John G. Stewart Collection, 1790-1992 (bulk 1953-1973)

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John G. Stewart Collection, 1790-1992 (bulk 1953-1973)

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Research materials and topical files, in English and German, pertaining to Shenandoah Valley folk culture including recipes, cures for ailments, folklore stories, and other traditions gathered and documented by John G. Stewart and Elmer Smith, former professors at Madison College (James Madison University) The John G. Stewart Collection consists of 2.5 Hollinger boxes, measuring 1.05 linear feet, spanning the years 1790 to 1992. The collection contains a wide array of documents pertaining to Germanic folklore and culture in the Shenandoah Valley. Documents consist of photocopies and drafts of articles written by Stewart and his colleague Elmer L. Smith, information compiled from interviews with Valley residents, as well as photocopies of primary source materials such as recipes, correspondence and medicinal remedies from individuals living in Rockingham, Augusta, Wythe and Shenandoah Counties in Virginia and Pendleton County in West Virginia. Most of the photocopied articles are reprints from the Pennsylvaanisch Dietsch Eck and "Valley Folklore" articles from the Highland Recorder (Highland County, Va.) spanning from November 1953 to November 1973. A detailed list of those articles is included in the Finding Aid (see web link above). The collection largely has been left in the order in which Mr. Stewart used it, with minor exceptions. It is arranged in three series: Topical Research Files, Folk Medicine and Remedies, and Pow-Wow documents. Numbers in brackets in the contents list below indicate item count within a folder.

2.5 Holllinger boxes; 1.25 linear feet.

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Stewart, John, 1918-

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John Stewart was born Hans Gideon Stein in Vienna, Austria, at the end of World War I. Stein recalls his childhood during the economic hardships of the postwar years in Austria, known as the First Republic. He discusses daily life at home and school, his friends and family, and his religious experiences as a Jew in predominately Catholic Vienna. In 1938, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler annexed Austria into the German Reich, installing a National Socialist government in Vienna. As the persecution ...

Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society

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Smith, Elmer Lewis

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Elmer L. Smith was born in 1920 in Newark, NJ. After earning a B.S. at Florida Southern College, an M.A. at Western Reserve University, and a Ph.D. at Syracuse University, he taught government, economics, and sociology in several PA colleges and universities. In 1958 Smith came to James Madison University (then Madison College) as Director of the Social Sciences Division. Until his death, in 1981, he conducted research and interviews to document the folk culture of the Shenandoah Valley, and pub...