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Sarah Roth-Mullet
Repository
James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
Identification
SdArch 35
Title
Stokesville and North River Gap oral histories 1996-1997
Quantity
0.42 cubic feet, 1 box, 14 audiocassettes
source
Geier, Clarence R., 1944-
Creator
Veith, Kay
Creator
Geier, Clarence R., 1944-
Creator
Chapman, C. Thomas
Creator
Monger, Kathryn
Language
English
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Abstract
The Stokesville and North River Gap Oral Histories, 1996-1997, are comprised of audio interviews, census data, genealogy research
and scans of photographs related to prominent families of the North River Gap area and town of Stokesville, in Augusta County,
Virginia.
Rights assessment is the responsibility of the researchers. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library
Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Access Restrictions
Audio is restricted pending processing. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this
collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library
to use this collection.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Stokesville and North River Gap Oral Histories, 1996-1997, SdArch 35, Special
Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University.
Acquisition Information
Materials were transferred by Dr. Clarence Geier on September 11, 2017.
The collection is comprised of research materials created by Kay Veith, Kathryn Monger and C. Thomas Chapman, James Madison
University students who took courses taught by Dr. Clarence Geier, professor of Anthropology. Their research contributed to
the book, "North River Gap – Stokesville, Augusta County, Virginia: A Selected Genealogy and Oral History of Residents," authored
by Kay Veith, with contributions by Carole Nation and Clarence Geier, published in 1996. The project was a joint venture between
members of the JMU history and anthropology departments, and the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests of Roanoke.
Photograph scans were made from photographs belonging to individuals that participated in field survey.
Dr. Clarence Geier is a professor emeritus of Anthropology at James Madison University, where one of his primary research
areas was the archeology of the American Civil War, specifically in the Shenandoah Valley. Kay Veith, who conducted many of
the oral histories in this collection, was a student at JMU in the mid-1990s. Veith was a member of the Massanutten Chapter
of the Archeological Society of Virginia, where she served as Secretary and chief organizer. Veith conducted fieldwork on
many projects, including the Shenandoah National Park Archaeological Survey Program in the early 2000s. James Madison University
established the Kay Veith Field Archeology Award to support young archeologists. Kathryn Monger undertook the geneology project
on Reba Sirk Floyd.
The Stokesville and North River Gap Oral Histories, 1996-1997, is comprised of audiorecordings and research files from the
professional papers of Dr. Clarence Geier, a professor emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology at James Madison University.
Materials include recordings, scanned photographs and other documents gathered from oral histories conducted with people in
the Stokesville, and North River Gap area in August County. Narrators in the recordings discuss various topics, including
the practice of tanbarking, the flood of 1949 in Stokesville, buildings in Stokesville, the Mt. Solon CCC camp, and personal
family histories. The collection also contains genealogical studies of the North River Gap area.
Family names represented in the collection include Maichel, Sheffer (Scheffer, Shaver), Hise, Cramer, Loyd, Floyd, Todd, Daggy,
Wilfong, Sirk, Karicofe, among others.
"North River Gap – Stokesville, Augusta County, Virginia: a selected geneology and oral history of residents" Kay Veith; with
contributions by Carole Nash and Clarence R. Geier. James Madison University, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, 1999.
Nash, Carole. "Kay Veith Named ASV Avocational Archaeologist of the Year," Archeological Society of Virginia Massanutten Chapter.
Volume 35, Issue 11, November 2014. http://www.mcasv.org/Points/NOV_2014.pdf (accessed on July 23, 2018).
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