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Farmville-Prince Edward Historical Society Archives
401 Redford StreetFarmville, Virginia 23909
ask@longwood.libanswers.com
URL: https://www.facebook.com/fpehs
Benedict Chatelain
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.
Ownership and Custodial History
The vast majority of this collection was compiled by members of the Farmville Volunteer Fire Department and the Ladies Auxiliary to the Farmville Volunteer Fire Department. The collection was donated, on behalf of the Fire Department and the Ladies Auxiliary, to the Farmville-Prince Edward Historical Society Archives, by Dan Pempel, in late summer 2020.
Biographical sketch
Formed in 1870, the Farmville Volunteer Fire Department has been protecting the citizens of Farmville, Prince Edward County 
, and the surrounding area for over 150 years.
Scope and content
This collection, which dates from 1920 to 2021, contains business records from the Farmville Volunteer Fire Department and the Ladies Auxiliary to the Fire Department, as well as membership information, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photographs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Farmville (Va.) -- History.
- Farmville Volunteer Fire Department (Farmville Va.)
- Farmville Volunteer Fire Department (Farmville Va.). Ladies Auxiliary
- Volunteer fire departments -- Virginia -- Farmville -- History.
- Volunteer fire fighters -- Virginia -- Farmville.
General Note
This collection is part of the Farmville-Prince Edward Historical Society Archives which are housed at the Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
Container List
Fire Department Records, 1929-2020
Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Comprehensive membership list1 Folder1929-1993
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Inactive Roll and Fire School Roll Call1 Folder1936-1938
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Correspondence1 Folder1936
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Correspondence1 Sheets1951-1960
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Receipts and Invoices1 Folderca. 1944
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Donations made by local businesses to Fire Co. Dance1 Folderca. 1944
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Membership list1 Folder1948
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings1 Folder1950-1959
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Fires Attended (includes member names with accompanying tally)1 Folder1950-1951
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Committees1 Folder1950-1952
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Committees1 Sheets1956-1957
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Constitution and by-laws1 Folder1950
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Fire Department photograph (copy) with corresponding partial list of names1 Folderca. 1950
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Meeting minutes, ledger book1 Folder1952-1960
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Treasurer's Report1 Folder1953-1954
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Roll Call ledger1 Folder1953-1967
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Re: meeting room policy1 Folder1956
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
By-laws1 Folder1956
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Speech dedicating new fire station1 Folder1956
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings1 Folder1960-1969
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Meeting minutes, ledger book1 Folder1960-1966
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Meeting minutes, ledger book1 Folder1966-1970
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings1 Folder1970-1979
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Fire Department property acknowledgement receipts1 Folder1973-1990
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Roll Call ledger1 Folder1974-1980
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Meeting minutes1 Folder1974-1991
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Ladies Auxiliary, Constitution and By-laws1 Folder1979
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings1 Folder1980-1989
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Roll Call ledger1 Folder1980-1982
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Meeting Roll book1 Folder1983-1992
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Training Roll book1 Folder1984-1999
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Constitution and by-laws1 Folder1984
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Executive Committee meeting minutes1 Folder1989-1990
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings1 Folder1990-1999
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Certificates and recognition1 Folder1990-1998
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Executive Committee and Business Committee Minutes1 Folder1990-1993
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Christmas and Awards Banquet programs1 Folder1991-1992
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Christmas and Awards Banquet programs1 Sheets2017
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
List of officers, members, and equipment, Fire Department and List of officer and members, Ladies Auxiliary1 Folder1992
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Program, Dedication of Phillip F. Gay Firehouse & napkins from dedication celebration1 Folder1992
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Business Meeting minutes1 Folder1993-1996
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Building Profit (magazine), Spring 1994 (includes article about Farmville Fire Station)1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
By-laws1 Folder1994
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
By-laws1 Folder1997
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
By-laws1 Folder1998
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Fire Call Reports1 Folder1998-02-16-1998-03-16
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Ladies Auxiliary, newsletter and convention schedule1 Folder1998
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Ladies Auxiliary, Constitution and By-laws1 Folder1999
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings1 Folder2000-2009
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings, Farmville Herald, (re: funeral procession for former Fire Chief Phillip Gay)1 Folder2000-08-16
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Phillip Gay, Sr., funeral program1 Folder2000
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
"From Out These Flames, the Rededication of Ruffner Hall," Farmville Herald, Special Supplement1 Folder2005-04-22
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings1 Folder2010-2019
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
"The Great Farmville Fire of 1898," Farmville Herald, (part 1 by Dr. Ray Gaskins)1 Folder2010-04-07
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
"The Great Farmville Fire of 1898," Farmville Herald, (part 2 by Dr. Ray Gaskins)1 Folder2014-06-06
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Virginia Fire Services Board, Report of Findings and Recommendations, Town of Farmville, Fire and EMS Services1 Folder2018
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings1 Folder2020
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Re: Constitution and By-laws, undated1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Meeting minute notes, undated1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Miscellaneous photographs (copies), undated1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Notes re: fire department history1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Fire Department history, information compiled by Jimmy Hurt1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Meetings, drill, and fires, undated (member list with accompanying tally)1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
By-laws, working copies, with suggestions and revisions, undated1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Membership lists with contact information, undated1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
The Virginia Firefighter, Vol. 7, No. 11 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Application for membership, undated1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Report on the 73rd Virginia State Firemen's Convention1 Folder
- Text [1000523802] box: 01 of 04
Newspaper clippings, undated1 Folder
- Text [1000523803] box: 02 of 04
Fire Department checkbook1 Volumes1934-1944
- Artifact [1000523803] box: 02 of 04
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department 150th Anniversary Challenge Coin1 Object
Scrapbooks
- Scrapbook [1000523804] box: 03 of 04
Ladies Auxiliary scrapbook1 Volumes1958-1966
- Scrapbook [1000523804] box: 03 of 04
Ladies Auxiliary scrapbook1 Volumes1970-1989
- Scrapbook [1000523805] box: 04 of 04
Ladies Auxiliary scrapbook1 Volumes1980-1999
- Scrapbook [1000523805] box: 04 of 04
Ladies Auxiliary scrapbook1 Volumes1990-1999
Photographs
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.001
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department, group photo, standing in front of firehouse1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 6.5"x9.5"ca. 1951
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.002
Fire Department training1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 3.5"x5"ca. 1940
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.003
Fire Department training1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 3.5"x5"ca. 1940
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.004
Fire Department training1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 3.5"x5"ca. 1940
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.005
Fire Department training1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 3.5"x5"ca. 1940
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.006
Fire Department training1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 3.5"x5"ca. 1940
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.007
Old horse-drawn fire engine.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 5"x3"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.008
Farmville, downtown. Banners read: "Welcome Firemen"1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 4"x5"ca. 1950
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.009
Three unidentified men sitting on picnic table.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 4"x5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.010
Large group of costumed people on stage.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 5"x7"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.011
Firemen fighting house fire. (Large crease down center of photograph)1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 6.25"x7"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.012
Fireman at house fire. Inscribed on reverse: "Airport Rd. fire. Members of the Farmville VFD responded Tuesday…"1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 5.25"x7"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.013
Firemen climbing ladder outside unidentified building.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 7"x5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.014
Fireman holding two plaques. Inscribed on reverse: "Fireman's Banquet. Bill Orange"1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 6"x5"1991
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.015
1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 5"x7"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.016
Jimmy Price, portrait photograph.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.017
Robert Saunders, portrait photograph.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.018
Terry Estes, portrait photograph.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.019
Steve Pippen, portrait photograph.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.020
unidentified portrait photograph.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.021
Bobby Yeats, portrait photograph.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.022
Phillip Gay, portrait photograph.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.023
Walter Flowers, portrait photograph.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.024
Ladies Auxiliary, group photograph. Inscribed on reverse: "Oct. 1986, Harrisonburg, Va., State Zone Meeting"1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.25"1986
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.025
Ladies Auxiliary, group photograph. Inscribed on bottom margin, "Drew Martin, Edna Mae Southall, Dorris Newman, Elaine Flowers, Mable Casing, Rossa Gitmar, and Carolyn Yeats, Nov. 5, 1991"1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4.25"x3.5"1991
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.026
Chief Phillip Gay and Ladies Auxiliary.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 3.75"x7"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.027
House and brush fire.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 3.75"x4.75"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.028
Chief Phillip Gay and Farmville Mayor.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 5.25"x4.75"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.029
Chief Phillip Gay and Miss Flame.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.030
Farmville fire truck.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 10"x7.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.031
Firemen fighting house fire.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 4.75"x7"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.032
Farmville fire truck, ca. 1940s.1 Photographic Prints photograph, b&w 4"x7"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.033
Fireman in gear, standing in front of fire truck.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.034
Farmville fire truck.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 4"x6"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.035
Prince Edward Co. Fire Dept. truck, Oktoberfest Clowns sitting on roof and back of truck.1 Photographic Prints photographs, b&w 3.25"x4.25"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.037
Fire safety dog mascot.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 5"x3.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.038
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float. (2 copies)1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.039
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float. (2 copies)1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.040
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float. (2 copies)1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.041
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float. (2 copies)1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.042
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.043
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.044
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float. (2 copies)1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.045
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float. (2 copies)1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.046
Farmville Volunteer Fire Department Christmas parade float. (2 copies)1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.047
Easter bunny cake on table.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.048
Close-up of Easter bunny cake.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.049
Large group of people at banquet.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.050
Group of people holding trophies on stage.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.051
Two women standing next to gifts at baby shower.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.052
Man and woman standing behind trophies on table in front of fire station.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.053
Exterior, Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department.1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.054
1 Photographic Prints photograph, color 3.5"x4.5"1968
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.055-018.060
Interior, Fireman's Sports Arena.5 Photographic Prints photographs b&w/color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.061
Fire truck instrument panel.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.062
Fire truck water pump.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.063
Firemen standing in front of fire department vehicle.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.064
Fire truck.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.065
Driver's seat of fire truck.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.066
Equipment/cargo spaces on fire truck.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.067
Fireman standing next to Farmville Fire Department, Ladder Truck No. 1.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.068
Man standing on back of fire truck.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.069
Fire truck.1 Photographic Prints polaroid photograph, color 4"x4"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.070-018.081
House fire, corner of Randolph Street and Beech Street.12 Photographic Prints photographs, color 3.5"x4.5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.082-018.090
House fire at unidentified location.9 Photographic Prints photographs, color 4"x6"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.091-018.114
Fireman skills competition.24 Photographic Prints photographs, color 3.5"x5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.115-018.117
Awards banquet.3 Photographic Prints photographs, color 3.5"x5"
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.118-018.137
Spring Jubilee20 Photographic Prints photographs, color 4"x6"1995
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.138-018.158
Awards ceremony and Fire Department Open House21 Photographic Prints photographs, color 3.5"x5"1992
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.159-018.168
Anniversary party at Farmville Train Station10 Photographic Prints photographs, color 4"x6"1998
- Still Image [1000523806] Binder: HS-01 018.169-018.183
Banquet at Fireman's Sports Arena15 Photographic Prints photographs, color 4"x6"1998
- Mixed Materials [1000523805] box: 04 of 04 018.184
Farmville Fire Station.1 Photographic Prints oversize photograph, color 11"x14"
