MARC Record from Library of Congress

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245 00 $aFeamster family papers,$f1794-1967$g(bulk 1813-1946).
300 $a3,000$fitems.
300 $a5$fcontainers.
300 $a2$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 4 series. Series 1: Diaries and Notebooks, 1844-1961; Series 2: Correspondence, 1794-1967; Series 3: Financial Papers, 1819-1861; and Series 4: Miscellany, 1815-1967.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, diaries, essays, notes and notebooks, financial and legal records, circulars, genealogical material, newspaper clippings, and other papers of the allied Feamster (Feemster), Alderson, Cary (Carey), and Mathews (Matthews) families. Subjects include farming, law, medicine, military, politics, and religion, as well as geography, economic and social conditions, and education in areas and states in which members of the family visited or resided including Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Other subjects include conduct of the War of 1812 in Ohio; troop movements under William Henry Harrison; army life in the 18th and early 19th centuries; an 1824 visit to the United States by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette; the Episcopal Church; the James River and Kanawha Company, Richmond, Va.; the Battle of Gettysburg; occupied Germany after World War I; college life in the 1930s; the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II; and the American sector of occupied Germany following the war. Correspondents include Robert E. Lee and William Meade.
520 8 $aFamily papers include a memorandum book (1844-1872) of Martha Alderson Feamster; account book of Company A of the 14th Regiment of Virginia Cavalry kept by her sons, Thomas L. Feamster and Samuel William Newman Feamster, during the Civil War; diary (1864-1865) and correspondence of Thomas L. Feamster; journal of the military career (1901-1923) of his grandson, Claudius Newman Feamster; letters (1914-1953) from his sons, Robert Cantrell Feamster and Felix Claudius Feamster, concerning their experiences at college and in the Army as army surgeons in World War II; diary (1849-1851) of Charles William Cary as a medical student; and correspondence of J.D. Alderson, Cyrus Cary, Ophelia Mathews Cary, William Cary, Eliza Cary Greene, and John Mathews.
541 $cGift,$aClaude Newman Feamster,$d1946-1961.
545 1 $aMembers of the Feamster (Feemster) family.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600 10 $aAlderson, J. D.$q(John Duffy),$d1854-1910.
600 10 $aCary, Cyrus,$d1794-1832.
600 10 $aCary, Ophelia Mathews.
600 10 $aCary, William,$d1798-1857.
600 10 $aGreene, Eliza Cary.
600 10 $aHarrison, William Henry,$d1773-1841.
600 10 $aLafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier,$cmarquis de,$d1757-1834.
600 10 $aLee, Robert E.$q(Robert Edward),$d1807-1870$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMathews, John,$d1768-1849.
600 10 $aMeade, William,$d1789-1862$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aAlderson family.
600 30 $aCarey family.
600 30 $aFeemster family.
600 30 $aMatthews family.
610 10 $aConfederate States of America.$bArmy.$bVirginia Cavalry Regiment, 14th.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xMilitary life.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xSurgeons.
610 20 $aEpiscopal Church.
610 20 $aJames River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)
650 0 $aAgriculture.
650 0 $aCollege students$zUnited States$xSocial life and customs.
650 0 $aEducation$zArkansas.
650 0 $aEducation$zIowa.
650 0 $aEducation$zKansas.
650 0 $aEducation$zMaryland.
650 0 $aEducation$zMissouri.
650 0 $aEducation$zTexas.
650 0 $aEducation$zVirginia.
650 0 $aEducation$zWest Virginia.
650 0 $aGenealogy.
650 0 $aGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
650 0 $aLaw.
650 0 $aMedical students$y19th century.
650 0 $aMedicine.
650 0 $aReligion.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMedical care.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zEurope.
651 0 $aArkansas$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aArkansas$xGeography.
651 0 $aArkansas$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aArkansas$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y1918-1933.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y1945-1955.
651 0 $aIowa$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aIowa$xGeography.
651 0 $aIowa$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aIowa$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aKansas$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aKansas$xGeography.
651 0 $aKansas$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aKansas$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aMaryland$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aMaryland$xGeography.
651 0 $aMaryland$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aMaryland$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aMissouri$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aMissouri$xGeography.
651 0 $aMissouri$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aMissouri$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aOhio$xHistory$yWar of 1812.
651 0 $aPennsylvania$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCampaigns.
651 0 $aTexas$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aTexas$xGeography.
651 0 $aTexas$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aTexas$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yWar of 1812.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aVirginia$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aVirginia$xGeography.
651 0 $aVirginia$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aVirginia$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aVirginia$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aWest Virginia$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aWest Virginia$xGeography.
651 0 $aWest Virginia$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aWest Virginia$xSocial life and customs.
700 1 $aCary, Charles William.
700 1 $aFeamster, Claudius Newman,$d1876-1966.
700 1 $aFeamster, Felix Claudius,$d1914-
700 1 $aFeamster, Martha Alderson,$d1797-1885.
700 1 $aFeamster, Robert Cantrell,$d1916-
700 1 $aFeamster, Samuel William Newman,$d1836-1915.
700 1 $aFeamster, Thomas L.,$d1829-1906.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home