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His\n father, Arthur R. \"Ott\" Giesen was a former member of City Council and Mayor of Radford, and\n his mother, Charlotte C. \"Pinkie\" Giesen, was the first woman elected to the Radford City\n Council and the first woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican.","He graduated from Yale University in 1954 with a B.A. in American Studies and received an\n MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1956.","He married Dorothy Ann Hopkins in 1954; they divorced in 1981. A second marriage, to\n Patricia Ann Wilson Elliott, took place in 1983.","He died on April 2, 2021.","Business and Political Career","He was president and treasurer of Augusta Steel Corporation and Vice President of\n Giesen-Caldwell Agency, Inc. He formed the New Options Group, Inc., in Waynesboro, Virginia.\n Giesen served on the executive boards of both the Augusta Steel Corporation and the Virginia\n Central Valley Bank.","In 1964 Giesen was elected to Virginia's 10th District of the House of Delegates. After the\n 1970 census reapportionment the 10th became the 15th District. In 1974 he resigned his House\n seat and leadership position, hoping to win the special election to succeed H. Dunlop\n Dawbarn in the state senate. He lost that election and was re-elected to the House in 1975.\n From 1982 to 1983 the 15th District was again the 10th District. In 1983 the 10th became the\n 25th District. He served the 25th, representing part of the Shenandoah Valley, until his\n retirement in January 1996.","During his tenure in the House Giesen served on various committees, including\n Appropriations; Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia and Police; and Mining and Mineral\n Resources. He served on a number of subcommittees and advisory committees. A number of files\n on electric vehicles and alternative fuels correspond to his work on the House Clean Fuels\n Study Subcommittee. ","He was chairman of the Joint Republican Legislative Caucus from 1969-1970 and again from\n 1984-1986, and served as House Republican floor leader from 1970 to1974 and Assistant\n Republican floor leader from 1970-1972.","Before and after retirement he was on various boards of directors, committees, and\n councils. Among these are Steering Committee, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation; Board of\n Directors, Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation; Volunteer Services Council;\n Western State Hospital Board of Directors; Mental Health Association in Virginia; Executive\n Board, Lutheran Synod of Virginia; and Executive Council, Lutheran Church of America. He was\n active in the Kiwanis Club.","According to Steve Landes, who had worked as his legislative assistant and who succeeded\n Giesen as House Representative for the 25th district, Giesen had a strong interest in mental\n health reform. After retirement he participated in fund-raising efforts for the Augusta\n County chapter of the Mental Health Association.","\"He told me the reason he became interested in mental health reform was that he visited\n some of the mental health hospitals in the state back in the 60's and they were just\n warehousing people,\" Landes recalled, \"So he said, 'we gotta do better.'” ( News Leader , April 5, 2021)","After retirement Giesen was Executive Vice President of New Options Group. He was\n legislative consultant and legislative coordinator for the Virginia Coalition on Aging and\n the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging. He lobbied at the state level for two\n non-profit agencies and served as the legislative liaison for several local governments, and\n served as chief-of-staff to Lt. Gov. John Hager. ","Giesen represented James Madison University as legislative liaison in Richmond from 2001\n until 2007. Beginning in 2007 he taught courses in state and local government and topics in\n American politics at the university.","The papers of Arthur \"Pete\" Giesen are Series IV of the Giesen Collection.","The bulk of Series IV corresponds with the period in which Mr. Giesen served in the House\n of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly. The material includes files on committees on\n which he served, Virginia election results, House membership, records of his political\n campaigns, including campaign finances, and conferences he attended.","Series IV is divided into subseries. ","Subseries 1, 2, and 3 correspond with Giesen's time as a Delegate.","Subseries 4 and 5 contain material on electric vehicles and alternative fuels, related to\n Giesen's membership on the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Use of Vehicles Powered by Clean\n Transportation Fuels, also referred to as the Clean Fuels Study Subcommittee, created in\n 1990. ","On October 24, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 1992,\n designed, in part, to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil imports by encouraging\n the use of domestically produced fuels. The Act contained both mandates and incentives for\n the use of alternate fuels in vehicles."," During the 1993 session the Virginia General Assembly passed several pieces of legislation\n related to alternative fuels or to motor vehicle-generated air pollution. One bill provided\n for establishing a clean fuel fleet program in Virginia, consistent with the requirements of\n the federal Clean Air Act of 1970 and its 1990 amendments."," The terms \"alternative fuels\" and \"clean fuels\" are used interchangeably in the records.\n At the time, \"clean\" or \"alternative\" fuels included methanol, ethanol, natural gas,\n propane, hydrogen, coal-derived liquids, and electricity, some of which would not today be\n called \"clean.\""," Files on \"alternative fuels\" include committee reports, copies of legislation, notes,\n letters and memos, reports from various organizations, handwritten notes, etc.","Baker Equipment and Engineering Company, Richmond, Virginia, and Baker's focus on\n developing electric vehicles, feature prominently in the papers.","Baker Equipment was a client of the New Options Group, a company Giesen founded, and there\n is correspondence between the two.","Material on political campaigns (subseries 6) includes material from the Giesen for\n Delegate committee, campaign literature, and financial records.","Personal files in subseries 7 include programs from inaugurations and other events and\n records and photos of two Friends of Giesen roasts in 1987 and 1988.","The papers cover the period from approximately 1963 to 1997.","Baker Equipment Engineering Co.","Southern States Energy Board","Virginia General Assembly. 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A second marriage, to\n Patricia Ann Wilson Elliott, took place in 1983.","He died on April 2, 2021.","Business and Political Career","He was president and treasurer of Augusta Steel Corporation and Vice President of\n Giesen-Caldwell Agency, Inc. He formed the New Options Group, Inc., in Waynesboro, Virginia.\n Giesen served on the executive boards of both the Augusta Steel Corporation and the Virginia\n Central Valley Bank.","In 1964 Giesen was elected to Virginia's 10th District of the House of Delegates. After the\n 1970 census reapportionment the 10th became the 15th District. In 1974 he resigned his House\n seat and leadership position, hoping to win the special election to succeed H. Dunlop\n Dawbarn in the state senate. He lost that election and was re-elected to the House in 1975.\n From 1982 to 1983 the 15th District was again the 10th District. In 1983 the 10th became the\n 25th District. He served the 25th, representing part of the Shenandoah Valley, until his\n retirement in January 1996.","During his tenure in the House Giesen served on various committees, including\n Appropriations; Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia and Police; and Mining and Mineral\n Resources. He served on a number of subcommittees and advisory committees. A number of files\n on electric vehicles and alternative fuels correspond to his work on the House Clean Fuels\n Study Subcommittee. ","He was chairman of the Joint Republican Legislative Caucus from 1969-1970 and again from\n 1984-1986, and served as House Republican floor leader from 1970 to1974 and Assistant\n Republican floor leader from 1970-1972.","Before and after retirement he was on various boards of directors, committees, and\n councils. Among these are Steering Committee, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation; Board of\n Directors, Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation; Volunteer Services Council;\n Western State Hospital Board of Directors; Mental Health Association in Virginia; Executive\n Board, Lutheran Synod of Virginia; and Executive Council, Lutheran Church of America. He was\n active in the Kiwanis Club.","According to Steve Landes, who had worked as his legislative assistant and who succeeded\n Giesen as House Representative for the 25th district, Giesen had a strong interest in mental\n health reform. After retirement he participated in fund-raising efforts for the Augusta\n County chapter of the Mental Health Association.","\"He told me the reason he became interested in mental health reform was that he visited\n some of the mental health hospitals in the state back in the 60's and they were just\n warehousing people,\" Landes recalled, \"So he said, 'we gotta do better.'” ( News Leader , April 5, 2021)","After retirement Giesen was Executive Vice President of New Options Group. He was\n legislative consultant and legislative coordinator for the Virginia Coalition on Aging and\n the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging. He lobbied at the state level for two\n non-profit agencies and served as the legislative liaison for several local governments, and\n served as chief-of-staff to Lt. Gov. John Hager. ","Giesen represented James Madison University as legislative liaison in Richmond from 2001\n until 2007. 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His\n father, Arthur R. \"Ott\" Giesen was a former member of City Council and Mayor of Radford, and\n his mother, Charlotte C. \"Pinkie\" Giesen, was the first woman elected to the Radford City\n Council and the first woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican.","He graduated from Yale University in 1954 with a B.A. in American Studies and received an\n MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1956.","He married Dorothy Ann Hopkins in 1954; they divorced in 1981. A second marriage, to\n Patricia Ann Wilson Elliott, took place in 1983.","He died on April 2, 2021.","Business and Political Career","He was president and treasurer of Augusta Steel Corporation and Vice President of\n Giesen-Caldwell Agency, Inc. He formed the New Options Group, Inc., in Waynesboro, Virginia.\n Giesen served on the executive boards of both the Augusta Steel Corporation and the Virginia\n Central Valley Bank.","In 1964 Giesen was elected to Virginia's 10th District of the House of Delegates. After the\n 1970 census reapportionment the 10th became the 15th District. In 1974 he resigned his House\n seat and leadership position, hoping to win the special election to succeed H. Dunlop\n Dawbarn in the state senate. He lost that election and was re-elected to the House in 1975.\n From 1982 to 1983 the 15th District was again the 10th District. In 1983 the 10th became the\n 25th District. He served the 25th, representing part of the Shenandoah Valley, until his\n retirement in January 1996.","During his tenure in the House Giesen served on various committees, including\n Appropriations; Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia and Police; and Mining and Mineral\n Resources. 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He was\n active in the Kiwanis Club.","According to Steve Landes, who had worked as his legislative assistant and who succeeded\n Giesen as House Representative for the 25th district, Giesen had a strong interest in mental\n health reform. After retirement he participated in fund-raising efforts for the Augusta\n County chapter of the Mental Health Association.","\"He told me the reason he became interested in mental health reform was that he visited\n some of the mental health hospitals in the state back in the 60's and they were just\n warehousing people,\" Landes recalled, \"So he said, 'we gotta do better.'” ( News Leader , April 5, 2021)","After retirement Giesen was Executive Vice President of New Options Group. He was\n legislative consultant and legislative coordinator for the Virginia Coalition on Aging and\n the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging. He lobbied at the state level for two\n non-profit agencies and served as the legislative liaison for several local governments, and\n served as chief-of-staff to Lt. Gov. John Hager. ","Giesen represented James Madison University as legislative liaison in Richmond from 2001\n until 2007. Beginning in 2007 he taught courses in state and local government and topics in\n American politics at the university.","The papers of Arthur \"Pete\" Giesen are Series IV of the Giesen Collection.","The bulk of Series IV corresponds with the period in which Mr. Giesen served in the House\n of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly. The material includes files on committees on\n which he served, Virginia election results, House membership, records of his political\n campaigns, including campaign finances, and conferences he attended.","Series IV is divided into subseries. ","Subseries 1, 2, and 3 correspond with Giesen's time as a Delegate.","Subseries 4 and 5 contain material on electric vehicles and alternative fuels, related to\n Giesen's membership on the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Use of Vehicles Powered by Clean\n Transportation Fuels, also referred to as the Clean Fuels Study Subcommittee, created in\n 1990. ","On October 24, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 1992,\n designed, in part, to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil imports by encouraging\n the use of domestically produced fuels. The Act contained both mandates and incentives for\n the use of alternate fuels in vehicles."," During the 1993 session the Virginia General Assembly passed several pieces of legislation\n related to alternative fuels or to motor vehicle-generated air pollution. One bill provided\n for establishing a clean fuel fleet program in Virginia, consistent with the requirements of\n the federal Clean Air Act of 1970 and its 1990 amendments."," The terms \"alternative fuels\" and \"clean fuels\" are used interchangeably in the records.\n At the time, \"clean\" or \"alternative\" fuels included methanol, ethanol, natural gas,\n propane, hydrogen, coal-derived liquids, and electricity, some of which would not today be\n called \"clean.\""," Files on \"alternative fuels\" include committee reports, copies of legislation, notes,\n letters and memos, reports from various organizations, handwritten notes, etc.","Baker Equipment and Engineering Company, Richmond, Virginia, and Baker's focus on\n developing electric vehicles, feature prominently in the papers.","Baker Equipment was a client of the New Options Group, a company Giesen founded, and there\n is correspondence between the two.","Material on political campaigns (subseries 6) includes material from the Giesen for\n Delegate committee, campaign literature, and financial records.","Personal files in subseries 7 include programs from inaugurations and other events and\n records and photos of two Friends of Giesen roasts in 1987 and 1988.","The papers cover the period from approximately 1963 to 1997.","Baker Equipment Engineering Co.","Southern States Energy Board","Virginia General Assembly. 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His\n father, Arthur R. \"Ott\" Giesen was a former member of City Council and Mayor of Radford, and\n his mother, Charlotte C. \"Pinkie\" Giesen, was the first woman elected to the Radford City\n Council and the first woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe graduated from Yale University in 1954 with a B.A. in American Studies and received an\n MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1956.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe married Dorothy Ann Hopkins in 1954; they divorced in 1981. A second marriage, to\n Patricia Ann Wilson Elliott, took place in 1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe died on April 2, 2021.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness and Political Career\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe was president and treasurer of Augusta Steel Corporation and Vice President of\n Giesen-Caldwell Agency, Inc. He formed the New Options Group, Inc., in Waynesboro, Virginia.\n Giesen served on the executive boards of both the Augusta Steel Corporation and the Virginia\n Central Valley Bank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1964 Giesen was elected to Virginia's 10th District of the House of Delegates. After the\n 1970 census reapportionment the 10th became the 15th District. In 1974 he resigned his House\n seat and leadership position, hoping to win the special election to succeed H. Dunlop\n Dawbarn in the state senate. He lost that election and was re-elected to the House in 1975.\n From 1982 to 1983 the 15th District was again the 10th District. In 1983 the 10th became the\n 25th District. 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A second marriage, to\n Patricia Ann Wilson Elliott, took place in 1983.","He died on April 2, 2021.","Business and Political Career","He was president and treasurer of Augusta Steel Corporation and Vice President of\n Giesen-Caldwell Agency, Inc. He formed the New Options Group, Inc., in Waynesboro, Virginia.\n Giesen served on the executive boards of both the Augusta Steel Corporation and the Virginia\n Central Valley Bank.","In 1964 Giesen was elected to Virginia's 10th District of the House of Delegates. After the\n 1970 census reapportionment the 10th became the 15th District. In 1974 he resigned his House\n seat and leadership position, hoping to win the special election to succeed H. Dunlop\n Dawbarn in the state senate. He lost that election and was re-elected to the House in 1975.\n From 1982 to 1983 the 15th District was again the 10th District. In 1983 the 10th became the\n 25th District. He served the 25th, representing part of the Shenandoah Valley, until his\n retirement in January 1996.","During his tenure in the House Giesen served on various committees, including\n Appropriations; Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia and Police; and Mining and Mineral\n Resources. He served on a number of subcommittees and advisory committees. A number of files\n on electric vehicles and alternative fuels correspond to his work on the House Clean Fuels\n Study Subcommittee. ","He was chairman of the Joint Republican Legislative Caucus from 1969-1970 and again from\n 1984-1986, and served as House Republican floor leader from 1970 to1974 and Assistant\n Republican floor leader from 1970-1972.","Before and after retirement he was on various boards of directors, committees, and\n councils. Among these are Steering Committee, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation; Board of\n Directors, Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation; Volunteer Services Council;\n Western State Hospital Board of Directors; Mental Health Association in Virginia; Executive\n Board, Lutheran Synod of Virginia; and Executive Council, Lutheran Church of America. He was\n active in the Kiwanis Club.","According to Steve Landes, who had worked as his legislative assistant and who succeeded\n Giesen as House Representative for the 25th district, Giesen had a strong interest in mental\n health reform. After retirement he participated in fund-raising efforts for the Augusta\n County chapter of the Mental Health Association.","\"He told me the reason he became interested in mental health reform was that he visited\n some of the mental health hospitals in the state back in the 60's and they were just\n warehousing people,\" Landes recalled, \"So he said, 'we gotta do better.'” ( News Leader , April 5, 2021)","After retirement Giesen was Executive Vice President of New Options Group. He was\n legislative consultant and legislative coordinator for the Virginia Coalition on Aging and\n the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging. He lobbied at the state level for two\n non-profit agencies and served as the legislative liaison for several local governments, and\n served as chief-of-staff to Lt. Gov. John Hager. ","Giesen represented James Madison University as legislative liaison in Richmond from 2001\n until 2007. 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His\n father, Arthur R. \"Ott\" Giesen was a former member of City Council and Mayor of Radford, and\n his mother, Charlotte C. \"Pinkie\" Giesen, was the first woman elected to the Radford City\n Council and the first woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican.","He graduated from Yale University in 1954 with a B.A. in American Studies and received an\n MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1956.","He married Dorothy Ann Hopkins in 1954; they divorced in 1981. A second marriage, to\n Patricia Ann Wilson Elliott, took place in 1983.","He died on April 2, 2021.","Business and Political Career","He was president and treasurer of Augusta Steel Corporation and Vice President of\n Giesen-Caldwell Agency, Inc. He formed the New Options Group, Inc., in Waynesboro, Virginia.\n Giesen served on the executive boards of both the Augusta Steel Corporation and the Virginia\n Central Valley Bank.","In 1964 Giesen was elected to Virginia's 10th District of the House of Delegates. After the\n 1970 census reapportionment the 10th became the 15th District. In 1974 he resigned his House\n seat and leadership position, hoping to win the special election to succeed H. Dunlop\n Dawbarn in the state senate. He lost that election and was re-elected to the House in 1975.\n From 1982 to 1983 the 15th District was again the 10th District. In 1983 the 10th became the\n 25th District. He served the 25th, representing part of the Shenandoah Valley, until his\n retirement in January 1996.","During his tenure in the House Giesen served on various committees, including\n Appropriations; Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia and Police; and Mining and Mineral\n Resources. He served on a number of subcommittees and advisory committees. A number of files\n on electric vehicles and alternative fuels correspond to his work on the House Clean Fuels\n Study Subcommittee. ","He was chairman of the Joint Republican Legislative Caucus from 1969-1970 and again from\n 1984-1986, and served as House Republican floor leader from 1970 to1974 and Assistant\n Republican floor leader from 1970-1972.","Before and after retirement he was on various boards of directors, committees, and\n councils. Among these are Steering Committee, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation; Board of\n Directors, Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation; Volunteer Services Council;\n Western State Hospital Board of Directors; Mental Health Association in Virginia; Executive\n Board, Lutheran Synod of Virginia; and Executive Council, Lutheran Church of America. He was\n active in the Kiwanis Club.","According to Steve Landes, who had worked as his legislative assistant and who succeeded\n Giesen as House Representative for the 25th district, Giesen had a strong interest in mental\n health reform. After retirement he participated in fund-raising efforts for the Augusta\n County chapter of the Mental Health Association.","\"He told me the reason he became interested in mental health reform was that he visited\n some of the mental health hospitals in the state back in the 60's and they were just\n warehousing people,\" Landes recalled, \"So he said, 'we gotta do better.'” ( News Leader , April 5, 2021)","After retirement Giesen was Executive Vice President of New Options Group. He was\n legislative consultant and legislative coordinator for the Virginia Coalition on Aging and\n the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging. He lobbied at the state level for two\n non-profit agencies and served as the legislative liaison for several local governments, and\n served as chief-of-staff to Lt. Gov. John Hager. ","Giesen represented James Madison University as legislative liaison in Richmond from 2001\n until 2007. Beginning in 2007 he taught courses in state and local government and topics in\n American politics at the university.","The papers of Arthur \"Pete\" Giesen are Series IV of the Giesen Collection.","The bulk of Series IV corresponds with the period in which Mr. Giesen served in the House\n of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly. The material includes files on committees on\n which he served, Virginia election results, House membership, records of his political\n campaigns, including campaign finances, and conferences he attended.","Series IV is divided into subseries. 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His\n father, Arthur R. \"Ott\" Giesen was a former member of City Council and Mayor of Radford, and\n his mother, Charlotte C. \"Pinkie\" Giesen, was the first woman elected to the Radford City\n Council and the first woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe graduated from Yale University in 1954 with a B.A. in American Studies and received an\n MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1956.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe married Dorothy Ann Hopkins in 1954; they divorced in 1981. A second marriage, to\n Patricia Ann Wilson Elliott, took place in 1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe died on April 2, 2021.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness and Political Career\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe was president and treasurer of Augusta Steel Corporation and Vice President of\n Giesen-Caldwell Agency, Inc. He formed the New Options Group, Inc., in Waynesboro, Virginia.\n Giesen served on the executive boards of both the Augusta Steel Corporation and the Virginia\n Central Valley Bank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1964 Giesen was elected to Virginia's 10th District of the House of Delegates. After the\n 1970 census reapportionment the 10th became the 15th District. In 1974 he resigned his House\n seat and leadership position, hoping to win the special election to succeed H. Dunlop\n Dawbarn in the state senate. He lost that election and was re-elected to the House in 1975.\n From 1982 to 1983 the 15th District was again the 10th District. In 1983 the 10th became the\n 25th District. He served the 25th, representing part of the Shenandoah Valley, until his\n retirement in January 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring his tenure in the House Giesen served on various committees, including\n Appropriations; Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia and Police; and Mining and Mineral\n Resources. He served on a number of subcommittees and advisory committees. A number of files\n on electric vehicles and alternative fuels correspond to his work on the House Clean Fuels\n Study Subcommittee. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe was chairman of the Joint Republican Legislative Caucus from 1969-1970 and again from\n 1984-1986, and served as House Republican floor leader from 1970 to1974 and Assistant\n Republican floor leader from 1970-1972.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBefore and after retirement he was on various boards of directors, committees, and\n councils. Among these are Steering Committee, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation; Board of\n Directors, Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation; Volunteer Services Council;\n Western State Hospital Board of Directors; Mental Health Association in Virginia; Executive\n Board, Lutheran Synod of Virginia; and Executive Council, Lutheran Church of America. He was\n active in the Kiwanis Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Steve Landes, who had worked as his legislative assistant and who succeeded\n Giesen as House Representative for the 25th district, Giesen had a strong interest in mental\n health reform. After retirement he participated in fund-raising efforts for the Augusta\n County chapter of the Mental Health Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"He told me the reason he became interested in mental health reform was that he visited\n some of the mental health hospitals in the state back in the 60's and they were just\n warehousing people,\" Landes recalled, \"So he said, 'we gotta do better.'” (\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, April 5, 2021)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter retirement Giesen was Executive Vice President of New Options Group. He was\n legislative consultant and legislative coordinator for the Virginia Coalition on Aging and\n the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging. He lobbied at the state level for two\n non-profit agencies and served as the legislative liaison for several local governments, and\n served as chief-of-staff to Lt. Gov. John Hager. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiesen represented James Madison University as legislative liaison in Richmond from 2001\n until 2007. Beginning in 2007 he taught courses in state and local government and topics in\n American politics at the university.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Infomration"],"bioghist_tesim":["Arthur Rossa \"Pete\" Giesen, Jr. was born in Radford, Virginia, on August 8, 1932. His\n father, Arthur R. \"Ott\" Giesen was a former member of City Council and Mayor of Radford, and\n his mother, Charlotte C. \"Pinkie\" Giesen, was the first woman elected to the Radford City\n Council and the first woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican.","He graduated from Yale University in 1954 with a B.A. in American Studies and received an\n MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1956.","He married Dorothy Ann Hopkins in 1954; they divorced in 1981. A second marriage, to\n Patricia Ann Wilson Elliott, took place in 1983.","He died on April 2, 2021.","Business and Political Career","He was president and treasurer of Augusta Steel Corporation and Vice President of\n Giesen-Caldwell Agency, Inc. He formed the New Options Group, Inc., in Waynesboro, Virginia.\n Giesen served on the executive boards of both the Augusta Steel Corporation and the Virginia\n Central Valley Bank.","In 1964 Giesen was elected to Virginia's 10th District of the House of Delegates. After the\n 1970 census reapportionment the 10th became the 15th District. In 1974 he resigned his House\n seat and leadership position, hoping to win the special election to succeed H. Dunlop\n Dawbarn in the state senate. He lost that election and was re-elected to the House in 1975.\n From 1982 to 1983 the 15th District was again the 10th District. In 1983 the 10th became the\n 25th District. He served the 25th, representing part of the Shenandoah Valley, until his\n retirement in January 1996.","During his tenure in the House Giesen served on various committees, including\n Appropriations; Counties, Cities, and Towns; Militia and Police; and Mining and Mineral\n Resources. He served on a number of subcommittees and advisory committees. A number of files\n on electric vehicles and alternative fuels correspond to his work on the House Clean Fuels\n Study Subcommittee. ","He was chairman of the Joint Republican Legislative Caucus from 1969-1970 and again from\n 1984-1986, and served as House Republican floor leader from 1970 to1974 and Assistant\n Republican floor leader from 1970-1972.","Before and after retirement he was on various boards of directors, committees, and\n councils. Among these are Steering Committee, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation; Board of\n Directors, Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation; Volunteer Services Council;\n Western State Hospital Board of Directors; Mental Health Association in Virginia; Executive\n Board, Lutheran Synod of Virginia; and Executive Council, Lutheran Church of America. He was\n active in the Kiwanis Club.","According to Steve Landes, who had worked as his legislative assistant and who succeeded\n Giesen as House Representative for the 25th district, Giesen had a strong interest in mental\n health reform. After retirement he participated in fund-raising efforts for the Augusta\n County chapter of the Mental Health Association.","\"He told me the reason he became interested in mental health reform was that he visited\n some of the mental health hospitals in the state back in the 60's and they were just\n warehousing people,\" Landes recalled, \"So he said, 'we gotta do better.'” ( News Leader , April 5, 2021)","After retirement Giesen was Executive Vice President of New Options Group. He was\n legislative consultant and legislative coordinator for the Virginia Coalition on Aging and\n the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging. He lobbied at the state level for two\n non-profit agencies and served as the legislative liaison for several local governments, and\n served as chief-of-staff to Lt. Gov. John Hager. ","Giesen represented James Madison University as legislative liaison in Richmond from 2001\n until 2007. Beginning in 2007 he taught courses in state and local government and topics in\n American politics at the university."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of Arthur \"Pete\" Giesen are Series IV of the Giesen Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of Series IV corresponds with the period in which Mr. Giesen served in the House\n of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly. The material includes files on committees on\n which he served, Virginia election results, House membership, records of his political\n campaigns, including campaign finances, and conferences he attended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV is divided into subseries. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 1, 2, and 3 correspond with Giesen's time as a Delegate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 4 and 5 contain material on electric vehicles and alternative fuels, related to\n Giesen's membership on the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Use of Vehicles Powered by Clean\n Transportation Fuels, also referred to as the Clean Fuels Study Subcommittee, created in\n 1990. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn October 24, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 1992,\n designed, in part, to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil imports by encouraging\n the use of domestically produced fuels. The Act contained both mandates and incentives for\n the use of alternate fuels in vehicles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e During the 1993 session the Virginia General Assembly passed several pieces of legislation\n related to alternative fuels or to motor vehicle-generated air pollution. One bill provided\n for establishing a clean fuel fleet program in Virginia, consistent with the requirements of\n the federal Clean Air Act of 1970 and its 1990 amendments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The terms \"alternative fuels\" and \"clean fuels\" are used interchangeably in the records.\n At the time, \"clean\" or \"alternative\" fuels included methanol, ethanol, natural gas,\n propane, hydrogen, coal-derived liquids, and electricity, some of which would not today be\n called \"clean.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Files on \"alternative fuels\" include committee reports, copies of legislation, notes,\n letters and memos, reports from various organizations, handwritten notes, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaker Equipment and Engineering Company, Richmond, Virginia, and Baker's focus on\n developing electric vehicles, feature prominently in the papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaker Equipment was a client of the New Options Group, a company Giesen founded, and there\n is correspondence between the two.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial on political campaigns (subseries 6) includes material from the Giesen for\n Delegate committee, campaign literature, and financial records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal files in subseries 7 include programs from inaugurations and other events and\n records and photos of two Friends of Giesen roasts in 1987 and 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers cover the period from approximately 1963 to 1997.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of Arthur \"Pete\" Giesen are Series IV of the Giesen Collection.","The bulk of Series IV corresponds with the period in which Mr. Giesen served in the House\n of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly. The material includes files on committees on\n which he served, Virginia election results, House membership, records of his political\n campaigns, including campaign finances, and conferences he attended.","Series IV is divided into subseries. ","Subseries 1, 2, and 3 correspond with Giesen's time as a Delegate.","Subseries 4 and 5 contain material on electric vehicles and alternative fuels, related to\n Giesen's membership on the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Use of Vehicles Powered by Clean\n Transportation Fuels, also referred to as the Clean Fuels Study Subcommittee, created in\n 1990. ","On October 24, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 1992,\n designed, in part, to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil imports by encouraging\n the use of domestically produced fuels. The Act contained both mandates and incentives for\n the use of alternate fuels in vehicles."," During the 1993 session the Virginia General Assembly passed several pieces of legislation\n related to alternative fuels or to motor vehicle-generated air pollution. One bill provided\n for establishing a clean fuel fleet program in Virginia, consistent with the requirements of\n the federal Clean Air Act of 1970 and its 1990 amendments."," The terms \"alternative fuels\" and \"clean fuels\" are used interchangeably in the records.\n At the time, \"clean\" or \"alternative\" fuels included methanol, ethanol, natural gas,\n propane, hydrogen, coal-derived liquids, and electricity, some of which would not today be\n called \"clean.\""," Files on \"alternative fuels\" include committee reports, copies of legislation, notes,\n letters and memos, reports from various organizations, handwritten notes, etc.","Baker Equipment and Engineering Company, Richmond, Virginia, and Baker's focus on\n developing electric vehicles, feature prominently in the papers.","Baker Equipment was a client of the New Options Group, a company Giesen founded, and there\n is correspondence between the two.","Material on political campaigns (subseries 6) includes material from the Giesen for\n Delegate committee, campaign literature, and financial records.","Personal files in subseries 7 include programs from inaugurations and other events and\n records and photos of two Friends of Giesen roasts in 1987 and 1988.","The papers cover the period from approximately 1963 to 1997."],"names_ssim":["Baker Equipment Engineering Co.","Southern States Energy Board","Virginia General Assembly. 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DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"text":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953","Special rules for wards","box-folder 6-100"],"title_filing_ssi":"Special rules for wards\t\n ","title_ssm":["Special rules for wards\t\n "],"title_tesim":["Special rules for wards\t\n "],"normalized_title_ssm":["Special rules for wards"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["Augusta County Historical Society"],"collection_ssim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"sort_isi":100,"containers_ssim":["box-folder 6-100"],"_nest_path_":"/components#99","timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:11:22.849Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vastachs_vastachs00002","ead_ssi":"vastachs_vastachs00002","_root_":"vastachs_vastachs00002","_nest_parent_":"vastachs_vastachs00002","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/achs/vastachs00002.xml","title_ssm":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"title_tesim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2011.004"],"text":["2011.004","Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953","Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette was hired by Western State as a physician in 1889. His letterhead\n stationery shows his title was Assistant Physician. He was appointed superintendent of\n Western State Hospital in 1905 and was the longest serving superintendent of that\n institution, retiring in 1943. He was involved in the establishment of the Virginia State\n Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics.","The bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. ","The collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. ","The collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.","The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.","A number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.","The collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.","There are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.","Folders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. ","Several publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).","Newspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. ","Of major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.","Another topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. ","Material in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. ","There are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.","Box 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.","Box 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.","Box No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. ","In box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. This material is dated from 1889 to 1914.","Boxes 11 and 12 hold newspaper issues.","DeJarnette, Joseph S.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["2011.004"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"collection_title_tesim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"collection_ssim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"repository_ssm":["Augusta County Historical Society"],"repository_ssim":["Augusta County Historical Society"],"creator_ssm":["Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette"],"creator_ssim":["Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette"],"acqinfo_ssim":["A trunk containing papers and documents was donated to the Augusta County Historical\n Society in 2011. The trunk was donated by a homeowner who found it in the attic of a\n residence on Sherwood Street in Staunton, Virginia, where DeJarnette lived after he\n retired."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["10 linear ft. and trunk 30\" wide X 17.5\"\n high X 17.5\" deep"],"extent_tesim":["10 linear ft. and trunk 30\" wide X 17.5\"\n high X 17.5\" deep"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDr. Joseph S. DeJarnette was hired by Western State as a physician in 1889. His letterhead\n stationery shows his title was Assistant Physician. He was appointed superintendent of\n Western State Hospital in 1905 and was the longest serving superintendent of that\n institution, retiring in 1943. He was involved in the establishment of the Virginia State\n Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette was hired by Western State as a physician in 1889. His letterhead\n stationery shows his title was Assistant Physician. He was appointed superintendent of\n Western State Hospital in 1905 and was the longest serving superintendent of that\n institution, retiring in 1943. He was involved in the establishment of the Virginia State\n Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. This material is dated from 1889 to 1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoxes 11 and 12 hold newspaper issues.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. ","The collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. ","The collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.","The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.","A number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.","The collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.","There are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.","Folders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. ","Several publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).","Newspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. ","Of major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.","Another topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. ","Material in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. ","There are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.","Box 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.","Box 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.","Box No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. ","In box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. This material is dated from 1889 to 1914.","Boxes 11 and 12 hold newspaper issues."],"names_ssim":["DeJarnette, Joseph S."],"persname_ssim":["DeJarnette, Joseph S."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":138,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:11:22.849Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vastachs_vastachs00002_c100"}},{"id":"vastachs_vastachs00002_c101","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Speech, Augusta County Medical Society","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vastachs_vastachs00002_c101#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vastachs_vastachs00002_c101","ref_ssm":["vastachs_vastachs00002_c101"],"id":"vastachs_vastachs00002_c101","ead_ssi":"vastachs_vastachs00002","_root_":"vastachs_vastachs00002","_nest_parent_":"vastachs_vastachs00002","parent_ssi":"vastachs_vastachs00002","parent_ssim":["vastachs_vastachs00002"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vastachs_vastachs00002"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Joseph S. 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He was appointed superintendent of\n Western State Hospital in 1905 and was the longest serving superintendent of that\n institution, retiring in 1943. He was involved in the establishment of the Virginia State\n Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics.","The bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. ","The collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. ","The collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.","The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.","A number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.","The collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.","There are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.","Folders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. ","Several publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).","Newspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. ","Of major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.","Another topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. ","Material in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. ","There are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.","Box 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.","Box 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.","Box No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. ","In box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. This material is dated from 1889 to 1914.","Boxes 11 and 12 hold newspaper issues.","DeJarnette, Joseph S.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["2011.004"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"collection_title_tesim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"collection_ssim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"repository_ssm":["Augusta County Historical Society"],"repository_ssim":["Augusta County Historical Society"],"creator_ssm":["Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette"],"creator_ssim":["Dr. Joseph S. 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He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette was hired by Western State as a physician in 1889. His letterhead\n stationery shows his title was Assistant Physician. He was appointed superintendent of\n Western State Hospital in 1905 and was the longest serving superintendent of that\n institution, retiring in 1943. He was involved in the establishment of the Virginia State\n Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. This material is dated from 1889 to 1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoxes 11 and 12 hold newspaper issues.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. ","The collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. ","The collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.","The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.","A number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.","The collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.","There are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.","Folders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. ","Several publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).","Newspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. ","Of major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.","Another topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. ","Material in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. ","There are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.","Box 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.","Box 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.","Box No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. ","In box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. This material is dated from 1889 to 1914.","Boxes 11 and 12 hold newspaper issues."],"names_ssim":["DeJarnette, Joseph S."],"persname_ssim":["DeJarnette, Joseph S."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":138,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:11:22.849Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vastachs_vastachs00002_c101"}},{"id":"vastachs_vastachs00002_c102","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Speech, Virginia Conference of Charities \u0026 Correction","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vastachs_vastachs00002_c102#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vastachs_vastachs00002_c102","ref_ssm":["vastachs_vastachs00002_c102"],"id":"vastachs_vastachs00002_c102","ead_ssi":"vastachs_vastachs00002","_root_":"vastachs_vastachs00002","_nest_parent_":"vastachs_vastachs00002","parent_ssi":"vastachs_vastachs00002","parent_ssim":["vastachs_vastachs00002"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vastachs_vastachs00002"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Joseph S. 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DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"sort_isi":102,"containers_ssim":["box-folder 6-102"],"_nest_path_":"/components#101","timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:11:22.849Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vastachs_vastachs00002","ead_ssi":"vastachs_vastachs00002","_root_":"vastachs_vastachs00002","_nest_parent_":"vastachs_vastachs00002","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/achs/vastachs00002.xml","title_ssm":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"title_tesim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2011.004"],"text":["2011.004","Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953","Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette was hired by Western State as a physician in 1889. His letterhead\n stationery shows his title was Assistant Physician. He was appointed superintendent of\n Western State Hospital in 1905 and was the longest serving superintendent of that\n institution, retiring in 1943. He was involved in the establishment of the Virginia State\n Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics.","The bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. ","The collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. ","The collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.","The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.","A number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.","The collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.","There are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.","Folders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. ","Several publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).","Newspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. ","Of major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.","Another topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. ","Material in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. ","There are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.","Box 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.","Box 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.","Box No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. ","In box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. This material is dated from 1889 to 1914.","Boxes 11 and 12 hold newspaper issues.","DeJarnette, Joseph S.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["2011.004"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"collection_title_tesim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"collection_ssim":["Joseph S. DeJarnette Papers, 1889-1914, 1939-1953"],"repository_ssm":["Augusta County Historical Society"],"repository_ssim":["Augusta County Historical Society"],"creator_ssm":["Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette"],"creator_ssim":["Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette"],"acqinfo_ssim":["A trunk containing papers and documents was donated to the Augusta County Historical\n Society in 2011. The trunk was donated by a homeowner who found it in the attic of a\n residence on Sherwood Street in Staunton, Virginia, where DeJarnette lived after he\n retired."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["10 linear ft. and trunk 30\" wide X 17.5\"\n high X 17.5\" deep"],"extent_tesim":["10 linear ft. and trunk 30\" wide X 17.5\"\n high X 17.5\" deep"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDr. Joseph S. DeJarnette was hired by Western State as a physician in 1889. His letterhead\n stationery shows his title was Assistant Physician. He was appointed superintendent of\n Western State Hospital in 1905 and was the longest serving superintendent of that\n institution, retiring in 1943. He was involved in the establishment of the Virginia State\n Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette was hired by Western State as a physician in 1889. His letterhead\n stationery shows his title was Assistant Physician. He was appointed superintendent of\n Western State Hospital in 1905 and was the longest serving superintendent of that\n institution, retiring in 1943. He was involved in the establishment of the Virginia State\n Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was also responsible for founding the DeJarnette\n State Sanatorium in Staunton and was superintendent there from its formation in 1932 until\n 1947. His legacy has been tarnished by his involvement in the eugenics movement and his\n advocacy of the involuntary sterilization of mental patients and epileptics."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. This material is dated from 1889 to 1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoxes 11 and 12 hold newspaper issues.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The bulk of the material in the collection ranges in date from 1889 to approximately 1914.\n Much of it is undated. The Hopkins estate papers represent a separate group of documents\n dated from 1939 to 1953. ","The collection consists of personal, professional, and hospital-related papers,\n photographs, and notebooks. With the exception of the Hopkins estate records, there was no\n apparent organization to the documents. Many were folded or rolled together and had to be\n unfolded and flattened. ","The collection contains correspondence, notebooks, poems, receipts and invoices, check\n registers and stubs, articles, including one on the history of Western State Hospital,\n copies of wills, ephemera such as birthday cards and invitations to weddings and\n commencements, newspaper clippings and issues of periodicals and newspapers.","The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Dr. DeJarnette. Some of the\n correspondence is personal and some work-related. Of interest are copies of letters from two\n of DeJarnette's medical colleagues addressed to Eastern State Hospital recommending\n DeJarnette be hired as superintendent. One personal letter of interest is signed A.G.\n McDonald, who addresses DeJarnette as \"Dear Friend and Benefactor\" and goes on to write\n about his travels after he left the asylum and returned home to Glasgow. The letter, dated\n April 3, 1896, was sent from Cuba. McDonald recounts how he accepted a trip with a ship's\n captain transporting men to Cuba to join the revolution, He writes about his exploits and\n laments that he's tried to get off the island but \"the coast is guarded so close and yellow\n fever has just set in\" and doubts he will be able to escape. There are several letters from\n patients, some addressed to Dr. DeJarnette and others to patients' family members. There is\n one folder of letters to Chertsey Hopkins DeJarnette.","A number of documents relate to the establishment of an epileptic colony in Lynchburg.\n These include letters by landowners offering land for sale. There is a copy of the \"First\n Report of the Virginia State Epileptic Colony at Lynchburg, from February 20th, 1906 to\n September 30th, 1909.\" which is bound with the \"Eighty-Second Annual Report of the Board of\n Directors and of the Superintendent of the Western State Hospital of Virginia\" for the\n fiscal year ending September 30, 1909.","The collection contains DeJarnette's handwritten notes on various subjects, including\n recommendations for the hiring of superintendents of mental hospitals, recommendations for\n changes in the lunacy laws and suggestions for legislation to regulate the dispensing of\n opiates by pharmacies.","There are handwritten papers and copies of documents proposing the establishment of a\n colony for the treatment of \"inebriates\" meaning those who drink alcohol in excess or who\n are addicted to drugs.","Folders labeled \"legal cases\" contain material pertaining to criminal cases in which\n DeJarnette examined individuals to determine their mental state. ","Several publications in the collection contain articles and transcripts of speeches by Dr.\n DeJarnette, including a talk on \"Colonization of Inebriates\" delivered on December 9, 1913\n and published in the \"Proceedings of the Virginia Conference of Charities and Correction\"\n (Newport News, Virginia, December 7th and 9th, 1913).","Newspaper articles include several letters to the editor written by Dr. DeJarnette. In\n addition to newspaper clippings, the collection includes entire issues of the \"Staunton\n Daily Ledger,\" \"Richmond Times Dispatch,\" and others. ","Of major concern to DeJarnette was the uncontrolled distribution of opiates by pharmacies.\n The folder \"opiates\" (box 5 folder 89) contains handwritten notes and a typewritten document\n on the subject.","Another topic he read and wrote about was pellagra, a disease caused by a vitamin\n deficiency. ","Material in box 6 relating to Western State Hospital includes a history of the institution,\n two annual reports, and lists of hospital needs. One item of interest is a small notebook\n kept by a hospital attendant on the activities of F.G. Rust, a patient furloughed on April\n 18, 1898, who boards at a house in Staunton. The attendant makes daily entries on Mr. Rust's\n activities. Mr. Rust visits Western State and on one occasion brings a squirrel from the\n hospital he keeps in a cage. He visits stores, goes fishing, goes walking, and plays cards\n in town. ","There are several copies of the will of Sidney R. Murkland. Murkland left property in trust\n to Western State Hospital and stipulated that income from the property be used to purchase\n \"extra comforts for patients in said hospital for all time to come.\" The Virginia\n legislature viewed the Murkland trust as a gift to the state and wanted to use proceeds from\n the sale of the property to purchase land for an epileptic hospital. The Board of Western\n State brought a lawsuit against the General State Hospital Board protesting the diversion of\n the Murkland property from the purpose stated in the will. A number of folders contain\n documents and letters related to the estate of Nanette Hopkins, DeJarnette's sister-in-law,\n who died in 1938. Dr. DeJarnette was one of three executors of her estate. The documents\n were arranged in chronological order in manila folders, and the folders were labeled. The\n order and labels of the original folders were maintained when the papers were removed and\n placed in archival folders. Folders labeled \"Francis D. Calley, Executor\" contain primarily\n business correspondence between Orra Hopkins and her nephew Francis Calley during the period\n 1938-1945 and contain personal notes referring to \"Uncle Joe\" and his activities as well as\n notes about the estate business.","Box 7 contains legal pads with Dr. DeJarnette's handwritten notes. These appear to be\n drafts of hospital reports and notes from examinations of individuals involved in criminal\n cases.","Box 8 contains issues of the Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly, published in Richmond, Virginia\n with articles by Dr. DeJarnette, issues of literary magazines with articles by Eva M.\n DeJarnette, and miscellaneous pamphlets and periodical issues.","Box No. 9 holds photographs, most of them unidentified. ","In box No. 10 are small memo books in which DeJarnette listed daily personal expenses.\n Inserted in one of the books are handwritten contracts by individuals promising to provide\n room and board for furloughed patients, and to pay Dr. J.S. DeJarnette a monthly amount, as\n well as a sketch of a design for a tombstone for Eva Magruder DeJarnette, \"our mother.\" The\n box also contains checkbooks and check stubs. 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