Judith Fenner Barnard Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Judith Fenner Barnard Collection, 1914-1974, Ms2022-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Barnard, Judith Roane Fenner, 1896-1984
Abstract:
This collection includes a memobook and journal owned by Judith Fenner Barnard (1896-1984), a teacher in Roadsville, Virginia, and Prince George County, Virginia. The memobook, dated July 1964, contains recipes, addresses, hospital records, and a seating arrangement for a dinner party. The journal, 1914-1972 includes journal entries about the Barnard family's lives and handwritten recipes.
Language:
Materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Judith Fenner Barnard Collection, 1914-1974, Ms2022-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes a memobook and journal owned by Judith Fenner Barnard. The memobook, dated July 1964, contains recipes, addresses, hospital records, and a seating arrangement for a dinner party. The recipes include breakfast foods, desserts, casseroles, and bread. The journal contains handwritten recipes for candies, breakfast foods, desserts, ice cream, sauces, bread, stew, pickles, and preserves.

The journal, 1914-1972, includes entries about the Barnard family's life as well as handwritten recipes and updated notes. For example, on page 37 for "Julius Andrews Sea Foam," the recipe is written in blue pen, with black pen adding new information, pencil at the bottom with a warning, and then another pencil note dated February 19, 1950, with a message saying to heed the above warning. Some pages were ripped out from the journal, including the first 26 pages. The first page of the journal includes information on the first owner of the book, Judith's husband Edgar C. Barnard. It goes on to explain where the Barnards resided in Roadsville, Virginia, and when the book is given to Judith, she sometimes writes about living in Prince George, Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

Judith Roane Fenner Barnard (1896-1984) was born on June 14, 1896, to Benjamin Fenner and Elizabeth Winfree. She married Edgar Calhoun Barnard in June 1917 in Prince George County, Virginia, and the couple had a daughter named Elizabeth around 1919. According to the journal in this collection, the couple resided in Roadsville, Orange County, Virginia, and Edgar worked for the Virginia State Highway Department. Also according to the journal, Judith moved back to Prince George County in February 1929, where she worked as a teacher. In the 1930 U.S. census, Judith is listed as divorced. Judith died on April 27, 1984, and is buried in Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia.

Sources:

"Judith Roane" entry. Richmond Times-Dispatch; Publication Date: 20/ Jun/ 1917; Publication Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA. On Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2020. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/182942635:62116. Accessed September 26, 2022.

"Judith R Barnard" entry. Year: 1920; Census Place: Bland, Prince George, Virginia; Roll: T625_1907; Page: 48B; Enumeration District: 102. On Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/101092235:6061. Accessed September 26, 2022.

"Judith R Barnard" entry. Year: 1930; Census Place: Bland, Prince George, Virginia; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2342190. On Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/98743789:6224. Accessed September 26, 2022.

"Judith Fenner Barnard" entry. Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9278&h=2270673. Accessed October 11, 2022.

"Judith Roane Fenner Barnard" entry. Findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25203575/judith-roane-barnard. Accessed October 11, 2022.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in April 2018.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Judith Fenner Barnard Collection was completed in September 2022.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
History of Food and Drink
Cookbooks
Diaries
Places:
Virginia