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Preferred Citation:

John Walter Wayland Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Biographical Information:

John Walter Wayland was born in 1872. He graduated from Bridgewater College and received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1907. He was chairman of the history department at Madison College (now James Madison University) until 1931. His chief interest was the history of Rockingham County and the Valley of Virginia. He wrote many books including histories of Rockingham County and Shenandoah County, Va. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: John Walter Wayland

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1892-1940, of John Walter Wayland, historian, who was interested in the history of Rockingham County and the Valley of Virginia. The papers are primarily his correspondence with the descendants of early settlers in the area, and with historians, publishers, family, friends and teachers. Includes letters from Lyon G. Tyler, Sue Ruffin Tyler, and Earl Gregg Swem.

Arrangement of Materials:

The correspondence and papers are arranged alphabetically and contains copies of Wayland's replies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Manuscripts (document genre)

General

Other Information:

A PDF document of this inventory is available online.

Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_W36_Wayland__John.pdf