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Laura Katz Smith, Manuscript Curator
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Existence and Location of Copies
This collection has been digitized and is available online.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder],
Bear
Family
Papers, Ms1992-010, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Bear
Family
Papers were purchased by Special Collections in 1992.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Bear
Family Papers was completed in or prior to October 2002.
Family
Historical Note
The Bear
Family
was a Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia
family
. The collection includes written material from Harvey
Bear
and his son, George. There are also references to Harvey
Bear's
neighbor, Jedediah Hotchkiss, a noted cartographer who served as Thomas J."Stonewall" Jackson's topographer.
Scope and Content
The Bear
Family
Papers consist of diaries, books, and letters of various members of the
Bear
family
. There is the 1862 diary of Harvey
Bear
, who although not a soldier in the American Civil War at that time, describes the war activity around him and his service
as a wagon teamster for the Confederate Army. Harvey refers to his neighbor, Jedediah Hotchkiss, who served as Thomas J."Stonewall"
Jackson's topographer. The papers also include two diaries written in 1878-1879 by Harvey's son George, a manuscript general
order written in March 1863 for Stonewall Jackson's Second Army Corp of the Army of Northern Virginia, and a letter written
in February 1849 from a member of the Virginia House of Delegates to Harvey
Bear
about a vote on resolutions regarding enslaved people.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Civil War
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Bear
Family
Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).