and graduate of Virginia Tech. He provided services in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Chuck married Patricia Fry in 1971. At the time he sold his office it was the largest engineering company in the region outside of Richmond, Roanoke, and Northern Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatricia Fry Blackley graduated from James Madison University in 1987 and became a licensed real estate appraiser. After Chuck stepped away from his engineering office he teamed up with his wife and the couple became full-time photographers and writers. Their work can be found in hundreds of magazines, books, and calendars.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Blackley Family Papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, and Nix families of mostly Texas and Staunton, Virginia between 1830 and 2016. James Scott (1799-1856) was a Tennessee native and former Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice who married Sarah Lane (1803-1880) and settled in Anderson, Texas. James was a prominent Texas judge who was friends with Davie Crockett. While in Mississippi and Texas, James and Sarah had six children. The eldest, Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" (1833-1917), was born in Mississippi in 1833, Sarah \"Sallie\" (1843-1914), born April 9, 1843 in Texas, and one of their brothers, Garrett (1838-1862), born in 1838, contribute the most to this collection of letters.","Lizzie married William H. Neblett (1826-1871), a farmer and attorney, in 1852. He eventually left her to go fight for the Confederacy. Her domestic struggle on the home front during the Civil War is the subject of Erika L. Murr's book, A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864 (2001).","In 1862, Sallie married Robert Houston \"R.H.\" Bassett (1836-1870). R.H. went on to enlist and serve in the famed Hood's Texas Brigade from 1861 to his wounding in 1864. He worked briefly as the adjutant general to Major General John Bell. While leading the regiment, he was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga by an artillery shell fragment that lodged in his shoulder. This would effectively end his role in the war. Following the conclusion of the conflict and his recovery from the wound, R.H. tried his hand at politics in a bid to represent Grimes County, Texas in Congress. Their first child, Robert, died tragically in 1864 at only eight months old. R.H. died in 1870 because of health complications that appear related to edema.","R.H.'s brother, Noah (1839-1886), also served in the Texas Brigade. The correspondence between R.H., Sallie, and Noah provides a lucid account of the Army of Northern Virginia's major campaigns and operations, including developments related to the Battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga.","Garrett Scott, Sallie Scott's brother, died in action at the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 while serving in the Texas Brigade. His letters from the early years of the war offer yet another perspective of campaign and camp life.","R.H. and Sallie's daughter, Barbara \"Belle\" Bassett (1865-1958), married William Mason Blackley (1863-1898) in 1884 and lived in Staunton, Virginia before moving to Washington, D.C. Research suggests they only had one child, Belle Blackley (1890-1967), whom never married and lived out her life in Washington, D.C. However, an 1888 letter contained in this collection written by Ida Carter, the Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.","The bulk of the twentieth-century material was created by or concerns William Mason Blackley's nephew, Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. (1909-1999), his wife Catherine Matthews Blackley (1914-2010), and their son and daughter-in-law Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley (b. 1951) and Patricia Fry Blackley (b. 1952).","Charles \"Chas\" Phillips Blackley Sr. was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1909. His parents died from the Spanish Flu when he was 10. Their deaths required Chas and his sister Mary Gilkeson Blackley to move in with their aunt, Fannie Blackley Cushing in Staunton. These materials cover his travels throughout the Pacific and Asia aboard a \"tramp steamer\" with boyhood friend, George Earman in 1930, his 1927-1929 military training in the little discussed Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC), time at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), his 1934 travels in Europe, World War II military service, and ownership and operation of WSVA, the first radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chas sold his share in WSVA and moved to Staunton, Virginia where he started the WTON radio station. Beyond his official jobs, Chas spent much of the early 1930s as an amateur playwright and author. Chas and Catherine Matthews were married in 1938.","While traveling Europe via train in 1934, Chas met David Kahn, a young Presbyterian judge of Indian descent. They would become lifelong friends. Mr. Kahn went on to become a governor of an Indian province under British rule and later head the Department of Sanitation for Calcutta. He and his wife visited their children, who had moved to the United States, and Mr. and Mrs. Blackley often until his health would not allow it. Evidence of their lifelong friendship can be found most clearly in this collection's correspondence and photographs.","Chas' WWII experience saw him drafted at age 35 and shipped to Camp Crowder, Missouri for training. He would eventually be transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a private in the basement of the Pentagon. According this son, his superiors frequently called him upstairs to request autographed photos of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) celebrities. He was able to oblige them because of WSVA's status as an ABC affiliate.","Catherine Matthews Blackley was originally from Cambridge, Maryland and came to the Shenandoah Valley to attend the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). She graduated in 1935 with a degree in home economics. For a short time she taught in Norfolk, Virginia before marrying Chas Blackley in 1938 and buying a home on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg. After Chas was drafted and shipped to Camp Crowder, Mrs. Blackley traveled to Neosho, Missouri to be with her husband. While in Missouri, she volunteered with the Red Cross to help care for wounded soldiers. She continued this service after Mr. Blackley was transferred to Washington, D.C. After the war, they returned to the Valley and Catherine became a member of the Staunton School Board and was very active in volunteer work.","Charles \"Chuck\" Phillips Blackley Jr. was a professional engineer and graduate of Virginia Tech. He provided services in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Chuck married Patricia Fry in 1971. At the time he sold his office it was the largest engineering company in the region outside of Richmond, Roanoke, and Northern Virginia.","Patricia Fry Blackley graduated from James Madison University in 1987 and became a licensed real estate appraiser. After Chuck stepped away from his engineering office he teamed up with his wife and the couple became full-time photographers and writers. Their work can be found in hundreds of magazines, books, and calendars."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, SC 0232, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, SC 0232, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection as a whole required only limited preservation treatment. Some of the correspondence and papers did require Mylar sleeves. The 3D objects are housed together in one box with special housings created to protect them long-term. Most of the nineteenth-century letters required flattening to make them more accessible and to allow for proper digitization as per the donor agreement. Also, many of the diplomas and older photographs were removed from their frames for proper storage. Original order of materials was maintained wherever possible, taking into account provenance, storage needs, and accessibility for researchers.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs and cabinet cards were removed from a leather photo album with \"Fannie S. Blackley Session 1881-'82\" embossed on the front cover. Some of the cabinet cards were identified with a Post-It note. Those identifications were written in pencil on the back of the cabinet cards. The photo album was not retained due to significant condition issues.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The collection as a whole required only limited preservation treatment. Some of the correspondence and papers did require Mylar sleeves. The 3D objects are housed together in one box with special housings created to protect them long-term. Most of the nineteenth-century letters required flattening to make them more accessible and to allow for proper digitization as per the donor agreement. Also, many of the diplomas and older photographs were removed from their frames for proper storage. Original order of materials was maintained wherever possible, taking into account provenance, storage needs, and accessibility for researchers.","Photographs and cabinet cards were removed from a leather photo album with \"Fannie S. Blackley Session 1881-'82\" embossed on the front cover. Some of the cabinet cards were identified with a Post-It note. Those identifications were written in pencil on the back of the cabinet cards. The photo album was not retained due to significant condition issues."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref type=\"simple\" actuate=\"onRequest\" show=\"new\" href=\"http://archivesspace.vmi.edu/repositories/3/resources/780\"\u003eCharles C. Phillips Civil War Papers. MS 0327. Virginia Military Institute Archives.\u003c/extref\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMurr, Erika, L., ed., \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864\u003c/emph\u003e. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cextref type=\"simple\" actuate=\"onRequest\" show=\"new\" href=\"http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00426/cah-00426.html\"\u003eLizzie Scott Neblett Papers, 1848-1935, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.\u003c/extref\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eYourself and family are invited to attend the feast of Mondamin corn festival\u003c/emph\u003e. n.p.: Staunton, Va.: J. Harry Drechsler, pr., [1890], 1890. JAMES MADISON UNIV's Catalog, EBSCOhost (accessed May 2, 2017).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Charles C. Phillips Civil War Papers. MS 0327. Virginia Military Institute Archives.","Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.","Lizzie Scott Neblett Papers, 1848-1935, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.","Yourself and family are invited to attend the feast of Mondamin corn festival. n.p.: Staunton, Va.: J. Harry Drechsler, pr., [1890], 1890. JAMES MADISON UNIV's Catalog, EBSCOhost (accessed May 2, 2017)."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1830-2011, is comprised of more than 300 individual letters. The majority of the earlier ones involve Sarah \"Sallie\" Scott Bassett and/or her husband R.H. Bassett. Together their combined correspondence comprises eight folders and spans the years 1850-1913.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters cover the years of the American Civil War and shed light on how the conflict affected their lives. In addition to letters from Captain R.H. Bassett, there are dozens of notes written home to Sallie from her brother Garrett Scott, brother-in-law Noah Bassett, and her cousin John Nix. All of these men spent time serving in the 4th Texas Regiment of the famed Texas Brigade. While their letters contain minimal military focused discussions, they do highlight camp life, personal struggles of being separated from each other, personal and public incidents, and family news. The military discussion is really limited to mention of the dead and wounded from battles and engagements. However, R.H. does write a letter to Sallie as he arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg. He expresses excitement to build off the Confederates successes that afternoon. Battles and engagements discussed include Antietam (September 17, 1862), Chancellorsville (April 30 to May 6, 1863), Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), and Chickamauga (September 18–20, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLizzie Scott Neblett was the older sister of Sallie Bassett and many letters between the sisters not previously examined, both before and after the American Civil War, can be found within this collection. Their letters shed light on relationship struggles, farm life, local news, and family connections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile few in number, the surviving letters of Lizzie and Sallie's father, James Scott, provide significant insight into Texas prior to its in 1846. In the first, James writes his wife, Sarah, from the convention in Austin, Texas, where the debates about joining the United States were taking place. He offers few specifics as \"Nothing in which you would take any interest has occurred here and therefore I will not say anything about the proceedings…\" In second of these letters, James is writing to a Colonel B. Rush Wallace and gets far more political in discussion and tone. He talks at length about concern over the merits of becoming Whig or Democrat once they are thrust into the existing political climate of their new nation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest is an 1888 letter written by Ida Carter, presumably William M. and Belle Bassett Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf the twentieth-century correspondence, most of it was sent or received by Chas Blackley. While his letters span most of the century, the bulk are centered between the years 1930-1944. The letters that Chas Blackley wrote while visiting Europe in 1934 are of particular interest due to the changing political climate with the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Through his correspondence, diaries, and photographs there is an opportunity to see an American view of this transformative time. In one letter to his sister, Mary, dated August 21, Chas Blackley writes of the hanging of Nazis in Vienna, Austria for a failed coup that took place mere weeks before his arrival and that it \"has retarded history making considerably.\" He also spoke of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHeimwehr\u003c/emph\u003e, the home guard, patrolling the streets with their rifles and \"keeping a sharp to windward.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2015, is comprised of personal papers, diaries, and other documents that highlight the careers and interests of the family members. R.H. Bassett's papers include Confederate government and military documents pertaining to promotions, recruitment, and resignation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother unique piece of this collection from the early period is the Belle Bassett Diary, 1873-1879, which offers a glimpse of the post-war years for a child growing up in the South.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChas Blackley, in addition to his letters from the trip to Europe, also kept a diary of his experiences. This diary covers the personal and public incidents of his travels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information about individual members of family is available here in the form of detailed histories of specific family lines (Blackley, Bassett, Hoge, etc.), through family trees, and biographical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note from Chas Blackley are the many manuscripts of novels and plays that he wrote in the early-to-mid 1930s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004, houses many unique items such as hundreds of stamps (U.S., Confederate, and international), brochures, certificates, awards, diplomas, and pamphlets from events such as the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, and dance cards. The aforementioned diplomas and certificates document the Blackley family's achievements and graduations from various schools and universities, including the University of Virginia, the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg, and Virginia Tech. Many of the manuals and booklets used in Chas' various military training can be found in this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also newspaper clippings that share stories directly related to family members or address significant events of the time. These include awards won by the family, news about new jobs or graduations, historic events like D-Day, and John F. Kennedy's assassination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne of the more locally relevant pieces is a pamphlet entitled \"Dedication of the Shenandoah National Park\" (1936). It lists the planned dedication speech from President Franklin D. Roosevelt given at Big Meadows as the key event.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series also includes one oversize box of 3D ephemeral objects. Objects of interest include a Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie camera (1917-1926) owned by Chas Blackley and inscribed with the names of Blackley and the SS \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGertrude Kellogg\u003c/emph\u003e, Dr. Charles Coatesworth Phillips' small leather medicine case with glass bottles that he took on house calls, several pairs of glasses, a glass plate photograph of Susie E. Phillips, and assorted World's Fair ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStored separately are multiple flags that are likely from Chas' 1930 voyage in the Pacific. There is a large and small Japanese flag, a small Chinese [pre-communist revolution] flag, and a small Philippine national flag. An additional flag dates to WWI and features the United States flag surrounded by smaller flags of all our allies from that conflict.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4, Photographs, circa 1861-1989, includes photographic prints, negatives, and slides that document the Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia. Files are arranged chronologically and undated groupings of images are listed alphabetically at the end of the series. Files are labeled to reflect the subject of the photos; original arrangement and description of people and places as received from the donor was maintained whenever possible. Some photographs contain identifying text written on the back of the image, though many photos are unidentified. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs within this series document Chas Blackley's trips to Asia and the Pacific in 1930 as well as his journey through Europe in 1934. Other photographs document the Civilian Military Training Camp (CMTC) experience at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, from 1928.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs created by or picturing Catherine Matthews Blackley contain images of campus and student life at the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now JMU) dating from the early 1930s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931, is comprised of one scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett, and three scrapbooks created by Chas Blackley. The scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett dates from 1862-1869 and contains mostly newspaper clippings related to Bassett's work in local and state politics in Grimes County, Texas, after a wound at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1864 ended his role in the American Civil War. \nThe three remaining scrapbooks were created by Chas Blackley, and document aspects of his life in the years between 1928-1931. The CTMC and VMI scrapbook documents Chas Blackley's military training at the Citizen's Military Training Camp (CTMC) from 1927-1929 as well as his time enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Two scrapbooks document Chas Blackley's 1930 travels with childhood friend  George Earman throughout the Pacific and multiple Asian nations aboard the steamer SS \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGertrude Kellogg\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series largely documents Chas Blackley's involvement with radio stations WSVA and WTON and comprises photographs, correspondence, and printed ephemera. A file concerning Susan Blackley, Chas Blackley's daughter, is included and relate to her work as the horticulturalist for the city of Staunton. Photographs document Susan's time as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes newspaper clippings covering Susan's work as a horticulturist for Staunton as well as photographs of Susan as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes negatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes negatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComprises papers and photographs related to the immediate and extended Blackley family. Materials also concern the Fry and Matthews families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Eugene Fry, father of Patricia Fry Blackley.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1830-2011, is comprised of more than 300 individual letters. The majority of the earlier ones involve Sarah \"Sallie\" Scott Bassett and/or her husband R.H. Bassett. Together their combined correspondence comprises eight folders and spans the years 1850-1913.","These letters cover the years of the American Civil War and shed light on how the conflict affected their lives. In addition to letters from Captain R.H. Bassett, there are dozens of notes written home to Sallie from her brother Garrett Scott, brother-in-law Noah Bassett, and her cousin John Nix. All of these men spent time serving in the 4th Texas Regiment of the famed Texas Brigade. While their letters contain minimal military focused discussions, they do highlight camp life, personal struggles of being separated from each other, personal and public incidents, and family news. The military discussion is really limited to mention of the dead and wounded from battles and engagements. However, R.H. does write a letter to Sallie as he arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg. He expresses excitement to build off the Confederates successes that afternoon. Battles and engagements discussed include Antietam (September 17, 1862), Chancellorsville (April 30 to May 6, 1863), Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), and Chickamauga (September 18–20, 1863).","Lizzie Scott Neblett was the older sister of Sallie Bassett and many letters between the sisters not previously examined, both before and after the American Civil War, can be found within this collection. Their letters shed light on relationship struggles, farm life, local news, and family connections.","While few in number, the surviving letters of Lizzie and Sallie's father, James Scott, provide significant insight into Texas prior to its in 1846. In the first, James writes his wife, Sarah, from the convention in Austin, Texas, where the debates about joining the United States were taking place. He offers few specifics as \"Nothing in which you would take any interest has occurred here and therefore I will not say anything about the proceedings…\" In second of these letters, James is writing to a Colonel B. Rush Wallace and gets far more political in discussion and tone. He talks at length about concern over the merits of becoming Whig or Democrat once they are thrust into the existing political climate of their new nation.","Of particular interest is an 1888 letter written by Ida Carter, presumably William M. and Belle Bassett Blackley's \"Black Mamy,\" is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter \"Dear Little Bassett.\" This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.","Of the twentieth-century correspondence, most of it was sent or received by Chas Blackley. While his letters span most of the century, the bulk are centered between the years 1930-1944. The letters that Chas Blackley wrote while visiting Europe in 1934 are of particular interest due to the changing political climate with the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Through his correspondence, diaries, and photographs there is an opportunity to see an American view of this transformative time. In one letter to his sister, Mary, dated August 21, Chas Blackley writes of the hanging of Nazis in Vienna, Austria for a failed coup that took place mere weeks before his arrival and that it \"has retarded history making considerably.\" He also spoke of the Heimwehr, the home guard, patrolling the streets with their rifles and \"keeping a sharp to windward.\"","Series 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2015, is comprised of personal papers, diaries, and other documents that highlight the careers and interests of the family members. R.H. Bassett's papers include Confederate government and military documents pertaining to promotions, recruitment, and resignation.","Another unique piece of this collection from the early period is the Belle Bassett Diary, 1873-1879, which offers a glimpse of the post-war years for a child growing up in the South.","Chas Blackley, in addition to his letters from the trip to Europe, also kept a diary of his experiences. This diary covers the personal and public incidents of his travels.","More information about individual members of family is available here in the form of detailed histories of specific family lines (Blackley, Bassett, Hoge, etc.), through family trees, and biographical information.","Other items of note from Chas Blackley are the many manuscripts of novels and plays that he wrote in the early-to-mid 1930s.","Series 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004, houses many unique items such as hundreds of stamps (U.S., Confederate, and international), brochures, certificates, awards, diplomas, and pamphlets from events such as the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, and dance cards. The aforementioned diplomas and certificates document the Blackley family's achievements and graduations from various schools and universities, including the University of Virginia, the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg, and Virginia Tech. Many of the manuals and booklets used in Chas' various military training can be found in this series.","There are also newspaper clippings that share stories directly related to family members or address significant events of the time. These include awards won by the family, news about new jobs or graduations, historic events like D-Day, and John F. Kennedy's assassination.","One of the more locally relevant pieces is a pamphlet entitled \"Dedication of the Shenandoah National Park\" (1936). It lists the planned dedication speech from President Franklin D. Roosevelt given at Big Meadows as the key event.","This series also includes one oversize box of 3D ephemeral objects. Objects of interest include a Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie camera (1917-1926) owned by Chas Blackley and inscribed with the names of Blackley and the SS Gertrude Kellogg, Dr. Charles Coatesworth Phillips' small leather medicine case with glass bottles that he took on house calls, several pairs of glasses, a glass plate photograph of Susie E. Phillips, and assorted World's Fair ephemera.","Stored separately are multiple flags that are likely from Chas' 1930 voyage in the Pacific. There is a large and small Japanese flag, a small Chinese [pre-communist revolution] flag, and a small Philippine national flag. An additional flag dates to WWI and features the United States flag surrounded by smaller flags of all our allies from that conflict.","Series 4, Photographs, circa 1861-1989, includes photographic prints, negatives, and slides that document the Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia. Files are arranged chronologically and undated groupings of images are listed alphabetically at the end of the series. Files are labeled to reflect the subject of the photos; original arrangement and description of people and places as received from the donor was maintained whenever possible. Some photographs contain identifying text written on the back of the image, though many photos are unidentified.","Photographs within this series document Chas Blackley's trips to Asia and the Pacific in 1930 as well as his journey through Europe in 1934. Other photographs document the Civilian Military Training Camp (CMTC) experience at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, from 1928.","Photographs created by or picturing Catherine Matthews Blackley contain images of campus and student life at the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now JMU) dating from the early 1930s.","Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931, is comprised of one scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett, and three scrapbooks created by Chas Blackley. The scrapbook created by R.H. Bassett dates from 1862-1869 and contains mostly newspaper clippings related to Bassett's work in local and state politics in Grimes County, Texas, after a wound at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1864 ended his role in the American Civil War. \nThe three remaining scrapbooks were created by Chas Blackley, and document aspects of his life in the years between 1928-1931. The CTMC and VMI scrapbook documents Chas Blackley's military training at the Citizen's Military Training Camp (CTMC) from 1927-1929 as well as his time enrolled at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Two scrapbooks document Chas Blackley's 1930 travels with childhood friend  George Earman throughout the Pacific and multiple Asian nations aboard the steamer SS Gertrude Kellogg.","The series largely documents Chas Blackley's involvement with radio stations WSVA and WTON and comprises photographs, correspondence, and printed ephemera. A file concerning Susan Blackley, Chas Blackley's daughter, is included and relate to her work as the horticulturalist for the city of Staunton. Photographs document Susan's time as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.","Includes newspaper clippings covering Susan's work as a horticulturist for Staunton as well as photographs of Susan as a bartender at H.A. Winston's in Wilmington, Delaware.","Includes negatives.","Includes negatives.","Comprises papers and photographs related to the immediate and extended Blackley family. Materials also concern the Fry and Matthews families.","Materials related to Eugene Fry, father of Patricia Fry Blackley."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAll published monographs have been cataloged individually and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. Catherine Matthews Blackley's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSchooma'am\u003c/emph\u003e yearbooks were removed and housed with the yearbook collection. They are retained due to heavy annotations.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["All published monographs have been cataloged individually and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. Catherine Matthews Blackley's Schooma'am yearbooks were removed and housed with the yearbook collection. They are retained due to heavy annotations."],"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":["Conditions Governing Use"],"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_e73d9f92cf4c9d321a4666b26feddd80\"\u003eThe Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2020, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","In addition to analog manuscript material, Carol Barton transferred three digital audio files of podcasts on which she had been a guest including Santa Fe Radio Café (March 17, 2008), Book Artists and Poets (July 15, 2009), and Beyond the Page: Carol Barton's Art and Influence: a podcast with Carol Barton and the Nashville Public Library. These files were not retained and not incorporated into the collection. Select items were discarded from the collection due to preservation concerns, deterioration, duplicates, or preexisting damage.","The collection is arranged into four series. In the 'Exhibition Catalogs, 1993 (folder 2 of 2)', a digital floppy disk of Barton's exhibition, Miliseconds to Milennia: The Art of Time, Hand Workshop, has been placed in this folder. The floppy disk is a copy of an old Word Perfect file.","Printed Materials, 1973-2015\n      Projects and Research, 1975-2012\n      Ephemera and Personal Papers, 1979-2013\n      2023-0404 Accession, 2009-2020","Grace Barth, Liana Bayne, and Caroline Hamby. \"History of Pop-up and Movable Books, About This Exhibit.\" Carol Barton Collection, JMU Special Collections. Accessed September, 2018, https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/show/carol-barton/about.","Barton, Carol. \"Popular Kinetics Press.\" Accessed September, 2018. https://www.popularkinetics.com/.","National Museum of Women. \"About the Artist, Carol Barton\". Accessed September 2018. https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/carol-june-barton.","Carol Barton, born on June 3, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an accomplished book artist, paper engineer, educator, and curator who has exhibited internationally (The Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert Museum in London) and has curated shows such as Books \u0026 Bookends: Science and the Artist's Book (Smithsonian). Inspired by reading, historical references, functional objects, architecture, and other artists' book, Barton is best known for her interactive workbooks, The Pocket Paper Engineer. Five Luminous Towers: Books to Read in the Dark, which was awarded the Bogliasco Fellowship in 2000, Vision Shifts, Instructions for Assembly, and Tunnel Map are other major works. A graduate of Washington University School of Fine Arts (1976), Barton has served as a faculty member at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Corcoran College of Art \u0026 Design and has taught at the elementary and high school level. In 1977, Barton moved to Washington D.C. to work for the Glen Echo Park Arts Center. Through her time there and through the promotion of artists' books by local art group, The Writer's Center, Barton learned pre-press skills that allowed her to print her own work. She was later offered a small grant to produce her own artists' books. Having grown up as the daughter of a diesel engine mechanic, Barton's love for structural and mechanical elements was formed as she grew up building and playing with construction games and tinker toys. Movable books, better known as pop-ups, were not a part of her childhood. However, after the success of her first book, Beyond the Page (1981), Barton began a two year study of pop-up and movable books at the Dibner Rare Book Library and the Library of Congress to find early examples of dimensional and movable books. This research most likely resulted in her 1988 publication of her tunnel book, Everyday Road Signs.","In 1992, Barton served as James Madison University's first Wampler Visiting Professor of Fine Art and has intermittently served as a visiting artist and professor. JMU Libraries acquired Barton's collection of artists' and movable books in 2015, and in March 2017 Barton returned to JMU as a guest lecturer for the Carrier Library Special Collections Speaker Series. The event was marked with Barton discussing her career and work; as well as, facilitating a book arts workshop with the Intermediate book arts students, and ending with a public lecture and reception in the Duke Hall Gallery Court.","The papers were originally stored in 14 boxes and 2 oversize file folders. Upon acquisition the collection did not have a specified arrangement. The collection is arranged based on like materials and topics. Items that were not pertinent to the collection such as duplicates or papers not pertaining to Carol Barton were discarded. In some cases only representative samples of materials were retained that best exemplify Barton's work","Material groupings and the bulk of the folder titles were supplied by the donor.","Duplicate copies of printed materials already held by Special Collections were not retained.","Carol Barton's personal and teaching collection of movable books and artists' books, which were acquired separately from her papers, are cataloged individually and are housed in the James Madison University's Special Collections.","The Carol Barton Papers, 1973-2020, include catalogues, letters, printed materials, journals, special publications, interviews, artist statements, artist projects, and project plans throughout the donor's career. The collection includes teaching tools, personal research, practice and planning, and commemoration of events in which Barton participated.","Series 1: Printed Materials, 1973-2015, comprises various exhibition catalogs, book catalogs, gallery cards, articles, journals, interviews, artist statements and pamphlets for workshops that Barton taught.","Throughout her career, Carol Barton has been celebrated in numerous articles and journals: The Bone Folder (2000 \u0026 2009), \"Surface: New Form/New Function\" (review by Carol Barton), The Smithsonian Associates (August 2001), \"Ancient Sichuan's Artistic Treasures\", Valley Art Association Newsletter (May-June 1999), and The Washington Print Club Quarterly (Barton is featured on pages 6-9) are examples included within the Carol Barton Papers.","Barton has also been referenced in newspaper articles, online publications, and reviews such as The Washington Times, New York Times, Smithsonian Associates, and Boston Globe.","Series 2: Projects and Research, 1975-2012, contains Barton's professional projects, project planning, and items used for project research. Instructions for Assembly (1993) contains process plans, mock-ups, instructions, patents used for inspiration, and process materials. Vision Shifts (1998) contains process plans, mock-ups, large scale prints, and photographs. Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark (2001) includes sample pieces, planning materials, and templates for The Lookout. As well, the book La Torre e le Carceri di Palazzo Ducale served as direct inspiration for Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark. Barton's first book, Beyond the Page (1981), contains hand cut master sheets. Everyday Road Signs (1988) contains a prototype of the book's binding, planning for the first five pages of Separations, sample material for page six, negatives, text copy for the opening page, and print prototypes for a page. Loom (1989) contains design prototypes, steel plates, and text copy and print. Tunnel Map (1988) contains planning for Map #1 Europe/Africa/Asia in a blue separation, page design plans, book cover design plans, and the first set of unused map film originals. Page design plans for Tunnel Map include: page 2 for North/South America, page 3 for Africa/Europe, page 4 for North/South America, page 5 for North/South America and Africa/Europe, and page 6 for Africa/Europe and North/South America.","Researchers should note that dates for Carol Barton's plans/prototypes are approximate and based on the year the specific project was published.","Prototypes of Pocket Paper Engineer Volume 3 are housed with a related promotional poster. The poster is for \"a visiting artist lecture sponsored by the MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia).\"","Barton has also been referenced in promotional materials regarding her work in: Visual Icons, Small Works: The Gallery at Studio B, Art on the Page: A Selection of Artists' Books, Orihon \u0026 More: Books By Artists, Under Cover: Book Arts, Beyond Reading, [Book] Art: Handmade Books, Book For[u]ms, The Pocket Paper Engineer, Washington University Libraries Special Collections, and Mining the Lloyd.","Series 3: Ephemera and Personal Papers, 1979-2013, contains personal papers and ephemera Barton received and collected over the course of her career. Her personal papers include correspondence between friends, colleagues, students, and galleries. The ephemeral items include awards and items of personal interests such as flip-books, magnets, promotional pop-ups, etc.","The series primarily comprises proofs, prototypes, draft components, and pre-production materials for Barton's 2014 artists' book Land Forms and Air Currents.","\"Land Forms and Air Currents' was produced over the course of the years 2012 through 2014. Original artworks were done in gouache and watercolor, then scanned and adjusted in Adobe Photoshop. Layout was done using Adobe InDesign, and an edition of 25 copies was produced on an Epson Photo R2880 printer. Pop-up forms were cut using a Silhouette Cameo cutter and were hand-assembled by the artist. Fonts in the book are Verlag Book and Bell MT. Papers are Strathmore acid-free 100 lb. bristol and Strathmore acid-free 80 lb. drawing\"--Colophon","Numbered 5/26.","Numerous books, artists' books, toys, and publications were pulled from the collection, cataloged individually, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings. Ker-Bloom!, a series of art publications, were also separated and cataloged.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Her personal papers include correspondence between friends, colleagues, students, and galleries. The ephemeral items include awards and items of personal interests such as flip-books, magnets, promotional pop-ups, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series primarily comprises proofs, prototypes, draft components, and pre-production materials for Barton's 2014 artists' book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLand Forms and Air Currents\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Land Forms and Air Currents' was produced over the course of the years 2012 through 2014. Original artworks were done in gouache and watercolor, then scanned and adjusted in Adobe Photoshop. Layout was done using Adobe InDesign, and an edition of 25 copies was produced on an Epson Photo R2880 printer. Pop-up forms were cut using a Silhouette Cameo cutter and were hand-assembled by the artist. Fonts in the book are Verlag Book and Bell MT. 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The collection includes teaching tools, personal research, practice and planning, and commemoration of events in which Barton participated.","Series 1: Printed Materials, 1973-2015, comprises various exhibition catalogs, book catalogs, gallery cards, articles, journals, interviews, artist statements and pamphlets for workshops that Barton taught.","Throughout her career, Carol Barton has been celebrated in numerous articles and journals: The Bone Folder (2000 \u0026 2009), \"Surface: New Form/New Function\" (review by Carol Barton), The Smithsonian Associates (August 2001), \"Ancient Sichuan's Artistic Treasures\", Valley Art Association Newsletter (May-June 1999), and The Washington Print Club Quarterly (Barton is featured on pages 6-9) are examples included within the Carol Barton Papers.","Barton has also been referenced in newspaper articles, online publications, and reviews such as The Washington Times, New York Times, Smithsonian Associates, and Boston Globe.","Series 2: Projects and Research, 1975-2012, contains Barton's professional projects, project planning, and items used for project research. Instructions for Assembly (1993) contains process plans, mock-ups, instructions, patents used for inspiration, and process materials. Vision Shifts (1998) contains process plans, mock-ups, large scale prints, and photographs. Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark (2001) includes sample pieces, planning materials, and templates for The Lookout. As well, the book La Torre e le Carceri di Palazzo Ducale served as direct inspiration for Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark. Barton's first book, Beyond the Page (1981), contains hand cut master sheets. Everyday Road Signs (1988) contains a prototype of the book's binding, planning for the first five pages of Separations, sample material for page six, negatives, text copy for the opening page, and print prototypes for a page. Loom (1989) contains design prototypes, steel plates, and text copy and print. Tunnel Map (1988) contains planning for Map #1 Europe/Africa/Asia in a blue separation, page design plans, book cover design plans, and the first set of unused map film originals. Page design plans for Tunnel Map include: page 2 for North/South America, page 3 for Africa/Europe, page 4 for North/South America, page 5 for North/South America and Africa/Europe, and page 6 for Africa/Europe and North/South America.","Researchers should note that dates for Carol Barton's plans/prototypes are approximate and based on the year the specific project was published.","Prototypes of Pocket Paper Engineer Volume 3 are housed with a related promotional poster. The poster is for \"a visiting artist lecture sponsored by the MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia).\"","Barton has also been referenced in promotional materials regarding her work in: Visual Icons, Small Works: The Gallery at Studio B, Art on the Page: A Selection of Artists' Books, Orihon \u0026 More: Books By Artists, Under Cover: Book Arts, Beyond Reading, [Book] Art: Handmade Books, Book For[u]ms, The Pocket Paper Engineer, Washington University Libraries Special Collections, and Mining the Lloyd.","Series 3: Ephemera and Personal Papers, 1979-2013, contains personal papers and ephemera Barton received and collected over the course of her career. Her personal papers include correspondence between friends, colleagues, students, and galleries. The ephemeral items include awards and items of personal interests such as flip-books, magnets, promotional pop-ups, etc.","The series primarily comprises proofs, prototypes, draft components, and pre-production materials for Barton's 2014 artists' book Land Forms and Air Currents.","\"Land Forms and Air Currents' was produced over the course of the years 2012 through 2014. Original artworks were done in gouache and watercolor, then scanned and adjusted in Adobe Photoshop. Layout was done using Adobe InDesign, and an edition of 25 copies was produced on an Epson Photo R2880 printer. Pop-up forms were cut using a Silhouette Cameo cutter and were hand-assembled by the artist. Fonts in the book are Verlag Book and Bell MT. Papers are Strathmore acid-free 100 lb. bristol and Strathmore acid-free 80 lb. drawing\"--Colophon","Numbered 5/26."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNumerous books, artists' books, toys, and publications were pulled from the collection, cataloged individually, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eKer-Bloom!\u003c/emph\u003e, a series of art publications, were also separated and cataloged.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Numerous books, artists' books, toys, and publications were pulled from the collection, cataloged individually, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings. Ker-Bloom!, a series of art publications, were also separated and cataloged."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2d8e790c8752baf58256cbedb902ee64\"\u003eThe Carol Barton Papers contain printed materials, letters, brochures, and primary materials as well as items that document professional endeavors, artistic processes, and personal items of book artist, paper engineer, teacher, and curator, Carol Barton.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Carol Barton Papers contain printed materials, letters, brochures, and primary materials as well as items that document professional endeavors, artistic processes, and personal items of book artist, paper engineer, teacher, and curator, Carol Barton."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"persname_ssim":["Barton, Carol June, 1954-"],"names_coll_ssim":["Barton, Carol June, 1954-","Barton, Carol June, 1954-"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Barton, Carol June, 1954-"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":162,"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_638","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_638","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_638","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_638","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_638.xml","title_ssm":["Carol Barton papers"],"title_tesim":["Carol Barton papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1973-2020"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1973-2020"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1973/2020"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Carol Barton papers, 1973/2020"],"text":["Carol Barton papers, 1973/2020","SC 0274","/repositories/4/resources/638","Artists' books","Pop-up books","Toy and movable books","Paper work","Cut-out craft","Manuscripts (documents)","Letters (correspondence)","exhibition catalogs","Printed Ephemera","Promotional materials","Newspaper clippings","Prototypes (object genre)","Movable books","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.","In addition to analog manuscript material, Carol Barton transferred three digital audio files of podcasts on which she had been a guest including Santa Fe Radio Café (March 17, 2008), Book Artists and Poets (July 15, 2009), and Beyond the Page: Carol Barton's Art and Influence: a podcast with Carol Barton and the Nashville Public Library. These files were not retained and not incorporated into the collection. Select items were discarded from the collection due to preservation concerns, deterioration, duplicates, or preexisting damage.","The collection is arranged into four series. In the 'Exhibition Catalogs, 1993 (folder 2 of 2)', a digital floppy disk of Barton's exhibition, Miliseconds to Milennia: The Art of Time, Hand Workshop, has been placed in this folder. The floppy disk is a copy of an old Word Perfect file.","Printed Materials, 1973-2015\n      Projects and Research, 1975-2012\n      Ephemera and Personal Papers, 1979-2013\n      2023-0404 Accession, 2009-2020","Grace Barth, Liana Bayne, and Caroline Hamby. \"History of Pop-up and Movable Books, About This Exhibit.\" Carol Barton Collection, JMU Special Collections. Accessed September, 2018, https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/show/carol-barton/about.","Barton, Carol. \"Popular Kinetics Press.\" Accessed September, 2018. https://www.popularkinetics.com/.","National Museum of Women. \"About the Artist, Carol Barton\". Accessed September 2018. https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/carol-june-barton.","Carol Barton, born on June 3, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an accomplished book artist, paper engineer, educator, and curator who has exhibited internationally (The Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert Museum in London) and has curated shows such as Books \u0026 Bookends: Science and the Artist's Book (Smithsonian). Inspired by reading, historical references, functional objects, architecture, and other artists' book, Barton is best known for her interactive workbooks, The Pocket Paper Engineer. Five Luminous Towers: Books to Read in the Dark, which was awarded the Bogliasco Fellowship in 2000, Vision Shifts, Instructions for Assembly, and Tunnel Map are other major works. A graduate of Washington University School of Fine Arts (1976), Barton has served as a faculty member at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Corcoran College of Art \u0026 Design and has taught at the elementary and high school level. In 1977, Barton moved to Washington D.C. to work for the Glen Echo Park Arts Center. Through her time there and through the promotion of artists' books by local art group, The Writer's Center, Barton learned pre-press skills that allowed her to print her own work. She was later offered a small grant to produce her own artists' books. Having grown up as the daughter of a diesel engine mechanic, Barton's love for structural and mechanical elements was formed as she grew up building and playing with construction games and tinker toys. Movable books, better known as pop-ups, were not a part of her childhood. However, after the success of her first book, Beyond the Page (1981), Barton began a two year study of pop-up and movable books at the Dibner Rare Book Library and the Library of Congress to find early examples of dimensional and movable books. This research most likely resulted in her 1988 publication of her tunnel book, Everyday Road Signs.","In 1992, Barton served as James Madison University's first Wampler Visiting Professor of Fine Art and has intermittently served as a visiting artist and professor. JMU Libraries acquired Barton's collection of artists' and movable books in 2015, and in March 2017 Barton returned to JMU as a guest lecturer for the Carrier Library Special Collections Speaker Series. The event was marked with Barton discussing her career and work; as well as, facilitating a book arts workshop with the Intermediate book arts students, and ending with a public lecture and reception in the Duke Hall Gallery Court.","The papers were originally stored in 14 boxes and 2 oversize file folders. Upon acquisition the collection did not have a specified arrangement. The collection is arranged based on like materials and topics. Items that were not pertinent to the collection such as duplicates or papers not pertaining to Carol Barton were discarded. In some cases only representative samples of materials were retained that best exemplify Barton's work","Material groupings and the bulk of the folder titles were supplied by the donor.","Duplicate copies of printed materials already held by Special Collections were not retained.","Carol Barton's personal and teaching collection of movable books and artists' books, which were acquired separately from her papers, are cataloged individually and are housed in the James Madison University's Special Collections.","The Carol Barton Papers, 1973-2020, include catalogues, letters, printed materials, journals, special publications, interviews, artist statements, artist projects, and project plans throughout the donor's career. The collection includes teaching tools, personal research, practice and planning, and commemoration of events in which Barton participated.","Series 1: Printed Materials, 1973-2015, comprises various exhibition catalogs, book catalogs, gallery cards, articles, journals, interviews, artist statements and pamphlets for workshops that Barton taught.","Throughout her career, Carol Barton has been celebrated in numerous articles and journals: The Bone Folder (2000 \u0026 2009), \"Surface: New Form/New Function\" (review by Carol Barton), The Smithsonian Associates (August 2001), \"Ancient Sichuan's Artistic Treasures\", Valley Art Association Newsletter (May-June 1999), and The Washington Print Club Quarterly (Barton is featured on pages 6-9) are examples included within the Carol Barton Papers.","Barton has also been referenced in newspaper articles, online publications, and reviews such as The Washington Times, New York Times, Smithsonian Associates, and Boston Globe.","Series 2: Projects and Research, 1975-2012, contains Barton's professional projects, project planning, and items used for project research. Instructions for Assembly (1993) contains process plans, mock-ups, instructions, patents used for inspiration, and process materials. Vision Shifts (1998) contains process plans, mock-ups, large scale prints, and photographs. Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark (2001) includes sample pieces, planning materials, and templates for The Lookout. As well, the book La Torre e le Carceri di Palazzo Ducale served as direct inspiration for Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark. Barton's first book, Beyond the Page (1981), contains hand cut master sheets. Everyday Road Signs (1988) contains a prototype of the book's binding, planning for the first five pages of Separations, sample material for page six, negatives, text copy for the opening page, and print prototypes for a page. Loom (1989) contains design prototypes, steel plates, and text copy and print. Tunnel Map (1988) contains planning for Map #1 Europe/Africa/Asia in a blue separation, page design plans, book cover design plans, and the first set of unused map film originals. Page design plans for Tunnel Map include: page 2 for North/South America, page 3 for Africa/Europe, page 4 for North/South America, page 5 for North/South America and Africa/Europe, and page 6 for Africa/Europe and North/South America.","Researchers should note that dates for Carol Barton's plans/prototypes are approximate and based on the year the specific project was published.","Prototypes of Pocket Paper Engineer Volume 3 are housed with a related promotional poster. The poster is for \"a visiting artist lecture sponsored by the MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia).\"","Barton has also been referenced in promotional materials regarding her work in: Visual Icons, Small Works: The Gallery at Studio B, Art on the Page: A Selection of Artists' Books, Orihon \u0026 More: Books By Artists, Under Cover: Book Arts, Beyond Reading, [Book] Art: Handmade Books, Book For[u]ms, The Pocket Paper Engineer, Washington University Libraries Special Collections, and Mining the Lloyd.","Series 3: Ephemera and Personal Papers, 1979-2013, contains personal papers and ephemera Barton received and collected over the course of her career. Her personal papers include correspondence between friends, colleagues, students, and galleries. The ephemeral items include awards and items of personal interests such as flip-books, magnets, promotional pop-ups, etc.","The series primarily comprises proofs, prototypes, draft components, and pre-production materials for Barton's 2014 artists' book Land Forms and Air Currents.","\"Land Forms and Air Currents' was produced over the course of the years 2012 through 2014. Original artworks were done in gouache and watercolor, then scanned and adjusted in Adobe Photoshop. Layout was done using Adobe InDesign, and an edition of 25 copies was produced on an Epson Photo R2880 printer. Pop-up forms were cut using a Silhouette Cameo cutter and were hand-assembled by the artist. Fonts in the book are Verlag Book and Bell MT. Papers are Strathmore acid-free 100 lb. bristol and Strathmore acid-free 80 lb. drawing\"--Colophon","Numbered 5/26.","Numerous books, artists' books, toys, and publications were pulled from the collection, cataloged individually, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings. Ker-Bloom!, a series of art publications, were also separated and cataloged.","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Five Luminous Towers: Books to Read in the Dark\u003c/emph\u003e, which was awarded the Bogliasco Fellowship in 2000, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVision Shifts\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eInstructions for Assembly\u003c/emph\u003e, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eTunnel Map\u003c/emph\u003e are other major works. A graduate of Washington University School of Fine Arts (1976), Barton has served as a faculty member at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Corcoran College of Art \u0026amp; Design and has taught at the elementary and high school level. In 1977, Barton moved to Washington D.C. to work for the Glen Echo Park Arts Center. Through her time there and through the promotion of artists' books by local art group, The Writer's Center, Barton learned pre-press skills that allowed her to print her own work. She was later offered a small grant to produce her own artists' books. Having grown up as the daughter of a diesel engine mechanic, Barton's love for structural and mechanical elements was formed as she grew up building and playing with construction games and tinker toys. Movable books, better known as pop-ups, were not a part of her childhood. However, after the success of her first book, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBeyond the Page\u003c/emph\u003e (1981), Barton began a two year study of pop-up and movable books at the Dibner Rare Book Library and the Library of Congress to find early examples of dimensional and movable books. This research most likely resulted in her 1988 publication of her tunnel book, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEveryday Road Signs\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, Barton served as James Madison University's first Wampler Visiting Professor of Fine Art and has intermittently served as a visiting artist and professor. JMU Libraries acquired Barton's collection of artists' and movable books in 2015, and in March 2017 Barton returned to JMU as a guest lecturer for the Carrier Library Special Collections Speaker Series. The event was marked with Barton discussing her career and work; as well as, facilitating a book arts workshop with the Intermediate book arts students, and ending with a public lecture and reception in the Duke Hall Gallery Court.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Carol Barton, born on June 3, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an accomplished book artist, paper engineer, educator, and curator who has exhibited internationally (The Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert Museum in London) and has curated shows such as Books \u0026 Bookends: Science and the Artist's Book (Smithsonian). Inspired by reading, historical references, functional objects, architecture, and other artists' book, Barton is best known for her interactive workbooks, The Pocket Paper Engineer. Five Luminous Towers: Books to Read in the Dark, which was awarded the Bogliasco Fellowship in 2000, Vision Shifts, Instructions for Assembly, and Tunnel Map are other major works. A graduate of Washington University School of Fine Arts (1976), Barton has served as a faculty member at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Corcoran College of Art \u0026 Design and has taught at the elementary and high school level. In 1977, Barton moved to Washington D.C. to work for the Glen Echo Park Arts Center. Through her time there and through the promotion of artists' books by local art group, The Writer's Center, Barton learned pre-press skills that allowed her to print her own work. She was later offered a small grant to produce her own artists' books. Having grown up as the daughter of a diesel engine mechanic, Barton's love for structural and mechanical elements was formed as she grew up building and playing with construction games and tinker toys. Movable books, better known as pop-ups, were not a part of her childhood. However, after the success of her first book, Beyond the Page (1981), Barton began a two year study of pop-up and movable books at the Dibner Rare Book Library and the Library of Congress to find early examples of dimensional and movable books. This research most likely resulted in her 1988 publication of her tunnel book, Everyday Road Signs.","In 1992, Barton served as James Madison University's first Wampler Visiting Professor of Fine Art and has intermittently served as a visiting artist and professor. JMU Libraries acquired Barton's collection of artists' and movable books in 2015, and in March 2017 Barton returned to JMU as a guest lecturer for the Carrier Library Special Collections Speaker Series. The event was marked with Barton discussing her career and work; as well as, facilitating a book arts workshop with the Intermediate book arts students, and ending with a public lecture and reception in the Duke Hall Gallery Court."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Carol Barton Papers, 1973-2020, SC 0274, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Carol Barton Papers, 1973-2020, SC 0274, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers were originally stored in 14 boxes and 2 oversize file folders. Upon acquisition the collection did not have a specified arrangement. The collection is arranged based on like materials and topics. Items that were not pertinent to the collection such as duplicates or papers not pertaining to Carol Barton were discarded. In some cases only representative samples of materials were retained that best exemplify Barton's work\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eMaterial groupings and the bulk of the folder titles were supplied by the donor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuplicate copies of printed materials already held by Special Collections were not retained.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The papers were originally stored in 14 boxes and 2 oversize file folders. Upon acquisition the collection did not have a specified arrangement. The collection is arranged based on like materials and topics. Items that were not pertinent to the collection such as duplicates or papers not pertaining to Carol Barton were discarded. In some cases only representative samples of materials were retained that best exemplify Barton's work","Material groupings and the bulk of the folder titles were supplied by the donor.","Duplicate copies of printed materials already held by Special Collections were not retained."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCarol Barton's personal and teaching collection of movable books and artists' books, which were acquired separately from her papers, are cataloged individually and are housed in the James Madison University's Special Collections.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Carol Barton's personal and teaching collection of movable books and artists' books, which were acquired separately from her papers, are cataloged individually and are housed in the James Madison University's Special Collections."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Carol Barton Papers, 1973-2020, include catalogues, letters, printed materials, journals, special publications, interviews, artist statements, artist projects, and project plans throughout the donor's career. The collection includes teaching tools, personal research, practice and planning, and commemoration of events in which Barton participated.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Printed Materials, 1973-2015, comprises various exhibition catalogs, book catalogs, gallery cards, articles, journals, interviews, artist statements and pamphlets for workshops that Barton taught.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThroughout her career, Carol Barton has been celebrated in numerous articles and journals: \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Bone Folder\u003c/emph\u003e (2000 \u0026amp; 2009), \"Surface: New Form/New Function\" (review by Carol Barton), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Smithsonian Associates\u003c/emph\u003e (August 2001), \"Ancient Sichuan's Artistic Treasures\", \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eValley Art Association Newsletter\u003c/emph\u003e (May-June 1999), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Washington Print Club Quarterly\u003c/emph\u003e (Barton is featured on pages 6-9) are examples included within the Carol Barton Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarton has also been referenced in newspaper articles, online publications, and reviews such as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSmithsonian Associates\u003c/emph\u003e, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBoston Globe\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Projects and Research, 1975-2012, contains Barton's professional projects, project planning, and items used for project research. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eInstructions for Assembly\u003c/emph\u003e (1993) contains process plans, mock-ups, instructions, patents used for inspiration, and process materials. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVision Shifts\u003c/emph\u003e (1998) contains process plans, mock-ups, large scale prints, and photographs. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFive Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark\u003c/emph\u003e (2001) includes sample pieces, planning materials, and templates for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Lookout\u003c/emph\u003e. As well, the book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLa Torre e le Carceri di Palazzo Ducale\u003c/emph\u003e served as direct inspiration for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFive Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark\u003c/emph\u003e. Barton's first book, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBeyond the Page\u003c/emph\u003e (1981), contains hand cut master sheets. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEveryday Road Signs\u003c/emph\u003e (1988) contains a prototype of the book's binding, planning for the first five pages of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSeparations\u003c/emph\u003e, sample material for page six, negatives, text copy for the opening page, and print prototypes for a page. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLoom\u003c/emph\u003e (1989) contains design prototypes, steel plates, and text copy and print. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eTunnel Map\u003c/emph\u003e (1988) contains planning for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMap #1 Europe/Africa/Asia\u003c/emph\u003e in a blue separation, page design plans, book cover design plans, and the first set of unused map film originals. Page design plans for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eTunnel Map\u003c/emph\u003e include: page 2 for North/South America, page 3 for Africa/Europe, page 4 for North/South America, page 5 for North/South America and Africa/Europe, and page 6 for Africa/Europe and North/South America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearchers should note that dates for Carol Barton's plans/prototypes are approximate and based on the year the specific project was published.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrototypes of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePocket Paper Engineer Volume 3\u003c/emph\u003e are housed with a related promotional poster. The poster is for \"a visiting artist lecture sponsored by the MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia).\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarton has also been referenced in promotional materials regarding her work in: \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVisual Icons, Small Works: The Gallery at Studio B\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eArt on the Page: A Selection of Artists' Books\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOrihon \u0026amp; More: Books By Artists\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eUnder Cover: Book Arts\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBeyond Reading\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e[Book] Art: Handmade Books\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBook For[u]ms\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Pocket Paper Engineer\u003c/emph\u003e, Washington University Libraries Special Collections, and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMining the Lloyd\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Ephemera and Personal Papers, 1979-2013, contains personal papers and ephemera Barton received and collected over the course of her career. Her personal papers include correspondence between friends, colleagues, students, and galleries. The ephemeral items include awards and items of personal interests such as flip-books, magnets, promotional pop-ups, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series primarily comprises proofs, prototypes, draft components, and pre-production materials for Barton's 2014 artists' book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLand Forms and Air Currents\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Land Forms and Air Currents' was produced over the course of the years 2012 through 2014. Original artworks were done in gouache and watercolor, then scanned and adjusted in Adobe Photoshop. Layout was done using Adobe InDesign, and an edition of 25 copies was produced on an Epson Photo R2880 printer. Pop-up forms were cut using a Silhouette Cameo cutter and were hand-assembled by the artist. Fonts in the book are Verlag Book and Bell MT. Papers are Strathmore acid-free 100 lb. bristol and Strathmore acid-free 80 lb. drawing\"--Colophon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumbered 5/26.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Carol Barton Papers, 1973-2020, include catalogues, letters, printed materials, journals, special publications, interviews, artist statements, artist projects, and project plans throughout the donor's career. The collection includes teaching tools, personal research, practice and planning, and commemoration of events in which Barton participated.","Series 1: Printed Materials, 1973-2015, comprises various exhibition catalogs, book catalogs, gallery cards, articles, journals, interviews, artist statements and pamphlets for workshops that Barton taught.","Throughout her career, Carol Barton has been celebrated in numerous articles and journals: The Bone Folder (2000 \u0026 2009), \"Surface: New Form/New Function\" (review by Carol Barton), The Smithsonian Associates (August 2001), \"Ancient Sichuan's Artistic Treasures\", Valley Art Association Newsletter (May-June 1999), and The Washington Print Club Quarterly (Barton is featured on pages 6-9) are examples included within the Carol Barton Papers.","Barton has also been referenced in newspaper articles, online publications, and reviews such as The Washington Times, New York Times, Smithsonian Associates, and Boston Globe.","Series 2: Projects and Research, 1975-2012, contains Barton's professional projects, project planning, and items used for project research. Instructions for Assembly (1993) contains process plans, mock-ups, instructions, patents used for inspiration, and process materials. Vision Shifts (1998) contains process plans, mock-ups, large scale prints, and photographs. Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark (2001) includes sample pieces, planning materials, and templates for The Lookout. As well, the book La Torre e le Carceri di Palazzo Ducale served as direct inspiration for Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Read in the Dark. Barton's first book, Beyond the Page (1981), contains hand cut master sheets. Everyday Road Signs (1988) contains a prototype of the book's binding, planning for the first five pages of Separations, sample material for page six, negatives, text copy for the opening page, and print prototypes for a page. Loom (1989) contains design prototypes, steel plates, and text copy and print. Tunnel Map (1988) contains planning for Map #1 Europe/Africa/Asia in a blue separation, page design plans, book cover design plans, and the first set of unused map film originals. Page design plans for Tunnel Map include: page 2 for North/South America, page 3 for Africa/Europe, page 4 for North/South America, page 5 for North/South America and Africa/Europe, and page 6 for Africa/Europe and North/South America.","Researchers should note that dates for Carol Barton's plans/prototypes are approximate and based on the year the specific project was published.","Prototypes of Pocket Paper Engineer Volume 3 are housed with a related promotional poster. The poster is for \"a visiting artist lecture sponsored by the MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia).\"","Barton has also been referenced in promotional materials regarding her work in: Visual Icons, Small Works: The Gallery at Studio B, Art on the Page: A Selection of Artists' Books, Orihon \u0026 More: Books By Artists, Under Cover: Book Arts, Beyond Reading, [Book] Art: Handmade Books, Book For[u]ms, The Pocket Paper Engineer, Washington University Libraries Special Collections, and Mining the Lloyd.","Series 3: Ephemera and Personal Papers, 1979-2013, contains personal papers and ephemera Barton received and collected over the course of her career. Her personal papers include correspondence between friends, colleagues, students, and galleries. The ephemeral items include awards and items of personal interests such as flip-books, magnets, promotional pop-ups, etc.","The series primarily comprises proofs, prototypes, draft components, and pre-production materials for Barton's 2014 artists' book Land Forms and Air Currents.","\"Land Forms and Air Currents' was produced over the course of the years 2012 through 2014. Original artworks were done in gouache and watercolor, then scanned and adjusted in Adobe Photoshop. Layout was done using Adobe InDesign, and an edition of 25 copies was produced on an Epson Photo R2880 printer. Pop-up forms were cut using a Silhouette Cameo cutter and were hand-assembled by the artist. Fonts in the book are Verlag Book and Bell MT. Papers are Strathmore acid-free 100 lb. bristol and Strathmore acid-free 80 lb. drawing\"--Colophon","Numbered 5/26."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNumerous books, artists' books, toys, and publications were pulled from the collection, cataloged individually, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eKer-Bloom!\u003c/emph\u003e, a series of art publications, were also separated and cataloged.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Numerous books, artists' books, toys, and publications were pulled from the collection, cataloged individually, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings. Ker-Bloom!, a series of art publications, were also separated and cataloged."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2d8e790c8752baf58256cbedb902ee64\"\u003eThe Carol Barton Papers contain printed materials, letters, brochures, and primary materials as well as items that document professional endeavors, artistic processes, and personal items of book artist, paper engineer, teacher, and curator, Carol Barton.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Carol Barton Papers contain printed materials, letters, brochures, and primary materials as well as items that document professional endeavors, artistic processes, and personal items of book artist, paper engineer, teacher, and curator, Carol Barton."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections"],"persname_ssim":["Barton, Carol June, 1954-"],"names_coll_ssim":["Barton, Carol June, 1954-","Barton, Carol June, 1954-"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Barton, Carol June, 1954-"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":162,"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_638"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_730","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. Thomas collection on the Chesapeake Western Railway, 1872/1996","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_730#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Price, Charles Grattan, III","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_730#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The collection comprises photographs, maps, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of \u003cem\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/em\u003e.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_730#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_730","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_730","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_730","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_730","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_730.xml","title_ssm":["Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. Thomas collection on the Chesapeake Western Railway"],"title_tesim":["Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. Thomas collection on the Chesapeake Western Railway"],"unitdate_ssm":["1872-1996"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1872-1996"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1872/1996"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. Thomas collection on the Chesapeake Western Railway, 1872/1996"],"text":["Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. Thomas collection on the Chesapeake Western Railway, 1872/1996","SC 0358","/repositories/4/resources/730","Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Railroads -- Virginia -- History","Photographs","Annual reports","Maps (documents)","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Newspaper clippings","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 into four series:","Administrative files, 1893-1992\n      Research files, 1872-1996\n      Maps, 1894-1989\n      Photographs, 1892-1992","Obituary for Donald W. Thomas, Daily News-Record, January 11, 1962.","Obituary for Charles Grattan Price Jr. , Daily News-Record, June 14, 1996.","In 1892, a group of promoters including Jedediah Hotchkiss incorporated to build a railway to carry coal from West Virginia mines to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad. Using part of the old Washington, Cincinnati \u0026 St. Louis Railroad right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial Chesapeake \u0026 Western stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the Chesapeake \u0026 Western and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the Chesapeake Western line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.","For just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the Chesapeake Western with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped. When the Stokes' heirs put the Chesapeake Western up for sale in 1938, Donald W. Thomas (1890-1962), a former Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the railway since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. At this point Thomas became Chesapeake Western's president and general manager, positions he held until November 1954. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which ran between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the Chesapeake Western system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The Chesapeake Western linked with the Norfolk \u0026 Western at Elkton.","In 1954, the Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad purchased Chesapeake Western Railway, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026 Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the Norfolk Southern.","Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996), local railroad historian and enthusiast as well as a former employee of and photographer for Chesapeake Western Railway, authored \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1992). The title refers to Chesapeake Western's nickname - Crooked \u0026 Weedy - given to it by locals. The book is dedicated to Don W. Thomas who conducted much of the preliminary research into Virginia railroads. Thomas was unable to complete a written history himself due to an illness that culminated in blindness.","Melvin Sigafoose was an engineer for Chesapeake Western Railway.","Materials were largely foldered and organized prior to being transferred to Special Collections. Those groupings and creator/donor provided descriptions were retained during processing.","Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, SC 0154, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The collection comprises photographs and negatives, maps, annual reports, correspondence, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection, which document the functions and activities of Chesapeake Western, were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway.","The collection was created and used in large part to support Thomas and Price's research on the Chesapeake Western specifically and Virginia railroads generally. The culmination of that research is Price's book \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1992).","Series 1: Administrative files, 1893-1992, comprises materials that are official records created by or for Chesapeake Western Railway. The series includes correspondence, annual reports and other official reports, time tables, forms, tickets, passes, and ephemera, as well as a financial docket that documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Includes photographs.","Series 2: Research files, 1872-1996, includes newspaper clippings, articles, news story transcriptions, correspondence requesting research assistance, and assorted printed material related to Virginia railroad history and the Chesapeake Western Railway.","Wip Robinson's December 24, 1970 interview of Charles Grattan Price Sr. is included. The interview does not concern Chesapeake Western Railway.","C. Grattan Price Sr. reminisces about childhood Christmases and other early memories in Rockingham County in the late 19th century.","The content of the interview does not relate to the Chesapeake Western Railway.","Regarding the history of rail transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.","Concerns history of transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.","Includes transcribed newspaper articles and lists of instances railways were mentioned in newspapers.","Includes originals, transcripts, facsimiles, and photocopies.","Includes The Rockingham Recorder (Vol. I, No. 1-2); Railroads of the Shenandoah Valley, \"The Old Church on the Hill\", The Churches of Harrisonburg; and others.","The newspaper articles transcribed date to 1895. The transcripts themselves likely date to circa 1950s.","Four copies","Report \u0026 Documents Submitted by the Committee Appointed to Confer with the Authorities of the City of Wheeling, Respecting the Late Law of Virginia, Granting the Right of Way to the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio Railroad Co. through that State. Passed 6th March, 1847","Series 3: Maps, 1894-1989, includes maps specific to Chesapeake Western Railway as well as maps of Virginia and West Virginia railway routes. Two 1894 linen-backed maps were created by cartographer Jedediah Hotchkiss of Staunton.","Map Showing Route of the Chesapeake Western Ry. to the Coal Fields of West Virginia via Pocohontas County and to the Tidewater Connection at Gordonsville, Virginia","Includes ten copies.","Norfolk and Western Railway Company; The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company; Wabash Railroad Company; The Connecting Railway Company - Sandusky Line: Map Showing Lines of Railroad and Territory Involved","Series 4: Photographs, 1892-1992, comprises original photographs, facsimiles, negatives, and postcards that primarily document Chesapeake Western Railway. Photographs feature railroad workers including African American workers, construction, locomotives and equipment, train stations, and landscapes along the rail routes. Photographs also document damage to bridges and trestles as a result of flooding. There are a small number of non-Chesapeake Western Railway photographs and negatives included.","The bulk of the photographs were used in C. Grattan Price Jr.'s book The Crooked \u0026 Weedy and are organized according to book chapter. Original photographs used in the book have typed captions affixed to the back. Some are mounted on board. Facsimile photographs used in The Crooked \u0026 Weedy, which are also duplicates of the originals, are printed on photo paper and include publication specifications. The facsimile photographs are dated according to the approximate date of the content captured in the photograph not the date the facsimile was created (circa 1990). The date ranges were applied based on the captions accompanying the photographs.","The group of numbered photographs and negatives are identified and dated in an accompanying document of captions.","A group of photographs also document locations in West Virginia and western Virginia where Chesapeake Western planned to expand.","Photographers that are identified include H. Reid, C. Grattan Price Jr., and Walter S. Daggy.","From personal collections other than C. Grattan Price Jr.","Includes duplicates.","Bulk of photographs document a formal dinner party. Don W. Thomas is in attendance.","Includes duplicates.","The following items were removed from the collection and cataloged separately:","Issues of Shenandoah Valley Express (1995), the newsletter of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Club","Chesapeake and Western Railroad Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Operating Department (1901)","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The collection comprises photographs, maps, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. 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For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The collection was donated to Special Collections in December 2019 by C. Grattan \"Butch\" Price III, son of C. Grattan Price Jr."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Railroads -- Virginia -- History","Photographs","Annual reports","Maps (documents)","Letters (correspondence)","Research (documents)","Newspaper clippings"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. 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Thomas, Daily News-Record, January 11, 1962.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eObituary for Charles Grattan Price Jr. , Daily News-Record, June 14, 1996.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Obituary for Donald W. Thomas, Daily News-Record, January 11, 1962.","Obituary for Charles Grattan Price Jr. , Daily News-Record, June 14, 1996."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, a group of promoters including Jedediah Hotchkiss incorporated to build a railway to carry coal from West Virginia mines to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026amp; Western Railroad. Using part of the old Washington, Cincinnati \u0026amp; St. Louis Railroad right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial Chesapeake \u0026amp; Western stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Western and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the Chesapeake Western line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the Chesapeake Western with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped. When the Stokes' heirs put the Chesapeake Western up for sale in 1938, Donald W. Thomas (1890-1962), a former Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the railway since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. At this point Thomas became Chesapeake Western's president and general manager, positions he held until November 1954. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026amp; Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which ran between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the Chesapeake Western system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The Chesapeake Western linked with the Norfolk \u0026amp; Western at Elkton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1954, the Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railroad purchased Chesapeake Western Railway, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026amp; Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the Norfolk Southern. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996), local railroad historian and enthusiast as well as a former employee of and photographer for Chesapeake Western Railway, authored \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e (1992). The title refers to Chesapeake Western's nickname - Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy - given to it by locals. The book is dedicated to Don W. Thomas who conducted much of the preliminary research into Virginia railroads. Thomas was unable to complete a written history himself due to an illness that culminated in blindness.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eMelvin Sigafoose was an engineer for Chesapeake Western Railway.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Administrative History","Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1892, a group of promoters including Jedediah Hotchkiss incorporated to build a railway to carry coal from West Virginia mines to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad. Using part of the old Washington, Cincinnati \u0026 St. Louis Railroad right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial Chesapeake \u0026 Western stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the Chesapeake \u0026 Western and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the Chesapeake Western line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.","For just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the Chesapeake Western with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped. When the Stokes' heirs put the Chesapeake Western up for sale in 1938, Donald W. Thomas (1890-1962), a former Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the railway since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. At this point Thomas became Chesapeake Western's president and general manager, positions he held until November 1954. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which ran between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the Chesapeake Western system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The Chesapeake Western linked with the Norfolk \u0026 Western at Elkton.","In 1954, the Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad purchased Chesapeake Western Railway, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026 Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the Norfolk Southern.","Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996), local railroad historian and enthusiast as well as a former employee of and photographer for Chesapeake Western Railway, authored \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1992). The title refers to Chesapeake Western's nickname - Crooked \u0026 Weedy - given to it by locals. The book is dedicated to Don W. Thomas who conducted much of the preliminary research into Virginia railroads. Thomas was unable to complete a written history himself due to an illness that culminated in blindness.","Melvin Sigafoose was an engineer for Chesapeake Western Railway."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. 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Those groupings and creator/donor provided descriptions were retained during processing."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, SC 0154, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, SC 0154, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection comprises photographs and negatives, maps, annual reports, correspondence, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection, which document the functions and activities of Chesapeake Western, were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection was created and used in large part to support Thomas and Price's research on the Chesapeake Western specifically and Virginia railroads generally. The culmination of that research is Price's book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e (1992).\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Administrative files, 1893-1992, comprises materials that are official records created by or for Chesapeake Western Railway. The series includes correspondence, annual reports and other official reports, time tables, forms, tickets, passes, and ephemera, as well as a financial docket that documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railway in July 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railway in July 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railway in July 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Research files, 1872-1996, includes newspaper clippings, articles, news story transcriptions, correspondence requesting research assistance, and assorted printed material related to Virginia railroad history and the Chesapeake Western Railway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWip Robinson's December 24, 1970 interview of Charles Grattan Price Sr. is included. The interview does not concern Chesapeake Western Railway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC. Grattan Price Sr. reminisces about childhood Christmases and other early memories in Rockingham County in the late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe content of the interview does not relate to the Chesapeake Western Railway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the history of rail transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns history of transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes transcribed newspaper articles and lists of instances railways were mentioned in newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes originals, transcripts, facsimiles, and photocopies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes The Rockingham Recorder (Vol. I, No. 1-2); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRailroads of the Shenandoah Valley, \"The Old Church on the Hill\", The Churches of Harrisonburg\u003c/emph\u003e; and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe newspaper articles transcribed date to 1895. The transcripts themselves likely date to circa 1950s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour copies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport \u0026amp; Documents Submitted by the Committee Appointed to Confer with the Authorities of the City of Wheeling, Respecting the Late Law of Virginia, Granting the Right of Way to the Baltimore \u0026amp; Ohio Railroad Co. through that State. Passed 6th March, 1847\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Maps, 1894-1989, includes maps specific to Chesapeake Western Railway as well as maps of Virginia and West Virginia railway routes. Two 1894 linen-backed maps were created by cartographer Jedediah Hotchkiss of Staunton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMap Showing Route of the Chesapeake Western Ry. to the Coal Fields of West Virginia via Pocohontas County and to the Tidewater Connection at Gordonsville, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes ten copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorfolk and Western Railway Company; The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company; Wabash Railroad Company; The Connecting Railway Company - Sandusky Line: Map Showing Lines of Railroad and Territory Involved\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Photographs, 1892-1992, comprises original photographs, facsimiles, negatives, and postcards that primarily document Chesapeake Western Railway. Photographs feature railroad workers including African American workers, construction, locomotives and equipment, train stations, and landscapes along the rail routes. Photographs also document damage to bridges and trestles as a result of flooding. There are a small number of non-Chesapeake Western Railway photographs and negatives included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the photographs were used in C. Grattan Price Jr.'s book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\u003c/emph\u003e and are organized according to book chapter. Original photographs used in the book have typed captions affixed to the back. Some are mounted on board. Facsimile photographs used in \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\u003c/emph\u003e, which are also duplicates of the originals, are printed on photo paper and include publication specifications. The facsimile photographs are dated according to the approximate date of the content captured in the photograph not the date the facsimile was created (circa 1990). The date ranges were applied based on the captions accompanying the photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe group of numbered photographs and negatives are identified and dated in an accompanying document of captions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA group of photographs also document locations in West Virginia and western Virginia where Chesapeake Western planned to expand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographers that are identified include H. Reid, C. Grattan Price Jr., and Walter S. Daggy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom personal collections other than C. Grattan Price Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes duplicates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulk of photographs document a formal dinner party. Don W. Thomas is in attendance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes duplicates.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection comprises photographs and negatives, maps, annual reports, correspondence, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection, which document the functions and activities of Chesapeake Western, were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway.","The collection was created and used in large part to support Thomas and Price's research on the Chesapeake Western specifically and Virginia railroads generally. The culmination of that research is Price's book \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1992).","Series 1: Administrative files, 1893-1992, comprises materials that are official records created by or for Chesapeake Western Railway. The series includes correspondence, annual reports and other official reports, time tables, forms, tickets, passes, and ephemera, as well as a financial docket that documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Includes photographs.","Series 2: Research files, 1872-1996, includes newspaper clippings, articles, news story transcriptions, correspondence requesting research assistance, and assorted printed material related to Virginia railroad history and the Chesapeake Western Railway.","Wip Robinson's December 24, 1970 interview of Charles Grattan Price Sr. is included. The interview does not concern Chesapeake Western Railway.","C. Grattan Price Sr. reminisces about childhood Christmases and other early memories in Rockingham County in the late 19th century.","The content of the interview does not relate to the Chesapeake Western Railway.","Regarding the history of rail transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.","Concerns history of transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.","Includes transcribed newspaper articles and lists of instances railways were mentioned in newspapers.","Includes originals, transcripts, facsimiles, and photocopies.","Includes The Rockingham Recorder (Vol. I, No. 1-2); Railroads of the Shenandoah Valley, \"The Old Church on the Hill\", The Churches of Harrisonburg; and others.","The newspaper articles transcribed date to 1895. The transcripts themselves likely date to circa 1950s.","Four copies","Report \u0026 Documents Submitted by the Committee Appointed to Confer with the Authorities of the City of Wheeling, Respecting the Late Law of Virginia, Granting the Right of Way to the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio Railroad Co. through that State. Passed 6th March, 1847","Series 3: Maps, 1894-1989, includes maps specific to Chesapeake Western Railway as well as maps of Virginia and West Virginia railway routes. Two 1894 linen-backed maps were created by cartographer Jedediah Hotchkiss of Staunton.","Map Showing Route of the Chesapeake Western Ry. to the Coal Fields of West Virginia via Pocohontas County and to the Tidewater Connection at Gordonsville, Virginia","Includes ten copies.","Norfolk and Western Railway Company; The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company; Wabash Railroad Company; The Connecting Railway Company - Sandusky Line: Map Showing Lines of Railroad and Territory Involved","Series 4: Photographs, 1892-1992, comprises original photographs, facsimiles, negatives, and postcards that primarily document Chesapeake Western Railway. Photographs feature railroad workers including African American workers, construction, locomotives and equipment, train stations, and landscapes along the rail routes. Photographs also document damage to bridges and trestles as a result of flooding. There are a small number of non-Chesapeake Western Railway photographs and negatives included.","The bulk of the photographs were used in C. Grattan Price Jr.'s book The Crooked \u0026 Weedy and are organized according to book chapter. Original photographs used in the book have typed captions affixed to the back. Some are mounted on board. Facsimile photographs used in The Crooked \u0026 Weedy, which are also duplicates of the originals, are printed on photo paper and include publication specifications. The facsimile photographs are dated according to the approximate date of the content captured in the photograph not the date the facsimile was created (circa 1990). The date ranges were applied based on the captions accompanying the photographs.","The group of numbered photographs and negatives are identified and dated in an accompanying document of captions.","A group of photographs also document locations in West Virginia and western Virginia where Chesapeake Western planned to expand.","Photographers that are identified include H. Reid, C. Grattan Price Jr., and Walter S. Daggy.","From personal collections other than C. Grattan Price Jr.","Includes duplicates.","Bulk of photographs document a formal dinner party. Don W. Thomas is in attendance.","Includes duplicates."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe following items were removed from the collection and cataloged separately:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssues of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eShenandoah Valley Express\u003c/emph\u003e (1995), the newsletter of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Club\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eChesapeake and Western Railroad Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Operating Department\u003c/emph\u003e (1901)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following items were removed from the collection and cataloged separately:","Issues of Shenandoah Valley Express (1995), the newsletter of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Club","Chesapeake and Western Railroad Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Operating Department (1901)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged into four series:","Administrative files, 1893-1992\n      Research files, 1872-1996\n      Maps, 1894-1989\n      Photographs, 1892-1992","Obituary for Donald W. Thomas, Daily News-Record, January 11, 1962.","Obituary for Charles Grattan Price Jr. , Daily News-Record, June 14, 1996.","In 1892, a group of promoters including Jedediah Hotchkiss incorporated to build a railway to carry coal from West Virginia mines to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad. Using part of the old Washington, Cincinnati \u0026 St. Louis Railroad right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial Chesapeake \u0026 Western stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the Chesapeake \u0026 Western and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the Chesapeake Western line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.","For just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the Chesapeake Western with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped. When the Stokes' heirs put the Chesapeake Western up for sale in 1938, Donald W. Thomas (1890-1962), a former Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the railway since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. At this point Thomas became Chesapeake Western's president and general manager, positions he held until November 1954. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which ran between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the Chesapeake Western system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The Chesapeake Western linked with the Norfolk \u0026 Western at Elkton.","In 1954, the Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad purchased Chesapeake Western Railway, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026 Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the Norfolk Southern.","Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996), local railroad historian and enthusiast as well as a former employee of and photographer for Chesapeake Western Railway, authored \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1992). The title refers to Chesapeake Western's nickname - Crooked \u0026 Weedy - given to it by locals. The book is dedicated to Don W. Thomas who conducted much of the preliminary research into Virginia railroads. Thomas was unable to complete a written history himself due to an illness that culminated in blindness.","Melvin Sigafoose was an engineer for Chesapeake Western Railway.","Materials were largely foldered and organized prior to being transferred to Special Collections. Those groupings and creator/donor provided descriptions were retained during processing.","Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, SC 0154, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The collection comprises photographs and negatives, maps, annual reports, correspondence, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection, which document the functions and activities of Chesapeake Western, were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway.","The collection was created and used in large part to support Thomas and Price's research on the Chesapeake Western specifically and Virginia railroads generally. The culmination of that research is Price's book \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1992).","Series 1: Administrative files, 1893-1992, comprises materials that are official records created by or for Chesapeake Western Railway. The series includes correspondence, annual reports and other official reports, time tables, forms, tickets, passes, and ephemera, as well as a financial docket that documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Includes photographs.","Series 2: Research files, 1872-1996, includes newspaper clippings, articles, news story transcriptions, correspondence requesting research assistance, and assorted printed material related to Virginia railroad history and the Chesapeake Western Railway.","Wip Robinson's December 24, 1970 interview of Charles Grattan Price Sr. is included. The interview does not concern Chesapeake Western Railway.","C. Grattan Price Sr. reminisces about childhood Christmases and other early memories in Rockingham County in the late 19th century.","The content of the interview does not relate to the Chesapeake Western Railway.","Regarding the history of rail transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.","Concerns history of transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.","Includes transcribed newspaper articles and lists of instances railways were mentioned in newspapers.","Includes originals, transcripts, facsimiles, and photocopies.","Includes The Rockingham Recorder (Vol. I, No. 1-2); Railroads of the Shenandoah Valley, \"The Old Church on the Hill\", The Churches of Harrisonburg; and others.","The newspaper articles transcribed date to 1895. The transcripts themselves likely date to circa 1950s.","Four copies","Report \u0026 Documents Submitted by the Committee Appointed to Confer with the Authorities of the City of Wheeling, Respecting the Late Law of Virginia, Granting the Right of Way to the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio Railroad Co. through that State. Passed 6th March, 1847","Series 3: Maps, 1894-1989, includes maps specific to Chesapeake Western Railway as well as maps of Virginia and West Virginia railway routes. Two 1894 linen-backed maps were created by cartographer Jedediah Hotchkiss of Staunton.","Map Showing Route of the Chesapeake Western Ry. to the Coal Fields of West Virginia via Pocohontas County and to the Tidewater Connection at Gordonsville, Virginia","Includes ten copies.","Norfolk and Western Railway Company; The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company; Wabash Railroad Company; The Connecting Railway Company - Sandusky Line: Map Showing Lines of Railroad and Territory Involved","Series 4: Photographs, 1892-1992, comprises original photographs, facsimiles, negatives, and postcards that primarily document Chesapeake Western Railway. Photographs feature railroad workers including African American workers, construction, locomotives and equipment, train stations, and landscapes along the rail routes. Photographs also document damage to bridges and trestles as a result of flooding. There are a small number of non-Chesapeake Western Railway photographs and negatives included.","The bulk of the photographs were used in C. Grattan Price Jr.'s book The Crooked \u0026 Weedy and are organized according to book chapter. Original photographs used in the book have typed captions affixed to the back. Some are mounted on board. Facsimile photographs used in The Crooked \u0026 Weedy, which are also duplicates of the originals, are printed on photo paper and include publication specifications. The facsimile photographs are dated according to the approximate date of the content captured in the photograph not the date the facsimile was created (circa 1990). The date ranges were applied based on the captions accompanying the photographs.","The group of numbered photographs and negatives are identified and dated in an accompanying document of captions.","A group of photographs also document locations in West Virginia and western Virginia where Chesapeake Western planned to expand.","Photographers that are identified include H. Reid, C. Grattan Price Jr., and Walter S. Daggy.","From personal collections other than C. Grattan Price Jr.","Includes duplicates.","Bulk of photographs document a formal dinner party. Don W. 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In the next few years, substantial Chesapeake \u0026 Western stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the Chesapeake \u0026 Western and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the Chesapeake Western line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.","For just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the Chesapeake Western with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped. When the Stokes' heirs put the Chesapeake Western up for sale in 1938, Donald W. Thomas (1890-1962), a former Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the railway since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. At this point Thomas became Chesapeake Western's president and general manager, positions he held until November 1954. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which ran between Harrisonburg and Lexington. 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Grattan Price Jr., author of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection was created and used in large part to support Thomas and Price's research on the Chesapeake Western specifically and Virginia railroads generally. The culmination of that research is Price's book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e (1992).\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Administrative files, 1893-1992, comprises materials that are official records created by or for Chesapeake Western Railway. The series includes correspondence, annual reports and other official reports, time tables, forms, tickets, passes, and ephemera, as well as a financial docket that documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railway in July 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railway in July 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railway in July 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Research files, 1872-1996, includes newspaper clippings, articles, news story transcriptions, correspondence requesting research assistance, and assorted printed material related to Virginia railroad history and the Chesapeake Western Railway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWip Robinson's December 24, 1970 interview of Charles Grattan Price Sr. is included. The interview does not concern Chesapeake Western Railway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC. Grattan Price Sr. reminisces about childhood Christmases and other early memories in Rockingham County in the late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe content of the interview does not relate to the Chesapeake Western Railway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the history of rail transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns history of transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes transcribed newspaper articles and lists of instances railways were mentioned in newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes originals, transcripts, facsimiles, and photocopies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes The Rockingham Recorder (Vol. I, No. 1-2); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRailroads of the Shenandoah Valley, \"The Old Church on the Hill\", The Churches of Harrisonburg\u003c/emph\u003e; and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe newspaper articles transcribed date to 1895. The transcripts themselves likely date to circa 1950s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour copies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport \u0026amp; Documents Submitted by the Committee Appointed to Confer with the Authorities of the City of Wheeling, Respecting the Late Law of Virginia, Granting the Right of Way to the Baltimore \u0026amp; Ohio Railroad Co. through that State. Passed 6th March, 1847\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Maps, 1894-1989, includes maps specific to Chesapeake Western Railway as well as maps of Virginia and West Virginia railway routes. Two 1894 linen-backed maps were created by cartographer Jedediah Hotchkiss of Staunton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMap Showing Route of the Chesapeake Western Ry. to the Coal Fields of West Virginia via Pocohontas County and to the Tidewater Connection at Gordonsville, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes ten copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorfolk and Western Railway Company; The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company; Wabash Railroad Company; The Connecting Railway Company - Sandusky Line: Map Showing Lines of Railroad and Territory Involved\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Photographs, 1892-1992, comprises original photographs, facsimiles, negatives, and postcards that primarily document Chesapeake Western Railway. Photographs feature railroad workers including African American workers, construction, locomotives and equipment, train stations, and landscapes along the rail routes. Photographs also document damage to bridges and trestles as a result of flooding. There are a small number of non-Chesapeake Western Railway photographs and negatives included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the photographs were used in C. Grattan Price Jr.'s book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\u003c/emph\u003e and are organized according to book chapter. Original photographs used in the book have typed captions affixed to the back. Some are mounted on board. Facsimile photographs used in \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\u003c/emph\u003e, which are also duplicates of the originals, are printed on photo paper and include publication specifications. The facsimile photographs are dated according to the approximate date of the content captured in the photograph not the date the facsimile was created (circa 1990). The date ranges were applied based on the captions accompanying the photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe group of numbered photographs and negatives are identified and dated in an accompanying document of captions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA group of photographs also document locations in West Virginia and western Virginia where Chesapeake Western planned to expand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographers that are identified include H. Reid, C. Grattan Price Jr., and Walter S. Daggy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom personal collections other than C. Grattan Price Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes duplicates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulk of photographs document a formal dinner party. Don W. Thomas is in attendance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes duplicates.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection comprises photographs and negatives, maps, annual reports, correspondence, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection, which document the functions and activities of Chesapeake Western, were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway.","The collection was created and used in large part to support Thomas and Price's research on the Chesapeake Western specifically and Virginia railroads generally. The culmination of that research is Price's book \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1992).","Series 1: Administrative files, 1893-1992, comprises materials that are official records created by or for Chesapeake Western Railway. The series includes correspondence, annual reports and other official reports, time tables, forms, tickets, passes, and ephemera, as well as a financial docket that documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Documents the sale of Chesapeake Western Railway to Norfolk \u0026 Western Railway in July 1954.","Includes photographs.","Series 2: Research files, 1872-1996, includes newspaper clippings, articles, news story transcriptions, correspondence requesting research assistance, and assorted printed material related to Virginia railroad history and the Chesapeake Western Railway.","Wip Robinson's December 24, 1970 interview of Charles Grattan Price Sr. is included. The interview does not concern Chesapeake Western Railway.","C. Grattan Price Sr. reminisces about childhood Christmases and other early memories in Rockingham County in the late 19th century.","The content of the interview does not relate to the Chesapeake Western Railway.","Regarding the history of rail transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.","Concerns history of transportation in the Shenandoah Valley.","Includes transcribed newspaper articles and lists of instances railways were mentioned in newspapers.","Includes originals, transcripts, facsimiles, and photocopies.","Includes The Rockingham Recorder (Vol. I, No. 1-2); Railroads of the Shenandoah Valley, \"The Old Church on the Hill\", The Churches of Harrisonburg; and others.","The newspaper articles transcribed date to 1895. The transcripts themselves likely date to circa 1950s.","Four copies","Report \u0026 Documents Submitted by the Committee Appointed to Confer with the Authorities of the City of Wheeling, Respecting the Late Law of Virginia, Granting the Right of Way to the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio Railroad Co. through that State. Passed 6th March, 1847","Series 3: Maps, 1894-1989, includes maps specific to Chesapeake Western Railway as well as maps of Virginia and West Virginia railway routes. Two 1894 linen-backed maps were created by cartographer Jedediah Hotchkiss of Staunton.","Map Showing Route of the Chesapeake Western Ry. to the Coal Fields of West Virginia via Pocohontas County and to the Tidewater Connection at Gordonsville, Virginia","Includes ten copies.","Norfolk and Western Railway Company; The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company; Wabash Railroad Company; The Connecting Railway Company - Sandusky Line: Map Showing Lines of Railroad and Territory Involved","Series 4: Photographs, 1892-1992, comprises original photographs, facsimiles, negatives, and postcards that primarily document Chesapeake Western Railway. Photographs feature railroad workers including African American workers, construction, locomotives and equipment, train stations, and landscapes along the rail routes. Photographs also document damage to bridges and trestles as a result of flooding. There are a small number of non-Chesapeake Western Railway photographs and negatives included.","The bulk of the photographs were used in C. Grattan Price Jr.'s book The Crooked \u0026 Weedy and are organized according to book chapter. Original photographs used in the book have typed captions affixed to the back. Some are mounted on board. Facsimile photographs used in The Crooked \u0026 Weedy, which are also duplicates of the originals, are printed on photo paper and include publication specifications. The facsimile photographs are dated according to the approximate date of the content captured in the photograph not the date the facsimile was created (circa 1990). The date ranges were applied based on the captions accompanying the photographs.","The group of numbered photographs and negatives are identified and dated in an accompanying document of captions.","A group of photographs also document locations in West Virginia and western Virginia where Chesapeake Western planned to expand.","Photographers that are identified include H. Reid, C. Grattan Price Jr., and Walter S. Daggy.","From personal collections other than C. Grattan Price Jr.","Includes duplicates.","Bulk of photographs document a formal dinner party. Don W. Thomas is in attendance.","Includes duplicates."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe following items were removed from the collection and cataloged separately:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIssues of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eShenandoah Valley Express\u003c/emph\u003e (1995), the newsletter of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Club\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eChesapeake and Western Railroad Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Operating Department\u003c/emph\u003e (1901)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following items were removed from the collection and cataloged separately:","Issues of Shenandoah Valley Express (1995), the newsletter of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Club","Chesapeake and Western Railroad Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Operating Department (1901)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_c3f5aecbc4c039852bc909e1cc20ba35\"\u003eThe collection comprises photographs, maps, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The collection comprises photographs, maps, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk Southern Corporation"],"names_coll_ssim":["Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk Southern Corporation","Price, Charles Grattan, III"],"persname_ssim":["Price, Charles Grattan, III","Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Thomas, Don W. 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Va.) -- History","Railroads -- Virginia -- History","Photographs","Memorandums","Letters (correspondence)","Telegrams","Newspaper clippings","Printed Ephemera","Magazines (periodicals)","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.","All photographs (not including photograph negatives) and W. Graham Claytor's video recording of his family's visit to the Shenandoah Central have been digitized and are available online via JSTOR. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were not scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copies of this photograph have not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copies of this postcard have not been scanned.","The collection is arranged into three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1916-1997\n      Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997\n      Photographs, 1952-1954","At the suggestion of Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway, C. Grattan Price Jr., Harrisonburg insurance agent and railroad enthusiast, wrote to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026WNC) Railroad in August 1952 about purchasing a narrow gauge steam locomotive and tender as well as narrow gauge cars. Price, along with fellow railfans Wade W. Menefee Jr. and Dr. Paul S. Hill, intended to build a narrow gauge railroad on Hill's farm in Penn Laird, Virginia as a scenic operating museum line. Narrow gauge railways differ from standard railways in that the distance between rails is 3 feet compared to the standard 4 feet, 3 1/2 inches.","Dr. Paul S. Hill (1907-1986) was a surgeon in Harrisonburg. He attended Washington \u0026 Lee University and graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School. Hill served as a major with the Medical Corps during World War II. Wade W. Menefee Jr. (1924-2004) was a graduate of Virginia Tech and a World War II veteran. Upon his return from military service, Menefee managed W. M. Menefee \u0026 Son, a local feed, fuel, and general supply company. Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996) graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a veteran of World War II during which time he served as a railway shop superintendent and was a member of the U.S. Army's military railway service in France. Price was a partner in the insurance firm C. G. Price \u0026 Sons, Inc. until his retirement in 1978. He also authored \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1991). He was a resident of Harrisonburg and lived on Franklin Street until 1958 when he moved to Ott street where he lived the remainder of his life.","In November 1952, Price, Menefee, and Hill entered into a partnership agreement forming the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Hill served as Shenandoah Central's president, Price was vice president and general manager, and Menefee was secretary-treasurer. Soon after its formation, Shenandoah Central purchased Tweetsie (aka Locomotive #12), a historic narrow gauge steam locomotive, and two narrow gauge passenger cars from ET\u0026WNC. Prior to its purchase by Shenandoah Central, Tweetsie was a working engine from 1917 to 1950 in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, plying the area's Great Smoky Mountains. Shenandoah Central purchased a third car from Pennsylvania's East Broad Top Railroad. After several failed attempts to locate and acquire rail, Chesapeake Western Railway loaned Shenandoah Central the necessary rail to build the one-mile scenic track which would be known as the Tweetsie Route. Norfolk \u0026 Western provided the ties and ballast.","Shenandoah Central Railroad held its Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 to mark the official opening of the Tweetsie Route and the inaugural run of the Stonewall Jackson train. The Stonewall Jackson comprised a coach, a combination car, and a screened observation car with Tweetsie pulling the cars. During the Stonewall Jackson's first run, Dr. Paul Hill was Tweetsie's conductor, C. Grattan Price Jr. was engineer, and Wade W. Menefee Jr. was fireman. The ceremony included remarks by Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway; F. S. Baird, vice president of the Norfolk \u0026 Western; Sherman Pippin, retired ET\u0026WNC engineer who was the engineer on Tweetsie's last run in 1950; and C. Grattan Price and Wade Menefee Jr. on behalf of the Shenandoah Central Railroad among others. Music was provided by the Harrisonburg High School band and included the songs \"Dixie\" and \"I've Been Working on the Railroad.\" Major General Carl R. Gray Jr, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, drove the golden spike.","After two operating seasons, which saw more than 15,000 visitors, the partners were forced to place Tweetsie and the cars up for sale due to insufficient patronage and resulting loss of money. Additionally, flooding from Hurricane Hazel which hit Virginia in October 1954 damaged the track and roadbed beyond what was financially feasible for the partners to repair.","Actor and singer-songwriter Gene Autry inquired about purchasing Tweetsie and related equipment in April 1955. He intended to use the locomotive and equipment in his television and movie projects. Autry even planned to come to Harrisonburg in the spring of 1955 to finalize the arrangements, a visit that was eagerly anticipated by community members and local press. However, by the end of August 1955, the Autry Deal was dead due to the cost to transport the locomotive and equipment from Virginia to Autry's Melody Ranch in California as well as the cost to lay the rails.","During the spring of 1955, singer, musical actor, and automobile enthusiast James Melton also expressed interest in Tweetsie for display in his antique automobile museum, James Melton Autorama, in Hypoluxo, Florida.","Grover C. Robbins Jr. of Lenoir, North Carolina ultimately purchased the Tweetsie locomotive and equipment on August 25, 1955 for $17,000. The Tweetsie Railroad is still in operation in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.","Special Collections staff provided the donor with archival folders prior to transferring materials. The collection was largely received in foldered groupings (correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings) by the donor. Much of the correspondence was received grouped together according to correspondent and bound with staples, likely an arrangement kept by C. Grattan Price Jr. These groupings as well as the staples were left intact to maintain original order.","Duplicate copies of magazines were not retained.","Photographs with affixed labels or extensive writing on the backs are interfiled with paper to prevent bleeding onto surrounding photographs. Photograph titles are based largely on the descriptions provided by C. Grattan Price Jr. All photographs (not including photograph negatives) and W. Graham Claytor Jr.'s video recording of his family's trips to the Shenandoah Central are digitized. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were not scanned.","The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed articles, and promotional materials concerning the purchase of Tweetsie, narrow gauge locomotive #12, and related equipment by the Shenandoah Central Railroad in 1952; the opening of the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird, Virginia in 1953; and the eventual sale of Tweetsie and equipment in 1955.","Photographs primarily document Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train on the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird and include passengers and railroad workers.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), primarily comprises correspondence relating to the purchase and subsequent sale of the Tweetsie narrow gauge locomotive, cars, and related equipment and infrastructure. One file of legal and financial documents containing annual reports, agreements, and tax documents is also included. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and according to correspondent.","The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026WNC) Railroad Company correspondence file also includes bills of lading, inspection and repair reports, and designs for locomotive #12. A souvenir program celebrating ET\u0026WNC's 85th anniversary is also included.","The Shenandoah Central Railroad file contains correspondence as well as the railroad's first annual report, a contract between George W. Anderson of Bridgewater and Shenandoah Central Railroad for railroad ties, and a list comprising the guests of honor attending the Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 as well as a list of contributors and non-contributors.","Correspondence between Price and cartoonist and railroad enthusiast Carl Fallberg concerns Fallberg's 1953 cartoon drawing of the Shenandoah Central Railroad commissioned by Price. Mulitple copies of the cartoon are included.","Correspondence with Gene Autry concerns Autry's intended option to purchase the Tweetsie locomotive for use on his California ranch and in movies. Autry ultimately backed out on the purchase agreement due to the cost to transport and erect the narrow gauge locomotive and equipment. Financial agreements, legal documents, telegrams, and memoranda concerning the Autry Deal supplement the correspondence.","Additional correspondence includes Price's offer to various movie studios including Warner Brothers, Republic Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Walt Disney to purchase Tweetsie and their respective responses. The new theme park Disneyland was undergoing construction at this time and Price was advised that Walt Disney might be interested in purchasing the locomotive and cars to incorporate into the new theme park. Disney responded that all of the locomotives and trains were being built on-site and scaled down to 5/8 the size. Price also wrote to Los Angeles-area newspapers urging them to write a human interest story about Tweetsie.","A single file of legal and financial documents is included in this series and filed after the correspondence. Shenandoah Central's first and second annual report, legal agreements, and tax documents are included.","Series 2: Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997, comprises magazine articles, printed news stories, and newspaper clippings concerning Tweetsie, the Tweetsie Route, and the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Press releases, promotional ephemera, brochures, and invitations and name tags for the Golden Spike Ceremony are included. A 1997 print of Gil Reid's 1954 watercolor \"Tweetsie,\" created to support Rockingham Public Library's capital campaign fund, is included","Of particular interest is a five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Price's friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.","C. Grattan Price Jr.'s undated draft manuscript \"All Steam and a Yard Wide\" provides an incomplete historical account Shenandoah Central Railroad, its partners, and Tweetsie.","Five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Charles Grattan Price Jr.'s friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.","Series 3: Photographs, 1949-1954, primarily comprises black-and-white photographs of Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train along the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird. Railroad employees and passengers are photographed in the train and inside the depot. Photographs of the May 29, 1953 Golden Spike Ceremony are also included. Six photographs document Tweetsie when it was part of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company. Many of the photographs are captioned with people, places, and dates identified. Postcards and color photograph negatives are included. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were retained.","Text on photo: ELIZABETHTON, TENN OCT 20, 1949 - handwritten.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie's\" crew loved the little train as much as did the mountain people who depended on it for contact with the outside world. Engineer Sherman Pippin was as the throttle of No. 10 and No. 12 for some 20 years before the railroad was discontinued. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie\" was a familiar part of the rural landscape in Western North Carolina, as this photograph taken near Newland, N.C., shows. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: The route between Johnson City, Tenn., and Boone, N.C. presented some of the most rugged territory in the Appalachian mountains. Here the railroad skirts the Doe River Gorge on a ledge of solid rock. (N.C. News Bureau Photo - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie\" went where even a sure-footed burro would fear to tread. Here the little train starts across the Doe River on one of the many bridges built by ET\u0026WNC R.R. Co. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Over the river and through the wood\" went \"Tweetsie\" on her trips from Johnson City, Tenn., to Boone, N.C. in former days. Engineer Sherman Pippin stopped his train so passengers aboard for a day's outing could take pictures like the one above. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT P. O. BOX 2719 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: L to R - Hill, Price Menefee - handwritten; THE THREE OWNERS OF THE SHENANDOAH CENTRAL RAILROAD TAKEN ON \"GOLD SPIKE DAY\" 5/29/53 L. TO R.: DR. PAUL S. HILL (PRESIDENT), C. GRATTAN PRICE, JR. (VICE PRES. \u0026 GEN. MGR.), WADE W. MENEFEE, JR. (SEC.-TREAS.) - handwritten and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price Jr. Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; C. Grattan Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - address label.","Text on photo: Dr. Paul S. Hill, Pres. (Conductor) C. Grattan Price, Jr., V.P. \u0026 G.M. (Engineer) Wade W. Menefee, Jr., Sec.-Treas. (Fireman) Taken at the end of first run following Golden Spike ceremony May 29, 1953 at \"Central Park.\" - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Driving of the Golden Spike, Shandoah Central Railroad, Lakeside Station (Penn Laird, Va.), 4:30 P.M. May 29, 1953 by Major-General Carl R. Gray, Jr., Veterans Administrator of the U.S. (former Vice-Pres., Chicago \u0026 Northwestern Ry., and Chief, Military Railway Service, European Theater, W.W.II). L to R - C.G. Price, Jr., Vice-Pres. \u0026 Gen. Mgr., Shenandoah Central R.R., W.W. Menefee, Jr., Sect'y.-Treas., Shenandoah Central R.R., L.W. Huncke, Pres., Wm. A. Smith Contracting Co., Kansas City, Kas. (donors of track-laying), F.S. Baird, Vice-Pres. (Traffic), Norfolk \u0026 Western Ry., Sherman Pippin, Engineer of last train when E.T.\u0026W.N.C.R.R. abandoned narrow-gauge division in 1950. (Equipment bought by Shenandoah Central R.R.), General Gray, A.W. St. Clair, Gen'l. Mgr., Southern Ry. System - Lines East, C.R. Wilburn, Vice-Pres., Operations, East Broad Top R.R., Dr. P.S. Hill, Pres., Shenandoah Central R.R., (Mr. D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry. temporarily absent when picture taken.) Photo by: N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Please return to: C.G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Crowd before start of ceremony, Photo by Southern Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry., speaking. Photo by Bob Riley - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Harrisonburg High School Band plays as invited guests board first train, after ceremony. 5/29/53 Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","F. S. Baird, Vice-Pres., Norfolk \u0026 Western Ry. Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Sherman Pippin, retired E.T.\u0026W.N.C. R.R. engineer. He was engineer on last run of their narrow-gauge division in October, 1950. Taken at S.C.R.R.'s Golden Spike Ceremony May 29, 1953, Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by H. Reid 8549 Wayland St. Norfolk, VA. - stamped.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Engineman: C. Grattan Price, Jr., Fireman: M. H. Dofflemyer (Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12) (1954) - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. compares time with Engineman Grattan Price, Jr. as Fireman Myron Dofflemyer looks on. Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12 (1954) - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. \"lifts transportation.\" - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. at rear end of \"The Stonewall Jackson\" - America's last narrow-gauge \"name\" train. - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo By Ward Allan Howe 310 Riverside Drive New York, 25, N. Y. - stamped; 5-30-54 - handwritten.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: W. E. Warden, Jr. 1216 Shamrock La. Waynesboro, Va. - stamped; August 1954 - handwritten.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels; May 71 Railroad Pages 30, 31 #2134.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central R. R. - approaching Massanutten Summit - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central Railroad \"The Stonewall Jackson,\" pulled by famous \"Tweetsie,\" crossing Cub Run Bridge. - handwritten; Photo by H. Reid - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels.","Text on photo: Taken on line between Cub Run Bridge and Massanutten Summit May 30, 1954 - handwritten; Photo by Lee-Gitchell Studio - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on postcard: Ride One of America's Last Old-Time Narrow-Gauge Trains! Shenandoah Central Railroad U. S. Route 33 at Penn Laird Six Miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia - printed; Everett Waddey Company - Richmond, Virginia; printed.","Text on postcard: Famous Locomotive \"Tweetsie\" pulls old-time narrow-gauge train on 1-mile Shenandoah Central Railroad each Sunday and holiday from late May to early October at Penn Laird, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, six miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on U. S. Route 33. Come take a \"Trip to Yesteryear.\" - printed; Hannau Color Productions, 605 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Fla. - printed.","Two books were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings: Mallory Hope Ferrell's Tweetsie Country: The East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad (1976) and Clyde J. Dellinger's Tweetsie and The Clinchfield Railroads: Crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains (1975).","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Tweetsie (Locomotive)","East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad","Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company","Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company","Southern Railway System","Shenandoah Central Railroad (1952-1956)","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk and Western Railway Company","North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development. State Advertising Division","Lee-Gitchell Studio","Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III","Menefee, Wade W., Jr. (Wade Whitfield), 1924-2004","Hill, Paul S., Dr. (Paul Swanson), 1907-1986","McCarthy, Wilson, (Judge)","Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1889-1955","Fallberg, Carl, 1915-1996","Disney, Walt (Walter Elias), 1901-1966","Autry, Gene, 1907-1998","Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994","Aydelott, Gale B.","Clodfelter, Frank, 1911-","Reid, Gil, 1918-2007","Riley, Bob","Reid, H.","Gorman","Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977","Warden, W. E., Jr. (William E.)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956"],"collection_ssim":["Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0327","/repositories/4/resources/672"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0327","/repositories/4/resources/672"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Tweetsie Railroad (N.C.)","Penn Laird (Va.) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Tweetsie Railroad (N.C.)","Penn Laird (Va.) -- History"],"places_ssim":["Tweetsie Railroad (N.C.)","Penn Laird (Va.) -- History"],"creator_ssm":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III"],"creator_ssim":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III","Menefee, Wade W., Jr. (Wade Whitfield), 1924-2004","Hill, Paul S., Dr. (Paul Swanson), 1907-1986","McCarthy, Wilson, (Judge)","Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1889-1955","Fallberg, Carl, 1915-1996","Disney, Walt (Walter Elias), 1901-1966","Autry, Gene, 1907-1998","Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994","Aydelott, Gale B.","Clodfelter, Frank, 1911-","Reid, Gil, 1918-2007","Riley, Bob","Reid, H.","Gorman","Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977","Warden, W. E., Jr. (William E.)"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Tweetsie (Locomotive)","East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad","Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company","Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company","Southern Railway System","Shenandoah Central Railroad (1952-1956)","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk and Western Railway Company","North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development. State Advertising Division","Lee-Gitchell Studio"],"creators_ssim":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III","Menefee, Wade W., Jr. (Wade Whitfield), 1924-2004","Hill, Paul S., Dr. (Paul Swanson), 1907-1986","McCarthy, Wilson, (Judge)","Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1889-1955","Fallberg, Carl, 1915-1996","Disney, Walt (Walter Elias), 1901-1966","Autry, Gene, 1907-1998","Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994","Aydelott, Gale B.","Clodfelter, Frank, 1911-","Reid, Gil, 1918-2007","Riley, Bob","Reid, H.","Gorman","Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977","Warden, W. E., Jr. (William E.)","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Tweetsie (Locomotive)","East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad","Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company","Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company","Southern Railway System","Shenandoah Central Railroad (1952-1956)","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk and Western Railway Company","North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development. State Advertising Division","Lee-Gitchell Studio"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The collection was donated to Special Collections in July 2021 by C. Grattan \"Butch\" Price III, son of C. 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All series are arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1916-1997\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePrinted and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePhotographs, 1952-1954\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged into three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1916-1997\n      Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997\n      Photographs, 1952-1954"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAt the suggestion of Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway, C. Grattan Price Jr., Harrisonburg insurance agent and railroad enthusiast, wrote to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026amp;WNC) Railroad in August 1952 about purchasing a narrow gauge steam locomotive and tender as well as narrow gauge cars. Price, along with fellow railfans Wade W. Menefee Jr. and Dr. Paul S. Hill, intended to build a narrow gauge railroad on Hill's farm in Penn Laird, Virginia as a scenic operating museum line. Narrow gauge railways differ from standard railways in that the distance between rails is 3 feet compared to the standard 4 feet, 3 1/2 inches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Paul S. Hill (1907-1986) was a surgeon in Harrisonburg. He attended Washington \u0026amp; Lee University and graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School. Hill served as a major with the Medical Corps during World War II. Wade W. Menefee Jr. (1924-2004) was a graduate of Virginia Tech and a World War II veteran. Upon his return from military service, Menefee managed W. M. Menefee \u0026amp; Son, a local feed, fuel, and general supply company. Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996) graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a veteran of World War II during which time he served as a railway shop superintendent and was a member of the U.S. Army's military railway service in France. Price was a partner in the insurance firm C. G. Price \u0026amp; Sons, Inc. until his retirement in 1978. He also authored \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e (1991). He was a resident of Harrisonburg and lived on Franklin Street until 1958 when he moved to Ott street where he lived the remainder of his life. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn November 1952, Price, Menefee, and Hill entered into a partnership agreement forming the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Hill served as Shenandoah Central's president, Price was vice president and general manager, and Menefee was secretary-treasurer. Soon after its formation, Shenandoah Central purchased Tweetsie (aka Locomotive #12), a historic narrow gauge steam locomotive, and two narrow gauge passenger cars from ET\u0026amp;WNC. Prior to its purchase by Shenandoah Central, Tweetsie was a working engine from 1917 to 1950 in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, plying the area's Great Smoky Mountains. Shenandoah Central purchased a third car from Pennsylvania's East Broad Top Railroad. After several failed attempts to locate and acquire rail, Chesapeake Western Railway loaned Shenandoah Central the necessary rail to build the one-mile scenic track which would be known as the Tweetsie Route. Norfolk \u0026amp; Western provided the ties and ballast. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShenandoah Central Railroad held its Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 to mark the official opening of the Tweetsie Route and the inaugural run of the Stonewall Jackson train. The Stonewall Jackson comprised a coach, a combination car, and a screened observation car with Tweetsie pulling the cars. During the Stonewall Jackson's first run, Dr. Paul Hill was Tweetsie's conductor, C. Grattan Price Jr. was engineer, and Wade W. Menefee Jr. was fireman. The ceremony included remarks by Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway; F. S. Baird, vice president of the Norfolk \u0026amp; Western; Sherman Pippin, retired ET\u0026amp;WNC engineer who was the engineer on Tweetsie's last run in 1950; and C. Grattan Price and Wade Menefee Jr. on behalf of the Shenandoah Central Railroad among others. Music was provided by the Harrisonburg High School band and included the songs \"Dixie\" and \"I've Been Working on the Railroad.\" Major General Carl R. Gray Jr, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, drove the golden spike.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter two operating seasons, which saw more than 15,000 visitors, the partners were forced to place Tweetsie and the cars up for sale due to insufficient patronage and resulting loss of money. Additionally, flooding from Hurricane Hazel which hit Virginia in October 1954 damaged the track and roadbed beyond what was financially feasible for the partners to repair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActor and singer-songwriter Gene Autry inquired about purchasing Tweetsie and related equipment in April 1955. He intended to use the locomotive and equipment in his television and movie projects. Autry even planned to come to Harrisonburg in the spring of 1955 to finalize the arrangements, a visit that was eagerly anticipated by community members and local press. However, by the end of August 1955, the Autry Deal was dead due to the cost to transport the locomotive and equipment from Virginia to Autry's Melody Ranch in California as well as the cost to lay the rails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the spring of 1955, singer, musical actor, and automobile enthusiast James Melton also expressed interest in Tweetsie for display in his antique automobile museum, James Melton Autorama, in Hypoluxo, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrover C. Robbins Jr. of Lenoir, North Carolina ultimately purchased the Tweetsie locomotive and equipment on August 25, 1955 for $17,000. The Tweetsie Railroad is still in operation in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["At the suggestion of Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway, C. Grattan Price Jr., Harrisonburg insurance agent and railroad enthusiast, wrote to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026WNC) Railroad in August 1952 about purchasing a narrow gauge steam locomotive and tender as well as narrow gauge cars. Price, along with fellow railfans Wade W. Menefee Jr. and Dr. Paul S. Hill, intended to build a narrow gauge railroad on Hill's farm in Penn Laird, Virginia as a scenic operating museum line. Narrow gauge railways differ from standard railways in that the distance between rails is 3 feet compared to the standard 4 feet, 3 1/2 inches.","Dr. Paul S. Hill (1907-1986) was a surgeon in Harrisonburg. He attended Washington \u0026 Lee University and graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School. Hill served as a major with the Medical Corps during World War II. Wade W. Menefee Jr. (1924-2004) was a graduate of Virginia Tech and a World War II veteran. Upon his return from military service, Menefee managed W. M. Menefee \u0026 Son, a local feed, fuel, and general supply company. Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996) graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a veteran of World War II during which time he served as a railway shop superintendent and was a member of the U.S. Army's military railway service in France. Price was a partner in the insurance firm C. G. Price \u0026 Sons, Inc. until his retirement in 1978. He also authored \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1991). He was a resident of Harrisonburg and lived on Franklin Street until 1958 when he moved to Ott street where he lived the remainder of his life.","In November 1952, Price, Menefee, and Hill entered into a partnership agreement forming the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Hill served as Shenandoah Central's president, Price was vice president and general manager, and Menefee was secretary-treasurer. Soon after its formation, Shenandoah Central purchased Tweetsie (aka Locomotive #12), a historic narrow gauge steam locomotive, and two narrow gauge passenger cars from ET\u0026WNC. Prior to its purchase by Shenandoah Central, Tweetsie was a working engine from 1917 to 1950 in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, plying the area's Great Smoky Mountains. Shenandoah Central purchased a third car from Pennsylvania's East Broad Top Railroad. After several failed attempts to locate and acquire rail, Chesapeake Western Railway loaned Shenandoah Central the necessary rail to build the one-mile scenic track which would be known as the Tweetsie Route. Norfolk \u0026 Western provided the ties and ballast.","Shenandoah Central Railroad held its Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 to mark the official opening of the Tweetsie Route and the inaugural run of the Stonewall Jackson train. The Stonewall Jackson comprised a coach, a combination car, and a screened observation car with Tweetsie pulling the cars. During the Stonewall Jackson's first run, Dr. Paul Hill was Tweetsie's conductor, C. Grattan Price Jr. was engineer, and Wade W. Menefee Jr. was fireman. The ceremony included remarks by Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway; F. S. Baird, vice president of the Norfolk \u0026 Western; Sherman Pippin, retired ET\u0026WNC engineer who was the engineer on Tweetsie's last run in 1950; and C. Grattan Price and Wade Menefee Jr. on behalf of the Shenandoah Central Railroad among others. Music was provided by the Harrisonburg High School band and included the songs \"Dixie\" and \"I've Been Working on the Railroad.\" Major General Carl R. Gray Jr, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, drove the golden spike.","After two operating seasons, which saw more than 15,000 visitors, the partners were forced to place Tweetsie and the cars up for sale due to insufficient patronage and resulting loss of money. Additionally, flooding from Hurricane Hazel which hit Virginia in October 1954 damaged the track and roadbed beyond what was financially feasible for the partners to repair.","Actor and singer-songwriter Gene Autry inquired about purchasing Tweetsie and related equipment in April 1955. He intended to use the locomotive and equipment in his television and movie projects. Autry even planned to come to Harrisonburg in the spring of 1955 to finalize the arrangements, a visit that was eagerly anticipated by community members and local press. However, by the end of August 1955, the Autry Deal was dead due to the cost to transport the locomotive and equipment from Virginia to Autry's Melody Ranch in California as well as the cost to lay the rails.","During the spring of 1955, singer, musical actor, and automobile enthusiast James Melton also expressed interest in Tweetsie for display in his antique automobile museum, James Melton Autorama, in Hypoluxo, Florida.","Grover C. Robbins Jr. of Lenoir, North Carolina ultimately purchased the Tweetsie locomotive and equipment on August 25, 1955 for $17,000. The Tweetsie Railroad is still in operation in Blowing Rock, North Carolina."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), SC 0327, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), SC 0327, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSpecial Collections staff provided the donor with archival folders prior to transferring materials. The collection was largely received in foldered groupings (correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings) by the donor. Much of the correspondence was received grouped together according to correspondent and bound with staples, likely an arrangement kept by C. Grattan Price Jr. These groupings as well as the staples were left intact to maintain original order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuplicate copies of magazines were not retained.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs with affixed labels or extensive writing on the backs are interfiled with paper to prevent bleeding onto surrounding photographs. Photograph titles are based largely on the descriptions provided by C. Grattan Price Jr. All photographs (not including photograph negatives) and W. Graham Claytor Jr.'s video recording of his family's trips to the Shenandoah Central are digitized. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were not scanned.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Special Collections staff provided the donor with archival folders prior to transferring materials. The collection was largely received in foldered groupings (correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings) by the donor. Much of the correspondence was received grouped together according to correspondent and bound with staples, likely an arrangement kept by C. Grattan Price Jr. These groupings as well as the staples were left intact to maintain original order.","Duplicate copies of magazines were not retained.","Photographs with affixed labels or extensive writing on the backs are interfiled with paper to prevent bleeding onto surrounding photographs. Photograph titles are based largely on the descriptions provided by C. Grattan Price Jr. All photographs (not including photograph negatives) and W. Graham Claytor Jr.'s video recording of his family's trips to the Shenandoah Central are digitized. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were not scanned."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed articles, and promotional materials concerning the purchase of Tweetsie, narrow gauge locomotive #12, and related equipment by the Shenandoah Central Railroad in 1952; the opening of the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird, Virginia in 1953; and the eventual sale of Tweetsie and equipment in 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs primarily document Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train on the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird and include passengers and railroad workers.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), primarily comprises correspondence relating to the purchase and subsequent sale of the Tweetsie narrow gauge locomotive, cars, and related equipment and infrastructure. One file of legal and financial documents containing annual reports, agreements, and tax documents is also included. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and according to correspondent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026amp;WNC) Railroad Company correspondence file also includes bills of lading, inspection and repair reports, and designs for locomotive #12. A souvenir program celebrating ET\u0026amp;WNC's 85th anniversary is also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Shenandoah Central Railroad file contains correspondence as well as the railroad's first annual report, a contract between George W. Anderson of Bridgewater and Shenandoah Central Railroad for railroad ties, and a list comprising the guests of honor attending the Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 as well as a list of contributors and non-contributors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Price and cartoonist and railroad enthusiast Carl Fallberg concerns Fallberg's 1953 cartoon drawing of the Shenandoah Central Railroad commissioned by Price. Mulitple copies of the cartoon are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Gene Autry concerns Autry's intended option to purchase the Tweetsie locomotive for use on his California ranch and in movies. Autry ultimately backed out on the purchase agreement due to the cost to transport and erect the narrow gauge locomotive and equipment. Financial agreements, legal documents, telegrams, and memoranda concerning the Autry Deal supplement the correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional correspondence includes Price's offer to various movie studios including Warner Brothers, Republic Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Walt Disney to purchase Tweetsie and their respective responses. The new theme park Disneyland was undergoing construction at this time and Price was advised that Walt Disney might be interested in purchasing the locomotive and cars to incorporate into the new theme park. Disney responded that all of the locomotives and trains were being built on-site and scaled down to 5/8 the size. Price also wrote to Los Angeles-area newspapers urging them to write a human interest story about Tweetsie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA single file of legal and financial documents is included in this series and filed after the correspondence. Shenandoah Central's first and second annual report, legal agreements, and tax documents are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997, comprises magazine articles, printed news stories, and newspaper clippings concerning Tweetsie, the Tweetsie Route, and the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Press releases, promotional ephemera, brochures, and invitations and name tags for the Golden Spike Ceremony are included. A 1997 print of Gil Reid's 1954 watercolor \"Tweetsie,\" created to support Rockingham Public Library's capital campaign fund, is included \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest is a five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Price's friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC. Grattan Price Jr.'s undated draft manuscript \"All Steam and a Yard Wide\" provides an incomplete historical account Shenandoah Central Railroad, its partners, and Tweetsie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Charles Grattan Price Jr.'s friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Photographs, 1949-1954, primarily comprises black-and-white photographs of Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train along the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird. Railroad employees and passengers are photographed in the train and inside the depot. Photographs of the May 29, 1953 Golden Spike Ceremony are also included. Six photographs document Tweetsie when it was part of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company. Many of the photographs are captioned with people, places, and dates identified. Postcards and color photograph negatives are included. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were retained.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: ELIZABETHTON, TENN OCT 20, 1949 - handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: \"Tweetsie's\" crew loved the little train as much as did the mountain people who depended on it for contact with the outside world. Engineer Sherman Pippin was as the throttle of No. 10 and No. 12 for some 20 years before the railroad was discontinued. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: \"Tweetsie\" was a familiar part of the rural landscape in Western North Carolina, as this photograph taken near Newland, N.C., shows. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: The route between Johnson City, Tenn., and Boone, N.C. presented some of the most rugged territory in the Appalachian mountains. Here the railroad skirts the Doe River Gorge on a ledge of solid rock. (N.C. News Bureau Photo - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: \"Tweetsie\" went where even a sure-footed burro would fear to tread. Here the little train starts across the Doe River on one of the many bridges built by ET\u0026amp;WNC R.R. Co. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: \"Over the river and through the wood\" went \"Tweetsie\" on her trips from Johnson City, Tenn., to Boone, N.C. in former days. Engineer Sherman Pippin stopped his train so passengers aboard for a day's outing could take pictures like the one above. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT P. O. BOX 2719 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: L to R - Hill, Price Menefee - handwritten; THE THREE OWNERS OF THE SHENANDOAH CENTRAL RAILROAD TAKEN ON \"GOLD SPIKE DAY\" 5/29/53 L. TO R.: DR. PAUL S. HILL (PRESIDENT), C. GRATTAN PRICE, JR. (VICE PRES. \u0026amp; GEN. MGR.), WADE W. MENEFEE, JR. (SEC.-TREAS.) - handwritten and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price Jr. Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; C. Grattan Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Dr. Paul S. Hill, Pres. (Conductor) C. Grattan Price, Jr., V.P. \u0026amp; G.M. (Engineer) Wade W. Menefee, Jr., Sec.-Treas. (Fireman) Taken at the end of first run following Golden Spike ceremony May 29, 1953 at \"Central Park.\" - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Driving of the Golden Spike, Shandoah Central Railroad, Lakeside Station (Penn Laird, Va.), 4:30 P.M. May 29, 1953 by Major-General Carl R. Gray, Jr., Veterans Administrator of the U.S. (former Vice-Pres., Chicago \u0026amp; Northwestern Ry., and Chief, Military Railway Service, European Theater, W.W.II). L to R - C.G. Price, Jr., Vice-Pres. \u0026amp; Gen. Mgr., Shenandoah Central R.R., W.W. Menefee, Jr., Sect'y.-Treas., Shenandoah Central R.R., L.W. Huncke, Pres., Wm. A. Smith Contracting Co., Kansas City, Kas. (donors of track-laying), F.S. Baird, Vice-Pres. (Traffic), Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Ry., Sherman Pippin, Engineer of last train when E.T.\u0026amp;W.N.C.R.R. abandoned narrow-gauge division in 1950. (Equipment bought by Shenandoah Central R.R.), General Gray, A.W. St. Clair, Gen'l. Mgr., Southern Ry. System - Lines East, C.R. Wilburn, Vice-Pres., Operations, East Broad Top R.R., Dr. P.S. Hill, Pres., Shenandoah Central R.R., (Mr. D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry. temporarily absent when picture taken.) Photo by: N.\u0026amp;W. Ry. - handwritten; Please return to: C.G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Crowd before start of ceremony, Photo by Southern Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry., speaking. Photo by Bob Riley - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Harrisonburg High School Band plays as invited guests board first train, after ceremony. 5/29/53 Photo by N.\u0026amp;W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF. S. Baird, Vice-Pres., Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Ry. Photo by N.\u0026amp;W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Sherman Pippin, retired E.T.\u0026amp;W.N.C. R.R. engineer. He was engineer on last run of their narrow-gauge division in October, 1950. Taken at S.C.R.R.'s Golden Spike Ceremony May 29, 1953, Photo by N.\u0026amp;W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by H. Reid 8549 Wayland St. Norfolk, VA. - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Engineman: C. Grattan Price, Jr., Fireman: M. H. Dofflemyer (Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12) (1954) - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. compares time with Engineman Grattan Price, Jr. as Fireman Myron Dofflemyer looks on. Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12 (1954) - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. \"lifts transportation.\" - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. at rear end of \"The Stonewall Jackson\" - America's last narrow-gauge \"name\" train. - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo By Ward Allan Howe 310 Riverside Drive New York, 25, N. Y. - stamped; 5-30-54 - handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: W. E. Warden, Jr. 1216 Shamrock La. Waynesboro, Va. - stamped; August 1954 - handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels; May 71 Railroad Pages 30, 31 #2134.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central R. R. - approaching Massanutten Summit - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central Railroad \"The Stonewall Jackson,\" pulled by famous \"Tweetsie,\" crossing Cub Run Bridge. - handwritten; Photo by H. Reid - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Taken on line between Cub Run Bridge and Massanutten Summit May 30, 1954 - handwritten; Photo by Lee-Gitchell Studio - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on postcard: Ride One of America's Last Old-Time Narrow-Gauge Trains! Shenandoah Central Railroad U. S. Route 33 at Penn Laird Six Miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia - printed; Everett Waddey Company - Richmond, Virginia; printed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on postcard: Famous Locomotive \"Tweetsie\" pulls old-time narrow-gauge train on 1-mile Shenandoah Central Railroad each Sunday and holiday from late May to early October at Penn Laird, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, six miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on U. S. Route 33. Come take a \"Trip to Yesteryear.\" - printed; Hannau Color Productions, 605 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Fla. - printed.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed articles, and promotional materials concerning the purchase of Tweetsie, narrow gauge locomotive #12, and related equipment by the Shenandoah Central Railroad in 1952; the opening of the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird, Virginia in 1953; and the eventual sale of Tweetsie and equipment in 1955.","Photographs primarily document Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train on the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird and include passengers and railroad workers.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), primarily comprises correspondence relating to the purchase and subsequent sale of the Tweetsie narrow gauge locomotive, cars, and related equipment and infrastructure. One file of legal and financial documents containing annual reports, agreements, and tax documents is also included. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and according to correspondent.","The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026WNC) Railroad Company correspondence file also includes bills of lading, inspection and repair reports, and designs for locomotive #12. A souvenir program celebrating ET\u0026WNC's 85th anniversary is also included.","The Shenandoah Central Railroad file contains correspondence as well as the railroad's first annual report, a contract between George W. Anderson of Bridgewater and Shenandoah Central Railroad for railroad ties, and a list comprising the guests of honor attending the Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 as well as a list of contributors and non-contributors.","Correspondence between Price and cartoonist and railroad enthusiast Carl Fallberg concerns Fallberg's 1953 cartoon drawing of the Shenandoah Central Railroad commissioned by Price. Mulitple copies of the cartoon are included.","Correspondence with Gene Autry concerns Autry's intended option to purchase the Tweetsie locomotive for use on his California ranch and in movies. Autry ultimately backed out on the purchase agreement due to the cost to transport and erect the narrow gauge locomotive and equipment. Financial agreements, legal documents, telegrams, and memoranda concerning the Autry Deal supplement the correspondence.","Additional correspondence includes Price's offer to various movie studios including Warner Brothers, Republic Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Walt Disney to purchase Tweetsie and their respective responses. The new theme park Disneyland was undergoing construction at this time and Price was advised that Walt Disney might be interested in purchasing the locomotive and cars to incorporate into the new theme park. Disney responded that all of the locomotives and trains were being built on-site and scaled down to 5/8 the size. Price also wrote to Los Angeles-area newspapers urging them to write a human interest story about Tweetsie.","A single file of legal and financial documents is included in this series and filed after the correspondence. Shenandoah Central's first and second annual report, legal agreements, and tax documents are included.","Series 2: Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997, comprises magazine articles, printed news stories, and newspaper clippings concerning Tweetsie, the Tweetsie Route, and the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Press releases, promotional ephemera, brochures, and invitations and name tags for the Golden Spike Ceremony are included. A 1997 print of Gil Reid's 1954 watercolor \"Tweetsie,\" created to support Rockingham Public Library's capital campaign fund, is included","Of particular interest is a five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Price's friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.","C. Grattan Price Jr.'s undated draft manuscript \"All Steam and a Yard Wide\" provides an incomplete historical account Shenandoah Central Railroad, its partners, and Tweetsie.","Five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Charles Grattan Price Jr.'s friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.","Series 3: Photographs, 1949-1954, primarily comprises black-and-white photographs of Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train along the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird. Railroad employees and passengers are photographed in the train and inside the depot. Photographs of the May 29, 1953 Golden Spike Ceremony are also included. Six photographs document Tweetsie when it was part of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company. Many of the photographs are captioned with people, places, and dates identified. Postcards and color photograph negatives are included. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were retained.","Text on photo: ELIZABETHTON, TENN OCT 20, 1949 - handwritten.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie's\" crew loved the little train as much as did the mountain people who depended on it for contact with the outside world. Engineer Sherman Pippin was as the throttle of No. 10 and No. 12 for some 20 years before the railroad was discontinued. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie\" was a familiar part of the rural landscape in Western North Carolina, as this photograph taken near Newland, N.C., shows. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: The route between Johnson City, Tenn., and Boone, N.C. presented some of the most rugged territory in the Appalachian mountains. Here the railroad skirts the Doe River Gorge on a ledge of solid rock. (N.C. News Bureau Photo - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie\" went where even a sure-footed burro would fear to tread. Here the little train starts across the Doe River on one of the many bridges built by ET\u0026WNC R.R. Co. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Over the river and through the wood\" went \"Tweetsie\" on her trips from Johnson City, Tenn., to Boone, N.C. in former days. Engineer Sherman Pippin stopped his train so passengers aboard for a day's outing could take pictures like the one above. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT P. O. BOX 2719 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: L to R - Hill, Price Menefee - handwritten; THE THREE OWNERS OF THE SHENANDOAH CENTRAL RAILROAD TAKEN ON \"GOLD SPIKE DAY\" 5/29/53 L. TO R.: DR. PAUL S. HILL (PRESIDENT), C. GRATTAN PRICE, JR. (VICE PRES. \u0026 GEN. MGR.), WADE W. MENEFEE, JR. (SEC.-TREAS.) - handwritten and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price Jr. Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; C. Grattan Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - address label.","Text on photo: Dr. Paul S. Hill, Pres. (Conductor) C. Grattan Price, Jr., V.P. \u0026 G.M. (Engineer) Wade W. Menefee, Jr., Sec.-Treas. (Fireman) Taken at the end of first run following Golden Spike ceremony May 29, 1953 at \"Central Park.\" - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Driving of the Golden Spike, Shandoah Central Railroad, Lakeside Station (Penn Laird, Va.), 4:30 P.M. May 29, 1953 by Major-General Carl R. Gray, Jr., Veterans Administrator of the U.S. (former Vice-Pres., Chicago \u0026 Northwestern Ry., and Chief, Military Railway Service, European Theater, W.W.II). L to R - C.G. Price, Jr., Vice-Pres. \u0026 Gen. Mgr., Shenandoah Central R.R., W.W. Menefee, Jr., Sect'y.-Treas., Shenandoah Central R.R., L.W. Huncke, Pres., Wm. A. Smith Contracting Co., Kansas City, Kas. (donors of track-laying), F.S. Baird, Vice-Pres. (Traffic), Norfolk \u0026 Western Ry., Sherman Pippin, Engineer of last train when E.T.\u0026W.N.C.R.R. abandoned narrow-gauge division in 1950. (Equipment bought by Shenandoah Central R.R.), General Gray, A.W. St. Clair, Gen'l. Mgr., Southern Ry. System - Lines East, C.R. Wilburn, Vice-Pres., Operations, East Broad Top R.R., Dr. P.S. Hill, Pres., Shenandoah Central R.R., (Mr. D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry. temporarily absent when picture taken.) Photo by: N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Please return to: C.G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Crowd before start of ceremony, Photo by Southern Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry., speaking. Photo by Bob Riley - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Harrisonburg High School Band plays as invited guests board first train, after ceremony. 5/29/53 Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","F. S. Baird, Vice-Pres., Norfolk \u0026 Western Ry. Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Sherman Pippin, retired E.T.\u0026W.N.C. R.R. engineer. He was engineer on last run of their narrow-gauge division in October, 1950. Taken at S.C.R.R.'s Golden Spike Ceremony May 29, 1953, Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by H. Reid 8549 Wayland St. Norfolk, VA. - stamped.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Engineman: C. Grattan Price, Jr., Fireman: M. H. Dofflemyer (Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12) (1954) - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. compares time with Engineman Grattan Price, Jr. as Fireman Myron Dofflemyer looks on. Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12 (1954) - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. \"lifts transportation.\" - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. at rear end of \"The Stonewall Jackson\" - America's last narrow-gauge \"name\" train. - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo By Ward Allan Howe 310 Riverside Drive New York, 25, N. Y. - stamped; 5-30-54 - handwritten.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: W. E. Warden, Jr. 1216 Shamrock La. Waynesboro, Va. - stamped; August 1954 - handwritten.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels; May 71 Railroad Pages 30, 31 #2134.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central R. R. - approaching Massanutten Summit - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central Railroad \"The Stonewall Jackson,\" pulled by famous \"Tweetsie,\" crossing Cub Run Bridge. - handwritten; Photo by H. Reid - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels.","Text on photo: Taken on line between Cub Run Bridge and Massanutten Summit May 30, 1954 - handwritten; Photo by Lee-Gitchell Studio - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on postcard: Ride One of America's Last Old-Time Narrow-Gauge Trains! Shenandoah Central Railroad U. S. Route 33 at Penn Laird Six Miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia - printed; Everett Waddey Company - Richmond, Virginia; printed.","Text on postcard: Famous Locomotive \"Tweetsie\" pulls old-time narrow-gauge train on 1-mile Shenandoah Central Railroad each Sunday and holiday from late May to early October at Penn Laird, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, six miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on U. S. Route 33. Come take a \"Trip to Yesteryear.\" - printed; Hannau Color Productions, 605 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Fla. - printed."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTwo books were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings: Mallory Hope Ferrell's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eTweetsie Country: The East Tennessee \u0026amp; Western North Carolina Railroad\u003c/emph\u003e (1976) and Clyde J. Dellinger's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eTweetsie and The Clinchfield Railroads: Crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains\u003c/emph\u003e (1975).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Two books were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings: Mallory Hope Ferrell's Tweetsie Country: The East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad (1976) and Clyde J. Dellinger's Tweetsie and The Clinchfield Railroads: Crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains (1975)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_b6b9619e80b1268cd52dc20414033cac\"\u003eThe Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Tweetsie (Locomotive)","East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad","Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company","Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company","Southern Railway System","Shenandoah Central Railroad (1952-1956)","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk and Western Railway Company","North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development. State Advertising Division","Lee-Gitchell Studio"],"names_coll_ssim":["Tweetsie (Locomotive)","Price, Charles Grattan, III","Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Menefee, Wade W., Jr. (Wade Whitfield), 1924-2004","Hill, Paul S., Dr. (Paul Swanson), 1907-1986"],"persname_ssim":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III","Menefee, Wade W., Jr. (Wade Whitfield), 1924-2004","Hill, Paul S., Dr. (Paul Swanson), 1907-1986","McCarthy, Wilson, (Judge)","Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1889-1955","Fallberg, Carl, 1915-1996","Disney, Walt (Walter Elias), 1901-1966","Autry, Gene, 1907-1998","Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994","Aydelott, Gale B.","Clodfelter, Frank, 1911-","Reid, Gil, 1918-2007","Riley, Bob","Reid, H.","Gorman","Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977","Warden, W. 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Va.) -- History","Railroads -- Virginia -- History","Photographs","Memorandums","Letters (correspondence)","Telegrams","Newspaper clippings","Printed Ephemera","Magazines (periodicals)","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.","All photographs (not including photograph negatives) and W. Graham Claytor's video recording of his family's visit to the Shenandoah Central have been digitized and are available online via JSTOR. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were not scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copies of this photograph have not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copy of this photograph has not been scanned.","Duplicate copies of this postcard have not been scanned.","The collection is arranged into three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1916-1997\n      Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997\n      Photographs, 1952-1954","At the suggestion of Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway, C. Grattan Price Jr., Harrisonburg insurance agent and railroad enthusiast, wrote to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026WNC) Railroad in August 1952 about purchasing a narrow gauge steam locomotive and tender as well as narrow gauge cars. Price, along with fellow railfans Wade W. Menefee Jr. and Dr. Paul S. Hill, intended to build a narrow gauge railroad on Hill's farm in Penn Laird, Virginia as a scenic operating museum line. Narrow gauge railways differ from standard railways in that the distance between rails is 3 feet compared to the standard 4 feet, 3 1/2 inches.","Dr. Paul S. Hill (1907-1986) was a surgeon in Harrisonburg. He attended Washington \u0026 Lee University and graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School. Hill served as a major with the Medical Corps during World War II. Wade W. Menefee Jr. (1924-2004) was a graduate of Virginia Tech and a World War II veteran. Upon his return from military service, Menefee managed W. M. Menefee \u0026 Son, a local feed, fuel, and general supply company. Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996) graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a veteran of World War II during which time he served as a railway shop superintendent and was a member of the U.S. Army's military railway service in France. Price was a partner in the insurance firm C. G. Price \u0026 Sons, Inc. until his retirement in 1978. He also authored \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1991). He was a resident of Harrisonburg and lived on Franklin Street until 1958 when he moved to Ott street where he lived the remainder of his life.","In November 1952, Price, Menefee, and Hill entered into a partnership agreement forming the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Hill served as Shenandoah Central's president, Price was vice president and general manager, and Menefee was secretary-treasurer. Soon after its formation, Shenandoah Central purchased Tweetsie (aka Locomotive #12), a historic narrow gauge steam locomotive, and two narrow gauge passenger cars from ET\u0026WNC. Prior to its purchase by Shenandoah Central, Tweetsie was a working engine from 1917 to 1950 in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, plying the area's Great Smoky Mountains. Shenandoah Central purchased a third car from Pennsylvania's East Broad Top Railroad. After several failed attempts to locate and acquire rail, Chesapeake Western Railway loaned Shenandoah Central the necessary rail to build the one-mile scenic track which would be known as the Tweetsie Route. Norfolk \u0026 Western provided the ties and ballast.","Shenandoah Central Railroad held its Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 to mark the official opening of the Tweetsie Route and the inaugural run of the Stonewall Jackson train. The Stonewall Jackson comprised a coach, a combination car, and a screened observation car with Tweetsie pulling the cars. During the Stonewall Jackson's first run, Dr. Paul Hill was Tweetsie's conductor, C. Grattan Price Jr. was engineer, and Wade W. Menefee Jr. was fireman. The ceremony included remarks by Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway; F. S. Baird, vice president of the Norfolk \u0026 Western; Sherman Pippin, retired ET\u0026WNC engineer who was the engineer on Tweetsie's last run in 1950; and C. Grattan Price and Wade Menefee Jr. on behalf of the Shenandoah Central Railroad among others. Music was provided by the Harrisonburg High School band and included the songs \"Dixie\" and \"I've Been Working on the Railroad.\" Major General Carl R. Gray Jr, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, drove the golden spike.","After two operating seasons, which saw more than 15,000 visitors, the partners were forced to place Tweetsie and the cars up for sale due to insufficient patronage and resulting loss of money. Additionally, flooding from Hurricane Hazel which hit Virginia in October 1954 damaged the track and roadbed beyond what was financially feasible for the partners to repair.","Actor and singer-songwriter Gene Autry inquired about purchasing Tweetsie and related equipment in April 1955. He intended to use the locomotive and equipment in his television and movie projects. Autry even planned to come to Harrisonburg in the spring of 1955 to finalize the arrangements, a visit that was eagerly anticipated by community members and local press. However, by the end of August 1955, the Autry Deal was dead due to the cost to transport the locomotive and equipment from Virginia to Autry's Melody Ranch in California as well as the cost to lay the rails.","During the spring of 1955, singer, musical actor, and automobile enthusiast James Melton also expressed interest in Tweetsie for display in his antique automobile museum, James Melton Autorama, in Hypoluxo, Florida.","Grover C. Robbins Jr. of Lenoir, North Carolina ultimately purchased the Tweetsie locomotive and equipment on August 25, 1955 for $17,000. The Tweetsie Railroad is still in operation in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.","Special Collections staff provided the donor with archival folders prior to transferring materials. The collection was largely received in foldered groupings (correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings) by the donor. Much of the correspondence was received grouped together according to correspondent and bound with staples, likely an arrangement kept by C. Grattan Price Jr. These groupings as well as the staples were left intact to maintain original order.","Duplicate copies of magazines were not retained.","Photographs with affixed labels or extensive writing on the backs are interfiled with paper to prevent bleeding onto surrounding photographs. Photograph titles are based largely on the descriptions provided by C. Grattan Price Jr. All photographs (not including photograph negatives) and W. Graham Claytor Jr.'s video recording of his family's trips to the Shenandoah Central are digitized. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were not scanned.","The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed articles, and promotional materials concerning the purchase of Tweetsie, narrow gauge locomotive #12, and related equipment by the Shenandoah Central Railroad in 1952; the opening of the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird, Virginia in 1953; and the eventual sale of Tweetsie and equipment in 1955.","Photographs primarily document Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train on the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird and include passengers and railroad workers.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), primarily comprises correspondence relating to the purchase and subsequent sale of the Tweetsie narrow gauge locomotive, cars, and related equipment and infrastructure. One file of legal and financial documents containing annual reports, agreements, and tax documents is also included. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and according to correspondent.","The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026WNC) Railroad Company correspondence file also includes bills of lading, inspection and repair reports, and designs for locomotive #12. A souvenir program celebrating ET\u0026WNC's 85th anniversary is also included.","The Shenandoah Central Railroad file contains correspondence as well as the railroad's first annual report, a contract between George W. Anderson of Bridgewater and Shenandoah Central Railroad for railroad ties, and a list comprising the guests of honor attending the Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 as well as a list of contributors and non-contributors.","Correspondence between Price and cartoonist and railroad enthusiast Carl Fallberg concerns Fallberg's 1953 cartoon drawing of the Shenandoah Central Railroad commissioned by Price. Mulitple copies of the cartoon are included.","Correspondence with Gene Autry concerns Autry's intended option to purchase the Tweetsie locomotive for use on his California ranch and in movies. Autry ultimately backed out on the purchase agreement due to the cost to transport and erect the narrow gauge locomotive and equipment. Financial agreements, legal documents, telegrams, and memoranda concerning the Autry Deal supplement the correspondence.","Additional correspondence includes Price's offer to various movie studios including Warner Brothers, Republic Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Walt Disney to purchase Tweetsie and their respective responses. The new theme park Disneyland was undergoing construction at this time and Price was advised that Walt Disney might be interested in purchasing the locomotive and cars to incorporate into the new theme park. Disney responded that all of the locomotives and trains were being built on-site and scaled down to 5/8 the size. Price also wrote to Los Angeles-area newspapers urging them to write a human interest story about Tweetsie.","A single file of legal and financial documents is included in this series and filed after the correspondence. Shenandoah Central's first and second annual report, legal agreements, and tax documents are included.","Series 2: Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997, comprises magazine articles, printed news stories, and newspaper clippings concerning Tweetsie, the Tweetsie Route, and the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Press releases, promotional ephemera, brochures, and invitations and name tags for the Golden Spike Ceremony are included. A 1997 print of Gil Reid's 1954 watercolor \"Tweetsie,\" created to support Rockingham Public Library's capital campaign fund, is included","Of particular interest is a five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Price's friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.","C. Grattan Price Jr.'s undated draft manuscript \"All Steam and a Yard Wide\" provides an incomplete historical account Shenandoah Central Railroad, its partners, and Tweetsie.","Five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Charles Grattan Price Jr.'s friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.","Series 3: Photographs, 1949-1954, primarily comprises black-and-white photographs of Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train along the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird. Railroad employees and passengers are photographed in the train and inside the depot. Photographs of the May 29, 1953 Golden Spike Ceremony are also included. Six photographs document Tweetsie when it was part of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company. Many of the photographs are captioned with people, places, and dates identified. Postcards and color photograph negatives are included. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were retained.","Text on photo: ELIZABETHTON, TENN OCT 20, 1949 - handwritten.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie's\" crew loved the little train as much as did the mountain people who depended on it for contact with the outside world. Engineer Sherman Pippin was as the throttle of No. 10 and No. 12 for some 20 years before the railroad was discontinued. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie\" was a familiar part of the rural landscape in Western North Carolina, as this photograph taken near Newland, N.C., shows. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: The route between Johnson City, Tenn., and Boone, N.C. presented some of the most rugged territory in the Appalachian mountains. Here the railroad skirts the Doe River Gorge on a ledge of solid rock. (N.C. News Bureau Photo - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie\" went where even a sure-footed burro would fear to tread. Here the little train starts across the Doe River on one of the many bridges built by ET\u0026WNC R.R. Co. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Over the river and through the wood\" went \"Tweetsie\" on her trips from Johnson City, Tenn., to Boone, N.C. in former days. Engineer Sherman Pippin stopped his train so passengers aboard for a day's outing could take pictures like the one above. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT P. O. BOX 2719 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: L to R - Hill, Price Menefee - handwritten; THE THREE OWNERS OF THE SHENANDOAH CENTRAL RAILROAD TAKEN ON \"GOLD SPIKE DAY\" 5/29/53 L. TO R.: DR. PAUL S. HILL (PRESIDENT), C. GRATTAN PRICE, JR. (VICE PRES. \u0026 GEN. MGR.), WADE W. MENEFEE, JR. (SEC.-TREAS.) - handwritten and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price Jr. Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; C. Grattan Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - address label.","Text on photo: Dr. Paul S. Hill, Pres. (Conductor) C. Grattan Price, Jr., V.P. \u0026 G.M. (Engineer) Wade W. Menefee, Jr., Sec.-Treas. (Fireman) Taken at the end of first run following Golden Spike ceremony May 29, 1953 at \"Central Park.\" - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Driving of the Golden Spike, Shandoah Central Railroad, Lakeside Station (Penn Laird, Va.), 4:30 P.M. May 29, 1953 by Major-General Carl R. Gray, Jr., Veterans Administrator of the U.S. (former Vice-Pres., Chicago \u0026 Northwestern Ry., and Chief, Military Railway Service, European Theater, W.W.II). L to R - C.G. Price, Jr., Vice-Pres. \u0026 Gen. Mgr., Shenandoah Central R.R., W.W. Menefee, Jr., Sect'y.-Treas., Shenandoah Central R.R., L.W. Huncke, Pres., Wm. A. Smith Contracting Co., Kansas City, Kas. (donors of track-laying), F.S. Baird, Vice-Pres. (Traffic), Norfolk \u0026 Western Ry., Sherman Pippin, Engineer of last train when E.T.\u0026W.N.C.R.R. abandoned narrow-gauge division in 1950. (Equipment bought by Shenandoah Central R.R.), General Gray, A.W. St. Clair, Gen'l. Mgr., Southern Ry. System - Lines East, C.R. Wilburn, Vice-Pres., Operations, East Broad Top R.R., Dr. P.S. Hill, Pres., Shenandoah Central R.R., (Mr. D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry. temporarily absent when picture taken.) Photo by: N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Please return to: C.G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Crowd before start of ceremony, Photo by Southern Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry., speaking. Photo by Bob Riley - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Harrisonburg High School Band plays as invited guests board first train, after ceremony. 5/29/53 Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","F. S. Baird, Vice-Pres., Norfolk \u0026 Western Ry. Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Sherman Pippin, retired E.T.\u0026W.N.C. R.R. engineer. He was engineer on last run of their narrow-gauge division in October, 1950. Taken at S.C.R.R.'s Golden Spike Ceremony May 29, 1953, Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by H. Reid 8549 Wayland St. Norfolk, VA. - stamped.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Engineman: C. Grattan Price, Jr., Fireman: M. H. Dofflemyer (Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12) (1954) - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. compares time with Engineman Grattan Price, Jr. as Fireman Myron Dofflemyer looks on. Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12 (1954) - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. \"lifts transportation.\" - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. at rear end of \"The Stonewall Jackson\" - America's last narrow-gauge \"name\" train. - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo By Ward Allan Howe 310 Riverside Drive New York, 25, N. Y. - stamped; 5-30-54 - handwritten.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: W. E. Warden, Jr. 1216 Shamrock La. Waynesboro, Va. - stamped; August 1954 - handwritten.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels; May 71 Railroad Pages 30, 31 #2134.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central R. R. - approaching Massanutten Summit - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central Railroad \"The Stonewall Jackson,\" pulled by famous \"Tweetsie,\" crossing Cub Run Bridge. - handwritten; Photo by H. Reid - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels.","Text on photo: Taken on line between Cub Run Bridge and Massanutten Summit May 30, 1954 - handwritten; Photo by Lee-Gitchell Studio - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on postcard: Ride One of America's Last Old-Time Narrow-Gauge Trains! Shenandoah Central Railroad U. S. Route 33 at Penn Laird Six Miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia - printed; Everett Waddey Company - Richmond, Virginia; printed.","Text on postcard: Famous Locomotive \"Tweetsie\" pulls old-time narrow-gauge train on 1-mile Shenandoah Central Railroad each Sunday and holiday from late May to early October at Penn Laird, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, six miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on U. S. Route 33. Come take a \"Trip to Yesteryear.\" - printed; Hannau Color Productions, 605 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Fla. - printed.","Two books were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings: Mallory Hope Ferrell's Tweetsie Country: The East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad (1976) and Clyde J. Dellinger's Tweetsie and The Clinchfield Railroads: Crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains (1975).","The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Tweetsie (Locomotive)","East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad","Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company","Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company","Southern Railway System","Shenandoah Central Railroad (1952-1956)","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk and Western Railway Company","North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development. State Advertising Division","Lee-Gitchell Studio","Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III","Menefee, Wade W., Jr. (Wade Whitfield), 1924-2004","Hill, Paul S., Dr. (Paul Swanson), 1907-1986","McCarthy, Wilson, (Judge)","Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1889-1955","Fallberg, Carl, 1915-1996","Disney, Walt (Walter Elias), 1901-1966","Autry, Gene, 1907-1998","Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994","Aydelott, Gale B.","Clodfelter, Frank, 1911-","Reid, Gil, 1918-2007","Riley, Bob","Reid, H.","Gorman","Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977","Warden, W. E., Jr. (William E.)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956"],"collection_ssim":["Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["SC 0327","/repositories/4/resources/672"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0327","/repositories/4/resources/672"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Tweetsie Railroad (N.C.)","Penn Laird (Va.) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Tweetsie Railroad (N.C.)","Penn Laird (Va.) -- History"],"places_ssim":["Tweetsie Railroad (N.C.)","Penn Laird (Va.) -- History"],"creator_ssm":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III"],"creator_ssim":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III","Menefee, Wade W., Jr. (Wade Whitfield), 1924-2004","Hill, Paul S., Dr. (Paul Swanson), 1907-1986","McCarthy, Wilson, (Judge)","Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1889-1955","Fallberg, Carl, 1915-1996","Disney, Walt (Walter Elias), 1901-1966","Autry, Gene, 1907-1998","Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994","Aydelott, Gale B.","Clodfelter, Frank, 1911-","Reid, Gil, 1918-2007","Riley, Bob","Reid, H.","Gorman","Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977","Warden, W. E., Jr. (William E.)"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Tweetsie (Locomotive)","East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad","Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company","Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company","Southern Railway System","Shenandoah Central Railroad (1952-1956)","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk and Western Railway Company","North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development. State Advertising Division","Lee-Gitchell Studio"],"creators_ssim":["Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996","Price, Charles Grattan, III","Menefee, Wade W., Jr. (Wade Whitfield), 1924-2004","Hill, Paul S., Dr. (Paul Swanson), 1907-1986","McCarthy, Wilson, (Judge)","Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1889-1955","Fallberg, Carl, 1915-1996","Disney, Walt (Walter Elias), 1901-1966","Autry, Gene, 1907-1998","Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1912-1994","Aydelott, Gale B.","Clodfelter, Frank, 1911-","Reid, Gil, 1918-2007","Riley, Bob","Reid, H.","Gorman","Howe, Ward Allan, 1900-1977","Warden, W. E., Jr. (William E.)","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Tweetsie (Locomotive)","East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad","Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company","Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company","Southern Railway System","Shenandoah Central Railroad (1952-1956)","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk and Western Railway Company","North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development. State Advertising Division","Lee-Gitchell Studio"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The collection was donated to Special Collections in July 2021 by C. Grattan \"Butch\" Price III, son of C. 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All series are arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1916-1997\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePrinted and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePhotographs, 1952-1954\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged into three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1916-1997\n      Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997\n      Photographs, 1952-1954"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAt the suggestion of Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway, C. Grattan Price Jr., Harrisonburg insurance agent and railroad enthusiast, wrote to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026amp;WNC) Railroad in August 1952 about purchasing a narrow gauge steam locomotive and tender as well as narrow gauge cars. Price, along with fellow railfans Wade W. Menefee Jr. and Dr. Paul S. Hill, intended to build a narrow gauge railroad on Hill's farm in Penn Laird, Virginia as a scenic operating museum line. Narrow gauge railways differ from standard railways in that the distance between rails is 3 feet compared to the standard 4 feet, 3 1/2 inches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Paul S. Hill (1907-1986) was a surgeon in Harrisonburg. He attended Washington \u0026amp; Lee University and graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School. Hill served as a major with the Medical Corps during World War II. Wade W. Menefee Jr. (1924-2004) was a graduate of Virginia Tech and a World War II veteran. Upon his return from military service, Menefee managed W. M. Menefee \u0026amp; Son, a local feed, fuel, and general supply company. Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996) graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a veteran of World War II during which time he served as a railway shop superintendent and was a member of the U.S. Army's military railway service in France. Price was a partner in the insurance firm C. G. Price \u0026amp; Sons, Inc. until his retirement in 1978. He also authored \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e\"The Crooked \u0026amp; Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e (1991). He was a resident of Harrisonburg and lived on Franklin Street until 1958 when he moved to Ott street where he lived the remainder of his life. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn November 1952, Price, Menefee, and Hill entered into a partnership agreement forming the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Hill served as Shenandoah Central's president, Price was vice president and general manager, and Menefee was secretary-treasurer. Soon after its formation, Shenandoah Central purchased Tweetsie (aka Locomotive #12), a historic narrow gauge steam locomotive, and two narrow gauge passenger cars from ET\u0026amp;WNC. Prior to its purchase by Shenandoah Central, Tweetsie was a working engine from 1917 to 1950 in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, plying the area's Great Smoky Mountains. Shenandoah Central purchased a third car from Pennsylvania's East Broad Top Railroad. After several failed attempts to locate and acquire rail, Chesapeake Western Railway loaned Shenandoah Central the necessary rail to build the one-mile scenic track which would be known as the Tweetsie Route. Norfolk \u0026amp; Western provided the ties and ballast. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShenandoah Central Railroad held its Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 to mark the official opening of the Tweetsie Route and the inaugural run of the Stonewall Jackson train. The Stonewall Jackson comprised a coach, a combination car, and a screened observation car with Tweetsie pulling the cars. During the Stonewall Jackson's first run, Dr. Paul Hill was Tweetsie's conductor, C. Grattan Price Jr. was engineer, and Wade W. Menefee Jr. was fireman. The ceremony included remarks by Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway; F. S. Baird, vice president of the Norfolk \u0026amp; Western; Sherman Pippin, retired ET\u0026amp;WNC engineer who was the engineer on Tweetsie's last run in 1950; and C. Grattan Price and Wade Menefee Jr. on behalf of the Shenandoah Central Railroad among others. Music was provided by the Harrisonburg High School band and included the songs \"Dixie\" and \"I've Been Working on the Railroad.\" Major General Carl R. Gray Jr, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, drove the golden spike.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter two operating seasons, which saw more than 15,000 visitors, the partners were forced to place Tweetsie and the cars up for sale due to insufficient patronage and resulting loss of money. Additionally, flooding from Hurricane Hazel which hit Virginia in October 1954 damaged the track and roadbed beyond what was financially feasible for the partners to repair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActor and singer-songwriter Gene Autry inquired about purchasing Tweetsie and related equipment in April 1955. He intended to use the locomotive and equipment in his television and movie projects. Autry even planned to come to Harrisonburg in the spring of 1955 to finalize the arrangements, a visit that was eagerly anticipated by community members and local press. However, by the end of August 1955, the Autry Deal was dead due to the cost to transport the locomotive and equipment from Virginia to Autry's Melody Ranch in California as well as the cost to lay the rails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the spring of 1955, singer, musical actor, and automobile enthusiast James Melton also expressed interest in Tweetsie for display in his antique automobile museum, James Melton Autorama, in Hypoluxo, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrover C. Robbins Jr. of Lenoir, North Carolina ultimately purchased the Tweetsie locomotive and equipment on August 25, 1955 for $17,000. The Tweetsie Railroad is still in operation in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["At the suggestion of Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway, C. Grattan Price Jr., Harrisonburg insurance agent and railroad enthusiast, wrote to the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026WNC) Railroad in August 1952 about purchasing a narrow gauge steam locomotive and tender as well as narrow gauge cars. Price, along with fellow railfans Wade W. Menefee Jr. and Dr. Paul S. Hill, intended to build a narrow gauge railroad on Hill's farm in Penn Laird, Virginia as a scenic operating museum line. Narrow gauge railways differ from standard railways in that the distance between rails is 3 feet compared to the standard 4 feet, 3 1/2 inches.","Dr. Paul S. Hill (1907-1986) was a surgeon in Harrisonburg. He attended Washington \u0026 Lee University and graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School. Hill served as a major with the Medical Corps during World War II. Wade W. Menefee Jr. (1924-2004) was a graduate of Virginia Tech and a World War II veteran. Upon his return from military service, Menefee managed W. M. Menefee \u0026 Son, a local feed, fuel, and general supply company. Charles Grattan Price Jr. (1919-1996) graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a veteran of World War II during which time he served as a railway shop superintendent and was a member of the U.S. Army's military railway service in France. Price was a partner in the insurance firm C. G. Price \u0026 Sons, Inc. until his retirement in 1978. He also authored \"The Crooked \u0026 Weedy\": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway (1991). He was a resident of Harrisonburg and lived on Franklin Street until 1958 when he moved to Ott street where he lived the remainder of his life.","In November 1952, Price, Menefee, and Hill entered into a partnership agreement forming the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Hill served as Shenandoah Central's president, Price was vice president and general manager, and Menefee was secretary-treasurer. Soon after its formation, Shenandoah Central purchased Tweetsie (aka Locomotive #12), a historic narrow gauge steam locomotive, and two narrow gauge passenger cars from ET\u0026WNC. Prior to its purchase by Shenandoah Central, Tweetsie was a working engine from 1917 to 1950 in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, plying the area's Great Smoky Mountains. Shenandoah Central purchased a third car from Pennsylvania's East Broad Top Railroad. After several failed attempts to locate and acquire rail, Chesapeake Western Railway loaned Shenandoah Central the necessary rail to build the one-mile scenic track which would be known as the Tweetsie Route. Norfolk \u0026 Western provided the ties and ballast.","Shenandoah Central Railroad held its Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 to mark the official opening of the Tweetsie Route and the inaugural run of the Stonewall Jackson train. The Stonewall Jackson comprised a coach, a combination car, and a screened observation car with Tweetsie pulling the cars. During the Stonewall Jackson's first run, Dr. Paul Hill was Tweetsie's conductor, C. Grattan Price Jr. was engineer, and Wade W. Menefee Jr. was fireman. The ceremony included remarks by Don W. Thomas, president of the Chesapeake Western Railway; F. S. Baird, vice president of the Norfolk \u0026 Western; Sherman Pippin, retired ET\u0026WNC engineer who was the engineer on Tweetsie's last run in 1950; and C. Grattan Price and Wade Menefee Jr. on behalf of the Shenandoah Central Railroad among others. Music was provided by the Harrisonburg High School band and included the songs \"Dixie\" and \"I've Been Working on the Railroad.\" Major General Carl R. Gray Jr, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, drove the golden spike.","After two operating seasons, which saw more than 15,000 visitors, the partners were forced to place Tweetsie and the cars up for sale due to insufficient patronage and resulting loss of money. Additionally, flooding from Hurricane Hazel which hit Virginia in October 1954 damaged the track and roadbed beyond what was financially feasible for the partners to repair.","Actor and singer-songwriter Gene Autry inquired about purchasing Tweetsie and related equipment in April 1955. He intended to use the locomotive and equipment in his television and movie projects. Autry even planned to come to Harrisonburg in the spring of 1955 to finalize the arrangements, a visit that was eagerly anticipated by community members and local press. However, by the end of August 1955, the Autry Deal was dead due to the cost to transport the locomotive and equipment from Virginia to Autry's Melody Ranch in California as well as the cost to lay the rails.","During the spring of 1955, singer, musical actor, and automobile enthusiast James Melton also expressed interest in Tweetsie for display in his antique automobile museum, James Melton Autorama, in Hypoluxo, Florida.","Grover C. Robbins Jr. of Lenoir, North Carolina ultimately purchased the Tweetsie locomotive and equipment on August 25, 1955 for $17,000. The Tweetsie Railroad is still in operation in Blowing Rock, North Carolina."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), SC 0327, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), SC 0327, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSpecial Collections staff provided the donor with archival folders prior to transferring materials. The collection was largely received in foldered groupings (correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings) by the donor. Much of the correspondence was received grouped together according to correspondent and bound with staples, likely an arrangement kept by C. Grattan Price Jr. These groupings as well as the staples were left intact to maintain original order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuplicate copies of magazines were not retained.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs with affixed labels or extensive writing on the backs are interfiled with paper to prevent bleeding onto surrounding photographs. Photograph titles are based largely on the descriptions provided by C. Grattan Price Jr. All photographs (not including photograph negatives) and W. Graham Claytor Jr.'s video recording of his family's trips to the Shenandoah Central are digitized. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were not scanned.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Special Collections staff provided the donor with archival folders prior to transferring materials. The collection was largely received in foldered groupings (correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings) by the donor. Much of the correspondence was received grouped together according to correspondent and bound with staples, likely an arrangement kept by C. Grattan Price Jr. These groupings as well as the staples were left intact to maintain original order.","Duplicate copies of magazines were not retained.","Photographs with affixed labels or extensive writing on the backs are interfiled with paper to prevent bleeding onto surrounding photographs. Photograph titles are based largely on the descriptions provided by C. Grattan Price Jr. All photographs (not including photograph negatives) and W. Graham Claytor Jr.'s video recording of his family's trips to the Shenandoah Central are digitized. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were not scanned."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed articles, and promotional materials concerning the purchase of Tweetsie, narrow gauge locomotive #12, and related equipment by the Shenandoah Central Railroad in 1952; the opening of the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird, Virginia in 1953; and the eventual sale of Tweetsie and equipment in 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs primarily document Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train on the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird and include passengers and railroad workers.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), primarily comprises correspondence relating to the purchase and subsequent sale of the Tweetsie narrow gauge locomotive, cars, and related equipment and infrastructure. One file of legal and financial documents containing annual reports, agreements, and tax documents is also included. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and according to correspondent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026amp;WNC) Railroad Company correspondence file also includes bills of lading, inspection and repair reports, and designs for locomotive #12. A souvenir program celebrating ET\u0026amp;WNC's 85th anniversary is also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Shenandoah Central Railroad file contains correspondence as well as the railroad's first annual report, a contract between George W. Anderson of Bridgewater and Shenandoah Central Railroad for railroad ties, and a list comprising the guests of honor attending the Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 as well as a list of contributors and non-contributors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Price and cartoonist and railroad enthusiast Carl Fallberg concerns Fallberg's 1953 cartoon drawing of the Shenandoah Central Railroad commissioned by Price. Mulitple copies of the cartoon are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Gene Autry concerns Autry's intended option to purchase the Tweetsie locomotive for use on his California ranch and in movies. Autry ultimately backed out on the purchase agreement due to the cost to transport and erect the narrow gauge locomotive and equipment. Financial agreements, legal documents, telegrams, and memoranda concerning the Autry Deal supplement the correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional correspondence includes Price's offer to various movie studios including Warner Brothers, Republic Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Walt Disney to purchase Tweetsie and their respective responses. The new theme park Disneyland was undergoing construction at this time and Price was advised that Walt Disney might be interested in purchasing the locomotive and cars to incorporate into the new theme park. Disney responded that all of the locomotives and trains were being built on-site and scaled down to 5/8 the size. Price also wrote to Los Angeles-area newspapers urging them to write a human interest story about Tweetsie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA single file of legal and financial documents is included in this series and filed after the correspondence. Shenandoah Central's first and second annual report, legal agreements, and tax documents are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997, comprises magazine articles, printed news stories, and newspaper clippings concerning Tweetsie, the Tweetsie Route, and the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Press releases, promotional ephemera, brochures, and invitations and name tags for the Golden Spike Ceremony are included. A 1997 print of Gil Reid's 1954 watercolor \"Tweetsie,\" created to support Rockingham Public Library's capital campaign fund, is included \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf particular interest is a five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Price's friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC. Grattan Price Jr.'s undated draft manuscript \"All Steam and a Yard Wide\" provides an incomplete historical account Shenandoah Central Railroad, its partners, and Tweetsie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Charles Grattan Price Jr.'s friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Photographs, 1949-1954, primarily comprises black-and-white photographs of Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train along the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird. Railroad employees and passengers are photographed in the train and inside the depot. Photographs of the May 29, 1953 Golden Spike Ceremony are also included. Six photographs document Tweetsie when it was part of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company. Many of the photographs are captioned with people, places, and dates identified. Postcards and color photograph negatives are included. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were retained.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: ELIZABETHTON, TENN OCT 20, 1949 - handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: \"Tweetsie's\" crew loved the little train as much as did the mountain people who depended on it for contact with the outside world. Engineer Sherman Pippin was as the throttle of No. 10 and No. 12 for some 20 years before the railroad was discontinued. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: \"Tweetsie\" was a familiar part of the rural landscape in Western North Carolina, as this photograph taken near Newland, N.C., shows. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: The route between Johnson City, Tenn., and Boone, N.C. presented some of the most rugged territory in the Appalachian mountains. Here the railroad skirts the Doe River Gorge on a ledge of solid rock. (N.C. News Bureau Photo - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: \"Tweetsie\" went where even a sure-footed burro would fear to tread. Here the little train starts across the Doe River on one of the many bridges built by ET\u0026amp;WNC R.R. Co. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: \"Over the river and through the wood\" went \"Tweetsie\" on her trips from Johnson City, Tenn., to Boone, N.C. in former days. Engineer Sherman Pippin stopped his train so passengers aboard for a day's outing could take pictures like the one above. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026amp; DEVELOPMENT P. O. BOX 2719 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: L to R - Hill, Price Menefee - handwritten; THE THREE OWNERS OF THE SHENANDOAH CENTRAL RAILROAD TAKEN ON \"GOLD SPIKE DAY\" 5/29/53 L. TO R.: DR. PAUL S. HILL (PRESIDENT), C. GRATTAN PRICE, JR. (VICE PRES. \u0026amp; GEN. MGR.), WADE W. MENEFEE, JR. (SEC.-TREAS.) - handwritten and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price Jr. Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; C. Grattan Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Dr. Paul S. Hill, Pres. (Conductor) C. Grattan Price, Jr., V.P. \u0026amp; G.M. (Engineer) Wade W. Menefee, Jr., Sec.-Treas. (Fireman) Taken at the end of first run following Golden Spike ceremony May 29, 1953 at \"Central Park.\" - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Driving of the Golden Spike, Shandoah Central Railroad, Lakeside Station (Penn Laird, Va.), 4:30 P.M. May 29, 1953 by Major-General Carl R. Gray, Jr., Veterans Administrator of the U.S. (former Vice-Pres., Chicago \u0026amp; Northwestern Ry., and Chief, Military Railway Service, European Theater, W.W.II). L to R - C.G. Price, Jr., Vice-Pres. \u0026amp; Gen. Mgr., Shenandoah Central R.R., W.W. Menefee, Jr., Sect'y.-Treas., Shenandoah Central R.R., L.W. Huncke, Pres., Wm. A. Smith Contracting Co., Kansas City, Kas. (donors of track-laying), F.S. Baird, Vice-Pres. (Traffic), Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Ry., Sherman Pippin, Engineer of last train when E.T.\u0026amp;W.N.C.R.R. abandoned narrow-gauge division in 1950. (Equipment bought by Shenandoah Central R.R.), General Gray, A.W. St. Clair, Gen'l. Mgr., Southern Ry. System - Lines East, C.R. Wilburn, Vice-Pres., Operations, East Broad Top R.R., Dr. P.S. Hill, Pres., Shenandoah Central R.R., (Mr. D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry. temporarily absent when picture taken.) Photo by: N.\u0026amp;W. Ry. - handwritten; Please return to: C.G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Crowd before start of ceremony, Photo by Southern Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry., speaking. Photo by Bob Riley - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Harrisonburg High School Band plays as invited guests board first train, after ceremony. 5/29/53 Photo by N.\u0026amp;W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF. S. Baird, Vice-Pres., Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Ry. Photo by N.\u0026amp;W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Sherman Pippin, retired E.T.\u0026amp;W.N.C. R.R. engineer. He was engineer on last run of their narrow-gauge division in October, 1950. Taken at S.C.R.R.'s Golden Spike Ceremony May 29, 1953, Photo by N.\u0026amp;W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by H. Reid 8549 Wayland St. Norfolk, VA. - stamped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Engineman: C. Grattan Price, Jr., Fireman: M. H. Dofflemyer (Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12) (1954) - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. compares time with Engineman Grattan Price, Jr. as Fireman Myron Dofflemyer looks on. Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12 (1954) - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. \"lifts transportation.\" - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. at rear end of \"The Stonewall Jackson\" - America's last narrow-gauge \"name\" train. - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo By Ward Allan Howe 310 Riverside Drive New York, 25, N. Y. - stamped; 5-30-54 - handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: W. E. Warden, Jr. 1216 Shamrock La. Waynesboro, Va. - stamped; August 1954 - handwritten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels; May 71 Railroad Pages 30, 31 #2134.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central R. R. - approaching Massanutten Summit - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central Railroad \"The Stonewall Jackson,\" pulled by famous \"Tweetsie,\" crossing Cub Run Bridge. - handwritten; Photo by H. Reid - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on photo: Taken on line between Cub Run Bridge and Massanutten Summit May 30, 1954 - handwritten; Photo by Lee-Gitchell Studio - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on postcard: Ride One of America's Last Old-Time Narrow-Gauge Trains! Shenandoah Central Railroad U. S. Route 33 at Penn Laird Six Miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia - printed; Everett Waddey Company - Richmond, Virginia; printed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eText on postcard: Famous Locomotive \"Tweetsie\" pulls old-time narrow-gauge train on 1-mile Shenandoah Central Railroad each Sunday and holiday from late May to early October at Penn Laird, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, six miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on U. S. Route 33. Come take a \"Trip to Yesteryear.\" - printed; Hannau Color Productions, 605 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Fla. - printed.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed articles, and promotional materials concerning the purchase of Tweetsie, narrow gauge locomotive #12, and related equipment by the Shenandoah Central Railroad in 1952; the opening of the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird, Virginia in 1953; and the eventual sale of Tweetsie and equipment in 1955.","Photographs primarily document Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train on the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird and include passengers and railroad workers.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), primarily comprises correspondence relating to the purchase and subsequent sale of the Tweetsie narrow gauge locomotive, cars, and related equipment and infrastructure. One file of legal and financial documents containing annual reports, agreements, and tax documents is also included. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and according to correspondent.","The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (ET\u0026WNC) Railroad Company correspondence file also includes bills of lading, inspection and repair reports, and designs for locomotive #12. A souvenir program celebrating ET\u0026WNC's 85th anniversary is also included.","The Shenandoah Central Railroad file contains correspondence as well as the railroad's first annual report, a contract between George W. Anderson of Bridgewater and Shenandoah Central Railroad for railroad ties, and a list comprising the guests of honor attending the Golden Spike Ceremony on May 29, 1953 as well as a list of contributors and non-contributors.","Correspondence between Price and cartoonist and railroad enthusiast Carl Fallberg concerns Fallberg's 1953 cartoon drawing of the Shenandoah Central Railroad commissioned by Price. Mulitple copies of the cartoon are included.","Correspondence with Gene Autry concerns Autry's intended option to purchase the Tweetsie locomotive for use on his California ranch and in movies. Autry ultimately backed out on the purchase agreement due to the cost to transport and erect the narrow gauge locomotive and equipment. Financial agreements, legal documents, telegrams, and memoranda concerning the Autry Deal supplement the correspondence.","Additional correspondence includes Price's offer to various movie studios including Warner Brothers, Republic Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Walt Disney to purchase Tweetsie and their respective responses. The new theme park Disneyland was undergoing construction at this time and Price was advised that Walt Disney might be interested in purchasing the locomotive and cars to incorporate into the new theme park. Disney responded that all of the locomotives and trains were being built on-site and scaled down to 5/8 the size. Price also wrote to Los Angeles-area newspapers urging them to write a human interest story about Tweetsie.","A single file of legal and financial documents is included in this series and filed after the correspondence. Shenandoah Central's first and second annual report, legal agreements, and tax documents are included.","Series 2: Printed and Promotional Materials, 1952-1997, comprises magazine articles, printed news stories, and newspaper clippings concerning Tweetsie, the Tweetsie Route, and the Shenandoah Central Railroad. Press releases, promotional ephemera, brochures, and invitations and name tags for the Golden Spike Ceremony are included. A 1997 print of Gil Reid's 1954 watercolor \"Tweetsie,\" created to support Rockingham Public Library's capital campaign fund, is included","Of particular interest is a five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Price's friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.","C. Grattan Price Jr.'s undated draft manuscript \"All Steam and a Yard Wide\" provides an incomplete historical account Shenandoah Central Railroad, its partners, and Tweetsie.","Five-minute home video documenting the Claytor family's trips to Penn Laird to visit the Shenandoah Central Railroad and ride the Tweetsie Route in 1953 and 1954. The footage is narrated by W. Graham Claytor Jr., Charles Grattan Price Jr.'s friend and fellow railroad enthusiast, and features Claytor's wife Frances, and children Murray and Graham III.","Series 3: Photographs, 1949-1954, primarily comprises black-and-white photographs of Tweetsie and the Stonewall Jackson train along the Tweetsie Route in Penn Laird. Railroad employees and passengers are photographed in the train and inside the depot. Photographs of the May 29, 1953 Golden Spike Ceremony are also included. Six photographs document Tweetsie when it was part of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company. Many of the photographs are captioned with people, places, and dates identified. Postcards and color photograph negatives are included. Duplicate copies of photographs and postcards were retained.","Text on photo: ELIZABETHTON, TENN OCT 20, 1949 - handwritten.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie's\" crew loved the little train as much as did the mountain people who depended on it for contact with the outside world. Engineer Sherman Pippin was as the throttle of No. 10 and No. 12 for some 20 years before the railroad was discontinued. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie\" was a familiar part of the rural landscape in Western North Carolina, as this photograph taken near Newland, N.C., shows. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: The route between Johnson City, Tenn., and Boone, N.C. presented some of the most rugged territory in the Appalachian mountains. Here the railroad skirts the Doe River Gorge on a ledge of solid rock. (N.C. News Bureau Photo - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Tweetsie\" went where even a sure-footed burro would fear to tread. Here the little train starts across the Doe River on one of the many bridges built by ET\u0026WNC R.R. Co. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: \"Over the river and through the wood\" went \"Tweetsie\" on her trips from Johnson City, Tenn., to Boone, N.C. in former days. Engineer Sherman Pippin stopped his train so passengers aboard for a day's outing could take pictures like the one above. (N.C. News Bureau Photo) - typed and affixed with tape; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BUREAU DEPT. CONSERVATION \u0026 DEVELOPMENT P. O. BOX 2719 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - stamped.","Text on photo: L to R - Hill, Price Menefee - handwritten; THE THREE OWNERS OF THE SHENANDOAH CENTRAL RAILROAD TAKEN ON \"GOLD SPIKE DAY\" 5/29/53 L. TO R.: DR. PAUL S. HILL (PRESIDENT), C. GRATTAN PRICE, JR. (VICE PRES. \u0026 GEN. MGR.), WADE W. MENEFEE, JR. (SEC.-TREAS.) - handwritten and affixed with tape; Property of C. G. Price Jr. Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label; C. Grattan Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - address label.","Text on photo: Dr. Paul S. Hill, Pres. (Conductor) C. Grattan Price, Jr., V.P. \u0026 G.M. (Engineer) Wade W. Menefee, Jr., Sec.-Treas. (Fireman) Taken at the end of first run following Golden Spike ceremony May 29, 1953 at \"Central Park.\" - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Driving of the Golden Spike, Shandoah Central Railroad, Lakeside Station (Penn Laird, Va.), 4:30 P.M. May 29, 1953 by Major-General Carl R. Gray, Jr., Veterans Administrator of the U.S. (former Vice-Pres., Chicago \u0026 Northwestern Ry., and Chief, Military Railway Service, European Theater, W.W.II). L to R - C.G. Price, Jr., Vice-Pres. \u0026 Gen. Mgr., Shenandoah Central R.R., W.W. Menefee, Jr., Sect'y.-Treas., Shenandoah Central R.R., L.W. Huncke, Pres., Wm. A. Smith Contracting Co., Kansas City, Kas. (donors of track-laying), F.S. Baird, Vice-Pres. (Traffic), Norfolk \u0026 Western Ry., Sherman Pippin, Engineer of last train when E.T.\u0026W.N.C.R.R. abandoned narrow-gauge division in 1950. (Equipment bought by Shenandoah Central R.R.), General Gray, A.W. St. Clair, Gen'l. Mgr., Southern Ry. System - Lines East, C.R. Wilburn, Vice-Pres., Operations, East Broad Top R.R., Dr. P.S. Hill, Pres., Shenandoah Central R.R., (Mr. D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry. temporarily absent when picture taken.) Photo by: N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Please return to: C.G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Crowd before start of ceremony, Photo by Southern Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry., speaking. Photo by Bob Riley - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Harrisonburg High School Band plays as invited guests board first train, after ceremony. 5/29/53 Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","F. S. Baird, Vice-Pres., Norfolk \u0026 Western Ry. Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Sherman Pippin, retired E.T.\u0026W.N.C. R.R. engineer. He was engineer on last run of their narrow-gauge division in October, 1950. Taken at S.C.R.R.'s Golden Spike Ceremony May 29, 1953, Photo by N.\u0026W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by H. Reid 8549 Wayland St. Norfolk, VA. - stamped.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Engineman: C. Grattan Price, Jr., Fireman: M. H. Dofflemyer (Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12) (1954) - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. compares time with Engineman Grattan Price, Jr. as Fireman Myron Dofflemyer looks on. Shenandoah Central R.R. No. 12 (1954) - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. \"lifts transportation.\" - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Conductor Wade Menefee, Jr. at rear end of \"The Stonewall Jackson\" - America's last narrow-gauge \"name\" train. - handwritten;  Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Photo By Ward Allan Howe 310 Riverside Drive New York, 25, N. Y. - stamped; 5-30-54 - handwritten.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: W. E. Warden, Jr. 1216 Shamrock La. Waynesboro, Va. - stamped; August 1954 - handwritten.","Text on photo: Photo by Gorman WSVA-TV - printed on front; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels; May 71 Railroad Pages 30, 31 #2134.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central R. R. - approaching Massanutten Summit - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on photo: H. Reid. - handwritten on front; Shenandoah Central Railroad \"The Stonewall Jackson,\" pulled by famous \"Tweetsie,\" crossing Cub Run Bridge. - handwritten; Photo by H. Reid - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address labels.","Text on photo: Taken on line between Cub Run Bridge and Massanutten Summit May 30, 1954 - handwritten; Photo by Lee-Gitchell Studio - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.","Text on postcard: Ride One of America's Last Old-Time Narrow-Gauge Trains! Shenandoah Central Railroad U. S. Route 33 at Penn Laird Six Miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia - printed; Everett Waddey Company - Richmond, Virginia; printed.","Text on postcard: Famous Locomotive \"Tweetsie\" pulls old-time narrow-gauge train on 1-mile Shenandoah Central Railroad each Sunday and holiday from late May to early October at Penn Laird, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, six miles East of Harrisonburg, Virginia, on U. S. Route 33. Come take a \"Trip to Yesteryear.\" - printed; Hannau Color Productions, 605 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Fla. - printed."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTwo books were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings: Mallory Hope Ferrell's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eTweetsie Country: The East Tennessee \u0026amp; Western North Carolina Railroad\u003c/emph\u003e (1976) and Clyde J. Dellinger's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eTweetsie and The Clinchfield Railroads: Crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains\u003c/emph\u003e (1975).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Two books were removed from the collection and cataloged individually as part of Special Collections rare book holdings: Mallory Hope Ferrell's Tweetsie Country: The East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad (1976) and Clyde J. 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For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_b6b9619e80b1268cd52dc20414033cac\"\u003eThe Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Tweetsie (Locomotive)","East Tennessee \u0026 Western North Carolina Railroad","Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company","Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company","Southern Railway System","Shenandoah Central Railroad (1952-1956)","Chesapeake Western Railway","Norfolk and Western Railway Company","North Carolina. 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Solon (Va.) -- History","Stokesville (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Industries -- Sources","Augusta County (Va.) -- Industries -- Sources","Virginia -- Economic conditions -- History -- Sources","Virginia -- Industries -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Transportation -- History -- Sources","Railroads -- Southern States -- History","Coal -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Bark -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Timber -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Poultry -- Feeding and feeds -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Railroads -- Virginia -- History","Letters (correspondence)","Account books","Reports","Blueprints (reprographic copies)","Personnel records","Publications (documents)","Business records","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 seven series with the largest first; then arranged further chronologically:","Personnel Records, 1929-1982\n      Reports, 1953-1981\n      Account Books, 1916-1974\n      Correspondence, 1976-1979\n      Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1976\n      Publications, 1963-1977\n      Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979","Cooper, Mason Y.  Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line. Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.","Cooper, Mason Y.  Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line.  Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.","Hawkins, Leighman.  \"The Shortline Railroads of Virginia.\"  Virginia and the Virginia County, January 1951.","Murray, Michael S.  \"Rails Through Rockingham County:  The Chesapeake Western Story.\"  Railpace Newsmagazine, January 1985.","\"Norfolk and Western to buy Chesapeake Western.\"  Daily News-Record, July 29, 1954.","Price, Charles Grattan Jr. The Crooked and the Weedy: A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Don Mills, Inc., 1992.","Thompson, Tommy. \"Shortline.\" Daily News-Record, April 3, 1971.","The origins of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company date back at least to 1871, when the Washington, Cincinnati \u0026 St. Louis Railroad was chartered in Virginia as a narrow-gauge railroad to run from Washington, D.C., through Elkton, Harrisonburg, and Bridgewater, Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio. Virginians bought stock in the coporation, including many people in Rockingham County; rights of way were purchased and railbed grading began.  Like similar ventures of the time, the goals of the company never bore fruit, and work halted in 1874.","In 1892, a group of promoters including Jedediah Hotchkiss incorporated to build a railway to carry coal from West Virginia mines to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad. Using part of the old WC\u0026StL right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial C\u0026W stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the C\u0026W and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the CW line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.","For just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the CW with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped.  When the Stokes' heirs put the CW up for sale in 1938, Don W. Thomas, a former Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the CW since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which rean between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the CW system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The CW linked with the Norfolk \u0026 Western at Elkton.","In 1954, the Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad purchased CW, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026 Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the NS. Five miles of track east of Bridgewater were removed in 1988. The CW under the control of NS serves as the Harrisonburg area's poultry feed supplier passing through the campus of James Madison University daily.","Records represent the day to day business operation of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company through 1982. After a fire that year, records were left in the CW building on Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and remained in that facility until 1997.","Due to the unwieldy nature of virtually off the bound ledgers, pages were removed from their covers and parceled into folders as both an aid to researchers and as a practical means to consolidate space.  The condition of some boards was also questionable with evidence of mold and pest damage. 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 4010.","The Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, consist of 24.36 cubic feet of business records pertaining to the employees, assets, and business transactions of the company. The collection is topically arranged in seven series with the largest series first; then further arranged chronologically . Series consist of Personnel Records, Reports, Account Books, Correspondence, Blueprints and Schematics, Publications, and Miscellaneous Documents.","Series 1: Personnel Records, 1929-1982, includes payrolls and time sheets with names of employees, occupations, hours, rates, payments, and dates of employment. Also included in this series are Railroad Retirement Board forms primarily from 1930 to 1973, containing employee biographical and genealogical information.","Series 2: Reports, 1953-1981, primarily is comprised of Dispatcher and Conductor reports, with information about specific trains, routes, departure times, distances and engine numbers. Dispatchers' Record of Movement of Trains, 1973-1979, and Time Return and Delay Reports, 1975-1981, list information such as:  engineers' names, train departure times, type of service, etc. Conductor Car Records and tonnage Reports include engine number, weight of trains, cargo, as well as identification of conductors and engineers on each train.  Entries for Shipping logs, 1970-1977; Traffic Analyses and other shipping records, 1973-1981, are followed by Per Diem/Mileage and Transfer Books, 1953-1970, which appear to be freight and transfer records written in abbreviated code and organized alphabetically by company name.","Series 3: Account Books, 1916-1974, contains: Interline Freight Balances; Car Services Balances; Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts; Operating Expenses and REvenues and other information including shops, engine house, bridges, agents, conductors, donations, etc.; Per Diem Reclaim Records, 1952-1973; Income Statements, 1968-1971; Records of Vouchers Released, 1955-1967; Freight Car Hires, 1943-1975, summarizing car hire, passenger and freight car mileage; and Miscellaneous accounts, 1934-1951, containing detailed information of topics organized chronologically and categorically under the following headings:  Operating Revenues, Freight Revenues, Rent from Locomotives, Miscellaneous Income, Maintenance, Transportation Improvements, and Statements for Depreciation for railway structures.  Balance in Interline Freight Accounts, 1932-1935, lists date, items, folio number, and debits with yearly balances, organized alphabetically by account name.  Car Services Balance Books, 1944-1971, record balance and payment information for interline car service accounts.  Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts Journals, 1930-1944, comprise both operating expenses and revenues as well as other information.","Label on front cover of bound volume reads: Returns to Valuation Orders 7, 8, and 16, Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad Co., Chesapeake Western Railway, Cheswick and Harmar Railroad Co., Clarendon \u0026 Pittsford Railroad Co., Connellsville \u0026 Monongahela Railway Co.","Series 4: Correspondence, 1976-1979, is comprised of a variety of topics which include land leases, shipments, track upgrades, expense reports, and business agreements in chronological order.","Series 5: Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1982, is comprised of eclectic pieces--many relating to previous series that would be lost among more substantial predecessors.  Headings under Miscellaneous include:  Financial notes and documents, many handwritten, 1935-1938 and undated; a conductor's balance sheet from September 1935; Operating expenses, undated; Per Diem Reclaim Mileage Records and Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts, September 1935; Reports of Interline Passenger Traffic, August 1935 [one of which contains a note in the \"Remarks\" column stating \"CCC\" perhaps indicating a one way trip to Bridgewater Station for members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.]; Documents and invoices for parts and repair, indemnity releases, etc., 1955-1976; Forms from printing companies, 1928-1968; Records of purchase for forms from local printers; Receipt books, Carload Traffic Received, Automobile Expenses Records, Forecast Statement, N\u0026W strike letter, 3.5 acre lease letter to Virginia Electric and Power Company, 1975-1980; Staunton Textile Corporation and Celanese Corporation, 1934-1955; Miscellaneous Correspondence, freight bills, account information, etc. and Exxon records, 1974-1976.","Series 6: Publications, 1963-1977, include copies of Bullinger's Postal and Shipper's Guide for the US and Canada, 1963, which lists shipping rates, distances, etc. and Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff No. 1-E, November 15, 1977.","Series 7: Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979, contains the oversize materials:  a blueprint of the railway line from 1951 and diagrams of electircal gates and signal wiring, 1961-1979.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. Privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose. Researchers agree to alert Special Collections staff if potentially privacy protected information is found within this collection. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Chespeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, are comprised of 24.36 cubic feet of records pertaining to the administrative and business activities of a small Shenandoah Valley railroad through the period of America's Great Depression and up to the CW's eventual acquisition by the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Chesapeake Western Railway","Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum","Norfolk Southern Corporation","Geier, Clarence R., 1944-","Hyser, Raymond M., 1955-","Stokes, W. E. D. 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Va.) -- Transportation -- History -- Sources"],"geogname_ssim":["Elkton (Va.) -- History","Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History","Bridgewater (Va.) -- History","Mt. Solon (Va.) -- History","Stokesville (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Industries -- Sources","Augusta County (Va.) -- Industries -- Sources","Virginia -- Economic conditions -- History -- Sources","Virginia -- Industries -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Transportation -- History -- Sources"],"places_ssim":["Elkton (Va.) -- History","Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History","Bridgewater (Va.) -- History","Mt. Solon (Va.) -- History","Stokesville (Va.) -- History","Rockingham County (Va.) -- Industries -- Sources","Augusta County (Va.) -- Industries -- Sources","Virginia -- Economic conditions -- History -- Sources","Virginia -- Industries -- History","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Transportation -- History -- Sources"],"creator_ssm":["Chesapeake Western Railway","Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum","Geier, Clarence R., 1944-","Hyser, Raymond M., 1955-"],"creator_ssim":["Chesapeake Western Railway","Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum","Geier, Clarence R., 1944-","Hyser, Raymond M., 1955-"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Geier, Clarence R., 1944-","Hyser, Raymond M., 1955-","Stokes, W. E. D. (William Earl Dodge), 1852-1926"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Chesapeake Western Railway","Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum","Norfolk Southern Corporation"],"creators_ssim":["Geier, Clarence R., 1944-","Hyser, Raymond M., 1955-","Stokes, W. E. D. (William Earl Dodge), 1852-1926","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Chesapeake Western Railway","Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum","Norfolk Southern Corporation"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. Privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose. Researchers agree to alert Special Collections staff if potentially privacy protected information is found within this collection. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["D.A. Brown, II Superintendent, VA Division of Norfolk Southern in Roanoke gave permission in April 1997 for JMU professors Raymond Hiser and Clarence Geier from the History and Anthropology Departments respectively to salvage records from the CW building on Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia which suffered a five-alarm fire at the site on July 28, 1982. After the fire, operating records remained in the building in disarray on the floor and suffered damage by fire or water or both. Following their initial cleaning and inventory by students in History and Anthropology, the materials were transferred to Carrier Library in February 1998. In September 2018, the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, donated one bound book: \"Returns to Valuation Orders 7, 8, and 16.\""],"access_subjects_ssim":["Railroads -- Southern States -- History","Coal -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Bark -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Timber -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Poultry -- Feeding and feeds -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Railroads -- Virginia -- History","Letters (correspondence)","Account books","Reports","Blueprints (reprographic copies)","Personnel records","Publications (documents)","Business records"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Railroads -- Southern States -- History","Coal -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Bark -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Timber -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Poultry -- Feeding and feeds -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History","Railroads -- Virginia -- History","Letters (correspondence)","Account books","Reports","Blueprints (reprographic copies)","Personnel records","Publications (documents)","Business records"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["24.36 cubic feet 35 boxes, 1 rolled storage container"],"extent_tesim":["24.36 cubic feet 35 boxes, 1 rolled storage container"],"genreform_ssim":["Letters (correspondence)","Account books","Reports","Blueprints (reprographic copies)","Personnel records","Publications (documents)","Business records"],"date_range_isim":[1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982],"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 seven series with the largest first; then arranged further chronologically:\u003c/p\u003e    ","\u003clist numeration=\"arabic\" type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePersonnel Records, 1929-1982\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eReports, 1953-1981\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eAccount Books, 1916-1974\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eCorrespondence, 1976-1979\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Documents, 1928-1976\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003ePublications, 1963-1977\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eBlueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e\n  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in seven series with the largest first; then arranged further chronologically:","Personnel Records, 1929-1982\n      Reports, 1953-1981\n      Account Books, 1916-1974\n      Correspondence, 1976-1979\n      Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1976\n      Publications, 1963-1977\n      Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eCooper, Mason Y.  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNorfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line\u003c/emph\u003e. Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eCooper, Mason Y.  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNorfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line\u003c/emph\u003e.  Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eHawkins, Leighman.  \"The Shortline Railroads of Virginia.\"  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia and the Virginia County\u003c/emph\u003e, January 1951.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eMurray, Michael S.  \"Rails Through Rockingham County:  The Chesapeake Western Story.\"  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRailpace Newsmagazine\u003c/emph\u003e, January 1985.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Norfolk and Western to buy Chesapeake Western.\"  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e, July 29, 1954.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003ePrice, Charles Grattan Jr. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Crooked and the Weedy: A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Don Mills, Inc., 1992.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eThompson, Tommy. \"Shortline.\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e, April 3, 1971.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Cooper, Mason Y.  Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line. Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.","Cooper, Mason Y.  Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line.  Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.","Hawkins, Leighman.  \"The Shortline Railroads of Virginia.\"  Virginia and the Virginia County, January 1951.","Murray, Michael S.  \"Rails Through Rockingham County:  The Chesapeake Western Story.\"  Railpace Newsmagazine, January 1985.","\"Norfolk and Western to buy Chesapeake Western.\"  Daily News-Record, July 29, 1954.","Price, Charles Grattan Jr. The Crooked and the Weedy: A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Don Mills, Inc., 1992.","Thompson, Tommy. \"Shortline.\" Daily News-Record, April 3, 1971."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe origins of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company date back at least to 1871, when the Washington, Cincinnati \u0026amp; St. Louis Railroad was chartered in Virginia as a narrow-gauge railroad to run from Washington, D.C., through Elkton, Harrisonburg, and Bridgewater, Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio. Virginians bought stock in the coporation, including many people in Rockingham County; rights of way were purchased and railbed grading began.  Like similar ventures of the time, the goals of the company never bore fruit, and work halted in 1874.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, a group of promoters including Jedediah Hotchkiss incorporated to build a railway to carry coal from West Virginia mines to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026amp; Western Railroad. Using part of the old WC\u0026amp;StL right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial C\u0026amp;W stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the C\u0026amp;W and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the CW line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the CW with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped.  When the Stokes' heirs put the CW up for sale in 1938, Don W. Thomas, a former Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the CW since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026amp; Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which rean between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the CW system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The CW linked with the Norfolk \u0026amp; Western at Elkton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1954, the Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railroad purchased CW, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026amp; Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the NS. Five miles of track east of Bridgewater were removed in 1988. The CW under the control of NS serves as the Harrisonburg area's poultry feed supplier passing through the campus of James Madison University daily. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Administrative History"],"bioghist_tesim":["The origins of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company date back at least to 1871, when the Washington, Cincinnati \u0026 St. Louis Railroad was chartered in Virginia as a narrow-gauge railroad to run from Washington, D.C., through Elkton, Harrisonburg, and Bridgewater, Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio. Virginians bought stock in the coporation, including many people in Rockingham County; rights of way were purchased and railbed grading began.  Like similar ventures of the time, the goals of the company never bore fruit, and work halted in 1874.","In 1892, a group of promoters including Jedediah Hotchkiss incorporated to build a railway to carry coal from West Virginia mines to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad. Using part of the old WC\u0026StL right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial C\u0026W stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the C\u0026W and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the CW line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.","For just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the CW with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped.  When the Stokes' heirs put the CW up for sale in 1938, Don W. Thomas, a former Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the CW since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which rean between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the CW system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The CW linked with the Norfolk \u0026 Western at Elkton.","In 1954, the Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad purchased CW, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026 Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the NS. Five miles of track east of Bridgewater were removed in 1988. The CW under the control of NS serves as the Harrisonburg area's poultry feed supplier passing through the campus of James Madison University daily."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords represent the day to day business operation of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company through 1982. After a fire that year, records were left in the CW building on Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and remained in that facility until 1997.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["Records represent the day to day business operation of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company through 1982. After a fire that year, records were left in the CW building on Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and remained in that facility until 1997."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, SC 0154, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, SC 0154, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDue to the unwieldy nature of virtually off the bound ledgers, pages were removed from their covers and parceled into folders as both an aid to researchers and as a practical means to consolidate space.  The condition of some boards was also questionable with evidence of mold and pest damage. 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 4010.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Due to the unwieldy nature of virtually off the bound ledgers, pages were removed from their covers and parceled into folders as both an aid to researchers and as a practical means to consolidate space.  The condition of some boards was also questionable with evidence of mold and pest damage. 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 4010."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, consist of 24.36 cubic feet of business records pertaining to the employees, assets, and business transactions of the company. The collection is topically arranged in seven series with the largest series first; then further arranged chronologically . Series consist of Personnel Records, Reports, Account Books, Correspondence, Blueprints and Schematics, Publications, and Miscellaneous Documents.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Personnel Records, 1929-1982, includes payrolls and time sheets with names of employees, occupations, hours, rates, payments, and dates of employment. Also included in this series are Railroad Retirement Board forms primarily from 1930 to 1973, containing employee biographical and genealogical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Reports, 1953-1981, primarily is comprised of Dispatcher and Conductor reports, with information about specific trains, routes, departure times, distances and engine numbers. Dispatchers' Record of Movement of Trains, 1973-1979, and Time Return and Delay Reports, 1975-1981, list information such as:  engineers' names, train departure times, type of service, etc. Conductor Car Records and tonnage Reports include engine number, weight of trains, cargo, as well as identification of conductors and engineers on each train.  Entries for Shipping logs, 1970-1977; Traffic Analyses and other shipping records, 1973-1981, are followed by Per Diem/Mileage and Transfer Books, 1953-1970, which appear to be freight and transfer records written in abbreviated code and organized alphabetically by company name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Account Books, 1916-1974, contains: Interline Freight Balances; Car Services Balances; Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts; Operating Expenses and REvenues and other information including shops, engine house, bridges, agents, conductors, donations, etc.; Per Diem Reclaim Records, 1952-1973; Income Statements, 1968-1971; Records of Vouchers Released, 1955-1967; Freight Car Hires, 1943-1975, summarizing car hire, passenger and freight car mileage; and Miscellaneous accounts, 1934-1951, containing detailed information of topics organized chronologically and categorically under the following headings:  Operating Revenues, Freight Revenues, Rent from Locomotives, Miscellaneous Income, Maintenance, Transportation Improvements, and Statements for Depreciation for railway structures.  Balance in Interline Freight Accounts, 1932-1935, lists date, items, folio number, and debits with yearly balances, organized alphabetically by account name.  Car Services Balance Books, 1944-1971, record balance and payment information for interline car service accounts.  Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts Journals, 1930-1944, comprise both operating expenses and revenues as well as other information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLabel on front cover of bound volume reads: Returns to Valuation Orders 7, 8, and 16, Chesapeake \u0026amp; Western Railroad Co., Chesapeake Western Railway, Cheswick and Harmar Railroad Co., Clarendon \u0026amp; Pittsford Railroad Co., Connellsville \u0026amp; Monongahela Railway Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Correspondence, 1976-1979, is comprised of a variety of topics which include land leases, shipments, track upgrades, expense reports, and business agreements in chronological order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1982, is comprised of eclectic pieces--many relating to previous series that would be lost among more substantial predecessors.  Headings under Miscellaneous include:  Financial notes and documents, many handwritten, 1935-1938 and undated; a conductor's balance sheet from September 1935; Operating expenses, undated; Per Diem Reclaim Mileage Records and Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts, September 1935; Reports of Interline Passenger Traffic, August 1935 [one of which contains a note in the \"Remarks\" column stating \"CCC\" perhaps indicating a one way trip to Bridgewater Station for members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.]; Documents and invoices for parts and repair, indemnity releases, etc., 1955-1976; Forms from printing companies, 1928-1968; Records of purchase for forms from local printers; Receipt books, Carload Traffic Received, Automobile Expenses Records, Forecast Statement, N\u0026amp;W strike letter, 3.5 acre lease letter to Virginia Electric and Power Company, 1975-1980; Staunton Textile Corporation and Celanese Corporation, 1934-1955; Miscellaneous Correspondence, freight bills, account information, etc. and Exxon records, 1974-1976.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6: Publications, 1963-1977, include copies of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBullinger's Postal and Shipper's Guide for the US and Canada\u003c/emph\u003e, 1963, which lists shipping rates, distances, etc. and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eStandard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff No. 1-E\u003c/emph\u003e, November 15, 1977.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7: Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979, contains the oversize materials:  a blueprint of the railway line from 1951 and diagrams of electircal gates and signal wiring, 1961-1979.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, consist of 24.36 cubic feet of business records pertaining to the employees, assets, and business transactions of the company. The collection is topically arranged in seven series with the largest series first; then further arranged chronologically . Series consist of Personnel Records, Reports, Account Books, Correspondence, Blueprints and Schematics, Publications, and Miscellaneous Documents.","Series 1: Personnel Records, 1929-1982, includes payrolls and time sheets with names of employees, occupations, hours, rates, payments, and dates of employment. Also included in this series are Railroad Retirement Board forms primarily from 1930 to 1973, containing employee biographical and genealogical information.","Series 2: Reports, 1953-1981, primarily is comprised of Dispatcher and Conductor reports, with information about specific trains, routes, departure times, distances and engine numbers. Dispatchers' Record of Movement of Trains, 1973-1979, and Time Return and Delay Reports, 1975-1981, list information such as:  engineers' names, train departure times, type of service, etc. Conductor Car Records and tonnage Reports include engine number, weight of trains, cargo, as well as identification of conductors and engineers on each train.  Entries for Shipping logs, 1970-1977; Traffic Analyses and other shipping records, 1973-1981, are followed by Per Diem/Mileage and Transfer Books, 1953-1970, which appear to be freight and transfer records written in abbreviated code and organized alphabetically by company name.","Series 3: Account Books, 1916-1974, contains: Interline Freight Balances; Car Services Balances; Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts; Operating Expenses and REvenues and other information including shops, engine house, bridges, agents, conductors, donations, etc.; Per Diem Reclaim Records, 1952-1973; Income Statements, 1968-1971; Records of Vouchers Released, 1955-1967; Freight Car Hires, 1943-1975, summarizing car hire, passenger and freight car mileage; and Miscellaneous accounts, 1934-1951, containing detailed information of topics organized chronologically and categorically under the following headings:  Operating Revenues, Freight Revenues, Rent from Locomotives, Miscellaneous Income, Maintenance, Transportation Improvements, and Statements for Depreciation for railway structures.  Balance in Interline Freight Accounts, 1932-1935, lists date, items, folio number, and debits with yearly balances, organized alphabetically by account name.  Car Services Balance Books, 1944-1971, record balance and payment information for interline car service accounts.  Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts Journals, 1930-1944, comprise both operating expenses and revenues as well as other information.","Label on front cover of bound volume reads: Returns to Valuation Orders 7, 8, and 16, Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad Co., Chesapeake Western Railway, Cheswick and Harmar Railroad Co., Clarendon \u0026 Pittsford Railroad Co., Connellsville \u0026 Monongahela Railway Co.","Series 4: Correspondence, 1976-1979, is comprised of a variety of topics which include land leases, shipments, track upgrades, expense reports, and business agreements in chronological order.","Series 5: Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1982, is comprised of eclectic pieces--many relating to previous series that would be lost among more substantial predecessors.  Headings under Miscellaneous include:  Financial notes and documents, many handwritten, 1935-1938 and undated; a conductor's balance sheet from September 1935; Operating expenses, undated; Per Diem Reclaim Mileage Records and Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts, September 1935; Reports of Interline Passenger Traffic, August 1935 [one of which contains a note in the \"Remarks\" column stating \"CCC\" perhaps indicating a one way trip to Bridgewater Station for members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.]; Documents and invoices for parts and repair, indemnity releases, etc., 1955-1976; Forms from printing companies, 1928-1968; Records of purchase for forms from local printers; Receipt books, Carload Traffic Received, Automobile Expenses Records, Forecast Statement, N\u0026W strike letter, 3.5 acre lease letter to Virginia Electric and Power Company, 1975-1980; Staunton Textile Corporation and Celanese Corporation, 1934-1955; Miscellaneous Correspondence, freight bills, account information, etc. and Exxon records, 1974-1976.","Series 6: Publications, 1963-1977, include copies of Bullinger's Postal and Shipper's Guide for the US and Canada, 1963, which lists shipping rates, distances, etc. and Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff No. 1-E, November 15, 1977.","Series 7: Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979, contains the oversize materials:  a blueprint of the railway line from 1951 and diagrams of electircal gates and signal wiring, 1961-1979."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. Privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose. Researchers agree to alert Special Collections staff if potentially privacy protected information is found within this collection. 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. Privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose. Researchers agree to alert Special Collections staff if potentially privacy protected information is found within this collection. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged in seven series with the largest first; then arranged further chronologically:","Personnel Records, 1929-1982\n      Reports, 1953-1981\n      Account Books, 1916-1974\n      Correspondence, 1976-1979\n      Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1976\n      Publications, 1963-1977\n      Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979","Cooper, Mason Y.  Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line. Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.","Cooper, Mason Y.  Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line.  Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.","Hawkins, Leighman.  \"The Shortline Railroads of Virginia.\"  Virginia and the Virginia County, January 1951.","Murray, Michael S.  \"Rails Through Rockingham County:  The Chesapeake Western Story.\"  Railpace Newsmagazine, January 1985.","\"Norfolk and Western to buy Chesapeake Western.\"  Daily News-Record, July 29, 1954.","Price, Charles Grattan Jr. The Crooked and the Weedy: A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Don Mills, Inc., 1992.","Thompson, Tommy. \"Shortline.\" Daily News-Record, April 3, 1971.","The origins of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company date back at least to 1871, when the Washington, Cincinnati \u0026 St. Louis Railroad was chartered in Virginia as a narrow-gauge railroad to run from Washington, D.C., through Elkton, Harrisonburg, and Bridgewater, Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio. Virginians bought stock in the coporation, including many people in Rockingham County; rights of way were purchased and railbed grading began.  Like similar ventures of the time, the goals of the company never bore fruit, and work halted in 1874.","In 1892, a group of promoters including Jedediah Hotchkiss incorporated to build a railway to carry coal from West Virginia mines to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad. Using part of the old WC\u0026StL right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial C\u0026W stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the C\u0026W and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the CW line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.","For just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the CW with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped.  When the Stokes' heirs put the CW up for sale in 1938, Don W. Thomas, a former Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the CW since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which rean between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the CW system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The CW linked with the Norfolk \u0026 Western at Elkton.","In 1954, the Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad purchased CW, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026 Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the NS. Five miles of track east of Bridgewater were removed in 1988. The CW under the control of NS serves as the Harrisonburg area's poultry feed supplier passing through the campus of James Madison University daily.","Records represent the day to day business operation of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company through 1982. After a fire that year, records were left in the CW building on Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and remained in that facility until 1997.","Due to the unwieldy nature of virtually off the bound ledgers, pages were removed from their covers and parceled into folders as both an aid to researchers and as a practical means to consolidate space.  The condition of some boards was also questionable with evidence of mold and pest damage. 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 4010.","The Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, consist of 24.36 cubic feet of business records pertaining to the employees, assets, and business transactions of the company. The collection is topically arranged in seven series with the largest series first; then further arranged chronologically . Series consist of Personnel Records, Reports, Account Books, Correspondence, Blueprints and Schematics, Publications, and Miscellaneous Documents.","Series 1: Personnel Records, 1929-1982, includes payrolls and time sheets with names of employees, occupations, hours, rates, payments, and dates of employment. Also included in this series are Railroad Retirement Board forms primarily from 1930 to 1973, containing employee biographical and genealogical information.","Series 2: Reports, 1953-1981, primarily is comprised of Dispatcher and Conductor reports, with information about specific trains, routes, departure times, distances and engine numbers. Dispatchers' Record of Movement of Trains, 1973-1979, and Time Return and Delay Reports, 1975-1981, list information such as:  engineers' names, train departure times, type of service, etc. Conductor Car Records and tonnage Reports include engine number, weight of trains, cargo, as well as identification of conductors and engineers on each train.  Entries for Shipping logs, 1970-1977; Traffic Analyses and other shipping records, 1973-1981, are followed by Per Diem/Mileage and Transfer Books, 1953-1970, which appear to be freight and transfer records written in abbreviated code and organized alphabetically by company name.","Series 3: Account Books, 1916-1974, contains: Interline Freight Balances; Car Services Balances; Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts; Operating Expenses and REvenues and other information including shops, engine house, bridges, agents, conductors, donations, etc.; Per Diem Reclaim Records, 1952-1973; Income Statements, 1968-1971; Records of Vouchers Released, 1955-1967; Freight Car Hires, 1943-1975, summarizing car hire, passenger and freight car mileage; and Miscellaneous accounts, 1934-1951, containing detailed information of topics organized chronologically and categorically under the following headings:  Operating Revenues, Freight Revenues, Rent from Locomotives, Miscellaneous Income, Maintenance, Transportation Improvements, and Statements for Depreciation for railway structures.  Balance in Interline Freight Accounts, 1932-1935, lists date, items, folio number, and debits with yearly balances, organized alphabetically by account name.  Car Services Balance Books, 1944-1971, record balance and payment information for interline car service accounts.  Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts Journals, 1930-1944, comprise both operating expenses and revenues as well as other information.","Label on front cover of bound volume reads: Returns to Valuation Orders 7, 8, and 16, Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad Co., Chesapeake Western Railway, Cheswick and Harmar Railroad Co., Clarendon \u0026 Pittsford Railroad Co., Connellsville \u0026 Monongahela Railway Co.","Series 4: Correspondence, 1976-1979, is comprised of a variety of topics which include land leases, shipments, track upgrades, expense reports, and business agreements in chronological order.","Series 5: Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1982, is comprised of eclectic pieces--many relating to previous series that would be lost among more substantial predecessors.  Headings under Miscellaneous include:  Financial notes and documents, many handwritten, 1935-1938 and undated; a conductor's balance sheet from September 1935; Operating expenses, undated; Per Diem Reclaim Mileage Records and Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts, September 1935; Reports of Interline Passenger Traffic, August 1935 [one of which contains a note in the \"Remarks\" column stating \"CCC\" perhaps indicating a one way trip to Bridgewater Station for members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.]; Documents and invoices for parts and repair, indemnity releases, etc., 1955-1976; Forms from printing companies, 1928-1968; Records of purchase for forms from local printers; Receipt books, Carload Traffic Received, Automobile Expenses Records, Forecast Statement, N\u0026W strike letter, 3.5 acre lease letter to Virginia Electric and Power Company, 1975-1980; Staunton Textile Corporation and Celanese Corporation, 1934-1955; Miscellaneous Correspondence, freight bills, account information, etc. and Exxon records, 1974-1976.","Series 6: Publications, 1963-1977, include copies of Bullinger's Postal and Shipper's Guide for the US and Canada, 1963, which lists shipping rates, distances, etc. and Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff No. 1-E, November 15, 1977.","Series 7: Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979, contains the oversize materials:  a blueprint of the railway line from 1951 and diagrams of electircal gates and signal wiring, 1961-1979.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. Privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose. Researchers agree to alert Special Collections staff if potentially privacy protected information is found within this collection. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Chespeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, are comprised of 24.36 cubic feet of records pertaining to the administrative and business activities of a small Shenandoah Valley railroad through the period of America's Great Depression and up to the CW's eventual acquisition by the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Chesapeake Western Railway","Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum","Norfolk Southern Corporation","Geier, Clarence R., 1944-","Hyser, Raymond M., 1955-","Stokes, W. E. D. 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Brown, II Superintendent, VA Division of Norfolk Southern in Roanoke gave permission in April 1997 for JMU professors Raymond Hiser and Clarence Geier from the History and Anthropology Departments respectively to salvage records from the CW building on Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia which suffered a five-alarm fire at the site on July 28, 1982. After the fire, operating records remained in the building in disarray on the floor and suffered damage by fire or water or both. Following their initial cleaning and inventory by students in History and Anthropology, the materials were transferred to Carrier Library in February 1998. In September 2018, the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, donated one bound book: \"Returns to Valuation Orders 7, 8, and 16.\""],"access_subjects_ssim":["Railroads -- Southern States -- History","Coal -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Bark -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Timber -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Poultry -- Feeding and feeds -- Transportation -- Southern States -- Sources","Railroads -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. 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Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eCooper, Mason Y.  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNorfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line\u003c/emph\u003e.  Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eHawkins, Leighman.  \"The Shortline Railroads of Virginia.\"  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia and the Virginia County\u003c/emph\u003e, January 1951.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eMurray, Michael S.  \"Rails Through Rockingham County:  The Chesapeake Western Story.\"  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRailpace Newsmagazine\u003c/emph\u003e, January 1985.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Norfolk and Western to buy Chesapeake Western.\"  \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e, July 29, 1954.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003ePrice, Charles Grattan Jr. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Crooked and the Weedy: A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway\u003c/emph\u003e. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Don Mills, Inc., 1992.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eThompson, Tommy. \"Shortline.\" \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e, April 3, 1971.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Cooper, Mason Y.  Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line. Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.","Cooper, Mason Y.  Norfolk and Western's Shenandoah Line.  Forest, Virginia:  Norfolk and Western Historical Society, Inc., 1998.","Hawkins, Leighman.  \"The Shortline Railroads of Virginia.\"  Virginia and the Virginia County, January 1951.","Murray, Michael S.  \"Rails Through Rockingham County:  The Chesapeake Western Story.\"  Railpace Newsmagazine, January 1985.","\"Norfolk and Western to buy Chesapeake Western.\"  Daily News-Record, July 29, 1954.","Price, Charles Grattan Jr. The Crooked and the Weedy: A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Don Mills, Inc., 1992.","Thompson, Tommy. \"Shortline.\" Daily News-Record, April 3, 1971."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe origins of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company date back at least to 1871, when the Washington, Cincinnati \u0026amp; St. Louis Railroad was chartered in Virginia as a narrow-gauge railroad to run from Washington, D.C., through Elkton, Harrisonburg, and Bridgewater, Virginia to Cincinnati, Ohio. 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In the next few years, substantial C\u0026amp;W stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the C\u0026amp;W and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the CW line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the CW with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped.  When the Stokes' heirs put the CW up for sale in 1938, Don W. Thomas, a former Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the CW since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026amp; Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which rean between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the CW system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The CW linked with the Norfolk \u0026amp; Western at Elkton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1954, the Norfolk \u0026amp; Western Railroad purchased CW, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026amp; Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the NS. Five miles of track east of Bridgewater were removed in 1988. 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Initially called the Chesapeake, Shendun, and Western Railroad, the name was quickly changed to Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad. Using part of the old WC\u0026StL right-of-way, and with $150,000 from the city of Harrisonburg to ensure that the railroad would pass through it, a 26-mile single-track, standard-gauge line was completed from Elkton to Bridgewater and began operating on March 23, 1896. In the next few years, substantial C\u0026W stock was purchased by New York investor Thomas Stokes, who hoped to develop the coal mines in western Rockingham County but became mired in financial difficulties. His brother, W.E.D Stokes, purchased control of the C\u0026W and also organized a new railroad, the Tidewater and West Virginia, in 1900. The Tidewater changed its name in 1901 to the Chesapeake Western Railway, leased the CW line for 99 years, and in 1902 completed 13 miles of rail from Bridgewater to the new town of Stokesville in North River Gap. Trains carried passengers as well as freight between Elkton and Stokesville. Plans were drawn up to continue the line into West Virginia but were not implemented.","For just over a decade, Stokesville boomed as timber, tanbark, and to a much more limited extent, coal, in the area were exploited. Stokes operated the CW with offices in Harrisonburg until his death in 1926. His estate continued to operate the railway until 1938. In 1928, the line from Mount Solon to North River Gap was abandoned for financial reasons. In 1933, the nine miles from Bridgewater to Mount Solon were also dropped.  When the Stokes' heirs put the CW up for sale in 1938, Don W. Thomas, a former Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad employee who had been the general manager of the CW since 1926, fought a bid from Japanese scrap metal buyers and bought the line. In 1943, Thomas also bought the Baltimore \u0026 Ohio's Valley Road of Virginia line which rean between Harrisonburg and Lexington. The line south of Staunton was taken up and sold for scrap, but the road between Harrisonburg and Staunton was improved and became an important link in the CW system because of the connection with the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Railroad at Staunton. The CW linked with the Norfolk \u0026 Western at Elkton.","In 1954, the Norfolk \u0026 Western Railroad purchased CW, but the name was retained and was operated as a separate corporation. By about 1980, however, little or no rolling stock carried the CW logo any longer. Norfolk \u0026 Western and the Southern Railway Company merged as Norfolk Southern Corporation on June 1, 1982. Not long after that merger, a five-alarm fire burned the CW office located at Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg on July 28, 1982, and company offices and operations were eventually absorbed by the NS. Five miles of track east of Bridgewater were removed in 1988. The CW under the control of NS serves as the Harrisonburg area's poultry feed supplier passing through the campus of James Madison University daily."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords represent the day to day business operation of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company through 1982. After a fire that year, records were left in the CW building on Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and remained in that facility until 1997.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["Records represent the day to day business operation of the Chesapeake Western Railway Company through 1982. After a fire that year, records were left in the CW building on Chesapeake Drive in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and remained in that facility until 1997."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, SC 0154, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, SC 0154, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDue to the unwieldy nature of virtually off the bound ledgers, pages were removed from their covers and parceled into folders as both an aid to researchers and as a practical means to consolidate space.  The condition of some boards was also questionable with evidence of mold and pest damage. 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 4010.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Due to the unwieldy nature of virtually off the bound ledgers, pages were removed from their covers and parceled into folders as both an aid to researchers and as a practical means to consolidate space.  The condition of some boards was also questionable with evidence of mold and pest damage. 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 4010."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, consist of 24.36 cubic feet of business records pertaining to the employees, assets, and business transactions of the company. The collection is topically arranged in seven series with the largest series first; then further arranged chronologically . Series consist of Personnel Records, Reports, Account Books, Correspondence, Blueprints and Schematics, Publications, and Miscellaneous Documents.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Personnel Records, 1929-1982, includes payrolls and time sheets with names of employees, occupations, hours, rates, payments, and dates of employment. Also included in this series are Railroad Retirement Board forms primarily from 1930 to 1973, containing employee biographical and genealogical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Reports, 1953-1981, primarily is comprised of Dispatcher and Conductor reports, with information about specific trains, routes, departure times, distances and engine numbers. Dispatchers' Record of Movement of Trains, 1973-1979, and Time Return and Delay Reports, 1975-1981, list information such as:  engineers' names, train departure times, type of service, etc. Conductor Car Records and tonnage Reports include engine number, weight of trains, cargo, as well as identification of conductors and engineers on each train.  Entries for Shipping logs, 1970-1977; Traffic Analyses and other shipping records, 1973-1981, are followed by Per Diem/Mileage and Transfer Books, 1953-1970, which appear to be freight and transfer records written in abbreviated code and organized alphabetically by company name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Account Books, 1916-1974, contains: Interline Freight Balances; Car Services Balances; Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts; Operating Expenses and REvenues and other information including shops, engine house, bridges, agents, conductors, donations, etc.; Per Diem Reclaim Records, 1952-1973; Income Statements, 1968-1971; Records of Vouchers Released, 1955-1967; Freight Car Hires, 1943-1975, summarizing car hire, passenger and freight car mileage; and Miscellaneous accounts, 1934-1951, containing detailed information of topics organized chronologically and categorically under the following headings:  Operating Revenues, Freight Revenues, Rent from Locomotives, Miscellaneous Income, Maintenance, Transportation Improvements, and Statements for Depreciation for railway structures.  Balance in Interline Freight Accounts, 1932-1935, lists date, items, folio number, and debits with yearly balances, organized alphabetically by account name.  Car Services Balance Books, 1944-1971, record balance and payment information for interline car service accounts.  Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts Journals, 1930-1944, comprise both operating expenses and revenues as well as other information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLabel on front cover of bound volume reads: Returns to Valuation Orders 7, 8, and 16, Chesapeake \u0026amp; Western Railroad Co., Chesapeake Western Railway, Cheswick and Harmar Railroad Co., Clarendon \u0026amp; Pittsford Railroad Co., Connellsville \u0026amp; Monongahela Railway Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Correspondence, 1976-1979, is comprised of a variety of topics which include land leases, shipments, track upgrades, expense reports, and business agreements in chronological order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1982, is comprised of eclectic pieces--many relating to previous series that would be lost among more substantial predecessors.  Headings under Miscellaneous include:  Financial notes and documents, many handwritten, 1935-1938 and undated; a conductor's balance sheet from September 1935; Operating expenses, undated; Per Diem Reclaim Mileage Records and Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts, September 1935; Reports of Interline Passenger Traffic, August 1935 [one of which contains a note in the \"Remarks\" column stating \"CCC\" perhaps indicating a one way trip to Bridgewater Station for members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.]; Documents and invoices for parts and repair, indemnity releases, etc., 1955-1976; Forms from printing companies, 1928-1968; Records of purchase for forms from local printers; Receipt books, Carload Traffic Received, Automobile Expenses Records, Forecast Statement, N\u0026amp;W strike letter, 3.5 acre lease letter to Virginia Electric and Power Company, 1975-1980; Staunton Textile Corporation and Celanese Corporation, 1934-1955; Miscellaneous Correspondence, freight bills, account information, etc. and Exxon records, 1974-1976.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6: Publications, 1963-1977, include copies of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBullinger's Postal and Shipper's Guide for the US and Canada\u003c/emph\u003e, 1963, which lists shipping rates, distances, etc. and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eStandard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff No. 1-E\u003c/emph\u003e, November 15, 1977.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7: Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979, contains the oversize materials:  a blueprint of the railway line from 1951 and diagrams of electircal gates and signal wiring, 1961-1979.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, consist of 24.36 cubic feet of business records pertaining to the employees, assets, and business transactions of the company. The collection is topically arranged in seven series with the largest series first; then further arranged chronologically . Series consist of Personnel Records, Reports, Account Books, Correspondence, Blueprints and Schematics, Publications, and Miscellaneous Documents.","Series 1: Personnel Records, 1929-1982, includes payrolls and time sheets with names of employees, occupations, hours, rates, payments, and dates of employment. Also included in this series are Railroad Retirement Board forms primarily from 1930 to 1973, containing employee biographical and genealogical information.","Series 2: Reports, 1953-1981, primarily is comprised of Dispatcher and Conductor reports, with information about specific trains, routes, departure times, distances and engine numbers. Dispatchers' Record of Movement of Trains, 1973-1979, and Time Return and Delay Reports, 1975-1981, list information such as:  engineers' names, train departure times, type of service, etc. Conductor Car Records and tonnage Reports include engine number, weight of trains, cargo, as well as identification of conductors and engineers on each train.  Entries for Shipping logs, 1970-1977; Traffic Analyses and other shipping records, 1973-1981, are followed by Per Diem/Mileage and Transfer Books, 1953-1970, which appear to be freight and transfer records written in abbreviated code and organized alphabetically by company name.","Series 3: Account Books, 1916-1974, contains: Interline Freight Balances; Car Services Balances; Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts; Operating Expenses and REvenues and other information including shops, engine house, bridges, agents, conductors, donations, etc.; Per Diem Reclaim Records, 1952-1973; Income Statements, 1968-1971; Records of Vouchers Released, 1955-1967; Freight Car Hires, 1943-1975, summarizing car hire, passenger and freight car mileage; and Miscellaneous accounts, 1934-1951, containing detailed information of topics organized chronologically and categorically under the following headings:  Operating Revenues, Freight Revenues, Rent from Locomotives, Miscellaneous Income, Maintenance, Transportation Improvements, and Statements for Depreciation for railway structures.  Balance in Interline Freight Accounts, 1932-1935, lists date, items, folio number, and debits with yearly balances, organized alphabetically by account name.  Car Services Balance Books, 1944-1971, record balance and payment information for interline car service accounts.  Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts Journals, 1930-1944, comprise both operating expenses and revenues as well as other information.","Label on front cover of bound volume reads: Returns to Valuation Orders 7, 8, and 16, Chesapeake \u0026 Western Railroad Co., Chesapeake Western Railway, Cheswick and Harmar Railroad Co., Clarendon \u0026 Pittsford Railroad Co., Connellsville \u0026 Monongahela Railway Co.","Series 4: Correspondence, 1976-1979, is comprised of a variety of topics which include land leases, shipments, track upgrades, expense reports, and business agreements in chronological order.","Series 5: Miscellaneous Documents, 1928-1982, is comprised of eclectic pieces--many relating to previous series that would be lost among more substantial predecessors.  Headings under Miscellaneous include:  Financial notes and documents, many handwritten, 1935-1938 and undated; a conductor's balance sheet from September 1935; Operating expenses, undated; Per Diem Reclaim Mileage Records and Record of Amounts Due From and To Foreign Companies on Interline Freight Accounts, September 1935; Reports of Interline Passenger Traffic, August 1935 [one of which contains a note in the \"Remarks\" column stating \"CCC\" perhaps indicating a one way trip to Bridgewater Station for members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.]; Documents and invoices for parts and repair, indemnity releases, etc., 1955-1976; Forms from printing companies, 1928-1968; Records of purchase for forms from local printers; Receipt books, Carload Traffic Received, Automobile Expenses Records, Forecast Statement, N\u0026W strike letter, 3.5 acre lease letter to Virginia Electric and Power Company, 1975-1980; Staunton Textile Corporation and Celanese Corporation, 1934-1955; Miscellaneous Correspondence, freight bills, account information, etc. and Exxon records, 1974-1976.","Series 6: Publications, 1963-1977, include copies of Bullinger's Postal and Shipper's Guide for the US and Canada, 1963, which lists shipping rates, distances, etc. and Standard Transportation Commodity Code Tariff No. 1-E, November 15, 1977.","Series 7: Blueprints and Schematics, 1951-1979, contains the oversize materials:  a blueprint of the railway line from 1951 and diagrams of electircal gates and signal wiring, 1961-1979."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. Privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose. Researchers agree to alert Special Collections staff if potentially privacy protected information is found within this collection. 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. Privacy protected information may be revealed during use of this collection. Researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information if found within this collection, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose. Researchers agree to alert Special Collections staff if potentially privacy protected information is found within this collection. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_57e226aed1de81b0112cfbe25b7f1b76\"\u003eThe Chespeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, are comprised of 24.36 cubic feet of records pertaining to the administrative and business activities of a small Shenandoah Valley railroad through the period of America's Great Depression and up to the CW's eventual acquisition by the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Chespeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, are comprised of 24.36 cubic feet of records pertaining to the administrative and business activities of a small Shenandoah Valley railroad through the period of America's Great Depression and up to the CW's eventual acquisition by the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Chesapeake Western Railway","Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum","Norfolk Southern Corporation"],"names_coll_ssim":["Norfolk Southern Corporation","Chesapeake Western Railway","Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum","Stokes, W. 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