Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2016
Summary Information
- Repository:
- Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
- Creator:
- Blackley Family
- Title:
- Blackley Family Papers
- Collection No.:
- SC 0232
- Date:
- 1830-2016
- Extent:
- 28 boxes, 2 flat folders, 13.57 Cubic Feet
- Language of the Material:
- English
- Abstract:
- The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2016, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2016, SC 0232, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Bio/Historical Note
The Blackley Family Papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, and Nix families of mostly Texas and Staunton, Virginia between 1830 and 2016. James Scott (1799-1856) was a Tennessee native and former Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice who married Sarah Lane (1803-1880) and settled in Anderson, Texas. James was a prominent Texas judge who was friends with Davie Crockett. While in Mississippi and Texas, James and Sarah had six children. The eldest, Elizabeth "Lizzie" (1833-1917), was born in Mississippi in 1833, Sarah "Sallie" (1843-1914), born April 9, 1843 in Texas, and one of their brothers, Garrett (1838-1862), born in 1838, contribute the most to this collection of letters.
Lizzie married William H. Neblett (1826-1871), a farmer and attorney, in 1852. He eventually left her to go fight for the Confederacy. Her domestic struggle on the home front during the Civil War is the subject of Erika L. Murr's book, A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864 (2001).
In 1862, Sallie married Robert Houston "R.H." Bassett (1836-1870). R.H. went on to enlist and serve in the famed Hood's Texas Brigade from 1861 to his wounding in 1864. He worked briefly as the adjutant general to Major General John Bell. While leading the regiment, he was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga by an artillery shell fragment that lodged in his shoulder. This would effectively end his role in the war. Following the conclusion of the conflict and his recovery from the wound, R.H. tried his hand at politics in a bid to represent Grimes County, Texas in Congress. Their first child, Robert, died tragically in 1864 at only eight months old. R.H. died in 1870 because of health complications that appear related to edema.
R.H.'s brother, Noah (1839-1886), also served in the Texas Brigade. The correspondence between R.H., Sallie, and Noah provides a lucid account of the Army of Northern Virginia's major campaigns and operations, including developments related to the Battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga.
Garrett Scott, Sallie Scott's brother, died in action at the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 while serving in the Texas Brigade. His letters from the early years of the war offer yet another perspective of campaign and camp life.
R.H. and Sallie's daughter, Barbara "Belle" Bassett (1865-1958), married William Mason Blackley (1863-1898) in 1884 and lived in Staunton, Virginia before moving to Washington, D.C. Research suggests they only had one child, Belle Blackley (1890-1967), whom never married and lived out her life in Washington, D.C. However, an 1888 letter contained in this collection written by Ida Carter, the Blackley's "Black Mamy," is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter "Dear Little Bassett." This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood.
The bulk of the twentieth-century material concerns William's nephew, Charles "Chas" Blackley Sr. (1909-1999), his wife Catherine Matthews Blackley (1914-2010), and their son and daughter-in-law Charles "Chuck" Phillips (b. 1951) and Patricia Fry Blackley (b. 1952).
Charles "Chas" Phillips Blackley Sr. was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1909. His parents died from the Spanish Flu when he was 10. Their deaths required Chas and his sister Mary Gilkeson Blackley to move in with their aunt, Fannie Blackley Cushing in Staunton. These materials cover his travels throughout the Pacific and Asia aboard a "tramp steamer" with boyhood friend, George Earman in 1930, his 1927-1929 military training in the little discussed Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC), time at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), his 1934 travels in Europe, World War II military service, and ownership and operation of WSVA, the first radio station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Chas sold his share in WSVA and moved to Staunton, Virginia where he started the WTON radio station. Beyond his official jobs, Chas spent much of the early 1930s as an amateur playwright and author. Chas and Catherine Matthews were married in 1938.
While traveling Europe via train in 1934, Chas met David Kahn, a young Presbyterian judge of Indian descent. They would become lifelong friends. Mr. Kahn went on to become a governor of an Indian province under British rule and later head the Department of Sanitation for Calcutta. He and his wife visited their children, who had moved to the United States, and Mr. and Mrs. Blackley often until his health would not allow it. Evidence of their lifelong friendship can be found most clearly in this collection's correspondence and photographs.
Chas' WWII experience saw him drafted at age 35 and shipped to Camp Crowder, Missouri for training. He would eventually be transferred to Washington, D.C. where he worked as a private in the basement of the Pentagon. According this son, his superiors frequently called him upstairs to request autographed photos of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) celebrities. He was able to oblige them because of WSVA's status as an ABC affiliate.
Catherine Matthews Blackley was originally from Cambridge, Maryland and came to the Shenandoah Valley to attend the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now James Madison University). She graduated in 1935 with a degree in home economics. For a short time she taught in Norfolk, Virginia before marrying Chas Blackley in 1938 and buying a home on Port Republic Road in Harrisonburg. After Chas was drafted and shipped to Camp Crowder, Mrs. Blackley traveled to Neosho, Missouri to be with her husband. While in Missouri, she volunteered with the Red Cross to help care for wounded soldiers. She continued this service after Mr. Blackley was transferred to Washington, D.C. After the war, they returned to the Valley and Catherine became a member of the Staunton School Board and was very active in volunteer work.
Charles "Chuck" Phillips Blackley Jr. was a professional engineer and graduate of Virginia Tech. He provided services in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Chuck married Patricia Fry in 1971. At the time he sold his office it was the largest engineering company in the region outside of Richmond, Roanoke, and Northern Virginia.
Patricia Fry Blackley graduated from James Madison University in 1987 and became a licensed real estate appraiser. After Chuck stepped away from his engineering office he teamed up with his wife and the couple became full-time photographers and writers. Their work can be found in hundreds of magazines, books, and calendars.
Scope and Content
The Blackley Family Papers, 1830-2016, consists of hundreds of letters that span from 1830 to 2011; diaries; official United States, Confederate, and Texas documents; literary works; newspaper clippings; postcards; ephemera; and photographs. These papers document the related Scott, Bassett, Blackley, Hoge, Matthews, and Nix families of Texas and Staunton, Virginia.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in five series:
Series 1: Correspondence 1830-2011 Series 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2016 Series 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004 Series 4: Photographs, ca.1861-1989 Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931
Series 1 is arranged chronologically by the individual who penned the letters with some overlap of dates for those individuals that require multiple folders.
Series 2 is arranged chronologically by individual and with items being authored by or specifically connected to the individuals.
Series 3 is arranged chronologically.
Series 4 is arranged chronologically by individual or groups of photos as they were found. They are described at the folder level.
Series 5 is arranged chronologically.
Administrative Information
Revision Description
Addition made 2019-07
Access Restrictions
Portions of the collection marked as restricted are inaccessible to researchers until January 1, 2035. Until the restriction is lifted, the materials will be housed in the collection control file. Additionally, an 8mm roll of film documenting Stuart Hall's 1954 May Day celebration from Series 4 is housed in freezer storage as it awaits reformatting. 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.
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).
Acquisition Information
Charles P. Blackley Jr. of Staunton, Virginia donated this material in various accretions throughout 2015 and 2016. On August 28, 2018, 1 half-hollinger letter box was donated by Chuck Blackley.
Other Formats Available
Digital images of nineteenth-century correspondence and papers are available upon request.
Processing Information
The collection as a whole required only limited preservation treatment. Some of the correspondence and papers did require Mylar sleeves. The 3D objects are housed together in one box with special housings created to protect them long-term. Most of the nineteenth-century letters required flattening to make them more accessible and to allow for proper digitization as per the donor agreement. Also, many of the diplomas and older photographs were removed from their frames for proper storage. Original order of materials was maintained wherever possible, taking into account provenance, storage needs, and accessibility for researchers.
Location
Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
880 Madison DriveMSC 1704Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807library-special@jmu.eduURL: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/
Related Materials
Related Material
Charles C. Phillips Civil War Papers. MS 0327. Virginia Military Institute Archives.
Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.
Yourself and family are invited to attend the feast of Mondamin corn festival. n.p.: Staunton, Va.: J. Harry Drechsler, pr., [1890], 1890. JAMES MADISON UNIV's Catalog, EBSCOhost (accessed May 2, 2017).
Separated Material
All published monographs have been cataloged individually and placed in Special Collections' rare book collection. Catherine Matthews Blackley's Schooma'am yearbooks were removed and housed with the yearbook collection. They are retained due to heavy annotations.
Index Terms
Genre and Form
- Letters (correspondence)
- Photographs
- Diaries
- Scrapbooks
- Printed Ephemera
- Drafts (documents)
- Pamphlets
- Brochures
- Scripts (documents)
- Newspaper clippings
- Maps (documents)
- Color patches (military patches)
- Certificates
- Diplomas
- Postcards
Subject
- Blackley, Chuck
- Blackley, Pat
- Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Brigade
- United States. War Department. Citizens' Military Training Camps
- State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Students
- Virginia Military Institute -- Students
- Military training camps -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945
- Radio stations -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg
- Radio stations -- Virginia -- Staunton
- Photography
- Travel -- 20th century
- Staunton (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Staunton (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
- Staunton (Va.) -- History -- 21st century
- Virginia -- Genealogy
- Texas -- Genealogy
- Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- Augusta County (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Augusta County (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Augusta County (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
- Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- 21st century
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute -- Students
Bibliography
Murr, Erika, L., ed., A Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett, 1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Correspondence, 1830-2011
Series 1: Correspondence, 1830-2011, is comprised of more than 300 individual letters with the majority of the earlier ones involve Sarah "Sallie" Scott Bassett and/or her husband R.H. Bassett. Together their combined correspondence comprise eight folders and spans the years 1850-1913. These letters cover the years of the American Civil War and shed light on how the conflict affected their lives. In addition to letters from Captain R.H. Bassett, there are dozens of notes written home to Sallie from her brother Garrett Scott, brother-in-law Noah Bassett, and her cousin John Nix. All of these men spent time serving in the 4th Texas Regiment of the famed Texas Brigade. While their letters contain minimal military focused discussions, they do highlight camp life, personal struggles of being separated from each other, personal and public incidents, and family news. The military discussion is really limited to mention of the dead and wounded from battles and engagements. However, R.H. does write a letter to Sallie as he arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg. He expresses excitement to build off the Confederates successes that afternoon. Battles and engagements discussed include Antietam (September 17, 1862), Chancellorsville (April 30 to May 6, 1863), Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), and Chickamauga (September 18–20, 1863). Lizzie Scott Neblett was the older sister of Sallie Bassett and many letters between the sisters not previously examined, both before and after the American Civil War, can be found within this collection. Their letters shed light on relationship struggles, farm life, local news, and family connections. While few in number, the surviving letters of Lizzie and Sallie's father, James Scott, provide significant insight into Texas prior to its in 1846. In the first, James writes his wife, Sarah, from the convention in Austin, Texas, where the debates about joining the United States were taking place. He offers few specifics as "Nothing in which you would take any interest has occurred here and therefore I will not say anything about the proceedings…" In second of these letters, James is writing to a Colonel B. Rush Wallace and gets far more political in discussion and tone. He talks at length about concern over the merits of becoming Whig or Democrat once they are thrust into the existing political climate of their new nation. Of particular interest is an 1888 letter written by Ida Carter, presumably William M. and Belle Bassett Blackley's "Black Mamy," is addressed to a Col. Bassett Blackley, in care of W. M. Blackley. Carter begins the letter "Dear Little Bassett." This letter seems to suggest that the Blackleys did in fact have another child, Bassett Blackley, prior to Belle. If that is the case, Bassett Blackley may have died in childhood. Of the twentieth-century correspondence, most of it was sent or received by Chas Blackley. While his letters span most of the century, the bulk are centered between the years 1930-1944. The letters that Chas Blackley wrote while visiting Europe in 1934 are of particular interest due to the changing political climate with the rise of the Nazis in Germany. Through his correspondence, diaries, and photographs there is an opportunity to see an American view of this transformative time. In one letter to his sister, Mary, dated August 21, Chas Blackley writes of the hanging of Nazis in Vienna, Austria for a failed coup that took place mere weeks before his arrival and that it "has retarded history making considerably." He also spoke of the Heimwehr, the home guard, patrolling the streets with their rifles and "keeping a sharp to windward." |
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Title/Description | Instances | ||
Grandfather Lane, 1830 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
James Scott, 1845-1856 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
Sallie Scott, 1851-2858 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
Event Invitations (folder 1 of 2), 1856-1888, undated | box 1 | folder 4 | |
Event Invitations (folder 2 of 2), 1856-1888, undated | box 1 | folder 5 | |
Hawthorn, 1857-1858, 1862 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
Alice Scott, 1857, 1861, undated | box 1 | folder 7 | |
Amanda B. White, 1858 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
R.H. Bassett, 1858-1862 | box 1 | folder 9 | |
Sallie Scott, 1858-1860 | box 1 | folder 10 | |
Garret Scott, 1859-1862 | box 1 | folder 11 | |
John L. Nix, 1861-1863 | box 1 | folder 12 | |
Sallie Scott, 1861-1865 | box 1 | folder 13 | |
Wedding Invitations (folder 1 of 3), 1861-1894,1938,1971,undated | box 1 | folder 14 | |
Wedding Invitations (folder 2 of 3), 1861-1894,1938,1971,undated | box 1 | folder 15 | |
Wedding Invitations (folder 3 of 3), 1861-1894,1938,1971,undated | box 1 | folder 16 | |
John H. Fanthorpe, 1862 | box 1 | folder 17 | |
J. Roishin, 1862 | box 1 | folder 18 | |
JNO Lovejoy, 1900-1904 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
JN Scott, 1903-1908 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
Lizzie Neblett, 1903-1915 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
JNO Lovejoy, 1904-1909 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
Marion Fry, 1907-1922 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
Nora Boylor Fry, 1907-1921 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
E.F. Phillips, 1908 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
Legal Correspondence to JNO Lovejoy, 1908 | box 2 | folder 8 | |
Mrs. L.M. Sherrard, 1908-1909 | box 2 | folder 9 | |
Sallie Scott, 1910-1913, undated | box 2 | folder 10 | |
Bettie "Lizzie" Neblett, 1912 | box 2 | folder 11 | |
Lonnie Bassett, 1913-1914 | box 2 | folder 12 | |
Chas Blackley, 1919 | box 2 | folder 13 | |
Chas Blackley, 1922 | box 2 | folder 14 | |
Chas Blackley, 1923 | box 2 | folder 15 | |
Chas Blackley, 1924 | box 2 | folder 16 | |
Chas Blackley, 1925 | box 2 | folder 17 | |
Annie Funkhauser, 1925 | box 2 | folder 18 | |
Mrs. Richard Ker, 1925 | box 2 | folder 19 | |
Chas Blackley, 1926 | box 2 | folder 20 | |
R.H. Bassett, 1858-1862 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
Noah Bassett, 1862-1864 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
Empty Envelopes, 1862-1969, undated | box 3 | folder 3 | |
R.H. Bassett, 1863 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
G.M. Patrick, 1863 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
R.H. Bassett, 1863-1864, 1867, 1870 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
Correspondence concerning death of son Robert Bassett, 1864 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
J.E. Carver, 1864 | box 3 | folder 8 | |
John Q. Yarborough, 1868, undated | box 3 | folder 9 | |
J.L. McCormick, 1869 | box 3 | folder 10 | |
G. Robinson, 1870 | box 3 | folder 11 | |
Margaret Hoge Blackley, 1871 | box 3 | folder 12 | |
R.I. Teel, 1873 | box 3 | folder 13 | |
Belle Bassett Blackley, 1877-1912, 1957, undated | box 3 | folder 14 | |
R.P. Halliburton, 1878 | box 3 | folder 15 | |
Mary Marie Young and Nellie Thatcher, 1879 | box 3 | folder 16 | |
Bettie A. Halliburton, 1880, 1888 | box 3 | folder 17 | |
John Halliburton, 1883 | box 3 | folder 18 | |
Wedding Regrets for Belle and Wm Blackley, 1884 | box 3 | folder 19 | |
Miss Florence Satterwhite, 1884 | box 3 | folder 20 | |
Grandpa, 1885 | box 3 | folder 21 | |
J.L. Gray, 1886 | box 3 | folder 22 | |
Ida Carter ("Black Mamy"), 1888 | box 3 | folder 23 | |
James H. Blackley, 1888, 1895-1898, undated | box 3 | folder 24 | |
Carrol, 1891 | box 3 | folder 25 | |
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1891-1937, undated | box 3 | folder 26 | |
Grandmother Bassett, 1892 | box 3 | folder 27 | |
Jesse L. Henry , 1893 | box 3 | folder 28 | |
G.L. Scott, 1894 | box 3 | folder 29 | |
William M. Blackley, 1895 | box 3 | folder 30 | |
Wm. Alsobrook, 1900 | box 3 | folder 31 | |
Jesse, 1900 | box 3 | folder 32 | |
W. Neblett , 1900 | box 3 | folder 33 | |
Mrs. Richard Ker, 1928 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
Chas Blackley , 1927 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
Chas Blackley , 1928 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
Mrs. Richard Ker, 1928 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
Chas Blackley , 1929 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 1 of 3), 1930 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 2 of 3), 1930 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 3 of 3), 1930 | box 4 | folder 8 | |
Chas Blackley , 1931 | box 4 | folder 9 | |
Manuscript rejection letters, Chas Blackley , 1931-1933 | box 4 | folder 10 | |
Chas Blackley , 1932 | box 4 | folder 11 | |
Mary Blackley, 1932 | box 4 | folder 12 | |
Catherine Blackley, 1932 | box 4 | folder 13 | |
Chas Blackley , 1933 | box 4 | folder 14 | |
Mary Blackley, 1933 | box 4 | folder 15 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 1 of 3), 1934 | box 4 | folder 16 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 2 of 3), 1934 | box 4 | folder 17 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 3 of 3), 1934 | box 4 | folder 18 | |
Chas Blackley, 1935 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
Catherine Matthews, 1935 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
Legal Correspondence related to WSVA with Attorney Lavenstein, 1935-1937 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
WSVA, 1935-1938, undated | box 5 | folder 4 | |
Chas Blackley, 1936 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
Correspondence related to WSVA with Attorney Lavenstein, 1936 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
Kidnapping Correspondence [RESTRICTED], 1936-1937, 1970, undated | box 5 | folder 7 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 1 of 2), 1937 | box 5 | folder 8 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 2 of 2), 1937 | box 5 | folder 9 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 1 of 4), 1938 | box 5 | folder 10 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 2 of 4), 1938 | box 5 | folder 11 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 3 of 4), 1938 | box 5 | folder 12 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 4 of 4), 1938 | box 5 | folder 13 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley, 1938 | box 6 | folder 1 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley, 1939 | box 6 | folder 2 | |
Chas Blackley, 1939 | box 6 | folder 3 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley , 1940 | box 6 | folder 4 | |
Chas Blackley, 1940 | box 6 | folder 5 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley , 1942 | box 6 | folder 6 | |
Chas Blackley, 1942 | box 6 | folder 7 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley , 1943 | box 6 | folder 8 | |
Chas Blackley, 1943 | box 6 | folder 9 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 1 of 2), 1944 | box 6 | folder 10 | |
Chas Blackley (folder 2 of 2), 1944 | box 6 | folder 11 | |
Chas Blackley, 1946 | box 6 | folder 12 | |
Chas Blackley, 1947 | box 6 | folder 13 | |
Congratulatory Letters Regarding the Births of Children, 1947, 1951, undated | box 6 | folder 14 | |
Chas Blackley, 1948 | box 6 | folder 15 | |
Chas Blackley, 1949 | box 6 | folder 16 | |
Chas Blackley, 1950 | box 6 | folder 17 | |
Chas Blackley, 1951 | box 6 | folder 18 | |
Chuck Blackley , 1951 | box 6 | folder 19 | |
Chas Blackley, 1952 | box 6 | folder 20 | |
Chas Blackley, 1953 | box 6 | folder 21 | |
Chas Blackley, 1956 | box 6 | folder 22 | |
Chas Blackley, 1957 | box 6 | folder 23 | |
Chas Blackley, 1958 | box 6 | folder 24 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1958 | box 7 | folder 1 | |
Mary Taylor, 1958 | box 7 | folder 2 | |
Chas Blackley, 1960 | box 7 | folder 3 | |
Thank you Letter from White House and President Eisenhower , 1958 | box 7 | folder 4 | |
Chas Blackley, 1961 | box 7 | folder 5 | |
Chas Blackley, 1963 | box 7 | folder 6 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1963 | box 7 | folder 7 | |
Chas Blackley, 1964 | box 7 | folder 8 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1964 | box 7 | folder 9 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1965 | box 7 | folder 10 | |
Chas Blackley, 1966 | box 7 | folder 11 | |
Mary Taylor, 1966 | box 7 | folder 12 | |
Chas Blackley, 1967 | box 7 | folder 13 | |
Mary Taylor, 1967 | box 7 | folder 14 | |
Chas Blackley, 1968 | box 7 | folder 15 | |
Mary Taylor, 1968 | box 7 | folder 16 | |
Chas Blackley, 1970 | box 7 | folder 17 | |
Chas Blackley, 1971 | box 7 | folder 18 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1971 | box 7 | folder 19 | |
Patricia Blackley, 1971 | box 7 | folder 20 | |
Chas Blackley, 1973 | box 7 | folder 21 | |
Chuck Blackley , 1973 | box 7 | folder 22 | |
Chas Blackley, 1974 | box 7 | folder 23 | |
Chas Blackley, 1975 | box 7 | folder 24 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1977 | box 7 | folder 25 | |
Chas Blackley, 1978 | box 7 | folder 26 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley, 1979 | box 7 | folder 27 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1980 | box 7 | folder 28 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1982 | box 7 | folder 29 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1983 | box 7 | folder 30 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1984 | box 7 | folder 31 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1986 | box 7 | folder 32 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1987 | box 7 | folder 33 | |
Chas Blackley, 1988 | box 7 | folder 34 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1988 | box 7 | folder 35 | |
Patricia Blackley, 1988 | box 7 | folder 36 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1990 | box 7 | folder 37 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1991 | box 7 | folder 38 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1992 | box 7 | folder 39 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1993 | box 7 | folder 40 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1995 | box 7 | folder 41 | |
Chuck Blackley, 2006 | box 7 | folder 42 | |
Chuck Blackley, 2010 | box 7 | folder 43 | |
Chuck Blackley, 2011 | box 7 | folder 44 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley, undated | box 7 | folder 45 | |
Chas Blackley, undated | box 7 | folder 46 | |
Chuck Blackley, undated | box 7 | folder 47 | |
Series 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2016
Series 2: Personal Papers, 1857-2015, is comprised of personal papers, diaries, and other documents that highlight the careers and interests of the family members. R.H. Bassett's papers include Confederate government and military documents pertaining to promotions, recruitment, and resignation. Another unique piece of this collection from the early period is the Belle Bassett Diary, 1873-1879, which offers a glimpse of the post-war years for a child growing up in the South. Chas Blackley, in addition to his letters from the trip to Europe, also kept a diary of his experiences. This diary covers the personal and public incidents of his travels. More information about individual members of family is available here in the form of detailed histories of specific family lines (Blackley, Bassett, Hoge, etc.), through family trees, and biographical information. Other items of note from Chas Blackley are the many manuscripts of novels and plays that he wrote in the early-to-mid 1930s. |
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Title/Description | Instances | ||
Sallie Scott Poetry, 1855-1858, undated | box 8 | folder 1 | |
Sarah Scott, 1857, 1929, undated | box 8 | folder 2 | |
C. C. Phillips, 1859 | box 8 | folder 3 | |
R. H. Bassett, 1861-1870 | box 8 | folder 4 | |
Marriage Licenses, 1862, 1884, 1938 | box 8 | folder 5 | |
Miscellaneous Family Papers, 1865-2009, undated | box 8 | folder 6 | |
Obituaries, 1868-2010, undated | box 8 | folder 7 | |
Sallie S. Bassett, 1870-1916 | box 8 | folder 8 | |
Belle Bassett Diary, 1873-1879 | box 8 | folder 9 | |
Belle Bassett Autograph Books, 1881-1882 | box 8 | folder 10 | |
Belle B. Blackley, 1882, undated | box 8 | folder 11 | |
Wesleyan Female Institute, 1882-1886 | box 8 | folder 12 | |
Corn Festival Pamphlet, ca. 1890 | box 8 | folder 13 | |
Military Discharge , 1898 | box 8 | folder 14 | |
E.J. Cushing, 1900 | box 8 | folder 15 | |
Geo. W. Blackley, 1911 | box 8 | folder 16 | |
Birth Certificates, 1913, 1931, 1951, 1964 | box 8 | folder 17 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley, 1914 | box 8 | folder 18 | |
James H. Blackley, 1919 | box 8 | folder 19 | |
Wills, 1919, 1927, 1949, 1956 | box 8 | folder 20 | |
Chas Blackley, 1922 | box 9 | folder 1 | |
Mary Blackley, 1922 | box 9 | folder 2 | |
Chas Blackley, 1924 | box 9 | folder 3 | |
Chas Blackley, 1926 | box 9 | folder 4 | |
James H. Blackley, 1926 | box 9 | folder 5 | |
Catherine Matthews School Related Materials, 1927-1944, undated | box 9 | folder 6 | |
Chas Blackley, 1927 | box 9 | folder 7 | |
James H. Blackley, 1927 | box 9 | folder 8 | |
Chas Blackley Diary, 1928 | box 9 | folder 9 | |
Chas Blackley, 1929 | box 9 | folder 10 | |
Chas Blackley Diary, 1929 | box 9 | folder 11 | |
Smoke Screen, Fort Eustis, Virginia, 1929 | box 9 | folder 12 | |
Chas Blackley, 1930 | box 9 | folder 13 | |
Chas Blackley Journal, 1930 | box 9 | folder 14 | |
Chas Blackley, 1931 | box 9 | folder 15 | |
The Commonwealth Club, 1931-1938 | box 9 | folder 16 | |
Estate of George W. Blackley, 1931-1937 | box 9 | folder 17 | |
Chas Blackley, 1932 | box 9 | folder 18 | |
Chas Blackley Diary, 1932 | box 9 | folder 19 | |
Edited "Between Two Fires" Script, Chas Blackley, 1932 | box 9 | folder 20 | |
Edited "Echo" Manuscript, Chas Blackley, 1932 | box 10 | folder 1 | |
Mrs. E.J. Cushing, 1932 | box 10 | folder 2 | |
Samuel Travers Phillips, 1932 | box 10 | folder 3 | |
Chas Blackley, 1933 | box 10 | folder 4 | |
Chas Blackley Diary, 1933 | box 10 | folder 5 | |
Edited "Full Cargo" Manuscript, Chas Blackley, 1933 | box 10 | folder 6 | |
Edited "Yellow Cargo" Manuscript, Chas Blackley, 1933 | box 10 | folder 7 | |
"Full Cargo" Manuscript Draft, Chas Blackley, ca. 1933 | box 10 | folder 8 | |
"The High Road" Manuscript Draft, Chas Blackley, 1933 | box 10 | folder 9 | |
"Yellow Cargo" Manuscript Draft, Chas Blackley, 1933 | box 10 | folder 10 | |
Chas Blackley, 1934 | box 10 | folder 11 | |
Chas Blackley Diary, 1934 | box 10 | folder 12 | |
Edited Incomplete Manuscript, Chas Blackley, 1934 | box 10 | folder 13 | |
Novel Outlines, Chas Blackley, 1934 | box 10 | folder 14 | |
Passports, 1934, 1968-1969, 1975, 2000, 2013 | box 10 | folder 15 | |
The Staunton Players, 1934-1935 | box 10 | folder 16 | |
Catherine Matthews, 1935 | box 10 | folder 17 | |
Chas Blackley, 1935 | box 10 | folder 18 | |
Mary Blackley, 1935 | box 10 | folder 19 | |
WSVA Shares, Chas Blackley, 1935-1938 | box 10 | folder 20 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley, 1936 | box 10 | folder 21 | |
Chas Blackley, 1936 | box 10 | folder 22 | |
Chas Blackley, 1937 | box 10 | folder 23 | |
Catherine Matthews, 1938 | box 10 | folder 24 | |
Chas Blackley, 1938 | box 10 | folder 25 | |
Household Inventory, Chas Blackley, 1938-1944 | box 11 | folder 1 | |
Ration Books, 1940-1946 | box 11 | folder 2 | |
Catherine Blackley, 1942 | box 11 | folder 3 | |
Chas Blackley, 1942 | box 11 | folder 4 | |
Catherine Blackley, 1943 | box 11 | folder 5 | |
Chas Blackley, 1943 | box 11 | folder 6 | |
Catherine Blackley, 1944 | box 11 | folder 7 | |
Chas Blackley, 1944 | box 11 | folder 8 | |
Catherine Blackley, 1945 | box 11 | folder 9 | |
Chas Blackley, 1945 | box 11 | folder 10 | |
Chas Blackley, 1946 | box 11 | folder 11 | |
Chas Blackley, 1947 | box 11 | folder 12 | |
Catherine Blackley, 1948 | box 11 | folder 13 | |
Chas Blackley, 1948 | box 11 | folder 14 | |
Chas Blackley, 1949 | box 11 | folder 15 | |
Chas Blackley, 1950 | box 11 | folder 16 | |
Chas Blackley, 1951 | box 11 | folder 17 | |
Chas Blackley, 1952 | box 11 | folder 18 | |
Chas Blackley, 1953 | box 11 | folder 19 | |
May Day Pamphlets from Stuart Hall, Susan Blackley, 1954 | box 11 | folder 20 | |
Transcription of Signalman Charles Coatesworth Phillips' 1864 diary and message book , 1955 | box 11 | folder 21 | |
Chas Blackley, 1956 | box 11 | folder 22 | |
Catherine Blackley, 1957 | box 11 | folder 23 | |
Chas Blackley, 1957 | box 11 | folder 24 | |
Glamour Manor - Beverly Hills, 1956, 1957-1961 | box 11 | folder 25 | |
Belle Blackley Trust (Folder 1 of 3), 1958-1968 | box 11 | folder 26 | |
Belle Blackley Trust (Folder 2 of 3), 1958-1968 | box 12 | folder 1 | |
Belle Blackley Trust (Folder 3 of 3), 1958-1968 | box 12 | folder 2 | |
Chas Blackley, 1961 | box 12 | folder 3 | |
Associated Press Bulletin concerning JFK Assassination , 1963 | box 12 | folder 4 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1964 | box 12 | folder 5 | |
Shenandoah Discount Inc. Bankruptcy , 1964 | box 12 | folder 6 | |
Susan Blackley, 1966 | box 12 | folder 7 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1969 | box 12 | folder 8 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1970 | box 12 | folder 9 | |
Chas Blackley, 1971 | box 12 | folder 10 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1971 | box 12 | folder 11 | |
Pat Blackley, 1971 | box 12 | folder 12 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1972 | box 12 | folder 13 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1973 | box 12 | folder 14 | |
Death Certificates, 1974, 1999, 2010 | box 12 | folder 15 | |
A Salute to Senator Harry T. Byrd Jr., 1975 | box 12 | folder 16 | |
Chas Blackley, 1976 | box 12 | folder 17 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1980 | box 12 | folder 18 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1981 | box 12 | folder 19 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1982 | box 12 | folder 20 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1983 | box 12 | folder 21 | |
"I Remember It Well" Drafts, Catherine Matthews Blackley, 1983 | box 12 | folder 22 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1984 | box 12 | folder 23 | |
Pat Blackley, ca.1984 | box 12 | folder 24 | |
Pat Blackley, 1985 | box 12 | folder 25 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1986 | box 12 | folder 26 | |
Pat Blackley, 1986 | box 12 | folder 27 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1987 | box 12 | folder 28 | |
Chas Blackley, 1989 | box 12 | folder 29 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1989 | box 12 | folder 30 | |
Chas Blackley, 1990 | box 12 | folder 31 | |
Examples of projects undertaken under Charles P. Blackley Jr. PE, ca. 1990s | box 12 | folder 32 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1992 | box 12 | folder 33 | |
Chas Blackley, 1993 | box 12 | folder 34 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1993 | box 12 | folder 35 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1994 | box 12 | folder 36 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1998 | box 12 | folder 37 | |
Chuck Blackley, 1999 | box 12 | folder 38 | |
Chuck Blackley, 2000 | box 12 | folder 39 | |
Catherine Blackley, 2010 | box 12 | folder 40 | |
Chuck Blackley, 2010 | box 12 | folder 41 | |
Chuck Blackley, 2015 | box 12 | folder 42 | |
Blackley Family Bios, 2016, undated | box 12 | folder 43 | |
"Between Two Fires" Script, Chas Blackley, undated | box 13 | folder 1 | |
Catherine Blackley, undated | box 13 | folder 2 | |
Chas Blackley, undated | box 13 | folder 3 | |
Chuck Blackley, undated | box 13 | folder 4 | |
Drafts of Multiple Incomplete Manuscripts, Chas Blackley, undated | box 13 | folder 5 | |
Duplicate of Blackley Family Bible, undated | box 13 | folder 6 | |
John McNair and Associates, undated | box 13 | folder 7 | |
Radio Broadcasting Scripts, undated | box 13 | folder 8 | |
Notes of story of blind boy, Chas Blackley, undated | box 13 | folder 9 | |
"The story about the war" by Catherine Blackley, undated | box 13 | folder 10 | |
Series 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004
Series 3: Ephemera, 1856-2004, houses many unique items such as hundreds of stamps (U.S., Confederate, and international), brochures, certificates, awards, diplomas, and pamphlets from events such as the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, and dance cards. The aforementioned diplomas and certificates document the Blackley family's achievements and graduations from various schools and universities, including the University of Virginia, the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg, and Virginia Tech. Many of the manuals and booklets used in Chas' various military training can be found in this series. There are also newspaper clippings that share stories directly related to family members or address significant events of the time. These include awards won by the family, news about new jobs or graduations, historic events like D-Day, and John F. Kennedy's assassination. One of the more locally relevant pieces is a pamphlet entitled "Dedication of the Shenandoah National Park" (1936). It lists the planned dedication speech from President Franklin D. Roosevelt given at Big Meadows as the key event. This series also includes one oversize box of 3D ephemeral objects. Objects of interest include a Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie camera (1917-1926) owned by Chas Blackley and inscribed with the names of Blackley and the SS Gertrude Kellogg, Dr. Charles Coatesworth Phillips' small leather medicine case with glass bottles that he took on house calls, several pairs of glasses, a glass plate photograph of Susie E. Phillips, and assorted World's Fair ephemera. Stored separately are multiple flags that are likely from Chas' 1930 voyage in the Pacific. There is a large and small Japanese flag, a small Chinese [pre-communist revolution] flag, and a small Philippine national flag. An additional flag dates to WWI and features the United States flag surrounded by smaller flags of all our allies from that conflict. |
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Title/Description | Instances | ||
Blackley Family Newspaper Clippings, 1856-2012, bulk 1932-1938 | box 13 | folder 11 | |
Dance Cards, 1860, 1882, undated | box 13 | folder 12 | |
Confederate States of America stamps, 1861-1865 | box 13 | folder 13 | |
Phillips Family diploma, VMI class poster, New Market cadet poster, 1861-1907, undated | Map Case 1:3 | folder 1 | |
Phillips Family certificates and diplomas (folder 1 of 2), 1866-1867 | box 14 | folder 1 | |
Phillips Family certificates and diplomas (folder 2 of 2), 1866-1867 | box OV1 | folder 1 | |
Currency, Bonds, and Certificates, 1861-1948, bulk 1861-1865 | box 14 | folder 2 | |
Set of Flower Picture Cards, 1870 | box 14 | folder 3 | |
George Washington Stamps, ca. 1880-1900 | box 14 | folder 4 | |
Assorted keychains and trinkets, 1881, undated | box 14 | folder 5 | |
Benjamin Franklin Stamps, 1881-1889 | box 14 | folder 6 | |
United States Stamped Envelopes , 1801-1901 | box 14 | folder 7 | |
Assorted 3D objects, 1884-1982, undated | box OV2 | ||
Assorted Booklets (folder 1 of 2), 1886-1984 | box 14 | folder 8 | |
Assorted Booklets (folder 2 of 2), 1886-1984 | box 14 | folder 9 | |
Parker County, Texas Immigrants Guide, ca.1889 | box 14 | folder 10 | |
Ulysses S. Grant Stamps , ca. 1890 | box 14 | folder 11 | |
International Stamps, 1894-1974 | box 14 | folder 12 | |
Labor Day Ribbon, 1897 | box 14 | folder 13 | |
United States Commemorative Stamps, ca.1900 | box 14 | folder 14 | |
Life Magazines, 1902-1903 | box 14 | folder 15 | |
Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 1907-1998 | box 14 | folder 16 | |
Assorted medals and awards, 1910, 1954, undated | box 15 | folder 1 | |
The first capital of Texas, Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1913 | box 15 | folder 2 | |
Surety Coupon Collection Book, Mrs. E.J. Cushing, 1915 | box 15 | folder 3 | |
Assorted flags, ca. 1918, 1930, undated | Map Case 1:3 | folder 2 | |
Army and Training Regulations, 1922-1930 | box 15 | folder 4 | |
Cigar Band Collection, Chas Blackley, 1922 | box 15 | folder 5 | |
Assorted Maps, 1925-1982 | box 15 | folder 6 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley certificate and diplomas, 1927-1935 | box OV1 | folder 2 | |
Chas Blackley certificates and diploma, 1927-1947 | box OV1 | folder 3 | |
Military Manuals, Chas Blackley, 1928, 1941-1943 | box 15 | folder 7 | |
Box of matches from Darlen, Manchuria or Keelung, Formosa, 1930 | box 16 | folder 1 | |
Charles Blackley military hats, 1930, undated | box 16 | folder 2 | |
Custom Christmas Cards, Chas Blackley, 1931, 1937, undated | box 16 | folder 3 | |
Assorted Event Tickets, 1931-1935 | box 16 | folder 4 | |
Airline Luggage Tags, 1932, undated | box 16 | folder 5 | |
Assorted Brochures (Folder 1 of 2), 1932-1992 | box 16 | folder 6 | |
Assorted Brochures (Folder 2 of 2), 1932-1992 | box 16 | folder 7 | |
Assorted U.S. Destination Pamphlets and Cards, ca. 1932 | box 16 | folder 8 | |
Christmas Card Puzzle, Chas Blackley, 1932 | box 16 | folder 9 | |
Los Angeles Olympics Booklets and Brochures , 1932 | box 16 | folder 10 | |
The Press Club Heckler, 1932 | box 17 | folder 1 | |
Bert Cooklsey Poetry, Newspaper Clippings, 1933 | box 17 | folder 2 | |
World's Fair, Chicago, Brochures and Pamphlets (folder 1 of 2), 1933 | box 17 | folder 3 | |
World's Fair, Chicago, Brochures and Pamphlets (folder 2 of 2), 1933 | box 17 | folder 4 | |
European Ephemera, 1934 | box 17 | folder 5 | |
Pastel caricature, likely Chas Blackley, 1934 | box OV1 | folder 4 | |
Dedication of the Shenandoah National Park Pamphlet, 1936 | box 17 | folder 6 | |
WSVA Newspaper Clippings, 1936 | box 17 | folder 7 | |
Miscellaneous pins, 1934, 1982-1984, undated | box 17 | folder 8 | |
"Merry Christmas" charcoal drawing, Chas Blackley and Santa Claus, 1937 | box OV1 | folder 5 | |
Military patches, ca. 1940s | box 17 | folder 9 | |
Assorted military pins, 1943, undated | box 17 | folder 10 | |
Chas Blackley Certificates, 1944, 1955 | box 17 | folder 11 | |
Major of St. Lo, Newspaper Clippings, 1944 | box 17 | folder 12 | |
Pass for Camp Crowder, MO, Catherine Blackley, 1944 | box 17 | folder 13 | |
Pocket Service Prayer Book and Military Missal, 1944 | box 17 | folder 14 | |
Stamp Collection, 1944-1988 | box 17 | folder 15 | |
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Sales Permit No. 2, Civilian Registrants, 1944, 1946 | box 17 | folder 16 | |
Army Service Forces: Annual Report, 1945 | box 18 | folder 1 | |
War Department Signal Center Printouts, 1945 | box 18 | folder 2 | |
Campaign buttons, 1950, 1976, undated | box 18 | folder 3 | |
Life Magazine, April 16, 1951 | box OV1 | folder 6 | |
Pencil drawing, Blackley Family residence at 317 E. Beverley St. Staunton, 1959 | box OV1 | folder 7 | |
Civil War related color posters, 1963, undated | box OV1 | folder 8 | |
Chuck Blackley Certificates (folder 1 of 2), 1963-1998 | box 18 | folder 4 | |
Chuck Blackley Certificates (folder 2 of 2), 1963-1998 | box OV1 | folder 9 | |
Assorted Engineering Calculators used prior to Computers, ca. 1965 | box 18 | folder 5 | |
Rotary International, Mexico City, 1968 | box 18 | folder 6 | |
Assorted Tokens and Coins, 1969, undated | box 18 | folder 7 | |
Program, Robert E. Lee High School Graduation Exercises, 1969 | box 18 | folder 8 | |
Patricia D. Fry, Robert E. Lee High School Diploma, 1970 | box OV1 | folder 16 | |
Pocket Circular Slide Rule, Chuck Blackley, ca.1970 | box 18 | folder 9 | |
Reprint of "Shenandoah, I Long to Hear You" article from April 1970 National Geographic Magazine , ca.1970 | box 18 | folder 10 | |
Patricia Fry Blackley Diplomas, Elizabeth Brant School of Business, Blue Ridge Community College , 1971, 1986 | box 18 | folder 11 | |
Chuck Blackley Diploma, Virginia Tech, 1973 | box 18 | folder 12 | |
Marble Valley Pumped Storage Project, ca. 1975 | box 18 | folder 13 | |
Assorted Membership and Identification Cards , 1976-1997 | box 18 | folder 14 | |
Patricia Blackley Certificates, 1986, 1988 | box 19 | folder 1 | |
International Star Registry certificates and maps, 1990 | box OV1 | folder 10 | |
Star Registry Documents and Maps, 1990 | box 19 | folder 2 | |
Rotary Foundation Award, Chas Blackley, 1993 | box 19 | folder 3 | |
Contents of Chas Blackley's Wallet, ca. 1999 | box 19 | folder 4 | |
White House Press Pass for Submarine Texas Christening , 2004 | box 19 | folder 5 | |
Assorted Business Cards, undated | box 19 | folder 6 | |
Assorted Postcards, undated | box 19 | folder 7 | |
Assorted United States Stamps, undated | box 19 | folder 8 | |
Booklet of "The Eight Grand National Pictures in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol at Washington" , undated | box 19 | folder 9 | |
Booklet of Washingtion Architecture , undated | box 19 | folder 10 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley sketch of monogrammed dinnerware, undated | box OV1 | folder 11 | |
Charles Blackley Custom Bookplates and Stamp, undated | box 19 | folder 11 | |
Chesterfield Cigarettes Tin, undated | box 19 | folder 12 | |
Coasters, undated | box 19 | folder 13 | |
Cunard Line Labels and Tags, undated | box 19 | folder 14 | |
Dallas Opera House "The Humming Bird" Play Advertisement, undated | box 19 | folder 15 | |
Mary Blackley Silhouette, undated | box 20 | folder 1 | |
Military pins and dog tags, undated | box 20 | folder 2 | |
Miscellaneous Ephemera , undated | box 20 | folder 3 | |
Rapid City, South Dakota Advertisements, undated | box 20 | folder 4 | |
Sketches of people by [Catherine?] Matthews, undated | box 20 | folder 5 | |
Small Fan, undated | box 20 | folder 6 | |
"Story of Appomattox" Newspaper Clipping , undated | box 20 | folder 7 | |
Toy Town Post Office, undated | box 20 | folder 8 | |
United States Numerical Stamps, undated | box 21 | folder 1 | |
Valentine Writer Booklets, undated | box 21 | folder 2 | |
West Virginia "Coal Country" 3D Cast, undated | box 21 | folder 3 | |
WTON Sugar Bowl Advertisement, undated | box OV1 | folder 12 | |
Series 4: Photographs, ca.1861-1989
Series 4, Photographs, ca. 1861-1989, includes a large number of pictures from both of Chas Blackley's trips to Asia and the Pacific in 1930 and his journey through Europe in 1934. There are also a number of rare pictures of the Civilian Military Training Camp (CMTC) experience at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, from 1928, and to our knowledge might be the only ones publicly available. As Catherine Matthews Blackley was a graduate of the State Teacher's College at Harrisonburg (now JMU), there many pictures from her time on campus during the early 1930s in this collection. Another rare item housed here is an ambrotype of an unidentified woman which is located in Miscellaneous, 1884-1993 (folder 3 of 4). The subject's identity is unknown, but the style of production dates the piece to around 1858. Given that date and the apparent age of the woman, it is plausible that the subject is Sarah Lane Scott, Sallie Scott Bassett's mother. |
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Title/Description | Instances | ||
R.H. Bassett, ca. 1861-1870 | box 21 | folder 4 | |
Great Grandfather and Grandmother Gilkeson, ca. 1862 | box 21 | folder 5 | |
Photo Album owned by Rev. Richard H. Phillips while in Civil War prison in Ohio, 1865 | box 21 | folder 6 | |
Belle Bassett Blackley, 1883, 1891, undated | box 21 | folder 7 | |
Miscellaneous (folder 1 of 4), 1884-1993 | box 21 | folder 8 | |
Miscellaneous (folder 2 of 4), 1884-1993 | box 21 | folder 9 | |
Miscellaneous (folder 3 of 4), 1884-1993 | box 22 | folder 1 | |
Miscellaneous (folder 4 of 4), 1884-1993 | box 22 | folder 2 | |
Assorted George W. Blackley, 1886, ca.1890, undated | box 22 | folder 3 | |
Assorted C.T. Phillips, ca.1908, undated | box 22 | folder 4 | |
Assorted Chas Blackley, 1910-1993, undated | box 22 | folder 5 | |
Pictures sent to Mrs. M.E. Phillips, ca. 1914 | box 22 | folder 6 | |
Chas Hoge portrait, 1919 | box OV1 | folder 13 | |
Catherine Matthews Family, 1927, undated | box 22 | folder 7 | |
Civilian Military Training Camp, Ft. Eustis, VA, 1928 | box 22 | folder 8 | |
Chas Blackley, Regimental Color Bearer, Church in the grove (1928); Staunton-Augusta County Agricultural Fair (September 1956), 1928, September 1956 | box OV1 | folder 14 | |
Catherine Matthews , ca. 1930s | box 22 | folder 9 | |
Commonwealth Club, Staunton, VA, ca. 1930s | box 22 | folder 10 | |
Dixie Theater Fire, Staunton, VA, ca. 1930s | box 22 | folder 11 | |
Manila and Manchuria, 1930 | box 22 | folder 12 | |
Negatives of SS Gertrude Kellogg, Panama Canal, China, Japan, Phillipine Islands, 1930 | box 22 | folder 13 | |
Car Crash, 1931 | box 22 | folder 14 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley class photographs, 1931, 1938, undated | box OV1 | folder 15 | |
Catalinia Island, ca.1932 | box 22 | folder 15 | |
Chas Blackley, Olympic Stadium, Los Angeles, Calif., 1932 | box 22 | folder 16 | |
Cheyenne, Wyo. , ca. 1932 | box 22 | folder 17 | |
Cleveland, O. , ca. 1932 | box 22 | folder 18 | |
Denver, Col. , 1932 | box 22 | folder 19 | |
Detroit, Mi., ca. 1932 | box 23 | folder 1 | |
Los Angeles, 1932 | box 23 | folder 2 | |
Niagra Falls, ca. 1932 | box 23 | folder 3 | |
Omaha, Neb., ca. 1932 | box 23 | folder 4 | |
Postcards with pictures of Woodrow Wilson and Staunton, VA, ca. 1932 | box 23 | folder 5 | |
Salt Lake City, 1932 | box 23 | folder 6 | |
San Francisco, Calif. , ca. 1932 | box 23 | folder 7 | |
Yellowstone, ca. 1932 | box 23 | folder 8 | |
Yosemite, ca. 1932 | box 23 | folder 9 | |
Bert, 1933 | box 23 | folder 10 | |
Chicago, Ill. , ca. 1933 | box 23 | folder 11 | |
Assorted European Cities, ca. 1934 | box 23 | folder 12 | |
Assorted European Cities Negatives, ca. 1934 | box 23 | folder 13 | |
Berlin and Brussels, 1934 | box 23 | folder 14 | |
Catherine Matthews, 1934-1938 | box 23 | folder 15 | |
Florence, Venice, Vienna, Munich, Oberammagon, Nuremberg, 1934 | box 23 | folder 16 | |
London, Liverpool, Oxford, R.M.S. Laconia, ca. 1934 | box 23 | folder 17 | |
Lucerne and Paris, ca. 1934 | box 23 | folder 18 | |
Passport Photgraphs, Chas Blackley, 1934 | box 23 | folder 19 | |
R.M.S. Laconia, ca. 1934 | box 23 | folder 20 | |
Rome, Fontainebleau, Lucerne, ca. 1934 | box 23 | folder 21 | |
Rome, Paris, Battlefields, 1934 | box 23 | folder 22 | |
Staunton Airport, 1934 | box 23 | folder 23 | |
Assorted Catherine Matthews Blackley, 1935-1968, undated | box 24 | folder 1 | |
WSVA Antenna Tower, 1935 | box 24 | folder 2 | |
Assorted Chas and Catherine Blackley, 1937, 1982, undated | box 24 | folder 3 | |
Chas Blackley Car Crash, 1937 | box 24 | folder 4 | |
A. David Khan, 1938, 1989, undated | box 24 | folder 5 | |
Chas and Catherine Blackley Wedding, 1938 | box 24 | folder 6 | |
Assorted Mary Blackley Taylor, 1939, 1964, undated | box 24 | folder 7 | |
Blackley Family Homes, 1944, 1958, undated | box 24 | folder 8 | |
Camp Crowder, MO and Washington, D.C. during WWII, 1944, undated | box 24 | folder 9 | |
Assorted Fannie Blackley Cushing, 1947-1952, undated | box 24 | folder 10 | |
Assorted Susan Blackley, 1947-1992, undated | box 24 | folder 11 | |
Assorted Blackley Family Group Photos, 1948-1993, undated | box 24 | folder 12 | |
Assorted Chuck Blackley, 1951-1984, undated | box 24 | folder 13 | |
Virginia Association of Broadcasters, 1951 | box 24 | folder 14 | |
WTON, 1951, 1970 | box 24 | folder 15 | |
Stuart Hall, May Day, 1954 | box 24 | folder 16 | |
Stuart Hall May Day, 1954 Cine-Kodak, Kodachrome Safety Color Film for 8mm roll cameras, 1954 | box Freezer Storage | ||
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960 | box 24 | folder 17 | |
Assorted Patricia Fry Blackley, 1963-1987, undated | box 24 | folder 18 | |
Catherine Matthews Blackley High School Reunion, 1971 | box 24 | folder 19 | |
Chuck and Pat Blackley Wedding, 1971 | box 24 | folder 20 | |
National Association of Broadcasters, 1973 | box 24 | folder 21 | |
Chas and Catherine Blackley 40th Anniversary Party, 1978 | box 24 | folder 22 | |
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company Aerial Photographs, 1980-1981 | box 25 | folder 1 | |
Contact Prints for Patton, Harris, Rust, & Associates, 1986 | box 25 | folder 2 | |
Assorted Francis Matthews Stewart, 1987, undated | box 25 | folder 3 | |
Chas and Catherine Blackley 50th Anniversary Party, 1988 | box 25 | folder 4 | |
Chas Blackley's 80th Birthday Party, 1989 | box 25 | folder 5 | |
Assorted Albert Lemain Phillips, undated | box 25 | folder 6 | |
Assorted Negatives, undated | box 25 | folder 7 | |
Blackley Feed Store, undated | box 25 | folder 8 | |
Catherine Matthews Negatives, undated | box 25 | folder 9 | |
Chas Blackley Negatives, undated | box 25 | folder 10 | |
Chas and Mary Blackley, undated | box 25 | folder 11 | |
Dr. Chas C. Phillips, undated | box 25 | folder 12 | |
John Matthews, undated | box 25 | folder 13 | |
John Sewell Matthews, undated | box 25 | folder 14 | |
Lillie Bennett Matthews, undated | box 25 | folder 15 | |
Margaret Ester Dodson Matthews, undated | box 25 | folder 16 | |
Mrs. C.C. Phillips, undated | box 25 | folder 17 | |
Rev. Richard H. Phillips, undated | box 25 | folder 18 | |
Robert and Mary Blackley Taylor Wedding, undated | box 25 | folder 19 | |
Sallie Scott, undated | box 25 | folder 20 | |
Slides of the Blackley Family, undated | box 25 | folder 21 | |
Susie Phillips, undated | box 25 | folder 22 | |
WSVA Office, undated | box 25 | folder 23 | |
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1862-1931, is comprised of four scrapbooks. In the aftermath of his wounding and the conclusion of the American Civil War, R. H. Bassett found a calling to participate in local and state politics. The majority of the first scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of news relating to his exploits and proclamations. The CMTC and VMI scrapbook highlights Chas Blackley's time with both of these organizations and places. The CMTC material is rare as the military's official website for the history of Ft. Eustis fails to even mention the fort's role during in that capacity. Finally, there are two scrapbooks document the journey that Chas Blackley and childhood friend, George Earman, made upon the steamer SS Gertrude Kellogg in 1930. Both scrapbooks chronicle Blackley and Earman's travels through the Pacific and multiple Asian nations. |
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Title/Description | Instances | ||
R.H. Bassett Scrapbook, 1862-1869 | box 26 | folder 1 | |
Chas Blackley, CMTC and VMI Scrapbook, 1928-1931 | box 26 | folder 2 | |
Chas Blackley, S/S Gertrude Kellogg Scrapbook, 1930 | box 26 | folder 3 | |
S/S Gertrude Kellogg Scrapbook, 1930 | box 26 | folder 4 | |