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Union soldier during the Civil War, writing from Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 20, 1864, to his daughter, about the many battles he had fought in and the presence of the Confederates in the immediate area. Bauer was a native German speaker and the…

Harvey Bear's diary from 1862.

George Bear's diary from 1878.

George Bear's diary from 1879.

This is a receipt for a newpaper subscription purchased by Mrs. Friske in 1869.

This is a receipt for hay signed by G. M. Bear in 1877.

This is an undated list of money received for lambs and other items.

This a reciept for grain and hay purchased in 1864.

This is note detailing a book belonging to the Bear family.

This is an agreement made between Harvery Bear, Jospeph Wilson, and Thos. N. Lindsey in 1853.

This is a General Order written for Stonewall Jackson's Second Army Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.

This is a letter written to Harvey Bear in 1849.

This is a transcript of Harvey Bear's diary from 1862.

This is a label with "Gilt Edge" printed on it from the 1870s.

This is a note about taking an animal out of pasture from 1877.

This is a poem entitled "Louisiana Anderson" that has been clipped out of a newspaper.

This is a calling card with "G. M. Bear" printed on it from the 1870s. The reverse side contains a record of the cost of cattle.

This is a calling card with "J. R. Wright" printed on it from the 1870s. The reverse side contains a record of the cost of cattle.

This is a calling card with "Mary I. Bell" printed on it from the 1870s.

This is a sample calling card from the 1870s.

This is a calling card with "Agnes C. Harman" printed on it from the 1870s.

This is a receipt for a settlement from 1881.

This is a card signed by G. M. Bear in the 1870s.

This is a list of items and their costs from 1879.

Female Canada Goose.U.S.A., California, Merced.

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Let Us Waltz As We Say "Goodbye," composed by Art L. Beiner, 1925.

"Earl Palmer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Stone Face Mountain, Lee County, Virginia

Man and horse on postcard

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Written on back: "A fast-vanishing art among mountain families in the appalachian mountains, hog-killing was once a way of life. Here they are getting the water hot to scald the hog so the hair will come off. Water temperature is about 155 degrees."

Written on back: "Log building in Elliot Valley in Montgomery County, Va. was once used for a church."

Joe Carter, son of A.P. and Sara Carter

Written on back: "Mountain people grew all the grain they used on the farm. On every creek there was a water powered grist mill where they got their corn, wheat, and buckwheat ground into flour. Here is the snow-covered water race of a grist mill in…

Written on back: "Nestled in a cove in Greenup County, Ky. is Sophia Stuarts log home. Sophia was the late sister of Jesse Stuart, well known Kentucky writer."

Written on back: "The only way the farmer had to get his crops from the field to the farm was horse-drawn wagons or fled. Here is a 'Jolt' wagon in Floyd County, Va. They was called 'jolt' because they rode so rough."

Jesse Stuart's home in West Hollow, Kentucky

Written on back: "Landscape in the heart of the appalachian mountains of Kentucky. Willie Gibbons and his wife Nancy raised a family of 12 kids on this 85 acre farm and three room cabin."

Written on back: "All of the mountain families grew they ate and built everything on their farm with strong hands and a willing heart. Here Hubert Hensley and his wife are getting ready to milk his cow."

Written on back: Garden planting time in the Blue Ridge. Here Hubert Hensley, who still does his farm work by horses, is getting ready to plow his garden."

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.