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Gabbin taught at Roosevelt University, Chicago State University, and Lincoln University before she was hired at James Madison University in 1985 as a Commonwealth Visiting Professor. She became the director of the Honors Program (now the Honors College) in 1986, where she served for 19 years and founded many programs that define the Honors College today.","In 1994, she organized the first Furious Flower Poetry Conference, which she held at JMU and in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks. The event was considered historic and likely the largest gathering of African American poets and literature scholars to that date. After a second successful conference a decade later, JMU chartered the Furious Flower Poetry Center in 2005, the nation's first academic center devoted to Black poetry.","The author/editor of numerous books and founder of the Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective, Gabbin's contributions to the academic field of African American poetry have been acknowledged with awards and honors from such organizations as the HistoryMakers Archives, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the College Language Association and the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent, among many others. Her publications include Sterling A. Brown: Building the Black Aesthetic Tradition (1985), which was reissued in 1994 by the University Press of Virginia and the children's book I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum (2004). She also edited The Furious Flowering of African American Poetry (1999), Furious Flower: African American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present (2004), Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry (2020), Shaping Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers (2009), and Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy (2009).","Collection was donated in clearly labeled folders housed in multiple cubic boxes. In Feburary 2017, Cardinal House experienced a flood as a result of plumbing issues. Materials in this collection were affected and may exhibit water damage. Processors used labels as direction for series arrangement, and focused on discards of duplicates and assessing water-damage materials. Afterwards, materials were moved to hollingers and additional accruals were integrated into the existing arrangement.","Duplicate newspapers, newsletters, brochures, articles, etc. were discarded. 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The materials chiefly relate to her professional role as an influential figure in the African American literary community and include manuscripts she wrote or edited, notes and materials from events where she spoke or was featured, and her correspondence with publishers, professional organizations, and other members of the African American literary community. Other materials include articles for research or teaching purposes, syllabi, documents and correspondence related to her role as professor and head of the JMU Honors College, personal correspondence, and documents related to her role as director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center.","Series 1: Manuscripts, 1930-2015, includes manuscripts authored by Gabbin and her colleagues. The majority of the series is made up of edits and drafts of the anthology manuscript that would be come to known as Shaping Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers. This manuscript would be the culmination of works by Gabbin and her colleagues after their annual Wintergreen Women's Writer's retreat. Also of note in this series is Gabbin's dissertation on Sterling Brown, written during her time at the University of Chicago as she pursued her master's degree and PhD.","Series 2: Research, 1960-2016, includes a wide variety of materials that relate to Gabbin's research during her time as a student in the master's and doctorate program at the University of Chicago and research for the manuscripts she wrote  and contributed to later in her life. 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Scattered throughout the series are also course evaluations, in which the majority of her students give her high marks for her enthusiasm for the material and accessible teaching style, and miscellaneous pedagogical materials likely used to inform instruction.","Series 5: Personal Papers, 1967-2016, is made up of two subseries: general personal materials and personal correspondence. Personal items cover a variety of material, which include: essays written by Gabbin when she was a student at Morgan State College and the University of Chicago (some marked up by her professors), drafted manuscripts, and a folder containing numerous drafts and illustrations for her children's book I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum. The personal correspondence is made up of letters written to Gabbin from former students she has had over the years (seen through numerous holiday cards and announcements), from collaborators on the manuscripts she has worked on over the years, or notes and letters written to her husband Alexander Gabbin as she attended the University of Chicago.","Series 6: Printed Ephemera and Photographs, 1961-2013, comprises chiefly newsletters, newspapers, and pamphlets. Most of the newspapers are national titles, such as the Washington Post, with the Daily News-Record also being represented. Most of the articles center on events concerning African American issues. Of interest is a small pamphlet entitled \"Race and Psychology,\" dated 1961, in which the author details the history of psychological intelligence tests and how different racial/ethnic groups scored in comparison to each other. 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Gabbin taught at Roosevelt University, Chicago State University, and Lincoln University before she was hired at James Madison University in 1985 as a Commonwealth Visiting Professor. She became the director of the Honors Program (now the Honors College) in 1986, where she served for 19 years and founded many programs that define the Honors College today.","In 1994, she organized the first Furious Flower Poetry Conference, which she held at JMU and in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks. The event was considered historic and likely the largest gathering of African American poets and literature scholars to that date. After a second successful conference a decade later, JMU chartered the Furious Flower Poetry Center in 2005, the nation's first academic center devoted to Black poetry.","The author/editor of numerous books and founder of the Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective, Gabbin's contributions to the academic field of African American poetry have been acknowledged with awards and honors from such organizations as the HistoryMakers Archives, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the College Language Association and the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent, among many others. Her publications include Sterling A. Brown: Building the Black Aesthetic Tradition (1985), which was reissued in 1994 by the University Press of Virginia and the children's book I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum (2004). She also edited The Furious Flowering of African American Poetry (1999), Furious Flower: African American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present (2004), Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry (2020), Shaping Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers (2009), and Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy (2009)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Joanne V. Gabbin Papers, 1930-2017 [bulk 1960-2017], undated, SC 0296, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Joanne V. Gabbin Papers, 1930-2017 [bulk 1960-2017], undated, SC 0296, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection was donated in clearly labeled folders housed in multiple cubic boxes. 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The majority of this series comprises syllabi from the English classes Gabbin taught, all relating to Black Literature. Scattered throughout the series are also course evaluations, in which the majority of her students give her high marks for her enthusiasm for the material and accessible teaching style, and miscellaneous pedagogical materials likely used to inform instruction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 5: Personal Papers, 1967-2016, is made up of two subseries: general personal materials and personal correspondence. Personal items cover a variety of material, which include: essays written by Gabbin when she was a student at Morgan State College and the University of Chicago (some marked up by her professors), drafted manuscripts, and a folder containing numerous drafts and illustrations for her children's book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eI Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum\u003c/emph\u003e. The personal correspondence is made up of letters written to Gabbin from former students she has had over the years (seen through numerous holiday cards and announcements), from collaborators on the manuscripts she has worked on over the years, or notes and letters written to her husband Alexander Gabbin as she attended the University of Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 6: Printed Ephemera and Photographs, 1961-2013, comprises chiefly newsletters, newspapers, and pamphlets. Most of the newspapers are national titles, such as the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c/emph\u003e, with the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDaily News-Record\u003c/emph\u003e also being represented. Most of the articles center on events concerning African American issues. Of interest is a small pamphlet entitled \"Race and Psychology,\" dated 1961, in which the author details the history of psychological intelligence tests and how different racial/ethnic groups scored in comparison to each other. This series also contains several folders of photographs, documenting Gabbin's personal and professional life. Photographs of poets Rita Dove, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Nikki Giovanni are included.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Joanne V. Gabbin Papers, 1930-2017 [bulk 1960-2017], contain the professional, academic, and personal papers of Joanne V. Gabbin, professor of English at James Madison University and director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center. 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This manuscript would be the culmination of works by Gabbin and her colleagues after their annual Wintergreen Women's Writer's retreat. Also of note in this series is Gabbin's dissertation on Sterling Brown, written during her time at the University of Chicago as she pursued her master's degree and PhD.","Series 2: Research, 1960-2016, includes a wide variety of materials that relate to Gabbin's research during her time as a student in the master's and doctorate program at the University of Chicago and research for the manuscripts she wrote  and contributed to later in her life. The content mostly consists of articles from academic journals and books written on the subject at hand (e.g. Sonia Sanchez and Sterling Brown), with some interesting items including legal pads and spiral notebooks containing personal notes and thoughts on the topic being researched.","Series 3: Professional Activities, 1963-2017, comprises three subseries: general material, materials relating to the honors college at JMU, and material related to the Furious Flower Poetry Center. The items in this series relate to Gabbin's numerous speaking engagements and events held by the poetry center and honors college. This can include professional correspondence, promotional material, and invitations and programs to events held over the years.","Series 4: Teaching Materials, 1971-2013, includes items related to Joanne Gabbin's teaching career at James Madison University. The majority of this series comprises syllabi from the English classes Gabbin taught, all relating to Black Literature. Scattered throughout the series are also course evaluations, in which the majority of her students give her high marks for her enthusiasm for the material and accessible teaching style, and miscellaneous pedagogical materials likely used to inform instruction.","Series 5: Personal Papers, 1967-2016, is made up of two subseries: general personal materials and personal correspondence. Personal items cover a variety of material, which include: essays written by Gabbin when she was a student at Morgan State College and the University of Chicago (some marked up by her professors), drafted manuscripts, and a folder containing numerous drafts and illustrations for her children's book I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum. The personal correspondence is made up of letters written to Gabbin from former students she has had over the years (seen through numerous holiday cards and announcements), from collaborators on the manuscripts she has worked on over the years, or notes and letters written to her husband Alexander Gabbin as she attended the University of Chicago.","Series 6: Printed Ephemera and Photographs, 1961-2013, comprises chiefly newsletters, newspapers, and pamphlets. Most of the newspapers are national titles, such as the Washington Post, with the Daily News-Record also being represented. Most of the articles center on events concerning African American issues. Of interest is a small pamphlet entitled \"Race and Psychology,\" dated 1961, in which the author details the history of psychological intelligence tests and how different racial/ethnic groups scored in comparison to each other. This series also contains several folders of photographs, documenting Gabbin's personal and professional life. Photographs of poets Rita Dove, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Nikki Giovanni are included."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThree poetry broadsides printed in 2017 at the Virginia Arts of the Book Center for the Virginia Festival of the Book - Heavenly Madrigal, Seasons Change Before We're Ready, and Zombie Blues Villanelle - were removed from the collection and cataloged individually. These broadsides are held by Special Collections.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Three poetry broadsides printed in 2017 at the Virginia Arts of the Book Center for the Virginia Festival of the Book - Heavenly Madrigal, Seasons Change Before We're Ready, and Zombie Blues Villanelle - were removed from the collection and cataloged individually. 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He was a farmer by trade who recorded daily diary entries as well as financial accounts in this account book.","Two loose newspaper clippings were removed from the ledger and foldered separately.","John A. Frenger Diary and Account Book, 1901-1914, SC 0414, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.","John Alonzo Frenger Diary and Account Book, SC 00659, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","The John A. Frenger Diary and Account Book, 1880-1892, bulk 1881-1884, consists of one ledger of 180 pages and two loose newspaper clippings. The ledger documents household and farm expenses and also includes periodic diary entries (generally written on a semiweekly basis). Various newspaper clippings are pasted to the front inside cover and flyleaf. Topics include home remedies and political news. Also included are two loose newspapers clippings concerning a death of Juette Larett and a new fencing regulation put into place in Virginia. These clippings have been removed from the ledger and foldered separately.","The accounting portion of the ledger concerns Frenger's household and farm expenses (payment of fire insurance policy, tobacco, medicine, and axle grease) and receipts for goods sold (produce sold at store, bacon sold, and beef sold to butcher).","Frenger's periodic entries primarily document the weather and general farm activities including planting, harvesting, and the overall condition of the farm. He records his church attendance, social visits, and travels to surrounding communities. Frenger also comments on local deaths and general town gossip. Many entries conclude with \"No News.\"","Of particular interest are Frenger's extensive accounts of the assassination attempt and eventual death of President James A. Garfield. 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May God Take care of him is my Hearts desire.\" Frenger writes on July 10, 1881, presumably after the news had reached August County, that President Garfield had been shot and only wounded: \"I am Truly Happy to Record the fact that President Garfield is Improving and is likely to Recover.\" However, Frenger's August 21, 1881 entry describes the inevitable: \"President Garfield is growing Worse I fear he will Die.\" He continues to write about President Garfield throughout September 1881 and concludes with a heartfelt entry on September 25: \"I am Sorry beyond Expression to note the Death of our venerable President James Abram Garfield which occurred at Long Branch on last Monday night at 10:35 P.M.\" Finally, Frenger mentions on July 2, 1882 that Guiteau, Garfield's assassin, was hung the week prior.","The 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.","The collection is also available on microfilm at Special Collections of James Madison University (Microfilm # 1471-1479) and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The collection is arranged into the following four series and subseries. All correspondence series are arranged chronologically, and all other series are arranged topically.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937\n  \n  1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899\n  1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937\n  1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884\n  1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928\n  \n  Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936\n  Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896\n  Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933","Boatner, Mark Mayo. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1959.","Dabney, Virginius. Virginia: The New Dominion. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1971.","Daniels, Jonathon. The Randolphs of Virginia. New York: Doubleday, 1972.","Johnson, Allen \u0026 Malone, Dumas, ed. Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. VI. NY: Scribner's     Sons, 1931.","Krick, Robert K. Lee's Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia. Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979.","Members of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977.","The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926.","Tewksbury, Donald G. The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War. NY: Archon Books, 1965.","Wakelyn, Jon L. Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy. Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977.","Wayland, John W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912.","John T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899.","In addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025.","Harter, Dale F. Of Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia. M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999.","The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:","Subseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.","Subseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.","Subseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.","Subseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.","Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.","Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections","Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.","Notable Letters:2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\"2 May 1860 Talk of secession30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union.16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.","Notable Letters:21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South","Notable Letters20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\"27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime","Notable Letters:13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt","Notable Letters:Eight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in transcription (NOT ON MICROFILM)17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans.7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas.5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman.29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.","Notable Letters:9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River.21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware.4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral.3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.","Notable Letters:2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever.4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather.9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas.6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son.13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso.13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration.22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.","Notable Letters:21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.","Notable Letters:28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings.26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.","Notable Letters:23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington.19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.","Notable Letters:1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death.10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings.22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.","Notable Letters:9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate.17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary.24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress.3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America.3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.","Notable Letters:7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.","Notable Letters:6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war.17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace.24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama.24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans.14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\"8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington.20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers.5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River.24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.","Notable Letters:15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond.14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg.20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead.17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.","Notable Letters:6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband.10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.","Notable Letters:4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm.6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy.12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal.22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph.13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.","Notable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.","Notable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\"","The copyright interests in this collection have not 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 John T. 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Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979.","Members of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977.","The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926.","Tewksbury, Donald G. The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War. NY: Archon Books, 1965.","Wakelyn, Jon L. Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy. Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977.","Wayland, John W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["John T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899.","In addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), SC 0089, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), SC 0089, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in 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 the spring of 2017. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHarter, Dale F. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOf Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia.\u003c/emph\u003e M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Harter, Dale F. Of Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia. M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e2 May 1860 Talk of secession\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eEight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/Harris_Coll_Force_Transcripts.html\"\u003etranscription\u003c/extref\u003e (NOT ON MICROFILM)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:","Subseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.","Subseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.","Subseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.","Subseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.","Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.","Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections","Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.","Notable Letters:2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\"2 May 1860 Talk of secession30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union.16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.","Notable Letters:21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South","Notable Letters20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\"27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime","Notable Letters:13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt","Notable Letters:Eight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in transcription (NOT ON MICROFILM)17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans.7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas.5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman.29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.","Notable Letters:9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River.21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware.4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral.3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.","Notable Letters:2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever.4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather.9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas.6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son.13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso.13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration.22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.","Notable Letters:21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.","Notable Letters:28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings.26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.","Notable Letters:23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington.19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.","Notable Letters:1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death.10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings.22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.","Notable Letters:9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate.17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary.24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress.3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America.3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.","Notable Letters:7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.","Notable Letters:6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war.17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace.24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama.24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans.14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\"8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington.20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers.5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River.24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.","Notable Letters:15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond.14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg.20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead.17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.","Notable Letters:6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband.10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.","Notable Letters:4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm.6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy.12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal.22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph.13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.","Notable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.","Notable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is also available on microfilm at Special Collections of James Madison University (Microfilm # 1471-1479) and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.","The collection is arranged into the following four series and subseries. All correspondence series are arranged chronologically, and all other series are arranged topically.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937\n  \n  1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899\n  1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937\n  1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884\n  1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928\n  \n  Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936\n  Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896\n  Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933","Boatner, Mark Mayo. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1959.","Dabney, Virginius. Virginia: The New Dominion. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1971.","Daniels, Jonathon. The Randolphs of Virginia. New York: Doubleday, 1972.","Johnson, Allen \u0026 Malone, Dumas, ed. Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. VI. NY: Scribner's     Sons, 1931.","Krick, Robert K. Lee's Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia. Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979.","Members of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977.","The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926.","Tewksbury, Donald G. The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War. NY: Archon Books, 1965.","Wakelyn, Jon L. Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy. Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977.","Wayland, John W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912.","John T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899.","In addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025.","Harter, Dale F. Of Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia. M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999.","The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:","Subseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.","Subseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.","Subseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.","Subseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.","Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.","Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections","Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.","Notable Letters:2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\"2 May 1860 Talk of secession30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union.16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.","Notable Letters:21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South","Notable Letters20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\"27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime","Notable Letters:13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt","Notable Letters:Eight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in transcription (NOT ON MICROFILM)17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans.7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas.5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman.29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.","Notable Letters:9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River.21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware.4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral.3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.","Notable Letters:2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever.4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather.9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas.6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son.13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso.13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration.22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.","Notable Letters:21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.","Notable Letters:28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings.26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.","Notable Letters:23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington.19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.","Notable Letters:1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death.10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings.22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.","Notable Letters:9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate.17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary.24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress.3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America.3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.","Notable Letters:7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.","Notable Letters:6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war.17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace.24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama.24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans.14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\"8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington.20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers.5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River.24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.","Notable Letters:15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond.14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg.20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead.17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.","Notable Letters:6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband.10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.","Notable Letters:4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm.6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy.12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal.22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph.13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.","Notable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.","Notable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\"","The copyright interests in this collection have not 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 John T. 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(John Thomas), 1823-1899","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Harris, R. Randolph"],"creator_ssim":["Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Harris, R. Randolph"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899","Harris, R. Randolph","Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Peyton, 1833-1891 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Susan Armistead, 1810-1884 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Innes, 1837-1887"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates -- Elections"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Harris family -- Correspondence","Randolph family -- Correspondence"],"creators_ssim":["Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899","Harris, R. Randolph","Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Peyton, 1833-1891 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Susan Armistead, 1810-1884 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Innes, 1837-1887","James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates -- Elections","Harris family -- Correspondence","Randolph family -- Correspondence"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Placed on deposit according to a November 1985 contract with the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society. Two letters were donated to JMU Special Collections in July 2003 by R. Randolph Harris, great-grandson of John T. 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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.\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\u003eThe collection is also available on microfilm at Special Collections of James Madison University (Microfilm # 1471-1479) and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Other Formats Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["The collection is also available on microfilm at Special Collections of James Madison University (Microfilm # 1471-1479) and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged into the following four series and subseries. All correspondence series are arranged chronologically, and all other series are arranged topically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003c/ul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSeries 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSeries 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSeries 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged into the following four series and subseries. All correspondence series are arranged chronologically, and all other series are arranged topically.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937\n  \n  1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899\n  1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937\n  1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884\n  1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928\n  \n  Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936\n  Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896\n  Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933"],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref\u003eBoatner, Mark Mayo. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Civil War Dictionary\u003c/emph\u003e. New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1959.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eDabney, Virginius. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia: The New Dominion\u003c/emph\u003e. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1971.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eDaniels, Jonathon. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Randolphs of Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e. New York: Doubleday, 1972.\u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eJohnson, Allen \u0026amp; Malone, Dumas, ed. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDictionary of American Biography.\u003c/emph\u003e Vol. VI. NY: Scribner's     Sons, 1931. \u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eKrick, Robert K. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLee's Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e. Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979. \u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eMembers of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977. \u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe National Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/emph\u003e. Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926. \u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eTewksbury, Donald G. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War\u003c/emph\u003e. NY: Archon Books, 1965. \u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eWakelyn, Jon L. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBiographical Dictionary of the Confederacy\u003c/emph\u003e. Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977. \u003c/bibref\u003e\n    ","\u003cbibref\u003eWayland, John W. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA History of Rockingham County, Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e. Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912. \u003c/bibref\u003e\n  "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Boatner, Mark Mayo. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1959.","Dabney, Virginius. Virginia: The New Dominion. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1971.","Daniels, Jonathon. The Randolphs of Virginia. New York: Doubleday, 1972.","Johnson, Allen \u0026 Malone, Dumas, ed. Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. VI. NY: Scribner's     Sons, 1931.","Krick, Robert K. Lee's Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia. Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1979.","Members of Congress Since 1789. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1977.","The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. XIX. NY: Charles T. White and Co., 1926.","Tewksbury, Donald G. The Founding of American Colleges and Universities Before the Civil War. NY: Archon Books, 1965.","Wakelyn, Jon L. Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy. Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1977.","Wayland, John W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, VA: Ruebush-Elkins, 1912."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["John T. Harris (1823-1899) was perhaps one of the most prominent citizens of Rockingham County throughout the nineteenth century. The son of Nathan and Ann Harris, he was commonwealth's attorney for Rockingham County from 1852 to 1859, and in 1856 served as a Presidential elector for James Buchanan. Thereafter, he served in the United States Congress from 1859 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite his strong Unionist sentiments and his continual efforts to keep Virginia in the Union, Harris remained loyal to Virginia when she seceded in May 1861. During the war he served two terms in the Virginia General Assembly. Following the war John T. Harris was judge of the 12th judicial circuit, which included Rockingham County. In 1870 he was again elected to Congress and was continuously re-elected until 1880, after which he resumed his law practice in Harrisonburg. John T. Harris returned to politics in 1889 as a rival of P.W. McKinney for the Democratic nomination for the governorship. Later he was appointed by Governor McKinney as one of the representatives for Virginia to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892. He died in Harrisonburg, October 14, 1899.","In addition to the Harris family letters, there are a large number of miscellaneous letters (3 Hollinger boxes) of the related Peyton Randolph Family. The Randolph family papers came into the Harris family when John T. Harris's son, John T. Harris Jr., married Peyton Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Randolph. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1833, Peyton was the son of James Innes Randolph, a congressional clerk, and Susan Armistead Randolph. However, despite the numerous letters to him, little is known about Peyton Randolph. Prior to the Civil War he attended Columbian College (now George Washington University) and was an engineer on numerous railroad projects in Virginia, Indiana, and Alabama through the 1850's. He enlisted in the army in Mobile, Alabama, at the outbreak of war and served as an engineer in Pickett's division, rising to the rank of major by 1865. Thereafter, even less is known of his life. He married Mary Fisher following the war, returned to the engineering profession, and died November 28, 1888."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), SC 0089, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of Item], [box #, folder #], John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), SC 0089, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. on deposit from Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Dayton, Va., housed in 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 the spring of 2017. \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThis collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2025."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHarter, Dale F. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOf Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia.\u003c/emph\u003e M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Harter, Dale F. Of Men and Measures: The Memoirs of John T. Harris of Virginia. M.A. Thesis, University of South Carolina, 1999."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e2 May 1860 Talk of secession\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eEight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/manuscripts/Harris_Coll_Force_Transcripts.html\"\u003etranscription\u003c/extref\u003e (NOT ON MICROFILM)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\"\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eNotable Letters:\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003e4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph.\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consists of seven boxes and two oversize folders of material. Although the collection contains a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris, the bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence addressed to John T. Harris and his family, and between Peyton Randolph and his family. A small number of James Clarkson papers are also present. The collection is arranged in four series: Correspondence, Personal and Family Papers, Political Papers, and Miscellaneous.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1937, is arranged chronologically in four subseries:","Subseries 1.1: Addressed to John T. Harris, 1841-1899, consists of correspondence addressed to Harris from his constituents requesting personal favors. Letters from 1860 to 1861 primarily address the issue of Virginia seceding from the Union. Most of the letters express pro-Unionist feelings and encourage Harris to work for a compromise in Congress to avert violent conflict. The contents of these letters suggest that Harris worked with and may have been a close friend of Stephen A. Douglas. The 24 May 1871 letter addressed to Harris from William Nelson Pendelton, written on behalf of Henry Clay White of Rockbridge County requesting appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is property of Special Collections at James Madison University, and does not form part of the original collection on deposit. It is not available on microfilm.","Subseries 1.2: Harris Family, 1831-1937, consists chiefly of letters among various members of the Harris family; content includes descriptions of family life. Also included among this subseries are several letters to John T. Harris, Jr., from Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt.","Subseries 1.3: Addressed to Peyton Randolph, 1846-1884, consists of letters from several college friends of Randolph and from Randolph's immediate family. Notable among these are letters from college friend Henry Force. Force was the son of historian Peter Force and acted as surveyor on the Border Commission dispatched to study the newly acquired lands in present-day New Mexico and Arizona. In a series of letters to Peyton from 1848 to 1853, Force describes his encounters with Mexican soldiers and Apache Indians, as well as his duties on the trek from New Orleans to San Diego. Transcriptions are available for eight of Force's letters, 1848-1851.","Subseries 1.4: Randolph Family, 1837-1928, includes letters addressed to Peyton Randolph and his sisters, Mollie Randolph, Nannie Randolph and Sue Randolph from their mother, Susan Armistead Randolph, correspondence between the Randolph siblings, as well as a few miscellaneous items of Peyton Randolph's including a book of psalms which he carried during the Civil War. The letters from Susan Armistead Randolph form the bulk of this subseries. In her weekly four-page letters, Susan Randolph describes life in Washington, D.C. during the 1850's, including the inauguration of Franklin Pierce and the funeral of Henry Clay. Susan Randolph was acutely aware of the political climate of her era and took particular interest in the Know-Nothing party in the 1850's. In several letters she outlines the platform of the Know-Nothings and even urges Peyton to join the party. However, despite her vivid political commentaries and her proximity to the arena of the conflict, she does not mention the issue of slavery. In addition to her political and social sketches, she provides detailed accounts of family life, including detailed descriptions of the deaths of various family members. Her letters from Richmond during the war describe the changes in life in that city through the course of the war and include detailed examples of the rampant inflation of prices on common goods such as bacon and flour. Of particular interest are Mrs. Randolph's inquiries concerning her first cousin, General Lewis Armistead, who was said to be the first Confederate soldier to cross into Union lines during Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg. See Randolph Harris Moulton's Some Randolphs Around Civil War Times for transcriptions of some of the Peyton Randolph letters.","Series 2: Personal and Family Papers, 1843-1936, is arranged topically and contains a variety of materials. General papers include John T. Harris' law license, an 1861 will, and his post-Civil War oath of allegiance to the United States. [A certificate in which President Benjamin Harrison appoints Harris as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892 is located in the oversize miscellaneous file.] Also in this series is a photocopy of John T. Harris' handwritten 1898 autobiography, which gives many particulars of his life, as well as a photocopy of his son John T. Harris Jr.'s typed 1936 autobiography, which includes characterizations of the lawyers with which the younger Harris was acquainted. Genealogical notes and charts as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Harris family are also present.","Series 3: Political Papers, 1856-1896, consists primarily of copies of John T. Harris' Congressional speeches as well as several made by other members of Congress. The most notable of these is the resignation speech of Preston B. \"Bully\" Brookes, who was censured by Congress for caning Charles Sumner in 1856. In addition, there are election returns from elections in which Harris was a candidate. These include reports from Rockingham County and localities throughout the Shenandoah Valley. There is also a folder containing political ephemera such as political broadsides, handbills, and selected pages from newspapers regarding local and national elections","Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1771-1933, contains a variety of materials, including general miscellany and receipts, Civil War documents, indentures, James Clarkson Papers, photographs and undated material. Among the Civil War documents are requests for exemption from military service, requisition receipts from Confederate military authorities, contracts between individuals and their military substitutes, and requests to John  T. Harris for release from Union prisoner-of-war camps. The James Clarkson Papers primarily are comprised of legal documents from Albemarle County. These documents were preserved by John T. Harris's wife, Virginia Harris, who was a descendant of James Clarkson. Among the photographs is a print of Peyton Randolph and his four brothers, a photographed portrait of James Innes, and photographs of John T. Harris' writing desk, a young Isabelle Heard, and an unidentified young girl.  Undated material consists of any items in this series that may be undated, including print material, notes, memoranda, receipts, various lists, writings, and calling cards. In addition, also includes a certificate signed by Benjamin Harrison appointing him as Virginia's representative at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1892; a land grant to Joel S. Graves signed by Governor Thomas M. Randolph; and a sheet dated March 11, 1861, signed by members of the provisional government of secession (Civil War) from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.","Notable Letters:2 Feb. 1857, Arch Graham on national, state and local politics, with letter of 20 July from John T. Harris (son) interpreting the meaning of the letter3 March 1860 Supporter of Stephen A. Douglas and \"squatter sovereignty.\"2 May 1860 Talk of secession30 Oct. 1860 England blamed for dissolution of the Union1 Dec. 1860 South Carolina resident gives plans of that state with regards to the Union.16 Dec. 1860 Harris believes Union must be preserved.","Notable Letters:21 Jan. Constituent blames \"Black Republicans\" and Lincoln for conflict between the North and South","Notable Letters20 Feb. Letter from Gov. John Letcher21 Feb. Constituent refers to slavery as the \"never ending nigger question\"27 Feb. Letter from Col. David B. Bimey, son of abolitionist James G. Bime","Notable Letters:13, 18 July 1912 Letters from Woodrow Wilson25 Oct., 17 Nov. 1915 Letters from Teddy Roosevelt","Notable Letters:Eight letters in this folder from Henry Force to Peyton Randolph, 1848-1851, are available in transcription (NOT ON MICROFILM)17 Aug. 1850 Henry Force describes voyage from New York to Havana and New Orleans.7 Sept. 1850 Henry Force's duties as surveyor on Border Commission in Victoria, Texas.5 April 1850 Samuel Force giving views of a Princeton Freshman.29 June 1851 Henry Force describes encounters with Mexicans and Apaches in New Mexico.","Notable Letters:9 March Henry Force describe duties and life in San Diego and survey of the Gila River.21 March Susan Randolph, Peyton's mother, notes new painting in Capitol Rotunda-Washington Crossing the Delaware.4 July Mother describes Henry Clay's funeral.3 Oct. Mother describes father's involvement in Whig vs. Democrat politics.","Notable Letters:2 Jan. Mother describes death of Nannie's son, Randolph, of scarlet fever.4 Jan. Mother describes death of Peyton's grandfather.9 Jan. Mother describes erecting of statue of Andrew Jackson with speech by Stephen A. Douglas.6 Feb. Mother anticipates somber character of Franklin Pierce's inauguration because of recent death of his only son.13 Feb. Henry Force describes Apache attack on return trip from El Paso.13 March Mother describes Pierce's inauguration.22 May Mother describes 25th wedding anniversary.","Notable Letters:21 Nov. James Innes Randolph asks for $200 to avoid foreclosure on house and sale of furniture.","Notable Letters:28 May Father believes Kansas-Nebraska Act will make Northerners refuse to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.18 June Mother urges Peyton to join the Know-Nothings.26 June Mother notes rumor that Pope's nuncio was engaged in Catholic atrocities to subvert the government and make Washington the headquarters of the Pope.","Notable Letters:23 July Mother describes spread of cholera in Washington.19 Nov. Mother describes financial panic in Washington.","Notable Letters:1 March Mother gives vivid description of Grandmother's death.10 May Wm. Titcomb warns Peyton not to join Know-Nothings.22 Dec. Wm. Titcomb anticipates arrival of Santa Claus.","Notable Letters:9 July Henry Force describes trial of Preston Brookes for assault of Sumner in the Senate.17 Aug. Henry Force discusses maintenance of Washington Territory boundary.24 Aug. Father tries unsuccessfully to get a clerkship at Congress.3 Sept. Henry Force describes his father's (Peter Force) problems with his documentary history of America.3 Nov. Peyton believes Buchanan will defeat Fillmore in presidential election.","Notable Letters:7 June 1857 Peyton in Mississippi gladly notes absence of foreigners and Yankees.","Notable Letters:6 Jan. 1861 Peyton believes conflict between South Carolina and the U.S. will not last long because neither can afford a war.17 March 1861 Mother believes Lincoln will preserve peace.24 March 1861 Peyton joins the Army at Fort Morgan, Alabama.24 March 1861 Mother observes that most Know-Nothings have switched to the Republicans.14 April 1861 Mother says, \"Hurrah for the Southern Confederacy.\"8 Sept. 1861 Mother describes rising prices in Richmond. Peyton's brother John could see the Capitol rotunda on picket duty outside Washington.20 Oct. 1861 Mother visits Richmond hospitals filled with soldiers.5 May 1862 Mother describes Confederate evacuation of Yorktown and Norfolk. Notes Merrimac is in the James River.24 Dec. 1862 Peyton asks when General. Armistead's uniforms will be ready.","Notable Letters:15 Feb. 1863 Prices sky rocketing in Richmond.14 July 1863 Mother believes Lewis Armistead still alive despite rumors of his death at Gettysburg.20 Aug. 1863 Mother questions fate of General. Armistead.17 July 1864 Mother describes scarcity of food in Richmond.","Notable Letters:6 July 1854 Birthday letter to Mary Fisher, Peyton's future wife. Advises her what to look for in a husband.10 Feb. 1856 Letter to Innes Randolph at Hobart College, New York.","Notable Letters:4 Dec. 1861 John Randolph describes winter camp life in the army and his efforts to stay warm.6 Feb. 1862 Mollie, fearing that the North will win, wonders why England and France will not recognize the Confederacy.12 Aug. 1863 Mother unsure of Lewis Armistead's fate. Notes the high cost of wood and coal.22 Nov. 1863 Mother describes death of James Innes Randolph.13 May 1864 Family wakes to booming cannon outside Richmond. John brought home wounded in thigh.","Notable items: 1856 Resignation speech of Congressman Preston B. Brookes.","Notable items: 1795 List of Subscribers to the \"New Virginia Justice\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_dc1bd08acadd3e1eb1362ba5b6c828f4\"\u003eThe John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consist of a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters of John T. Harris and his family, and of Peyton Randolph and his family. Several letters discuss Southern secession and the American Civil War. Also included are Randolph family letters, James Clarkson Papers, Civil War documents and Harris genealogy.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The John T. Harris Papers, 1771-1937 (bulk 1850-1900), consist of a large number of personal and political documents relevant to the life and career of John T. Harris. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters of John T. Harris and his family, and of Peyton Randolph and his family. Several letters discuss Southern secession and the American Civil War. Also included are Randolph family letters, James Clarkson Papers, Civil War documents and Harris genealogy."],"corpname_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates -- Elections"],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates -- Elections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Harris family -- Correspondence","Randolph family -- Correspondence","Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Peyton, 1833-1891 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Susan Armistead, 1810-1884 -- Correspondence","Harris, R. Randolph"],"famname_ssim":["Harris family -- Correspondence","Randolph family -- Correspondence"],"persname_ssim":["Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899","Harris, R. Randolph","Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Peyton, 1833-1891 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Susan Armistead, 1810-1884 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Innes, 1837-1887"],"names_ssim":["James Madison University Libraries Special Collections","Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society","Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates -- Elections","Harris family -- Correspondence","Randolph family -- Correspondence","Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899","Harris, R. Randolph","Harris, John T. (John Thomas), 1823-1899 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Peyton, 1833-1891 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Susan Armistead, 1810-1884 -- Correspondence","Randolph, Innes, 1837-1887"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":82,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:57:12.722Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_244"}},{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_300","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"John V. Coxe Papers, 1933/1987","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_300#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Coxe, John V.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_300#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The John V. Coxe Papers consist of a disbound scrapbook of photographs and documents detailing life in the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp NIRA, Camp #3, Company 1387, from 1933 - 1934. Also included are newspaper clippings from the 1930s - 1980s relating to various aspects of the Civilian Conservation Corps.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vihart_repositories_4_resources_300#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_300","ead_ssi":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_300","_root_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_300","_nest_parent_":"vihart_repositories_4_resources_300","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/JMU/repositories_4_resources_300.xml","title_ssm":["John V. Coxe Papers"],"title_tesim":["John V. Coxe Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1933-1987"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1933-1987"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1933/1987"],"normalized_title_ssm":["John V. Coxe Papers, 1933/1987"],"text":["John V. Coxe Papers, 1933/1987","SC 0153","/repositories/4/resources/300","Bald Face Mountain (Va.)","Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History","Virginia -- History -- 20th century","Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Virginia -- History","Depressions -- 1929 -- United States","Photographs","Newspaper clippings","Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged in three folders.","The Civilian Conservation Corps was created as a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in 1933 and operated until 1942 to provide employment during the Depression to young, unmarried men ages 18-25. All work related to the conservation of natural resources and resulted in the creation of the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Camp NIRA, named after the National Industrial Recovery Administration, was established on June 20, 1933 and was the third camp created in the Shenandoah National Park along Skyline Drive. It was located near Spotswood, one of the main entrances to the Park, along a south slope and protected by Bald Face Mountain. John V. Coxe, known as \"Jack,\" was a part of Company 1387 at Camp NIRA during the years 1933-1934. Some of the projects completed by Company 1387 include the creation of parking overlooks, development of the South River Picnic Grounds, construction of the Dean Mountain reservoir, and the creation of trails and roads for fighting fires.","This material was originally in a three ring binder, with photos attached to black construction paper and captions typed on separate slips of paper. Approval was secured from Scott Suter, Historical Society Curator, for purposes of long-term preservation, to remove photos from the black paper and reaffix on acid-free bond paper with captions typed as they appeared in the original scrapbook. In the original scrapbook, some photographs were placed behind other photographs; in the new arrangement all photographs are affixed individually. Newspaper clippings were reproduced on acid-free paper.","In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 3098.","Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, SdArch SNP, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA","The John V. Coxe Papers, 1933 – 1987, consist of one disbound scrapbook of materials separated into three folders. The collection includes captioned photographs, newspaper clippings, and a few documents consisting of camp reports and letters. The collection provides considerable evidence relating to the history of the C.C.C., particularly that of Camp #3 in the Shenandoah National Park. The scrapbook was created by John Coxe, known as Jack, and documents daily life and work within Camp NIRA, Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) Camp #3, Company 1387, from 1933-1934. The newspaper clippings date primarily from the 1980s and feature interviews from former C.C.C. members, including John Coxe. Other clippings include information relating to various aspects of the C.C.C. and C.C.C. members from the 1930s through the 1980s. Photographs document daily life in the camp, and show men working on various projects within the Shenandoah National Park. A few photographs document a C.C.C reunion in the 1980s. Also included are a few pictures of President Roosevelt on a tour of inspection of the C.C.C. camps. Documents include camp reports from Camp NIRA and correspondence to and from John Coxe regarding employment after his time in the C.C.C.","The original C.C.C. patch formerly located at the beginning of the binder was withdrawn by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society on May 16, 2000 for display by the Society.","The copyright interests in this collection have not 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 John V. Coxe Papers consist of a disbound scrapbook of photographs and documents detailing life in the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp NIRA, Camp #3, Company 1387, from 1933 - 1934. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged in three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1920-1975\n      Artifact Information, 1959-1991\n      Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988","\"Find A Grave Index,\" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-BGNZ : 13 December 2015), Kathryn Eye, 1979; Burial, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States of America, Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 67091406,Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.","Garnett, William E. and Emma Garnett McCoy. The Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett, Antecedents and Descendants. 1963.","Obituary for Rev. Kathryn Eye, Daily News-Record, November 17, 1979.","Kathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026 Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.","Before her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.","On her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026 Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.","Marie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett.","The materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary.","The scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location.","The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"","Of note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.","Several letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.","Series 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.","Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of Life magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the Life magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.","Kathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of Life magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.","The scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.","Other items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.","Series 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page.","The Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' Our Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. 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The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. 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Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"","Of note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.","Several letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.","Series 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.","Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of Life magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the Life magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.","Kathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of Life magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.","The scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.","Other items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.","Series 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. 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A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_dc6abb5b677a2f6a7661dd6cba76e988\"\u003eThe Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. 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Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.","The collection is arranged in three series. All series are arranged chronologically.","Correspondence, 1920-1975\n      Artifact Information, 1959-1991\n      Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988","\"Find A Grave Index,\" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2V-BGNZ : 13 December 2015), Kathryn Eye, 1979; Burial, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States of America, Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 67091406,Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.","Garnett, William E. and Emma Garnett McCoy. The Garnetts of Albemarle County, Virginia: James Muscoe and Cornelia Wingfield Garnett, Antecedents and Descendants. 1963.","Obituary for Rev. Kathryn Eye, Daily News-Record, November 17, 1979.","Kathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026 Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.","Before her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.","On her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026 Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.","Marie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett.","The materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary.","The scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location.","The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"","Of note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.","Several letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.","Series 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.","Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of Life magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the Life magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.","Kathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of Life magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.","The scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.","Other items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.","Series 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page.","The Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' Our Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. 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She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026amp; Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBefore her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026amp; Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Bio/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Kathryn Eye was born February 9, 1909 in West Virginia to William D. Eye, a Methodist reverend, and Leila Lupton Eye. She appears to have attended the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia; however, the exact dates of her attendance are unknown. Eye received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory \u0026 Henry College in 1931 and a Bachelor of Science and Registered Nurse degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. She continued to work at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the superintendent of surgical and obstetrical nursing until receiving her missionary appointment to the Belgian Congo in 1938. She served as a medical, educational, and evangelistic missionary in Central Africa for more than two decades.","Before her arrival in Africa, Eye spent several months training and traveling in Western Europe. During her furloughs from missionary work she continued to study medicine at various institutions including Vanderbilt University, the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London, and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During Eye's long service in Africa, she was head of educational work, director of the evangelistic program, and director of the Methodist Hospital. She served four missionary terms in the Congo and was partway through a fifth when the tumult of the Congo independence from Belgium led the United States Air Force to evacuate her in August 1960. Although Eye anticipated returning to Africa, she never did.","On her return to the United States, Eye served as the Director of Religious Education at Asbury Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia before becoming the pastor at the Montague Avenue United Methodist Church in Winchester, Virginia. She spoke and preached in various locations from Virginia to Maryland, and even into Tennessee and Pennsylvania. In June 1964, Emory \u0026 Henry College presented Eye with the Humanities Award for servicing the world. She was a life member of the Woman's Missionary Society and was an honrary life patron of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church. Eye retired and lived in Rawley Springs, Virginia until her death on November 16, 1979.","Marie Garnett, the donor and collector of this collection, was a friend and frequent correspondent of Kathryn Eye. Garnett was the youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Johnson. In 1942, she married Hugh Garnett. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech where she also did graduate work. During the Garnett's residence in New York, Marie was active in radio, newspaper, and magazine work. She served as the President of Republican Women. The Garnetts lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia and had one son, Stephen Lee Garnett."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Provenance"],"custodhist_tesim":["The materials were first donated in 1990 by Marie Garnett, friend of Kathryn Eye, to Dr. Joanne Gabbin, then Director of the James Madison University Honors Program. After transfer to the Madison Art Collection, items from this collection were processed by Madison Art Collection staff. All materials were given an accession number (still present on the back of most documents) and delivered to Special Collections. It is likely the materials were labeled in original order; however, to increase their discoverability, the correspondence was rearranged in chronological order. The Madison Art Collection accession numbers allow the original order to be ascertained if necessary."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, SC 0231, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, SC 0231, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The scrapbook was disbound and laid open with acid-free paper interleaved between the pages. Loose items were placed in envelopes and placed in their original location."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLife\u003c/emph\u003e magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. Materials document Eye's life, missionary work, and the exhibit of her art collection at the Madison Art Collection and include correspondence, ephemera and stamps, and a scrapbook. This collection is arranged into three series: 1. Correspondence, 1920-1975; Artifact Information, 1959-1991; and Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988.","Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1975, contains letters primarily documenting Eye's service in the Belgian Congo. Also included in this series are photographs attached to letters, Christmas cards, and envelopes. The letters are from Eye to family and friends, letters received by Eye, and letters from Congolese people to friends of Eye. The majority of the letters are written as a serialized newsletter describing the activities of Eye in the Congo to her friends and family. She would send the letter to one individual with instructions detailing how the letter should progress. The letters are a mix of typed and handwritten correspondence with many including sketches. Subjects discussed include holiday celebrations, church services, interactions between natives and whites, food and customs, and political conflict. Eye describes the uncertainty that is facing the Congo in a letter dated January 23, 1960: \"The future seems rather uncertain. As we contrast the past with the present confusion and conflict we wonder if we shall really be privileged to serve the Lord, much longer in this once favored colony….Our prayers would be especially toward the little children growing up in the midst of such disturbance and hatred as has been in evidence in the inter-tribal warfares.\"","Of note is a Christmas card and photograph dated September 1959 of Kathryn Eye holding an African baby. The card claims that the photo is of Kathryn Eye and her nephew, shortly after her return from the Congo; however, Kathryn is clearly in the Congo and holding a baby of African descent. It is unclear if the wrong photo was included with the card or the note writer was mistaken.","Several letters from American political dignitaries to Marie Garnett and Kathryn Eye are included. Correspondents include Pat Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Of note is a letter from President Dwight Eisenhower, dated October 28, 1960, thanking Kathryn Eye for an ivory elephant she gifted to Eisenhower during a recent visit to Staunton. Eye presented the trinket to the President as a token of gratitude for the part the United States Air Force played in rescuing her from the unrest in the Congo.","Series 2: Artifact Information, 1959-1991, contains information regarding the artifacts collected in the Belgian Congo by Eye and the related exhibit at the Madison Art Collection. Notable items in this series include a document, written by Kathryn Eye, with photos and descriptions of various African artifacts. Also included is an art appraisal and an article on the Maryland Museum of African Art. The appraiser of the Kathryn Eye artifacts, Dr. Kwaku Ofori-Ansa, is mentioned in the aforementioned article.","Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1924-1988, contains a scrapbook documenting Eye's early life, her extensive stamp collection with a related 1959 issue of Life magazine, photographs of her friends and family, and various papers relating to her life and work for the Methodist Church. A single page from a scrapbook (not in the collection) is included and housed in an Oversize box with the Life magazine and Kathryn Eye's scrapbook.","Kathryn Eye's stamp collection contains over 500 stamps from around the world. Many of these stamps were sorted by image in plastic bags when received by Special Collections. These stamps were removed from the plastic bags and placed in acid-free envelopes. Stamps and notes were kept separated in the same manner as received. Also in this series is a November 1959 issue of Life magazine featuring an article on international stamps. Many of the stamps mentioned in the article were collected by Kathryn Eye. Due to the disparate nature and sheer quantity of the stamps, no attempt has been made to assign a date range to those materials.","The scrapbook is another notable item in this series. The scrapbook documents Kathryn Eye's life during her time at the Shenandoah College Institute in Dayton, Virginia and Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia. Included in the scrapbook are programs and souvenirs from various events she attended, cards from friends with holiday imagery, and photographs. Items of note are dried flowers and locks of hair.","Other items include coins and paper currency from the Belgian Congo and photographs depicting Kathryn Eye, her friends and family, the Statue of Liberty, and the gardens of Versailles. Most of the photographs include handwritten descriptions of the subjects or scenes depicted. Photographs originally attached to correspondences were not removed; these can be found throughout Series 1: Correspondence.","Series 3 also consists of one box of oversize materials that do not fit within standard Hollinger boxes. Items include Kathryn Eye's scrapbook and one folder containing an issue of Life magazine and an oversize scrapbook page."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The Madison Art Collection retains all artifacts donated by Marie Garnett and collected by Kathryn Eye. Artifacts include weaponry, jewelry, sculpture, and paintings, and can be viewed at the Lisanby Museum at James Madison University. A copy of Richard K. MacMasters' Our Strong Heritage, 1778-1988: Asbury United Methodist Church, Harrisonburg Virginia (1988) was removed from the collection, cataloged, and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. A small portion of the book related to Kathryn Eye is photocopied and contained within Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_dc6abb5b677a2f6a7661dd6cba76e988\"\u003eThe Kathryn Eye Papers, 1920-1991, contain the papers of Kathryn Eye, local resident and missionary to the Belgian Congo. 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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.","Select Lanier Literary Society posters have been digitized and can be found at Founding Documents in Special Collections.","Documents are arranged by material type.","Dingledine, Raymond C. Madison College, the First Fifty Years, 1908-1958. Harrisonburg, VA: Madison College, 1959.","The Lanier Literary Society and Lee Literary Society were established at State Normal and Industrial School for Women in 1909, during the school's first term. The Lanier Society was named for the Southern poet, Sidney Lanier, and the Lee Literary Society was named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Both the Lee and Lanier Society held debates, and sponsored readings, talks and musical events.","The Lanier chose violet and white as the club's representative colors, while the Lee Society chose gold and gray. In October, 1909, the school's official colors were taken from each – violet from Lanier, and gold from Lee.","In 1914, ten members from the Lee and Lanier Literary Societies joined together to form a new student organization, the Stratford Literary Society, later known as the Stratford Players. The Lanier Society and Lee Society were discontinued in 1942.","The collection was formed from the merger of items in SU 93-0331, Students: Memorabilia and General, and Lanier Society posters in SU 93-0315, Scrapbooks 1909-1916.","Lee Literary Society Records, 1909-1912, UA 0027, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.","This collection is comprised of two record books, a volume of bound posters, and ephemera created by the Lanier Literary Society, from 1911-1931. The 1912-1931 record book contains several iterations of the society's constitution as well as quarterly membership lists. The 1920-1931 record book contains meeting minutes. The volume of bound posters contains hand-drawn posters advertising Lanier Literary Society events. The collection also includes a 1935 New York Times Book Review article about the poet, Sidney Lanier, and a 1913 hand-made program for a Lanier Society event, including the text of the Lanier Song.","Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. 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For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu)."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Items were in the cage in 1982, at the time of founding."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Programs (documents)","Posters","Minutes (administrative records)","Membership lists","Newspaper clippings"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Programs (documents)","Posters","Minutes (administrative records)","Membership lists","Newspaper clippings"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.33 cubic feet 2 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["0.33 cubic feet 2 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Programs (documents)","Posters","Minutes (administrative records)","Membership lists","Newspaper clippings"],"date_range_isim":[1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. 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