Primary Sources

The primary source documents used as references for this website come from the following institutions: Rocktown History, Special Collections at JMU Libraries, Menno Simons Historical Library at Eastern Mennonite University, Bridgewater College Special Collections, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at University of Virginia, Special Collections and University Archives in Newman Library at Virginia Tech, and David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University Libraries.

Search through the primary source documents contained on the Histories along the Blue Ridge website here:

Shape-Note Traditions: Joseph Funk and Sons and Ruebush-Kieffer Companies

Shape-Note Traditions: Miscellaneous records