Good morning I am on the hunt for some papers in a private collection referenced in Ray Neff's *Valley of the Shadow*. He refers to them as the Caroline (Harper) Long Papers and says that they include oral histories from Brethren done in the 1880s. At the time of his writing, they belonged to a Mildred Bailey. Does anyone reading this have ANY idea where these might be? I wrote Mr Neff about them, but he was too ill to reply. He subsequently died, perhaps taking the secret of these papers to his grave. Also, Neff refers to an article on Kline published in the Baltimore Sun in 1922 by a Beth Rhoades, grand-daughter to Caroline Long. I have checked the index to the Sun and the Sunday Sun and have had no luck finding this. Does any have any insights that might be helpful for locating this, too. Any leads that anyone may have would be appreciated. © Christopher Christopher Eads 1140 Lincolnshire Dr Harrisonburg VA 22802

Thank you for trying to track these papers down. They sound as if they would be very meaningful. Beverly Railey Robinson Hazelton WV bez4@aol.com Sent from my iPad On Jan 21, 2014, at 8:22 AM, Christopher Eads <cseads@gmail.com> wrote: > Good morning > > I am on the hunt for some papers in a private collection referenced in Ray > Neff's *Valley of the Shadow*. He refers to them as the Caroline (Harper) > Long Papers and says that they include oral histories from Brethren done in > the 1880s. At the time of his writing, they belonged to a Mildred Bailey. > > Does anyone reading this have ANY idea where these might be? I wrote Mr > Neff about them, but he was too ill to reply. He subsequently died, > perhaps taking the secret of these papers to his grave. > > Also, Neff refers to an article on Kline published in the Baltimore Sun in > 1922 by a Beth Rhoades, grand-daughter to Caroline Long. I have checked > the index to the Sun and the Sunday Sun and have had no luck finding this. > Does any have any insights that might be helpful for locating this, too. > > Any leads that anyone may have would be appreciated. > > © Christopher > > Christopher Eads > 1140 Lincolnshire Dr > Harrisonburg VA 22802 > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message