Wampler business records, 1918-1972

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Wampler business records, 1918-1972

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This collection contains correspondence, reports, photographs, business documents, financial statements, and other documents that relate to the businesses of Charles Wampler Sr. (Wampler Feed and Seed Company) and son, Charles Wampler Jr. (Wampler Food Incorporated). The collection spans 1918 to 1972 with the majority of the material dated between 1940-1960. The Wampler Family Business Records, 1918-1972, consists of 12.3 linear feet of material documenting Wampler Foods Incorporated. The collection features personal and business correspondence of Charles Wampler Jr. and Charles Wampler Sr. and includes bound ledgers, financial documents, print material, reports, memoranda and pictures. The collection is arranged chronologically by topic in eleven series. Series include: Administrative files, Correspondence, Date books, Farm ledgers, Financial papers, Philanthropic and professional organizations, Photographs, Press and advertising files, Print and ephemera, and Reports and studies.

32 boxes; 12.3 linear feet.

James Madison University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8148419

James Madison University Libraries

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Sunny Slope (Dayton, Va. : Estate)

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Wampler family.

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The Wampler family emerged upon the American poultry industry in the early twentieth century changing the industry practices and beliefs. As a result of their success, the Wamplers became one of the most influential families in Rockingham County, Virginia and helped the Shenandoah Valley garner the moniker, "Turkey Capital of the Nation." Charles W. Wampler, and later his son, Charles Jr., revolutionized the poultry industry with innovations to every step of production, ...

Wampler, Charles W., 1885-1976.

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Wampler, Charles W., 1915-

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The Wampler family has been one of the most influential families in the Rockingham County, Va. area. John Wampler and family, members of the German Baptist Brethren, now Church of the Brethren, moved from Pennsylvania to the Timberville area of the county about 1811. In 1871, John Wampler III purchased a farm in Dayton, known as Sunny Slope. His son, Charles W., began various agricultural experiments, particularly in poultry raising, becoming one of the earliest farmers to hatch eggs in incubato...

Wampler Food Incorporated

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Wampler Feed & Seed Co.

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