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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 chronologically by topic in the following eleven series:","Administrative Files, 1937-1972 Correspondence, 1918-1971 Date Books, 1939-1965 Farm Ledgers, 1932-1951 Financial Files, 1941-1971 Philanthropic and Professional Organizations, 1939-1971 Photographs, 1939-1971 Press and Advertising Files, 1920-1963 Print and Ephemera, 1916-1971 Reports and Studies, 1927-1969 Business and Organization lists, 1941-1967","Charles W. Wampler Jr., interview by Jessica Silveri, March 15, 2007, transcript, Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project, Harrisonburg, VA. Virginia House of Delegates.","Historical Bio for Charles W. Wampler. Virginia House of Delegates. http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227/024c8d9337c5d82485256d780068407b?OpenDocument\u0026Highlight=0,charles,Wampler (accessed May 04, 2011).","Wampler, Charles W.  My Grandfather, my grandchildren and me; an autobiography . Harrisonburg, VA; Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1968.","The Wampler family emerged upon the American poultry industry in the early twentieth century changing the industry practices and beliefs. As a result of their success, the Wamplers became one of the most influential families in Rockingham County, Virginia and helped the Shenandoah Valley garner the moniker \"Turkey Capital of the Nation.\" ","In 1811, John Wampler and family, members of the Brethren Church, moved from Pennsylvania to the Timberville area of the county during a period when large groups of Brethren were migrating south. During the Civil War, John Wampler III gained notoriety for supposedly thwarting Union General Philip Sheridan's attempt to burn his family's barn. After the war, in 1871, John Wampler III purchased a farm in Dayton that he named Sunny Slope and built a house there.  Under the setting of Sunny Slope, John Wampler III's children and grandchildren made their many significant contributions to agriculture.","Charles W. Wampler Sr., third son of John Wampler III, was born in 1886 and took quickly to the agricultural development of the county. He became a county agricultural agent and was an accomplished livestock farmer raising chickens and cattle. Eventually, he settled into turkey farming and started Rockingham County's first turkey hatchery. It was during this time that he became known as the \"Father of the Modern Turkey Industry\" because of his success in various agricultural experiments that changed the face of modern turkey farming. One of his earliest experiments was using chicken incubators to hatch turkey eggs. Starting with only ninety eggs, Wampler Sr. was able to hatch fifty-two poults. Another Charles Wampler Sr. innovation all but ended the wide spread practice of free-range turkey farming in commercial operations.  Wampler Sr. believed, and was able to show, that free-range turkeys were less cost effective to raise as they expended more energy and required more feed at the expense of the farmer. Wampler practiced \"incubation and confinement\" which soon became the standard among successful poultry growers. ","Charles Wampler Sr. also served as the first Rockingham County Extension Agent and founded the Wampler Feed and Seed Company in 1927 with two of his brothers. The company mixed feed for distribution to livestock and turkeys.  Wampler Feed and Seed was the first in the nation to contract with farms to grow poultry. Wampler also helped found the National Turkey Federation. Among his many philanthropic activities, Charles Wampler Sr. served on the Board of Trustees for Bridgewater College, on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and on the Board of Directors for the Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Charles Wampler Jr. was born at Sunny Slope on November 25, 1915 as one of nine children (six daughters and three sons.) He attended Bridgewater College for two years and Rutgers University for one year. His early indoctrination in the poultry business began at the age of seven when he and a sister, with the aid of their mother, prepared feed for turkeys in the family business. Crushed eggs and oatmeal were the two main components of the feed. In 1936, his career officially began as a \"field man\" for Wampler Feed and Seed - traveling to various growers and inspecting livestock. Eventually, Charles Jr. became the company's general manager when Charles Sr. retired. In 1969, Wampler hatcheries, feed mills, and grower operations joined with Virginia Valley Processing to become Wampler Food Incorporated. Poultry processing, hatcheries, and growers were combined as a single corporation with Charles Wampler Jr. as president. In 1984, Charles Jr. oversaw the merger between Wampler Foods and Longacre Farms out of Franconia, Pennsylvania. By 1986, Wampler-Longacre acquired the Rockingham Poultry Cooperative and formed WLR Foods Incorporated with Charles Jr. as chairman of the board.","In addition to his business career, Charles Wampler Jr. had an equally distinguished career in service. Charles Jr. was a district representative for Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954 until 1965 serving on several committees including Agriculture, Finance, and Labor. In 1957, he co-founded the United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.  From 1971 to 1984, Charles Jr. served as president and chairman of the board for the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. He has also served on James Madison University's Board of Visitors and the Rockingham County School Board. In 1990, he received James Madison University's Common Wealth award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the community. In addition, Charles Wampler Jr. was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Harrisonburg.","The bulk of this collection came from the Wampler family's Sunny Slope Farm Property near Dayton, Virginia. In 2009, James Madison University history professor Daniel Kerr was in communication with Barbara Melby, daughter of Charles W. Wampler Jr., who occupied the Sunny Slope property at that time. Mrs. Melby identified the storage of documents within the barn. After an initial inspection of the material, arrangements to transfer the material to Special Collections for cleaning, rehousing, and processing were made.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018.   This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5024 . During this time the collection was minimally reprocessed meaning that it was physically rehoused to eliminate the previous arrangement of housing according to series and the description was updated and enhanced where necessary.","Elizabeth \"Libby\" Custer Papers, ca.1930s-1997, SC 0077, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","Wampler Family Papers, 1798-1962, SC 0150, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA","WLR Foods records, 1984-2002, SC 0112, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The Wampler Family Business Records, 1916-1972, consists of 11 cubic feet and 31 boxes of material documenting Wampler Foods Incorporated. The collection is primarily comprised of personal and business correspondence of Charles Wampler Sr. The collection includes bound ledgers, financial documents, print material, reports, memoranda, and pictures. The collection is arranged topically into eleven series. Series include Administrative Files, Correspondence, Date Books, Farm Ledgers, Financial Papers, Philanthropy and Professional Organizations, Photographs, Press and Advertising Files, Print and Ephemera, Reports and Studies, and Business and Organization lists.","Series 1: Administrative Files, 1937-1972, includes a diverse assortment of administrative documents representing the business' large-scale farming operations. Insurance information and documents represent a large portion of the series regarding farm capital and employees. Another large section of the series is \"testing documentation\" for the various animals owned and bred by the Wamplers including chickens, turkey, cows, and sheep. Nearly all of these animals required regular government-regulated testing, and the corresponding findings and results are within this series.","Occidental Life Insurance Company of California- Statement of Claim, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, Rockingham Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.","Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, West Rockingham Mutual Fire Co.","Record of Eggs and Poults, Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Marketing Service, Virginia Valley Processors.","Application for Registration of Cheviot Sheep.","Soil Record Sheets, Virginia Department of Agriculture- Lime Letter.","United States Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Markets, Agreement between Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed Company and Walker May.","Inventory Pine Ridge, Sunny Slope, Blosser, Ralston, and Glendale farms for 1964, Sheep records from 1965.","Beef Cattle Record of Performance for 1953, Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Summary of Va. BCIA Performance Testing Program for 1955, Virginia State Department of Agriculture- Division of Markets.","Virginia BCIA Calf Data Sheet.","Agreement with Garber Church of the Brethren, Deed of Trust, Oil and Gas Lease.","Certificate of War Necessity, Official Health Certificate from the Division of Livestock Industry, Turkey Breeding Flock Certificate, American Beef Cattle Performance Registry Association Membership Certificate, Certificate of Record of Official Calfhood Vaccination, American Angus Association- Classification Certificate, Certificate of Entry for Performance Registry International.","Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Daily Record Form for the Division of Motor Transport, Report of PPLO Tube Agglutination Test.","Flock Inspection and Check-Testing Report-United States Department of Agriculture, Report of Official Vaccination for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Laboratory Report of Agglutination Blood Test for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture.","Laboratory Report-Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Brucellosis Calfhood Vaccination Record, Tuberculosis Test Record.","Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company-Statement of Claim.","A Plan for Low Cost Life Insurance for Officers and Employees of Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-1971, consists of letters ranging in date from 1918 to 1972. Early correspondence to and from Charles Wampler Sr. in regard to his turkey business and his position as county farm agent may be found here. Through the 1940s, the letters concern both agricultural and World War II topics as the Wampler businesses supported the American war effort through food production. Intermixed throughout this range are letters regarding both the financial and agricultural support Charles Wampler Jr. provided to colleges and universities through his service on their Boards of Visitors. Letters written during his terms as a state representative can be found in the 1950s and 1960s with some addressed to Virginia governors and politician Harry F. Byrd. Wampler's letters to congressmen and state representatives regarding local and national issues document his own political persuasions on sundry topics including gambling, the United Nations, and presidential candidates. The Wamplers' philanthropic pursuits and financial donations to various non-profits (Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care, etc.) are also documented.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Dairy and Food Division.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Norfolk and Western Railway Co.","Walter S. Newman- Supervisor of Agricultural Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Poultry and Egg National Board.","Senator Aubrey Weaver, L.M. Walker Jr. - Commissioner of Agriculture Richmond, Virginia, War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, Truck and Bus Inventory for National Defense.","War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, National Poultry Defense Committee, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson.","Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Governor Colgate Darden Jr., Selective Service Board, Thomas P. Thompson- State Chairman of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, John L. Stewart- Acting Chief of the Division of Foreign Agricultural Research for the United States Department of Agriculture, B.C. Moomaw Jr.- Deputy Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Staff.","R.F. Nelson- Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Clarence Cannon- House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.B.L. Arner- Chief of the Foreign Agricultural Research Division for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Administration, A.M. Alexander- Deputy Administrator of the War Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, A.D. Oderkirk- Acting Head for the Poultry and Egg Section of the Food Price Division for the Office of Price Administration, Congressman John W. Flannagan Jr., Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Madison College, The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Treasury Department War Savings Staff, Congress of the United States House of Representatives, United States Department of Agriculture Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture USDA War Board, United States Senate Committee on Rules, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, The National Turkey Federation, National Poultry Defense Committee.","United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration Bureau of Animal Industry, American Red Cross, The Virginia State Poultry Federation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham War Savings Committee.","Emergency Committee for Food Production, Office of Price Administration, Treasury Department-War Savings Staff, United States Department of Agriculture Food Distribution Administration.","Treasury Department-Internal Revenue Service, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Treasury Department-Defense Savings Staff.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Members of the Appeal Board of Selective Service, Governor William M. Tuck.","Elena Becker- Consultant in Home Economics  for the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.","Frank E. Moone- United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, H.L. Shrader- Senior Extension Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service, Congressman A. Willis. Robertson.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Department of Finance Division of Motor Vehicles, D.K. Christenberry Jr.- Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia, E.J. Milligan- Selective Service System.","D.K. Christenberry Jr. - Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","L.M. Walker Jr. – Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Selective Service Board, National Poultry Defense Committee.","Congressman A. Willis Robertson.","Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","City Planning Commission for the City of Harrisonburg, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Senator J.A. Garber.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Hollis Shomo- Supervisor of Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","H.C. Givens- State Veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles.","Governor William M. Tuck, Major Charles S. Roller Jr., the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.","Senator A. Willis Robertson, T.C. Byerly- Senior Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, Colonel James P. Woods, Governor William M. Tuck.","B.B. Tucker- State Director of the Production and Marketing Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Lawrence T. Berry- Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Captain J.E. Schuyler, Governor William M. Tuck.","H.E. Moskey- Chief of the Veterinary Medical Section for the Food and Drug Administration.","Roy W. Lennartson- Associate Director of the Poultry Branch for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Raymond V. Long- Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Raymond Guest.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, United World Federalists of Virginia.","Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.","Commonwealth of Virginia Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy.","Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia State Planning Board.","Board of Trustees Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Rockingham Library Association, United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Cuba.","Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Department of Agriculture, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture.","Senator John S. Battle, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Congress of the United States House of Representatives.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Department of Agriculture, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Congress of the United States House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator A. Willis Robertson.","Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Lawrence Berry Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture.","Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry, Governor John S. Battle.","L.M. Walker Jr. Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.","Senator Raymond A. Guest, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture, R.M. Loughborough- Executive Secretary for the County of Fairfax.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","J.W. Graham-Department of Agriculture.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor John S. Battle.","Norman S. Elliott- Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission.","Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Carolyne Brookes- Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Governor John S. Battle.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Selective Service Board.","Stanley J. Marsden- United States Department of Agriculture; Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.; autobiographical essay to Fred Lang of The Poultryman.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","S.G. Sutton- Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Markets.","Senator Raymond R. Guest, V.S. Shaffer- Virginia House of Delegates, Senator Curry Carter, Governor John S. Battle, James O. Stickley- Virginia House of Delegates, Landon  R. Wyatt- Virginia House of Delegates, E. Blackburn Moore- Virginia House of Delegates, D. French Slaughter- Virginia House of Delegates.","Senator Willis A. Robertson, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.D. Termohlen- Director of the Poultry Branch for the Department of Agriculture, Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.","Constitutions and By-Laws from the Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Garland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Charles F. Brannan- Department of Agriculture.","Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.R. Smith- Department of Highways Landscape Superintendent, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Thomas B. Stanley- Candidate for Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Congress of the United States House of Representatives.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Robert W. Burgess- Director Bureau of Census.","Governor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","W.D. Termohlen- Director of Production and Administration for the Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Senator A. Willis Robertson, Congressman William M. Tuck, Congressman Richard H. Poff, Congressman J.T. Broyhill, Congressman William C. Wampler.","Senator A. Willis Robertson, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Lewis L. Strauss- United States Atomic Energy Commission.","Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Thomas B. Stanley.","R. Maclin Smith- Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates.","George W. Dean- State Forester for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Development.","Garland Gray- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate.","Dan Stickley- President of the Rockingham Development Corporation.","W.D. Termohlen- The Foreign Service of the United States of America, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Thos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Thos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","United States Atomic Energy Commission.","Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry.","Garland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry and Foods.","A. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, W.L. Bendix- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Animal and Dairy Industries, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Rodney C. Berry- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry and Foods.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.M. Carman- Research Officer for the Department of Agriculture. Review of Rockingham County Fair.","Senator Floyd Stevens, Hollis Shomo- Supervisor to the Poultry \u0026 Egg Section of the Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Thos B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Ted Dalton.","Lawrence T. Berry- Secretary for the Board of Agriculture and Immigration of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","The Virginia State Dairymen's Association, C.E. Bass- County Supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","W.S. Campbell- Department of Conservation for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","E.V. Coville- Assistant Director for the Division of Markets of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Lindsey J. Almond, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Don H. Spencer- County Supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Gordon Tucker- Supervisor of the Poultry \u0026 Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Raymond D. Schar- Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Secretary for the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia, J.H. Meek- Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, W.R. Crabill- State Board of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation, Bill King- Virginia Angus Association.","John H. Ralston- President of the Rockingham Farm Bureau.","Senator George S. Aldhizer.","Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association.","Governor J. Lindsey Almond.","Congress of the United States- House of Representatives, H.A. Waters- Acting Chief Officer for the Animal Inspection and Quarantine Division of the United States Department of Agriculture.","Andrew W. Cordier- Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.","United States Department of Agriculture- Animal Husbandry Research Division.","J.D. Lawrence- President for the Virginia Highway Users Association.","Senator Charles R. Fenwick.","Gordon Tucker- Supervisor for the Poultry and Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Charles R. Fenwick, Homer Quann- Candidate for the President of the United States.","S.M. Long Jr.- Chief Taxpayer Information Section for the U.S. Treasury Department.","Delta Airlines, Pan American World Airways.","Senator Charles F. Fenwick.","American Airlines.","Virginia Beef Cattle Association.","The Washington Post, Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, American Airlines.","Washington National Airport, Dr. T.P. Koudelka- Division of Animal and Dairy Industry for the Commonwealth of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia. State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts.","General Dwight D. Eisenhower.","U.S. Selective Service Board.","United States Post Office.","United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.","United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service.","Shenandoah Life Insurance Company.","Stephen McDonogh- Agricultural Counselor for the Embassy of Ireland.","Stanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","Stanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","Brigadier General R.L. Dulaney.","L.H. Averill- General Sales Manager of the Chevrolet Motor Division, Elmer Kaylor- Rockingham Farm Bureau.","Senator A. Willis Robertson; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Congressman John O. Marsh Jr. regarding Wampler's support of the Lyndon Johnson/Hubert Humphrey presidential ticket, includes mentions of Civil Rights.","A.A. Youssef- Ambassador for the United Arab Republic.","A. Ross Eckler- Acting Director for the Bureau of the Census for the U.S. Department of Commerce.","October 11, 1971 letter to Dr. G. Wayne Glick, President of Keuka College in response to a recent article in the Messenger. Wampler comments on the current political situation, the Vietnam War, and activism by the younger generation. Of particular interest are Wampler's racist comments concerning African Americans.","United States Senate, and the American Biographical Institute.","Letter to the Selective Service Board.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration: Division of Animal Industry.","Series 3: Date Books, 1939-1965, consist of date books signed by Charles W. Wampler Jr. which include personal appointments, business schedules, and notes on farm production.","Provides a list of dates, purchase and costs primarily made during 1939 with a few from 1940. Purchases include \"Hatching Bill,\" \"Eggs Booked,\" \"Eggs Bought,\" \"National Turkey Federation Contributions\" and others.","The bulk of this ledger appear to be sales records from 1949 with a few in 1950.","The user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr. Included in the date book is a promotional 1949 calendar from Woodward and Lothrop, Washington D.C.","The user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr.","The user of these diaries was Charles Wampler Jr.","Animals are broken down by the owning farm.","Series 4: Farm Ledgers, 1932-1951, contains information on the day-to-day operations of the Wampler properties. Some ledgers specify: Ralston Farm, Dry River, Sunny Slope Farm, Glendale Farm, and Blossom Farm. Other ledgers do not specify property names but do contain information such as expenses, account information, flock details, and livestock weights. Items are arranged chronologically.","Contains information such as expenses, cost of turkeys and poults, turkey feed, and the amount for certain goods such as corn meal, ground oats, milk, salt, wheat, and barley.","Lists the names of the individuals who purchased the turkeys, where they are from, whether purchased hens or toms, how they paid, and how much they spent.","Contains information such as Grain, Oil Mill, Dairy, Cotton Oil, and Feed Service Companies, amounts of turkeys sold and their prices, eggs sold, and the profits and losses from his sales to certain individuals listed.","Contains information regarding the necessary equipment needed to build the hatchery such as stone, cement, sand, lumber, tile, nails, paint, screws, nails, plaster, as well as the amounts of these goods purchased and their prices, the names of the individuals who provided Wampler with labor and what they were paid, as well as information regarding day to day operations regarding sales.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and the names of people with whom Wampler did business.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory at Sunny Slope Farm, as well as the types of poults and eggs purchased, total amounts, dates, and costs.","Contains information regarding the amount of eggs being laid at each of the Wamplers' farms, total income from those eggs, and expenses.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, regular expenses, special expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, loans, gravel expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery expenses, membership and dues for organizations, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, rent, dues, expenses, insurance, traveling expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, dividends, personal loans, travel expenses, taxes, and the income and expenses of the Trap Nest House.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, and information pertaining to the Wamplers' Dayton property.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, Sunny Slope Hatchery, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, and a Willow Lane Farm is briefly mentioned.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, the Trap Nest House, Dayton Property, and the Sunny Slope Hatchery.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, sales, statements, turkey and hen accounts, and the Dayton property.","Contains information regarding hens and toms, amount of eggs laid, hatched, raised, found dead, missing, what pen they belong to, and the number of culls.","Series 5: Financial Files, 1941-1971, houses all loose financial documents relating to the Wampler businesses. The majority of the series consists of receipts from shipping, Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed, Sunny Slope Farm, travel expenses, and general purchases while the second part of the series contains miscellaneous bank statements, account information, tax documents for state and federal income, business taxes, and some Wampler family business documents.","Commonwealth of Virginia: Agency Purchase Order.","Commonwealth of Virginia: Travel Expense Reimbursement Voucher, United States Department of Agriculture: Administrative Audit Difference Statement.","Employer Member Unit Life Rate Calculation Sheet.","American Airlines Airway Bill, United Airlines Air Freight Loss or Damage Claim.","Quantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.","Quantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.","Balance Statements.","Determined Expenses.","Purebred Breeding Contract.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Series 6: Philanthropic and Professional Organizations, 1939-1971, consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, summaries, and administrative information for various organizations with which Charles Wampler Sr. and Jr. were involved. The series documents local and national organizations, of which agricultural organizations figure prominently. See also materials in Series 10: Reports and Studies for philanthropic reports relating to the Bridgewater College Board of Trustees, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Bridgewater College Board of Trustees.","Case Work Report, Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, By-Laws of Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Terms and Conditions on Dwarfism, Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, Report of Operations.","Membership Report.","Membership-Finance Committee.","The Department of Agriculture's Contribution to the War Effort, Newcastle Disease in Poultry, Proposed Regional Diagnostic Laboratories, Japanese Beetle Quarantine, State Lime Grinding Plants, Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration.","Confidential Reports of Visits to Corporations, Minutes of Regular Annual Meetings, Financial Statements, and Operating Accounts.","Minutes of Poultry Federation Directors Meetings, Producer Membership Report, Turkey Membership Report, and Plans and Objectives.","Names and Addresses, Minutes of Board Meetings, Executive Committee, and Financial Reports.","Finance Committee, Membership Summaries, Membership Committee, VPI Committee, Taxation Committee, Advertising Committee, Grading and Inspection Committee, and Legislative Action Committee.","Convention Committee, Insurance Committee, Other Committees, and Miscellaneous.","Membership Summary, Producer Membership Plan, Financial Condition, Income and Expenses, Preliminary Reports, Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, and Convention Committee Report.","Minutes of the Meeting of the Merchandising Committee.","Minutes of Charlottesville Conference.","Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting of Wampler Feed and Seed Company, Inc.","Proposals made by the By-Laws Committee.","Series 7: Photographs, 1939-1971, contains livestock pictures from the Wampler Farms and from farmers across the country with letters attached regarding breeding opportunities and purchase requests. Several personal photographs of the Wampler children are included here.","Accompanied by a note that reads: \"\"My Son in Law Elmer Larson and grand Daughter Pamela.\" This note likely refers to photographs 02.01-02.04. The photograph also is labeled February 1955 on the side.","The photograph is labeled February 1955.","The photograph is labeled March 1955 on the side.","The photograph is labeled June 1955 on the side.","Caption on back reads:  \"Yearling stud ram at Normandin– N.C. Cheviot.  Beautiful to behold, and a show winner- but no good at all as a breeder. Both he and his lambs have now been culled.","Caption on the back refers to North Country Cheviot ewes.","Caption on the back refers to North Country ram lambs.","Caption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Ch. Cheviot Ewe. Slack Brothers Quebec 1949.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Champion Shropshire Ewe, Slack Brothers, Quebec 1949.\"","Captioned: \"11 Mo old Ewe Lambs 'Montadale'.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"4 year old ram on left, 2 ram lambs, HS. Dean flock of 48.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"2-2 yr old ewes, 2-2yr. old ewes, 2- ewe lambs, H.S. Dean flock of 48.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Cheviot and Leicester yearlings.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Leicester and Cheviot yearlings.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Yearling Ewes, Rifle Ranges, Ottawa Photo: Oct. 17th, 1947. Left to right: Cheviot x Leicester, Leicester x Oxford, Leicester x Shropshire, Oxford x Shropshire, Leicester x Cheviot.\"","Accompanied by a note that reads: \"My flock of 170 Ewes.\" Note also refers to photograph 03.16.","Caption on the back reads: \"Born April 29 - 67, Triplets - 1 day old., Weight 2 averaged 40 # each, 1 averaged 50 #, Dam is five years old., Mr. Wampler: I named them Teeny, Tiny and Tot. (Ethel)\"","Caption on the back reads: \"20-708-   Age 9 yrs. Wt. 1900 Sire of dam. Purchased from Mr. Charlie Wampler.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"age- 3 yrs, wt. 1600 Sire of the Triplets purchased from C.A Miller, Keyser, W.VA.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12 \" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026 Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026 Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Gitchell's Studio \u0026 Camera Shop Harrisonburg, Virginia.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"J.F. ABERNATHY LIVESTOCK PHOTO CO Union Stock Yards  Chicago IL.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lord Leslie Defender 154191. Sweet Air Farm, Leslie, Md. He is a little over a year old, rich crimson in color and as kind and gentle as a kitten. He produces big strong litters. One young sows farrowing 8 and 9 pigs in their first litters. Note the big bones, smooth lines, rigor and fine conformations which are strong characteristics in all his pigs. \"Defender - bred Durocs have won more prizes than the [illegible] of any other boar.\" \"No boar living or dead has equaled the show record of Defender\" the great grand sow of our Lord Leslie Defender. Defender was twice International Grand Champion.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lady Leslie Defender. Reg. #356218. [illegible] Farm. In her first and only litter so far, she farrowed eight strong pigs. She will farrow this spring.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Just an unusual picture taken last year. These 2 Bronze toms were always at it!\"","Caption on the back reads: \"o me this is a 'prize' picture! These hens about 1 ½ years old.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"'Birds eye' of breeder pen. Pen Room, in rear, is pen where we first put turkeys after taking from wire floor.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Pen 40' x 20'. Roost space for 75 birds. Only have 48 in here now. We close them up every nite- good range all day of course.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Our largest bronze last year- sold at x mas. 39 1/2 #.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"7 breeder pens.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Notice the 'Sport'- White + Bronze mixed. Was a beautiful bird. Even prettier than the new breed of Royal Palm. He weighed only 41 # when killed last x mas. Those are strange trees - can see the fruit.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"He weighed 33 #. They served 57 meals, having some meat left over for sandwiches and salads!\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Have their field planted to peanuts this year. These are last year bronze hens, which kept for Breeders.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"These are white breeders in front of breeding pens.\"","Numerous cars parked near the main barn. Photograph also features a circus tent.","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Series 8: Press and Advertising Files, 1920-1963, consist of marketing materials for the Wampler businesses that includes poultry advertisements and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes speeches, articles, and press releases authored by or about Charles Wampler Jr.","\"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" \"What's Ahead in Turkey Profits,\" \"Virginia Tech Best Serves Virginians.\" Wampler and the National Defense Committee.","\"The Growth of the Turkey Industry,\" \"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" and \"Eating Chicken Does Not Cause Cancer- An Answer to the Police Gazette.\"","Biography of Charles W. Wampler.","Newspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs.","Newspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs, sketching of ad designs with desired sizes, titles, font, and other information pertaining to Wampler and the animals.","Press releases regarding the death of Zola Estelle Wampler, cattle improvement performance programs from Performance Registry International, a recipe packet developed by the Virginia Poultry Products Commission, and borax in fertilizers from the US Department of Agriculture.","Address by A.G. Black, Governor of the Farm Credit Administration before conference of agricultural credit agencies and farm organizations, Radio speech given by Adrin Sonn- \"Defense Stamps and Bonds,\" Radio Speech pertaining to Religious Education, \"An Interpretation of our Foreign Policy\"- Speech before Virginia Institute of Rural Affairs by J.T. Sanders, Legislative Counsel, and part of a talk prepared for the Wampler reunion at Galax, Virginia.","Series 9: Print and Ephemera, 1916-1971, includes agricultural publications such as \"Turkey World.\" This series also includes biographical information on Charles Wampler Jr. from magazines, newspapers, and farm sale catalogs of auctions held on his properties. A number of printed brochures from various manufacturers and charitable organizations also reside this series.","\"Man with Vision.\"","Constitution and By-Laws of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, General and Special Rules: Performance Registry International, Constitution and By-Laws: Performance Registry International, and Charter and By-Laws: American Angus Association.","Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Refugee Organization, National Conference for the Prevention of World War III, \"The Federal Fiscal Situation\" speech of Honorable Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia in the Senate of the United States, \"100 Things You Should Know About Communism.\"","Pamphlets explaining the importance of War Bonds and their benefits, \"The Solution of Some Governmental Problems,\" \"Nine Men Against America: The Story of the Supreme Court and your Liberties,\" and Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.","\"Why Should I be a Member of the Virginia Conference of Social Work?,\" The Children's Home Society of Virginia, The Virginia Children's Home Finder, and Child Welfare League of America.","G.C. Birdsall Breeder of Duroc-Jersey and Hampshire Swine Cheviot Sheep, and List of Active Cheviot Breeders in the United States 1957 and 1962.","Poultry and Egg National Board Reporter, National Turkey Federation Progress, and Northeastern Poultryman, Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Membership.","The National Turkey Improvement Plan, Turkey World catalog, Poultry and Egg Judging, and United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural: Research Service.","Livestock sale catalogs, Sunny Slope Farm: Home of Wampler's Turkeys, Wampler's Cheviot Ram Sale, and Wampler's Type and Vigor Strain: Black and Bronze Turkey Poults.","Livestock sale catalogs, Wampler's Angus Cattle and Cheviot Sheep, Records of Performance Bulls, and Wampler's Cheviot Sheep Sale.","Office of Price Administration, Community Leaders of America, and The Chemurgic Digest: National Farm Chemurgic Council.","Virginia Feed and Nutrition Conference.","The Agricultural Seed Law: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Tolerance Rules for Use in Tagging Crop Seeds: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A Graphic Summary of Farm Labor and Population: United States Department of Agriculture, The Annual Address of the President of the American Farm Bureau Federation.","Harrisonburg/Rockingham Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Processing Equipment News, Department of Agriculture Immigration, A Forward Look at Feed Industry Problems: Virginia Feed-Nutrition Conference, and Virginia Bankers Farm Credit Conference, National Farm Chemurgic Council, and Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Agricultural Seed Law.","Series 10: Reports and Studies, 1927-1969, holds typed or printed reports. Agricultural materials from the U.S. Farm Bureau, National Turkey Federation, the U.S.D.A., and the Virginia and Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture which include livestock disease reports, castor bean testing data, poultry stock reports, and inspection and market information. In addition, legislation related to agricultural issues is also represented. Other materials include reports regarding educational and charitable organizations in which Charles Wampler Sr. had a philanthropic interest (such as Bridgewater College, Virginia Tech, and Children's Home Society of Virginia); 1954 legislative Actions; War savings and Fund Campaigns; Senatorial Remarks; House of Representative Committee rules; and Virginia State Legislation and sub-committee reports.","Application for Membership in Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, Summary of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association Performance Testing of Aberdeen-Angus Herds, and Summary of Graded Bull Sales.","Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Markets.","United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics, State Department of Agriculture Division of Markets, Annual Report of Market Expansion by the Virginia Department of Agriculture, Classification of Hatcheries Participating in the Virginia and National Poultry Improvement Plan.","Virginia State USO War Fund Campaign, Legislative Action Program of Virginia Farmers Union, Memorandum on Food and Milk Law Enforcement in Virginia, Rockingham County Economic Data.","Reports of the Sub-Committee on the Development of Agricultural Industries and the Improvement of Agricultural and Industrial Relations, Remarks of Senator A. Willis Robertson prepared for delivery on the floor of the Senate in advocacy of the Reciprocal Trade Bill, Virginia War Savings Staff.","Statistical Reports on Enrollment, Enrollment by Classes, Distribution of Students by States, Distribution of Students by Religious Denominations, Distribution of Brethren Students by Church Districts, Proposal for a Ten-Year Development Program.","Children's Home Society of Virginia Annual Reports, Cumulative Case Work Report, Sponsors, Officers and Directors, Monthly Reports of Income and Expenses.","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute: Report of the Treasurer to the Honorable Board of Visitors, and Statements as to the Work and Program of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.","Report to the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors or Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Monthly Herd Reports, and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Reports.","The Growing of Castor Beans Report.","Letter from the Commonwealth of Virginia with a report and examination of Charles Wampler Sr. timber.","\"The Potential Development of the Steel-Making Industry in Virginia,\" and \"A Report on Virginia's Economy: The State's Fiscal System and the Impact of its Taxes on Industrial Development.\"","\"Poultry Equipment Essential in Food-for-Defense: A Report on the Poultry Industry and the Needs of Poultry Equipment Manufacturers.\"","Estimated Number of Turkey's in the United States by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Map of the Twenty Leading Turkey Producing States.","Poultry Statistics for Virginia, Report of the Beef Production Project.","Report pertaining to Quackgrass.","Proposed Regulations for Farm Bulk Milk Holding and/or Cooling Tanks, A Brief Outline of a Plan for Improvement in Handling Foods and Farm Products from Producers to Consumers.","Series 11: Business and Organization lists, 1941-1967, comprises assorted lists concerning livestock and related sales, farming and agricultural pursuits, and professional and philanthropic organizations.","Post Offices Selling War Bonds and Issuing Agents for Rockingham County.","Membership dues received from Virginia for the Virginia State Poultry Federation, The National Turkey Federation Memberships, and Individual Registrations for The National Turkey Federation.","Members by County for the Beef Cattle Improvement Association, and a Membership Summary for the Virginia State Poultry Federation.","List of Farmers Clubs of Rockingham County and their Managers, National Farm Products Marketing and Merchandising Committee, Committee for the Defense Savings Program for Rockingham County and the City of Harrisonburg, and the American Poultry Historical Society Membership List.","Several publications relating to local matters were pulled from the collection, cataloged individuallly, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. 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Wampler Jr., interview by Jessica Silveri, March 15, 2007, transcript, Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project, Harrisonburg, VA. Virginia House of Delegates.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eHistorical Bio for Charles W. Wampler. Virginia House of Delegates. http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227/024c8d9337c5d82485256d780068407b?OpenDocument\u0026amp;Highlight=0,charles,Wampler (accessed May 04, 2011).\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eWampler, Charles W. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMy Grandfather, my grandchildren and me; an autobiography\u003c/emph\u003e. Harrisonburg, VA; Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1968.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Charles W. Wampler Jr., interview by Jessica Silveri, March 15, 2007, transcript, Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project, Harrisonburg, VA. Virginia House of Delegates.","Historical Bio for Charles W. Wampler. Virginia House of Delegates. http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227/024c8d9337c5d82485256d780068407b?OpenDocument\u0026Highlight=0,charles,Wampler (accessed May 04, 2011).","Wampler, Charles W.  My Grandfather, my grandchildren and me; an autobiography . Harrisonburg, VA; Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1968."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Wampler family emerged upon the American poultry industry in the early twentieth century changing the industry practices and beliefs. As a result of their success, the Wamplers became one of the most influential families in Rockingham County, Virginia and helped the Shenandoah Valley garner the moniker \"Turkey Capital of the Nation.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1811, John Wampler and family, members of the Brethren Church, moved from Pennsylvania to the Timberville area of the county during a period when large groups of Brethren were migrating south. During the Civil War, John Wampler III gained notoriety for supposedly thwarting Union General Philip Sheridan's attempt to burn his family's barn. After the war, in 1871, John Wampler III purchased a farm in Dayton that he named Sunny Slope and built a house there.  Under the setting of Sunny Slope, John Wampler III's children and grandchildren made their many significant contributions to agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. Wampler Sr., third son of John Wampler III, was born in 1886 and took quickly to the agricultural development of the county. He became a county agricultural agent and was an accomplished livestock farmer raising chickens and cattle. Eventually, he settled into turkey farming and started Rockingham County's first turkey hatchery. It was during this time that he became known as the \"Father of the Modern Turkey Industry\" because of his success in various agricultural experiments that changed the face of modern turkey farming. One of his earliest experiments was using chicken incubators to hatch turkey eggs. Starting with only ninety eggs, Wampler Sr. was able to hatch fifty-two poults. Another Charles Wampler Sr. innovation all but ended the wide spread practice of free-range turkey farming in commercial operations.  Wampler Sr. believed, and was able to show, that free-range turkeys were less cost effective to raise as they expended more energy and required more feed at the expense of the farmer. Wampler practiced \"incubation and confinement\" which soon became the standard among successful poultry growers. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles Wampler Sr. also served as the first Rockingham County Extension Agent and founded the Wampler Feed and Seed Company in 1927 with two of his brothers. The company mixed feed for distribution to livestock and turkeys.  Wampler Feed and Seed was the first in the nation to contract with farms to grow poultry. Wampler also helped found the National Turkey Federation. Among his many philanthropic activities, Charles Wampler Sr. served on the Board of Trustees for Bridgewater College, on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and on the Board of Directors for the Children's Home Society of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles Wampler Jr. was born at Sunny Slope on November 25, 1915 as one of nine children (six daughters and three sons.) He attended Bridgewater College for two years and Rutgers University for one year. His early indoctrination in the poultry business began at the age of seven when he and a sister, with the aid of their mother, prepared feed for turkeys in the family business. Crushed eggs and oatmeal were the two main components of the feed. In 1936, his career officially began as a \"field man\" for Wampler Feed and Seed - traveling to various growers and inspecting livestock. Eventually, Charles Jr. became the company's general manager when Charles Sr. retired. In 1969, Wampler hatcheries, feed mills, and grower operations joined with Virginia Valley Processing to become Wampler Food Incorporated. Poultry processing, hatcheries, and growers were combined as a single corporation with Charles Wampler Jr. as president. In 1984, Charles Jr. oversaw the merger between Wampler Foods and Longacre Farms out of Franconia, Pennsylvania. By 1986, Wampler-Longacre acquired the Rockingham Poultry Cooperative and formed WLR Foods Incorporated with Charles Jr. as chairman of the board.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his business career, Charles Wampler Jr. had an equally distinguished career in service. Charles Jr. was a district representative for Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954 until 1965 serving on several committees including Agriculture, Finance, and Labor. In 1957, he co-founded the United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.  From 1971 to 1984, Charles Jr. served as president and chairman of the board for the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. He has also served on James Madison University's Board of Visitors and the Rockingham County School Board. In 1990, he received James Madison University's Common Wealth award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the community. In addition, Charles Wampler Jr. was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Harrisonburg.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Wampler family emerged upon the American poultry industry in the early twentieth century changing the industry practices and beliefs. As a result of their success, the Wamplers became one of the most influential families in Rockingham County, Virginia and helped the Shenandoah Valley garner the moniker \"Turkey Capital of the Nation.\" ","In 1811, John Wampler and family, members of the Brethren Church, moved from Pennsylvania to the Timberville area of the county during a period when large groups of Brethren were migrating south. During the Civil War, John Wampler III gained notoriety for supposedly thwarting Union General Philip Sheridan's attempt to burn his family's barn. After the war, in 1871, John Wampler III purchased a farm in Dayton that he named Sunny Slope and built a house there.  Under the setting of Sunny Slope, John Wampler III's children and grandchildren made their many significant contributions to agriculture.","Charles W. Wampler Sr., third son of John Wampler III, was born in 1886 and took quickly to the agricultural development of the county. He became a county agricultural agent and was an accomplished livestock farmer raising chickens and cattle. Eventually, he settled into turkey farming and started Rockingham County's first turkey hatchery. It was during this time that he became known as the \"Father of the Modern Turkey Industry\" because of his success in various agricultural experiments that changed the face of modern turkey farming. One of his earliest experiments was using chicken incubators to hatch turkey eggs. Starting with only ninety eggs, Wampler Sr. was able to hatch fifty-two poults. Another Charles Wampler Sr. innovation all but ended the wide spread practice of free-range turkey farming in commercial operations.  Wampler Sr. believed, and was able to show, that free-range turkeys were less cost effective to raise as they expended more energy and required more feed at the expense of the farmer. Wampler practiced \"incubation and confinement\" which soon became the standard among successful poultry growers. ","Charles Wampler Sr. also served as the first Rockingham County Extension Agent and founded the Wampler Feed and Seed Company in 1927 with two of his brothers. The company mixed feed for distribution to livestock and turkeys.  Wampler Feed and Seed was the first in the nation to contract with farms to grow poultry. Wampler also helped found the National Turkey Federation. Among his many philanthropic activities, Charles Wampler Sr. served on the Board of Trustees for Bridgewater College, on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and on the Board of Directors for the Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Charles Wampler Jr. was born at Sunny Slope on November 25, 1915 as one of nine children (six daughters and three sons.) He attended Bridgewater College for two years and Rutgers University for one year. His early indoctrination in the poultry business began at the age of seven when he and a sister, with the aid of their mother, prepared feed for turkeys in the family business. Crushed eggs and oatmeal were the two main components of the feed. In 1936, his career officially began as a \"field man\" for Wampler Feed and Seed - traveling to various growers and inspecting livestock. Eventually, Charles Jr. became the company's general manager when Charles Sr. retired. In 1969, Wampler hatcheries, feed mills, and grower operations joined with Virginia Valley Processing to become Wampler Food Incorporated. Poultry processing, hatcheries, and growers were combined as a single corporation with Charles Wampler Jr. as president. In 1984, Charles Jr. oversaw the merger between Wampler Foods and Longacre Farms out of Franconia, Pennsylvania. By 1986, Wampler-Longacre acquired the Rockingham Poultry Cooperative and formed WLR Foods Incorporated with Charles Jr. as chairman of the board.","In addition to his business career, Charles Wampler Jr. had an equally distinguished career in service. Charles Jr. was a district representative for Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954 until 1965 serving on several committees including Agriculture, Finance, and Labor. In 1957, he co-founded the United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.  From 1971 to 1984, Charles Jr. served as president and chairman of the board for the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. He has also served on James Madison University's Board of Visitors and the Rockingham County School Board. In 1990, he received James Madison University's Common Wealth award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the community. In addition, Charles Wampler Jr. was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Harrisonburg."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of this collection came from the Wampler family's Sunny Slope Farm Property near Dayton, Virginia. In 2009, James Madison University history professor Daniel Kerr was in communication with Barbara Melby, daughter of Charles W. Wampler Jr., who occupied the Sunny Slope property at that time. Mrs. Melby identified the storage of documents within the barn. After an initial inspection of the material, arrangements to transfer the material to Special Collections for cleaning, rehousing, and processing were made.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The bulk of this collection came from the Wampler family's Sunny Slope Farm Property near Dayton, Virginia. In 2009, James Madison University history professor Daniel Kerr was in communication with Barbara Melby, daughter of Charles W. Wampler Jr., who occupied the Sunny Slope property at that time. Mrs. Melby identified the storage of documents within the barn. After an initial inspection of the material, arrangements to transfer the material to Special Collections for cleaning, rehousing, and processing were made."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Wampler Business Records, 1916-1972, SC 0202, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Wampler Business Records, 1916-1972, SC 0202, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003e This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5024\u003c/emph\u003e. During this time the collection was minimally reprocessed meaning that it was physically rehoused to eliminate the previous arrangement of housing according to series and the description was updated and enhanced where necessary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018.   This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5024 . During this time the collection was minimally reprocessed meaning that it was physically rehoused to eliminate the previous arrangement of housing according to series and the description was updated and enhanced where necessary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eElizabeth \"Libby\" Custer Papers, ca.1930s-1997, SC 0077, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWampler Family Papers, 1798-1962, SC 0150, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWLR Foods records, 1984-2002, SC 0112, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Elizabeth \"Libby\" Custer Papers, ca.1930s-1997, SC 0077, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","Wampler Family Papers, 1798-1962, SC 0150, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA","WLR Foods records, 1984-2002, SC 0112, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Wampler Family Business Records, 1916-1972, consists of 11 cubic feet and 31 boxes of material documenting Wampler Foods Incorporated. The collection is primarily comprised of personal and business correspondence of Charles Wampler Sr. The collection includes bound ledgers, financial documents, print material, reports, memoranda, and pictures. The collection is arranged topically into eleven series. Series include Administrative Files, Correspondence, Date Books, Farm Ledgers, Financial Papers, Philanthropy and Professional Organizations, Photographs, Press and Advertising Files, Print and Ephemera, Reports and Studies, and Business and Organization lists.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Administrative Files, 1937-1972, includes a diverse assortment of administrative documents representing the business' large-scale farming operations. Insurance information and documents represent a large portion of the series regarding farm capital and employees. Another large section of the series is \"testing documentation\" for the various animals owned and bred by the Wamplers including chickens, turkey, cows, and sheep. Nearly all of these animals required regular government-regulated testing, and the corresponding findings and results are within this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOccidental Life Insurance Company of California- Statement of Claim, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, Rockingham Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, West Rockingham Mutual Fire Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecord of Eggs and Poults, Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Marketing Service, Virginia Valley Processors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApplication for Registration of Cheviot Sheep.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSoil Record Sheets, Virginia Department of Agriculture- Lime Letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Markets, Agreement between Wampler Feed \u0026amp; Seed Company and Walker May.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventory Pine Ridge, Sunny Slope, Blosser, Ralston, and Glendale farms for 1964, Sheep records from 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeef Cattle Record of Performance for 1953, Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Summary of Va. BCIA Performance Testing Program for 1955, Virginia State Department of Agriculture- Division of Markets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia BCIA Calf Data Sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement with Garber Church of the Brethren, Deed of Trust, Oil and Gas Lease.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of War Necessity, Official Health Certificate from the Division of Livestock Industry, Turkey Breeding Flock Certificate, American Beef Cattle Performance Registry Association Membership Certificate, Certificate of Record of Official Calfhood Vaccination, American Angus Association- Classification Certificate, Certificate of Entry for Performance Registry International.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Daily Record Form for the Division of Motor Transport, Report of PPLO Tube Agglutination Test.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlock Inspection and Check-Testing Report-United States Department of Agriculture, Report of Official Vaccination for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Laboratory Report of Agglutination Blood Test for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaboratory Report-Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Brucellosis Calfhood Vaccination Record, Tuberculosis Test Record.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company-Statement of Claim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Plan for Low Cost Life Insurance for Officers and Employees of Wampler Feed \u0026amp; Seed Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Correspondence, 1918-1971, consists of letters ranging in date from 1918 to 1972. Early correspondence to and from Charles Wampler Sr. in regard to his turkey business and his position as county farm agent may be found here. Through the 1940s, the letters concern both agricultural and World War II topics as the Wampler businesses supported the American war effort through food production. Intermixed throughout this range are letters regarding both the financial and agricultural support Charles Wampler Jr. provided to colleges and universities through his service on their Boards of Visitors. Letters written during his terms as a state representative can be found in the 1950s and 1960s with some addressed to Virginia governors and politician Harry F. Byrd. Wampler's letters to congressmen and state representatives regarding local and national issues document his own political persuasions on sundry topics including gambling, the United Nations, and presidential candidates. The Wamplers' philanthropic pursuits and financial donations to various non-profits (Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care, etc.) are also documented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia- Dairy and Food Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia- Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorfolk and Western Railway Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter S. Newman- Supervisor of Agricultural Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoultry and Egg National Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Aubrey Weaver, L.M. Walker Jr. - Commissioner of Agriculture Richmond, Virginia, War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, Truck and Bus Inventory for National Defense.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWar Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, National Poultry Defense Committee, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman A. Willis Robertson, Governor Colgate Darden Jr., Selective Service Board, Thomas P. Thompson- State Chairman of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, John L. Stewart- Acting Chief of the Division of Foreign Agricultural Research for the United States Department of Agriculture, B.C. Moomaw Jr.- Deputy Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.F. Nelson- Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Clarence Cannon- House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.B.L. Arner- Chief of the Foreign Agricultural Research Division for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Administration, A.M. Alexander- Deputy Administrator of the War Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, A.D. Oderkirk- Acting Head for the Poultry and Egg Section of the Food Price Division for the Office of Price Administration, Congressman John W. Flannagan Jr., Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMadison College, The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Treasury Department War Savings Staff, Congress of the United States House of Representatives, United States Department of Agriculture Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture USDA War Board, United States Senate Committee on Rules, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, The National Turkey Federation, National Poultry Defense Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration Bureau of Animal Industry, American Red Cross, The Virginia State Poultry Federation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham War Savings Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmergency Committee for Food Production, Office of Price Administration, Treasury Department-War Savings Staff, United States Department of Agriculture Food Distribution Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTreasury Department-Internal Revenue Service, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTreasury Department-Defense Savings Staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Members of the Appeal Board of Selective Service, Governor William M. Tuck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElena Becker- Consultant in Home Economics  for the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. Moone- United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, H.L. Shrader- Senior Extension Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service, Congressman A. Willis. Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia- Department of Finance Division of Motor Vehicles, D.K. Christenberry Jr.- Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia, E.J. Milligan- Selective Service System.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.K. Christenberry Jr. - Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.M. Walker Jr. – Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Selective Service Board, National Poultry Defense Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman A. Willis Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Colgate W. Darden Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCity Planning Commission for the City of Harrisonburg, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Senator J.A. Garber.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHollis Shomo- Supervisor of Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.C. Givens- State Veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor William M. Tuck, Major Charles S. Roller Jr., the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator A. Willis Robertson, T.C. Byerly- Senior Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, Colonel James P. Woods, Governor William M. Tuck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB.B. Tucker- State Director of the Production and Marketing Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence T. Berry- Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain J.E. Schuyler, Governor William M. Tuck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E. Moskey- Chief of the Veterinary Medical Section for the Food and Drug Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy W. Lennartson- Associate Director of the Poultry Branch for the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaymond V. Long- Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Raymond Guest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, United World Federalists of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCitizens Committee for United Nations Reform.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia-Virginia State Planning Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoard of Trustees Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Rockingham Library Association, United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Cuba.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Department of Agriculture, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator John S. Battle, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Congress of the United States House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison, Department of Agriculture, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongress of the United States House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator A. Willis Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Lawrence Berry Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDepartment of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry, Governor John S. Battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.M. Walker Jr. Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Raymond A. Guest, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture, R.M. Loughborough- Executive Secretary for the County of Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Graham-Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor John S. Battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorman S. Elliott- Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison, Carolyne Brookes- Virginia State Poultry Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Governor John S. Battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSelective Service Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley J. Marsden- United States Department of Agriculture; Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.; autobiographical essay to Fred Lang of The Poultryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.G. Sutton- Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Markets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Raymond R. Guest, V.S. Shaffer- Virginia House of Delegates, Senator Curry Carter, Governor John S. Battle, James O. Stickley- Virginia House of Delegates, Landon  R. Wyatt- Virginia House of Delegates, E. Blackburn Moore- Virginia House of Delegates, D. French Slaughter- Virginia House of Delegates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Willis A. Robertson, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.D. Termohlen- Director of the Poultry Branch for the Department of Agriculture, Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstitutions and By-Laws from the Virginia State Poultry Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles F. Brannan- Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDepartment of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.R. Smith- Department of Highways Landscape Superintendent, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas B. Stanley- Candidate for Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongress of the United States House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Robert W. Burgess- Director Bureau of Census.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresident Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.D. Termohlen- Director of Production and Administration for the Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Senator A. Willis Robertson, Congressman William M. Tuck, Congressman Richard H. Poff, Congressman J.T. Broyhill, Congressman William C. Wampler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator A. Willis Robertson, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Lewis L. Strauss- United States Atomic Energy Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Thomas B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Thomas B. Stanley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Maclin Smith- Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Dean- State Forester for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Development.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland Gray- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDan Stickley- President of the Rockingham Development Corporation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.D. Termohlen- The Foreign Service of the United States of America, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Atomic Energy Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry and Foods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, W.L. Bendix- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Animal and Dairy Industries, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney C. Berry- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry and Foods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.M. Carman- Research Officer for the Department of Agriculture. Review of Rockingham County Fair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Floyd Stevens, Hollis Shomo- Supervisor to the Poultry \u0026amp; Egg Section of the Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Thos B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Ted Dalton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence T. Berry- Secretary for the Board of Agriculture and Immigration of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia State Dairymen's Association, C.E. Bass- County Supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.S. Campbell- Department of Conservation for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.V. Coville- Assistant Director for the Division of Markets of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Lindsey J. Almond, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Don H. Spencer- County Supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGordon Tucker- Supervisor of the Poultry \u0026amp; Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaymond D. Schar- Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Chumney- Secretary for the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia, J.H. Meek- Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, W.R. Crabill- State Board of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation, Bill King- Virginia Angus Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Ralston- President of the Rockingham Farm Bureau.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator George S. Aldhizer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor J. Lindsey Almond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongress of the United States- House of Representatives, H.A. Waters- Acting Chief Officer for the Animal Inspection and Quarantine Division of the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew W. Cordier- Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture- Animal Husbandry Research Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.D. Lawrence- President for the Virginia Highway Users Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Charles R. Fenwick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGordon Tucker- Supervisor for the Poultry and Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Charles R. Fenwick, Homer Quann- Candidate for the President of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.M. Long Jr.- Chief Taxpayer Information Section for the U.S. Treasury Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelta Airlines, Pan American World Airways.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Charles F. Fenwick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Airlines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Beef Cattle Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Washington Post, Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, American Airlines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWashington National Airport, Dr. T.P. Koudelka- Division of Animal and Dairy Industry for the Commonwealth of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia. State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Selective Service Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Post Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShenandoah Life Insurance Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen McDonogh- Agricultural Counselor for the Embassy of Ireland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General R.L. Dulaney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.H. Averill- General Sales Manager of the Chevrolet Motor Division, Elmer Kaylor- Rockingham Farm Bureau.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator A. Willis Robertson; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Congressman John O. Marsh Jr. regarding Wampler's support of the Lyndon Johnson/Hubert Humphrey presidential ticket, includes mentions of Civil Rights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.A. Youssef- Ambassador for the United Arab Republic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Ross Eckler- Acting Director for the Bureau of the Census for the U.S. Department of Commerce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOctober 11, 1971 letter to Dr. G. Wayne Glick, President of Keuka College in response to a recent article in the Messenger. Wampler comments on the current political situation, the Vietnam War, and activism by the younger generation. Of particular interest are Wampler's racist comments concerning African Americans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Senate, and the American Biographical Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to the Selective Service Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration: Division of Animal Industry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Date Books, 1939-1965, consist of date books signed by Charles W. Wampler Jr. which include personal appointments, business schedules, and notes on farm production.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvides a list of dates, purchase and costs primarily made during 1939 with a few from 1940. Purchases include \"Hatching Bill,\" \"Eggs Booked,\" \"Eggs Bought,\" \"National Turkey Federation Contributions\" and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of this ledger appear to be sales records from 1949 with a few in 1950.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr. Included in the date book is a promotional 1949 calendar from Woodward and Lothrop, Washington D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe user of these diaries was Charles Wampler Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnimals are broken down by the owning farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Farm Ledgers, 1932-1951, contains information on the day-to-day operations of the Wampler properties. Some ledgers specify: Ralston Farm, Dry River, Sunny Slope Farm, Glendale Farm, and Blossom Farm. Other ledgers do not specify property names but do contain information such as expenses, account information, flock details, and livestock weights. Items are arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information such as expenses, cost of turkeys and poults, turkey feed, and the amount for certain goods such as corn meal, ground oats, milk, salt, wheat, and barley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists the names of the individuals who purchased the turkeys, where they are from, whether purchased hens or toms, how they paid, and how much they spent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information such as Grain, Oil Mill, Dairy, Cotton Oil, and Feed Service Companies, amounts of turkeys sold and their prices, eggs sold, and the profits and losses from his sales to certain individuals listed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding the necessary equipment needed to build the hatchery such as stone, cement, sand, lumber, tile, nails, paint, screws, nails, plaster, as well as the amounts of these goods purchased and their prices, the names of the individuals who provided Wampler with labor and what they were paid, as well as information regarding day to day operations regarding sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and the names of people with whom Wampler did business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory at Sunny Slope Farm, as well as the types of poults and eggs purchased, total amounts, dates, and costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding the amount of eggs being laid at each of the Wamplers' farms, total income from those eggs, and expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, regular expenses, special expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, loans, gravel expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery expenses, membership and dues for organizations, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs and poults, rent, dues, expenses, insurance, traveling expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, dividends, personal loans, travel expenses, taxes, and the income and expenses of the Trap Nest House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, and information pertaining to the Wamplers' Dayton property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, Sunny Slope Hatchery, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, and a Willow Lane Farm is briefly mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, the Trap Nest House, Dayton Property, and the Sunny Slope Hatchery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, sales, statements, turkey and hen accounts, and the Dayton property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding hens and toms, amount of eggs laid, hatched, raised, found dead, missing, what pen they belong to, and the number of culls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Financial Files, 1941-1971, houses all loose financial documents relating to the Wampler businesses. The majority of the series consists of receipts from shipping, Wampler Feed \u0026amp; Seed, Sunny Slope Farm, travel expenses, and general purchases while the second part of the series contains miscellaneous bank statements, account information, tax documents for state and federal income, business taxes, and some Wampler family business documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia: Agency Purchase Order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia: Travel Expense Reimbursement Voucher, United States Department of Agriculture: Administrative Audit Difference Statement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmployer Member Unit Life Rate Calculation Sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Airlines Airway Bill, United Airlines Air Freight Loss or Damage Claim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance Statements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetermined Expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurebred Breeding Contract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6: Philanthropic and Professional Organizations, 1939-1971, consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, summaries, and administrative information for various organizations with which Charles Wampler Sr. and Jr. were involved. The series documents local and national organizations, of which agricultural organizations figure prominently. See also materials in Series 10: Reports and Studies for philanthropic reports relating to the Bridgewater College Board of Trustees, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and Children's Home Society of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBridgewater College Board of Trustees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase Work Report, Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, By-Laws of Children's Home Society of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerms and Conditions on Dwarfism, Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, Report of Operations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership Report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership-Finance Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Department of Agriculture's Contribution to the War Effort, Newcastle Disease in Poultry, Proposed Regional Diagnostic Laboratories, Japanese Beetle Quarantine, State Lime Grinding Plants, Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfidential Reports of Visits to Corporations, Minutes of Regular Annual Meetings, Financial Statements, and Operating Accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of Poultry Federation Directors Meetings, Producer Membership Report, Turkey Membership Report, and Plans and Objectives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNames and Addresses, Minutes of Board Meetings, Executive Committee, and Financial Reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinance Committee, Membership Summaries, Membership Committee, VPI Committee, Taxation Committee, Advertising Committee, Grading and Inspection Committee, and Legislative Action Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConvention Committee, Insurance Committee, Other Committees, and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership Summary, Producer Membership Plan, Financial Condition, Income and Expenses, Preliminary Reports, Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, and Convention Committee Report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the Meeting of the Merchandising Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of Charlottesville Conference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the Board of Directors Meeting of Wampler Feed and Seed Company, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposals made by the By-Laws Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7: Photographs, 1939-1971, contains livestock pictures from the Wampler Farms and from farmers across the country with letters attached regarding breeding opportunities and purchase requests. Several personal photographs of the Wampler children are included here.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by a note that reads: \"\"My Son in Law Elmer Larson and grand Daughter Pamela.\" This note likely refers to photographs 02.01-02.04. The photograph also is labeled February 1955 on the side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photograph is labeled February 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photograph is labeled March 1955 on the side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photograph is labeled June 1955 on the side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on back reads:  \"Yearling stud ram at Normandin– N.C. Cheviot.  Beautiful to behold, and a show winner- but no good at all as a breeder. Both he and his lambs have now been culled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back refers to North Country Cheviot ewes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back refers to North Country ram lambs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Ch. Cheviot Ewe. Slack Brothers Quebec 1949.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Champion Shropshire Ewe, Slack Brothers, Quebec 1949.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptioned: \"11 Mo old Ewe Lambs 'Montadale'.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"4 year old ram on left, 2 ram lambs, HS. Dean flock of 48.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"2-2 yr old ewes, 2-2yr. old ewes, 2- ewe lambs, H.S. Dean flock of 48.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Cheviot and Leicester yearlings.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Leicester and Cheviot yearlings.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Yearling Ewes, Rifle Ranges, Ottawa Photo: Oct. 17th, 1947. Left to right: Cheviot x Leicester, Leicester x Oxford, Leicester x Shropshire, Oxford x Shropshire, Leicester x Cheviot.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by a note that reads: \"My flock of 170 Ewes.\" Note also refers to photograph 03.16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Born April 29 - 67, Triplets - 1 day old., Weight 2 averaged 40 # each, 1 averaged 50 #, Dam is five years old., Mr. Wampler: I named them Teeny, Tiny and Tot. (Ethel)\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"20-708-   Age 9 yrs. Wt. 1900 Sire of dam. Purchased from Mr. Charlie Wampler.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"age- 3 yrs, wt. 1600 Sire of the Triplets purchased from C.A Miller, Keyser, W.VA.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12 \" #3197940 04/29/62.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026amp; Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026amp; Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Gitchell's Studio \u0026amp; Camera Shop Harrisonburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"J.F. ABERNATHY LIVESTOCK PHOTO CO Union Stock Yards  Chicago IL.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lord Leslie Defender 154191. Sweet Air Farm, Leslie, Md. He is a little over a year old, rich crimson in color and as kind and gentle as a kitten. He produces big strong litters. One young sows farrowing 8 and 9 pigs in their first litters. Note the big bones, smooth lines, rigor and fine conformations which are strong characteristics in all his pigs. \"Defender - bred Durocs have won more prizes than the [illegible] of any other boar.\" \"No boar living or dead has equaled the show record of Defender\" the great grand sow of our Lord Leslie Defender. Defender was twice International Grand Champion.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lady Leslie Defender. Reg. #356218. [illegible] Farm. In her first and only litter so far, she farrowed eight strong pigs. She will farrow this spring.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Just an unusual picture taken last year. These 2 Bronze toms were always at it!\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"o me this is a 'prize' picture! These hens about 1 ½ years old.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"'Birds eye' of breeder pen. Pen Room, in rear, is pen where we first put turkeys after taking from wire floor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Pen 40' x 20'. Roost space for 75 birds. Only have 48 in here now. We close them up every nite- good range all day of course.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Our largest bronze last year- sold at x mas. 39 1/2 #.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"7 breeder pens.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Notice the 'Sport'- White + Bronze mixed. Was a beautiful bird. Even prettier than the new breed of Royal Palm. He weighed only 41 # when killed last x mas. Those are strange trees - can see the fruit.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"He weighed 33 #. They served 57 meals, having some meat left over for sandwiches and salads!\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Have their field planted to peanuts this year. These are last year bronze hens, which kept for Breeders.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"These are white breeders in front of breeding pens.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumerous cars parked near the main barn. Photograph also features a circus tent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 8: Press and Advertising Files, 1920-1963, consist of marketing materials for the Wampler businesses that includes poultry advertisements and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes speeches, articles, and press releases authored by or about Charles Wampler Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" \"What's Ahead in Turkey Profits,\" \"Virginia Tech Best Serves Virginians.\" Wampler and the National Defense Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Growth of the Turkey Industry,\" \"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" and \"Eating Chicken Does Not Cause Cancer- An Answer to the Police Gazette.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography of Charles W. Wampler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs, sketching of ad designs with desired sizes, titles, font, and other information pertaining to Wampler and the animals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePress releases regarding the death of Zola Estelle Wampler, cattle improvement performance programs from Performance Registry International, a recipe packet developed by the Virginia Poultry Products Commission, and borax in fertilizers from the US Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddress by A.G. Black, Governor of the Farm Credit Administration before conference of agricultural credit agencies and farm organizations, Radio speech given by Adrin Sonn- \"Defense Stamps and Bonds,\" Radio Speech pertaining to Religious Education, \"An Interpretation of our Foreign Policy\"- Speech before Virginia Institute of Rural Affairs by J.T. Sanders, Legislative Counsel, and part of a talk prepared for the Wampler reunion at Galax, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 9: Print and Ephemera, 1916-1971, includes agricultural publications such as \"Turkey World.\" This series also includes biographical information on Charles Wampler Jr. from magazines, newspapers, and farm sale catalogs of auctions held on his properties. A number of printed brochures from various manufacturers and charitable organizations also reside this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Man with Vision.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstitution and By-Laws of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, General and Special Rules: Performance Registry International, Constitution and By-Laws: Performance Registry International, and Charter and By-Laws: American Angus Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Refugee Organization, National Conference for the Prevention of World War III, \"The Federal Fiscal Situation\" speech of Honorable Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia in the Senate of the United States, \"100 Things You Should Know About Communism.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlets explaining the importance of War Bonds and their benefits, \"The Solution of Some Governmental Problems,\" \"Nine Men Against America: The Story of the Supreme Court and your Liberties,\" and Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Why Should I be a Member of the Virginia Conference of Social Work?,\" The Children's Home Society of Virginia, The Virginia Children's Home Finder, and Child Welfare League of America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.C. Birdsall Breeder of Duroc-Jersey and Hampshire Swine Cheviot Sheep, and List of Active Cheviot Breeders in the United States 1957 and 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoultry and Egg National Board Reporter, National Turkey Federation Progress, and Northeastern Poultryman, Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Membership.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe National Turkey Improvement Plan, Turkey World catalog, Poultry and Egg Judging, and United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural: Research Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLivestock sale catalogs, Sunny Slope Farm: Home of Wampler's Turkeys, Wampler's Cheviot Ram Sale, and Wampler's Type and Vigor Strain: Black and Bronze Turkey Poults.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLivestock sale catalogs, Wampler's Angus Cattle and Cheviot Sheep, Records of Performance Bulls, and Wampler's Cheviot Sheep Sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffice of Price Administration, Community Leaders of America, and The Chemurgic Digest: National Farm Chemurgic Council.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Feed and Nutrition Conference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Agricultural Seed Law: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Tolerance Rules for Use in Tagging Crop Seeds: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A Graphic Summary of Farm Labor and Population: United States Department of Agriculture, The Annual Address of the President of the American Farm Bureau Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarrisonburg/Rockingham Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Processing Equipment News, Department of Agriculture Immigration, A Forward Look at Feed Industry Problems: Virginia Feed-Nutrition Conference, and Virginia Bankers Farm Credit Conference, National Farm Chemurgic Council, and Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Agricultural Seed Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 10: Reports and Studies, 1927-1969, holds typed or printed reports. Agricultural materials from the U.S. Farm Bureau, National Turkey Federation, the U.S.D.A., and the Virginia and Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture which include livestock disease reports, castor bean testing data, poultry stock reports, and inspection and market information. In addition, legislation related to agricultural issues is also represented. Other materials include reports regarding educational and charitable organizations in which Charles Wampler Sr. had a philanthropic interest (such as Bridgewater College, Virginia Tech, and Children's Home Society of Virginia); 1954 legislative Actions; War savings and Fund Campaigns; Senatorial Remarks; House of Representative Committee rules; and Virginia State Legislation and sub-committee reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApplication for Membership in Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, Summary of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association Performance Testing of Aberdeen-Angus Herds, and Summary of Graded Bull Sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Markets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics, State Department of Agriculture Division of Markets, Annual Report of Market Expansion by the Virginia Department of Agriculture, Classification of Hatcheries Participating in the Virginia and National Poultry Improvement Plan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia State USO War Fund Campaign, Legislative Action Program of Virginia Farmers Union, Memorandum on Food and Milk Law Enforcement in Virginia, Rockingham County Economic Data.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of the Sub-Committee on the Development of Agricultural Industries and the Improvement of Agricultural and Industrial Relations, Remarks of Senator A. Willis Robertson prepared for delivery on the floor of the Senate in advocacy of the Reciprocal Trade Bill, Virginia War Savings Staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatistical Reports on Enrollment, Enrollment by Classes, Distribution of Students by States, Distribution of Students by Religious Denominations, Distribution of Brethren Students by Church Districts, Proposal for a Ten-Year Development Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChildren's Home Society of Virginia Annual Reports, Cumulative Case Work Report, Sponsors, Officers and Directors, Monthly Reports of Income and Expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute: Report of the Treasurer to the Honorable Board of Visitors, and Statements as to the Work and Program of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport to the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors or Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Monthly Herd Reports, and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Growing of Castor Beans Report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Commonwealth of Virginia with a report and examination of Charles Wampler Sr. timber.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Potential Development of the Steel-Making Industry in Virginia,\" and \"A Report on Virginia's Economy: The State's Fiscal System and the Impact of its Taxes on Industrial Development.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Poultry Equipment Essential in Food-for-Defense: A Report on the Poultry Industry and the Needs of Poultry Equipment Manufacturers.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstimated Number of Turkey's in the United States by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Map of the Twenty Leading Turkey Producing States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoultry Statistics for Virginia, Report of the Beef Production Project.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport pertaining to Quackgrass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposed Regulations for Farm Bulk Milk Holding and/or Cooling Tanks, A Brief Outline of a Plan for Improvement in Handling Foods and Farm Products from Producers to Consumers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 11: Business and Organization lists, 1941-1967, comprises assorted lists concerning livestock and related sales, farming and agricultural pursuits, and professional and philanthropic organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost Offices Selling War Bonds and Issuing Agents for Rockingham County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership dues received from Virginia for the Virginia State Poultry Federation, The National Turkey Federation Memberships, and Individual Registrations for The National Turkey Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembers by County for the Beef Cattle Improvement Association, and a Membership Summary for the Virginia State Poultry Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Farmers Clubs of Rockingham County and their Managers, National Farm Products 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The collection is primarily comprised of personal and business correspondence of Charles Wampler Sr. The collection includes bound ledgers, financial documents, print material, reports, memoranda, and pictures. The collection is arranged topically into eleven series. Series include Administrative Files, Correspondence, Date Books, Farm Ledgers, Financial Papers, Philanthropy and Professional Organizations, Photographs, Press and Advertising Files, Print and Ephemera, Reports and Studies, and Business and Organization lists.","Series 1: Administrative Files, 1937-1972, includes a diverse assortment of administrative documents representing the business' large-scale farming operations. Insurance information and documents represent a large portion of the series regarding farm capital and employees. Another large section of the series is \"testing documentation\" for the various animals owned and bred by the Wamplers including chickens, turkey, cows, and sheep. Nearly all of these animals required regular government-regulated testing, and the corresponding findings and results are within this series.","Occidental Life Insurance Company of California- Statement of Claim, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, Rockingham Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.","Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, West Rockingham Mutual Fire Co.","Record of Eggs and Poults, Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Marketing Service, Virginia Valley Processors.","Application for Registration of Cheviot Sheep.","Soil Record Sheets, Virginia Department of Agriculture- Lime Letter.","United States Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Markets, Agreement between Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed Company and Walker May.","Inventory Pine Ridge, Sunny Slope, Blosser, Ralston, and Glendale farms for 1964, Sheep records from 1965.","Beef Cattle Record of Performance for 1953, Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Summary of Va. BCIA Performance Testing Program for 1955, Virginia State Department of Agriculture- Division of Markets.","Virginia BCIA Calf Data Sheet.","Agreement with Garber Church of the Brethren, Deed of Trust, Oil and Gas Lease.","Certificate of War Necessity, Official Health Certificate from the Division of Livestock Industry, Turkey Breeding Flock Certificate, American Beef Cattle Performance Registry Association Membership Certificate, Certificate of Record of Official Calfhood Vaccination, American Angus Association- Classification Certificate, Certificate of Entry for Performance Registry International.","Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Daily Record Form for the Division of Motor Transport, Report of PPLO Tube Agglutination Test.","Flock Inspection and Check-Testing Report-United States Department of Agriculture, Report of Official Vaccination for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Laboratory Report of Agglutination Blood Test for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture.","Laboratory Report-Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Brucellosis Calfhood Vaccination Record, Tuberculosis Test Record.","Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company-Statement of Claim.","A Plan for Low Cost Life Insurance for Officers and Employees of Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-1971, consists of letters ranging in date from 1918 to 1972. Early correspondence to and from Charles Wampler Sr. in regard to his turkey business and his position as county farm agent may be found here. Through the 1940s, the letters concern both agricultural and World War II topics as the Wampler businesses supported the American war effort through food production. Intermixed throughout this range are letters regarding both the financial and agricultural support Charles Wampler Jr. provided to colleges and universities through his service on their Boards of Visitors. Letters written during his terms as a state representative can be found in the 1950s and 1960s with some addressed to Virginia governors and politician Harry F. Byrd. Wampler's letters to congressmen and state representatives regarding local and national issues document his own political persuasions on sundry topics including gambling, the United Nations, and presidential candidates. The Wamplers' philanthropic pursuits and financial donations to various non-profits (Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care, etc.) are also documented.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Dairy and Food Division.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Norfolk and Western Railway Co.","Walter S. Newman- Supervisor of Agricultural Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Poultry and Egg National Board.","Senator Aubrey Weaver, L.M. Walker Jr. - Commissioner of Agriculture Richmond, Virginia, War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, Truck and Bus Inventory for National Defense.","War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, National Poultry Defense Committee, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson.","Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Governor Colgate Darden Jr., Selective Service Board, Thomas P. Thompson- State Chairman of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, John L. Stewart- Acting Chief of the Division of Foreign Agricultural Research for the United States Department of Agriculture, B.C. Moomaw Jr.- Deputy Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Staff.","R.F. Nelson- Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Clarence Cannon- House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.B.L. Arner- Chief of the Foreign Agricultural Research Division for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Administration, A.M. Alexander- Deputy Administrator of the War Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, A.D. Oderkirk- Acting Head for the Poultry and Egg Section of the Food Price Division for the Office of Price Administration, Congressman John W. Flannagan Jr., Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Madison College, The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Treasury Department War Savings Staff, Congress of the United States House of Representatives, United States Department of Agriculture Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture USDA War Board, United States Senate Committee on Rules, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, The National Turkey Federation, National Poultry Defense Committee.","United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration Bureau of Animal Industry, American Red Cross, The Virginia State Poultry Federation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham War Savings Committee.","Emergency Committee for Food Production, Office of Price Administration, Treasury Department-War Savings Staff, United States Department of Agriculture Food Distribution Administration.","Treasury Department-Internal Revenue Service, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Treasury Department-Defense Savings Staff.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Members of the Appeal Board of Selective Service, Governor William M. Tuck.","Elena Becker- Consultant in Home Economics  for the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.","Frank E. Moone- United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, H.L. Shrader- Senior Extension Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service, Congressman A. Willis. Robertson.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Department of Finance Division of Motor Vehicles, D.K. Christenberry Jr.- Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia, E.J. Milligan- Selective Service System.","D.K. Christenberry Jr. - Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","L.M. Walker Jr. – Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Selective Service Board, National Poultry Defense Committee.","Congressman A. Willis Robertson.","Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","City Planning Commission for the City of Harrisonburg, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Senator J.A. Garber.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Hollis Shomo- Supervisor of Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","H.C. Givens- State Veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles.","Governor William M. Tuck, Major Charles S. Roller Jr., the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.","Senator A. Willis Robertson, T.C. Byerly- Senior Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, Colonel James P. Woods, Governor William M. Tuck.","B.B. Tucker- State Director of the Production and Marketing Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Lawrence T. Berry- Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Captain J.E. Schuyler, Governor William M. Tuck.","H.E. Moskey- Chief of the Veterinary Medical Section for the Food and Drug Administration.","Roy W. Lennartson- Associate Director of the Poultry Branch for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Raymond V. Long- Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Raymond Guest.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, United World Federalists of Virginia.","Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.","Commonwealth of Virginia Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy.","Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia State Planning Board.","Board of Trustees Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Rockingham Library Association, United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Cuba.","Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Department of Agriculture, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture.","Senator John S. Battle, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Congress of the United States House of Representatives.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Department of Agriculture, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Congress of the United States House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator A. Willis Robertson.","Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Lawrence Berry Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture.","Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry, Governor John S. Battle.","L.M. Walker Jr. Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.","Senator Raymond A. Guest, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture, R.M. Loughborough- Executive Secretary for the County of Fairfax.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","J.W. Graham-Department of Agriculture.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor John S. Battle.","Norman S. Elliott- Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission.","Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Carolyne Brookes- Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Governor John S. Battle.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Selective Service Board.","Stanley J. Marsden- United States Department of Agriculture; Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.; autobiographical essay to Fred Lang of The Poultryman.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","S.G. Sutton- Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Markets.","Senator Raymond R. Guest, V.S. Shaffer- Virginia House of Delegates, Senator Curry Carter, Governor John S. Battle, James O. Stickley- Virginia House of Delegates, Landon  R. Wyatt- Virginia House of Delegates, E. Blackburn Moore- Virginia House of Delegates, D. French Slaughter- Virginia House of Delegates.","Senator Willis A. Robertson, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.D. Termohlen- Director of the Poultry Branch for the Department of Agriculture, Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.","Constitutions and By-Laws from the Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Garland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Charles F. Brannan- Department of Agriculture.","Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.R. Smith- Department of Highways Landscape Superintendent, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Thomas B. Stanley- Candidate for Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Congress of the United States House of Representatives.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Robert W. Burgess- Director Bureau of Census.","Governor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","W.D. Termohlen- Director of Production and Administration for the Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Senator A. Willis Robertson, Congressman William M. Tuck, Congressman Richard H. Poff, Congressman J.T. Broyhill, Congressman William C. Wampler.","Senator A. Willis Robertson, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Lewis L. Strauss- United States Atomic Energy Commission.","Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Thomas B. Stanley.","R. Maclin Smith- Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates.","George W. Dean- State Forester for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Development.","Garland Gray- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate.","Dan Stickley- President of the Rockingham Development Corporation.","W.D. Termohlen- The Foreign Service of the United States of America, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Thos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Thos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","United States Atomic Energy Commission.","Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry.","Garland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry and Foods.","A. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, W.L. Bendix- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Animal and Dairy Industries, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Rodney C. Berry- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry and Foods.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.M. Carman- Research Officer for the Department of Agriculture. Review of Rockingham County Fair.","Senator Floyd Stevens, Hollis Shomo- Supervisor to the Poultry \u0026 Egg Section of the Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Thos B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Ted Dalton.","Lawrence T. Berry- Secretary for the Board of Agriculture and Immigration of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","The Virginia State Dairymen's Association, C.E. Bass- County Supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","W.S. Campbell- Department of Conservation for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","E.V. Coville- Assistant Director for the Division of Markets of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Lindsey J. Almond, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Don H. Spencer- County Supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Gordon Tucker- Supervisor of the Poultry \u0026 Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Raymond D. Schar- Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Secretary for the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia, J.H. Meek- Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, W.R. Crabill- State Board of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation, Bill King- Virginia Angus Association.","John H. Ralston- President of the Rockingham Farm Bureau.","Senator George S. Aldhizer.","Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association.","Governor J. Lindsey Almond.","Congress of the United States- House of Representatives, H.A. Waters- Acting Chief Officer for the Animal Inspection and Quarantine Division of the United States Department of Agriculture.","Andrew W. Cordier- Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.","United States Department of Agriculture- Animal Husbandry Research Division.","J.D. Lawrence- President for the Virginia Highway Users Association.","Senator Charles R. Fenwick.","Gordon Tucker- Supervisor for the Poultry and Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Charles R. Fenwick, Homer Quann- Candidate for the President of the United States.","S.M. Long Jr.- Chief Taxpayer Information Section for the U.S. Treasury Department.","Delta Airlines, Pan American World Airways.","Senator Charles F. Fenwick.","American Airlines.","Virginia Beef Cattle Association.","The Washington Post, Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, American Airlines.","Washington National Airport, Dr. T.P. Koudelka- Division of Animal and Dairy Industry for the Commonwealth of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia. State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts.","General Dwight D. Eisenhower.","U.S. Selective Service Board.","United States Post Office.","United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.","United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service.","Shenandoah Life Insurance Company.","Stephen McDonogh- Agricultural Counselor for the Embassy of Ireland.","Stanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","Stanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","Brigadier General R.L. Dulaney.","L.H. Averill- General Sales Manager of the Chevrolet Motor Division, Elmer Kaylor- Rockingham Farm Bureau.","Senator A. Willis Robertson; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Congressman John O. Marsh Jr. regarding Wampler's support of the Lyndon Johnson/Hubert Humphrey presidential ticket, includes mentions of Civil Rights.","A.A. Youssef- Ambassador for the United Arab Republic.","A. Ross Eckler- Acting Director for the Bureau of the Census for the U.S. Department of Commerce.","October 11, 1971 letter to Dr. G. Wayne Glick, President of Keuka College in response to a recent article in the Messenger. Wampler comments on the current political situation, the Vietnam War, and activism by the younger generation. Of particular interest are Wampler's racist comments concerning African Americans.","United States Senate, and the American Biographical Institute.","Letter to the Selective Service Board.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration: Division of Animal Industry.","Series 3: Date Books, 1939-1965, consist of date books signed by Charles W. Wampler Jr. which include personal appointments, business schedules, and notes on farm production.","Provides a list of dates, purchase and costs primarily made during 1939 with a few from 1940. Purchases include \"Hatching Bill,\" \"Eggs Booked,\" \"Eggs Bought,\" \"National Turkey Federation Contributions\" and others.","The bulk of this ledger appear to be sales records from 1949 with a few in 1950.","The user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr. Included in the date book is a promotional 1949 calendar from Woodward and Lothrop, Washington D.C.","The user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr.","The user of these diaries was Charles Wampler Jr.","Animals are broken down by the owning farm.","Series 4: Farm Ledgers, 1932-1951, contains information on the day-to-day operations of the Wampler properties. Some ledgers specify: Ralston Farm, Dry River, Sunny Slope Farm, Glendale Farm, and Blossom Farm. Other ledgers do not specify property names but do contain information such as expenses, account information, flock details, and livestock weights. Items are arranged chronologically.","Contains information such as expenses, cost of turkeys and poults, turkey feed, and the amount for certain goods such as corn meal, ground oats, milk, salt, wheat, and barley.","Lists the names of the individuals who purchased the turkeys, where they are from, whether purchased hens or toms, how they paid, and how much they spent.","Contains information such as Grain, Oil Mill, Dairy, Cotton Oil, and Feed Service Companies, amounts of turkeys sold and their prices, eggs sold, and the profits and losses from his sales to certain individuals listed.","Contains information regarding the necessary equipment needed to build the hatchery such as stone, cement, sand, lumber, tile, nails, paint, screws, nails, plaster, as well as the amounts of these goods purchased and their prices, the names of the individuals who provided Wampler with labor and what they were paid, as well as information regarding day to day operations regarding sales.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and the names of people with whom Wampler did business.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory at Sunny Slope Farm, as well as the types of poults and eggs purchased, total amounts, dates, and costs.","Contains information regarding the amount of eggs being laid at each of the Wamplers' farms, total income from those eggs, and expenses.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, regular expenses, special expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, loans, gravel expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery expenses, membership and dues for organizations, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, rent, dues, expenses, insurance, traveling expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, dividends, personal loans, travel expenses, taxes, and the income and expenses of the Trap Nest House.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, and information pertaining to the Wamplers' Dayton property.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, Sunny Slope Hatchery, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, and a Willow Lane Farm is briefly mentioned.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, the Trap Nest House, Dayton Property, and the Sunny Slope Hatchery.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, sales, statements, turkey and hen accounts, and the Dayton property.","Contains information regarding hens and toms, amount of eggs laid, hatched, raised, found dead, missing, what pen they belong to, and the number of culls.","Series 5: Financial Files, 1941-1971, houses all loose financial documents relating to the Wampler businesses. The majority of the series consists of receipts from shipping, Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed, Sunny Slope Farm, travel expenses, and general purchases while the second part of the series contains miscellaneous bank statements, account information, tax documents for state and federal income, business taxes, and some Wampler family business documents.","Commonwealth of Virginia: Agency Purchase Order.","Commonwealth of Virginia: Travel Expense Reimbursement Voucher, United States Department of Agriculture: Administrative Audit Difference Statement.","Employer Member Unit Life Rate Calculation Sheet.","American Airlines Airway Bill, United Airlines Air Freight Loss or Damage Claim.","Quantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.","Quantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.","Balance Statements.","Determined Expenses.","Purebred Breeding Contract.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Series 6: Philanthropic and Professional Organizations, 1939-1971, consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, summaries, and administrative information for various organizations with which Charles Wampler Sr. and Jr. were involved. The series documents local and national organizations, of which agricultural organizations figure prominently. See also materials in Series 10: Reports and Studies for philanthropic reports relating to the Bridgewater College Board of Trustees, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Bridgewater College Board of Trustees.","Case Work Report, Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, By-Laws of Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Terms and Conditions on Dwarfism, Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, Report of Operations.","Membership Report.","Membership-Finance Committee.","The Department of Agriculture's Contribution to the War Effort, Newcastle Disease in Poultry, Proposed Regional Diagnostic Laboratories, Japanese Beetle Quarantine, State Lime Grinding Plants, Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration.","Confidential Reports of Visits to Corporations, Minutes of Regular Annual Meetings, Financial Statements, and Operating Accounts.","Minutes of Poultry Federation Directors Meetings, Producer Membership Report, Turkey Membership Report, and Plans and Objectives.","Names and Addresses, Minutes of Board Meetings, Executive Committee, and Financial Reports.","Finance Committee, Membership Summaries, Membership Committee, VPI Committee, Taxation Committee, Advertising Committee, Grading and Inspection Committee, and Legislative Action Committee.","Convention Committee, Insurance Committee, Other Committees, and Miscellaneous.","Membership Summary, Producer Membership Plan, Financial Condition, Income and Expenses, Preliminary Reports, Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, and Convention Committee Report.","Minutes of the Meeting of the Merchandising Committee.","Minutes of Charlottesville Conference.","Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting of Wampler Feed and Seed Company, Inc.","Proposals made by the By-Laws Committee.","Series 7: Photographs, 1939-1971, contains livestock pictures from the Wampler Farms and from farmers across the country with letters attached regarding breeding opportunities and purchase requests. Several personal photographs of the Wampler children are included here.","Accompanied by a note that reads: \"\"My Son in Law Elmer Larson and grand Daughter Pamela.\" This note likely refers to photographs 02.01-02.04. The photograph also is labeled February 1955 on the side.","The photograph is labeled February 1955.","The photograph is labeled March 1955 on the side.","The photograph is labeled June 1955 on the side.","Caption on back reads:  \"Yearling stud ram at Normandin– N.C. Cheviot.  Beautiful to behold, and a show winner- but no good at all as a breeder. Both he and his lambs have now been culled.","Caption on the back refers to North Country Cheviot ewes.","Caption on the back refers to North Country ram lambs.","Caption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Ch. Cheviot Ewe. Slack Brothers Quebec 1949.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Champion Shropshire Ewe, Slack Brothers, Quebec 1949.\"","Captioned: \"11 Mo old Ewe Lambs 'Montadale'.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"4 year old ram on left, 2 ram lambs, HS. Dean flock of 48.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"2-2 yr old ewes, 2-2yr. old ewes, 2- ewe lambs, H.S. Dean flock of 48.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Cheviot and Leicester yearlings.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Leicester and Cheviot yearlings.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Yearling Ewes, Rifle Ranges, Ottawa Photo: Oct. 17th, 1947. Left to right: Cheviot x Leicester, Leicester x Oxford, Leicester x Shropshire, Oxford x Shropshire, Leicester x Cheviot.\"","Accompanied by a note that reads: \"My flock of 170 Ewes.\" Note also refers to photograph 03.16.","Caption on the back reads: \"Born April 29 - 67, Triplets - 1 day old., Weight 2 averaged 40 # each, 1 averaged 50 #, Dam is five years old., Mr. Wampler: I named them Teeny, Tiny and Tot. (Ethel)\"","Caption on the back reads: \"20-708-   Age 9 yrs. Wt. 1900 Sire of dam. Purchased from Mr. Charlie Wampler.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"age- 3 yrs, wt. 1600 Sire of the Triplets purchased from C.A Miller, Keyser, W.VA.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12 \" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026 Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026 Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Gitchell's Studio \u0026 Camera Shop Harrisonburg, Virginia.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"J.F. ABERNATHY LIVESTOCK PHOTO CO Union Stock Yards  Chicago IL.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lord Leslie Defender 154191. Sweet Air Farm, Leslie, Md. He is a little over a year old, rich crimson in color and as kind and gentle as a kitten. He produces big strong litters. One young sows farrowing 8 and 9 pigs in their first litters. Note the big bones, smooth lines, rigor and fine conformations which are strong characteristics in all his pigs. \"Defender - bred Durocs have won more prizes than the [illegible] of any other boar.\" \"No boar living or dead has equaled the show record of Defender\" the great grand sow of our Lord Leslie Defender. Defender was twice International Grand Champion.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lady Leslie Defender. Reg. #356218. [illegible] Farm. In her first and only litter so far, she farrowed eight strong pigs. She will farrow this spring.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Just an unusual picture taken last year. These 2 Bronze toms were always at it!\"","Caption on the back reads: \"o me this is a 'prize' picture! These hens about 1 ½ years old.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"'Birds eye' of breeder pen. Pen Room, in rear, is pen where we first put turkeys after taking from wire floor.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Pen 40' x 20'. Roost space for 75 birds. Only have 48 in here now. We close them up every nite- good range all day of course.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Our largest bronze last year- sold at x mas. 39 1/2 #.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"7 breeder pens.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Notice the 'Sport'- White + Bronze mixed. Was a beautiful bird. Even prettier than the new breed of Royal Palm. He weighed only 41 # when killed last x mas. Those are strange trees - can see the fruit.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"He weighed 33 #. They served 57 meals, having some meat left over for sandwiches and salads!\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Have their field planted to peanuts this year. These are last year bronze hens, which kept for Breeders.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"These are white breeders in front of breeding pens.\"","Numerous cars parked near the main barn. Photograph also features a circus tent.","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Series 8: Press and Advertising Files, 1920-1963, consist of marketing materials for the Wampler businesses that includes poultry advertisements and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes speeches, articles, and press releases authored by or about Charles Wampler Jr.","\"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" \"What's Ahead in Turkey Profits,\" \"Virginia Tech Best Serves Virginians.\" Wampler and the National Defense Committee.","\"The Growth of the Turkey Industry,\" \"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" and \"Eating Chicken Does Not Cause Cancer- An Answer to the Police Gazette.\"","Biography of Charles W. Wampler.","Newspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs.","Newspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs, sketching of ad designs with desired sizes, titles, font, and other information pertaining to Wampler and the animals.","Press releases regarding the death of Zola Estelle Wampler, cattle improvement performance programs from Performance Registry International, a recipe packet developed by the Virginia Poultry Products Commission, and borax in fertilizers from the US Department of Agriculture.","Address by A.G. Black, Governor of the Farm Credit Administration before conference of agricultural credit agencies and farm organizations, Radio speech given by Adrin Sonn- \"Defense Stamps and Bonds,\" Radio Speech pertaining to Religious Education, \"An Interpretation of our Foreign Policy\"- Speech before Virginia Institute of Rural Affairs by J.T. Sanders, Legislative Counsel, and part of a talk prepared for the Wampler reunion at Galax, Virginia.","Series 9: Print and Ephemera, 1916-1971, includes agricultural publications such as \"Turkey World.\" This series also includes biographical information on Charles Wampler Jr. from magazines, newspapers, and farm sale catalogs of auctions held on his properties. A number of printed brochures from various manufacturers and charitable organizations also reside this series.","\"Man with Vision.\"","Constitution and By-Laws of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, General and Special Rules: Performance Registry International, Constitution and By-Laws: Performance Registry International, and Charter and By-Laws: American Angus Association.","Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Refugee Organization, National Conference for the Prevention of World War III, \"The Federal Fiscal Situation\" speech of Honorable Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia in the Senate of the United States, \"100 Things You Should Know About Communism.\"","Pamphlets explaining the importance of War Bonds and their benefits, \"The Solution of Some Governmental Problems,\" \"Nine Men Against America: The Story of the Supreme Court and your Liberties,\" and Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.","\"Why Should I be a Member of the Virginia Conference of Social Work?,\" The Children's Home Society of Virginia, The Virginia Children's Home Finder, and Child Welfare League of America.","G.C. Birdsall Breeder of Duroc-Jersey and Hampshire Swine Cheviot Sheep, and List of Active Cheviot Breeders in the United States 1957 and 1962.","Poultry and Egg National Board Reporter, National Turkey Federation Progress, and Northeastern Poultryman, Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Membership.","The National Turkey Improvement Plan, Turkey World catalog, Poultry and Egg Judging, and United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural: Research Service.","Livestock sale catalogs, Sunny Slope Farm: Home of Wampler's Turkeys, Wampler's Cheviot Ram Sale, and Wampler's Type and Vigor Strain: Black and Bronze Turkey Poults.","Livestock sale catalogs, Wampler's Angus Cattle and Cheviot Sheep, Records of Performance Bulls, and Wampler's Cheviot Sheep Sale.","Office of Price Administration, Community Leaders of America, and The Chemurgic Digest: National Farm Chemurgic Council.","Virginia Feed and Nutrition Conference.","The Agricultural Seed Law: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Tolerance Rules for Use in Tagging Crop Seeds: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A Graphic Summary of Farm Labor and Population: United States Department of Agriculture, The Annual Address of the President of the American Farm Bureau Federation.","Harrisonburg/Rockingham Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Processing Equipment News, Department of Agriculture Immigration, A Forward Look at Feed Industry Problems: Virginia Feed-Nutrition Conference, and Virginia Bankers Farm Credit Conference, National Farm Chemurgic Council, and Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Agricultural Seed Law.","Series 10: Reports and Studies, 1927-1969, holds typed or printed reports. Agricultural materials from the U.S. Farm Bureau, National Turkey Federation, the U.S.D.A., and the Virginia and Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture which include livestock disease reports, castor bean testing data, poultry stock reports, and inspection and market information. In addition, legislation related to agricultural issues is also represented. Other materials include reports regarding educational and charitable organizations in which Charles Wampler Sr. had a philanthropic interest (such as Bridgewater College, Virginia Tech, and Children's Home Society of Virginia); 1954 legislative Actions; War savings and Fund Campaigns; Senatorial Remarks; House of Representative Committee rules; and Virginia State Legislation and sub-committee reports.","Application for Membership in Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, Summary of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association Performance Testing of Aberdeen-Angus Herds, and Summary of Graded Bull Sales.","Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Markets.","United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics, State Department of Agriculture Division of Markets, Annual Report of Market Expansion by the Virginia Department of Agriculture, Classification of Hatcheries Participating in the Virginia and National Poultry Improvement Plan.","Virginia State USO War Fund Campaign, Legislative Action Program of Virginia Farmers Union, Memorandum on Food and Milk Law Enforcement in Virginia, Rockingham County Economic Data.","Reports of the Sub-Committee on the Development of Agricultural Industries and the Improvement of Agricultural and Industrial Relations, Remarks of Senator A. Willis Robertson prepared for delivery on the floor of the Senate in advocacy of the Reciprocal Trade Bill, Virginia War Savings Staff.","Statistical Reports on Enrollment, Enrollment by Classes, Distribution of Students by States, Distribution of Students by Religious Denominations, Distribution of Brethren Students by Church Districts, Proposal for a Ten-Year Development Program.","Children's Home Society of Virginia Annual Reports, Cumulative Case Work Report, Sponsors, Officers and Directors, Monthly Reports of Income and Expenses.","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute: Report of the Treasurer to the Honorable Board of Visitors, and Statements as to the Work and Program of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.","Report to the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors or Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Monthly Herd Reports, and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Reports.","The Growing of Castor Beans Report.","Letter from the Commonwealth of Virginia with a report and examination of Charles Wampler Sr. timber.","\"The Potential Development of the Steel-Making Industry in Virginia,\" and \"A Report on Virginia's Economy: The State's Fiscal System and the Impact of its Taxes on Industrial Development.\"","\"Poultry Equipment Essential in Food-for-Defense: A Report on the Poultry Industry and the Needs of Poultry Equipment Manufacturers.\"","Estimated Number of Turkey's in the United States by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Map of the Twenty Leading Turkey Producing States.","Poultry Statistics for Virginia, Report of the Beef Production Project.","Report pertaining to Quackgrass.","Proposed Regulations for Farm Bulk Milk Holding and/or Cooling Tanks, A Brief Outline of a Plan for Improvement in Handling Foods and Farm Products from Producers to Consumers.","Series 11: Business and Organization lists, 1941-1967, comprises assorted lists concerning livestock and related sales, farming and agricultural pursuits, and professional and philanthropic organizations.","Post Offices Selling War Bonds and Issuing Agents for Rockingham County.","Membership dues received from Virginia for the Virginia State Poultry Federation, The National Turkey Federation Memberships, and Individual Registrations for The National Turkey Federation.","Members by County for the Beef Cattle Improvement Association, and a Membership Summary for the Virginia State Poultry Federation.","List of Farmers Clubs of Rockingham County and their Managers, National Farm Products Marketing and Merchandising Committee, Committee for the Defense Savings Program for Rockingham County and the City of Harrisonburg, and the American Poultry Historical Society Membership List."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeveral publications relating to local matters were pulled from the collection, cataloged individuallly, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Several publications relating to local matters were pulled from the collection, cataloged individuallly, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have 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 chronologically by topic in the following eleven series:","Administrative Files, 1937-1972 Correspondence, 1918-1971 Date Books, 1939-1965 Farm Ledgers, 1932-1951 Financial Files, 1941-1971 Philanthropic and Professional Organizations, 1939-1971 Photographs, 1939-1971 Press and Advertising Files, 1920-1963 Print and Ephemera, 1916-1971 Reports and Studies, 1927-1969 Business and Organization lists, 1941-1967","Charles W. Wampler Jr., interview by Jessica Silveri, March 15, 2007, transcript, Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project, Harrisonburg, VA. Virginia House of Delegates.","Historical Bio for Charles W. Wampler. Virginia House of Delegates. http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227/024c8d9337c5d82485256d780068407b?OpenDocument\u0026Highlight=0,charles,Wampler (accessed May 04, 2011).","Wampler, Charles W.  My Grandfather, my grandchildren and me; an autobiography . Harrisonburg, VA; Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1968.","The Wampler family emerged upon the American poultry industry in the early twentieth century changing the industry practices and beliefs. As a result of their success, the Wamplers became one of the most influential families in Rockingham County, Virginia and helped the Shenandoah Valley garner the moniker \"Turkey Capital of the Nation.\" ","In 1811, John Wampler and family, members of the Brethren Church, moved from Pennsylvania to the Timberville area of the county during a period when large groups of Brethren were migrating south. During the Civil War, John Wampler III gained notoriety for supposedly thwarting Union General Philip Sheridan's attempt to burn his family's barn. After the war, in 1871, John Wampler III purchased a farm in Dayton that he named Sunny Slope and built a house there.  Under the setting of Sunny Slope, John Wampler III's children and grandchildren made their many significant contributions to agriculture.","Charles W. Wampler Sr., third son of John Wampler III, was born in 1886 and took quickly to the agricultural development of the county. He became a county agricultural agent and was an accomplished livestock farmer raising chickens and cattle. Eventually, he settled into turkey farming and started Rockingham County's first turkey hatchery. It was during this time that he became known as the \"Father of the Modern Turkey Industry\" because of his success in various agricultural experiments that changed the face of modern turkey farming. One of his earliest experiments was using chicken incubators to hatch turkey eggs. Starting with only ninety eggs, Wampler Sr. was able to hatch fifty-two poults. Another Charles Wampler Sr. innovation all but ended the wide spread practice of free-range turkey farming in commercial operations.  Wampler Sr. believed, and was able to show, that free-range turkeys were less cost effective to raise as they expended more energy and required more feed at the expense of the farmer. Wampler practiced \"incubation and confinement\" which soon became the standard among successful poultry growers. ","Charles Wampler Sr. also served as the first Rockingham County Extension Agent and founded the Wampler Feed and Seed Company in 1927 with two of his brothers. The company mixed feed for distribution to livestock and turkeys.  Wampler Feed and Seed was the first in the nation to contract with farms to grow poultry. Wampler also helped found the National Turkey Federation. Among his many philanthropic activities, Charles Wampler Sr. served on the Board of Trustees for Bridgewater College, on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and on the Board of Directors for the Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Charles Wampler Jr. was born at Sunny Slope on November 25, 1915 as one of nine children (six daughters and three sons.) He attended Bridgewater College for two years and Rutgers University for one year. His early indoctrination in the poultry business began at the age of seven when he and a sister, with the aid of their mother, prepared feed for turkeys in the family business. Crushed eggs and oatmeal were the two main components of the feed. In 1936, his career officially began as a \"field man\" for Wampler Feed and Seed - traveling to various growers and inspecting livestock. Eventually, Charles Jr. became the company's general manager when Charles Sr. retired. In 1969, Wampler hatcheries, feed mills, and grower operations joined with Virginia Valley Processing to become Wampler Food Incorporated. Poultry processing, hatcheries, and growers were combined as a single corporation with Charles Wampler Jr. as president. In 1984, Charles Jr. oversaw the merger between Wampler Foods and Longacre Farms out of Franconia, Pennsylvania. By 1986, Wampler-Longacre acquired the Rockingham Poultry Cooperative and formed WLR Foods Incorporated with Charles Jr. as chairman of the board.","In addition to his business career, Charles Wampler Jr. had an equally distinguished career in service. Charles Jr. was a district representative for Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954 until 1965 serving on several committees including Agriculture, Finance, and Labor. In 1957, he co-founded the United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.  From 1971 to 1984, Charles Jr. served as president and chairman of the board for the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. He has also served on James Madison University's Board of Visitors and the Rockingham County School Board. In 1990, he received James Madison University's Common Wealth award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the community. In addition, Charles Wampler Jr. was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Harrisonburg.","The bulk of this collection came from the Wampler family's Sunny Slope Farm Property near Dayton, Virginia. In 2009, James Madison University history professor Daniel Kerr was in communication with Barbara Melby, daughter of Charles W. Wampler Jr., who occupied the Sunny Slope property at that time. Mrs. Melby identified the storage of documents within the barn. After an initial inspection of the material, arrangements to transfer the material to Special Collections for cleaning, rehousing, and processing were made.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018.   This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5024 . During this time the collection was minimally reprocessed meaning that it was physically rehoused to eliminate the previous arrangement of housing according to series and the description was updated and enhanced where necessary.","Elizabeth \"Libby\" Custer Papers, ca.1930s-1997, SC 0077, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","Wampler Family Papers, 1798-1962, SC 0150, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA","WLR Foods records, 1984-2002, SC 0112, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.","The Wampler Family Business Records, 1916-1972, consists of 11 cubic feet and 31 boxes of material documenting Wampler Foods Incorporated. The collection is primarily comprised of personal and business correspondence of Charles Wampler Sr. The collection includes bound ledgers, financial documents, print material, reports, memoranda, and pictures. The collection is arranged topically into eleven series. Series include Administrative Files, Correspondence, Date Books, Farm Ledgers, Financial Papers, Philanthropy and Professional Organizations, Photographs, Press and Advertising Files, Print and Ephemera, Reports and Studies, and Business and Organization lists.","Series 1: Administrative Files, 1937-1972, includes a diverse assortment of administrative documents representing the business' large-scale farming operations. Insurance information and documents represent a large portion of the series regarding farm capital and employees. Another large section of the series is \"testing documentation\" for the various animals owned and bred by the Wamplers including chickens, turkey, cows, and sheep. Nearly all of these animals required regular government-regulated testing, and the corresponding findings and results are within this series.","Occidental Life Insurance Company of California- Statement of Claim, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, Rockingham Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.","Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, West Rockingham Mutual Fire Co.","Record of Eggs and Poults, Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Marketing Service, Virginia Valley Processors.","Application for Registration of Cheviot Sheep.","Soil Record Sheets, Virginia Department of Agriculture- Lime Letter.","United States Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Markets, Agreement between Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed Company and Walker May.","Inventory Pine Ridge, Sunny Slope, Blosser, Ralston, and Glendale farms for 1964, Sheep records from 1965.","Beef Cattle Record of Performance for 1953, Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Summary of Va. BCIA Performance Testing Program for 1955, Virginia State Department of Agriculture- Division of Markets.","Virginia BCIA Calf Data Sheet.","Agreement with Garber Church of the Brethren, Deed of Trust, Oil and Gas Lease.","Certificate of War Necessity, Official Health Certificate from the Division of Livestock Industry, Turkey Breeding Flock Certificate, American Beef Cattle Performance Registry Association Membership Certificate, Certificate of Record of Official Calfhood Vaccination, American Angus Association- Classification Certificate, Certificate of Entry for Performance Registry International.","Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Daily Record Form for the Division of Motor Transport, Report of PPLO Tube Agglutination Test.","Flock Inspection and Check-Testing Report-United States Department of Agriculture, Report of Official Vaccination for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Laboratory Report of Agglutination Blood Test for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture.","Laboratory Report-Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Brucellosis Calfhood Vaccination Record, Tuberculosis Test Record.","Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company-Statement of Claim.","A Plan for Low Cost Life Insurance for Officers and Employees of Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-1971, consists of letters ranging in date from 1918 to 1972. Early correspondence to and from Charles Wampler Sr. in regard to his turkey business and his position as county farm agent may be found here. Through the 1940s, the letters concern both agricultural and World War II topics as the Wampler businesses supported the American war effort through food production. Intermixed throughout this range are letters regarding both the financial and agricultural support Charles Wampler Jr. provided to colleges and universities through his service on their Boards of Visitors. Letters written during his terms as a state representative can be found in the 1950s and 1960s with some addressed to Virginia governors and politician Harry F. Byrd. Wampler's letters to congressmen and state representatives regarding local and national issues document his own political persuasions on sundry topics including gambling, the United Nations, and presidential candidates. The Wamplers' philanthropic pursuits and financial donations to various non-profits (Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care, etc.) are also documented.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Dairy and Food Division.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Norfolk and Western Railway Co.","Walter S. Newman- Supervisor of Agricultural Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Poultry and Egg National Board.","Senator Aubrey Weaver, L.M. Walker Jr. - Commissioner of Agriculture Richmond, Virginia, War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, Truck and Bus Inventory for National Defense.","War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, National Poultry Defense Committee, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson.","Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Governor Colgate Darden Jr., Selective Service Board, Thomas P. Thompson- State Chairman of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, John L. Stewart- Acting Chief of the Division of Foreign Agricultural Research for the United States Department of Agriculture, B.C. Moomaw Jr.- Deputy Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Staff.","R.F. Nelson- Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Clarence Cannon- House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.B.L. Arner- Chief of the Foreign Agricultural Research Division for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Administration, A.M. Alexander- Deputy Administrator of the War Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, A.D. Oderkirk- Acting Head for the Poultry and Egg Section of the Food Price Division for the Office of Price Administration, Congressman John W. Flannagan Jr., Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Madison College, The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Treasury Department War Savings Staff, Congress of the United States House of Representatives, United States Department of Agriculture Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture USDA War Board, United States Senate Committee on Rules, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, The National Turkey Federation, National Poultry Defense Committee.","United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration Bureau of Animal Industry, American Red Cross, The Virginia State Poultry Federation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham War Savings Committee.","Emergency Committee for Food Production, Office of Price Administration, Treasury Department-War Savings Staff, United States Department of Agriculture Food Distribution Administration.","Treasury Department-Internal Revenue Service, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Treasury Department-Defense Savings Staff.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Members of the Appeal Board of Selective Service, Governor William M. Tuck.","Elena Becker- Consultant in Home Economics  for the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.","Frank E. Moone- United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, H.L. Shrader- Senior Extension Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service, Congressman A. Willis. Robertson.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Department of Finance Division of Motor Vehicles, D.K. Christenberry Jr.- Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia, E.J. Milligan- Selective Service System.","D.K. Christenberry Jr. - Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","L.M. Walker Jr. – Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Selective Service Board, National Poultry Defense Committee.","Congressman A. Willis Robertson.","Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","City Planning Commission for the City of Harrisonburg, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Senator J.A. Garber.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Hollis Shomo- Supervisor of Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","H.C. Givens- State Veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles.","Governor William M. Tuck, Major Charles S. Roller Jr., the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.","Senator A. Willis Robertson, T.C. Byerly- Senior Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, Colonel James P. Woods, Governor William M. Tuck.","B.B. Tucker- State Director of the Production and Marketing Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Lawrence T. Berry- Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Captain J.E. Schuyler, Governor William M. Tuck.","H.E. Moskey- Chief of the Veterinary Medical Section for the Food and Drug Administration.","Roy W. Lennartson- Associate Director of the Poultry Branch for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Raymond V. Long- Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Raymond Guest.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, United World Federalists of Virginia.","Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.","Commonwealth of Virginia Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy.","Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia State Planning Board.","Board of Trustees Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Rockingham Library Association, United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Cuba.","Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Department of Agriculture, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture.","Senator John S. Battle, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Congress of the United States House of Representatives.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Department of Agriculture, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Congress of the United States House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator A. Willis Robertson.","Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Lawrence Berry Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture.","Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry, Governor John S. Battle.","L.M. Walker Jr. Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.","Senator Raymond A. Guest, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture, R.M. Loughborough- Executive Secretary for the County of Fairfax.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","J.W. Graham-Department of Agriculture.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor John S. Battle.","Norman S. Elliott- Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission.","Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Carolyne Brookes- Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Governor John S. Battle.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Selective Service Board.","Stanley J. Marsden- United States Department of Agriculture; Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.; autobiographical essay to Fred Lang of The Poultryman.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","S.G. Sutton- Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Markets.","Senator Raymond R. Guest, V.S. Shaffer- Virginia House of Delegates, Senator Curry Carter, Governor John S. Battle, James O. Stickley- Virginia House of Delegates, Landon  R. Wyatt- Virginia House of Delegates, E. Blackburn Moore- Virginia House of Delegates, D. French Slaughter- Virginia House of Delegates.","Senator Willis A. Robertson, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.D. Termohlen- Director of the Poultry Branch for the Department of Agriculture, Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.","Constitutions and By-Laws from the Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Garland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Charles F. Brannan- Department of Agriculture.","Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.R. Smith- Department of Highways Landscape Superintendent, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Thomas B. Stanley- Candidate for Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Congress of the United States House of Representatives.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Robert W. Burgess- Director Bureau of Census.","Governor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","W.D. Termohlen- Director of Production and Administration for the Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Senator A. Willis Robertson, Congressman William M. Tuck, Congressman Richard H. Poff, Congressman J.T. Broyhill, Congressman William C. Wampler.","Senator A. Willis Robertson, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Lewis L. Strauss- United States Atomic Energy Commission.","Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Thomas B. Stanley.","R. Maclin Smith- Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates.","George W. Dean- State Forester for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Development.","Garland Gray- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate.","Dan Stickley- President of the Rockingham Development Corporation.","W.D. Termohlen- The Foreign Service of the United States of America, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Thos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Thos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","United States Atomic Energy Commission.","Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry.","Garland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry and Foods.","A. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, W.L. Bendix- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Animal and Dairy Industries, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Rodney C. Berry- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry and Foods.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.M. Carman- Research Officer for the Department of Agriculture. Review of Rockingham County Fair.","Senator Floyd Stevens, Hollis Shomo- Supervisor to the Poultry \u0026 Egg Section of the Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Thos B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Ted Dalton.","Lawrence T. Berry- Secretary for the Board of Agriculture and Immigration of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","The Virginia State Dairymen's Association, C.E. Bass- County Supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","W.S. Campbell- Department of Conservation for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","E.V. Coville- Assistant Director for the Division of Markets of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Lindsey J. Almond, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Don H. Spencer- County Supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Gordon Tucker- Supervisor of the Poultry \u0026 Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Raymond D. Schar- Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Secretary for the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia, J.H. Meek- Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, W.R. Crabill- State Board of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation, Bill King- Virginia Angus Association.","John H. Ralston- President of the Rockingham Farm Bureau.","Senator George S. Aldhizer.","Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association.","Governor J. Lindsey Almond.","Congress of the United States- House of Representatives, H.A. Waters- Acting Chief Officer for the Animal Inspection and Quarantine Division of the United States Department of Agriculture.","Andrew W. Cordier- Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.","United States Department of Agriculture- Animal Husbandry Research Division.","J.D. Lawrence- President for the Virginia Highway Users Association.","Senator Charles R. Fenwick.","Gordon Tucker- Supervisor for the Poultry and Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Charles R. Fenwick, Homer Quann- Candidate for the President of the United States.","S.M. Long Jr.- Chief Taxpayer Information Section for the U.S. Treasury Department.","Delta Airlines, Pan American World Airways.","Senator Charles F. Fenwick.","American Airlines.","Virginia Beef Cattle Association.","The Washington Post, Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, American Airlines.","Washington National Airport, Dr. T.P. Koudelka- Division of Animal and Dairy Industry for the Commonwealth of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia. State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts.","General Dwight D. Eisenhower.","U.S. Selective Service Board.","United States Post Office.","United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.","United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service.","Shenandoah Life Insurance Company.","Stephen McDonogh- Agricultural Counselor for the Embassy of Ireland.","Stanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","Stanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","Brigadier General R.L. Dulaney.","L.H. Averill- General Sales Manager of the Chevrolet Motor Division, Elmer Kaylor- Rockingham Farm Bureau.","Senator A. Willis Robertson; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Congressman John O. Marsh Jr. regarding Wampler's support of the Lyndon Johnson/Hubert Humphrey presidential ticket, includes mentions of Civil Rights.","A.A. Youssef- Ambassador for the United Arab Republic.","A. Ross Eckler- Acting Director for the Bureau of the Census for the U.S. Department of Commerce.","October 11, 1971 letter to Dr. G. Wayne Glick, President of Keuka College in response to a recent article in the Messenger. Wampler comments on the current political situation, the Vietnam War, and activism by the younger generation. Of particular interest are Wampler's racist comments concerning African Americans.","United States Senate, and the American Biographical Institute.","Letter to the Selective Service Board.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration: Division of Animal Industry.","Series 3: Date Books, 1939-1965, consist of date books signed by Charles W. Wampler Jr. which include personal appointments, business schedules, and notes on farm production.","Provides a list of dates, purchase and costs primarily made during 1939 with a few from 1940. Purchases include \"Hatching Bill,\" \"Eggs Booked,\" \"Eggs Bought,\" \"National Turkey Federation Contributions\" and others.","The bulk of this ledger appear to be sales records from 1949 with a few in 1950.","The user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr. Included in the date book is a promotional 1949 calendar from Woodward and Lothrop, Washington D.C.","The user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr.","The user of these diaries was Charles Wampler Jr.","Animals are broken down by the owning farm.","Series 4: Farm Ledgers, 1932-1951, contains information on the day-to-day operations of the Wampler properties. Some ledgers specify: Ralston Farm, Dry River, Sunny Slope Farm, Glendale Farm, and Blossom Farm. Other ledgers do not specify property names but do contain information such as expenses, account information, flock details, and livestock weights. Items are arranged chronologically.","Contains information such as expenses, cost of turkeys and poults, turkey feed, and the amount for certain goods such as corn meal, ground oats, milk, salt, wheat, and barley.","Lists the names of the individuals who purchased the turkeys, where they are from, whether purchased hens or toms, how they paid, and how much they spent.","Contains information such as Grain, Oil Mill, Dairy, Cotton Oil, and Feed Service Companies, amounts of turkeys sold and their prices, eggs sold, and the profits and losses from his sales to certain individuals listed.","Contains information regarding the necessary equipment needed to build the hatchery such as stone, cement, sand, lumber, tile, nails, paint, screws, nails, plaster, as well as the amounts of these goods purchased and their prices, the names of the individuals who provided Wampler with labor and what they were paid, as well as information regarding day to day operations regarding sales.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and the names of people with whom Wampler did business.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory at Sunny Slope Farm, as well as the types of poults and eggs purchased, total amounts, dates, and costs.","Contains information regarding the amount of eggs being laid at each of the Wamplers' farms, total income from those eggs, and expenses.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, regular expenses, special expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, loans, gravel expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery expenses, membership and dues for organizations, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, rent, dues, expenses, insurance, traveling expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, dividends, personal loans, travel expenses, taxes, and the income and expenses of the Trap Nest House.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, and information pertaining to the Wamplers' Dayton property.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, Sunny Slope Hatchery, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, and a Willow Lane Farm is briefly mentioned.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, the Trap Nest House, Dayton Property, and the Sunny Slope Hatchery.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, sales, statements, turkey and hen accounts, and the Dayton property.","Contains information regarding hens and toms, amount of eggs laid, hatched, raised, found dead, missing, what pen they belong to, and the number of culls.","Series 5: Financial Files, 1941-1971, houses all loose financial documents relating to the Wampler businesses. The majority of the series consists of receipts from shipping, Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed, Sunny Slope Farm, travel expenses, and general purchases while the second part of the series contains miscellaneous bank statements, account information, tax documents for state and federal income, business taxes, and some Wampler family business documents.","Commonwealth of Virginia: Agency Purchase Order.","Commonwealth of Virginia: Travel Expense Reimbursement Voucher, United States Department of Agriculture: Administrative Audit Difference Statement.","Employer Member Unit Life Rate Calculation Sheet.","American Airlines Airway Bill, United Airlines Air Freight Loss or Damage Claim.","Quantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.","Quantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.","Balance Statements.","Determined Expenses.","Purebred Breeding Contract.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Series 6: Philanthropic and Professional Organizations, 1939-1971, consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, summaries, and administrative information for various organizations with which Charles Wampler Sr. and Jr. were involved. The series documents local and national organizations, of which agricultural organizations figure prominently. See also materials in Series 10: Reports and Studies for philanthropic reports relating to the Bridgewater College Board of Trustees, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Bridgewater College Board of Trustees.","Case Work Report, Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, By-Laws of Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Terms and Conditions on Dwarfism, Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, Report of Operations.","Membership Report.","Membership-Finance Committee.","The Department of Agriculture's Contribution to the War Effort, Newcastle Disease in Poultry, Proposed Regional Diagnostic Laboratories, Japanese Beetle Quarantine, State Lime Grinding Plants, Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration.","Confidential Reports of Visits to Corporations, Minutes of Regular Annual Meetings, Financial Statements, and Operating Accounts.","Minutes of Poultry Federation Directors Meetings, Producer Membership Report, Turkey Membership Report, and Plans and Objectives.","Names and Addresses, Minutes of Board Meetings, Executive Committee, and Financial Reports.","Finance Committee, Membership Summaries, Membership Committee, VPI Committee, Taxation Committee, Advertising Committee, Grading and Inspection Committee, and Legislative Action Committee.","Convention Committee, Insurance Committee, Other Committees, and Miscellaneous.","Membership Summary, Producer Membership Plan, Financial Condition, Income and Expenses, Preliminary Reports, Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, and Convention Committee Report.","Minutes of the Meeting of the Merchandising Committee.","Minutes of Charlottesville Conference.","Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting of Wampler Feed and Seed Company, Inc.","Proposals made by the By-Laws Committee.","Series 7: Photographs, 1939-1971, contains livestock pictures from the Wampler Farms and from farmers across the country with letters attached regarding breeding opportunities and purchase requests. Several personal photographs of the Wampler children are included here.","Accompanied by a note that reads: \"\"My Son in Law Elmer Larson and grand Daughter Pamela.\" This note likely refers to photographs 02.01-02.04. The photograph also is labeled February 1955 on the side.","The photograph is labeled February 1955.","The photograph is labeled March 1955 on the side.","The photograph is labeled June 1955 on the side.","Caption on back reads:  \"Yearling stud ram at Normandin– N.C. Cheviot.  Beautiful to behold, and a show winner- but no good at all as a breeder. Both he and his lambs have now been culled.","Caption on the back refers to North Country Cheviot ewes.","Caption on the back refers to North Country ram lambs.","Caption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Ch. Cheviot Ewe. Slack Brothers Quebec 1949.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Champion Shropshire Ewe, Slack Brothers, Quebec 1949.\"","Captioned: \"11 Mo old Ewe Lambs 'Montadale'.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"4 year old ram on left, 2 ram lambs, HS. Dean flock of 48.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"2-2 yr old ewes, 2-2yr. old ewes, 2- ewe lambs, H.S. Dean flock of 48.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Cheviot and Leicester yearlings.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Leicester and Cheviot yearlings.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Yearling Ewes, Rifle Ranges, Ottawa Photo: Oct. 17th, 1947. Left to right: Cheviot x Leicester, Leicester x Oxford, Leicester x Shropshire, Oxford x Shropshire, Leicester x Cheviot.\"","Accompanied by a note that reads: \"My flock of 170 Ewes.\" Note also refers to photograph 03.16.","Caption on the back reads: \"Born April 29 - 67, Triplets - 1 day old., Weight 2 averaged 40 # each, 1 averaged 50 #, Dam is five years old., Mr. Wampler: I named them Teeny, Tiny and Tot. (Ethel)\"","Caption on the back reads: \"20-708-   Age 9 yrs. Wt. 1900 Sire of dam. Purchased from Mr. Charlie Wampler.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"age- 3 yrs, wt. 1600 Sire of the Triplets purchased from C.A Miller, Keyser, W.VA.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12 \" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026 Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026 Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Gitchell's Studio \u0026 Camera Shop Harrisonburg, Virginia.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"J.F. ABERNATHY LIVESTOCK PHOTO CO Union Stock Yards  Chicago IL.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lord Leslie Defender 154191. Sweet Air Farm, Leslie, Md. He is a little over a year old, rich crimson in color and as kind and gentle as a kitten. He produces big strong litters. One young sows farrowing 8 and 9 pigs in their first litters. Note the big bones, smooth lines, rigor and fine conformations which are strong characteristics in all his pigs. \"Defender - bred Durocs have won more prizes than the [illegible] of any other boar.\" \"No boar living or dead has equaled the show record of Defender\" the great grand sow of our Lord Leslie Defender. Defender was twice International Grand Champion.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lady Leslie Defender. Reg. #356218. [illegible] Farm. In her first and only litter so far, she farrowed eight strong pigs. She will farrow this spring.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Just an unusual picture taken last year. These 2 Bronze toms were always at it!\"","Caption on the back reads: \"o me this is a 'prize' picture! These hens about 1 ½ years old.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"'Birds eye' of breeder pen. Pen Room, in rear, is pen where we first put turkeys after taking from wire floor.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Pen 40' x 20'. Roost space for 75 birds. Only have 48 in here now. We close them up every nite- good range all day of course.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Our largest bronze last year- sold at x mas. 39 1/2 #.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"7 breeder pens.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Notice the 'Sport'- White + Bronze mixed. Was a beautiful bird. Even prettier than the new breed of Royal Palm. He weighed only 41 # when killed last x mas. Those are strange trees - can see the fruit.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"He weighed 33 #. They served 57 meals, having some meat left over for sandwiches and salads!\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Have their field planted to peanuts this year. These are last year bronze hens, which kept for Breeders.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"These are white breeders in front of breeding pens.\"","Numerous cars parked near the main barn. Photograph also features a circus tent.","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Series 8: Press and Advertising Files, 1920-1963, consist of marketing materials for the Wampler businesses that includes poultry advertisements and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes speeches, articles, and press releases authored by or about Charles Wampler Jr.","\"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" \"What's Ahead in Turkey Profits,\" \"Virginia Tech Best Serves Virginians.\" Wampler and the National Defense Committee.","\"The Growth of the Turkey Industry,\" \"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" and \"Eating Chicken Does Not Cause Cancer- An Answer to the Police Gazette.\"","Biography of Charles W. Wampler.","Newspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs.","Newspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs, sketching of ad designs with desired sizes, titles, font, and other information pertaining to Wampler and the animals.","Press releases regarding the death of Zola Estelle Wampler, cattle improvement performance programs from Performance Registry International, a recipe packet developed by the Virginia Poultry Products Commission, and borax in fertilizers from the US Department of Agriculture.","Address by A.G. Black, Governor of the Farm Credit Administration before conference of agricultural credit agencies and farm organizations, Radio speech given by Adrin Sonn- \"Defense Stamps and Bonds,\" Radio Speech pertaining to Religious Education, \"An Interpretation of our Foreign Policy\"- Speech before Virginia Institute of Rural Affairs by J.T. Sanders, Legislative Counsel, and part of a talk prepared for the Wampler reunion at Galax, Virginia.","Series 9: Print and Ephemera, 1916-1971, includes agricultural publications such as \"Turkey World.\" This series also includes biographical information on Charles Wampler Jr. from magazines, newspapers, and farm sale catalogs of auctions held on his properties. A number of printed brochures from various manufacturers and charitable organizations also reside this series.","\"Man with Vision.\"","Constitution and By-Laws of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, General and Special Rules: Performance Registry International, Constitution and By-Laws: Performance Registry International, and Charter and By-Laws: American Angus Association.","Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Refugee Organization, National Conference for the Prevention of World War III, \"The Federal Fiscal Situation\" speech of Honorable Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia in the Senate of the United States, \"100 Things You Should Know About Communism.\"","Pamphlets explaining the importance of War Bonds and their benefits, \"The Solution of Some Governmental Problems,\" \"Nine Men Against America: The Story of the Supreme Court and your Liberties,\" and Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.","\"Why Should I be a Member of the Virginia Conference of Social Work?,\" The Children's Home Society of Virginia, The Virginia Children's Home Finder, and Child Welfare League of America.","G.C. Birdsall Breeder of Duroc-Jersey and Hampshire Swine Cheviot Sheep, and List of Active Cheviot Breeders in the United States 1957 and 1962.","Poultry and Egg National Board Reporter, National Turkey Federation Progress, and Northeastern Poultryman, Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Membership.","The National Turkey Improvement Plan, Turkey World catalog, Poultry and Egg Judging, and United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural: Research Service.","Livestock sale catalogs, Sunny Slope Farm: Home of Wampler's Turkeys, Wampler's Cheviot Ram Sale, and Wampler's Type and Vigor Strain: Black and Bronze Turkey Poults.","Livestock sale catalogs, Wampler's Angus Cattle and Cheviot Sheep, Records of Performance Bulls, and Wampler's Cheviot Sheep Sale.","Office of Price Administration, Community Leaders of America, and The Chemurgic Digest: National Farm Chemurgic Council.","Virginia Feed and Nutrition Conference.","The Agricultural Seed Law: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Tolerance Rules for Use in Tagging Crop Seeds: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A Graphic Summary of Farm Labor and Population: United States Department of Agriculture, The Annual Address of the President of the American Farm Bureau Federation.","Harrisonburg/Rockingham Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Processing Equipment News, Department of Agriculture Immigration, A Forward Look at Feed Industry Problems: Virginia Feed-Nutrition Conference, and Virginia Bankers Farm Credit Conference, National Farm Chemurgic Council, and Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Agricultural Seed Law.","Series 10: Reports and Studies, 1927-1969, holds typed or printed reports. Agricultural materials from the U.S. Farm Bureau, National Turkey Federation, the U.S.D.A., and the Virginia and Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture which include livestock disease reports, castor bean testing data, poultry stock reports, and inspection and market information. In addition, legislation related to agricultural issues is also represented. Other materials include reports regarding educational and charitable organizations in which Charles Wampler Sr. had a philanthropic interest (such as Bridgewater College, Virginia Tech, and Children's Home Society of Virginia); 1954 legislative Actions; War savings and Fund Campaigns; Senatorial Remarks; House of Representative Committee rules; and Virginia State Legislation and sub-committee reports.","Application for Membership in Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, Summary of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association Performance Testing of Aberdeen-Angus Herds, and Summary of Graded Bull Sales.","Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Markets.","United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics, State Department of Agriculture Division of Markets, Annual Report of Market Expansion by the Virginia Department of Agriculture, Classification of Hatcheries Participating in the Virginia and National Poultry Improvement Plan.","Virginia State USO War Fund Campaign, Legislative Action Program of Virginia Farmers Union, Memorandum on Food and Milk Law Enforcement in Virginia, Rockingham County Economic Data.","Reports of the Sub-Committee on the Development of Agricultural Industries and the Improvement of Agricultural and Industrial Relations, Remarks of Senator A. Willis Robertson prepared for delivery on the floor of the Senate in advocacy of the Reciprocal Trade Bill, Virginia War Savings Staff.","Statistical Reports on Enrollment, Enrollment by Classes, Distribution of Students by States, Distribution of Students by Religious Denominations, Distribution of Brethren Students by Church Districts, Proposal for a Ten-Year Development Program.","Children's Home Society of Virginia Annual Reports, Cumulative Case Work Report, Sponsors, Officers and Directors, Monthly Reports of Income and Expenses.","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute: Report of the Treasurer to the Honorable Board of Visitors, and Statements as to the Work and Program of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.","Report to the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors or Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Monthly Herd Reports, and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Reports.","The Growing of Castor Beans Report.","Letter from the Commonwealth of Virginia with a report and examination of Charles Wampler Sr. timber.","\"The Potential Development of the Steel-Making Industry in Virginia,\" and \"A Report on Virginia's Economy: The State's Fiscal System and the Impact of its Taxes on Industrial Development.\"","\"Poultry Equipment Essential in Food-for-Defense: A Report on the Poultry Industry and the Needs of Poultry Equipment Manufacturers.\"","Estimated Number of Turkey's in the United States by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Map of the Twenty Leading Turkey Producing States.","Poultry Statistics for Virginia, Report of the Beef Production Project.","Report pertaining to Quackgrass.","Proposed Regulations for Farm Bulk Milk Holding and/or Cooling Tanks, A Brief Outline of a Plan for Improvement in Handling Foods and Farm Products from Producers to Consumers.","Series 11: Business and Organization lists, 1941-1967, comprises assorted lists concerning livestock and related sales, farming and agricultural pursuits, and professional and philanthropic organizations.","Post Offices Selling War Bonds and Issuing Agents for Rockingham County.","Membership dues received from Virginia for the Virginia State Poultry Federation, The National Turkey Federation Memberships, and Individual Registrations for The National Turkey Federation.","Members by County for the Beef Cattle Improvement Association, and a Membership Summary for the Virginia State Poultry Federation.","List of Farmers Clubs of Rockingham County and their Managers, National Farm Products Marketing and Merchandising Committee, Committee for the Defense Savings Program for Rockingham County and the City of Harrisonburg, and the American Poultry Historical Society Membership List.","Several publications relating to local matters were pulled from the collection, cataloged individuallly, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings.","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).","This collection contains correspondence, reports, photographs, business documents, financial statements, publications, and other documents that relate to the businesses of Charles Wampler Sr. (Wampler Feed and Seed Company) primarily and to a lesser degree his son, Charles Wampler Jr. (Wampler Food Incorporated). 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Wampler Jr., interview by Jessica Silveri, March 15, 2007, transcript, Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project, Harrisonburg, VA. Virginia House of Delegates.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eHistorical Bio for Charles W. Wampler. Virginia House of Delegates. http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227/024c8d9337c5d82485256d780068407b?OpenDocument\u0026amp;Highlight=0,charles,Wampler (accessed May 04, 2011).\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eWampler, Charles W. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMy Grandfather, my grandchildren and me; an autobiography\u003c/emph\u003e. Harrisonburg, VA; Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1968.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Charles W. Wampler Jr., interview by Jessica Silveri, March 15, 2007, transcript, Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project, Harrisonburg, VA. Virginia House of Delegates.","Historical Bio for Charles W. Wampler. Virginia House of Delegates. http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227/024c8d9337c5d82485256d780068407b?OpenDocument\u0026Highlight=0,charles,Wampler (accessed May 04, 2011).","Wampler, Charles W.  My Grandfather, my grandchildren and me; an autobiography . Harrisonburg, VA; Dayton, VA: Shenandoah Press, 1968."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Wampler family emerged upon the American poultry industry in the early twentieth century changing the industry practices and beliefs. As a result of their success, the Wamplers became one of the most influential families in Rockingham County, Virginia and helped the Shenandoah Valley garner the moniker \"Turkey Capital of the Nation.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1811, John Wampler and family, members of the Brethren Church, moved from Pennsylvania to the Timberville area of the county during a period when large groups of Brethren were migrating south. During the Civil War, John Wampler III gained notoriety for supposedly thwarting Union General Philip Sheridan's attempt to burn his family's barn. After the war, in 1871, John Wampler III purchased a farm in Dayton that he named Sunny Slope and built a house there.  Under the setting of Sunny Slope, John Wampler III's children and grandchildren made their many significant contributions to agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. Wampler Sr., third son of John Wampler III, was born in 1886 and took quickly to the agricultural development of the county. He became a county agricultural agent and was an accomplished livestock farmer raising chickens and cattle. Eventually, he settled into turkey farming and started Rockingham County's first turkey hatchery. It was during this time that he became known as the \"Father of the Modern Turkey Industry\" because of his success in various agricultural experiments that changed the face of modern turkey farming. One of his earliest experiments was using chicken incubators to hatch turkey eggs. Starting with only ninety eggs, Wampler Sr. was able to hatch fifty-two poults. Another Charles Wampler Sr. innovation all but ended the wide spread practice of free-range turkey farming in commercial operations.  Wampler Sr. believed, and was able to show, that free-range turkeys were less cost effective to raise as they expended more energy and required more feed at the expense of the farmer. Wampler practiced \"incubation and confinement\" which soon became the standard among successful poultry growers. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles Wampler Sr. also served as the first Rockingham County Extension Agent and founded the Wampler Feed and Seed Company in 1927 with two of his brothers. The company mixed feed for distribution to livestock and turkeys.  Wampler Feed and Seed was the first in the nation to contract with farms to grow poultry. Wampler also helped found the National Turkey Federation. Among his many philanthropic activities, Charles Wampler Sr. served on the Board of Trustees for Bridgewater College, on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and on the Board of Directors for the Children's Home Society of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCharles Wampler Jr. was born at Sunny Slope on November 25, 1915 as one of nine children (six daughters and three sons.) He attended Bridgewater College for two years and Rutgers University for one year. His early indoctrination in the poultry business began at the age of seven when he and a sister, with the aid of their mother, prepared feed for turkeys in the family business. Crushed eggs and oatmeal were the two main components of the feed. In 1936, his career officially began as a \"field man\" for Wampler Feed and Seed - traveling to various growers and inspecting livestock. Eventually, Charles Jr. became the company's general manager when Charles Sr. retired. In 1969, Wampler hatcheries, feed mills, and grower operations joined with Virginia Valley Processing to become Wampler Food Incorporated. Poultry processing, hatcheries, and growers were combined as a single corporation with Charles Wampler Jr. as president. In 1984, Charles Jr. oversaw the merger between Wampler Foods and Longacre Farms out of Franconia, Pennsylvania. By 1986, Wampler-Longacre acquired the Rockingham Poultry Cooperative and formed WLR Foods Incorporated with Charles Jr. as chairman of the board.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his business career, Charles Wampler Jr. had an equally distinguished career in service. Charles Jr. was a district representative for Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954 until 1965 serving on several committees including Agriculture, Finance, and Labor. In 1957, he co-founded the United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.  From 1971 to 1984, Charles Jr. served as president and chairman of the board for the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. He has also served on James Madison University's Board of Visitors and the Rockingham County School Board. In 1990, he received James Madison University's Common Wealth award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the community. In addition, Charles Wampler Jr. was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Harrisonburg.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Wampler family emerged upon the American poultry industry in the early twentieth century changing the industry practices and beliefs. As a result of their success, the Wamplers became one of the most influential families in Rockingham County, Virginia and helped the Shenandoah Valley garner the moniker \"Turkey Capital of the Nation.\" ","In 1811, John Wampler and family, members of the Brethren Church, moved from Pennsylvania to the Timberville area of the county during a period when large groups of Brethren were migrating south. During the Civil War, John Wampler III gained notoriety for supposedly thwarting Union General Philip Sheridan's attempt to burn his family's barn. After the war, in 1871, John Wampler III purchased a farm in Dayton that he named Sunny Slope and built a house there.  Under the setting of Sunny Slope, John Wampler III's children and grandchildren made their many significant contributions to agriculture.","Charles W. Wampler Sr., third son of John Wampler III, was born in 1886 and took quickly to the agricultural development of the county. He became a county agricultural agent and was an accomplished livestock farmer raising chickens and cattle. Eventually, he settled into turkey farming and started Rockingham County's first turkey hatchery. It was during this time that he became known as the \"Father of the Modern Turkey Industry\" because of his success in various agricultural experiments that changed the face of modern turkey farming. One of his earliest experiments was using chicken incubators to hatch turkey eggs. Starting with only ninety eggs, Wampler Sr. was able to hatch fifty-two poults. Another Charles Wampler Sr. innovation all but ended the wide spread practice of free-range turkey farming in commercial operations.  Wampler Sr. believed, and was able to show, that free-range turkeys were less cost effective to raise as they expended more energy and required more feed at the expense of the farmer. Wampler practiced \"incubation and confinement\" which soon became the standard among successful poultry growers. ","Charles Wampler Sr. also served as the first Rockingham County Extension Agent and founded the Wampler Feed and Seed Company in 1927 with two of his brothers. The company mixed feed for distribution to livestock and turkeys.  Wampler Feed and Seed was the first in the nation to contract with farms to grow poultry. Wampler also helped found the National Turkey Federation. Among his many philanthropic activities, Charles Wampler Sr. served on the Board of Trustees for Bridgewater College, on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and on the Board of Directors for the Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Charles Wampler Jr. was born at Sunny Slope on November 25, 1915 as one of nine children (six daughters and three sons.) He attended Bridgewater College for two years and Rutgers University for one year. His early indoctrination in the poultry business began at the age of seven when he and a sister, with the aid of their mother, prepared feed for turkeys in the family business. Crushed eggs and oatmeal were the two main components of the feed. In 1936, his career officially began as a \"field man\" for Wampler Feed and Seed - traveling to various growers and inspecting livestock. Eventually, Charles Jr. became the company's general manager when Charles Sr. retired. In 1969, Wampler hatcheries, feed mills, and grower operations joined with Virginia Valley Processing to become Wampler Food Incorporated. Poultry processing, hatcheries, and growers were combined as a single corporation with Charles Wampler Jr. as president. In 1984, Charles Jr. oversaw the merger between Wampler Foods and Longacre Farms out of Franconia, Pennsylvania. By 1986, Wampler-Longacre acquired the Rockingham Poultry Cooperative and formed WLR Foods Incorporated with Charles Jr. as chairman of the board.","In addition to his business career, Charles Wampler Jr. had an equally distinguished career in service. Charles Jr. was a district representative for Rockingham County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954 until 1965 serving on several committees including Agriculture, Finance, and Labor. In 1957, he co-founded the United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.  From 1971 to 1984, Charles Jr. served as president and chairman of the board for the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. He has also served on James Madison University's Board of Visitors and the Rockingham County School Board. In 1990, he received James Madison University's Common Wealth award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the community. In addition, Charles Wampler Jr. was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Harrisonburg."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of this collection came from the Wampler family's Sunny Slope Farm Property near Dayton, Virginia. In 2009, James Madison University history professor Daniel Kerr was in communication with Barbara Melby, daughter of Charles W. Wampler Jr., who occupied the Sunny Slope property at that time. Mrs. Melby identified the storage of documents within the barn. After an initial inspection of the material, arrangements to transfer the material to Special Collections for cleaning, rehousing, and processing were made.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The bulk of this collection came from the Wampler family's Sunny Slope Farm Property near Dayton, Virginia. In 2009, James Madison University history professor Daniel Kerr was in communication with Barbara Melby, daughter of Charles W. 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After an initial inspection of the material, arrangements to transfer the material to Special Collections for cleaning, rehousing, and processing were made."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Wampler Business Records, 1916-1972, SC 0202, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Wampler Business Records, 1916-1972, SC 0202, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIn order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003e This collection was previously cataloged as SC 5024\u003c/emph\u003e. 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The collection is primarily comprised of personal and business correspondence of Charles Wampler Sr. The collection includes bound ledgers, financial documents, print material, reports, memoranda, and pictures. The collection is arranged topically into eleven series. Series include Administrative Files, Correspondence, Date Books, Farm Ledgers, Financial Papers, Philanthropy and Professional Organizations, Photographs, Press and Advertising Files, Print and Ephemera, Reports and Studies, and Business and Organization lists.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Administrative Files, 1937-1972, includes a diverse assortment of administrative documents representing the business' large-scale farming operations. Insurance information and documents represent a large portion of the series regarding farm capital and employees. Another large section of the series is \"testing documentation\" for the various animals owned and bred by the Wamplers including chickens, turkey, cows, and sheep. Nearly all of these animals required regular government-regulated testing, and the corresponding findings and results are within this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOccidental Life Insurance Company of California- Statement of Claim, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, Rockingham Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, West Rockingham Mutual Fire Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecord of Eggs and Poults, Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Marketing Service, Virginia Valley Processors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApplication for Registration of Cheviot Sheep.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSoil Record Sheets, Virginia Department of Agriculture- Lime Letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Markets, Agreement between Wampler Feed \u0026amp; Seed Company and Walker May.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventory Pine Ridge, Sunny Slope, Blosser, Ralston, and Glendale farms for 1964, Sheep records from 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeef Cattle Record of Performance for 1953, Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Summary of Va. 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Early correspondence to and from Charles Wampler Sr. in regard to his turkey business and his position as county farm agent may be found here. Through the 1940s, the letters concern both agricultural and World War II topics as the Wampler businesses supported the American war effort through food production. Intermixed throughout this range are letters regarding both the financial and agricultural support Charles Wampler Jr. provided to colleges and universities through his service on their Boards of Visitors. Letters written during his terms as a state representative can be found in the 1950s and 1960s with some addressed to Virginia governors and politician Harry F. Byrd. Wampler's letters to congressmen and state representatives regarding local and national issues document his own political persuasions on sundry topics including gambling, the United Nations, and presidential candidates. The Wamplers' philanthropic pursuits and financial donations to various non-profits (Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care, etc.) are also documented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia- Dairy and Food Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia- Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorfolk and Western Railway Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter S. Newman- Supervisor of Agricultural Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoultry and Egg National Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Aubrey Weaver, L.M. Walker Jr. - Commissioner of Agriculture Richmond, Virginia, War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, Truck and Bus Inventory for National Defense.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWar Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, National Poultry Defense Committee, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman A. Willis Robertson, Governor Colgate Darden Jr., Selective Service Board, Thomas P. Thompson- State Chairman of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, John L. Stewart- Acting Chief of the Division of Foreign Agricultural Research for the United States Department of Agriculture, B.C. Moomaw Jr.- Deputy Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.F. Nelson- Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Clarence Cannon- House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.B.L. Arner- Chief of the Foreign Agricultural Research Division for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Administration, A.M. Alexander- Deputy Administrator of the War Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, A.D. Oderkirk- Acting Head for the Poultry and Egg Section of the Food Price Division for the Office of Price Administration, Congressman John W. Flannagan Jr., Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMadison College, The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Treasury Department War Savings Staff, Congress of the United States House of Representatives, United States Department of Agriculture Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture USDA War Board, United States Senate Committee on Rules, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, The National Turkey Federation, National Poultry Defense Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration Bureau of Animal Industry, American Red Cross, The Virginia State Poultry Federation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham War Savings Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmergency Committee for Food Production, Office of Price Administration, Treasury Department-War Savings Staff, United States Department of Agriculture Food Distribution Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTreasury Department-Internal Revenue Service, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTreasury Department-Defense Savings Staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Members of the Appeal Board of Selective Service, Governor William M. Tuck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElena Becker- Consultant in Home Economics  for the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. Moone- United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, H.L. Shrader- Senior Extension Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service, Congressman A. Willis. Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia- Department of Finance Division of Motor Vehicles, D.K. Christenberry Jr.- Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia, E.J. Milligan- Selective Service System.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.K. Christenberry Jr. - Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.M. Walker Jr. – Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Selective Service Board, National Poultry Defense Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman A. Willis Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Colgate W. Darden Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCity Planning Commission for the City of Harrisonburg, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Senator J.A. Garber.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHollis Shomo- Supervisor of Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.C. Givens- State Veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor William M. Tuck, Major Charles S. Roller Jr., the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator A. Willis Robertson, T.C. Byerly- Senior Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, Colonel James P. Woods, Governor William M. Tuck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB.B. Tucker- State Director of the Production and Marketing Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence T. Berry- Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain J.E. Schuyler, Governor William M. Tuck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E. Moskey- Chief of the Veterinary Medical Section for the Food and Drug Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy W. Lennartson- Associate Director of the Poultry Branch for the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaymond V. Long- Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Raymond Guest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, United World Federalists of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCitizens Committee for United Nations Reform.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia-Virginia State Planning Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoard of Trustees Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Rockingham Library Association, United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Cuba.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Department of Agriculture, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator John S. Battle, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Congress of the United States House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison, Department of Agriculture, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongress of the United States House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator A. Willis Robertson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Lawrence Berry Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDepartment of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry, Governor John S. Battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.M. Walker Jr. Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Raymond A. Guest, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture, R.M. Loughborough- Executive Secretary for the County of Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Graham-Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor John S. Battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNorman S. Elliott- Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison, Carolyne Brookes- Virginia State Poultry Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Governor John S. Battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSelective Service Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley J. Marsden- United States Department of Agriculture; Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.; autobiographical essay to Fred Lang of The Poultryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.G. Sutton- Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Markets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Raymond R. Guest, V.S. Shaffer- Virginia House of Delegates, Senator Curry Carter, Governor John S. Battle, James O. Stickley- Virginia House of Delegates, Landon  R. Wyatt- Virginia House of Delegates, E. Blackburn Moore- Virginia House of Delegates, D. French Slaughter- Virginia House of Delegates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Willis A. Robertson, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.D. Termohlen- Director of the Poultry Branch for the Department of Agriculture, Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstitutions and By-Laws from the Virginia State Poultry Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles F. Brannan- Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDepartment of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.R. Smith- Department of Highways Landscape Superintendent, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas B. Stanley- Candidate for Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongress of the United States House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Robert W. Burgess- Director Bureau of Census.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresident Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.D. Termohlen- Director of Production and Administration for the Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Senator A. Willis Robertson, Congressman William M. Tuck, Congressman Richard H. Poff, Congressman J.T. Broyhill, Congressman William C. Wampler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator A. Willis Robertson, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Lewis L. Strauss- United States Atomic Energy Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Thomas B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Thomas B. Stanley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Maclin Smith- Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Dean- State Forester for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Development.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland Gray- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDan Stickley- President of the Rockingham Development Corporation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.D. Termohlen- The Foreign Service of the United States of America, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Atomic Energy Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry and Foods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, W.L. Bendix- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Animal and Dairy Industries, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney C. Berry- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry and Foods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.M. Carman- Research Officer for the Department of Agriculture. Review of Rockingham County Fair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Floyd Stevens, Hollis Shomo- Supervisor to the Poultry \u0026amp; Egg Section of the Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Thos B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Ted Dalton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence T. Berry- Secretary for the Board of Agriculture and Immigration of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia State Dairymen's Association, C.E. Bass- County Supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.S. Campbell- Department of Conservation for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.V. Coville- Assistant Director for the Division of Markets of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Lindsey J. Almond, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Don H. Spencer- County Supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGordon Tucker- Supervisor of the Poultry \u0026amp; Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaymond D. Schar- Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Chumney- Secretary for the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia, J.H. Meek- Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, W.R. Crabill- State Board of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eParke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation, Bill King- Virginia Angus Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Ralston- President of the Rockingham Farm Bureau.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator George S. Aldhizer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor J. Lindsey Almond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongress of the United States- House of Representatives, H.A. Waters- Acting Chief Officer for the Animal Inspection and Quarantine Division of the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew W. Cordier- Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture- Animal Husbandry Research Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.D. Lawrence- President for the Virginia Highway Users Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Charles R. Fenwick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGordon Tucker- Supervisor for the Poultry and Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Charles R. Fenwick, Homer Quann- Candidate for the President of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.M. Long Jr.- Chief Taxpayer Information Section for the U.S. Treasury Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelta Airlines, Pan American World Airways.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Charles F. Fenwick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Airlines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Beef Cattle Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Washington Post, Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, American Airlines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWashington National Airport, Dr. T.P. Koudelka- Division of Animal and Dairy Industry for the Commonwealth of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia. State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Selective Service Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Post Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShenandoah Life Insurance Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen McDonogh- Agricultural Counselor for the Embassy of Ireland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General R.L. Dulaney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.H. Averill- General Sales Manager of the Chevrolet Motor Division, Elmer Kaylor- Rockingham Farm Bureau.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator A. Willis Robertson; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Congressman John O. Marsh Jr. regarding Wampler's support of the Lyndon Johnson/Hubert Humphrey presidential ticket, includes mentions of Civil Rights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.A. Youssef- Ambassador for the United Arab Republic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Ross Eckler- Acting Director for the Bureau of the Census for the U.S. Department of Commerce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOctober 11, 1971 letter to Dr. G. Wayne Glick, President of Keuka College in response to a recent article in the Messenger. Wampler comments on the current political situation, the Vietnam War, and activism by the younger generation. Of particular interest are Wampler's racist comments concerning African Americans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Senate, and the American Biographical Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to the Selective Service Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration: Division of Animal Industry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Date Books, 1939-1965, consist of date books signed by Charles W. Wampler Jr. which include personal appointments, business schedules, and notes on farm production.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvides a list of dates, purchase and costs primarily made during 1939 with a few from 1940. Purchases include \"Hatching Bill,\" \"Eggs Booked,\" \"Eggs Bought,\" \"National Turkey Federation Contributions\" and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of this ledger appear to be sales records from 1949 with a few in 1950.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr. Included in the date book is a promotional 1949 calendar from Woodward and Lothrop, Washington D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe user of these diaries was Charles Wampler Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnimals are broken down by the owning farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Farm Ledgers, 1932-1951, contains information on the day-to-day operations of the Wampler properties. Some ledgers specify: Ralston Farm, Dry River, Sunny Slope Farm, Glendale Farm, and Blossom Farm. Other ledgers do not specify property names but do contain information such as expenses, account information, flock details, and livestock weights. Items are arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information such as expenses, cost of turkeys and poults, turkey feed, and the amount for certain goods such as corn meal, ground oats, milk, salt, wheat, and barley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists the names of the individuals who purchased the turkeys, where they are from, whether purchased hens or toms, how they paid, and how much they spent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information such as Grain, Oil Mill, Dairy, Cotton Oil, and Feed Service Companies, amounts of turkeys sold and their prices, eggs sold, and the profits and losses from his sales to certain individuals listed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding the necessary equipment needed to build the hatchery such as stone, cement, sand, lumber, tile, nails, paint, screws, nails, plaster, as well as the amounts of these goods purchased and their prices, the names of the individuals who provided Wampler with labor and what they were paid, as well as information regarding day to day operations regarding sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and the names of people with whom Wampler did business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory at Sunny Slope Farm, as well as the types of poults and eggs purchased, total amounts, dates, and costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding the amount of eggs being laid at each of the Wamplers' farms, total income from those eggs, and expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding day to day operations, income, regular expenses, special expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, loans, gravel expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery expenses, membership and dues for organizations, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs and poults, rent, dues, expenses, insurance, traveling expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, dividends, personal loans, travel expenses, taxes, and the income and expenses of the Trap Nest House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, and information pertaining to the Wamplers' Dayton property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, Sunny Slope Hatchery, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, and a Willow Lane Farm is briefly mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, the Trap Nest House, Dayton Property, and the Sunny Slope Hatchery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, sales, statements, turkey and hen accounts, and the Dayton property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains information regarding hens and toms, amount of eggs laid, hatched, raised, found dead, missing, what pen they belong to, and the number of culls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Financial Files, 1941-1971, houses all loose financial documents relating to the Wampler businesses. The majority of the series consists of receipts from shipping, Wampler Feed \u0026amp; Seed, Sunny Slope Farm, travel expenses, and general purchases while the second part of the series contains miscellaneous bank statements, account information, tax documents for state and federal income, business taxes, and some Wampler family business documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia: Agency Purchase Order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommonwealth of Virginia: Travel Expense Reimbursement Voucher, United States Department of Agriculture: Administrative Audit Difference Statement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmployer Member Unit Life Rate Calculation Sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Airlines Airway Bill, United Airlines Air Freight Loss or Damage Claim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance Statements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetermined Expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurebred Breeding Contract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeed and Seed Order Information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6: Philanthropic and Professional Organizations, 1939-1971, consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, summaries, and administrative information for various organizations with which Charles Wampler Sr. and Jr. were involved. The series documents local and national organizations, of which agricultural organizations figure prominently. See also materials in Series 10: Reports and Studies for philanthropic reports relating to the Bridgewater College Board of Trustees, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and Children's Home Society of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBridgewater College Board of Trustees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase Work Report, Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, By-Laws of Children's Home Society of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerms and Conditions on Dwarfism, Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, Report of Operations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership Report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership-Finance Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Department of Agriculture's Contribution to the War Effort, Newcastle Disease in Poultry, Proposed Regional Diagnostic Laboratories, Japanese Beetle Quarantine, State Lime Grinding Plants, Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfidential Reports of Visits to Corporations, Minutes of Regular Annual Meetings, Financial Statements, and Operating Accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of Poultry Federation Directors Meetings, Producer Membership Report, Turkey Membership Report, and Plans and Objectives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNames and Addresses, Minutes of Board Meetings, Executive Committee, and Financial Reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinance Committee, Membership Summaries, Membership Committee, VPI Committee, Taxation Committee, Advertising Committee, Grading and Inspection Committee, and Legislative Action Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConvention Committee, Insurance Committee, Other Committees, and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership Summary, Producer Membership Plan, Financial Condition, Income and Expenses, Preliminary Reports, Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, and Convention Committee Report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the Meeting of the Merchandising Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of Charlottesville Conference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the Board of Directors Meeting of Wampler Feed and Seed Company, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposals made by the By-Laws Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 7: Photographs, 1939-1971, contains livestock pictures from the Wampler Farms and from farmers across the country with letters attached regarding breeding opportunities and purchase requests. Several personal photographs of the Wampler children are included here.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by a note that reads: \"\"My Son in Law Elmer Larson and grand Daughter Pamela.\" This note likely refers to photographs 02.01-02.04. The photograph also is labeled February 1955 on the side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photograph is labeled February 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photograph is labeled March 1955 on the side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photograph is labeled June 1955 on the side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on back reads:  \"Yearling stud ram at Normandin– N.C. Cheviot.  Beautiful to behold, and a show winner- but no good at all as a breeder. Both he and his lambs have now been culled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back refers to North Country Cheviot ewes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back refers to North Country ram lambs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Ch. Cheviot Ewe. Slack Brothers Quebec 1949.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Champion Shropshire Ewe, Slack Brothers, Quebec 1949.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptioned: \"11 Mo old Ewe Lambs 'Montadale'.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"4 year old ram on left, 2 ram lambs, HS. Dean flock of 48.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"2-2 yr old ewes, 2-2yr. old ewes, 2- ewe lambs, H.S. Dean flock of 48.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Cheviot and Leicester yearlings.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Leicester and Cheviot yearlings.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Yearling Ewes, Rifle Ranges, Ottawa Photo: Oct. 17th, 1947. Left to right: Cheviot x Leicester, Leicester x Oxford, Leicester x Shropshire, Oxford x Shropshire, Leicester x Cheviot.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by a note that reads: \"My flock of 170 Ewes.\" Note also refers to photograph 03.16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Born April 29 - 67, Triplets - 1 day old., Weight 2 averaged 40 # each, 1 averaged 50 #, Dam is five years old., Mr. Wampler: I named them Teeny, Tiny and Tot. (Ethel)\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"20-708-   Age 9 yrs. Wt. 1900 Sire of dam. Purchased from Mr. Charlie Wampler.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"age- 3 yrs, wt. 1600 Sire of the Triplets purchased from C.A Miller, Keyser, W.VA.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12 \" #3197940 04/29/62.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026amp; Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026amp; Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Gitchell's Studio \u0026amp; Camera Shop Harrisonburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"J.F. ABERNATHY LIVESTOCK PHOTO CO Union Stock Yards  Chicago IL.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lord Leslie Defender 154191. Sweet Air Farm, Leslie, Md. He is a little over a year old, rich crimson in color and as kind and gentle as a kitten. He produces big strong litters. One young sows farrowing 8 and 9 pigs in their first litters. Note the big bones, smooth lines, rigor and fine conformations which are strong characteristics in all his pigs. \"Defender - bred Durocs have won more prizes than the [illegible] of any other boar.\" \"No boar living or dead has equaled the show record of Defender\" the great grand sow of our Lord Leslie Defender. Defender was twice International Grand Champion.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lady Leslie Defender. Reg. #356218. [illegible] Farm. In her first and only litter so far, she farrowed eight strong pigs. She will farrow this spring.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Just an unusual picture taken last year. These 2 Bronze toms were always at it!\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"o me this is a 'prize' picture! These hens about 1 ½ years old.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"'Birds eye' of breeder pen. Pen Room, in rear, is pen where we first put turkeys after taking from wire floor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Pen 40' x 20'. Roost space for 75 birds. Only have 48 in here now. We close them up every nite- good range all day of course.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Our largest bronze last year- sold at x mas. 39 1/2 #.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"7 breeder pens.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Notice the 'Sport'- White + Bronze mixed. Was a beautiful bird. Even prettier than the new breed of Royal Palm. He weighed only 41 # when killed last x mas. Those are strange trees - can see the fruit.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"He weighed 33 #. They served 57 meals, having some meat left over for sandwiches and salads!\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"Have their field planted to peanuts this year. These are last year bronze hens, which kept for Breeders.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaption on the back reads: \"These are white breeders in front of breeding pens.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumerous cars parked near the main barn. Photograph also features a circus tent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 8: Press and Advertising Files, 1920-1963, consist of marketing materials for the Wampler businesses that includes poultry advertisements and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes speeches, articles, and press releases authored by or about Charles Wampler Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" \"What's Ahead in Turkey Profits,\" \"Virginia Tech Best Serves Virginians.\" Wampler and the National Defense Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Growth of the Turkey Industry,\" \"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" and \"Eating Chicken Does Not Cause Cancer- An Answer to the Police Gazette.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography of Charles W. Wampler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs, sketching of ad designs with desired sizes, titles, font, and other information pertaining to Wampler and the animals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePress releases regarding the death of Zola Estelle Wampler, cattle improvement performance programs from Performance Registry International, a recipe packet developed by the Virginia Poultry Products Commission, and borax in fertilizers from the US Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddress by A.G. Black, Governor of the Farm Credit Administration before conference of agricultural credit agencies and farm organizations, Radio speech given by Adrin Sonn- \"Defense Stamps and Bonds,\" Radio Speech pertaining to Religious Education, \"An Interpretation of our Foreign Policy\"- Speech before Virginia Institute of Rural Affairs by J.T. Sanders, Legislative Counsel, and part of a talk prepared for the Wampler reunion at Galax, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 9: Print and Ephemera, 1916-1971, includes agricultural publications such as \"Turkey World.\" This series also includes biographical information on Charles Wampler Jr. from magazines, newspapers, and farm sale catalogs of auctions held on his properties. A number of printed brochures from various manufacturers and charitable organizations also reside this series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Man with Vision.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstitution and By-Laws of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, General and Special Rules: Performance Registry International, Constitution and By-Laws: Performance Registry International, and Charter and By-Laws: American Angus Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Refugee Organization, National Conference for the Prevention of World War III, \"The Federal Fiscal Situation\" speech of Honorable Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia in the Senate of the United States, \"100 Things You Should Know About Communism.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlets explaining the importance of War Bonds and their benefits, \"The Solution of Some Governmental Problems,\" \"Nine Men Against America: The Story of the Supreme Court and your Liberties,\" and Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Why Should I be a Member of the Virginia Conference of Social Work?,\" The Children's Home Society of Virginia, The Virginia Children's Home Finder, and Child Welfare League of America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.C. Birdsall Breeder of Duroc-Jersey and Hampshire Swine Cheviot Sheep, and List of Active Cheviot Breeders in the United States 1957 and 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoultry and Egg National Board Reporter, National Turkey Federation Progress, and Northeastern Poultryman, Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Membership.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe National Turkey Improvement Plan, Turkey World catalog, Poultry and Egg Judging, and United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural: Research Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLivestock sale catalogs, Sunny Slope Farm: Home of Wampler's Turkeys, Wampler's Cheviot Ram Sale, and Wampler's Type and Vigor Strain: Black and Bronze Turkey Poults.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLivestock sale catalogs, Wampler's Angus Cattle and Cheviot Sheep, Records of Performance Bulls, and Wampler's Cheviot Sheep Sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffice of Price Administration, Community Leaders of America, and The Chemurgic Digest: National Farm Chemurgic Council.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Feed and Nutrition Conference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Agricultural Seed Law: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Tolerance Rules for Use in Tagging Crop Seeds: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A Graphic Summary of Farm Labor and Population: United States Department of Agriculture, The Annual Address of the President of the American Farm Bureau Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarrisonburg/Rockingham Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Processing Equipment News, Department of Agriculture Immigration, A Forward Look at Feed Industry Problems: Virginia Feed-Nutrition Conference, and Virginia Bankers Farm Credit Conference, National Farm Chemurgic Council, and Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Agricultural Seed Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 10: Reports and Studies, 1927-1969, holds typed or printed reports. Agricultural materials from the U.S. Farm Bureau, National Turkey Federation, the U.S.D.A., and the Virginia and Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture which include livestock disease reports, castor bean testing data, poultry stock reports, and inspection and market information. In addition, legislation related to agricultural issues is also represented. Other materials include reports regarding educational and charitable organizations in which Charles Wampler Sr. had a philanthropic interest (such as Bridgewater College, Virginia Tech, and Children's Home Society of Virginia); 1954 legislative Actions; War savings and Fund Campaigns; Senatorial Remarks; House of Representative Committee rules; and Virginia State Legislation and sub-committee reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApplication for Membership in Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, Summary of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association Performance Testing of Aberdeen-Angus Herds, and Summary of Graded Bull Sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Markets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics, State Department of Agriculture Division of Markets, Annual Report of Market Expansion by the Virginia Department of Agriculture, Classification of Hatcheries Participating in the Virginia and National Poultry Improvement Plan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia State USO War Fund Campaign, Legislative Action Program of Virginia Farmers Union, Memorandum on Food and Milk Law Enforcement in Virginia, Rockingham County Economic Data.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of the Sub-Committee on the Development of Agricultural Industries and the Improvement of Agricultural and Industrial Relations, Remarks of Senator A. Willis Robertson prepared for delivery on the floor of the Senate in advocacy of the Reciprocal Trade Bill, Virginia War Savings Staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatistical Reports on Enrollment, Enrollment by Classes, Distribution of Students by States, Distribution of Students by Religious Denominations, Distribution of Brethren Students by Church Districts, Proposal for a Ten-Year Development Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChildren's Home Society of Virginia Annual Reports, Cumulative Case Work Report, Sponsors, Officers and Directors, Monthly Reports of Income and Expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute: Report of the Treasurer to the Honorable Board of Visitors, and Statements as to the Work and Program of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport to the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors or Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Monthly Herd Reports, and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Growing of Castor Beans Report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Commonwealth of Virginia with a report and examination of Charles Wampler Sr. timber.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Potential Development of the Steel-Making Industry in Virginia,\" and \"A Report on Virginia's Economy: The State's Fiscal System and the Impact of its Taxes on Industrial Development.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Poultry Equipment Essential in Food-for-Defense: A Report on the Poultry Industry and the Needs of Poultry Equipment Manufacturers.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstimated Number of Turkey's in the United States by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Map of the Twenty Leading Turkey Producing States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoultry Statistics for Virginia, Report of the Beef Production Project.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport pertaining to Quackgrass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProposed Regulations for Farm Bulk Milk Holding and/or Cooling Tanks, A Brief Outline of a Plan for Improvement in Handling Foods and Farm Products from Producers to Consumers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 11: Business and Organization lists, 1941-1967, comprises assorted lists concerning livestock and related sales, farming and agricultural pursuits, and professional and philanthropic organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost Offices Selling War Bonds and Issuing Agents for Rockingham County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembership dues received from Virginia for the Virginia State Poultry Federation, The National Turkey Federation Memberships, and Individual Registrations for The National Turkey Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMembers by County for the Beef Cattle Improvement Association, and a Membership Summary for the Virginia State Poultry Federation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Farmers Clubs of Rockingham County and their Managers, National Farm Products 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Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Wampler Family Business Records, 1916-1972, consists of 11 cubic feet and 31 boxes of material documenting Wampler Foods Incorporated. The collection is primarily comprised of personal and business correspondence of Charles Wampler Sr. The collection includes bound ledgers, financial documents, print material, reports, memoranda, and pictures. The collection is arranged topically into eleven series. Series include Administrative Files, Correspondence, Date Books, Farm Ledgers, Financial Papers, Philanthropy and Professional Organizations, Photographs, Press and Advertising Files, Print and Ephemera, Reports and Studies, and Business and Organization lists.","Series 1: Administrative Files, 1937-1972, includes a diverse assortment of administrative documents representing the business' large-scale farming operations. Insurance information and documents represent a large portion of the series regarding farm capital and employees. Another large section of the series is \"testing documentation\" for the various animals owned and bred by the Wamplers including chickens, turkey, cows, and sheep. Nearly all of these animals required regular government-regulated testing, and the corresponding findings and results are within this series.","Occidental Life Insurance Company of California- Statement of Claim, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, Rockingham Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.","Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim, West Rockingham Mutual Fire Co.","Record of Eggs and Poults, Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Marketing Service, Virginia Valley Processors.","Application for Registration of Cheviot Sheep.","Soil Record Sheets, Virginia Department of Agriculture- Lime Letter.","United States Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Markets, Agreement between Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed Company and Walker May.","Inventory Pine Ridge, Sunny Slope, Blosser, Ralston, and Glendale farms for 1964, Sheep records from 1965.","Beef Cattle Record of Performance for 1953, Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Summary of Va. BCIA Performance Testing Program for 1955, Virginia State Department of Agriculture- Division of Markets.","Virginia BCIA Calf Data Sheet.","Agreement with Garber Church of the Brethren, Deed of Trust, Oil and Gas Lease.","Certificate of War Necessity, Official Health Certificate from the Division of Livestock Industry, Turkey Breeding Flock Certificate, American Beef Cattle Performance Registry Association Membership Certificate, Certificate of Record of Official Calfhood Vaccination, American Angus Association- Classification Certificate, Certificate of Entry for Performance Registry International.","Miscellaneous Animal Husbandry Record Sheet, Daily Record Form for the Division of Motor Transport, Report of PPLO Tube Agglutination Test.","Flock Inspection and Check-Testing Report-United States Department of Agriculture, Report of Official Vaccination for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Laboratory Report of Agglutination Blood Test for Brucellosis- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture.","Laboratory Report-Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Flock Selection and Pullorum Testing Report- Virginia Department of Agriculture, Brucellosis Calfhood Vaccination Record, Tuberculosis Test Record.","Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company-Statement of Claim.","A Plan for Low Cost Life Insurance for Officers and Employees of Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed Company, Nationwide Life Insurance Company- Statement of Claim.","Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-1971, consists of letters ranging in date from 1918 to 1972. Early correspondence to and from Charles Wampler Sr. in regard to his turkey business and his position as county farm agent may be found here. Through the 1940s, the letters concern both agricultural and World War II topics as the Wampler businesses supported the American war effort through food production. Intermixed throughout this range are letters regarding both the financial and agricultural support Charles Wampler Jr. provided to colleges and universities through his service on their Boards of Visitors. Letters written during his terms as a state representative can be found in the 1950s and 1960s with some addressed to Virginia governors and politician Harry F. Byrd. Wampler's letters to congressmen and state representatives regarding local and national issues document his own political persuasions on sundry topics including gambling, the United Nations, and presidential candidates. The Wamplers' philanthropic pursuits and financial donations to various non-profits (Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care, etc.) are also documented.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Dairy and Food Division.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Norfolk and Western Railway Co.","Walter S. Newman- Supervisor of Agricultural Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Poultry and Egg National Board.","Senator Aubrey Weaver, L.M. Walker Jr. - Commissioner of Agriculture Richmond, Virginia, War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, Truck and Bus Inventory for National Defense.","War Department- Highway Traffic Advisory Committee, National Poultry Defense Committee, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson.","Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Governor Colgate Darden Jr., Selective Service Board, Thomas P. Thompson- State Chairman of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, John L. Stewart- Acting Chief of the Division of Foreign Agricultural Research for the United States Department of Agriculture, B.C. Moomaw Jr.- Deputy Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff for the Treasury Staff.","R.F. Nelson- Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Clarence Cannon- House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.B.L. Arner- Chief of the Foreign Agricultural Research Division for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Administration, A.M. Alexander- Deputy Administrator of the War Savings Staff for the Treasury Department, A.D. Oderkirk- Acting Head for the Poultry and Egg Section of the Food Price Division for the Office of Price Administration, Congressman John W. Flannagan Jr., Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Madison College, The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Treasury Department War Savings Staff, Congress of the United States House of Representatives, United States Department of Agriculture Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture USDA War Board, United States Senate Committee on Rules, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, The National Turkey Federation, National Poultry Defense Committee.","United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration Bureau of Animal Industry, American Red Cross, The Virginia State Poultry Federation, Harrisonburg-Rockingham War Savings Committee.","Emergency Committee for Food Production, Office of Price Administration, Treasury Department-War Savings Staff, United States Department of Agriculture Food Distribution Administration.","Treasury Department-Internal Revenue Service, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Treasury Department-Defense Savings Staff.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Members of the Appeal Board of Selective Service, Governor William M. Tuck.","Elena Becker- Consultant in Home Economics  for the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.","Frank E. Moone- United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, H.L. Shrader- Senior Extension Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Extension Service, Congressman A. Willis. Robertson.","Commonwealth of Virginia- Department of Finance Division of Motor Vehicles, D.K. Christenberry Jr.- Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia, E.J. Milligan- Selective Service System.","D.K. Christenberry Jr. - Assistant Director for the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","L.M. Walker Jr. – Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Selective Service Board, National Poultry Defense Committee.","Congressman A. Willis Robertson.","Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","City Planning Commission for the City of Harrisonburg, Congressman A. Willis Robertson, Senator J.A. Garber.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Hollis Shomo- Supervisor of Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","H.C. Givens- State Veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles.","Governor William M. Tuck, Major Charles S. Roller Jr., the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.","Senator A. Willis Robertson, T.C. Byerly- Senior Poultry Husbandman for the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry, Colonel James P. Woods, Governor William M. Tuck.","B.B. Tucker- State Director of the Production and Marketing Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Lawrence T. Berry- Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Captain J.E. Schuyler, Governor William M. Tuck.","H.E. Moskey- Chief of the Veterinary Medical Section for the Food and Drug Administration.","Roy W. Lennartson- Associate Director of the Poultry Branch for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Raymond V. Long- Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Raymond Guest.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, United World Federalists of Virginia.","Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.","Commonwealth of Virginia Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy.","Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia State Planning Board.","Board of Trustees Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Rockingham Library Association, United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Cuba.","Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Department of Agriculture, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture.","Senator John S. Battle, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Congress of the United States House of Representatives.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Department of Agriculture, H.S. Gutteridge Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Administration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Congress of the United States House of Representatives, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator A. Willis Robertson.","Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Lawrence Berry Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture.","Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry, Governor John S. Battle.","L.M. Walker Jr. Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.","Senator Raymond A. Guest, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture, R.M. Loughborough- Executive Secretary for the County of Fairfax.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","J.W. Graham-Department of Agriculture.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor John S. Battle.","Norman S. Elliott- Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission.","Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Carolyne Brookes- Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Governor John S. Battle.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Selective Service Board.","Stanley J. Marsden- United States Department of Agriculture; Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Inc.; autobiographical essay to Fred Lang of The Poultryman.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","S.G. Sutton- Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Markets.","Senator Raymond R. Guest, V.S. Shaffer- Virginia House of Delegates, Senator Curry Carter, Governor John S. Battle, James O. Stickley- Virginia House of Delegates, Landon  R. Wyatt- Virginia House of Delegates, E. Blackburn Moore- Virginia House of Delegates, D. French Slaughter- Virginia House of Delegates.","Senator Willis A. Robertson, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.D. Termohlen- Director of the Poultry Branch for the Department of Agriculture, Jos. Wm. Kinghorne- Assistant Director Poultry Branch-United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration.","Constitutions and By-Laws from the Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Garland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Charles F. Brannan- Department of Agriculture.","Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.R. Smith- Department of Highways Landscape Superintendent, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Thomas B. Stanley- Candidate for Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Congress of the United States House of Representatives.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Robert W. Burgess- Director Bureau of Census.","Governor John S. Battle, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","W.D. Termohlen- Director of Production and Administration for the Department of Agriculture, Senator Harry F. Byrd, Senator A. Willis Robertson, Congressman William M. Tuck, Congressman Richard H. Poff, Congressman J.T. Broyhill, Congressman William C. Wampler.","Senator A. Willis Robertson, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Lewis L. Strauss- United States Atomic Energy Commission.","Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Thomas B. Stanley.","R. Maclin Smith- Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates.","George W. Dean- State Forester for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Development.","Garland Gray- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate.","Dan Stickley- President of the Rockingham Development Corporation.","W.D. Termohlen- The Foreign Service of the United States of America, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Thos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Thos B. Stanley- Commonwealth of Virginia Governor, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","United States Atomic Energy Commission.","Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry.","Garland Gary- Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry and Foods.","A. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, W.L. Bendix- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Animal and Dairy Industries, Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Rodney C. Berry- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration Division of Chemistry and Foods.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison.","Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd, G.M. Carman- Research Officer for the Department of Agriculture. Review of Rockingham County Fair.","Senator Floyd Stevens, Hollis Shomo- Supervisor to the Poultry \u0026 Egg Section of the Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A. Willis Robertson- United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Thos B. Stanley, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Ted Dalton.","Lawrence T. Berry- Secretary for the Board of Agriculture and Immigration of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","The Virginia State Dairymen's Association, C.E. Bass- County Supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","W.S. Campbell- Department of Conservation for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","E.V. Coville- Assistant Director for the Division of Markets of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Rodney C. Berry- Director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture Division of Chemistry, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Administrative Assistant for the Department of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor Lindsey J. Almond, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Don H. Spencer- County Supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration for the United States Department of Agriculture.","Gordon Tucker- Supervisor of the Poultry \u0026 Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Governor J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, Senator Harry F. Byrd.","W.L. Bendix- State Veterinarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration.","Raymond D. Schar- Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Richard D. Chumney- Secretary for the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration to the Commonwealth of Virginia, J.H. Meek- Division of Markets for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","Senator Harry F. Byrd, Congressman Burr P. Harrison, W.R. Crabill- State Board of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, A. Willis Robertson-Senator of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia.","T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation.","Parke C. Brinkley- Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Virginia, J. Paul Williams- Virginia State Poultry Federation, Bill King- Virginia Angus Association.","John H. Ralston- President of the Rockingham Farm Bureau.","Senator George S. Aldhizer.","Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association.","Governor J. Lindsey Almond.","Congress of the United States- House of Representatives, H.A. Waters- Acting Chief Officer for the Animal Inspection and Quarantine Division of the United States Department of Agriculture.","Andrew W. Cordier- Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.","United States Department of Agriculture- Animal Husbandry Research Division.","J.D. Lawrence- President for the Virginia Highway Users Association.","Senator Charles R. Fenwick.","Gordon Tucker- Supervisor for the Poultry and Turkey Improvement Plans for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Senator Charles R. Fenwick, Homer Quann- Candidate for the President of the United States.","S.M. Long Jr.- Chief Taxpayer Information Section for the U.S. Treasury Department.","Delta Airlines, Pan American World Airways.","Senator Charles F. Fenwick.","American Airlines.","Virginia Beef Cattle Association.","The Washington Post, Harrisonburg Daily News-Record, American Airlines.","Washington National Airport, Dr. T.P. Koudelka- Division of Animal and Dairy Industry for the Commonwealth of Virginia, T.R. Elliott- District Forester for the Department of Conservation and Development for the Commonwealth of Virginia. State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts.","General Dwight D. Eisenhower.","U.S. Selective Service Board.","United States Post Office.","United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.","United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service.","Shenandoah Life Insurance Company.","Stephen McDonogh- Agricultural Counselor for the Embassy of Ireland.","Stanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","Stanley J. Marsden- Physiology Investigations of the Poultry Research Branch for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.","Brigadier General R.L. Dulaney.","L.H. Averill- General Sales Manager of the Chevrolet Motor Division, Elmer Kaylor- Rockingham Farm Bureau.","Senator A. Willis Robertson; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Congressman John O. Marsh Jr. regarding Wampler's support of the Lyndon Johnson/Hubert Humphrey presidential ticket, includes mentions of Civil Rights.","A.A. Youssef- Ambassador for the United Arab Republic.","A. Ross Eckler- Acting Director for the Bureau of the Census for the U.S. Department of Commerce.","October 11, 1971 letter to Dr. G. Wayne Glick, President of Keuka College in response to a recent article in the Messenger. Wampler comments on the current political situation, the Vietnam War, and activism by the younger generation. Of particular interest are Wampler's racist comments concerning African Americans.","United States Senate, and the American Biographical Institute.","Letter to the Selective Service Board.","Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration: Division of Animal Industry.","Series 3: Date Books, 1939-1965, consist of date books signed by Charles W. Wampler Jr. which include personal appointments, business schedules, and notes on farm production.","Provides a list of dates, purchase and costs primarily made during 1939 with a few from 1940. Purchases include \"Hatching Bill,\" \"Eggs Booked,\" \"Eggs Bought,\" \"National Turkey Federation Contributions\" and others.","The bulk of this ledger appear to be sales records from 1949 with a few in 1950.","The user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr. Included in the date book is a promotional 1949 calendar from Woodward and Lothrop, Washington D.C.","The user of this date book was Charles Wampler Jr.","The user of these diaries was Charles Wampler Jr.","Animals are broken down by the owning farm.","Series 4: Farm Ledgers, 1932-1951, contains information on the day-to-day operations of the Wampler properties. Some ledgers specify: Ralston Farm, Dry River, Sunny Slope Farm, Glendale Farm, and Blossom Farm. Other ledgers do not specify property names but do contain information such as expenses, account information, flock details, and livestock weights. Items are arranged chronologically.","Contains information such as expenses, cost of turkeys and poults, turkey feed, and the amount for certain goods such as corn meal, ground oats, milk, salt, wheat, and barley.","Lists the names of the individuals who purchased the turkeys, where they are from, whether purchased hens or toms, how they paid, and how much they spent.","Contains information such as Grain, Oil Mill, Dairy, Cotton Oil, and Feed Service Companies, amounts of turkeys sold and their prices, eggs sold, and the profits and losses from his sales to certain individuals listed.","Contains information regarding the necessary equipment needed to build the hatchery such as stone, cement, sand, lumber, tile, nails, paint, screws, nails, plaster, as well as the amounts of these goods purchased and their prices, the names of the individuals who provided Wampler with labor and what they were paid, as well as information regarding day to day operations regarding sales.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and the names of people with whom Wampler did business.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, expenses, and inventory at Sunny Slope Farm, as well as the types of poults and eggs purchased, total amounts, dates, and costs.","Contains information regarding the amount of eggs being laid at each of the Wamplers' farms, total income from those eggs, and expenses.","Contains information regarding day to day operations, income, regular expenses, special expenses, inventory, and total expenses for individuals who owe money.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, donations, rent, dues, notes, dividends, expenses, insurance, loans, gravel expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery expenses, membership and dues for organizations, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs and poults, rent, dues, expenses, insurance, traveling expenses, Sunny Slope Hatchery, and a brief section on his Colorado Ranch.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, dividends, personal loans, travel expenses, taxes, and the income and expenses of the Trap Nest House.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, and information pertaining to the Wamplers' Dayton property.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, Sunny Slope Hatchery, donations, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, and a Willow Lane Farm is briefly mentioned.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, the Trap Nest House, Dayton Property, and the Sunny Slope Hatchery.","Contains information regarding eggs, poults, rent, donations, membership dues, bank dividends, travel expenses, taxes, notes, sales, statements, turkey and hen accounts, and the Dayton property.","Contains information regarding hens and toms, amount of eggs laid, hatched, raised, found dead, missing, what pen they belong to, and the number of culls.","Series 5: Financial Files, 1941-1971, houses all loose financial documents relating to the Wampler businesses. The majority of the series consists of receipts from shipping, Wampler Feed \u0026 Seed, Sunny Slope Farm, travel expenses, and general purchases while the second part of the series contains miscellaneous bank statements, account information, tax documents for state and federal income, business taxes, and some Wampler family business documents.","Commonwealth of Virginia: Agency Purchase Order.","Commonwealth of Virginia: Travel Expense Reimbursement Voucher, United States Department of Agriculture: Administrative Audit Difference Statement.","Employer Member Unit Life Rate Calculation Sheet.","American Airlines Airway Bill, United Airlines Air Freight Loss or Damage Claim.","Quantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.","Quantity and Pricing of Chicks and Poults.","Balance Statements.","Determined Expenses.","Purebred Breeding Contract.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Feed and Seed Order Information.","Series 6: Philanthropic and Professional Organizations, 1939-1971, consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, summaries, and administrative information for various organizations with which Charles Wampler Sr. and Jr. were involved. The series documents local and national organizations, of which agricultural organizations figure prominently. See also materials in Series 10: Reports and Studies for philanthropic reports relating to the Bridgewater College Board of Trustees, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Bridgewater College Board of Trustees.","Case Work Report, Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, By-Laws of Children's Home Society of Virginia.","Terms and Conditions on Dwarfism, Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, Report of Operations.","Membership Report.","Membership-Finance Committee.","The Department of Agriculture's Contribution to the War Effort, Newcastle Disease in Poultry, Proposed Regional Diagnostic Laboratories, Japanese Beetle Quarantine, State Lime Grinding Plants, Minutes of the Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration.","Confidential Reports of Visits to Corporations, Minutes of Regular Annual Meetings, Financial Statements, and Operating Accounts.","Minutes of Poultry Federation Directors Meetings, Producer Membership Report, Turkey Membership Report, and Plans and Objectives.","Names and Addresses, Minutes of Board Meetings, Executive Committee, and Financial Reports.","Finance Committee, Membership Summaries, Membership Committee, VPI Committee, Taxation Committee, Advertising Committee, Grading and Inspection Committee, and Legislative Action Committee.","Convention Committee, Insurance Committee, Other Committees, and Miscellaneous.","Membership Summary, Producer Membership Plan, Financial Condition, Income and Expenses, Preliminary Reports, Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, and Convention Committee Report.","Minutes of the Meeting of the Merchandising Committee.","Minutes of Charlottesville Conference.","Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting of Wampler Feed and Seed Company, Inc.","Proposals made by the By-Laws Committee.","Series 7: Photographs, 1939-1971, contains livestock pictures from the Wampler Farms and from farmers across the country with letters attached regarding breeding opportunities and purchase requests. Several personal photographs of the Wampler children are included here.","Accompanied by a note that reads: \"\"My Son in Law Elmer Larson and grand Daughter Pamela.\" This note likely refers to photographs 02.01-02.04. The photograph also is labeled February 1955 on the side.","The photograph is labeled February 1955.","The photograph is labeled March 1955 on the side.","The photograph is labeled June 1955 on the side.","Caption on back reads:  \"Yearling stud ram at Normandin– N.C. Cheviot.  Beautiful to behold, and a show winner- but no good at all as a breeder. Both he and his lambs have now been culled.","Caption on the back refers to North Country Cheviot ewes.","Caption on the back refers to North Country ram lambs.","Caption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"May 1948 Erdenheim Farms of Chestnut Hill Phil 18 Pa.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Ch. Cheviot Ewe. Slack Brothers Quebec 1949.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Champion Shropshire Ewe, Slack Brothers, Quebec 1949.\"","Captioned: \"11 Mo old Ewe Lambs 'Montadale'.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"4 year old ram on left, 2 ram lambs, HS. Dean flock of 48.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"2-2 yr old ewes, 2-2yr. old ewes, 2- ewe lambs, H.S. Dean flock of 48.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Cheviot and Leicester yearlings.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Leicester and Cheviot yearlings.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Yearling Ewes, Rifle Ranges, Ottawa Photo: Oct. 17th, 1947. Left to right: Cheviot x Leicester, Leicester x Oxford, Leicester x Shropshire, Oxford x Shropshire, Leicester x Cheviot.\"","Accompanied by a note that reads: \"My flock of 170 Ewes.\" Note also refers to photograph 03.16.","Caption on the back reads: \"Born April 29 - 67, Triplets - 1 day old., Weight 2 averaged 40 # each, 1 averaged 50 #, Dam is five years old., Mr. Wampler: I named them Teeny, Tiny and Tot. (Ethel)\"","Caption on the back reads: \"20-708-   Age 9 yrs. Wt. 1900 Sire of dam. Purchased from Mr. Charlie Wampler.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"age- 3 yrs, wt. 1600 Sire of the Triplets purchased from C.A Miller, Keyser, W.VA.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12 \" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Eileenmere of Snorest 12\" #3197940 04/29/62.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026 Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Olentangy Farms Demorest \u0026 Sons 3897 Waldo-Fulton RD. Waldo, Ohio 43356.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Gitchell's Studio \u0026 Camera Shop Harrisonburg, Virginia.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"J.F. ABERNATHY LIVESTOCK PHOTO CO Union Stock Yards  Chicago IL.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lord Leslie Defender 154191. Sweet Air Farm, Leslie, Md. He is a little over a year old, rich crimson in color and as kind and gentle as a kitten. He produces big strong litters. One young sows farrowing 8 and 9 pigs in their first litters. Note the big bones, smooth lines, rigor and fine conformations which are strong characteristics in all his pigs. \"Defender - bred Durocs have won more prizes than the [illegible] of any other boar.\" \"No boar living or dead has equaled the show record of Defender\" the great grand sow of our Lord Leslie Defender. Defender was twice International Grand Champion.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"This is a picture of Lady Leslie Defender. Reg. #356218. [illegible] Farm. In her first and only litter so far, she farrowed eight strong pigs. She will farrow this spring.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Just an unusual picture taken last year. These 2 Bronze toms were always at it!\"","Caption on the back reads: \"o me this is a 'prize' picture! These hens about 1 ½ years old.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"'Birds eye' of breeder pen. Pen Room, in rear, is pen where we first put turkeys after taking from wire floor.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Pen 40' x 20'. Roost space for 75 birds. Only have 48 in here now. We close them up every nite- good range all day of course.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Our largest bronze last year- sold at x mas. 39 1/2 #.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"7 breeder pens.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Notice the 'Sport'- White + Bronze mixed. Was a beautiful bird. Even prettier than the new breed of Royal Palm. He weighed only 41 # when killed last x mas. Those are strange trees - can see the fruit.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"He weighed 33 #. They served 57 meals, having some meat left over for sandwiches and salads!\"","Caption on the back reads: \"Have their field planted to peanuts this year. These are last year bronze hens, which kept for Breeders.\"","Caption on the back reads: \"These are white breeders in front of breeding pens.\"","Numerous cars parked near the main barn. Photograph also features a circus tent.","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Stamp on the back reads: \"Compliments of NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION Prepared by TURKEY INFORMATION SERVICE 110 Social Ha Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: 801 359-2201.\"","Series 8: Press and Advertising Files, 1920-1963, consist of marketing materials for the Wampler businesses that includes poultry advertisements and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes speeches, articles, and press releases authored by or about Charles Wampler Jr.","\"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" \"What's Ahead in Turkey Profits,\" \"Virginia Tech Best Serves Virginians.\" Wampler and the National Defense Committee.","\"The Growth of the Turkey Industry,\" \"What Must Virginia do to Compete in Turkey Production,\" and \"Eating Chicken Does Not Cause Cancer- An Answer to the Police Gazette.\"","Biography of Charles W. Wampler.","Newspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs.","Newspaper articles for Angus Bulls, Calves and Heifers, and Cheviot Rams and Sheep for sales, newspaper articles and ads also describing the animals for sale as well as cattle feed, poults, and eggs, sketching of ad designs with desired sizes, titles, font, and other information pertaining to Wampler and the animals.","Press releases regarding the death of Zola Estelle Wampler, cattle improvement performance programs from Performance Registry International, a recipe packet developed by the Virginia Poultry Products Commission, and borax in fertilizers from the US Department of Agriculture.","Address by A.G. Black, Governor of the Farm Credit Administration before conference of agricultural credit agencies and farm organizations, Radio speech given by Adrin Sonn- \"Defense Stamps and Bonds,\" Radio Speech pertaining to Religious Education, \"An Interpretation of our Foreign Policy\"- Speech before Virginia Institute of Rural Affairs by J.T. Sanders, Legislative Counsel, and part of a talk prepared for the Wampler reunion at Galax, Virginia.","Series 9: Print and Ephemera, 1916-1971, includes agricultural publications such as \"Turkey World.\" This series also includes biographical information on Charles Wampler Jr. from magazines, newspapers, and farm sale catalogs of auctions held on his properties. A number of printed brochures from various manufacturers and charitable organizations also reside this series.","\"Man with Vision.\"","Constitution and By-Laws of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, General and Special Rules: Performance Registry International, Constitution and By-Laws: Performance Registry International, and Charter and By-Laws: American Angus Association.","Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Refugee Organization, National Conference for the Prevention of World War III, \"The Federal Fiscal Situation\" speech of Honorable Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia in the Senate of the United States, \"100 Things You Should Know About Communism.\"","Pamphlets explaining the importance of War Bonds and their benefits, \"The Solution of Some Governmental Problems,\" \"Nine Men Against America: The Story of the Supreme Court and your Liberties,\" and Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform.","\"Why Should I be a Member of the Virginia Conference of Social Work?,\" The Children's Home Society of Virginia, The Virginia Children's Home Finder, and Child Welfare League of America.","G.C. Birdsall Breeder of Duroc-Jersey and Hampshire Swine Cheviot Sheep, and List of Active Cheviot Breeders in the United States 1957 and 1962.","Poultry and Egg National Board Reporter, National Turkey Federation Progress, and Northeastern Poultryman, Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Membership.","The National Turkey Improvement Plan, Turkey World catalog, Poultry and Egg Judging, and United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural: Research Service.","Livestock sale catalogs, Sunny Slope Farm: Home of Wampler's Turkeys, Wampler's Cheviot Ram Sale, and Wampler's Type and Vigor Strain: Black and Bronze Turkey Poults.","Livestock sale catalogs, Wampler's Angus Cattle and Cheviot Sheep, Records of Performance Bulls, and Wampler's Cheviot Sheep Sale.","Office of Price Administration, Community Leaders of America, and The Chemurgic Digest: National Farm Chemurgic Council.","Virginia Feed and Nutrition Conference.","The Agricultural Seed Law: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Tolerance Rules for Use in Tagging Crop Seeds: Department of Agriculture and Immigration, A Graphic Summary of Farm Labor and Population: United States Department of Agriculture, The Annual Address of the President of the American Farm Bureau Federation.","Harrisonburg/Rockingham Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Processing Equipment News, Department of Agriculture Immigration, A Forward Look at Feed Industry Problems: Virginia Feed-Nutrition Conference, and Virginia Bankers Farm Credit Conference, National Farm Chemurgic Council, and Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Agricultural Seed Law.","Series 10: Reports and Studies, 1927-1969, holds typed or printed reports. Agricultural materials from the U.S. Farm Bureau, National Turkey Federation, the U.S.D.A., and the Virginia and Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture which include livestock disease reports, castor bean testing data, poultry stock reports, and inspection and market information. In addition, legislation related to agricultural issues is also represented. Other materials include reports regarding educational and charitable organizations in which Charles Wampler Sr. had a philanthropic interest (such as Bridgewater College, Virginia Tech, and Children's Home Society of Virginia); 1954 legislative Actions; War savings and Fund Campaigns; Senatorial Remarks; House of Representative Committee rules; and Virginia State Legislation and sub-committee reports.","Application for Membership in Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association, Summary of Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association Performance Testing of Aberdeen-Angus Herds, and Summary of Graded Bull Sales.","Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Markets.","United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics, State Department of Agriculture Division of Markets, Annual Report of Market Expansion by the Virginia Department of Agriculture, Classification of Hatcheries Participating in the Virginia and National Poultry Improvement Plan.","Virginia State USO War Fund Campaign, Legislative Action Program of Virginia Farmers Union, Memorandum on Food and Milk Law Enforcement in Virginia, Rockingham County Economic Data.","Reports of the Sub-Committee on the Development of Agricultural Industries and the Improvement of Agricultural and Industrial Relations, Remarks of Senator A. Willis Robertson prepared for delivery on the floor of the Senate in advocacy of the Reciprocal Trade Bill, Virginia War Savings Staff.","Statistical Reports on Enrollment, Enrollment by Classes, Distribution of Students by States, Distribution of Students by Religious Denominations, Distribution of Brethren Students by Church Districts, Proposal for a Ten-Year Development Program.","Children's Home Society of Virginia Annual Reports, Cumulative Case Work Report, Sponsors, Officers and Directors, Monthly Reports of Income and Expenses.","Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute: Report of the Treasurer to the Honorable Board of Visitors, and Statements as to the Work and Program of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.","Report to the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors or Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Monthly Herd Reports, and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Reports.","The Growing of Castor Beans Report.","Letter from the Commonwealth of Virginia with a report and examination of Charles Wampler Sr. timber.","\"The Potential Development of the Steel-Making Industry in Virginia,\" and \"A Report on Virginia's Economy: The State's Fiscal System and the Impact of its Taxes on Industrial Development.\"","\"Poultry Equipment Essential in Food-for-Defense: A Report on the Poultry Industry and the Needs of Poultry Equipment Manufacturers.\"","Estimated Number of Turkey's in the United States by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Map of the Twenty Leading Turkey Producing States.","Poultry Statistics for Virginia, Report of the Beef Production Project.","Report pertaining to Quackgrass.","Proposed Regulations for Farm Bulk Milk Holding and/or Cooling Tanks, A Brief Outline of a Plan for Improvement in Handling Foods and Farm Products from Producers to Consumers.","Series 11: Business and Organization lists, 1941-1967, comprises assorted lists concerning livestock and related sales, farming and agricultural pursuits, and professional and philanthropic organizations.","Post Offices Selling War Bonds and Issuing Agents for Rockingham County.","Membership dues received from Virginia for the Virginia State Poultry Federation, The National Turkey Federation Memberships, and Individual Registrations for The National Turkey Federation.","Members by County for the Beef Cattle Improvement Association, and a Membership Summary for the Virginia State Poultry Federation.","List of Farmers Clubs of Rockingham County and their Managers, National Farm Products Marketing and Merchandising Committee, Committee for the Defense Savings Program for Rockingham County and the City of Harrisonburg, and the American Poultry Historical Society Membership List."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeveral publications relating to local matters were pulled from the collection, cataloged individuallly, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Several publications relating to local matters were pulled from the collection, cataloged individuallly, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections 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 University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","George Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.","Newman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at  https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/ .","The manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request.","The collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.","George Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed.","Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.","Toliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.","Obituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005.","Ruth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of   History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906  (1998) and  Keeping Up With Yesterday  (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.","Born February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. ","George A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.","Ruby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.","Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).","Wendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026M University and Wilberforce University.","George A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.","Beyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate.","A portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members.","George Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","Original description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).","Loose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.","Materials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.","Allison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026 Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order.","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","According to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" ","The manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary:  \"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"","The manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","While the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026 D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026 D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.","George Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.","Twelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.","Six minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. ","Other materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. ","Four hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. ","Materials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.","Materials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.","Among the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.","Pictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.","Pictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.","Included are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.","Ruth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta","Jessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver","Included are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.","Marguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins","Demetrius, Fred Jr., George","Included are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.","Included are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.","Pictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.","Included are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.","Included are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.","Indentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.","Included are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.","Included are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.","Included are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.","Queen for Eastern Star Organization.","Professional athlete.","Ph.D., University of Iowa.","Ordained United Methodist minister.","Professional athlete.","Lowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.","Transcript included.","Includes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.","The Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].","\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"","Includes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon.","One copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection.","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 Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Lucy F. Simms School (Public school)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Woman's Society of Christian Service","Effinger Street School","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Newtown, Rockingham County, Va.)","Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005","Allen, Doris Harper, 1927-2021","Rhodes, Elon W. (Elon Walter), 1922-2006","Simms, Lucy F. (Lucy Frances), 1856-1934","Fairfax, Mary Awkard, 1912-2006","Harris, W.N.P. (William Nelson Pendleton), 1881-1977","Dickerson, Eugene, (Physician)","Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972","English"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0313","/repositories/4/resources/644"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005"],"creator_ssim":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. 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The Tolivers made additional donations in September 2021, October 2021, and January 2022."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Education","African Americans -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Education","African Americans -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3.8 cubic feet in 3 boxes and 12 tri-folds"],"extent_tesim":["3.8 cubic feet in 3 boxes and 12 tri-folds"],"genreform_ssim":["Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"date_range_isim":[1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNewman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at \u003cextref href=\"https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/\" show=\"new\"\u003ehttps://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request.\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Other Formats Available","Other Formats Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["George Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.","Newman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at  https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/ .","The manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.","George Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eToliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eToliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eObituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.","Toliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.","Obituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRuth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906\u003c/emph\u003e (1998) and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eKeeping Up With Yesterday\u003c/emph\u003e (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBorn February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRuby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAustin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026amp;M University and Wilberforce University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ruth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of   History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906  (1998) and  Keeping Up With Yesterday  (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.","Born February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. ","George A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.","Ruby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.","Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).","Wendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026M University and Wilberforce University.","George A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.","Beyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["A portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, SC 0313, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, SC 0313, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026amp; Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["George Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","Original description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).","Loose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.","Materials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.","Allison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026 Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary: \u003cblockquote\u003e\"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"\u003c/blockquote\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhile the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026amp; D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026amp; D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTwelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSix minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFour hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius, Fred Jr., George\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQueen for Eastern Star Organization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProfessional athlete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePh.D., University of Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdained United Methodist minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProfessional athlete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","According to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" ","The manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary:  \"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"","The manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","While the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026 D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026 D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.","George Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.","Twelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.","Six minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. ","Other materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. ","Four hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. ","Materials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.","Materials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.","Among the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.","Pictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.","Pictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.","Included are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.","Ruth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta","Jessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver","Included are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.","Marguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins","Demetrius, Fred Jr., George","Included are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.","Included are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.","Pictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.","Included are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.","Included are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.","Indentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.","Included are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.","Included are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.","Included are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.","Queen for Eastern Star Organization.","Professional athlete.","Ph.D., University of Iowa.","Ordained United Methodist minister.","Professional athlete.","Lowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.","Transcript included.","Includes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.","The Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].","\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"","Includes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOne copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["One copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection."],"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_4bcb0d86958b487646d5b5f8bec1dc4e\"\u003eThe Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown."],"names_coll_ssim":["Lucy F. Simms School (Public school)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Woman's Society of Christian Service","Effinger Street School","Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. 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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.","George Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.","Newman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at  https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/ .","The manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request.","The collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.","George Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed.","Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.","Toliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.","Obituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005.","Ruth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of   History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906  (1998) and  Keeping Up With Yesterday  (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.","Born February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. ","George A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.","Ruby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.","Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).","Wendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026M University and Wilberforce University.","George A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.","Beyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate.","A portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members.","George Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","Original description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).","Loose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.","Materials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.","Allison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026 Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order.","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","According to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" ","The manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary:  \"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"","The manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","While the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026 D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026 D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.","George Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.","Twelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.","Six minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. ","Other materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. ","Four hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. ","Materials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.","Materials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.","Among the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.","Pictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.","Pictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.","Included are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.","Ruth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta","Jessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver","Included are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.","Marguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins","Demetrius, Fred Jr., George","Included are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.","Included are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.","Pictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.","Included are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.","Included are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.","Indentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.","Included are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.","Included are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.","Included are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.","Queen for Eastern Star Organization.","Professional athlete.","Ph.D., University of Iowa.","Ordained United Methodist minister.","Professional athlete.","Lowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.","Transcript included.","Includes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.","The Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].","\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"","Includes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon.","One copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection.","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 Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandsons Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) and Wendell Temple (1923-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Lucy F. Simms School (Public school)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.)","John Wesley United Methodist Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Woman's Society of Christian Service","Effinger Street School","Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Newtown, Rockingham County, Va.)","Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005","Allen, Doris Harper, 1927-2021","Rhodes, Elon W. (Elon Walter), 1922-2006","Simms, Lucy F. (Lucy Frances), 1856-1934","Fairfax, Mary Awkard, 1912-2006","Harris, W.N.P. (William Nelson Pendleton), 1881-1977","Dickerson, Eugene, (Physician)","Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972","English"],"unitid_tesim":["SC 0313","/repositories/4/resources/644"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["James Madison University"],"repository_ssim":["James Madison University"],"geogname_ssm":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005"],"creator_ssim":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005"],"creators_ssim":["Toliver, Ruth M.","Toliver, Lowell","Newman, George A. (George Ambrose), 1855-1944","Temple, Ruby Edith Newman, 1898-1983","Harris, Austin Gerald, 1941-2005","Temple, Wendell A. (Wendell Ambrose), 1923-2005"],"places_ssim":["Newtown (Rockingham County, Va.)"],"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":["Donated to Special Collections by Ruth and Lowell Toliver in February 2021. Ruth Toliver is George A. Newman's granddaughter. The Tolivers made additional donations in September 2021, October 2021, and January 2022."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans -- Education","African Americans -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans -- Education","African Americans -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Urban renewal -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","African American churches -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg -- History","Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3.8 cubic feet in 3 boxes and 12 tri-folds"],"extent_tesim":["3.8 cubic feet in 3 boxes and 12 tri-folds"],"genreform_ssim":["Family papers","Photographs","Minutes (administrative records)","Manuscripts (documents)","Ledgers (account books)","Letters (correspondence)","Pamphlets","Speeches (Documents)","Brochures","Church records","Sheet music"],"date_range_isim":[1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNewman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at \u003cextref href=\"https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/\" show=\"new\"\u003ehttps://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/\u003c/extref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request.\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Other Formats Available","Other Formats Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["George Newman's manuscript and the individual photographs comprising the twelve tri-folds were digitized per the donor's request. George Newman's speech was also digitized. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request.","Newman's manuscript \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" was published for the first time in 2025 and edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. It is available in printed form or online at  https://pressbooks.lib.jmu.edu/newmanmiserablerevenge/ .","The manuscript was digitized in February-April 2021 and is available upon request."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged chronologically with the exception of the Gerald Harris and Wendell Temple papers which are intellectually and physically arranged as sub-groups at the end of the collection.","George Newman's manuscript is housed in one folder and two archival quality binders. The first two manuscript pages are on legal sized paper and were removed to a folder to ensure their physical integrity. Folder 1 includes manuscript pages 1-2. Binder 1 includes manuscript pages 3-140. The first four manuscript pages, approximately, were transcribed at an unknown time and are included in binder 1. Binder 2 includes manuscript pages 141-480. Missing pages are outlined in the Scope and Content note. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order. Each page is individually sleeved with a few exceptions, for example when it was discovered during scanning that two pages were in the same sleeve. In these instances the pages were kept in the same sleeve but repositioned so that both could be viewed."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eToliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eToliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eObituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005.\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Toliver, Ruth M. Keeping Up With Yesterday. Olney, MD: Lowell A. or Ruth M. Toliver, 2009.","Toliver, Ruth M. History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906. Gaithersburg, MD: Signature Books, 1998.","Obituary for Austin G. Harris, Daily News-Record, April 8, 2005."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRuth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906\u003c/emph\u003e (1998) and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eKeeping Up With Yesterday\u003c/emph\u003e (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBorn February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRuby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAustin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026amp;M University and Wilberforce University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBeyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ruth M. Toliver is a retired English teacher, local and family historian, and the author of   History of Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church, Newtown, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1892-1906  (1998) and  Keeping Up With Yesterday  (2009). She is the daughter of Eugene Murdock and Myrtle Newman Murdock (1901-2000) and the granddaughter of George Ambrose Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. Ruth Toliver inherited many of the family papers that comprise this collection from her cousin Wendell Temple (d. 2005), son of Ruby Newman Temple. She married Lowell Toliver, son of Theodore Tolliver (1902-1967) and Phoebe Harper Tolliver (1906-1982). Lowell Toliver, who was born and raised in Harrisonburg, entered the U. S. Army in January 1953 and it was at this point that the spelling of his last name changed from Tolliver to Toliver.","Born February 4, 1855 in Winchester, Virginia to free Black parents, George Ambrose Newman moved to Harrisonburg in 1875 to serve as principal of the local African American school. Newman learned to read and write at an early age and also pursued his interests in music. He served for 33 years as a teacher and administrator in the city school system—chiefly at the Effinger Street School—and also held teaching positions in Warren County, Augusta County, and West Virginia. Six of Newman's children also pursued teaching and began their careers in Rockingham County. Along with Ulysses G. Wilson, local educator and half-brother of Lucy F. Simms, Newman paid the poll taxes of local Black men in response to disenfranchisement tactics during segregation. In addition to being an influential educator Newman was a minister, musician, a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge of Masons in Staunton, and a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church (variously known as John Wesley Methodist Church and John Wesley M. E. Church) in Harrisonburg. Outside of teaching, Newman took positions as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and a U.S. Deputy Marshall. ","George A. Newman married Margaret \"Maggie\" Dallard (1859-1887), daughter of Ambrose and Harriett Dallard, in 1877 and together they had four children. After Maggie's death in 1887, George Newman married Maggie's sister, Mary F. Dallard (1869-1968), as was Ghanian tradition. They had ten children. Newman is remembered as a trailblazing member of Harrisonburg's early African American community and a respected educational leader. Per his obituary, Newman had started his 66th reading of the Bible just months prior to his death. Newman passed away on April 6, 1944 at the age of 89.","Ruby Edith Newman (1898-1983) was born in Harrisonburg to George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman. She married Junius Leroy Temple in 1920. Ruby Newman Temple was a member of the John Wesley United Methodist Church and served for many years as the secretary of the church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS). WSCS met monthly at either the church or the home of a society member.","Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005) was born in Harrisonburg to Carlotta Newman Harris and Austin St. Clair \"Dick\" Harris. He was the grandson of George A. Newman and Mary Dallard Newman on his mother's side and W. N. P. Harris and Geraldine Robinson Harris on his father's side. Harris attended Lucy F. Simms School and while a student entered a local \"How To Beautify Your City\" contest sponsored by the Spotswood Garden Club's Road Beautification Committee. Due to Harrisonburg and Rockingham County's connection to turkeys, Harris submitted the idea and complementary design for turkey monuments to be placed at the highway approaches to Rockingham County. Harris's submission was selected as the winner and the monuments were subsequently dedicated in December 1955. Harris also attended Banneker Junior High School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC. After graduation from Roosevelt, Harris matriculated at Howard University where he graduated in 1964. While a student at Howard, Harris was a member of the ROTC. Harris obtained his master's degree from Syracuse University and later worked at Niagara Mohawk Power Company (Syracuse) and Associated Utilities Company (New Jersey).","Wendell Ambrose Temple (1923-2005) was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia to Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983) and Junius Leroy Temple (1898-1937). Locally, he attended Effinger High School and Lucy F. Simms School. He was an accomplished pianist and musician, and described as a child prodigy in the local newspaper. As a youth, Temple won state-wide music contests and performed at Harrisonburg's State Theater. He received his early training almost exclusively by local music instructor Thurston DeMasters. Temple graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Iowa. He taught at Florida A\u0026M University and Wilberforce University.","George A. Newman, Ruby Newman Temple, and Gerald Harris are all buried in Newtown Cemetery along with many of their immediate and extended family members.","Beyond the Newman family, much of this collection more generally documents Newtown, Harrisonburg's historically African American community located in the northeast section of the city. After Emancipation, this area was settled by formerly enslaved people who began purchasing lots in the Zirkle addition which was farmland located on the northeast edge of town that was newly opened up to residential development. During the 1950s and 1960s, Harrisonburg engaged in urban renewal (Project R4) during which the city identified \"blight\" areas and after acquiring homes and land under eminent domain, sold the property to developers. As a result many Black-owned homes and businesses in the Newtown area were razed, and community members were forced to relocate."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members.\u003c/p\u003e"],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["A portion of the original photographs copied for the tri-folds were provided to the Tolivers by community and family members."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, SC 0313, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, SC 0313, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026amp; Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["George Newman's manuscript was digitized per the donor's request in February 2021. The digital scans are available to researchers upon request. Numerous manuscript pages have writing on their verso side (back) though these were not scanned. All of those pages were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","Original description of the photographs created by the donor was largely retained within descriptive elements of the container list (e.g. thematic titles of tri-folds and item-level titles).","Loose programs and handwritten documents were removed from George Newman's notebook documenting the history of the John Wesley M. E. Church and arranged according to material type.","Materials related to Gerald Harris were largely kept in the same topical order in which they were received.","Allison Lyttle, JMU Libraries Music \u0026 Media Metadata Specialist, assisted in identifying, sorting, and describing Wendell Temple's sheet music which was donated in no discernable order."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eKelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Kelley Street United Brethren in Christ Church (Harrisonburg, Va.). Records, 1892-1905. Accession 37081, Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary: \u003cblockquote\u003e\"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"\u003c/blockquote\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhile the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026amp; D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026amp; D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTwelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSix minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFour hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius, Fred Jr., George\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQueen for Eastern Star Organization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProfessional athlete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePh.D., University of Iowa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdained United Methodist minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProfessional athlete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. Newman (1855-1944), his daughter Ruby Newman Temple (1898-1983), his grandson Austin Gerald Harris (1941-2005), and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood and Newtown.","According to Ruth Toliver, George A. Newman's 480-page manuscript titled \"A Miserable Revenge: A story of life in Virginia\" is a work of fiction with autobiographical elements. The manuscript is divided into 40 chapters and begins: \"A finer estate than that of Joshua Sowers could not be found in all Virginia. We will not give the exact date, let it suffice for us to say we begin our story April the first, in a certain part of the nineteenth century. The morning was a clear, beautiful one. We locate the scene of our story in the county of Frederick, a short distance from the then small town of Winchester. The estate was rightly named Brookland, for the land was covered with brooks. Mr. Sowers owned a large mill.\" Newman introduces a character named William G. Reed as the hero of the story who is leaving Brookland for Chicago. While not explicitly discussed in the manuscript, it is presumed that both Sowers and Reed are white men. African American characters include Jack, Joshua Sowers's \"faithful servant;\" Aunt Sally, the Sowers' enslaved cook; and George, a free child who lived with Sowers. Researchers should note that the manuscript contains the use of racial slurs and further, the enslaved African American characters are depicted as speaking in a stereotypical dialect as was common practice in late 19th century American literature. George, on the other hand, \"had learned to read and write and he always spoke very fluently.\" ","The manuscript was published for the first time in 2025 by James Madison University Libraries Press Books and was edited by Mollie Godfrey, Brooks E. Hefner, Jeslyn Poole, and Evan Sizemore. The back cover book blurb provides the following context and summary:  \"In the mid-1870s, a young African American educator arrived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he wrote a novel about antebellum life in the Shenandoah Valley. George A. Newman's A Miserable Revenge: A Story of Life in Virginia appears here in print for the first time, nearly 150 years after its composition. The earliest known example of a 'white life' novel--a Black-authored novel about white protagonists--A Miserable Revenge is set in and around Winchester, Virginia, in the 1840s. It draws on the sensationalist conventions of popular fiction of the time to spin a story of dark secrets, lost relatives, mistaken identities, crime and detection, and romance. In the novel, Newman describes the relationship between free and enslaved Black Virginians, drawing on his experience as a free Black child indentured to a white landowner in Winchester before the Civil War.\"","The manuscript pages are numbered in the same hand as the manuscript (George A. Newman's). The following pages are not extant and are missing from the manuscript entirely: pages 71-72, 76-82, 84, 267, 272-275, 289-291, and 375. Newman's page number for page 331 was torn away and at a later time was numbered as page 332, but contextual clues confirm that it is in fact page 331. The page was marked as such by the archivist and the incorrect page number was also retained. Only two pages are present between pages 346-349, and for both of the extant pages the page numbers are at least partially torn away rendering them illegible and their exact order unclear. The pages were kept in the order in which they were received with the exception of a few instances in which numbered pages were clearly misordered and were reordered by the archivist to reflect the accurate numerical page order.","While the manuscript is undated, writings potentially in Newman's hand and appearing on select verso pages date to 1875 and 1876. Editors of the published version of the manuscript date the document to mid-1870s. The aforementioned writings largely appear to be handwriting exercises or draft correspondence and also include a nine page essay titled \"An Essay on Truth\" which begins on the verso of page 391 continuing through page 409 on the odd page numbers with a few pages skipped. While undated, context clues within the essay, specifically an anecdote regarding New York Senator Roscoe Conkling recently returning from Europe, suggest a date of 1877. Internal evidence suggests that the remarks were likely given by Newman to the local order of the African American fraternal organization Independent Sons and Daughters of Purity, only identified in the essay by the abbreviation \"I. S. \u0026 D. P.\" and \"Sons \u0026 D. of P.\" In this same essay, Newman writes about having to keep his remarks brief due to an upcoming teacher's examination. All of the manuscript pages with writing on their versos were flagged by the archivist with a \"SEE VERSO\" slip of paper.","George Newman's speech \"Observations on the Negro Problem\" primarily concerns education with commentary on industrial education, choice of occupation, and a comparison of education funding for American Indian students vs. African American students. Newman also discusses the topic of African colonization of Black individuals as proposed by \"so-called statesmen and mis-named philanthropists.\" Newman argues \"It is paradoxical to speak of sending him to a place when he is already there. We are to the manor born. This is now our native home....\" Newman recognizes that certain voting laws that require meeting educational and property qualifications are examples of \"adverse legislation,\" but argues that they might be a \"blessing in disguise.\" Newman concludes with a call for an equitably educated citizenry regardless of status. Edits made to the speech suggest that it may have originally been written circa 1902 and presented again in 1913. As such, a date of 1913 is applied to the speech given the contextual clues within despite the document being undated. A draft transcript created by Special Collections staff is filed with the speech.","Twelve cardboard tri-folds compiled by Lowell Toliver include approximately 133 facsimile photographs documenting people and places in Newtown and Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood. The photograph descriptions were also compiled by Toliver as was the thematic arrangement of each tri-fold. Family names of people identified in the photographs include Harper, Tolliver/Toliver, Sampson, Yokley, Newman, Bundy, Dallard, Temple, Vickers, Brown, Nickens, and Johnson. Local churches and schools include John Wesley Methodist Church, Bethel AME Church, Effinger Street School, and Simms School. Researchers should note that the surname Toliver is spelled variously as Tolover, Tolliver, etc. in the collection. Lowell Toliver's last name was changed slightly from Tolliver to Toliver when he enlisted in the military.","Six minute books document the financial and administrative functions of the John Wesley Methodist Church's Woman's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) between 1943 and 1976. Ruby Newman Temple served as WSCS's secretary for a period of time and kept monthly minutes for the society. Member lists and membership dues are also documented in the minute books. WSCS meetings typically included prayer, scripture reading, hymn singing, a business report, and a program or a topic of discussion. WSCS engaged in community outreach by providing Christmas baskets for the sick in the community, sending sympathy cards, and making charitable donations. The Ruby Newman Temple correspondence primarily relates to her work with WSCS. ","Other materials related to John Wesley Methodist Church include anniversary programs as well as member lists and a brief church history compiled by George Newman. Printed materials related to the United Methodist Church but not specific to John Wesley Methodist Church are also included. ","Four hand-colored sketches by George A. Newman, son of Frederick Newman (1883-1959) are dated August 28, 1929. ","Materials related to Gerald Harris largely concern his design of the turkey monuments that are located on the highway approaches into Harrisonburg and his schooling and coursework at Lucy F. Simms School, Banneker Junior High School, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, and Howard University. Report cards and tuition receipts are included. Of interest is a 1954 letter from A. M. Stitt, Lucy F. Simms School principal, certifying that Harris was vaccinated as well as Harris's polio vaccination card.","Materials created by Wendell Temple primarily comprise original handwritten sheet music for piano. Pieces specifically written for the organ, pianoforte, and violin are also included. The bulk of the sheet music is undated but likely dates to the mid-1930s to late 1940s. The compositions are in various states of completeness and order. Sheet music was written on lined notebook paper, blank pages of voter rolls for the 1928 presidential election, and the back of letterhead for the Castle Hall of Rockingham Star Lodge No. 72 Knights of Pythias and the Democratic Campaign Committee. Additional papers include correspondence from Temple to his mother Ruby Newman Temple and an Effinger High School report card.","Among the guests are Cuetta Howard, Valley Terrell, Hattie Washington, Phoebe Tolliver, and Julia Howard.","Pictured are Marguerite Yokley, Doris Harper, Lois Rouser, Altee Beale, Bessie Goodloe, Louise Winston, Lavinia Temple, Peggy Yokley, Buddy Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Betty Yokley, Clara Bruce, Savilla Vickers, Della Harper, Betty Atkins, Norma Edmonds, Selena Duncan, Eddie Caul, Phoebe Tolliver, Vallie Terrell, [unknown first name] Stitt.","Pictured are all of those in 4. Formal party at Tolliver's as well as Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Yokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, and Henry Rouser.","Included are Robert Harper, Warren Temple, Joe Kokley, Willie Harper, A. Stitt, [unknown first name] Tankins, Norris Atkins, Woodrow Hollins, Theodore Tolliver, Bernice Tolliver, Clarence Gibson, James Strother, Henry Rouser.","Ruth, Myrtle, Mary, Hattie, and Carlotta","Jessie Carter, Lowell Toliver, Bernice Tolliver, Buddy Tolliver, Theodore Tolliver","Included are Ruby, Hattie, Myrtle, and Ruth.","Marguerite and Joe Yokley, Mattie Hollins, Phoebe and Theodore Tolliver, Willie Harper, Savilla Vickers, Martha Hollins, Carl Hollins","Demetrius, Fred Jr., George","Included are A. Stitt, Henry Vickers, Andrew Temple, Elon Rhodes, Buddy Tolliver, Harold Mitchell, and Fleming Jordan.","Included are Ruby Temple, Phoebe Tolliver, Lottie Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Douglass Bowman, Mary Newman, Marian Bowman, Ruth Murdock, Mary Murdock, Savilla Vickers, Dennish Bundy, Gladys Bundy, Arizona Wardy, Johnny Harper, Bud Laird, and Carlotta Newman.","Pictured are Nettie Ray, Lottie Brown, Mary Johnson, Mary Newman, Willie Johnson, Albert Brown, Desmond Johnson, Vivian Redd, Minerva Redd, Lucille Watson, Hattie Watson, Gladys Bundy, Hattie Mitchell, Everett Howard, Fleming Jordan, Louise Winston, and \"Chip\" Johnson.","Included are Jim Guy, Arbutus Sampson, Pauline Carter, Clarence Whitelow, Lowell Toliver, and Frances Scott.","Included are Lucy Simms, Henry Vickers, and Joseph Newman.","Indentifiable are Goldie Francis and Myrtle Newman.","Included are Elon Rhodes, Joe Nickens, Edgar Johnson, Henry Rouser, Everett Howard, Lorenzo Strother, and Alfred Howard.","Included are Ruth Jones, Lois Rouser, Clara Bruce, Betty Yokley, Stitts, \"Duke\" Duncan, Edgar Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Frank Duncan, Peggy Howard, Theodore and Phoebe Tolliver, and Everett Howard.","Included are Willie Harper, Frank Duncan, Willie Bryant, and Theodore Tolliver.","Queen for Eastern Star Organization.","Professional athlete.","Ph.D., University of Iowa.","Ordained United Methodist minister.","Professional athlete.","Lowell Toliver, Justin Banks, Carlton, Banks, Chief Z, and Marc Shifflett.","Transcript included.","Includes a composition notebook with the label \"The property of G. A. Newman, Recording Steward, John Wesley M. E. Church.\" The titled lists include Charter Members of John Wesley M. E. Church Organized October 1865, Deceased Superintendents of John Wesley M. E. Church School, and Partial list of Deceased Members of John Wesley M. E. Church. An untitled list includes member names by street and another just includes member names. These documents appear to be largely in the hand of George A. Newman.","The Vesper Choir of Mother A. M. E. Zion Cathedral [New York] Presents The Sanctuary Choristers program dated April 28, 1968 is inscribed to Ruby [E. Temple] from Lydia [M. Rogers].","\"Dedicated to Rudolph Friml for the inspiration received from his \"Indian Love Call.\"","Includes a lock of hair tied with a red ribbon."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOne copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["One copy of the pamphlet Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the John Wesley Methodist Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 20th through 27th, 1940 was removed from the collection and cataloged separately as part of Special Collections' rare book holdings. A second copy remains in the collection."],"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_4bcb0d86958b487646d5b5f8bec1dc4e\"\u003eThe Ruth and Lowell Toliver Collection of Newman Family Papers, circa 1875-2005, comprises a manuscript, writings, personal papers, facsimile photographs, church records, and correspondence related to George A. 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A committee of trustees consisting of John Cowan, Jacob Cowan, Martin Martz, Dorilas Martz, and Jackson Martz was then appointed to superintend the building of the church and Jeremiah Clemons, a local stonemason, was chosen for construction. The church was completed in 1845 and the stone church remained the sole house of worship until 1952 when a second church building was constructed.","During the Civil War the church was used to house Confederate prisoners and also as a makeshift military hospital. The structure was badly damaged during the war and was not repaired until the 1880s. Please see the item titled Written Histories, 1948-1995 in the Church History Materials series for a detailed history of the church and the stone structure. After the Civil War the church was used by several different denominations including the Christian Church, the United Brethren in Christ, and the German Baptist Church. The congregation worshipped in the Stone Church until 1952 when a larger brick church was built on the land beside it. In 1981 Bethlehem Stone Church was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and in 1985 to the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008 restoration began to the old stone church and was completed in 2011. The structure is now used for special events.","Acquiring the collection was suggested to Dr. Mark Peterson of James Madison University Special Collections, by Dr. Andrew Witmer, history professor at JMU. Dr. Witmer intended to include the collection in his History Harvest project but was unable to do so because of time constraints. Dr. Peterson contacted the church and, with the help of the church's secretary, gathered the collection for digitization in 2012.","The collection was lent to JMU Special Collections for digitization in 2012 and materials were returned to Bethlehem United Church of Christ in 2013. 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Materials include meeting minutes, financial records, attendance and membership records, church programming materials, photographs, and scrapbooks. The earliest documents in the collection include a record of the first organization of the church in August of 1844 and a list of original members. Also contained in the collection are materials documenting the activities of the Sunday School as well as the Women's Fellowship, a women's group within the church. Church history materials include scrapbooks as well as written histories that provide details on the institutional history of the church and the Tenth Legion area.","Items in this series consist of ledgers and notebooks that document the administrative functions of the church and span from the earliest written records in 1844 to 1979. 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Beginning in 1960 within their own records and in other records it is called Women's Fellowship or Women's Fellowship Committee. The bulk of the materials in this series are the program booklets from 1965-1974 that list officers and committee members and outline monthly assignments for the year. Also included in this series are meeting minutes from 1936-1976 (not inclusive) that detail the activities of the group and also include some financial records. The notebook titled \"History of Women's Fellowship of Valley of Virginia\" details the history of women's missionary work in the Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference as well as the history of the Conference in general.","This series documents the organization and activities of the Sunday School of the church. The Sunday School consisted of classes for children and young adults in the church with Bible instruction and singing. In some of the earliest records the school is referred to as Sabbath School, and as \"S. S\" throughout the records. Ledgers include attendance lists and lists of elected officers for the Sunday School Committee as well as record of the activities of each Sunday School meeting, including hymns and Bible readings. Other contents of the ledgers include financial records and lists of literature and materials purchased for the Sunday School. Note that the earliest Sunday School records are located in the Administrative Records series, in Church Record Book 3, 1883-1894.","Materials in this series document the history of the church. Items include scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, typed and hand-written institutional histories of the church, photographs of the church and church members, and church programs. Many of the typed or written histories of the church were compiled for a 150th anniversary celebration of the old stone church held on June 4, 1995. 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After the Civil War the church was used by several different denominations including the Christian Church, the United Brethren in Christ, and the German Baptist Church. The congregation worshipped in the Stone Church until 1952 when a larger brick church was built on the land beside it. In 1981 Bethlehem Stone Church was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and in 1985 to the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008 restoration began to the old stone church and was completed in 2011. The structure is now used for special events.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Bethlehem United Church of Christ, commonly called Bethlehem Stone Church, is located in Tenth Legion, just south of New Market, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley. It was founded in 1844 when Jacob Martz deeded a parcel of land in Tenth Legion to be used as the site for a place of worship. A committee of trustees consisting of John Cowan, Jacob Cowan, Martin Martz, Dorilas Martz, and Jackson Martz was then appointed to superintend the building of the church and Jeremiah Clemons, a local stonemason, was chosen for construction. The church was completed in 1845 and the stone church remained the sole house of worship until 1952 when a second church building was constructed.","During the Civil War the church was used to house Confederate prisoners and also as a makeshift military hospital. The structure was badly damaged during the war and was not repaired until the 1880s. Please see the item titled Written Histories, 1948-1995 in the Church History Materials series for a detailed history of the church and the stone structure. After the Civil War the church was used by several different denominations including the Christian Church, the United Brethren in Christ, and the German Baptist Church. The congregation worshipped in the Stone Church until 1952 when a larger brick church was built on the land beside it. In 1981 Bethlehem Stone Church was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register and in 1985 to the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008 restoration began to the old stone church and was completed in 2011. The structure is now used for special events."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAcquiring the collection was suggested to Dr. Mark Peterson of James Madison University Special Collections, by Dr. Andrew Witmer, history professor at JMU. Dr. Witmer intended to include the collection in his History Harvest project but was unable to do so because of time constraints. 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Beginning in 1960 within their own records and in other records it is called Women's Fellowship or Women's Fellowship Committee. The bulk of the materials in this series are the program booklets from 1965-1974 that list officers and committee members and outline monthly assignments for the year. Also included in this series are meeting minutes from 1936-1976 (not inclusive) that detail the activities of the group and also include some financial records. The notebook titled \"History of Women's Fellowship of Valley of Virginia\" details the history of women's missionary work in the Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference as well as the history of the Conference in general.","This series documents the organization and activities of the Sunday School of the church. The Sunday School consisted of classes for children and young adults in the church with Bible instruction and singing. 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Ledgers include attendance lists and lists of elected officers for the Sunday School Committee as well as record of the activities of each Sunday School meeting, including hymns and Bible readings. Other contents of the ledgers include financial records and lists of literature and materials purchased for the Sunday School. Note that the earliest Sunday School records are located in the Administrative Records series, in Church Record Book 3, 1883-1894.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials in this series document the history of the church. Items include scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, typed and hand-written institutional histories of the church, photographs of the church and church members, and church programs. Many of the typed or written histories of the church were compiled for a 150th anniversary celebration of the old stone church held on June 4, 1995. These histories contain information about the history of religious worship in the Tenth Legion area prior to 1844, going back to the early 1700s. There are also genealogical materials relating to the Martz family, who deeded the land for the church in 1844. Other materials also relate to the 1952 construction of a new church building. See item titled Church History, 1944-2011 for a list of church pastors from 1844-2008. Note that there are multiple instances of duplicate materials contained within this series.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Bethlehem Stone Church Records consist of 46 pdf files that conatin scanned images of documents from the church's first year of operation in 1844 through 2011. The records document church business, governance, and day-to-day operations, as well as the history of the church. Materials include meeting minutes, financial records, attendance and membership records, church programming materials, photographs, and scrapbooks. The earliest documents in the collection include a record of the first organization of the church in August of 1844 and a list of original members. Also contained in the collection are materials documenting the activities of the Sunday School as well as the Women's Fellowship, a women's group within the church. Church history materials include scrapbooks as well as written histories that provide details on the institutional history of the church and the Tenth Legion area.","Items in this series consist of ledgers and notebooks that document the administrative functions of the church and span from the earliest written records in 1844 to 1979. The earliest record book, Church Record Book 1, contains documentation of the first organization of the church in August of 1844, and lists the original members separately as male, female, and colored members. Church Record Book 2 contains the copied text of the original deed of Bethlehem Church from September 1844. Materials within this series contain information related to church business including membership lists, records of deaths, names of elected officials, financial records, and meeting minutes. Financial records in this series include accounts of payments made to the pastor's salary and records for various collections taken within the church. Most items have labels taped to the cover of the ledger or notebook that indicate dates and contents. It is unknown when these notes were written, or by whom.","Materials in this series document the functions of the women's group within the church. This group was called Ladies Aid or Ladies Aid Society in the earliest records up to 1959. Beginning in 1960 within their own records and in other records it is called Women's Fellowship or Women's Fellowship Committee. The bulk of the materials in this series are the program booklets from 1965-1974 that list officers and committee members and outline monthly assignments for the year. Also included in this series are meeting minutes from 1936-1976 (not inclusive) that detail the activities of the group and also include some financial records. The notebook titled \"History of Women's Fellowship of Valley of Virginia\" details the history of women's missionary work in the Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference as well as the history of the Conference in general.","This series documents the organization and activities of the Sunday School of the church. The Sunday School consisted of classes for children and young adults in the church with Bible instruction and singing. In some of the earliest records the school is referred to as Sabbath School, and as \"S. S\" throughout the records. Ledgers include attendance lists and lists of elected officers for the Sunday School Committee as well as record of the activities of each Sunday School meeting, including hymns and Bible readings. Other contents of the ledgers include financial records and lists of literature and materials purchased for the Sunday School. Note that the earliest Sunday School records are located in the Administrative Records series, in Church Record Book 3, 1883-1894.","Materials in this series document the history of the church. Items include scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, typed and hand-written institutional histories of the church, photographs of the church and church members, and church programs. Many of the typed or written histories of the church were compiled for a 150th anniversary celebration of the old stone church held on June 4, 1995. These histories contain information about the history of religious worship in the Tenth Legion area prior to 1844, going back to the early 1700s. There are also genealogical materials relating to the Martz family, who deeded the land for the church in 1844. Other materials also relate to the 1952 construction of a new church building. See item titled Church History, 1944-2011 for a list of church pastors from 1844-2008. Note that there are multiple instances of duplicate materials contained within this series."],"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. 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","City of Harrisonburg. \"Building Inspections.\" harrisonburgva.gov. https://www.harrisonburgva.gov/building-inspections. Last Updated January 18, 2017. Accessed February 21, 2018. ","City of Harrisonburg. \"Engineering.\" harrisonburgva.gov. https://www.harrisonburgva.gov/engineering. Last Updated January 18, 2017. Accessed February 21, 2018. ","City of Harrisonburg. \"Planning \u0026 Zoning.\" harrisonburgva.gov. https://www.harrisonburgva.gov/planning-zoning. Last Updated January 18, 2017. Accessed February 21, 2018. ","The City of Harrisonburg was founded in 1779 as the result of a small land deed from Thomas Harrison, establishing Court Square. In 1849, Isaac Hardesty was elected Harrisonburg's first mayor. The City was incorporated as an independent city in 1916. Since its founding in 1779, the City of Harrisonburg has grown from two and a half acres of land to 11,132.16 acres (11.64 square miles). 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This division also supports the department by checking for zoning violations and planning for city zoning or rezoning.","This collection of maps and corresponding paperwork was funded by the City of Harrisonburg. The items in this collection are duplicates of items found in the Department of Community and Development for the City of Harrisonburg, Virginia. After pulling the duplicate items, the department gave the maps to the Massanutten Regional Library who in turn donated them to Special Collections.","The items in this collection are duplicates of items found at the Department of Community and Development for the City of Harrisonburg, Virginia.","The Harrisonburg Historic Map Collection consists of the original Map 9000 collection that was processed in 2012 and was integrated with a donation of maps from 2015. Map 9000 consisted of 22 map folders and one Rolled Storage box. In order to incorporate the 2015 donation into Map 9000, the two separate collections were combined and then condensed down to 18 map folders. The collection number was changed from Map 9000 to SC 0050 to reflect the integration of the collections. The maps, blueprints and paperwork did not arrive at Special Collections in any specific order. For the purpose of organization, the maps have been placed in chronological order based on the year that is listed on the maps. Paperwork is also organized chronologically where dates are found. Some maps and paperwork do not have dates listed and have been categorized as \"Undated.\" These items are placed in alphabetical order by title. Some minimal preservation has been conducted on some of the maps to ensure the content of the maps is maintained. Many of the maps were received rolled up and for the purpose of storage have been flattened with humidification and weight.","Robert James Sullivan Jr. Papers, circa 1930-2013, SC 0003, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.","The Harrisonburg Historic Map Collection, 1873-1982 (bulk 1903-1956), consists of approximately 615 items. The collection mostly consists of blueprints created by the city regarding street expansions, sewer lines and treatment plans, plans for bridge construction, street grades, sub-division additions to the city, and property exchanges. Half of the property exchanges are between private citizens and the City of Harrisonburg while the other half of the property exchanges are between private citizens only. 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Series 2 is arranged chronologically.","The \"Engineers' Manual, 1917\" was removed from the map collection, cataloged, and placed within the Special Collections rare book collection.","The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).","The Harrisonburg Historic Map Collection, 1873-1982 (bulk 1903-1956), consists of approximately 615 items including maps, blueprints, drawings, and corresponding paperwork created by the City of Harrisonburg. These items represent proposed road improvements, sewer and water lines, bridge plans, land exchanges, and sub-divisions added to the city. Some drawings for church buildings, schools, parks and industrial zones are included as well.","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg (Va.). 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