John L. Heatwole Collection of Shenandoah Valley History
Scope and Content
The John L. Heatwole Collection of Shenandoah Valley History, 1802-1901, consists of three folders containing 102 items pertaining to Shenandaoh Valley history. The collection is arranged topically into three folders: General Valley Documents, Page County Documents, and Recipes.
General Valley Documents, 1802-1901, include arrest warrants, summonses, orders for the seizure of goods for non-payment of debt, legal receipts, tax receipts, and business letterheads Individual items are chronologically arranged and described to the item level as per the donor's explanatory notes. Documents related to the Zigler Family of Timberville have been placed at the front of the folder and consist of five receipts of muster fines and orders granting private entertainment to John or David Zigler, 1828-1850.
Page County Documents, 1854-1879, contain various court documents summonses, treasury receipts, handwritten receipts, and orders for the seizure of goods for non-payment of debt. Individual items are arranged chronologically.
Recipes, undated, consist of two handwritten and two printed recipes for herbal cures and a recipe for making gunpowder. One recipe, printed in Pennsylvania Dutch or a variation of German, gives steps for curing a "mad dog bite" (i.e. rabies). A second recipe, also written in Pennsylvania Dutch, describes an incantation against sties. For complete translations see John L. Heatwole's Shenandoah Voices: Folklore, Legends and Traditions of the Valley (Berryville, Va.: Rockbridge Publishing Company, 1995), 47, 57-59.
Dates
- 1802-1901
Creator
- Heatwole, John L., 1948-2006 (Compiler, Person)
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Biographical/Historical Note
Born in Washington D.C., John L. Heatwole (1948-2006) was an artist, woodcarver, tour guide, local historian and folklorist. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working at the Library of Congress, Heatwole moved to Dayton in 1974 with his wife, Miriam. Throughout his lifetime he sat on various committees and boards related to both art and history, and received many awards for his work. He chaired the Rockingham County Bicentennial Committee and in 1991 he was the first Virginian to display art in the National Capital Rotunda. Heatwole also authored several books relating to superstitions, folkways, and the Civil War. Heatwole was dedicated to preserving Shenandoah Valley history, historic sites and battlefields, and folklore as is reflected in this collection of materials.
Extent
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The John L. Heatwole Collection of Shenandoah Valley History, 1802-1901, consists of three folders containing 102 items pertaining to Shenandoah Valley history. The collection is arranged topically into three folders: General Valley Documents, Page County Documents, and Recipes.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged topically into three folders.
Other Finding Aids
See link in external document field for an item-level description of General Valley Documents, Folder 1.
Provenance
The collector's theme was to acquire documents that held some relationship to Shenandaoh Valley history, either by virtue of the people, places, or events mentioned.
Acquisition Information
Donated to Carrier Library by John L. Heatwole of Bridgewater, Virginia on several occasions beginning in December 1987.
Bibliography
- Heatwole, John L. Shenandoah Voices: Folklore, Legends, and Traditions of the Valley. Berryville, Va: Rockbridge Publishing Company, 1995.
- DeHart, Carol Maureen. John L. Heatwole: The Word Gatherer, Oral History Interview. Staunton, Va.: Lot's Wife Publishing, 2007.
Processing Information
This collection was minimally reprocessed in April 2017 and renamed John L. Heatwole Collection of Shenandoah Valley History, a change from John L. Heatwole Collection. In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaigin in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 2040.
- Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- Sources
- Debt -- Virginia -- Sources
- Financial records
- Justice, Administration of -- Virginia -- Sources
- Legal documents
- Page County (Va.) -- History -- Sources
- Printing -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Sources
- Raines, Zachariah
- Real property -- Virginia -- Sources
- Receipts (financial records)
- Recipes
- Roads -- Virginia -- Sources
- Rockingham County (Va.) -- History -- Sources
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs
- Summonses
- Suter, Emanuel, 1833-1902
- Trust indentures -- Virginia -- Sources
- Virginia -- History -- Sources
- Virginia -- History, Local -- Sources
- Zigler family
Creator
- Heatwole, John L., 1948-2006 (Compiler, Person)
Source
- Heatwole, John L., 1948-2006 (Donor, Person)
- Title
- A Guide to the John L. Heatwole Collection of Shenandoah Valley History, 1802-1901
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Chris Bolgiano, Orville Bame, Chris Bolgiano, Tiffany Cole
- Date
- February 1988, September 1988, March 1989, January 2010, April 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the James Madison University Libraries Special Collections Repository
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MSC 1704
Harrisonburg Virginia 22807
(540) 568-3612
library-special@jmu.edu