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1. HRHS-177 - Harrisonburg City Schools Class Pictures Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Class pictures were an important part of the school experience as it provided a visual history of students and teachers. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains photographs of classes and school activities from the Main Street School, Anthony Seeger Campus School and Keister Elementary School from 1937 to 1968. COLLECTION INVENTORY: Folder 1: Various 8x10 photographs from the Anthony Seeger Campus School (don...

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2. HRHS-178 - Rockingham County Cemetery Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The cemeteries included in this collection are: Bank Mennonite, Beaver Creek, Briery Branch, Cedar Hill, Clover Hill UM, Early Cemetery, Green Wood, Lindale Mennonite, Oak Lawn, Ottobine, Pleasant View Mennonite, Rockingham County (cemetery not designated), Sangerville Brethren, and Unknown. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This is a collection of index cards with information from cemeteries in Rockingham County. Also included is a lay...

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3. HRHS-179 - Rockingham Memorial Hospital Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Rockingham Memorial Hospital opened in Harrisonburg, Virginia on October 1, 1912 and served a seven-county area. In May 2011 the hospital became a part of the Sentara Healthcare System and is now known as the Sentara RMH Medical Center. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection has items pertaining to Rockingham Memorial Hospital. COLLECTION INVENTORY: Folder 1: -Pamphlet titled Rockingham Memorial Hospital Building Fund D...

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4. HRHS-180 - John W. Cline Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: John W. Cline was born in 1847 near Staunton, Virginia. After the Civil War he was a Deputy Sheriff for Augusta County and this collection contains many notes he collected along with the receipts for payment. Mr. Cline was a farmer for many years in Bridgewater and for a number of years he was president of the Planter's Bank in Bridgewater. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains the papers of John W. Cline family...

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5. HRHS-181 - Henkel Family Records Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: In 1717, a Lutheran minister named Anthony Jacob Henkel arrived in Philadelphia from Germany. The Henkel family has been very prominent in the Lutheran ministry in Virginia. In 1806, Ambrose Henkel and his brother Solomon, started one of the first German language presses in the South. The press began as an amateur operation in the New Market home of their father, Paul, a prominent Lutheran minister. Many of the people li...

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6. HRHS-182 - Civil War Research Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The American Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865, and determined the survival of the United States of America. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the Confederate States of America. War broke out in April 1861 when they attacked a U.S. fortress, Fort Sumter, and ended with the surrender of all the Confederate armies in spring 1865. ...

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7. HRHS-183 - Valley Players Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The Valley Players was a community theater group formed in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1962. Their goal was to master the essential elements of good play production and to elevate the cultural climate in the Harrisonburg/Rockingham County area. The group was forced to disband in 1978 prompted by a lack of facilities for the theater and a fading unity within the group. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection was taken from two ...

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8. HRHS-184 - Heath Family Papers Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: C. (Charles) W. Dove was a prominent Rockingham County resident and served as Road Commissioner for eight years, Sheriff for four years from 1924 to 1928, and on the Board of Supervisors for a period of eight years. He was married in 1894 to Sallie McMullen Dove and they had three children, John, Roy and Maxine. Maxine Dove was first married to James Leonard "Jack" Heath and their son was C. Robert "Bob" Heath, who is the f...

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9. HRHS-185 - African-American Oral History Collection

   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: In 2002, interviews were conducted with the African American community in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County by Lawrence D. Bowers, Donna R. Brock, Gloria H. Carter, Lowell Toliver and Ruth Toliver. These interviews were published by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society in a book titled 2002 African-American Oral History Program in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. This publication was made possible by a grant a...

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10. HRHS-186 - Hon. John T. Harris Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: John T. Harris was born in 1823 in Browns Gap, Virginia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845, commencing practice in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was the commonwealth attorney for Rockingham County, Virginia from 1852 to 1859 and was elected an Independent Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1858, serving from 1859 to 1861. He ran for reelection, but the seat was terminated from Congress du...

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11. HRHS-187 - Valley Baseball League Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The Valley Baseball League was started in 1923 and following World War II it operated on a semi-pro basis with local talent, many of whom were returning GI's. Over the years good players became harder to find and the league changed the direction to using college players. In 1961 the league was sanctioned by the NCAA and created a new competitive setting for young athletes who might one day play in the major leagues. SCO...

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12. HRHS-188 - American Guild of Organists Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The American Guild of Organists, or AGO, is a national organization of academic, church, and concert organists in the U.S., headquartered in The Interchurch Center in New York City. Founded as both an educational and service organization, it was chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1896, with the authority to grant titles of associate or fellow to members who passed required examinat...

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13. HRHS-190 - Sipe Family Book Research Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: This book is about the Sipe family, from their origins in Germany, to their immigration to Pennsylvania and finally to the Shenandoah Valley. Peter Sipe and his family left Pennsylvania in 1799 for the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, traveling by covered wagon down the Wilderness Road. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains the research and source documents for the publication, The Ties That Bind, The Peter Sipe Fa...

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14. HRHS-191 - Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver (WAW) is a law firm that was founded in 1845 in Harrisonburg, Virginia by Congressman and state legislator John T. Harris. The practice originated in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, serving clients from Roanoke to Winchester, and now takes cases throughout Virginia, West Virginia, and the mid-Atlantic. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection consists of various correspondence of Wharton, Aldhizer...

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15. HRHS-192 - Phalen Family Papers Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Anna (Annie) Phalen and James A. Phalen were siblings and both were born and raised in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Their parents were Thomas H. and Mary Agnes Quinlan Phalen. Annie graduated from the Rockingham Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and worked most of her life as a private duty nurse. James was a retired meat department manager at Mick-or-Mack grocery store. They were both members of Blessed Sacrament Catholic C...

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16. HRHS-193 - Frederick Anthony Rhodes Diary Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The Rhodes family moved to the Shenandoah Valley from Lancaster, PA in the late 1700's. Frederick Anthony Rhodes was born near Dayton in Rockingham County in 1819 and was a very active member of the Mennonite Church. Frederick was ordained a Deacon in 1852 and would have been a Deacon for 29 years when he wrote this diary of 1881. There is another diary written by Frederick in 1867, but the museum is not in possession of...

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17. HRHS-194 - R. G. Reeves Construction Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: R. G. Reeves Construction Company is a general contractor specializing in single family residences and is located in Bridgewater, Virginia. The president of R. G. Reeves Construction is Robert Reeves. SCOPE AND CONTENT: Tax charts were used to manually calculate withholding for state and federal taxes and for social security deductions. Social Security deductions on these charts are listed as Federal Old Age Deductions....

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18. HRHS-195 - Isaac David Byrd Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Isaac David Byrd, known as Brother Isaac, was a Dunkard circuit rider in Rockingham County. He was born in Spring Creek in 1863 and married Mary Elizabeth Akirs of Dayton around 1884. Isaac and Mary Elizabeth Akirs Byrd are the great-grandparents of the donor, Linda Wilson Appel. This collection also contains papers from the Akirs family. Linda Wilson Appel says that her mother was terrified of her grandfather, Isaac David...

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19. HRHS-196 - Bridgewater College Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Bridgewater College was established in 1880 as Spring Creek Normal and Collegiate Institute by Daniel Christian Flory. Nine years later, the school was named Bridgewater College and chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia to grant undergraduate degrees. Bridgewater conferred its first Bachelor of Arts degree on June 1, 1891. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains items from Bridgewater College. COLLECTION INVENT...

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20. HRHS-197 - Friendship Fire Company Collection

    BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The Friendship Fire Company No. 1 was organized in 1898 in Dayton, Virginia. SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains a list of the original signatures of the citizens of Dayton, Virginia expressing their desire to organize a fire company. Also included is an original of minutes of a meeting of the fire company held on July 27, 1899 in J. W. Hott's yard in Dayton. COLLECTION INVENTORY: -Original list of signatur...

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