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Provenance

Bookdealer Jim Presgraves identified this notebook as one of his purchases from an auction of Rupp family items in 1994. The Rupps were a New Market, Virginia family. "New Market VA" and "Rupp" are penciled in on the cover.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], New Market Weather Notebook, 1902-1920, SC 0139, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Bookworm and Silverfish Bookdealers in September 1995.

Processing Information

In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 3067.

Bio/Historical Note

The Rupp family lived in New Market, Virginia.

Scope and Content

The New Market Weather Notebook, 1902-1920, documents temperature and other weather information for New Market, Virginia. Temperatures and other weather details are recorded at irregular intervals from 1902 to 1920.

Arrangement

The notebook is housed in one folder.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Bookworm & Silverfish
• Climatology -- Virginia -- New Market -- Sources
• New Market (Va.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
• Rupp family
• Southern States -- Climate -- History -- Sources
• Temperature measurements
• Weather -- Virginia -- New Market -- Sources
• Weather diaries