A Guide to the Gervase James Patterson Barger papers, 1924-1967 Barger, Gervase James Patterson, papers, 1924-1967 25725

A Guide to the Gervase James Patterson Barger papers, 1924-1967

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession number 25725

Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
USA
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Processed by: Trenton Hizer

Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

25725

Title

Gervase James Patterson Barger papers, 1924-1967

Physical Characteristics

7 cubic feet (10 boxes and 34 oversize folders) .

Creator

Gervase James Patterson Barger

Location

Library of Virginia

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Gervase James Patterson Barger. Papers, 1924-1967. Accession 25725. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Gervase James Patterson Barger, Penney Farms, Florida

Gervase James Patterson Barger was born 3 March 1882 in Muscatine, Iowa, and married Myrtle Grace King (1881-1972) on 11 August 1908. He graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine (1914), Harvard University Graduate School of Tropical Medicine (1915), and Brussels School of Tropical Medicine, Belgium (1927). Barger served as a medical missionary to the Belgian Congo from 1915 to 1931. All four of the Bargers' children were born in the Congo. Upon his return to the United States, Barger settled his family in Washington D.C. and began practicing medicine. he taught at Georgetown University's Medical School and headed the physical therapy department for Georgetown University Hospital. Barger also became interested in genealogy and produced extensive notes and genealogical tables on various branches of Bargers throughout the United States. He produced several books based on this research. He died 25 November 1966 in Penney Farms, Florida.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1924-1967, of Gervase James Patterson Barger (1882-1966) of Washington D.C. and Florida, including abstracts of wills, announcements, clippings, correspondence, epitaphs, genealogical charts and notes, maps, negatives, newsletters, obituaries, photographs, and published materials. Most of the collection consists of genealogical materials on the Barger family located in Botetourt, Montgomery, Rockbridge, and Washington Counties, Virginia, and in Arkansas, Kentucky, Idaho, Illinios, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia. Collection contains source material Barger used in his genealogical works, including the Family Tree of Adam Barger (1962), Family Tree of William James Barger (1959), and Natural Bridge, Virginia, Bargers (1961).

Contents List

Box 1 Folder 1

Obituaries for Gervase James Patterson Barger, 1966-1967

Box 1 Folder 2

Arkansas Barger Family Tree, 1958-1959

Box 1 Folder 3

Arkansas Barger Family Tree, 1958-1959

Box 1 Folder 4

Blacksburg Barger Families, 1959

Box 1 Folder 5

Family Tree of William James Barger and Margaret Ann Boggs (Blacksburg Bargers), 1959

Box 1 Folder 6

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, Barger Family in Virginia During the Revolution (later in West Virginia and Kentucky), part I, 1960-1962

Box 1 Folder 7

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, Barger Famliy in Virginia During the Revolution (later in West Virginia and Kentucky), part II, 1960-1962

Box 1 Folder 8

Francis Barger and Mary Turner Family Chart, 1960-1961

Box 1 Folder 9

William Barger and Sarah Ann Zeck Family Chart, 1959-1960

Box 2 Folder 1

William Barger and Sarah Ann Zeck Family Chart, Francis Barger and Mary Turner Family Chart, 1959, 1960

Box 2 Folder 2

William Preston Barger and Mary Ann Shafer Family Chart, 1961-1962

Box 2 Folder 3

John Jacob Barger--Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1956

Box 2 Folder 4

A comparison of 4 John Barger Families in Natural Bridge, Virginia, Area, ca. 1960

Box 2 Folder 5

Natural Bridge Barger Family VI, 1958

Box 2 Folder 6

Historical Data on Bargers of Blacksburg, Virginia, 1938-1962

Box 2 Folder 7

Fairly Complete Chartings of Several Barger Groups, Several Putnam Valley, New York, Groups with Related Correspondence, 1951-1958

Box 2 Folder 8

Newsletter, Correspondence, Charts, 1939-1957

Box 2 Folder 9

Limited Family Charts and Correspondence, 1941-1961

Box 2 Folder 10

Limited Family Circulars, Correspondence, Charts, 1957-1962

Box 2 Folder 11

Barger Family Newsletters, 1939-1958

Box 2 Folder 12

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Barger Correspondence, Chart, 1957-1959

Box 2 Folder 13

Clippings, Announcements, Correspondence, 1941-1962

Box 3 Folder 1

9th Genealogy Research Institute Class, 1959

Box 3 Folder 2

9th Genealogy Research Institute Report, Correspondence, Charts, 1959

Box 3 Folder 3

Barger Genealogical Notes, no date

Box 3 Folder 4

List of Doctors Barger, 1956

Box 3 Folder 5

Photographs and Negatives of Tombstone Epitaphs, 1941

Box 3 Folder 6

Gravestones, Muscatine, Iowa, Barger Notes, 1959

Box 3 Folder 7

Photographs, clippings (photocopies), and oversize materials from box 5, 5"x8" index cards,

Box 3 Folder 8

Photographs, clippings (photocopies), and oversize materials from box 6, 5"x8" index cards,

Box 3 Folder 9

Photographs, clippings (photocopies), and oversize materials from box 7, 5"x8" index cards,

Box 3 Folder 10

Photographs, clippings (photocopies), and oversize materials from box 8, 5"x8" index cards,

Box 3 Folder 11

Photographs, clippings (photocopies), and oversize materials from box 9, 5"x8" index cards,

Box 3 Folder 12

Scrapbook, Including Cemetery Photos--Blacksburg and Crimora, Virginia

Box 3 Folder 13

Scrapbook, Including Cemetery Photos--High Bridge, Piketon, Salem, Buchanan, Mt. Solon--Virginia and Ohio

Box 4

High Bridge Church and Cemetery

Box 4

Federal Population Censuses 1840-80: A Price List of Microfilm Copies of the Original Schedules

Box 4

Preliminary Inventories: Number 103 Cartographic Record of the Census

Box 4

Special Lists: Number 8 Population Schedules 800-1870

Box 4

Local History: How to Gather It, Write It, and Publish It

Box 4

Genealogical Research: Methods and Sources

Box 4

The Barger Journal , June 1924

Boxes 5-9

Notes Relating to Bargers and Allied Families, 1924-1963 (see also box 3, folders 7-11)

Boxes 10

Original Cemetery Photographs from Scrapbooks (see also box 3, folders 12-13)

Cabinet 21 Drawer 14 Folder 1

Natural Bridge Bargers Charts, 1956

Cabinet 21 Drawer 14 Folder 2

Natural Bridge Bargers Charts, 1956

Cabinet 21 Drawer 14 Folder 3

Natural Bridge Bargers Charts, 1956

Cabinet 21 Drawer 14 Folder 4

Natural Bridge Bargers Charts and Correspondence, 1956

Cabinet 21 Drawer 14 Folder 5

Natural Bridge Bargers, John Barger and Christina, 1956

Cabinet 21 Drawer 14 Folder 6