James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
Saufley family photographs
Saufley, Al P.
Saufley family
SC 0316
/repositories/4/resources/657
0.33 cubic feet
1 box
1880-1903
The Saufley Family Photographs, 1880-1903, contain sixty-six photographs of various members and in-laws of the Saufley family. Many members of Saufley, VanLear, Showalter, and Hooke families and their friends are documented.
English
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Saufley Family Photographs, 1880-1903, SC 0316, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
Gifted to Special Collections by Al Saufley in December 2009.
Provenance
The collection was gifted to Special Collections after the albums were found in the Saufley Homestead which was built in 1779.
Processing Information
The collection number was updated in June 2021 from P 0006 to SC 0316 to 1. align with established manuscript collection numbering scheme with SC prefix and 2. renumber all "photograph" collections with P prefix. The collection name was updated from Saufley Family Photograph Collection to Saufley Family Photographs to simplify the collection title. The arrangement was also simplified at this time. The series arrangement was eliminated due to the size and nature of the collection. Minor edits were made to the archival description.
The photographs were removed from the photograph albums and the albums were presumably discarded. The individual photographs were placed in acid-free envelopes. This was not disclosed as part of the original description.
Bio/Historical Note
The Saufley family is a very prominent family in the Harrisonburg, Rockingham County area of Virginia. The family has history in the region that dates back to the 1700s. The family married into the Showalter, Hooke, and VanLear families which were also prominent in Rockingham County. The Saufley family established itself in the area when Valentine Saufley immigrated to the United States in 1746 at the age of eighteen. He later married Maria Schneider on May 17, 1748 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had six children with her, and he would later remarry Catarina Heyl, and they would go on to have five children. Valentine Saufley died on February 6, 1802 in Rockingham County, Virginia. After he died, his family went on to live in Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri.
Scope and Content
Photographs organized in two photo albums. Between the two albums there are sixty-six total photographs that largely consist of portraits with a few popular pictures of the time period. The albums include members of the Saufley family as well as in-laws and friends of the family. Other prominent family names that were mentioned in the photographs were the Hooke, VanLear, and Showalter families. All of the photographs in both albums are black and white and each picture has its own page. The photographs themselves were mounted on card stock photo paper with borders that show that the photographs were done by a professional photographer. Most of the photographs have the photographer or photography company name on either the front or back of the photograph. Each photographer or photography company also included their location. The albums themselves do not have any particular arrangement making them rather arbitrary in nature and they consist of portraits of men, women, children, and infants of the families mentioned above.
Arrangement
The photograph albums are arranged according to their original order with each album in its own box.
Bibliography
Whitten, Joyce Hambleton. Some of the Descendants of Valentine Saufley of Rockingham Co., Virginia: including Joannes Saftel of York Co., Pennsylvania and John Saffley of Montgomery Co., Kentucky. Monette, AR: J.H. Whitten, 2002.
Photographs
Photograph albums
Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History
Virginia -- History, Local
Virginia -- History
Virginia -- Genealogy
Virginia -- Social life and customs
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Saufley, Al P.
Saufley family
Showalter family
Hooke family
VanLear family
From Saufley family photograph album 1/repositories/4/archival_objects/255171880-1903Woman, Jeffers Studios Photography Company – Baltimore, MD/repositories/4/archival_objects/25519111Man, Hill and Miller Photography/repositories/4/archival_objects/25520112Aunt Ada Saufley, E. E. Brown Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25521113Baby Boy, Davidson Photography Company – New Britain, CN/repositories/4/archival_objects/25522114John Edward VanLear, O.A. Clary Photography Company – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25523115Baby Boy, Morrison Photography – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25524116Margie E. Vanlear, Wortham and Bowley Photographers – Winchester, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255251903117Clyde Hooke, Dean Photography – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255261903118Baby Boy, Morrison Photography – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25527119Aunt Jay VanLear, J. M. Hill Photographer – Bridgewater, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255281110Kemper Showalter, Dean Photography Company – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255291111Young Boy & Young Girl, Morrison Photography – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255301112Young Girl, H. Morrison Artist and Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255311113Man & Woman, Dilmore and Wilson's Photography – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255321114Man, Clary's Gallery Photography – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255331115Man, Hugh Morrison Photography – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255341116Woman, Dougherty Bros. Photography – Dayton, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255351117Woman, J. O. A. Clary Photography – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255361118Woman, Clary and Miller Photography/repositories/4/archival_objects/255371119Man, J. H. Burdett Photography – Staunton, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255381120Man & Woman, Morrison Artist and Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255391121Lydia Showalter, J. M. Hill Photographer – Bridgewater, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255401122Woman, H. C. Wilson/repositories/4/archival_objects/255411123Man, Chas Eisenmann Photography - Bet. Rivington and Stanten, New York/repositories/4/archival_objects/255421124Waino & Plutan/repositories/4/archival_objects/255431125Armless Man, Chas. Eisenmann Photography - Bet. Rivington and Staten, NY/repositories/4/archival_objects/255441126Cara Slusser, Dean and Hamilton Photography Company – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255451127Two Women, Saunders Photography Company – Lexington, MO/repositories/4/archival_objects/255461128Bill Saufley, Clary's Celebrated Portrait and Stereoscopy – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255471129Bettie Baker/repositories/4/archival_objects/255481130George Crowe, Dean Photography Company – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255491131Mertie Hinkle, Dean Photography Company – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255501132Ike Hood, Dean and Hamilton Photography Company - Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255511133Mittle VanLear, E. E. Brown Photograph Gallery – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255521134Zaufa B. Hooke, Brown Photography Company – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255531135J. B. VanLear, Brown Photography Company – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/2555419031136From Saufley family photograph album 2/repositories/4/archival_objects/255181880-1903Woman, J. N. Wilson Photography and Ferrotype – Savannah, GA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25555121Woman/repositories/4/archival_objects/25556122Man, H. Morrison Artist and Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25557123Woman, H. Morrison Artist and Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25558124Man, H. Morrison Artist and Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25559125Woman, H. Morrison Artist and Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25560126Man, Wortham and Bowley Photographers – Winchester, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/25561127Woman/repositories/4/archival_objects/25562128Baby Girl, N. Boutzann Photo/repositories/4/archival_objects/25563129Baby Boy, Wortham and Bowley Photographers – Winchester, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255641210Man & Woman, Hugh Morrison Artist – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255651211Man & Woman, Hugh Morrison Artist – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255661212C. S. Wheeler, N. Routzahn Photographer – Winchester, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255671213Negative Photo 1: Woman/repositories/4/archival_objects/255681214Negative Photo 2: Man/repositories/4/archival_objects/255691215Man/repositories/4/archival_objects/255701216H. W. Hari Senior, H. Noss Photographer – New Brighten, PA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255711217Man, H. Morrison Artist and Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255721218Woman/repositories/4/archival_objects/255731219Cousin Haray Hooke, W. M. P. Rhodes Artist – Bridgewater, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255741220Man, Cupten and Brown Photographers – Winchester, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255751221Illustration of a Woman on a Boat/repositories/4/archival_objects/255761222The Christian Graces, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine/repositories/4/archival_objects/255771223Man, Morrison Artist and Photographer - Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255781224Annie Wise/repositories/4/archival_objects/255791225Man, Morrison Artist and Photographer – Harrisonburg, VA/repositories/4/archival_objects/255801226Woman/repositories/4/archival_objects/255811227Man/repositories/4/archival_objects/255821228Professor Swick, 106 Washington Street – Bloomington, IL/repositories/4/archival_objects/255831229Woman, Jones Photography – Fort Wayne, IN/repositories/4/archival_objects/255841230