A Collection in Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library
Accession number 26 WFCHS
Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library
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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.
Alternative Form Available
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.
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.
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.
Militia Companies -- Heads of Families, Rockingham County
1 volume (114 pages, transcript)
Box 9
Wartime Diary of Samuel Angus Firebaugh,
1862-1864
1 volume (26 pages, typescript)
Box 9
Wartime Diary of John P. Louderback,
1862-1863
1 volume (22 leaves, typescript)
Box 9
Wartime Diary of Joseph Franklin Kauufman,
1862
1 volume (38 pages, typescript)
Box 9
Leaves and Branches from 300 Family Trees
1 volume (420 pages, typescript)
Box 10
Shenandoah River Navigation
1 volume (70 pages, typescript)
Box 10
List of Marriages (Shenandoah County, VA)
1 volume (158 pages, manuscript)
Box 10
Property Book for Rockingham Coounty, VA,
1798
1 volume (158 pages, manuscript)
Box 10
Waterlick Baptist Church
1798
1 volume (76 pages, typescript)
Box 10
Jefferson County (WV) Marriages,
1802-1884
1 volume (150 pages, typescript)
Box 10
Five Courthouses of Rockingham County, VA
1 volume (32 pages, typescript)
Box 11
A Virginia Commnity (Shenandoah County Survey)
1 volume (130 pages, manuscript)
Box 11
The Valley Turnpike
1 volume (182 pages, manuscript, photocopy)
Box 11
800 Colonial and Revolutionary Soldiers from Augusta, Frederick, Rockbridge, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties
1 volume (207 pages, manuscript)
Box 11
Colonial Soldiers of Frederick County, VA
1 volume (126 pages, manuscript, photocopy)
Box 12
Advertising Literature for Dr. Wayland's Publications:
3 items, printed
Box 12
Wayland, John Walter. Battle of New Market. New Market, VA: Henkel Press,
1926
24 pages, printed
Box 12
Wayland, John Walter. Bird's Eye View of the Shenandoah Valley with Map. Staunton, VA: McClure Co. Inc.,
1924
2 copies
Box 12
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
2 pages, printed
Box 12
Wayland, John Walter. "Shenandoah Valley in History and Literature," Normal Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 1. Harrisonburg, VA: State Normal School,
January 1915
24 pages, printed
Box 12
Wayland, John Walter. Sixty Errors Corrected: A Manual for Use in Public Schools. 2d edition. Harrisonburg, VA:
1931
Box 12
Wayland, John Walter, "A True Gentleman," written for contest in the Baltimore Sun,
1909
3 leaves, printed, photocopy
Box 12
Smith, Glenn Curtiss. Biographical Sketch. "John Walter Wayland: Veteran Historian of Virginia," printed in the Commonwealth,
February, 1956
1 page, printed
Box 12
Wayland, John Walter. List of Writings.
Box 12
News Articles, John Walter Wayland's Testimony before Senate Committee regarding Supreme Court
2 leaves, printed
Box 12
Wayland, John Walter. Whispers of the Hills. New Market, VA: Henkel Press,
1928
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