Feamster family papers, 1794-1967  (bulk 1813-1946). 

 - 3,000  items. 5  containers. 2  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged 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. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, 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.  Family 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Members of the Feamster (Feemster) family. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010313 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79020321  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Alderson, J. D. 1854-1910. <br/>Cary, Cyrus, 1794-1832. <br/>Cary, Ophelia Mathews.<br/>Cary, William, 1798-1857. <br/>Greene, Eliza Cary.<br/>Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841. <br/>Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de,  1757-1834. <br/>Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870 --Correspondence.<br/>Mathews, John, 1768-1849. <br/>Meade, William, 1789-1862 --Correspondence.<br/>Alderson family.<br/>Carey family.<br/>Feemster family.<br/>Matthews family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Confederate States of America. Army.  Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 14th. <br/>United States. Army --Military life.<br/>United States. Army --Surgeons.<br/>Episcopal Church.<br/>James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agriculture.<br/>College students--Social life and customs.--United States<br/>Education--Arkansas.<br/>Education--Iowa.<br/>Education--Kansas.<br/>Education--Maryland.<br/>Education--Missouri.<br/>Education--Texas.<br/>Education--Virginia.<br/>Education--West Virginia.<br/>Genealogy.<br/>Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.<br/>Law.<br/>Medical students--19th century.<br/>Medicine.<br/>Religion.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--United States.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Europe.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arkansas--Economic conditions.<br/>Arkansas--Geography.<br/>Arkansas--Social conditions.<br/>Arkansas--Social life and customs.<br/>Germany--History--1918-1933.<br/>Germany--History--1945-1955.<br/>Iowa--Economic conditions.<br/>Iowa--Geography.<br/>Iowa--Social conditions.<br/>Iowa--Social life and customs.<br/>Kansas--Economic conditions.<br/>Kansas--Geography.<br/>Kansas--Social conditions.<br/>Kansas--Social life and customs.<br/>Maryland--Economic conditions.<br/>Maryland--Geography.<br/>Maryland--Social conditions.<br/>Maryland--Social life and customs.<br/>Missouri--Economic conditions.<br/>Missouri--Geography.<br/>Missouri--Social conditions.<br/>Missouri--Social life and customs.<br/>Ohio--History--War of 1812.<br/>Pennsylvania--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>Texas--Economic conditions.<br/>Texas--Geography.<br/>Texas--Social conditions.<br/>Texas--Social life and customs.<br/>United States--Armed Forces.<br/>United States--History--War of 1812.<br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--Politics and government.<br/>Virginia--Economic conditions.<br/>Virginia--Geography.<br/>Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>Virginia--Social conditions.<br/>Virginia--Social life and customs.<br/>West Virginia--Economic conditions.<br/>West Virginia--Geography.<br/>West Virginia--Social conditions.<br/>West Virginia--Social life and customs.