Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. 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.

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).

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], McPheeters, Harper, and Swartzle Papers, 1849-1875, SC 0160, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Green Valley Auction in September 2000.

Processing Information

In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 4021.

Bio/Historical Note

Unknown.

Scope and Content

The annual membership receipts for the Virginia Central Agricultural Society for A. A. McPheeters and Miss Mary J. McPheeters are dated 1859; a list of the appraised property of Mrs. M. R. Harper, deceased, Augusta County, are dated April 15, 1875; and an article of agreement between Ira Swartzle, David Swartzle, and J. William Sheetz, concerning raising wheat and rye, Augusta County, is dated 1849.

Arrangement

These items are arranged in one folder.

Index Terms

Subjects:

• Agriculture -- Accounting -- 19th century
• Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- 19th century
• Agriculture -- Finance -- 19th century
• Augusta County (Va.) -- Economic conditions -- Sources
• Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- Sources
• Contracts, Agricultural -- Virginia -- Augusta County -- 19th century
• Crops -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
• Decedents' estates -- 19th century
• Farm management -- Virginia -- Augusta County
• Real property -- Virginia -- Augusta County
• Rye -- Planting
• Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Economic conditions -- Sources
• Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Sources
• Virginia -- History, Local -- Sources
• Wheat -- Planting