James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
880 Madison DriveMSC 1704
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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Tiffany Cole
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
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 #], Wine Family Papers, 1885-2001, SC 0273, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
Purchased at Laughlin Auctions, Inc.'s October 14, 2017 sale of the personal property from the home of Naomi Zirkle Wine of Woodstock, Virginia.
Processing Information
Selected loose materials were removed from ledgers and other bound volumes and retained in separate folders. Photographs were removed from frames which were subsequently discarded.
Appraisal Note
The nature of the auction was such that dissimilar or unrelated materials were bundled together in single lots. As such, these otherwise random materials were weeded and discarded. A large collection of newspaper clippings, comprised primarily of political cartoons, were also discarded. A representative sample of life insurance brochures and pamphlets were retained; duplicates were discarded.
Bio/Historical Information
Daniel P. "D.P." Wine (1855-1923) lived with his wife, Rebecca Good Wine (1855-1933), and their children on his family's ancestral Forestville, Virginia farm. D.P. Wine was a farmer and served as a minister and elder in the Flat Rock Church of the Brethren. Jacob David Wine and John Eugene Wine acted as executors to their father's estate after his death in 1923. Financial materials in the collection document their activities in settling the estate.
Jacob David "J.D." Wine (1881-1968), the eldest child of D.P. Wine and Rebecca Good Wine, attended Bridgewater College and married Kitty Sipe Huffman (1880-1947). He pursued his interests in Sunday school and church work, particularly with local Brethren churches and his home church – Flat Rock Church of the Brethren. J.D. was active in community and civic affairs including schools, roads, temperance, and local government. J.D. Wine, along with his father D.P. Wine, was a member of the Shenandoah County Anti-Saloon League. He also researched and published on local history and genealogy.
Jesse Clayton "J.C" Wine (1915-2016) was born to J.D. Wine and Kitty Sipe Huffman Wine of Forestville, Virginia. J.C. Wine married Naomi Catherine Zirkle (b. 1917) on September 4, 1943. During World War II, J.C. served as a civilian tailor at Fort Belvoir in the tailor shop and dry cleaners, later becoming its manager. He went on to sell insurance for the Union Life Insurance Company (ULICO) for more than three decades and retired in 1975. Outside of his professional pursuits, J.C. was an accomplished and talented cane maker and served his community as a charter member of the Woodstock Rescue Squad and as a member of the Woodstock United Methodist Church. During at least the early 1950s, J.C. Wine also served as the treasurer of the Mt. Jackson Methodist Charge which was comprised of the Mt. Jackson, Quicksburg, and Mt. Clifton churches. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and Shriners International.
Scope and Content
The Wine Family Papers, 1885-2001, document the personal and business activities of three generations of the Wine family of Shenandoah County , Virginia. Their participation in civic engagement and community activities is documented through Sunday school minute books, ledgers, and diaries. The collection also comprises photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, and school materials documenting aspects of daily life. Daniel P. "D.P." Wine, Jacob David "J.D." Wine, and Jesse Clayton "J.C." Wine are the predominant creators of the records present in this collection.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in four series. Series 1: Personal Papers is arranged into subseries by creator and further arranged chronologically. Series 2 through 4 are arranged chronologically. Exceptions to this arrangement scheme were made in order to group like materials together and as a result chronological arrangements are approximate.
Personal Papers, 1885-1977 Photographs, 1897-1986 Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1903-1998 Genealogical materials, 1892-2001Related Material
Wine Family. Papers, 1899-1943. Accession 42353, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Separated Material
Numerous books and publications were pulled from the collection, cataloged individually, and added to Special Collections' rare book holdings. A series of Virginia maps were also separated and cataloged.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Diaries
- Family papers
- Genealogies (histories)
- Greeting Cards
- Laughlin Auctions, Inc.
- Ledgers (account books)
- Letters (correspondence)
- Minute books
- Newsletters
- Photographs
- Postcards
- School records
- Scrapbooks
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- Church history
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- Economic conditions
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- Genealogy
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History -- 21st century
Bibliography
Wine, Jacob David. The Wine Family in America. First Section . Forestville, Va., 1952.Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- Church history
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- Economic conditions
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- Genealogy
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
- Shenandoah County (Va.) -- History -- 21st century
Container List
Series 1: Personal Papers, 1885-1977, is arranged by creator into four subseries. The D.P. Wine sermon daybook is a bound ledger containing dates and types of sermons or ceremonies performed by Wine. Included are weekly church sermons with Bible verses referenced, funerals preached at by Wine, baptisms performed, and marriages in which Wine acted as the officiant. Loose handwritten obituaries were removed and foldered separately. Financial documents related to D.P. Wine's estate are included.
The materials related to J.D. Wine primarily document his involvement in community organizations – the Lee District Sunday School Association, the Anti-Saloon League of Shenandoah County , and his local church council. His financial activities are documented in a series of ledgers and cashbooks.
J.C. Wine's papers provide a more holistic view of his life and include materials relating to his early schooling, his career with the Union Life Insurance Company (ULICO), his involvement in church activities, and diaries written during the latter part of his life. The two diaries, 1970-1977, by J.C. Wine provide detailed daily accounts of local, national, and international happenings. J.C. documented notable news of the day (Richard Nixon's resignation, Apollo 14 mission), local births and deaths including the New Year babies born at local hospitals, weather reports, and personal and community updates. There are often numerous entries per day and the entries appear to reflect news likely reported in the local newspaper.
Two miscellaneous items, an unidentified time book and a ledger presumably belonging to Samuel Good, are grouped together.
- 1.1
D.P. Wine Papers1886-1938
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 1
D.P. Wine sermon daybook1886-1922
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 2
Loose handwritten obituaries from D.P. Wine sermon daybook1886-1917
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 3
D.P. Wine Farmers & Merchants Bank account book1920-1923
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 4
D.P. Wine canceled checks1923-1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 5
D.P. Wine estate Farmers & Merchants Bank account statement and canceled checks1923-1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 6
D.P. Wine estate Farmers & Merchants Bank account book1923-1938
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 7
D.P. Wine estate citizens National Bank of New Market passbook1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 8
D.P. Wine estate Farmers & Merchants Bank account statement and canceled checks1925
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 1
- 1.2
J.D. Wine Papers1894-1946
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 9
J.D. Wine church council minute book1894-1904
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 10
J.D. Wine church council minute book1916-1937
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 11
J.D. Wine church council minute book1936-1946
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 12
J.D. Wine ledgers and cashbooks1901
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 1 1909-1914
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 2 1919-1942
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 3 1935-1941
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 4 undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886368] box: 1 folder: 9
- 1.3
J.C. Wine Papers1929-1977
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 5
J.C. Wine biology notebook (disbound)1929-1930
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 6 1931
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 7
J.C. Wine science workbook1931-1932
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 8
J.C. Wine physical fitness certificates1931-1933
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 9
J.C. Wine Supervised Farm Practice Program certificates1933-1934
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 10
Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics materials1935, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 11
J.C. Wine vocations workbookundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 12
J.C. Wine Old Testament workbooksundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 13
J.C. Wine New Testament workbookundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 14
J.C. Wine Treasure Island summaryundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 15
Roster and Telephone Directory of Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers Stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va.1941-1942
- Mixed Materials [1000886370] box: 3 folder: 1
Assorted ULICO materials1937-1946, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886370] box: 3 folder: 2
ULICO Sales Training Course workbooks1944
- Mixed Materials [1000886370] box: 3 folder: 3
ULICO News1945
- Mixed Materials [1000886370] box: 3 folder: 4
ULICO News1946
- Mixed Materials [1000886370] box: 3 folder: 5
ULICO News1947
- Mixed Materials [1000886370] box: 3 folder: 6
ULICO News1948
- Mixed Materials [1000886370] box: 3 folder: 7
ULICO News1949
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 1
ULICO News1950
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 2
ULICO News1951
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 3
ULICO News1952
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 4
ULICO News1953
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 5
ULICO Field Inspection Book (blank)undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 6
Life insurance lessons and worksheetsundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 7
ULICO brochuresundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 8
Johnson's Motor Tuning Service Motor Testing Report1938
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 9
J.C. Wine car expenses notbeook1947-1953
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 10 1950
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 11
Mt. Jackson Methodist Charge canceled checks and deposit slips1950-1952
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 12
Specifications for tailored suit by L.B. Branner for J.C. Wine1951
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 13
Boys Service Club of Mt. Jackson programs and newspaper clippings1951-1952
- Mixed Materials [1000886371] box: 4 folder: 14
J.C. Wine car record book1953
- Mixed Materials [1000886372] box: 5 folder: 1
J.C. Wine diary1970-1973
- Mixed Materials [1000886372] box: 5 folder: 2
J.C. Wine diary1974-1977
- Mixed Materials [1000886369] box: 2 folder: 5
- 1.4
Non-Wine Family Papers1885-1909
- Mixed Materials [1000886378] box: 11 folder: 1
Samuel Good ledger1885-1909
- Mixed Materials [1000886372] box: 5 folder: 3
Timebookundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886378] box: 11 folder: 1
Series 2: Photographs, 1897-1986, is comprised of loose photographs and bound photo albums primarily of Wine family members. The photographs, many of them identified, document Black Water Falls, Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Maryland), Fort Belvoir (Fairfax County , Virginia), Camp Bethel (Fincastle, Virginia), and scenes of daily life. Community members and friends are depicted (including John C. Myers, 1876-1962, of Broadway), as are family pets and animals. Photographs of Naomi Zirkle Wine's father's 90th birthday are included along with a register of the guests. Miscellaneous photographs include scenes of the National Mall in Washington, DC, the John F. Kennedy funeral procession, and persons who are likely community members or friends, but are otherwise unidentified. Additionally, a signed headshot of country music singer Roy Acuff and a signed facsimile of country music singers Lee and Juanita Moore and their son Roger Lee are included.
- Mixed Materials [1000886372] box: 5 folder: 4
Unidentified photographs1897-1959, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886378] box: 11 folder: 2
Wine family photographs1933, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886372] box: 5 folder: 5
Wine family photo album1933, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886372] box: 5 folder: 6
Wine family photographs1933-1960, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886378] box: 11 folder: 3
Wine family photo albumcirca 1938-1960, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 1
Fort Belvoir photographscirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials [1000886378] box: 11 folder: 4
Wine family photo albumcirca 1940s-1986
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 2
Identified photographs1949-1976, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 3
Photo album1960
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 4
John F. Kennedy funeral procession photographs1963
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 5
Joseph H. Zirkle's 90th birthday reception1975
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 6
Country music photographsundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 7
Washington, DC National Mall photographsundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 8
Photo albumundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 9
Photo negativesundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886373] box: 6 folder: 10
Wine family photo albumundated
Series 3: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1903-1998, includes a large selection of blank postcards, both bound in scrapbooks and loose. The scrapbooks also contain greeting cards, with one documenting the birth of J.D. and Naomi Wine's daughter, Mary Sue Wine, and a second documenting J.C. Wine's various medical procedures and hospital stays during 1967-1972. One scrapbook is comprised of menus, newspaper clippings, programs for local music and theatre performances (New Market Theatre), beauty pageants, local church events, high school commencements (New Market, Triplett, Timberville), and related ephemera. Loose postcards depict local scenes as well as national landmarks and scenes of Washington, DC and New York City. Pamphlets and brochures related to J.C. Wine's involvement with the Masonic Lodge and Shriners International are included.
- Mixed Materials [1000886374] box: 7 folder: 1
Kitty Huffman Wine postcard scrapbook1906-1927, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886374] box: 7 folder: 2
J.D. Wine postcard scrapbook1907-1914, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000898416] box: OV 2
Postcard scrapbook1932, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886374] box: 7 folder: 3
Scrapbook1932-1945, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886375] box: 8 folder: 1
Naomi Zirkle and J.C. Wine wedding scrapbook1943
- Mixed Materials [1000886375] box: 8 folder: 2
Mary Sue Wine baby scrapbook1947
- Mixed Materials [1000886378] box: 11 folder: 5
Mary Sue Wine scrapbook1947-1952
- Mixed Materials [1000898416] box: OV 2
J.C. Wine hospitalization scrapbook1967-1972
- Mixed Materials [1000886375] box: 8 folder: 3
Postcard scrapbookundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886375] box: 8 folder: 4
Non-Virginia postcardsundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886375] box: 8 folder: 5
Real photo postcardsundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886375] box: 8 folder: 6
Virginia postcardsundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 1
Religious pamphlets1903-1991
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 2
Masonic ephemera1910-1951
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 3
Masonic ephemera1952-1998, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 4
Shriners ephemera1951-1952, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 5
Assorted publications1931-1946
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 6
Your Hit Parade song lists1939-1940
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 7
Army pamphlets1944
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 8
Newspaper clippings1945-1982
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 9
Farming pamphlets1950, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 10
National Wildlife Conservation Stamps1955
- Mixed Materials [1000886376] box: 9 folder: 11
Political brochuresundated
- Mixed Materials [1000886377] box: 10 folder: 1
Virginia brochuresundated
Series 4: Genealogical Materials, 1892-2001, document the Wine family and the related Myers, Zirkle, and Huffman families. The only correspondence in the collection is filed within this series as it relates strictly to Myers family history and their connection to the Wines. The letters are chiefly from Jennie R. Driver to J.D. Wine. J.D. Wine was a great-great grandson of Barbara Wine Myers and Samuel Myers.
- Mixed Materials [1000898415] box: OV 1
Good family death memorial, Ida Florence Wine death memorial18921899
- Mixed Materials [1000886377] box: 10 folder: 2
J.D. Wine correspondence1906-1926
- Mixed Materials [1000886377] box: 10 folder: 3
Catherine Garber Harpine correspondence1924
- Mixed Materials [1000886377] box: 10 folder: 3
Zirkle family genealogy1964-1966, undated
- Mixed Materials [1000886377] box: 10 folder: 4
Huffman family genealogy1964-19712001
- Mixed Materials [1000886377] box: 10 folder: 5
Wine family genealogyundated