Archive Record
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HRHS-004 |
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J.O. Stickley Collection |
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: James Otis (J. O.) Stickley was born on Sept. 2, 1869, at Cross Keys, to Phineas and Mary Bowman Stickley. After attending schools at Cross Keys and Port Republic, Stickley became a traveling salesman. He moved to Harrisonburg in 1905 and worked as an agent for Standard Oil Co. for eight years. In 1914, he became general manager of a farm implement business known as W. H. Cunningham & Co. (formerly known as J. N. Garber & Co.). Ownership gradually transferred to the Stickley and Ewing families, and on Feb. 1, 1928, it was chartered as J. O. Stickley and Son, Inc. See Folder 7 for more company history. Stickley served on the Harrisonburg City Council for twenty-two years. He helped found The National Bank of Harrisonburg, sat on the original board of directors and served as its president from 1940 until his death. Beginning in 1899, he served as president of the Rockingham & Cross Keys Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1944, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and served until his death on Feb. 12, 1952, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. He is buried in Woodbine Cemetery. Daniel C. Stickley, Sr., the son of J. O. and Roberta Turner Tyler Stickley, was born on June 20, 1905. He succeeded his father as president of J. O. Stickley & Son, Inc. Like his father, he was heavily involved in civic matters and served as president of Valley National Bank and the Rockingham Mutual Insurance Co. He died May 4, 1995, at Sunnyside Presbyterian Home. The donor, Daniel C. Stickley, Jr., succeeded his father as president of the family business. SCOPE AND CONTENT: The J. O. Stickley Collection consists of sales books, photographs, clippings, reports, and other miscellaneous items documenting the Stickley's business and their involvement in local financial institutions. Of particular interest are the company's Sales Books dating from 1912 (when it operated as J. N. Garber & Co.) to 1960. Each book is arranged chronologically and by the type of item sold (i.e., buggies, combines, corn planters, disk harrows, manure spreaders, rakes, etc.); the buyer, date of sale, price, and item description also are listed. Stickley Printed Material consists of trade publications in which the Stickley Company was featured or mentioned, and trade advertisements. COLLECTION INVENTORY: Folder 1: -Stickley Printed Material, 1936-1978 (6 items) Folder 2: -Photocopied Print Material, 1910-1978 (6 items) Folder 3: -Original issue, Farm Equipment News Vol. 1, No. 1, (Spring 1934) Folder 4: Photocopied Photographs, n.d. 1. #3284 J. O. Stickley store and Model A pickup 2. #1516 J. O. Stickley store photo-2 cars in front 3. #1521 Interior of J. O. Stickley store 4. #1517 Tractors 5. #1520 "Square dancing tractors" 6. #1518 Installing dome-dome on ground 7. #1519 Installing dome-dome lifted Folder 5: Financial Reports, 1942-1974 Folder 6: Oversized items, 1929-1963 -Ford-New Holland plexiglas sign -McCormick-Deering Farmall plexiglas sign -"Ford Agricultural Tractors through the Years" poster -Daily News-Record, p. 12, Jan. 23, 1963, full-page advertisement -J. O. Stickley and Son, Inc., 1929 promotional calendar Folder 7: -J. O. Stickley & Son, Inc. History, by Dan Stickley, Jr. -Men of Mark essay written about James O. Stickley, Banker, businessman and Civic Leader, 1942 Folder 8: Miscellaneous Documents -Lists (5) of tractor owners and the brands of tractors they owned in Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Page Counties (some listings for Hardy Co., W.Va.), c. 1929-1945 -Photo- Christmas Party 1990 -Press release June 6, 1996 -Advertising pamphlet -Newspaper Clippings -1988 Print out dealer profile -Receipt from J. O. Stickley & Son when it was located on E. Market St, Harrisonburg, VA Folder 9: Sales Book 1, 1912-1927 Folder 10: Sales Book 2, 1928-1937 Folder 11: Sales Book 3, 1938-1944 Folder 12: Sales Book 4, 1945-1950 Folder 13: Sales Book 5, 1951-1955 Folder 14: Sales Book 6, 1956-1960 Folder 15: -Minute Book of J.N. Garber Inc., succeeded by W.H. Cunningham and Co., succeeded by J.O. Stickley Sons Inc. Folder 16 (OV): -1963 ad for the grand opening of the new sales and service building of J. O. Stickley and Son, Inc. -Sign for Ford-New Holland -Ad for Ford-New Holland -Sign for McCormick-Deering Farmall -1929 calendar for J. O. Stickley & Son |
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Dan C. Stickley, Jr. |
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