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We encourage researchers interested in the journals to use the microfilm copies when possible to preserve the integrity of the fragile originals.","Researchers may access born digital or digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department.","Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine whose pseudonym, \"Porte Crayon\", was a household word. Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of Virginia Illustrated (1857) and Charleston and its Resources (1878), his work as illustrator for Blackwater Chronicle  (1853), service during the Civil War as a Union officer, stint as a newspaper editor, and Consul-Generalship to Mexico (1879-1885). According to Strother's biographer, Cecil D. Eby Jr., his writings linked the two traditions of literature in the south, \"the genteel romanticism of the sentimental novelists and the earthy realism of the frontier humorists.\" In 1872-1875 Strother wrote The Mountains, which Eby considers the first important presentation of West Virginia in literature. The collection includes roughly 590 drawings and sketches, 44 volumes of journals, and several boxes of correspondence.","This collection is organized into thirteen series, including:\nSeries 1. Journals; 1840-1888; boxes 1-6 and reels 1-4 \nSeries 2. Manuscripts and Correspondence; 1778-1925, undated; boxes 7-9 \nSeries 3. Oversize; 1798-1882, undated; box 10\nSeries 4. Sketchbooks; 1843-1887; undated; boxes 11, 13-15 \nSeries 5. Artwork by Others; 1858-1909; undated; box 12\nSeries 6. Artworks; 1833-1887, undated; undated; boxes 16-25\nSeries 7. Framed Original Artworks; 1844-1887, undated; boxes 26-41 and 3 framed items\nSeries 8. Framed Facsimiles; 1845-1859, undated; boxes 42-49\nSeries 9. Exhibit; ca. 1996; boxes 50-53\nSeries 10. Newspapers; 1795-1887; box 54 \nSeries 11. Addendum of 2015/06/13, undated \nSeries 12. Addendum of 2007/02/08, 1862-1970 \nSeries 13. Addendum of 2021/06/04, undated","This series includes 44 journals written by Strother which document his multifaceted career and cover the years 1840-1888. The journals chronicle his time in Europe as a young artist in the 1840s, his travels throughout the United States as a writer and illustrator for Harper's Magazine, his service as a topographer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War, his involvement in operating the Berkeley Springs Hotel, and his work as consul to Mexico from 1878-1885. Entries contain detailed accounts of Strother's daily life, as well as commentary on topics such as politics, art, languages, health, weather, and events of local and national interest. Many journals contain sketches, as well as poems, stories, and transcriptions of song lyrics. A highlight of this series is found in Journal 3, which contains Strother's notes on John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, WV in October 1859.","Strother's Civil War journals have been abridged by Cecil Eby and published as A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: The Diaries of David Hunter Strother. His journals from his tenure as consul to Mexico have been edited by John Stealey and published as Porte Crayon's Mexico: David Hunter Strother's Diaries in the Early Porfirian Era.","An abridged transcription by Cecil Eby, Jr., of this journal is located in Series 13, Box 5, Folder 5.","This series contains the correspondence and papers of the Strother family covering the years 1778-1925 (bulk 1827-1888). Correspondence includes letters to and from friends, family, and business associates, as well as telegraphs from David Hunter Strother's service in the American Civil War. Topics discussed in correspondence include personal and family matters, business matters, the Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the military as a profession, education, health, finances, politics, prohibition, art and illustration techniques, D. H. Strother's travels in Italy, John Brown's raid, the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico. Correspondents include various members of the Strother family, John Marshall (U.S. Chief Justice), Alexander Stephens (U.S. Congressman and Vice President of the Confederacy), Edmund P. Hunter (Virginia lawyer and politician), J. E. Heath (U.S. Commissioner of Pensions), Charles J. Faulkner (U.S. Congressman), George W. Mumford (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia), Howard Sutherland (U.S. Senator), and William Ravenel (Administrative Assistant, Smithsonian Institution).","Personal papers include memoirs, notebooks, sections of diaries, essays, short stories, poems, song lyrics, enlistment documents, military commissions, legal documents (including a land grant and will), diplomas, receipts, account books, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and genealogies of the Strother family and their slaves. Subjects covered in these manuscript materials include religion, education, politics, the War of 1812, the United States Navy, the American Civil War, the Peekskill Military Academy, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico.","This series contains oversize material including prints, drawings, sketches, manuscript materials, and a photograph taken of Strother in Mexico. The artwork is mostly from the 1880s and includes sketches of Strother's time in Mexico and American Civil War scenes. Manuscript material includes letters and a Strother family genealogy. Correspondents include David Hunter, Morgan Tate, John C. Calhoun (South Carolina congressman and U.S. Vice President), H. L. Tucker (Virginia House of Representatives), and Luther Martin (Attorney General of Maryland and delegate to the Constitutional Convention).","This series contains ten sketchbooks depicting the people and places Strother encountered as a correspondent for Harper's Magazine, hotel operator, traveling artist, and consul to Mexico.  Subjects of drawings include log cabins, barns, mills, wagons and coaches, railroad stations, trees, animals, and natural landscapes and features (Warm Springs Ridge, the Potomac River, the Alabama River, and the White Mountains). People rendered in sketches include fishermen, steamship passengers, railroad workers, newsboys, preachers, miners, and various prominent individuals, including Ambrose Burnside, Sitting Bull, John Brown, Shields Green, John Copeland, Aaron Dwight Stevens, and Edwin Coppock.  Places depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; Arlington, Virginia; Mexico; Jefferson County, West Virginia; Kanawha County, West Virginia; Morgan County, West Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Clarke County, Virginia; Yancey County, North Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nantucket, Massachusetts.","A highlight of this series is found in Box 15, Folder 3, which includes sketches relating to John Brown's imprisonment, trial, and execution.","This series includes drawings, photographs, and commercial prints by artists other than David Hunter Strother. Artists whose work is included in the series are John Strother (D. H. Strother's son), Ruth Johnson, J. V. Kennedy, and other unidentified artists. Subjects represented in the artwork include structures such as log cabins, churches, bridges, and the Peekskill Military Academy; natural features including the Arno River in Florence, Italy and Blackwater Falls in West Virginia; battle scenes; classical statues; and sketches of men and women in various poses.","This series contains artwork including watercolors, pastels, sketches, and drawings, done by David Hunter Strother throughout his lifetime. Subjects of artwork include landscapes depicting mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes and caves; animals, including horses, cats, dogs, birds, fish, and pigs; structures, including houses, churches, schools, and bridges; ships and boats; the American Civil War; John Brown's raid, imprisonment, trial, and execution; the Mississippi River; the Potomac River; the Indian Head River; and landmarks in Italy, including the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, and the Villa Borghese in Rome.","People rendered in artwork include fishermen, soldiers, miners, sailors, farmers, train passengers, and Italian peasants. There are also various portraits of women and children. Prominent individuals depicted in artwork include John Brown and Emma Hardinge Britten.","Places depicted include West Virginia; Virginia; New York; Maryland; North Carolina; New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mexico City; and Florence, Venice, Rome, Bologna, and Vallombrosa, Italy.","This series consists of artwork by David Hunter Strother which has been framed for display. These artworks were selected to be framed for the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit on Strother. Please see Series 9 for additional information on this exhibit.","The artworks are mainly portraits of various men and women. Other subjects depicted include barns and farms, salt works, fisheries, a sugar refinery, an oak tree, a Civil War encampment, and John Brown's execution. Locations and landmarks depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Blackwater Falls, West Virginia; Bayou Teche, Louisiana; Moorefield, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Montgomery County, Maryland.","Oil on canvas. Depicts \"Justice,\" a seated woman in green and red robes and a crown of laurels, gazing upon a sleeping man and woman with their baby. The light shines upon the family in the darkness.","This series contains facsimiles of Strother's artwork which have been framed for display. These facsimiles were created for the traveling version of the 2009 West Virginia Day exhibit, which commemorated the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The majority of these facsimiles are of sketches made by Strother during the trial of John Brown in 1859, including facsimiles of \"Harper's Weekly\" articles for which Strother provided the illustrations. People depicted include John Brown, Shields Green, Edwin Coppock, Aaron Dwight Stevens, John Copeland, and George Henry Hoyt. Please note that the dates given for this series indicate the date that the original artwork was created, rather than the date the facsimile was created.","Original of p. 713 of Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859, is in Series 7, Box 45.","This series includes brochures, reproduced images, and captions from the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit \"David Hunter Strother: One of the Best Draughtsmen the Country Possesses\" and a 2001 digital catalog of Strother's drawings and sketches.","This series includes issues of various newspapers spanning the years 1795-1887 (bulk 1859-1887). Newspapers include the Gazette of the United States, the Ulster County Gazette, Harper's Weekly, The Children's Friend, and The Two Republics.","Contains a drawing by Porte Crayon (alias for David Strother) titled \"The Eyes of Delaware are Upon You.\" The drawing depicts a man sitting in a chair. This drawing may be a sketch for a finished artwork.","Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, announcements, and photographs regarding David Hunter Strother (DHS) and related families of the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia.","Correspondence (1958-1963) includes letters to and from Mrs. Ernest Sewall Shepard (Louise Shepard) regarding both Strother genealogy and publications of and about DHS.","Newspaper clippings regarding DHS, John Strother, Porte Crayon Memorial Society, the dedication of Mt. Porte Crayon, reviews of publications relating to DHS, and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. There is a typescript copy of a 1938 New York Times article titled \"John Harper's Grandson\" referencing DHS.","Announcements regarding the publication of three books by Cecil Eby, a biographer of Strother. Also includes four photographs: 1) Lt. D.H. Strother (copy); 2) the Richardson family with John Strother (copy); 3) David Hunter Strother at home in Berkeley Springs, W. Va. (same picture as photograph in A\u0026M 2200) and 4) Louise Strother Kieutner in the dress of Elizabeth Pendleton Hunter Strother. There is also a postcard featuring Robert E. Lee, and a copy of an 1887 manuscript letter from D.H. Strother to Mary Hunter.","Original diary (1879-1880) is located in Series 1; Journal 39; Box 5, Folder 4.","Immediate Source of AcquisitionAddendum acquired 2021/06/04","Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: letter, dated March 6, 1796, to Col. David Hunter of Berkeley County, Va., from John Marshall (subsequently Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court) regarding a dispute over land ownership.","Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: commission, dated March 11, 1862, to David H. Strother, from Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton regarding officer's commission, appointing David H. Strother as \"Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain.\"","Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: commission, dated April 9, 1866, to David H. Strother, from Andrew Johnson and Edwin Stanton regarding officer's commission, appointing David H. Strother as \"Brigadier General.\"","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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We encourage researchers interested in the journals to use the microfilm copies when possible to preserve the integrity of the fragile originals.","Researchers may access born digital or digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Hunter Strother, Artist, Artwork and Papers, A\u0026amp;M 2894, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Hunter Strother, Artist, Artwork and Papers, A\u0026M 2894, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for \u003ctitle\u003eHarpers Magazine\u003c/title\u003e whose pseudonym, \"Porte Crayon\", was a household word. Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of \u003ctitle\u003eVirginia Illustrated\u003c/title\u003e (1857) and \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston and its Resources\u003c/title\u003e (1878), his work as illustrator for \u003ctitle\u003eBlackwater Chronicle\u003c/title\u003e  (1853), service during the Civil War as a Union officer, stint as a newspaper editor, and Consul-Generalship to Mexico (1879-1885). According to Strother's biographer, Cecil D. Eby Jr., his writings linked the two traditions of literature in the south, \"the genteel romanticism of the sentimental novelists and the earthy realism of the frontier humorists.\" In 1872-1875 Strother wrote \u003ctitle\u003eThe Mountains\u003c/title\u003e, which Eby considers the first important presentation of West Virginia in literature. The collection includes roughly 590 drawings and sketches, 44 volumes of journals, and several boxes of correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is organized into thirteen series, including:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1. Journals; 1840-1888; boxes 1-6 and reels 1-4\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nSeries 2. Manuscripts and Correspondence; 1778-1925, undated; boxes 7-9\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nSeries 3. Oversize; 1798-1882, undated; box 10\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Sketchbooks; 1843-1887; undated; boxes 11, 13-15\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nSeries 5. Artwork by Others; 1858-1909; undated; box 12\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Artworks; 1833-1887, undated; undated; boxes 16-25\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Framed Original Artworks; 1844-1887, undated; boxes 26-41 and 3 framed items\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Framed Facsimiles; 1845-1859, undated; boxes 42-49\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Exhibit; ca. 1996; boxes 50-53\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Newspapers; 1795-1887; box 54 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Addendum of 2015/06/13, undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Addendum of 2007/02/08, 1862-1970 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Addendum of 2021/06/04, undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes 44 journals written by Strother which document his multifaceted career and cover the years 1840-1888. The journals chronicle his time in Europe as a young artist in the 1840s, his travels throughout the United States as a writer and illustrator for Harper's Magazine, his service as a topographer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War, his involvement in operating the Berkeley Springs Hotel, and his work as consul to Mexico from 1878-1885. Entries contain detailed accounts of Strother's daily life, as well as commentary on topics such as politics, art, languages, health, weather, and events of local and national interest. Many journals contain sketches, as well as poems, stories, and transcriptions of song lyrics. A highlight of this series is found in Journal 3, which contains Strother's notes on John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, WV in October 1859. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStrother's Civil War journals have been abridged by Cecil Eby and published as \u003ctitle\u003eA Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: The Diaries of David Hunter Strother\u003c/title\u003e. His journals from his tenure as consul to Mexico have been edited by John Stealey and published as \u003ctitle\u003ePorte Crayon's Mexico: David Hunter Strother's Diaries in the Early Porfirian Era\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn abridged transcription by Cecil Eby, Jr., of this journal is located in Series 13, Box 5, Folder 5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the correspondence and papers of the Strother family covering the years 1778-1925 (bulk 1827-1888). Correspondence includes letters to and from friends, family, and business associates, as well as telegraphs from David Hunter Strother's service in the American Civil War. Topics discussed in correspondence include personal and family matters, business matters, the Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the military as a profession, education, health, finances, politics, prohibition, art and illustration techniques, D. H. Strother's travels in Italy, John Brown's raid, the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico. Correspondents include various members of the Strother family, John Marshall (U.S. Chief Justice), Alexander Stephens (U.S. Congressman and Vice President of the Confederacy), Edmund P. Hunter (Virginia lawyer and politician), J. E. Heath (U.S. Commissioner of Pensions), Charles J. Faulkner (U.S. Congressman), George W. Mumford (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia), Howard Sutherland (U.S. Senator), and William Ravenel (Administrative Assistant, Smithsonian Institution). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal papers include memoirs, notebooks, sections of diaries, essays, short stories, poems, song lyrics, enlistment documents, military commissions, legal documents (including a land grant and will), diplomas, receipts, account books, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and genealogies of the Strother family and their slaves. Subjects covered in these manuscript materials include religion, education, politics, the War of 1812, the United States Navy, the American Civil War, the Peekskill Military Academy, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize material including prints, drawings, sketches, manuscript materials, and a photograph taken of Strother in Mexico. The artwork is mostly from the 1880s and includes sketches of Strother's time in Mexico and American Civil War scenes. Manuscript material includes letters and a Strother family genealogy. Correspondents include David Hunter, Morgan Tate, John C. Calhoun (South Carolina congressman and U.S. Vice President), H. L. Tucker (Virginia House of Representatives), and Luther Martin (Attorney General of Maryland and delegate to the Constitutional Convention).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains ten sketchbooks depicting the people and places Strother encountered as a correspondent for Harper's Magazine, hotel operator, traveling artist, and consul to Mexico.  Subjects of drawings include log cabins, barns, mills, wagons and coaches, railroad stations, trees, animals, and natural landscapes and features (Warm Springs Ridge, the Potomac River, the Alabama River, and the White Mountains). People rendered in sketches include fishermen, steamship passengers, railroad workers, newsboys, preachers, miners, and various prominent individuals, including Ambrose Burnside, Sitting Bull, John Brown, Shields Green, John Copeland, Aaron Dwight Stevens, and Edwin Coppock.  Places depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; Arlington, Virginia; Mexico; Jefferson County, West Virginia; Kanawha County, West Virginia; Morgan County, West Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Clarke County, Virginia; Yancey County, North Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nantucket, Massachusetts. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA highlight of this series is found in Box 15, Folder 3, which includes sketches relating to John Brown's imprisonment, trial, and execution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes drawings, photographs, and commercial prints by artists other than David Hunter Strother. Artists whose work is included in the series are John Strother (D. H. Strother's son), Ruth Johnson, J. V. Kennedy, and other unidentified artists. Subjects represented in the artwork include structures such as log cabins, churches, bridges, and the Peekskill Military Academy; natural features including the Arno River in Florence, Italy and Blackwater Falls in West Virginia; battle scenes; classical statues; and sketches of men and women in various poses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains artwork including watercolors, pastels, sketches, and drawings, done by David Hunter Strother throughout his lifetime. Subjects of artwork include landscapes depicting mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes and caves; animals, including horses, cats, dogs, birds, fish, and pigs; structures, including houses, churches, schools, and bridges; ships and boats; the American Civil War; John Brown's raid, imprisonment, trial, and execution; the Mississippi River; the Potomac River; the Indian Head River; and landmarks in Italy, including the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, and the Villa Borghese in Rome.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeople rendered in artwork include fishermen, soldiers, miners, sailors, farmers, train passengers, and Italian peasants. There are also various portraits of women and children. Prominent individuals depicted in artwork include John Brown and Emma Hardinge Britten.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlaces depicted include West Virginia; Virginia; New York; Maryland; North Carolina; New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mexico City; and Florence, Venice, Rome, Bologna, and Vallombrosa, Italy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of artwork by David Hunter Strother which has been framed for display. These artworks were selected to be framed for the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit on Strother. Please see Series 9 for additional information on this exhibit. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe artworks are mainly portraits of various men and women. Other subjects depicted include barns and farms, salt works, fisheries, a sugar refinery, an oak tree, a Civil War encampment, and John Brown's execution. Locations and landmarks depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Blackwater Falls, West Virginia; Bayou Teche, Louisiana; Moorefield, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Montgomery County, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOil on canvas. Depicts \"Justice,\" a seated woman in green and red robes and a crown of laurels, gazing upon a sleeping man and woman with their baby. The light shines upon the family in the darkness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains facsimiles of Strother's artwork which have been framed for display. These facsimiles were created for the traveling version of the 2009 West Virginia Day exhibit, which commemorated the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The majority of these facsimiles are of sketches made by Strother during the trial of John Brown in 1859, including facsimiles of \"Harper's Weekly\" articles for which Strother provided the illustrations. People depicted include John Brown, Shields Green, Edwin Coppock, Aaron Dwight Stevens, John Copeland, and George Henry Hoyt. Please note that the dates given for this series indicate the date that the original artwork was created, rather than the date the facsimile was created.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal of p. 713 of Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859, is in Series 7, Box 45.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes brochures, reproduced images, and captions from the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit \"David Hunter Strother: One of the Best Draughtsmen the Country Possesses\" and a 2001 digital catalog of Strother's drawings and sketches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes issues of various newspapers spanning the years 1795-1887 (bulk 1859-1887). Newspapers include the Gazette of the United States, the Ulster County Gazette, Harper's Weekly, The Children's Friend, and The Two Republics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains a drawing by Porte Crayon (alias for David Strother) titled \"The Eyes of Delaware are Upon You.\" The drawing depicts a man sitting in a chair. This drawing may be a sketch for a finished artwork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, newspaper clippings, announcements, and photographs regarding David Hunter Strother (DHS) and related families of the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (1958-1963) includes letters to and from Mrs. Ernest Sewall Shepard (Louise Shepard) regarding both Strother genealogy and publications of and about DHS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings regarding DHS, John Strother, Porte Crayon Memorial Society, the dedication of Mt. Porte Crayon, reviews of publications relating to DHS, and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. There is a typescript copy of a 1938 New York Times article titled \"John Harper's Grandson\" referencing DHS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements regarding the publication of three books by Cecil Eby, a biographer of Strother. Also includes four photographs: 1) Lt. D.H. Strother (copy); 2) the Richardson family with John Strother (copy); 3) David Hunter Strother at home in Berkeley Springs, W. Va. (same picture as photograph in A\u0026amp;M 2200) and 4) Louise Strother Kieutner in the dress of Elizabeth Pendleton Hunter Strother. There is also a postcard featuring Robert E. Lee, and a copy of an 1887 manuscript letter from D.H. Strother to Mary Hunter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clb\u003e\nOriginal diary (1879-1880) is located in Series 1; Journal 39; Box 5, Folder 4. \u003c/lb\u003e","\u003cacqinfo id=\"aspace_ee9b1f9b241b251e2eca2374ebdd7b7f\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eImmediate Source of Acquisition\u003c/head\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddendum acquired 2021/06/04\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/acqinfo\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine whose pseudonym, \"Porte Crayon\", was a household word. Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of Virginia Illustrated (1857) and Charleston and its Resources (1878), his work as illustrator for Blackwater Chronicle  (1853), service during the Civil War as a Union officer, stint as a newspaper editor, and Consul-Generalship to Mexico (1879-1885). According to Strother's biographer, Cecil D. Eby Jr., his writings linked the two traditions of literature in the south, \"the genteel romanticism of the sentimental novelists and the earthy realism of the frontier humorists.\" In 1872-1875 Strother wrote The Mountains, which Eby considers the first important presentation of West Virginia in literature. The collection includes roughly 590 drawings and sketches, 44 volumes of journals, and several boxes of correspondence.","This collection is organized into thirteen series, including:\nSeries 1. Journals; 1840-1888; boxes 1-6 and reels 1-4 \nSeries 2. Manuscripts and Correspondence; 1778-1925, undated; boxes 7-9 \nSeries 3. Oversize; 1798-1882, undated; box 10\nSeries 4. Sketchbooks; 1843-1887; undated; boxes 11, 13-15 \nSeries 5. Artwork by Others; 1858-1909; undated; box 12\nSeries 6. Artworks; 1833-1887, undated; undated; boxes 16-25\nSeries 7. Framed Original Artworks; 1844-1887, undated; boxes 26-41 and 3 framed items\nSeries 8. Framed Facsimiles; 1845-1859, undated; boxes 42-49\nSeries 9. Exhibit; ca. 1996; boxes 50-53\nSeries 10. Newspapers; 1795-1887; box 54 \nSeries 11. Addendum of 2015/06/13, undated \nSeries 12. Addendum of 2007/02/08, 1862-1970 \nSeries 13. Addendum of 2021/06/04, undated","This series includes 44 journals written by Strother which document his multifaceted career and cover the years 1840-1888. The journals chronicle his time in Europe as a young artist in the 1840s, his travels throughout the United States as a writer and illustrator for Harper's Magazine, his service as a topographer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War, his involvement in operating the Berkeley Springs Hotel, and his work as consul to Mexico from 1878-1885. Entries contain detailed accounts of Strother's daily life, as well as commentary on topics such as politics, art, languages, health, weather, and events of local and national interest. Many journals contain sketches, as well as poems, stories, and transcriptions of song lyrics. A highlight of this series is found in Journal 3, which contains Strother's notes on John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, WV in October 1859.","Strother's Civil War journals have been abridged by Cecil Eby and published as A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: The Diaries of David Hunter Strother. His journals from his tenure as consul to Mexico have been edited by John Stealey and published as Porte Crayon's Mexico: David Hunter Strother's Diaries in the Early Porfirian Era.","An abridged transcription by Cecil Eby, Jr., of this journal is located in Series 13, Box 5, Folder 5.","This series contains the correspondence and papers of the Strother family covering the years 1778-1925 (bulk 1827-1888). Correspondence includes letters to and from friends, family, and business associates, as well as telegraphs from David Hunter Strother's service in the American Civil War. Topics discussed in correspondence include personal and family matters, business matters, the Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the military as a profession, education, health, finances, politics, prohibition, art and illustration techniques, D. H. Strother's travels in Italy, John Brown's raid, the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico. Correspondents include various members of the Strother family, John Marshall (U.S. Chief Justice), Alexander Stephens (U.S. Congressman and Vice President of the Confederacy), Edmund P. Hunter (Virginia lawyer and politician), J. E. Heath (U.S. Commissioner of Pensions), Charles J. Faulkner (U.S. Congressman), George W. Mumford (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia), Howard Sutherland (U.S. Senator), and William Ravenel (Administrative Assistant, Smithsonian Institution).","Personal papers include memoirs, notebooks, sections of diaries, essays, short stories, poems, song lyrics, enlistment documents, military commissions, legal documents (including a land grant and will), diplomas, receipts, account books, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and genealogies of the Strother family and their slaves. Subjects covered in these manuscript materials include religion, education, politics, the War of 1812, the United States Navy, the American Civil War, the Peekskill Military Academy, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico.","This series contains oversize material including prints, drawings, sketches, manuscript materials, and a photograph taken of Strother in Mexico. The artwork is mostly from the 1880s and includes sketches of Strother's time in Mexico and American Civil War scenes. Manuscript material includes letters and a Strother family genealogy. Correspondents include David Hunter, Morgan Tate, John C. Calhoun (South Carolina congressman and U.S. Vice President), H. L. Tucker (Virginia House of Representatives), and Luther Martin (Attorney General of Maryland and delegate to the Constitutional Convention).","This series contains ten sketchbooks depicting the people and places Strother encountered as a correspondent for Harper's Magazine, hotel operator, traveling artist, and consul to Mexico.  Subjects of drawings include log cabins, barns, mills, wagons and coaches, railroad stations, trees, animals, and natural landscapes and features (Warm Springs Ridge, the Potomac River, the Alabama River, and the White Mountains). People rendered in sketches include fishermen, steamship passengers, railroad workers, newsboys, preachers, miners, and various prominent individuals, including Ambrose Burnside, Sitting Bull, John Brown, Shields Green, John Copeland, Aaron Dwight Stevens, and Edwin Coppock.  Places depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; Arlington, Virginia; Mexico; Jefferson County, West Virginia; Kanawha County, West Virginia; Morgan County, West Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Clarke County, Virginia; Yancey County, North Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nantucket, Massachusetts.","A highlight of this series is found in Box 15, Folder 3, which includes sketches relating to John Brown's imprisonment, trial, and execution.","This series includes drawings, photographs, and commercial prints by artists other than David Hunter Strother. Artists whose work is included in the series are John Strother (D. H. Strother's son), Ruth Johnson, J. V. Kennedy, and other unidentified artists. Subjects represented in the artwork include structures such as log cabins, churches, bridges, and the Peekskill Military Academy; natural features including the Arno River in Florence, Italy and Blackwater Falls in West Virginia; battle scenes; classical statues; and sketches of men and women in various poses.","This series contains artwork including watercolors, pastels, sketches, and drawings, done by David Hunter Strother throughout his lifetime. Subjects of artwork include landscapes depicting mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes and caves; animals, including horses, cats, dogs, birds, fish, and pigs; structures, including houses, churches, schools, and bridges; ships and boats; the American Civil War; John Brown's raid, imprisonment, trial, and execution; the Mississippi River; the Potomac River; the Indian Head River; and landmarks in Italy, including the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, and the Villa Borghese in Rome.","People rendered in artwork include fishermen, soldiers, miners, sailors, farmers, train passengers, and Italian peasants. There are also various portraits of women and children. Prominent individuals depicted in artwork include John Brown and Emma Hardinge Britten.","Places depicted include West Virginia; Virginia; New York; Maryland; North Carolina; New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mexico City; and Florence, Venice, Rome, Bologna, and Vallombrosa, Italy.","This series consists of artwork by David Hunter Strother which has been framed for display. These artworks were selected to be framed for the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit on Strother. Please see Series 9 for additional information on this exhibit.","The artworks are mainly portraits of various men and women. Other subjects depicted include barns and farms, salt works, fisheries, a sugar refinery, an oak tree, a Civil War encampment, and John Brown's execution. Locations and landmarks depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Blackwater Falls, West Virginia; Bayou Teche, Louisiana; Moorefield, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Montgomery County, Maryland.","Oil on canvas. Depicts \"Justice,\" a seated woman in green and red robes and a crown of laurels, gazing upon a sleeping man and woman with their baby. The light shines upon the family in the darkness.","This series contains facsimiles of Strother's artwork which have been framed for display. These facsimiles were created for the traveling version of the 2009 West Virginia Day exhibit, which commemorated the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The majority of these facsimiles are of sketches made by Strother during the trial of John Brown in 1859, including facsimiles of \"Harper's Weekly\" articles for which Strother provided the illustrations. People depicted include John Brown, Shields Green, Edwin Coppock, Aaron Dwight Stevens, John Copeland, and George Henry Hoyt. Please note that the dates given for this series indicate the date that the original artwork was created, rather than the date the facsimile was created.","Original of p. 713 of Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859, is in Series 7, Box 45.","This series includes brochures, reproduced images, and captions from the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit \"David Hunter Strother: One of the Best Draughtsmen the Country Possesses\" and a 2001 digital catalog of Strother's drawings and sketches.","This series includes issues of various newspapers spanning the years 1795-1887 (bulk 1859-1887). Newspapers include the Gazette of the United States, the Ulster County Gazette, Harper's Weekly, The Children's Friend, and The Two Republics.","Contains a drawing by Porte Crayon (alias for David Strother) titled \"The Eyes of Delaware are Upon You.\" The drawing depicts a man sitting in a chair. This drawing may be a sketch for a finished artwork.","Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, announcements, and photographs regarding David Hunter Strother (DHS) and related families of the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia.","Correspondence (1958-1963) includes letters to and from Mrs. Ernest Sewall Shepard (Louise Shepard) regarding both Strother genealogy and publications of and about DHS.","Newspaper clippings regarding DHS, John Strother, Porte Crayon Memorial Society, the dedication of Mt. Porte Crayon, reviews of publications relating to DHS, and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. There is a typescript copy of a 1938 New York Times article titled \"John Harper's Grandson\" referencing DHS.","Announcements regarding the publication of three books by Cecil Eby, a biographer of Strother. Also includes four photographs: 1) Lt. D.H. Strother (copy); 2) the Richardson family with John Strother (copy); 3) David Hunter Strother at home in Berkeley Springs, W. Va. (same picture as photograph in A\u0026M 2200) and 4) Louise Strother Kieutner in the dress of Elizabeth Pendleton Hunter Strother. There is also a postcard featuring Robert E. Lee, and a copy of an 1887 manuscript letter from D.H. Strother to Mary Hunter.","Original diary (1879-1880) is located in Series 1; Journal 39; Box 5, Folder 4.","Immediate Source of AcquisitionAddendum acquired 2021/06/04"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeparated to A\u0026amp;M 435, Rare Signatures: letter, dated March 6, 1796, to Col. David Hunter of Berkeley County, Va., from John Marshall (subsequently Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court) regarding a dispute over land ownership.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeparated to A\u0026amp;M 435, Rare Signatures: commission, dated March 11, 1862, to David H. Strother, from Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton regarding officer's commission, appointing David H. Strother as \"Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeparated to A\u0026amp;M 435, Rare Signatures: commission, dated April 9, 1866, to David H. Strother, from Andrew Johnson and Edwin Stanton regarding officer's commission, appointing David H. Strother as \"Brigadier General.\"\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: letter, dated March 6, 1796, to Col. David Hunter of Berkeley County, Va., from John Marshall (subsequently Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court) regarding a dispute over land ownership.","Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: commission, dated March 11, 1862, to David H. Strother, from Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton regarding officer's commission, appointing David H. Strother as \"Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain.\"","Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: commission, dated April 9, 1866, to David H. Strother, from Andrew Johnson and Edwin Stanton regarding officer's commission, appointing David H. Strother as \"Brigadier General.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2a30b1b04b1299c542baa5017f755d1a\"\u003eCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of David Hunter Strother (1816-1888), a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for \u003ctitle\u003eHarpers Magazine\u003c/title\u003e whose pseudonym, \"Porte Crayon\", was a household word. Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of \u003ctitle\u003eVirginia Illustrated\u003c/title\u003e (1857) and \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston and its Resources\u003c/title\u003e (1878), his work as illustrator for \u003ctitle\u003eBlackwater Chronicle\u003c/title\u003e (1853), service during the Civil War as a Union officer, stint as a newspaper editor, and Consul-Generalship to Mexico (1879-1885). According to Strother's biographer, Cecil D. Eby Jr., his writings linked the two traditions of literature in the south, \"the genteel romanticism of the sentimental novelists and the earthy realism of the frontier humorists.\" In 1872-1875 Strother wrote \u003ctitle\u003eThe Mountains\u003c/title\u003e, which Eby considers the first important presentation of West Virginia in literature. The collection includes roughly 590 drawings and sketches, 44 volumes of journals, and several boxes of correspondence. An addendum of 2015/06/13 includes one drawing. An addendum of 2007/02/08 includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, announcements, and photographs regarding Strother and related families of the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia. An addendum of 2021/06/04 contains an abridged transcription by Cecil D. Eby Jr., of Strother's diary, 1879-1880, when Strother was General Consul to Mexico. For contents of the addenda and link to the digital collection: Drawings of David Hunter Strother, please see the Scope and Content Note.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of David Hunter Strother (1816-1888), a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine whose pseudonym, \"Porte Crayon\", was a household word. 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We encourage researchers interested in the journals to use the microfilm copies when possible to preserve the integrity of the fragile originals.","Researchers may access born digital or digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department.","Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine whose pseudonym, \"Porte Crayon\", was a household word. Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of Virginia Illustrated (1857) and Charleston and its Resources (1878), his work as illustrator for Blackwater Chronicle  (1853), service during the Civil War as a Union officer, stint as a newspaper editor, and Consul-Generalship to Mexico (1879-1885). According to Strother's biographer, Cecil D. Eby Jr., his writings linked the two traditions of literature in the south, \"the genteel romanticism of the sentimental novelists and the earthy realism of the frontier humorists.\" In 1872-1875 Strother wrote The Mountains, which Eby considers the first important presentation of West Virginia in literature. The collection includes roughly 590 drawings and sketches, 44 volumes of journals, and several boxes of correspondence.","This collection is organized into thirteen series, including:\nSeries 1. Journals; 1840-1888; boxes 1-6 and reels 1-4 \nSeries 2. Manuscripts and Correspondence; 1778-1925, undated; boxes 7-9 \nSeries 3. Oversize; 1798-1882, undated; box 10\nSeries 4. Sketchbooks; 1843-1887; undated; boxes 11, 13-15 \nSeries 5. Artwork by Others; 1858-1909; undated; box 12\nSeries 6. Artworks; 1833-1887, undated; undated; boxes 16-25\nSeries 7. Framed Original Artworks; 1844-1887, undated; boxes 26-41 and 3 framed items\nSeries 8. Framed Facsimiles; 1845-1859, undated; boxes 42-49\nSeries 9. Exhibit; ca. 1996; boxes 50-53\nSeries 10. Newspapers; 1795-1887; box 54 \nSeries 11. Addendum of 2015/06/13, undated \nSeries 12. Addendum of 2007/02/08, 1862-1970 \nSeries 13. Addendum of 2021/06/04, undated","This series includes 44 journals written by Strother which document his multifaceted career and cover the years 1840-1888. The journals chronicle his time in Europe as a young artist in the 1840s, his travels throughout the United States as a writer and illustrator for Harper's Magazine, his service as a topographer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War, his involvement in operating the Berkeley Springs Hotel, and his work as consul to Mexico from 1878-1885. Entries contain detailed accounts of Strother's daily life, as well as commentary on topics such as politics, art, languages, health, weather, and events of local and national interest. Many journals contain sketches, as well as poems, stories, and transcriptions of song lyrics. A highlight of this series is found in Journal 3, which contains Strother's notes on John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, WV in October 1859.","Strother's Civil War journals have been abridged by Cecil Eby and published as A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: The Diaries of David Hunter Strother. His journals from his tenure as consul to Mexico have been edited by John Stealey and published as Porte Crayon's Mexico: David Hunter Strother's Diaries in the Early Porfirian Era.","An abridged transcription by Cecil Eby, Jr., of this journal is located in Series 13, Box 5, Folder 5.","This series contains the correspondence and papers of the Strother family covering the years 1778-1925 (bulk 1827-1888). Correspondence includes letters to and from friends, family, and business associates, as well as telegraphs from David Hunter Strother's service in the American Civil War. Topics discussed in correspondence include personal and family matters, business matters, the Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the military as a profession, education, health, finances, politics, prohibition, art and illustration techniques, D. H. Strother's travels in Italy, John Brown's raid, the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico. Correspondents include various members of the Strother family, John Marshall (U.S. Chief Justice), Alexander Stephens (U.S. Congressman and Vice President of the Confederacy), Edmund P. Hunter (Virginia lawyer and politician), J. E. Heath (U.S. Commissioner of Pensions), Charles J. Faulkner (U.S. Congressman), George W. Mumford (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia), Howard Sutherland (U.S. Senator), and William Ravenel (Administrative Assistant, Smithsonian Institution).","Personal papers include memoirs, notebooks, sections of diaries, essays, short stories, poems, song lyrics, enlistment documents, military commissions, legal documents (including a land grant and will), diplomas, receipts, account books, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and genealogies of the Strother family and their slaves. Subjects covered in these manuscript materials include religion, education, politics, the War of 1812, the United States Navy, the American Civil War, the Peekskill Military Academy, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico.","This series contains oversize material including prints, drawings, sketches, manuscript materials, and a photograph taken of Strother in Mexico. The artwork is mostly from the 1880s and includes sketches of Strother's time in Mexico and American Civil War scenes. Manuscript material includes letters and a Strother family genealogy. Correspondents include David Hunter, Morgan Tate, John C. Calhoun (South Carolina congressman and U.S. Vice President), H. L. Tucker (Virginia House of Representatives), and Luther Martin (Attorney General of Maryland and delegate to the Constitutional Convention).","This series contains ten sketchbooks depicting the people and places Strother encountered as a correspondent for Harper's Magazine, hotel operator, traveling artist, and consul to Mexico.  Subjects of drawings include log cabins, barns, mills, wagons and coaches, railroad stations, trees, animals, and natural landscapes and features (Warm Springs Ridge, the Potomac River, the Alabama River, and the White Mountains). People rendered in sketches include fishermen, steamship passengers, railroad workers, newsboys, preachers, miners, and various prominent individuals, including Ambrose Burnside, Sitting Bull, John Brown, Shields Green, John Copeland, Aaron Dwight Stevens, and Edwin Coppock.  Places depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; Arlington, Virginia; Mexico; Jefferson County, West Virginia; Kanawha County, West Virginia; Morgan County, West Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Clarke County, Virginia; Yancey County, North Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nantucket, Massachusetts.","A highlight of this series is found in Box 15, Folder 3, which includes sketches relating to John Brown's imprisonment, trial, and execution.","This series includes drawings, photographs, and commercial prints by artists other than David Hunter Strother. Artists whose work is included in the series are John Strother (D. H. Strother's son), Ruth Johnson, J. V. Kennedy, and other unidentified artists. Subjects represented in the artwork include structures such as log cabins, churches, bridges, and the Peekskill Military Academy; natural features including the Arno River in Florence, Italy and Blackwater Falls in West Virginia; battle scenes; classical statues; and sketches of men and women in various poses.","This series contains artwork including watercolors, pastels, sketches, and drawings, done by David Hunter Strother throughout his lifetime. Subjects of artwork include landscapes depicting mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes and caves; animals, including horses, cats, dogs, birds, fish, and pigs; structures, including houses, churches, schools, and bridges; ships and boats; the American Civil War; John Brown's raid, imprisonment, trial, and execution; the Mississippi River; the Potomac River; the Indian Head River; and landmarks in Italy, including the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, and the Villa Borghese in Rome.","People rendered in artwork include fishermen, soldiers, miners, sailors, farmers, train passengers, and Italian peasants. There are also various portraits of women and children. Prominent individuals depicted in artwork include John Brown and Emma Hardinge Britten.","Places depicted include West Virginia; Virginia; New York; Maryland; North Carolina; New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mexico City; and Florence, Venice, Rome, Bologna, and Vallombrosa, Italy.","This series consists of artwork by David Hunter Strother which has been framed for display. These artworks were selected to be framed for the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit on Strother. Please see Series 9 for additional information on this exhibit.","The artworks are mainly portraits of various men and women. Other subjects depicted include barns and farms, salt works, fisheries, a sugar refinery, an oak tree, a Civil War encampment, and John Brown's execution. Locations and landmarks depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Blackwater Falls, West Virginia; Bayou Teche, Louisiana; Moorefield, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Montgomery County, Maryland.","Oil on canvas. Depicts \"Justice,\" a seated woman in green and red robes and a crown of laurels, gazing upon a sleeping man and woman with their baby. The light shines upon the family in the darkness.","This series contains facsimiles of Strother's artwork which have been framed for display. These facsimiles were created for the traveling version of the 2009 West Virginia Day exhibit, which commemorated the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The majority of these facsimiles are of sketches made by Strother during the trial of John Brown in 1859, including facsimiles of \"Harper's Weekly\" articles for which Strother provided the illustrations. People depicted include John Brown, Shields Green, Edwin Coppock, Aaron Dwight Stevens, John Copeland, and George Henry Hoyt. Please note that the dates given for this series indicate the date that the original artwork was created, rather than the date the facsimile was created.","Original of p. 713 of Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859, is in Series 7, Box 45.","This series includes brochures, reproduced images, and captions from the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit \"David Hunter Strother: One of the Best Draughtsmen the Country Possesses\" and a 2001 digital catalog of Strother's drawings and sketches.","This series includes issues of various newspapers spanning the years 1795-1887 (bulk 1859-1887). Newspapers include the Gazette of the United States, the Ulster County Gazette, Harper's Weekly, The Children's Friend, and The Two Republics.","Contains a drawing by Porte Crayon (alias for David Strother) titled \"The Eyes of Delaware are Upon You.\" The drawing depicts a man sitting in a chair. This drawing may be a sketch for a finished artwork.","Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, announcements, and photographs regarding David Hunter Strother (DHS) and related families of the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia.","Correspondence (1958-1963) includes letters to and from Mrs. Ernest Sewall Shepard (Louise Shepard) regarding both Strother genealogy and publications of and about DHS.","Newspaper clippings regarding DHS, John Strother, Porte Crayon Memorial Society, the dedication of Mt. Porte Crayon, reviews of publications relating to DHS, and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. There is a typescript copy of a 1938 New York Times article titled \"John Harper's Grandson\" referencing DHS.","Announcements regarding the publication of three books by Cecil Eby, a biographer of Strother. Also includes four photographs: 1) Lt. D.H. Strother (copy); 2) the Richardson family with John Strother (copy); 3) David Hunter Strother at home in Berkeley Springs, W. Va. (same picture as photograph in A\u0026M 2200) and 4) Louise Strother Kieutner in the dress of Elizabeth Pendleton Hunter Strother. There is also a postcard featuring Robert E. Lee, and a copy of an 1887 manuscript letter from D.H. Strother to Mary Hunter.","Original diary (1879-1880) is located in Series 1; Journal 39; Box 5, Folder 4.","Immediate Source of AcquisitionAddendum acquired 2021/06/04","Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: letter, dated March 6, 1796, to Col. David Hunter of Berkeley County, Va., from John Marshall (subsequently Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court) regarding a dispute over land ownership.","Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: commission, dated March 11, 1862, to David H. Strother, from Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton regarding officer's commission, appointing David H. Strother as \"Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain.\"","Separated to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures: commission, dated April 9, 1866, to David H. Strother, from Andrew Johnson and Edwin Stanton regarding officer's commission, appointing David H. Strother as \"Brigadier General.\"","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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We encourage researchers interested in the journals to use the microfilm copies when possible to preserve the integrity of the fragile originals.","Researchers may access born digital or digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Hunter Strother, Artist, Artwork and Papers, A\u0026amp;M 2894, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Hunter Strother, Artist, Artwork and Papers, A\u0026M 2894, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for \u003ctitle\u003eHarpers Magazine\u003c/title\u003e whose pseudonym, \"Porte Crayon\", was a household word. Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of \u003ctitle\u003eVirginia Illustrated\u003c/title\u003e (1857) and \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston and its Resources\u003c/title\u003e (1878), his work as illustrator for \u003ctitle\u003eBlackwater Chronicle\u003c/title\u003e  (1853), service during the Civil War as a Union officer, stint as a newspaper editor, and Consul-Generalship to Mexico (1879-1885). According to Strother's biographer, Cecil D. Eby Jr., his writings linked the two traditions of literature in the south, \"the genteel romanticism of the sentimental novelists and the earthy realism of the frontier humorists.\" In 1872-1875 Strother wrote \u003ctitle\u003eThe Mountains\u003c/title\u003e, which Eby considers the first important presentation of West Virginia in literature. The collection includes roughly 590 drawings and sketches, 44 volumes of journals, and several boxes of correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is organized into thirteen series, including:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1. Journals; 1840-1888; boxes 1-6 and reels 1-4\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nSeries 2. Manuscripts and Correspondence; 1778-1925, undated; boxes 7-9\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nSeries 3. Oversize; 1798-1882, undated; box 10\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Sketchbooks; 1843-1887; undated; boxes 11, 13-15\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nSeries 5. Artwork by Others; 1858-1909; undated; box 12\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Artworks; 1833-1887, undated; undated; boxes 16-25\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Framed Original Artworks; 1844-1887, undated; boxes 26-41 and 3 framed items\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Framed Facsimiles; 1845-1859, undated; boxes 42-49\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Exhibit; ca. 1996; boxes 50-53\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Newspapers; 1795-1887; box 54 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Addendum of 2015/06/13, undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Addendum of 2007/02/08, 1862-1970 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Addendum of 2021/06/04, undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes 44 journals written by Strother which document his multifaceted career and cover the years 1840-1888. The journals chronicle his time in Europe as a young artist in the 1840s, his travels throughout the United States as a writer and illustrator for Harper's Magazine, his service as a topographer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War, his involvement in operating the Berkeley Springs Hotel, and his work as consul to Mexico from 1878-1885. Entries contain detailed accounts of Strother's daily life, as well as commentary on topics such as politics, art, languages, health, weather, and events of local and national interest. Many journals contain sketches, as well as poems, stories, and transcriptions of song lyrics. A highlight of this series is found in Journal 3, which contains Strother's notes on John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, WV in October 1859. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStrother's Civil War journals have been abridged by Cecil Eby and published as \u003ctitle\u003eA Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: The Diaries of David Hunter Strother\u003c/title\u003e. His journals from his tenure as consul to Mexico have been edited by John Stealey and published as \u003ctitle\u003ePorte Crayon's Mexico: David Hunter Strother's Diaries in the Early Porfirian Era\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn abridged transcription by Cecil Eby, Jr., of this journal is located in Series 13, Box 5, Folder 5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the correspondence and papers of the Strother family covering the years 1778-1925 (bulk 1827-1888). Correspondence includes letters to and from friends, family, and business associates, as well as telegraphs from David Hunter Strother's service in the American Civil War. Topics discussed in correspondence include personal and family matters, business matters, the Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the military as a profession, education, health, finances, politics, prohibition, art and illustration techniques, D. H. Strother's travels in Italy, John Brown's raid, the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico. Correspondents include various members of the Strother family, John Marshall (U.S. Chief Justice), Alexander Stephens (U.S. Congressman and Vice President of the Confederacy), Edmund P. Hunter (Virginia lawyer and politician), J. E. Heath (U.S. Commissioner of Pensions), Charles J. Faulkner (U.S. Congressman), George W. Mumford (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia), Howard Sutherland (U.S. Senator), and William Ravenel (Administrative Assistant, Smithsonian Institution). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal papers include memoirs, notebooks, sections of diaries, essays, short stories, poems, song lyrics, enlistment documents, military commissions, legal documents (including a land grant and will), diplomas, receipts, account books, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and genealogies of the Strother family and their slaves. Subjects covered in these manuscript materials include religion, education, politics, the War of 1812, the United States Navy, the American Civil War, the Peekskill Military Academy, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize material including prints, drawings, sketches, manuscript materials, and a photograph taken of Strother in Mexico. The artwork is mostly from the 1880s and includes sketches of Strother's time in Mexico and American Civil War scenes. Manuscript material includes letters and a Strother family genealogy. Correspondents include David Hunter, Morgan Tate, John C. Calhoun (South Carolina congressman and U.S. Vice President), H. L. Tucker (Virginia House of Representatives), and Luther Martin (Attorney General of Maryland and delegate to the Constitutional Convention).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains ten sketchbooks depicting the people and places Strother encountered as a correspondent for Harper's Magazine, hotel operator, traveling artist, and consul to Mexico.  Subjects of drawings include log cabins, barns, mills, wagons and coaches, railroad stations, trees, animals, and natural landscapes and features (Warm Springs Ridge, the Potomac River, the Alabama River, and the White Mountains). People rendered in sketches include fishermen, steamship passengers, railroad workers, newsboys, preachers, miners, and various prominent individuals, including Ambrose Burnside, Sitting Bull, John Brown, Shields Green, John Copeland, Aaron Dwight Stevens, and Edwin Coppock.  Places depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; Arlington, Virginia; Mexico; Jefferson County, West Virginia; Kanawha County, West Virginia; Morgan County, West Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Clarke County, Virginia; Yancey County, North Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nantucket, Massachusetts. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA highlight of this series is found in Box 15, Folder 3, which includes sketches relating to John Brown's imprisonment, trial, and execution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes drawings, photographs, and commercial prints by artists other than David Hunter Strother. Artists whose work is included in the series are John Strother (D. H. Strother's son), Ruth Johnson, J. V. Kennedy, and other unidentified artists. Subjects represented in the artwork include structures such as log cabins, churches, bridges, and the Peekskill Military Academy; natural features including the Arno River in Florence, Italy and Blackwater Falls in West Virginia; battle scenes; classical statues; and sketches of men and women in various poses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains artwork including watercolors, pastels, sketches, and drawings, done by David Hunter Strother throughout his lifetime. Subjects of artwork include landscapes depicting mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes and caves; animals, including horses, cats, dogs, birds, fish, and pigs; structures, including houses, churches, schools, and bridges; ships and boats; the American Civil War; John Brown's raid, imprisonment, trial, and execution; the Mississippi River; the Potomac River; the Indian Head River; and landmarks in Italy, including the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, and the Villa Borghese in Rome.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeople rendered in artwork include fishermen, soldiers, miners, sailors, farmers, train passengers, and Italian peasants. There are also various portraits of women and children. Prominent individuals depicted in artwork include John Brown and Emma Hardinge Britten.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlaces depicted include West Virginia; Virginia; New York; Maryland; North Carolina; New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mexico City; and Florence, Venice, Rome, Bologna, and Vallombrosa, Italy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of artwork by David Hunter Strother which has been framed for display. These artworks were selected to be framed for the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit on Strother. Please see Series 9 for additional information on this exhibit. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe artworks are mainly portraits of various men and women. Other subjects depicted include barns and farms, salt works, fisheries, a sugar refinery, an oak tree, a Civil War encampment, and John Brown's execution. Locations and landmarks depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Blackwater Falls, West Virginia; Bayou Teche, Louisiana; Moorefield, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Montgomery County, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOil on canvas. Depicts \"Justice,\" a seated woman in green and red robes and a crown of laurels, gazing upon a sleeping man and woman with their baby. The light shines upon the family in the darkness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains facsimiles of Strother's artwork which have been framed for display. These facsimiles were created for the traveling version of the 2009 West Virginia Day exhibit, which commemorated the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The majority of these facsimiles are of sketches made by Strother during the trial of John Brown in 1859, including facsimiles of \"Harper's Weekly\" articles for which Strother provided the illustrations. People depicted include John Brown, Shields Green, Edwin Coppock, Aaron Dwight Stevens, John Copeland, and George Henry Hoyt. Please note that the dates given for this series indicate the date that the original artwork was created, rather than the date the facsimile was created.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal of p. 713 of Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859, is in Series 7, Box 45.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes brochures, reproduced images, and captions from the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit \"David Hunter Strother: One of the Best Draughtsmen the Country Possesses\" and a 2001 digital catalog of Strother's drawings and sketches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes issues of various newspapers spanning the years 1795-1887 (bulk 1859-1887). Newspapers include the Gazette of the United States, the Ulster County Gazette, Harper's Weekly, The Children's Friend, and The Two Republics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains a drawing by Porte Crayon (alias for David Strother) titled \"The Eyes of Delaware are Upon You.\" The drawing depicts a man sitting in a chair. This drawing may be a sketch for a finished artwork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, newspaper clippings, announcements, and photographs regarding David Hunter Strother (DHS) and related families of the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (1958-1963) includes letters to and from Mrs. Ernest Sewall Shepard (Louise Shepard) regarding both Strother genealogy and publications of and about DHS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings regarding DHS, John Strother, Porte Crayon Memorial Society, the dedication of Mt. Porte Crayon, reviews of publications relating to DHS, and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. There is a typescript copy of a 1938 New York Times article titled \"John Harper's Grandson\" referencing DHS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements regarding the publication of three books by Cecil Eby, a biographer of Strother. Also includes four photographs: 1) Lt. D.H. Strother (copy); 2) the Richardson family with John Strother (copy); 3) David Hunter Strother at home in Berkeley Springs, W. Va. (same picture as photograph in A\u0026amp;M 2200) and 4) Louise Strother Kieutner in the dress of Elizabeth Pendleton Hunter Strother. There is also a postcard featuring Robert E. Lee, and a copy of an 1887 manuscript letter from D.H. Strother to Mary Hunter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clb\u003e\nOriginal diary (1879-1880) is located in Series 1; Journal 39; Box 5, Folder 4. \u003c/lb\u003e","\u003cacqinfo id=\"aspace_ee9b1f9b241b251e2eca2374ebdd7b7f\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eImmediate Source of Acquisition\u003c/head\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddendum acquired 2021/06/04\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/acqinfo\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine whose pseudonym, \"Porte Crayon\", was a household word. Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of Virginia Illustrated (1857) and Charleston and its Resources (1878), his work as illustrator for Blackwater Chronicle  (1853), service during the Civil War as a Union officer, stint as a newspaper editor, and Consul-Generalship to Mexico (1879-1885). According to Strother's biographer, Cecil D. Eby Jr., his writings linked the two traditions of literature in the south, \"the genteel romanticism of the sentimental novelists and the earthy realism of the frontier humorists.\" In 1872-1875 Strother wrote The Mountains, which Eby considers the first important presentation of West Virginia in literature. The collection includes roughly 590 drawings and sketches, 44 volumes of journals, and several boxes of correspondence.","This collection is organized into thirteen series, including:\nSeries 1. Journals; 1840-1888; boxes 1-6 and reels 1-4 \nSeries 2. Manuscripts and Correspondence; 1778-1925, undated; boxes 7-9 \nSeries 3. Oversize; 1798-1882, undated; box 10\nSeries 4. Sketchbooks; 1843-1887; undated; boxes 11, 13-15 \nSeries 5. Artwork by Others; 1858-1909; undated; box 12\nSeries 6. Artworks; 1833-1887, undated; undated; boxes 16-25\nSeries 7. Framed Original Artworks; 1844-1887, undated; boxes 26-41 and 3 framed items\nSeries 8. Framed Facsimiles; 1845-1859, undated; boxes 42-49\nSeries 9. Exhibit; ca. 1996; boxes 50-53\nSeries 10. Newspapers; 1795-1887; box 54 \nSeries 11. Addendum of 2015/06/13, undated \nSeries 12. Addendum of 2007/02/08, 1862-1970 \nSeries 13. Addendum of 2021/06/04, undated","This series includes 44 journals written by Strother which document his multifaceted career and cover the years 1840-1888. The journals chronicle his time in Europe as a young artist in the 1840s, his travels throughout the United States as a writer and illustrator for Harper's Magazine, his service as a topographer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War, his involvement in operating the Berkeley Springs Hotel, and his work as consul to Mexico from 1878-1885. Entries contain detailed accounts of Strother's daily life, as well as commentary on topics such as politics, art, languages, health, weather, and events of local and national interest. Many journals contain sketches, as well as poems, stories, and transcriptions of song lyrics. A highlight of this series is found in Journal 3, which contains Strother's notes on John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, WV in October 1859.","Strother's Civil War journals have been abridged by Cecil Eby and published as A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: The Diaries of David Hunter Strother. His journals from his tenure as consul to Mexico have been edited by John Stealey and published as Porte Crayon's Mexico: David Hunter Strother's Diaries in the Early Porfirian Era.","An abridged transcription by Cecil Eby, Jr., of this journal is located in Series 13, Box 5, Folder 5.","This series contains the correspondence and papers of the Strother family covering the years 1778-1925 (bulk 1827-1888). Correspondence includes letters to and from friends, family, and business associates, as well as telegraphs from David Hunter Strother's service in the American Civil War. Topics discussed in correspondence include personal and family matters, business matters, the Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the military as a profession, education, health, finances, politics, prohibition, art and illustration techniques, D. H. Strother's travels in Italy, John Brown's raid, the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico. Correspondents include various members of the Strother family, John Marshall (U.S. Chief Justice), Alexander Stephens (U.S. Congressman and Vice President of the Confederacy), Edmund P. Hunter (Virginia lawyer and politician), J. E. Heath (U.S. Commissioner of Pensions), Charles J. Faulkner (U.S. Congressman), George W. Mumford (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia), Howard Sutherland (U.S. Senator), and William Ravenel (Administrative Assistant, Smithsonian Institution).","Personal papers include memoirs, notebooks, sections of diaries, essays, short stories, poems, song lyrics, enlistment documents, military commissions, legal documents (including a land grant and will), diplomas, receipts, account books, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and genealogies of the Strother family and their slaves. Subjects covered in these manuscript materials include religion, education, politics, the War of 1812, the United States Navy, the American Civil War, the Peekskill Military Academy, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and D. H. Strother's work as consul to Mexico.","This series contains oversize material including prints, drawings, sketches, manuscript materials, and a photograph taken of Strother in Mexico. The artwork is mostly from the 1880s and includes sketches of Strother's time in Mexico and American Civil War scenes. Manuscript material includes letters and a Strother family genealogy. Correspondents include David Hunter, Morgan Tate, John C. Calhoun (South Carolina congressman and U.S. Vice President), H. L. Tucker (Virginia House of Representatives), and Luther Martin (Attorney General of Maryland and delegate to the Constitutional Convention).","This series contains ten sketchbooks depicting the people and places Strother encountered as a correspondent for Harper's Magazine, hotel operator, traveling artist, and consul to Mexico.  Subjects of drawings include log cabins, barns, mills, wagons and coaches, railroad stations, trees, animals, and natural landscapes and features (Warm Springs Ridge, the Potomac River, the Alabama River, and the White Mountains). People rendered in sketches include fishermen, steamship passengers, railroad workers, newsboys, preachers, miners, and various prominent individuals, including Ambrose Burnside, Sitting Bull, John Brown, Shields Green, John Copeland, Aaron Dwight Stevens, and Edwin Coppock.  Places depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Harper's Ferry, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; Arlington, Virginia; Mexico; Jefferson County, West Virginia; Kanawha County, West Virginia; Morgan County, West Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Clarke County, Virginia; Yancey County, North Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nantucket, Massachusetts.","A highlight of this series is found in Box 15, Folder 3, which includes sketches relating to John Brown's imprisonment, trial, and execution.","This series includes drawings, photographs, and commercial prints by artists other than David Hunter Strother. Artists whose work is included in the series are John Strother (D. H. Strother's son), Ruth Johnson, J. V. Kennedy, and other unidentified artists. Subjects represented in the artwork include structures such as log cabins, churches, bridges, and the Peekskill Military Academy; natural features including the Arno River in Florence, Italy and Blackwater Falls in West Virginia; battle scenes; classical statues; and sketches of men and women in various poses.","This series contains artwork including watercolors, pastels, sketches, and drawings, done by David Hunter Strother throughout his lifetime. Subjects of artwork include landscapes depicting mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes and caves; animals, including horses, cats, dogs, birds, fish, and pigs; structures, including houses, churches, schools, and bridges; ships and boats; the American Civil War; John Brown's raid, imprisonment, trial, and execution; the Mississippi River; the Potomac River; the Indian Head River; and landmarks in Italy, including the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, and the Villa Borghese in Rome.","People rendered in artwork include fishermen, soldiers, miners, sailors, farmers, train passengers, and Italian peasants. There are also various portraits of women and children. Prominent individuals depicted in artwork include John Brown and Emma Hardinge Britten.","Places depicted include West Virginia; Virginia; New York; Maryland; North Carolina; New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mexico City; and Florence, Venice, Rome, Bologna, and Vallombrosa, Italy.","This series consists of artwork by David Hunter Strother which has been framed for display. These artworks were selected to be framed for the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit on Strother. Please see Series 9 for additional information on this exhibit.","The artworks are mainly portraits of various men and women. Other subjects depicted include barns and farms, salt works, fisheries, a sugar refinery, an oak tree, a Civil War encampment, and John Brown's execution. Locations and landmarks depicted include Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Blackwater Falls, West Virginia; Bayou Teche, Louisiana; Moorefield, West Virginia; Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Montgomery County, Maryland.","Oil on canvas. Depicts \"Justice,\" a seated woman in green and red robes and a crown of laurels, gazing upon a sleeping man and woman with their baby. The light shines upon the family in the darkness.","This series contains facsimiles of Strother's artwork which have been framed for display. These facsimiles were created for the traveling version of the 2009 West Virginia Day exhibit, which commemorated the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The majority of these facsimiles are of sketches made by Strother during the trial of John Brown in 1859, including facsimiles of \"Harper's Weekly\" articles for which Strother provided the illustrations. People depicted include John Brown, Shields Green, Edwin Coppock, Aaron Dwight Stevens, John Copeland, and George Henry Hoyt. Please note that the dates given for this series indicate the date that the original artwork was created, rather than the date the facsimile was created.","Original of p. 713 of Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1859, is in Series 7, Box 45.","This series includes brochures, reproduced images, and captions from the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's 1996 exhibit \"David Hunter Strother: One of the Best Draughtsmen the Country Possesses\" and a 2001 digital catalog of Strother's drawings and sketches.","This series includes issues of various newspapers spanning the years 1795-1887 (bulk 1859-1887). Newspapers include the Gazette of the United States, the Ulster County Gazette, Harper's Weekly, The Children's Friend, and The Two Republics.","Contains a drawing by Porte Crayon (alias for David Strother) titled \"The Eyes of Delaware are Upon You.\" The drawing depicts a man sitting in a chair. This drawing may be a sketch for a finished artwork.","Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, announcements, and photographs regarding David Hunter Strother (DHS) and related families of the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia.","Correspondence (1958-1963) includes letters to and from Mrs. Ernest Sewall Shepard (Louise Shepard) regarding both Strother genealogy and publications of and about DHS.","Newspaper clippings regarding DHS, John Strother, Porte Crayon Memorial Society, the dedication of Mt. Porte Crayon, reviews of publications relating to DHS, and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. There is a typescript copy of a 1938 New York Times article titled \"John Harper's Grandson\" referencing DHS.","Announcements regarding the publication of three books by Cecil Eby, a biographer of Strother. Also includes four photographs: 1) Lt. D.H. Strother (copy); 2) the Richardson family with John Strother (copy); 3) David Hunter Strother at home in Berkeley Springs, W. Va. (same picture as photograph in A\u0026M 2200) and 4) Louise Strother Kieutner in the dress of Elizabeth Pendleton Hunter Strother. There is also a postcard featuring Robert E. Lee, and a copy of an 1887 manuscript letter from D.H. Strother to Mary Hunter.","Original diary (1879-1880) is located in Series 1; Journal 39; Box 5, Folder 4.","Immediate Source of AcquisitionAddendum acquired 2021/06/04"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeparated to A\u0026amp;M 435, Rare Signatures: letter, dated March 6, 1796, to Col. 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Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of \u003ctitle\u003eVirginia Illustrated\u003c/title\u003e (1857) and \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston and its Resources\u003c/title\u003e (1878), his work as illustrator for \u003ctitle\u003eBlackwater Chronicle\u003c/title\u003e (1853), service during the Civil War as a Union officer, stint as a newspaper editor, and Consul-Generalship to Mexico (1879-1885). According to Strother's biographer, Cecil D. Eby Jr., his writings linked the two traditions of literature in the south, \"the genteel romanticism of the sentimental novelists and the earthy realism of the frontier humorists.\" In 1872-1875 Strother wrote \u003ctitle\u003eThe Mountains\u003c/title\u003e, which Eby considers the first important presentation of West Virginia in literature. The collection includes roughly 590 drawings and sketches, 44 volumes of journals, and several boxes of correspondence. 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