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This collection consists of two volumes from the A. Gold and Company located in Brownsburg, Va. The volumes includes accounts for customer purchases. The first volume also includes several pages devoted to the post office that was likely run by the company. The second volume includes several pages that have fabric samples glued in included calico and gingham. The collection ranges from 1866-1880.

This collection includes publications created or collected by the Brownsburg Museum and includes Brownsburg High School yearbooks, a recipe book, and museum newsletters.

A team of volunteers interviewed residents of Brownsburg, Virginia between 2006-2010 as part of an oral history project to capture 20th century recollections of life in this area of the rural Shenandoah Valley.

A 2015 copy of an original photograph of the Runkle family farm west of Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Va. the farm is now called 'Blue Grass Farm.'. The photograph shows Runkle family members in the foreground of their 19th century brick federal style brick home. Outbuildings are visible in the background. People in the image include John Alexander Runkle and his wife Annie Ardelia Arehart Runkle with daughters Maggie, Katherine. Sons David and Stuart could also be in the image.

This collection consists of a letter written by E. W. Bosworth of Brownsburg, Va. to his nephew and namesake, E. W. Bosworth. Both men were known as "Tom" to their friends and family. The letter begins by updating the younger Tom on property news and how the younger Tom's mother has been granted his power of attorney. The elder Tom then mentions attending the funeral of a local African American man named Sam Franklin (1855-1945). He wrote, "A good many white people were there, but not many colored people. The fact is there are not many left here." The elder Tom continues to describe the weather (snow on the ground) and shares family news. He mentions that Billy Sterrett has been missing for 3 weeks and that he belonged to the air service on the Western Front. Says he hasn't heard anything from the "old McGuire boys for a long time." He continues the letter by commenting about the Russians on the Eastern Front and says "Those Nazi heads will hold out as long as they can find troops to die for them." Tom finishes his letter by mentioning the girls he's teaching, "The girls are scared, but I'd rather have them that way than over confident," and noting the location of the Big and Little Dipper and other stars. The letter is dated January 21, 1945.

The Hugh Adams Papers archive is comprised of approximately 75 documents concerning the emancipation of nineteen slaves of the Adams estate and their estate imposed emigration to Careysburg, Liberia. Adams was actively involved for many years with the American Colonization Society ( A.C.S.) which promoted and engaged in the emigration process of free or freed African-Americans to Liberia on the west African coast. Included in the archive is an original handwritten copy of the will of Hugh Adams. Within the will, Adams settles his estate and specifically outlines his plan for emancipating his slaves and for funding their imposed emigration. The archive also contains account documents for living expenses of nine of the nineteen freed slaves during the interim period between emancipation and their voyage to Liberia in May 1860.The surnames of the emancipated persons and families are Adams, Miles, Halliburton, Lewis, and Johnston or Johnson. Other noteworthy contents include an official Rockbridge County manumission document and two contracts detailing the purchase of enslaved husbands by their wives who were emancipated and funded by Adams' will. Other individuals whose names are found on documents within this archive include Rockbridge County lawyers Greenlee Davidson and David P. Curry, lawyers 'Gilkeson and McNutt', possibly of Augusta County, Virginia, Rockbridge County officials Samuel McDowell Reid, Charles Chapin, and David J. Whipple, estate executors A.M. Carson and Robert Hutcheson, and A.C.S. secretary Reverend William McLain. Click here to access the Hugh Adams Papers in WLU's Digital Archive.

This collection consists of a mercantile ledger kept by Brownsburg, Va. merchant James M. Beard. He also operated the local post office as was common during his time. The ledger contains entries that apply to his mercantile business documenting who bought what and for how much as well as entries specific to the post office. The last page has his copy of two letters he wrote in 1835. At some point, someone used the ledger as a scrapbook. Many of the first pages are covered by newspaper clippings.

This collection consists of a single ledger kept by John Henry Boswell Jones between 1891-1892. It was used to record business transactions for goods sold and purchased by local farmers and merchants. The ledger also lists the names and classes of the 28 students Jones taught during this time. Local names include McClung, Smiley, Riley, Wade, Wilson, McFadden, Ervine, Richie, Brooks, Martin, Terrell, Humphries, Jones, Hotinger, and Leaver.