Bishop, Rideoutt, and Payne Collection

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Bishop, Rideoutt, and Payne Collection

Entry/Object ID

ARC879

Scope and Content

Documents, correspondence, and published materials related to the Bishop, Rideoutt, and Payne families, African American families from Jefferson County. Ledgers and Books: ARC879-1: Ledger recording expenses and cash sales for an establishment, dates include 1920-1925 (Location: SR3/SU4/S3/B8) ARC879-2: Payne's Tap Room ledger recording stock and expenses, 1940 (Location: SR3/SU4/S3/B8) ARC879-3: Tap Room (Payne's Tap Room) ledger recording stock and cash sales, 1940-1941 (Location: SR3/SU4/S3/B8) ARC879-4: Pool Room (Payne's Tap Room) ledger recording stock, expenses, and wages, 1941-1942 (Location: SR3/SU4/S3/B8) ARC879-5: Memo book with names and numbers scribbled throughout the book. "Lemon's Pool Room" written on last page. (Location: SR3/SU4/S3/B8) Ribbons: ARC879-6: Third Prize, 13-Inch Qualifying Derby, Apple Valley Beagle Club, Winchester, Va., January 28,1956, Eastern Federation Qualifying Derby Sanctioned Field Trial ribbon (Location: SR2/FF1/D13) ARC879-7: Third Prize, 15 Inch All-Age Combined, Apple Valley Beagle Club, Winchester, Va., October 20,1957, Sanctioned Field Trial ribbon (Location: SR2/FF1/D13) ARC879-8: Reserve, 15 Inch All-Age Combined Winners Stake, Apple Valley Beagle Club, Winchester, Va., December 30,1956, Sanctioned Field Trial ribbon (Location: SR2/FF1/D13) ARC879-9: 7 large posters (14" x 23 1/2"): -Advertising performance by Myrtle Young and Her Rays, at Orchard Inn, Sun. June 28 (Location: SR2/FF2/D11/F5) Folder 1: Religious materials -Booklet: "The Upper Room: Daily Devotions for Family and Individual Use," Vol. XII, No. 2, editor Roy H. Short. Published by the General Board of Evangelism of The Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, July, August, September 1946. -Funeral book for Bessie Elizabeth Carr (1910-1952), Charles Town, W. Va. Funeral services held at Zion Baptist Church, Charles Town, W. Va., July 21, 1952. Includes signatures of friends and family who attended the services. -Leaflet: "God With Man: Christian Nurture Stories," Pupil's Leaflets Course Three, Morehouse Publishing Co.: New York & Milwaukee. On back page is "Zion Episcopal Church School, Charles Town, W. Va., Gerry Brown, Charles Town, W. Va." -Weekly Unity newsletter, Vol. XXXIII No. 43, February 14,1942 -Weekly Unity newsletter, Vol. XXXIV No. 6, May 30, 1942 Folder 2: Music materials -Record: Baltimore Serenade and Perciful by The Imperals, in brown cover sleeve (2 copies) -Record: Tears in my Eyes and Spanish Love Song by The Magic Tones, in brown cover sleeve -Address book filled with song titles -Handwritten and printed sheet music (some sheets contain a number written in pencil on top left or right hand corner of the paper). Includes annotations. Includes blank sheet music. -Envelope from Dunbar Hotel, Washington, D.C., addressed to Mabel Young, Jackson, Miss. Envelope is covered with pencil drawings of musical scales and music notes. -Sheet of paper with list of song titles -Booklet: Musical play, "Carib Song," by William Archibald, starring Katherine Dunham. Includes information about the actors. Folder 3: Correspondence -Includes letters, envelopes, postcards, and holiday cards. Several are related to Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop, Charles Town, W. Va, and Lavinia Payne, Charles Town, W. Va. Folder 4: Payne papers -Order receipt, for shorts, from Stern Brothers, New York, addressed to Mrs. W. M. Payne, dated October 20, 1944 -Account receipt from Baddorf's Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Works, for fire box and drain line, addressed to Mrs. Payne (Payne's Tap Room), dated June 1, 1943 -Notepad of ration deposit slips from the United States of America Office of Price Administration, for meats, fats, fish, and cheese credits, Peoples Bank of Charles Town, W. Va. Top slip is filled in with [ ]ynes Ro[ ] [possibly Payne's Tap Room], Sylvia [ ], dated September 1, 194[?] -Composition book recording drink and food expenses, name on front cover appears to be [ ] Payne, 122 [?] Street, [?]. Folder 5: Bishop papers and materials -John Bishop's B membership card, for Daniel J. Farrar, No. 458 I. B. P. O. E. of W., Winchester, Va. -Two (2) pieces of paper with numbers and money totals related to insurance companies and individuals. Individual names include: Vernard, Wadsworth, Norvell, Crocker, Bishop, and Morris. -Three (3) Bishop Attraction contracts (in envelope) for employing 6 musicians represented by John V. Bishop under the leadership of Stanley Jackson at Laurel Hall, Laurel, Md. Dated March 12, 1959. Envelope is addressed to John V. Bishop, Charles Town, West Va., from Joseph Myers, Washington, D.C. -Account receipt from Crocker Funeral Home, Inc., Suffolk, Va., addressed to John V. Bishop, Wadsworth Bishop, and Morris N. Bishop, for the funeral bill of John S. Bishop, dated May 22, 1961. -Statement to Social Security Administration regarding insurance from Peoples Life Insurance Co. signed over to Crocker Funeral Home, Inc. Includes names Wadsworth and Morris. -Twenty-two (22) Bishop Attraction contracts. Ten (10) completed contracts for employing musicians represented by John V. Bishop under the leadership of Stanley Jackson featuring Sammy Fitzhugh at various venues in January and February 1959. Twelve (12) blank contract sheets. -Large, brown envelope addressed to John Bishop, 122 South West Street, Charles Town, W. Va., from Universal Attractions, 565 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N.Y. Postage dated July 14, 1948. -ARC879-10: Resident State-Wide Hunting and Fishing License for the state of West Virginia, for John V. Bishop (Location: SR2/FF1/D11) Folder 6: American Legion, coal mining, and power plants -The American Legion Department of West Virginia 1947 Handbook, twentieth edition, Charleston, W. Va. -Monthly Report, Coal Mining Section, January 1937, State of West Virginia, Department of Mines, Charleston, W. Va., by N. P. Rhinehart, Chief, Department of Mines -Large, brown envelope addressed to Post Commander, American Legion, Green Copeland Post No. 63, Charles Town, W. Va., with steam and electric power plant papers inside -American Legion papers. Includes banquet invitation at Hotel Governor Cabell, Huntington, W. Va., on May 17; membership information; news; and costume drawings. Folder 7: Newspaper clippings from various newspapers including: The Evanston Weekly, Evanston, Illinois; The Chicago Defender, Chicago, Illinois; The Daily Times, Chicago, Illinois; and the Chicago Herald-American, Chicago, Illinois. Dates include 1926, 1940, 1941 and 1942. Folder 8: Miscellaneous Papers -Orchard Inn complimentary pass. Blank. -Admission ticket to banquet of Grand Lodge of West Virginia, Knights of Pythias, Charles Town, W. Va., August 4, 1925. By Blue Ridge Lodge, No. 115. -Ticket to Annual Dance at Mid Town Social Club, Park Palace Ballroom, 3-5 West 110th St., New York City, November 19, 1947. Featuring Nat Taylor Hiss Bass and Band. -Comic strips, "The Artist and His Model," "The Frenchman and the Lady," "French Loves" -Jet magazine booklet, February 7, 1963 -Jet magazine booklet, June 6, 1963 -Business advertisements (W. S. Howard Co. Inc., Martinsburg, W. Va.; Watkins Press, Winona, Minn.; J. C. Penney Co., Inc.) -Brochure for The Doubleday One Dollar Book Club -Drawing of Waterford Park race track in Chester, West Virginia -Photograph of unidentified individuals at a dinner table. Possibly Syliva Rideoutt Bishop on far right and her husband, John Bishop, second from right.

Acquisition

Accession

647

Source or Donor

Rutherford, George

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1920 - 1963

Archive Size/Extent

-4 ledgers -1 memo book -3 ribbons -7 large posters -various papers, leaflets, letters, newspapers, and more

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1920 - 1963