Content Description

Collection regarding the Haldeman family of West Virginia, including scrapbooks, photographs, documents, correspondence, artwork, artifacts, books, family bibles, and other material. Also includes a large artwork framed in glass.

Scope and Contents Papers regarding the Strother family, particularly David Hunter Strother, a writer and illustrator for Harpers Magazine, who published under the pseudonym "Porte Crayon." Contains artwork (including some from Strother's time in Mexico and some by other artists), correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and material regarding the genealogy and history of the Strother family.Series include:Series 1. Initial Acquisition, Letters, Clippings, Photographs...