A Guide to the Lemuel Borden Collection, 2018-0004
Compiled by Zachary Hottel
Created July 17, 2018
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg Virginia, USA
Title: Lemuel Borden Collection
Date Range: 1891-1928
Collection Number: 2018-0004
Extent: 5 boxes, 4 linear feet
Language: English
Abstract: Publications from Lemuel Borden including the Tribune of the People produced by him in Calvary Virginia between 1891 and 1928.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. Researchers must register and agree to all copyright laws and archives policies before using the collection. Please contact the Shenandoah County Library before visiting to use this collection.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Lemuel Borden Collection, 1891-1928, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.
Acquisition Information: Found in Library Director’s Office, June 2018.
Processing Information: When found, this collection was stored in three stacks on a shelf in the Shenandoah County Library director’s office. It was separated by year and month and then placed in letter size archival boxes. Items are currently stored in three full size, letter archival boxes and two half size, letter archival boxes.
Biographical/ Historical Note
Lemuel Borden (1850-1936) was a resident of Calvary Virginia, a small community in Shenandoah County located just west of Woodstock Virginia along what is now Senedo Road (Route 42). Lemuel first worked as a teacher and then became a self-taught lawyer that specialized in legal claims. Locals deemed him an “eccentric” who walked everywhere, was always prepared to discuss political events, and who was married three times, twice utilizing the services of a matrimonial agency.
Lemuel Borden published and most likely write the “Tribune of the People” which was a quarterly periodical that provided commentary on a wide array of agricultural, political, and literary issues. He also published various essays and other item. Lemual Borden died in 1936.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of approximately 4 linear feet of materials.
It contains items produced or collected by Lemuel Borden between 1891 and 1928. The majority of the items are publications created by Borden including “The Tribune of the People,” an agricultural/political//literary periodical, and “The Essays of Lemuel Borden.” All were printed by Borden in Calvary Virginia.
Bibliography:
Mowery, R. (n.d.). A History of Calvary Virginia. 2008.
Arrangement
The Lemuel Borden Collection is arranged into the following two series:
Series I: Publications
Box 1: Stack 4, Shelf 6
Box 2: Stack 4, Shelf 6
Box 3: Stack 4, Shelf 6
Box 4: Stack 4, Shelf 6
Series II: Notes, Correspondence, Etc.
Box 5: Stack 4, Shelf 6
Items are organized chronologically within each series.
Inventory
Series I: Publications
Box 1 Stack 4, Shelf 6
Folder 1.1 Tribune of the People, 1891
Folder 1.2 The Tribune of the People, September 1897
Folder 1.3 The Tribune of the People, December 1897
Folder 1.4 The Tribune of the People, March 1898
Folder 1.5 The Tribune of the People, June 1898
Folder 1.6 Tribune of the People, March 1899
Folder 1.7 Tribune of the People, June 1899
Folder 1.8 Tribune of the People, December 1899
Folder 1.9 Tribune of the People, March 1900
Folder 1.10 Tribune of the People, June 1900
Folder 1.11 Tribune of the People, September 1900
Folder 1.12 Tribune of the People, December 1900
Folder 1.13 Eulogium and Poems, 1901
Folder 1.14 Tribune of the People, March 1901
Folder 1.15 Tribune of the People, September 1901
Folder 1.16 Tribune of the People, December 1901
Folder 1.17 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 1.18 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 1.19 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 1.20 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 1.21 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 1.22 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 1.23 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 1.24 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 1.25 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Box 2 38758101471554 Stack 4, Shelf 6
Folder 2.1 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Series, 1902
Folder 2.2 Essays, Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 2.3 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 2.4 Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1902
Folder 2.5 Tribune of the People, March 1902
Folder 2.6 Tribune of the People, March 1902
Folder 2.7 Tribune of the People, June 1902
Folder 2.8 The Tribune of the People, September 1902
Folder 2.9 The Tribune of the People, December 1902
Folder 2.10 The Tribune of the People, March 1903
Folder 2.11 Tribune of the People, June 1903
Folder 2.12 The Tribune of the People, June 1903
Folder 2.13 The Tribune of the People, September 1903
Folder 2.14 The Tribune of the People, September 1903
Folder 2.15 Tribune of the People, December 1903
Folder 2.16 The Tribune of the People, December 1903
Folder 2.17 Tribune of the People, March 1904
Folder 2.18 The Tribune of the People, March 1904
Folder 2.19 Tribune of the People, June 1904
Folder 2.20 The Tribune of the People, June 1904
Folder 2.21 The Tribune of the People, June 1904
Folder 2.22 The Tribune of the People, September 1904
Folder 2.23 The Tribune of the People, September 1904
Folder 2.24 The Tribune of the People, December 1904
Box 3 Stack 4, Shelf 6
Folder 3.1 The Tribune of the People, March 1905
Folder 3.2 The Tribune of the People, March 1905
Folder 3.3 Tribune of the People, June 1905
Folder 3.4 The Tribune of the People, June 1905
Folder 3.5 The Tribune of the People, September 1905
Folder 3.6 Tribune of the People, September 1905
Folder 3.7 Tribune of the People, March 1906
Folder 3.8 Tribune of the People, June 1906
Folder 3.9 Tribune of the People, September 1906
Folder 3.10 Tribune of the People, December 1906
Folder 3.11 The Tribune, Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1908
Folder 3.12 The Tribune, Essays by Lemuel Borden, 1908
Box 4 Stack 4, Shelf 6
Folder 4.1 Works of Lemuel Borden, Third Tribune Edition, 1909
Folder 4.2 Works of Lemuel Borden, Third Tribune Edition, 1909 1 of 4
Folder 4.3 Works of Lemuel Borden, Third Tribune Edition, 1909 2 of 4
Folder 4.4 Works of Lemuel Borden, Third Tribune Edition, 1909 3 of 4
Folder 4.5 Works of Lemuel Borden, Third Tribune Edition, 1909 4 of 4
Folder 4.6 Borden’s Works, 3rd Tribune Edition, 1909
Folder 4.7 Borden’s Works, 3rd Tribune Edition, 1909
Folder 4.8 Third Tribune Edition, Works of Lemuel Borden, 1910
Folder 4.9 Works of Lemuel Borden, Third Tribune Edition, 1912
Folder 4.10 Works of Lemuel Borden, Third Tribune Edition, 1912
Folder 4.11 “The Messenger,” Published by the Lutheran Orphan Home of the South, Salem, VA, March 1928
Series II: Notes, Correspondence, Etc.
Box 5 Stack 4, Shelf 6
Folder 5.1 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #31
Folder 5.2 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #69-#71
Folder 5.3 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #71-#73
Folder 5.4 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #73-#74
Folder 5.5 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #74-#75
Folder 5.6 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #75-#77
Folder 5.7 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #77-#78
Folder 5.8 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #79-#80
Folder 5.9 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #83-#84
Folder 5.10 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #85
Folder 5.11 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #86
Folder 5.12 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #87
Folder 5.13 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #88
Folder 5.14 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #90
Folder 5.15 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #96
Folder 5.16 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #99
Folder 5.17 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #101
Folder 5.18 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #108
Folder 5.19 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #120-#121
Folder 5.20 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #122
Folder 5.21 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #124
Folder 5.22 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #125
Folder 5.23 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #132
Folder 5.24 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #160-#161
Folder 5.25 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #172
Folder 5.26 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. #194
Folder 5.27 Notes, Correspondence, Etc. Unnumbered