A Guide to the Bear Family Papers, 1823-1879
A Collection in the Special Collections
Collection Number Ms1992-010
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Processed by: Laura Katz Smith
Administrative Information
Access
The collection is without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Bear Family Papers, Ms1992-010, Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Bear Family Papers were purchased by Special Collections in 1992.
Biographical Information
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 reference to Harvey Bear's neighbor, Jedediah Hotchkiss.
Scope and Content
The Bear Family 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 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 the slave resolutions.
Index Terms
- Civil War
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries