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Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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Jennifer Marks, Phillip Wong
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
Collection open to 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.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Grove Family Papers, 1884-1932, SC 0292, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
This collection was acquired at the Large Antiques and Firearms Estate auction held by Green Valley Auctions on January 16, 2018.
Processing Information
Duplicates of brochures in the ephemera were discarded as well as blank envelopes or sheets of paper found amidst the correspondence.
Bio/Historical Note
John William Grove was born December 16, 1844, in Luray, Page County , Virginia. As an adult, he served as a Corporal with the Confederate Army from 1863-1865 as part of the 35th Battalion of the Virginia Cavalry until being paroled from the army on May 8, 1865. He then married Eliza Jane Koontz (1850-1871) in 1869 and had two children: Ella Grove (1870-1932) and William Wallace Grove (1872-1874). After Eliza's death on October 19, 1871, John William Grove married Laura Ann Brumback (1851-1926), and had four children with her: Arthur Ashby Grove (1883 - 1940), Jessimine "Jessie" Lee Grove (1887 - 1966), Harold Elton Grove (1889 - 1970), and Julia Anita Grove (1892 - 1976). In the mid-1880s, John William Grove opened the Grove and Brothers store with his brother Charles H. Grove (1849 –1925) in Luray. John William Grove's sons Arthur and Harold took over the store after their father's death in August 1924.
Arthur, often addressed as A. A. Grove, was a member of the National Guard and veteran of World War I, having fought in France as part of the 116th Infantry, 29th Division. He was also an active member of the community, participating in the Luray Rotary Club, the Summers-Koontz Camp No. 490, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and others.
After receiving her bachelor's degree in music from Vassar College in 1910, Julia "Anita" Grove became a music teacher and spent several months almost every year traveling throughout the United States visiting relatives (e.g., cousins, extended family) and friends of the family or friends from her time at school.
Jessie Grove married William Pendleton Hershberger on January 28, 1919.
Scope and Content
The Grove Family Papers, 1884-1932, consist of 21 boxes, primarily comprising family correspondence. The bulk of the collection is made up of family correspondence and the rest is made up of ephemera collected by the family. The correspondence is mainly letters sent to the group or individual indicated by the series, with the bulk of the correspondence in this collection being letters sent to Arthur and Julia Grove. Most of the letters concern updates concerning other family members and the community. Much of the collection consists of holiday cards sent to all members of the Grove Family over the years.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in nine series, with the first eight series comprising family correspondence, arranged by recipient and chronologically. Series 9 consists of ephemera accumulated by the family and is arranged alphabetically.
Grove Family Correspondence, 1884-1932 Arthur Ashby Grove Correspondence, 1892-1932 Julia Anita Grove Correspondence, 1900-1932 Jessie Grove Hershberger Correspondence, 1903-1932 Harold Elton Grove Correspondence, 1920-1932 Laura Brumback Grove Correspondence, 1886-1926 John William Grove Correspondence, 1890-1924 Charles H. Grove Correspondence, 1891-1930 Ephemera, 1887-1932Bibliography
"Corp John William Grove (1844-1924) - Find A Grave..." Find A Grave. Accessed June 11, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8423540/john-william-grove."Women's College Finals This Week." Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), May 23, 1910. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1910-05-23/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=1900&index=1&date2=1930&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Anita+Grove&proxdistance=5&state=Virginia&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=Anita+Grove&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Luray (Va.) -- History
- Page County (Va.) -- Genealogy
- Page County (Va.) -- History
- Page County (Va.) -- Social life and customs
Container List
Series 1: Grove Family Correspondence, 1884-1932, comprises correspondence that is either addressed to the Grove Family or correspondence for which there is no discernable individual family member that is the sender. Correspondence addressed to Elizabeth P. Barry, a friend of Julia and Jessie Grove, is included in this series. Most of the series is made up of correspondence either to the Grove and Brother Store from satisfied customers (thanking them for gifts, discounts, etc) or small holiday cards and wedding invitations from other members of the community.
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 1
Correspondence1884-1891
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 2
Correspondence1889-1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 3
Miscellaneous Grove Correspondence1895-1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 4
Correspondence1898-1900
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 5
Correspondence1901-1902
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 6
Correspondence1903-1904
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 7
Correspondence1908
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 8
Correspondence1909
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 9
Correspondence1910-1911
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 10
Correspondence1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 11
Correspondence1919
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 12
Correspondence1920
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 13
Correspondence1921
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 14
Correspondence1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886408] box: 1 folder: 15
Elizabeth P. Barry Correspondence1923-1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 1
Correspondence1924-1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 2
Correspondenceundated
Series 2: Arthur Ashby Grove Correspondence, 1892-1932, deals with the correspondence received by Arthur Ashby Grove between 1892 and 1932. Some interesting items in this series include letters sent by family while he was away training with the national guard in Virginia Beach and Richmond, Virginia and in Brownsville, Texas (dropping hints about potential brides in the area), some documents pertaining to military orders,inspections, some letters written in French, a letter from Anita telling Arthur about her first music pupil, letters from former comrades, and a letter written in 1922 from a Bulah Patterson that briefly asks Arthur's opinion on the Ku Klux Klan.
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 3
Correspondence1892-1898
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 4
Correspondence1898
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 5
Correspondence1901
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 6
Correspondence1902
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 7
Correspondence1903
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 8
Correspondence1904
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 9
Correspondence1905
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 10
Correspondence1906
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 11
Correspondence1907
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 12
Correspondence1908
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 13
Correspondence1909
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 14
Correspondence1910
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 15
Correspondence1911
- Mixed Materials [1000886409] box: 2 folder: 16
Correspondence1912
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 1
Correspondence1913
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 2
Correspondence1914-1915
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 3
CorrespondenceFebruary-June 1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 4
CorrespondenceJuly 1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 5
CorrespondenceAugust 1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 6
CorrespondenceSeptember 1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 7
CorrespondenceOctober 1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 8
CorrespondenceNovember 1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886410] box: 3 folder: 9
CorrespondenceDecember 1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 1
CorrespondenceJanuary 1917
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 2
CorrespondenceFebruary 1917
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 3
CorrespondenceMarch-April 1917
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 4
CorrespondenceMay-June 1917
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 5
CorrespondenceJuly 1917
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 6
Correspondence1919-1920
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 7
Correspondence1921
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 8
CorrespondenceJanuary-March 1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 9
CorrespondenceApril-November 1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 10
CorrespondenceDecember 1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 11
CorrespondenceJanuary-February 1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 12
CorrespondenceApril-August 1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886411] box: 4 folder: 13
Correspondence1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 1
Correspondence1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 2
CorrespondenceDecember 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 3
CorrespondenceJanuary-September 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 4
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 3)December 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 5
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 3)December 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 6
Correspondence (Folder 3 of 3)December 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 7
CorrespondenceJanuary-November 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 8
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 3)December 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 9
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 3)December 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886412] box: 5 folder: 10
Correspondence (Folder 3 of 3)December 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 1
CorrespondenceApril-November 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 2
Correspondence1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 3
CorrespondenceJanuary-October 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 4
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 3)December 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 5
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 3)December 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 6
Correspondence (Folder 3 of 3)December 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 7
Correspondence1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 8
Correspondence1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 9
Correspondenceundated
Series 3: Julia Anita Grove Correspondence, 1900-1932, deals with the correspondence received by Julia Anita Grove between the years 1900 and 1932. Most of the correspondence in this series come from family members and friends asking her about her travels and updating her on day-to-day activities in Luray. Examples of updates include a new "Ford shop" being built and their parents buying a new car, and an item of note is a souvenir folder from Rochester, New York that holds drawings of landmarks and facts about the city.
- Mixed Materials [1000886413] box: 6 folder: 10
Correspondence1900-1920
- Mixed Materials [1000886414] box: 7 folder: 1
CorrespondenceFebruary-October 1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886414] box: 7 folder: 2
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2)December 1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886414] box: 7 folder: 3
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2)December 1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886414] box: 7 folder: 4
CorrespondenceJanuary-May 1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886414] box: 7 folder: 5
CorrespondenceJune-November 1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886414] box: 7 folder: 6
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2)December 1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886414] box: 7 folder: 7
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2)December 1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886414] box: 7 folder: 8
CorrespondenceJanuary-May 1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886415] box: 8 folder: 1
CorrespondenceJune-July 1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886415] box: 8 folder: 2
CorrespondenceAugust 1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886415] box: 8 folder: 3
CorrespondenceSeptember-December 1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886415] box: 8 folder: 4
CorrespondenceJanuary-April 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886415] box: 8 folder: 5
CorrespondenceMay-November 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886415] box: 8 folder: 6
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 3)December 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 1
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 3)December 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 2
Correspondence (Folder 3 of 3)December 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 3
CorrespondenceJanuary 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 4
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2)February 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 5
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2)February 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 6
CorrespondenceMarch 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 7
CorrespondenceApril-May 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 8
CorrespondenceJune 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 9
CorrespondenceJuly 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 10
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2)August 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886416] box: 9 folder: 11
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2)August 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 1
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2)September 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 2
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2)September 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 3
CorrespondenceOctober 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 4
CorrespondenceNovember 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 5
CorrespondenceDecember 1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 6
CorrespondenceJanuary 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 7
CorrespondenceMarch 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 8
CorrespondenceApril 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 9
CorrespondenceMay 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 10
CorrespondenceJune 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 11
CorrespondenceJuly 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 12
CorrespondenceAugust 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 13
CorrespondenceSeptember 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 14
CorrespondenceOctober 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 15
CorrespondenceNovember 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886417] box: 10 folder: 16
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 3)December 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 1
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 3)December 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 2
Correspondence (Folder 3 of 3)December 1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 3
CorrespondenceJanuary 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 4
CorrespondenceFebruary 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 5
CorrespondenceMarch 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 6
CorrespondenceApril 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 7
CorrespondenceMay 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 8
CorrespondenceJune 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 9
CorrespondenceJuly 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 10
CorrespondenceAugust-September 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 11
CorrespondenceOctober 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 12
CorrespondenceNovember 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 13
CorrespondenceDecember 1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886418] box: 11 folder: 14
CorrespondenceJanuary 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 1
CorrespondenceFebruary 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 2
CorrespondenceMarch 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 3
CorrespondenceApril 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 4
CorrespondenceMay 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 5
CorrespondenceJune 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 6
CorrespondenceAugust 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 7
CorrespondenceSeptember 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 8
CorrespondenceOctober 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 9
CorrespondenceNovember 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 10
CorrespondenceDecember 1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 11
CorrespondenceJanuary 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 12
CorrespondenceFebruary 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 13
CorrespondenceMarch 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 14
CorrespondenceApril 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 15
CorrespondenceMay-June 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886419] box: 12 folder: 16
CorrespondenceJuly 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 1
CorrespondenceAugust 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 2
CorrespondenceSeptember 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 3
CorrespondenceNovember 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 4
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2)December 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 5
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2)December 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 6
CorrespondenceJanuary 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 7
CorrespondenceFebruary 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 8
CorrespondenceMarch 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 9
CorrespondenceApril 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 10
CorrespondenceMay 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 11
CorrespondenceJune 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 12
CorrespondenceJuly 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886420] box: 13 folder: 13
CorrespondenceAugust 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 1
CorrespondenceSeptember-December 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 2
CorrespondenceJanuary-March 1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 3
CorrespondenceApril-November 1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 4
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 3)undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 5
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 3)undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 6
Correspondence (Folder 3 of 3)undated
Series 4: Jessie Grove Hershberger Correspondence, 1903-1932, comprises correspondence received by Jessie Grove Hershberger between the years 1903 and 1932. Most of the correspondence is addressed to "Mrs. William P. Hershberger" or "Jessie Grove." Some interesting items include a small note where Jessie and Harold are invited to a spelling bee and instructed to "impersonate country school-children" in 1907 and a letter from a friend named Lottie in which she recounts interactions with patients in a hospital and asks Jessie for relationship advice (telling Jessie to "destroy the letter" after reading it).
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 7
Correspondence1903-1918
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 8
Correspondence1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 9
Correspondence1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886421] box: 14 folder: 10
Correspondence1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 1
Correspondence1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 2
Correspondence1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 3
Correspondence1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 4
Correspondence1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 5
Correspondence1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 6
Correspondence1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 7
Correspondence1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 8
Correspondence1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 9
Correspondenceundated
Series 5: Harold Elton Grove Correspondence, 1920-1932, includes correspondence received by Harold Elton Grove between the years 1920-1932. Much of the correspondence comprises postcards from his relatives, updating him on the weather and sights. Some of the postcards come from Wyoming, New York, and Atlantic City.
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 10
Correspondence1917-1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 11
Correspondence1923-1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 12
Correspondence1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 13
Correspondence1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 14
Correspondence1927
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 15
Correspondence1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 16
Correspondence1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886422] box: 15 folder: 17
CorrespondenceJanuary-September 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 1
CorrespondenceDecember 1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 2
Correspondence1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 3
Correspondence1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 4
Correspondenceundated
Series 6: Laura Brumback Grove Correspondence, 1886-1926, deals with correspondence received by Laura Brumback Grove between 1886 and 1926. Much of Laura's correspondence is from her children and step-children. Many of the envelopes are addressed not only to Laura but also to J.W (John William), but the greetings to these letters are always addressed to "Mama" or "Aunt Laura." Most of the correspondence during 1924 are letters of condolences and sympathies after John William Grove's death.
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 5
Correspondence1886-1903
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 6
Correspondence1915-1916
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 7
Correspondence1917-1918
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 8
Correspondence1919-1920
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 9
Correspondence1921
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 10
Correspondence1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886423] box: 16 folder: 11
Correspondence1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 1
Correspondence1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 2
Correspondence1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 3
Correspondence (Folder 1 of 3)December 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 4
Correspondence (Folder 2 of 3)December 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 5
Correspondence (Folder 3 of 3)December 1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 6
Correspondence1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 7
Correspondenceundated
Series 7: John William Grove Correspondence, 1890-1924, deals with correspondence received by John William Grove between 1890 and 1924. Much of the correspondence comprises marriage and graduation invitations, holiday cards, and two letters written in 1924: one from his wife Laura and the other from his daughter Jessie.
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 8
Correspondence1890-1896
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 9
Correspondence1897-1901
- Mixed Materials [1000886424] box: 17 folder: 10
Correspondence1902
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 1
Correspondence1903
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 2
Correspondence1909-1917
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 3
Correspondence1919-1920
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 4
Correspondence1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 5
Correspondence1924-1925, undated
Series 8: Charles H. Grove Correspondence, 1891-1930, deals with correspondence received by Charles H. Grove between 1891 and 1930. As with his brother John, Charles's correspondence includes marriage announcements and graduation invitations, some letters from hotels asking for his business, and a couple of postcards from Anita telling him about her travels.
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 6
Correspondence1891-1899
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 7
Correspondence1900-1902
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 8
Correspondence1909-1930
Series 9: Ephemera, 1887-1932, includes myriad ephemeral materials that were accumulated the Grove Family. The series is arranged alphabetically. Some items of note within this series include military ephemera (containing some transfer orders and programs to numerous military events); music education ephemera (which include sheet music and small booklets pertaining to the popular songs of the time); some photos of a storefront and two unidentified individuals; and travel brochures, maps, and promotional materials of Virginia and other locations.
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 9
Banquet Menus1903-1907
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 10
Book Catalogs/Libraries1925-1932, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 11
Calendars/Notepads1917-1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 12
Church Pamphlets1916-1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886425] box: 18 folder: 13
Commencement Programs and Invitations (Folder 1 of 2)1887-1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 1
Commencement Programs and Invitations (Folder 2 of 2)1891-1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 2
Educational Materials1890-1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 3
Financial and Business Files1918-1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 4
Grove and Brother Store Ephemera1905-1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 5
Handwritten Notes1912-1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 6
Life Insurance Ephemera1920-1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 7
Military Ephemera1906-1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 8
Military Ephemera1919-1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886426] box: 19 folder: 9
Miscellaneous Ephemera1861-1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 1
Music Ephemera1919-1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 2
Music Ephemera1920-1933
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 3
Newspapers1861-1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 4
Page Valley National Bank Ephemera1904-1922, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 5
Photographs1913-1929
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 6
Poetry1906, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 7
Postcards and Tagsundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 8
Promotional Materials and Advertisements (Folder 1 of 6)1890-1930, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886427] box: 20 folder: 9
Promotional Materials and Advertisements (Folder 2 of 6)1901-1929, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 1
Promotional Materials and Advertisements (Folder 3 of 6)1904-1929, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 2
Promotional Materials and Advertisements (Folder 4 of 6)1906-1920, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 3
Promotional Materials and Advertisements (Folder 5 of 6)1925, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 4
Promotional Materials and Advertisements (Folder 6 of 6)1926, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 5
Rotary International Event Programs1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 6
Sewing Patternsundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 7
Travel Maps1910-1928
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 8
Travel Ephemera1922-1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 9
Travel Ephemera1929, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886428] box: 21 folder: 10
Virginia Promotional Advertisements1916-1924