PUBLIC "-//Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library//TEXT (US::Viwn::viwn00007::A Guide to the John Walter Wayland Papers, 1788-1950)//EN" "viwn00007.xml" A Guide to the John Walter Wayland Papers, 1798-1950 Wayland, John Walter, Papers 26 WFCHS Archives Staff Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library © 1939 By Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Lorna M. Loring, 16 October 2018 Description is in English A Guide to the John Walter Wayland Papers, 1788-1950 A Collection in Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library 26 WFCHS

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library 1939 Archives Staff Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library Descriptive Summary Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional LibraryJohn Walter Wayland Papers, 1890-1950 26 WFCHS 6.19 linear feet. English Wayland, John Walter Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

John Walter Wayland Papers, 26 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as a gift.

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Selected materials from this collection have been digitized and are available online through the Stewart Bell Jr. Digital Archives See the container list below for details and links to online content.

Biographical Information

Dr. John Walter Wayland was born on December 8, 1872 to John Wesley and Anna Kagey Wayland in Shenandoah County, Virginia. From 1890 to 1893, he taught in the public schools. He received a B.S. degree from Bridgewater College in Virginia and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia in 1907. Wayland taught at several institutions in Virginia, including the University of Virginia and Madison College (now known as James Madison University), until his retirement in 1931. Following retirement he did extensive research and writing on the history, places and people of the Shenandoah Valley. During his life he authored 40 books and is one of the leading historians of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Wayland died in 1962.

Scope and Content

The John Walter Wayland Papers contains a variety of materials written by Wayland, to include extensive correspondence, compilations of tombstone inscriptions, family Bible records, genealogies, military rosters, court records, and property books. The collection also includes some diaries from the period of the Civil War as well as an assortment of pamphlets, advertising materials, books, and music.

Contents List Correspondence, Abi - Gru 1 Correspondence, Hal - Sla 2 Correspondence, Sma - Vir 3 Correspondence, W - Z, and Miscellaneous 4 Index to Correspondence 5 Unnumbered items, typescript and manuscript General correspondence and book orders 6 Unnumbered items Tombstone Inscriptions Volume A, 1928-1941 7 1 volume (306 pages, manuscript) ; 25 cm Tombstone Inscriptions Volume B, 1928-1931 7 1 volume (284 pages, manuscript) ; 25 cm Tombstone Inscriptions Volume C, 1931-1946 7 1 volume (308 pages, manuscript) ; 25 cm Tombstone Inscriptions Volume D, 1932-1941 7 1 volume (292 pages, manuscript) ; 25 cm Index to Tombstone Inscriptions Volumes A to D, 7 5 pages, typescript Family Bible Records Book 1, 1928-1933 8 1 volume (154 pages, manuscript) ; 36 cm Family Bible Records Book 2, 1933-1938 8 1 volume (163 pages, manuscript) ; 36 cm Family Bible Records Book 3, 1943-1950 8 1 volume (161 pages, manuscript) ; 36 cm Family Bible Records Book 4, 1934-1943 8 1 volume (40 pages, manuscript) ; 36 cm Daily Journal of Anna Kagey Wayland, 1847-1865 8 1 volume (212 leaves, typescript) Items from Anna K. Wayland Diary, 1866-1900 8 1 volume (30 leaves, typescript) Militia Companies -- Heads of Families, Rockingham County 9 1 volume (114 pages, transcript) Wartime Diary of Samuel Angus Firebaugh, 1862-1864 9 1 volume (26 pages, typescript) Wartime Diary of John P. Louderback, 1862-1863 9 1 volume (22 leaves, typescript) Wartime Diary of Joseph Franklin Kauufman, 1862 9 1 volume (38 pages, typescript) Leaves and Branches from 300 Family Trees 9 1 volume (420 pages, typescript) Shenandoah River Navigation 10 1 volume (70 pages, typescript) List of Marriages (Shenandoah County, VA) 10 1 volume (158 pages, manuscript) Property Book for Rockingham Coounty, VA, 1798 10 1 volume (158 pages, manuscript) Waterlick Baptist Church 1798 10 1 volume (76 pages, typescript) Jefferson County (WV) Marriages, 1802-1884 10 1 volume (150 pages, typescript) Five Courthouses of Rockingham County, VA 10 1 volume (32 pages, typescript) A Virginia Commnity (Shenandoah County Survey) 11 1 volume (130 pages, manuscript) The Valley Turnpike 11 1 volume (182 pages, manuscript, photocopy) 800 Colonial and Revolutionary Soldiers from Augusta, Frederick, Rockbridge, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties 11 1 volume (207 pages, manuscript) Colonial Soldiers of Frederick County, VA 11 1 volume (126 pages, manuscript, photocopy) Advertising Literature for Dr. Wayland's Publications: 12 3 items, printed Wayland, John Walter.Battle of New Market. New Market, VA: Henkel Press, 1926 12 24 pages, printed Wayland, John Walter. Bird's Eye View of the Shenandoah Valley with Map.Staunton, VA: McClure Co. Inc., 1924 12 2 copies Song, "Old Virginia," from supplement to Normal School Bulletin Vol. 9, No. 6. Lyrics by John Walter Wayland, Music by Will H. Ruebush, October 1917 12 2 pages, printed Wayland, John Walter. "Shenandoah Valley in History and Literature,"Normal Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 1. Harrisonburg, VA: State Normal School, January 1915 12 24 pages, printed Wayland, John Walter. Sixty Errors Corrected: A Manual for Use in Public Schools. 2d edition. Harrisonburg, VA: 1931 12 Wayland, John Walter, "A True Gentleman," written for contest in the Baltimore Sun, 1909 12 3 leaves, printed, photocopy Smith, Glenn Curtiss. Biographical Sketch. "John Walter Wayland: Veteran Historian of Virginia," printed in the Commonwealth, February, 1956 12 1 page, printed Wayland, John Walter. List of Writings. 12 News Articles, John Walter Wayland's Testimony before Senate Committee regarding Supreme Court 12 2 leaves, printed Wayland, John Walter. Whispers of the Hills. New Market, VA: Henkel Press, 1928 12 Lucy Buck Diary, 1861-1865 12 1 volume (240 leaves, typescript)