Stewart Bell Jr. Archives Room
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041, fax (540) 722-4769
archives@handleyregional.org (e-mail)
www.handleyregional.org
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Lalley, Ann
Dudley Field Collection, 1543 # WFCHS
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection
contains a variety of Confederate currency for Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Georgia. Also included in the collection are Confederate notes.
These notes range in amounts from 5 cents to $100.
(1 box) Last updated 07/09.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Ann Dudley Field Lalley donated the currency to
the archives from her collection.
Land Records and Surveys,
1126 WFCHS
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
This collection contains deeds, surveys,
and abstracts of deeds for Winchester, Fredrick County, and surrounding areas
from 1765 -1926..
(1 box) Last updated 03/10.
HISTORICAL:
Frederick County was created by an act of the
Virginia House of Burgesses on November 11, 1738. The county was, however, was
not formally organized until five years later when the county court met for the
first time on November 11, 1743.. Winchester, founded by Colonel James Wood,
became the county seat in 1744. Since its founding, Frederick County has been
divided into 12 counties, including seven that are now part of West Virginia.
The Virginia counties include Warren, Page, Shenandoah, Frederick, and Clarke.
The West Virginia counties are Hardy, Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson, Mineral,
Hampshire, and Grant.
Larrick, Rollin
Family Collection, 1489 THL
Scope and Content:
This collection contains miscellaneous business receipts of Homer and Nelson
Dry Goods from 1840 to 1859, incomplete. Also included is genealogical material
pertaining to the Larrick, Sine, and Whiting-Carlyle-Burwell, Brill, and
Orndorff families. Rollin David Larrick compiled the genealogies.
(3 boxes) Last updated 12/11.
Biographical/Historical: Rollin Larrick donated this collection.
Layton Family Collection,
228 THL
Scope and Content:
The Layton Family Collection contains news
clippings, correspondence and writings by William W. Layton, Mary Layton, and
Benjamin Layton, regarding African-American history and the Civil Rights
Movement.
(1 box) Last updated 12/07.
Biographical/Historical: William Wendell Layton was born in 1915. He graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1937, received his master’s degree from Fisk University in Nashville, TN, worked for the Urban League for 16 years, and served with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and later with the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. He resided in Washington, DC, and Millwood, Clarke County, VA. William W. Layton died on Sept. 12, 2007, at age 92.
Leatherman, John
Collection, 688 THL
Scope and Content: The John Leatherman Collection contains five old books,
three of which are written in German and two are bibles. A copy of The Olive
Branch, a book of the early 1800s, was written to alarm the reader to
unethical methods practiced by the U.S. government. (2 boxes) Last updated
06/03.
Biographical/Historical: John Leatherman was a resident of Winchester,
VA.
Lee, Mrs. Hugh Collection,
1182 WFCHS (Mary Greenhow Lee)
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains a typescript of a diary from the
Civil War, 1861-1865. The diary covers the period from March 11, 1862 to
November 17, 1865 in daily entries. There are no entries for September 1-2, 1862
and November 9-16, 1865. The diary contains a detailed account of Winchester
(VA) during the Civil War, 1861-1865, including major battles and Union
occupation of the town. The diary notes Mrs. Lee’s dedication to the Confederate
cause, along with frank estimates of Confederate leaders.
(2 boxes) Last updated 02/12.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Mary Charlton Greenhow Lee (1819-1907), daughter of
Robert Greenhow (1800-1854) and Mary Jane Charlton Greenhow, was born in
Richmond, VA and in 1843 married Hugh Holmes Lee (d. 1856), a Winchester, VA
lawyer. She had no children. Studiously disobeying every edict of the Union
generals in charge of the forces occupying Winchester, she was finally exiled by
Philip Sheridan (1831-1888), in February, 1865. She never returned to
Winchester. Finally settling in Baltimore, MD, she became active in community
and church work.
Lee, Robert E. Collection, 1055
THL/WFCHS
Scope and Content: This small collection contains ephemera about General
Lee. Focus is on his service in the Confederate Army.
(1 box) Last updated 12/06.
Biographical/Historical: Robert Edward lee was born at Stratford" in Westmoreland Co., VA on January 19, 1807. He was the son of Henry "Light Horse Harry" and Ann Hill Carter, In 1825, Lee gained an appointment to West Point and graduated in 1829. On June 30, 1830, he married Mary Ann Randolph Custis. Lee fought with decoration in the Mexican War as a captain of engineers. In 1852 as a Colonel, Lee was appointed superintendent of West Point’s Military Academy, serving in that capacity from 1857 to 1861. Lee was a commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 2nd cavalry. At the beginning of the Civil War in April of 1861, Lee resigned his commission with the U.S. Army to fight for the Confederate States Army. He was accepted into the Regular CSA on May 14 1861 as a brigadier general. General Lee became commander of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1962.
LEMLEY, E. M. RECORDS,
1637 THL
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection is comprised of two account books showing
business transactions from 1902 to 1931. The entries for the first book are
believed to be for Fancy Groceries Confectionary in Stephens City, VA with E.L.
Lemley being the proprietor. Edgar Lemley is the contact person listed on the
store receipts attached inside the back cover of the book. The second book is a
ledger book of unknown origin, though it may have some association with the
business of the proprietor of the first account book in this collection. The
transactions in the second book are primarily the purchases of clothing and
fabric, although some food items were also sold. The transactions span a wider
range of time (1902-1931) than the first book. Most of the customers were from
the Opequon District – Stephens City area as was discovered via the census data.
The patrons are primarily women. It is also noted in the ledger book two that
some patrons were allowed to work for the business to repay debts (see Miss
Gertrude Jenkins on pg. 594, and Mr. Palmer on pg. 386 – "paid for work"). Last
updated: 03/18
BIOGRPAHICAL/HISTORICAL:
E. L. Lemley was the storekeeper and employer of
Fancy Grocery Confectionary in Stephens City, VA. The wife of Edgar Lemley was
named Annie, and they had one son listed in the 1920 census. Edgar Lemley was
born in 1866 and died in 1942 Lemley’s name was spelled "Lemely" by the census
taker.
Lewis, Colonel W. D.
Papers, 573 WFCHS
Scope and Content:
The Colonel W.D. Lewis Papers are an assortment of military reports and
correspondences from 1862. Col. Lewis, who was a member of the Federal Army, 110th
Penn., received these letters and reports while he was serving as post commander
of Winchester, VA, during the federal occupation between March and May 1862.
This collection contains material on local Civil War history, such as Col.
Lewis’s report on a skirmish near Winchester, VA. Lewis was relieved of his
command on April 18, 1862. (1 box) Last updated 02/2011.
Biographical/Historical: Col. William D. Lewis of the 110th
Pennsylvania was the post commander of Winchester, VA during the federal
occupation between March and May of 1862. Lewis was relieved of his command on
April 18, 1862
Lewis, John G. Collection, 142
WFCHS]
Scope and Content:
This collection contains notes, news
clippings, and correspondence pertaining to various historic properties in
Winchester and a few in Frederick County, VA.
(3 boxes) Last updated 4/2008.
Biographical/Historical:
John G. Lewis has been active in the field of
architectural history since the Korean War. He has gathered information in
Frederick, Clarke, and Loudoun counties and the city of Winchester. Lewis was
born in Richmond, VA, and attended high school in Leesburg, VA. He moved to
Winchester in 1980.
Light, Mary Jane
Collection, 236 WFCHS
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains several private publications of
a literary society that existed in Frederick County, VA during the last years of
the 19th Century and early 20th Century. The three
publications are in manuscript form and are entitled The Crescent, The Social
Evening, and The White Star. Also in the collection are four account books,
a sales ledger, an IOU and receipt, correspondence, an essay, three diaries, and
an autograph book, all from the same time period as the literary society
publications. There are also several minute records and brochures concerning the
Society of Friends in both Hopewell, VA and Baltimore, MD, including minute
entries and a memorandum concerning the rebuilding of the Hopewell Meeting House
in 1910.
(3 boxes) Last updated 05/12.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Mary Jane Light was a
long-time member of the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, and was
the society’s Vice-President for many years. A former history teacher, Light
self-published the book, Vista of the Valley, as a teaching tool for
young people studying the history of the Shenandoah Valley. Light received
several awards from various organizations for her service to Winchester and
Frederick County history, and the 2003 Winchester-Frederick County Historical
Society Journal was dedicated to her for her many years of service to the
community and the historical society. Light passed away on January 12, 2012 at
the age of 92.
Lord Fairfax Area Food Bank Collection,
1495 THL
Scope and Content: This collection consists of newspaper articles related to
the Lord Fairfax Area Food Bank in Winchester, VA, from 1988 to the present.
(1 box) Last updated 11/06.
Biographical/Historical: Lord Fairfax Area Food Bank, which began in
1988, is the Winchester, VA branch of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, Inc.
network, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Lord Fairfax Area Branch is
located at 1802 Robert Street, Winchester, VA. Blue Ridge started on
November 23, 1981, with 35 member agencies. Since then, they have distributed
over 25,000,000 pounds of food locally to member agencies for free distribution
to those in need. Winchester, VA. Branches are located in Verona, Winchester,
Charlottesville, and Lynchburg. The Bank’s service area includes 25 counties and
9 major cities in Northwestern Virginia.
Lord Fairfax Garden Club Records, 1466 THL
Scope and Content: This collection contains history, constitution, bylaws,
and scrapbooks of the Lord Fairfax Garden Club.
(1 box) Last updated 07/04.
Biographical/Historical: The Lord Fairfax Garden Club was chartered in
November 1947 with 18 members. The club has been active since that time and
benefited the community with a beautification project and anti-litter campaigns.
Lord Fairfax Interchurch Council Records,
176 THL
Scope and Content:
This collection contains papers, reports,
planning documents, and financial reports for the Lord Fairfax Interchurch
Council, covering 1972 to 1981.
Biographical/Historical:
The Lord Fairfax Interchurch Council is an
ecumenical association of Christian churches located in the northern district of
Virginia. It was established in 1974 for the purpose of bringing the efforts of
local churches to bear the problems of the humanity of the area. (1 box) Last
updated 03/2011.
Lovett, Harry and Lee Papers,
1671 WFCHS
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection contains the personal and professional
papers of Harry and Lee Lovett, including records from the Lovett Brothers Shoe
Store, Attorney Lee Lovett, the Lovett Building, as well as papers on their
civic and family life.
(1 box) Last updated 04/09.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Harry Lovett founded and operated the Lovett
Brothers Shoe Store at 165 N. Loudoun Street for 60 years. His wife, Lee Lovett,
was the first female attorney in Winchester, and had her office in the building
adjacent to the Lovett Brothers Shoe Store. The Lovetts were heavily involved in
local civic activities, including the March of Dime, American Cancer Society,
Rotary Club, Salvation Army, and the Northern Virginia Mental Health
Association. Harry Lovett was also a 32nd degree Mason and a member
of the Scottish Rite and the Shrine Acca Temple. Both passed away in 1987 and
are buried in Baltimore.
Loving, Monty Collection, 1621 THL
Scope and Content: This collection contains genealogical material pertaining
to the Loving, Pangle, Stover, and Stickley families. In addition, there is a
typescript title "Winchester Isaac Walton Club, Inc.—The First 25 Years" and
copy of U.S.A. Hospital Department Register for Strasburg General Hospital and
York Hospital during the Civil War, 1862.
(1 box) Last updated 03/07.
Lupton, David W. Collection,
56 THL
David W. Lupton was the editor of the Luptonian, a genealogy magazine on the
Lupton family. (1 box) Last updated 08/02.
Lupton, Helena Knight Family Collection,
1077 WFCHS
Scope and Content:
This collection contains family Bible
records for Hollingsworth, Janney, and Knight families, as well as general
records concerning the Lupton family and their activities and home "Shadyside,"
1849-1944, in Martinsburg, WV.
(4 boxes) Last updated 09/07.
Biographical/Historical: Helena Knight Lupton was born in Virginia on August 8, 1896, to Bassam M. and Charlotte Knight. The 1900 U.S. census lists her living with her family at 212 W. Water Street, Winchester, VA. She married James McSherry Lupton on December 27, 1923. She died on December 1, 1992, and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
Luttrell, Scott
Collection, 603 THL/WFCHS
Scope and Content:
This collection is made up of account and
record books for the Kronk and Shaver families, the German Baptist Brethren
Church, and Shockeysville United Methodist Church, all located in Shenandoah and
Frederick counties of VA. The time period of the account books is from 1787 to
1966. An estate inventory and Shaver family correspondence are also included.
(1 box) Last updated 12/09. DIGITIZED 02/07.
Biographical/Historical:
Scott Luttrell is the donor of this collection and
a Stephenson, VA resident.
MacCallum, Ian Crawford and Lucille Papers, 1431 WFCHS
Scope and Content:
This collection is comprised of notes, sketches, architectural renderings, and
miscellaneous papers of Ian Crawford MacCallum. These materials pertain to
structure in Winchester and Frederick County, VA; West Virginia; Maryland;
Washington, D.C.; and other Shenandoah Valley counties
(3 boxes) Last updated 07/04.
Biographical/Historical: Jan Crawford MacCallum was an architect and
artist who worked in the Winchester, VA area in the 1930s and 1940s.
Macedonia Baptist Church Records,
548 THL
Scope and Content:
This collection is comprised of two large land deeds belonging to the
Macedonia Baptist church, an Afro-American church. One deed is for the church
lot and the other is the deed of sale. Both are dated June 17, 1909. Property
was purchased but there are no records regarding the operation of the church.
Last updated 01/19/2011.
Biographical/Historical: Trustees for the Macedonia Baptist Church were Alex
Robinson, C. H. Johnson and Harry Willis. Property was purchased but there are
no records regarding the operation of the church.
MacKay-Smith,
Alexander Collection,
562 THL
The Alexander MacKay-Smith Collection lists names, pedigrees, and owners of
horses in northern Virginia. The subject of most of the data is the availability
of the horse for stud service. Some information concerns mares and their
pedigrees. A court suit, Taylor vs. Parker, detailing the management of a
racehorse, is included.
Biographical/Historical:Alexander MacKay-Smith, born in 1904 and died in 1998, was an avid horseman,
serving as Master of Foxhounds for the Blue Ridge Hunt for two decades. He wrote
several books on this subject. He was active in showing horses, steeplechase
racing and participating in field hunt competitions. He founded the National
Sporting Library in Middleburg in 1974. (2 boxes) Last updated 04/03.
Maddox, Libby Bywaters Collection,
1595 THL
Scope and Content: This collection contains Glaize family correspondence of
Frederick County, Virginia, for the years 1854 to 1859, 1860, 1867 to 1877, and
1888 to 1908.
(1 box) Last updated 08/05.
Biographical/Historical: Several of the letters are addressed to Miss
Harriet Glaize, Gainesboro, Frederick County, VA.
Mann, John United Methodist Church Records. See John Mann United Methodist Church Records
Marbert, Lois Collection, 990 WFCHS
Scope and Content: This collection contains genealogical information on the
Scrivener, Elliott, and Pope families of Frederick County, Virginia. A notebook
of alphabetized obituaries and funeral cards for the years 1876 through 1953 is
included. The obituaries were compiled by Edgar W. Carper.
(1 box) Last updated 08/05.
Biographical/Historical: Edgar W. Carper (1865-1954) lived in Frederick
County and Winchester, Virginia, during his entire life. He collected the
information in the notebook. Lois Carper Marbert, granddaughter of Edgar W.
Carper, compiled the obituary information in the notebook.
Market Street United Methodist Church Records,
238 THL/WFCHS
Scope and Content:
The Market Street United Methodist Church
Records contain books kept by the church on marriages, baptisms, probationers,
members, and pastors. It also contains minutes to the Ladies’ Aid Society
meetings and several other miscellaneous items.
(3 Boxes) Last updated10/121. DIGITIZED 06/07.
Biographical/Historical:
Methodism was established in 1772 in Winchester,
VA. Market St. United Methodist Church dates its beginnings to 1789. From 1792
to the present, there have been three church buildings of the Market Street
Methodist Church in Winchester, VA. As a result of increasing membership in the
church, the second church was built in 1818. The third and present church was
started on Sept. 21, 1853, and completed and dedicated on May 20, 1855. Shortly
after its completion, a schism in the membership erupted over the seating of
girls who were students at the Valley Female Institute. As a result some thirty
members of the church withdrew and established another Methodist church known as
the Braddock Street Methodist Church. These records contain information about
members from both the black and white communities. The Civil War erupted in 1861
and the church building suffered at the hands of the occupying Union troops
through being used as a military hospital. It experienced financial problems
during the post-Civil War period. However, since the hard days of the
Reconstruction period, Market St. United Methodist Church has continued to
prosper.
Martin, Donald J. Collection,
,
453 THL
The Donald J. Martin Collection contains county records including wills,
deeds, and land records for Culpeper, Essex, King, and Queen Counties. Also
included with this collection are genealogy records for the Dulaney-Furlong,
Menefee-James, Roberts, Russell, Sims-Butler, and Tucker-Scott families of
Virginia. This information was compiled by Donald J. Martin. (1 box) Last
updated 02/03.
Martinsburg & Winchester Turnpike Company Records,
407 WFCHS
This collection contains account books, treasurer’s records, stock
certificates, and other miscellaneous papers concerning the construction of the
Martinsburg and Winchester Turnpike. The Turnpike, a macadamized road from
Martinsburg, WV to Winchester, VA was conceived in 1834, built in 1849, and in
business as late as 1879. Now part of Route 11, it is called the Martinsburg
Pike. (1 box) Last updated 02/03.
Maslaney, Nicholas Collection, 1496 THL
Scope and Content: This collection contains slides and photographs taken at
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival for the years 1971, 1976-1979, 1981-1987,
1991-2002.
(1 box) Last updated 03/06.
Biographical/Historical: The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is held in
Winchester, Virginia. It began as a 1-day festival in 1924 and has been held
annually since, except between 1942 and 1945 during World War II.
Massey, Farley Collection, 1464 THL/WFCHS,
Scope and Content:
This collection contains a miscellany of
Winchester, VA subjects, such as Apple Blossom Festival catalogs, programs from
local plays, a copy of a presentation to the Century Club (1980) by Ruth Farley
Massey, various school papers, an autobiography of William P. Massey, etc. Also
included in the collection are the records Of Camp Rim Rock from 1949-1966, and
genealogical information of Ruth Farley Massey’s descendants. These papers are
from the early to mid-1900s.
The collection also contains items concerning Ridgewood Orchards and the
Shenandoah Candy Company. (6 boxes) Last updated (12/11).
Biographical/Historical: Ruth Farley Massey was born and raised in Winchester,
VA. She graduated from Sargent College of Boston University in physical therapy
and practiced in hospitals in Detroit and Cleveland. She joined the Girl Scouts
of America, and owned and ran Camp Rim Rock at Yellow Spring, WV. She earned a
master’s degree from James Madison University in South Pacific anthropology and
advanced archaeological method. She then became director of residents of St.
Catherine’s School in Richmond, VA. After she retired to Winchester, VA, she
became active in the community as a board member of the local chapter of the
American Red Cross and was a founding board member of the Blue Ridge Hospice.
Shenandoah Candy Company, which was owned by the Massey Family, operated from
1948-1994, and was located on West Amherst Street, Winchester, VA.
McGuire, Hunter Holmes Collection, 956
WFCHS/THL
Scope and Content:
The collection contains addresses and
articles that were made by or about Hunter H. McGuire of Winchester and
Richmond, VA, USA.
(1 box) Last updated 03/10.
Biographical/Historical: Hunter
Holmes McGuire was born Oct. 11, 1835, in Winchester, VA, the son of Dr. Hugh H.
McGuire and Ann Eliza Moss McGuire. He was the oldest of eight children. McGuire
attended Winchester Academy, Winchester Medical College, and Jefferson Medical
College, completing his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia. He
taught at Winchester Medical Academy, the University of Pennsylvania, and Tulane
University. He returned home to fight with the Second Virginia Regiment at the
outbreak of the Civil War. In May 1861, McGuire was detached to Stonewall
Jackson as Medical Director of the Army of the Shenandoah where he became
Jackson’s constant companion. McGuire introduced many reforms in economy and
humanity to the medical service of the Confederate Army. During the Civil War,
McGuire convinced Jackson to allow Union doctors who were prisoners to be
paroled to attend casualties. This idea was later practiced by both North and
South and was later adopted by the American Red Cross in 1864. After the war,
McGuire moved to Richmond where he became chair of surgery at the Medical
College of Virginia. Garland R. Quarles stated "from that time until his death,
McGuire was the foremost leader of medical progress in Virginia and in the
nation. On Dec. 19, 1866, Dr. McGuire married Mary Stuart and had nine children.
Hunter Holmes McGuire founded St. Luke’s Hospital and Training School for
Nurses, helped found the Medical Society of Virginia, and in 1896 served as
president of the American Medical Association. McGuire died on Sept. 19, 1900.
McVicar, Charles William Papers,
1514 WFCHS
Scope and Content: This collection contains correspondence, diaries,
account books, and various records of Charles William McVicar and his family.
The diaries and correspondence are from the time of the Civil War.
(1 box) Last updated 09/04.
Biographical/Historical: Charles William McVicar was born on May 2, 1841,
in Winchester, VA His parents were John McVicar and Catherine Thatcher McVicar.
Charles married Amanda Melissa Lewis in 1869. They had six children. Charles W.
McVicar served in Chew’s Battery, Stewart’s Horse Artillery of the Confederate
Army of Northern Virginia. After the Civil War, the McVicars established a
carriage-making shop across the street from their home at the north end of
Winchester near the intersection of Cameron and Loudoun Sts. About 1904, a fire
destroyed the carriage shop, and Charles moved to Newport News, VA, to work for
the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. He died in 1906 and is buried
at Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA.
McVicar, Kate Collection, 1018
THL
Scope and Content:
This collection was kept by Kate McVicar of
Winchester, VA, and contains five large scrapbooks filled with newspaper
articles and pictures, along with other short, published articles from a variety
of sources. The subjects covered are heavily in the liberal arts fields, and the
articles she wrote often include the history and her opinions of local
historical events.
(4 boxes) Last updated 02/10.
Biographical/Historical:
Mary Katherine McVicar (Kate) was born in
Winchester, VA, in 1843 to John McVicar and Catherine Thatcher. Kate McVicar
spent her life writing for The Winchester Journal and then for
The Winchester Times, both newspapers of Winchester, VA, under the
name "Nemo." She was widely read as her articles pertained to historical
accounts and general criticism. With the establishment of The
Winchester Evening Star, she had a weekly column and continued to write for
them for 24 years. Kate McVicar never married. She died on February 12, 1920,
and was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA.
Meaney, Peter Collection, 666 THL
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
The collection contains the research notes of Father Peter Joseph
Meaney for his book Civil War Engagement at Cool Springs, July 18, 1864.
The material includes copies of original documents, notes on Father Meaney
research on the battle, maps that were for research and some originals that
appear in the book, articles on the battle written by Brother James Sommers, and
photographs of the battlefield taken by Father Meaney. (2 box) Last updated
11/10.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Father George Meaney took his vows in 1949, and
was ordained to the priesthood in 1951 at St. Mary’s Abbey. After his ordination
he earned an M.A. in theology from Catholic University. Father Meaney’s primary
interests were teaching and coaching track, and he spent almost his entire
careering doing both at Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ. He was also deeply
interested in the Civil War, and wrote the only definitive history of the Battle
of Cool Springs. Father Meaney died in 2006.
Media Collection, 1306 THL
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains DVDs of community events and
local cable programs in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, USA. Earlier
videotapes have been converted into DVDs.
(1 box) Last updated 06/12.
Melvin, Albert E. Collection,
680 THL
Scope and Content: The Albert E. Melvin Collection contains membership and
account information about the Fairfax Club of Winchester, Virginia, for 1905
through 1917. (1 box) Last updated 06/03.
Biographical/Historical: The Fairfax Club was a social club in
Winchester, Virginia, between 1905 and the 1930s. Its first president was T.B.
Patton. It was located for a while over the post office, then on West Water
Street near the corner of Braddock, then at 135 N. Braddock.
Dr. Walter D. Myers was a dentist in Winchester, Virginia, between 1906 and
1966. He was secretary/treasurer of the Fairfax Club during its later years.
Merchandise Account Book,
1641 THL
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This
collection contains an account book for a store that sold a variety of items
from coffee to grain between 1838 and1839. The name of the store and the
proprietor are unknown but most of the customers listed were either from
Frederick County, VA or the surrounding area.
(1 box) Last updated 11/10.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL:
The account book was for a store, probably in
Frederick County, VA that sold products to customers in or near Frederick
County, VA between 1838 and 1839.
Middle East Wars Collection,
1660 THL
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection contains the photographs, oral histories,
news articles, and other information about the service of Winchester-Frederick
County, Virginia service men and women in Middle Eastern military operations
from the 1970s to present. (1 box) Last updated 10/08.
Middletown Heritage
Society Collection, 1622 THL
Scope and Content:
This collection contains material relating to Middletown, VA, including
1938, 1941, and 1948 yearbooks for Middletown High School and a news article
about World War II Middletown Aircraft and Warning Station. Minutes and ephemera
for the Middletown Homemakers Club, also known as Middletown Extension
Homemakers Club, also known as Middletown Home Demonstration Club, are included.
The collection also contains twentieth century records from the Grace Methodist
Church and genealogical material relating to the Robert Rogers Brown family.
These materials are on long-term loan from the Middletown Heritage Society.
(6 boxes) Last updated 12/09.
Biographical/Historical: The Middletown Heritage Society formed in
February 1999 after four of its members attended a public hearing for a grant
request by the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation and Belle Grove Plantation to
build trails connecting the battlefield and plantation on U.S. 11, south of
Middletown. The heritage society’s mission is "to gather and communicate
historical information about Middletown and its surrounding areas to promote the
preservation of and education on Middletown’s heritage." Among the society’s
short-term goals is to record oral histories of Middletown’s senior citizens and
to place stationary town guides throughout Middletown to help visitors locate
historical sites. Long-term goals include securing and storing documents and
memorabilia, assisting in preserving town records on microfilm, and identifying
historical houses by number or with a plaque.
The Middletown Heritage Society’s first project
was to update the town’s self-guided walking tour brochure. Frederick County’s
third oldest town, Middletown was established by an act of the Virginia General
Assembly in 1794. In July of 2003, due to the efforts of the Middletown Heritage
Society, the National Register of Historic Places recognized the community’s
newly opened Middletown Historic District. The historic district includes
building architecture that represents all periods of the town’s development. All
of these properties are listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register, an honorary
listing of significant architectural and archaeological sites administered by
the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. The Middletown Heritage Society
continues to thrive and raise funds to research and communicate the history of
Middletown, VA.
Middletown Scrapbook Collection, 1673 WFCHS
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This
collection contains a scrapbook of photographs of unidentified people and scenes
from in or near Middletown, VA. The photographs were probably taken during the
late 19th to the middle of the 20th Century.
(1 box) Last updated 11/10
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL:
Middletown, VA founded around 1796 by Dr. Peter
Senseny, and was known for many years as Senseny Town. The small community is
located about 15 miles south of Winchester, VA and was famous for its
manufacture of clocks and watchers for many years. Today the town of about 1,600
residents is the home of several historic sites, including Belle Grove
Plantation, and Cedar Creek battlefield.
Middletown, VA Collection, 1499
THL
Scope and Content: This collection contains materials concerning Middletown,
VA. Some notable items in the collection are an account book dated from
January 2, 1806 to June 29, 1806 with an index and a list of lots assigned
stockholders by the Middletown Land and Improvement Co. and drawing of lots,
July 2 and 3, 1890, Middletown, VA. Also included are the forms prepared by the
Middletown Heritage Society in 2003 to register Middletown Historic District
with the National Register of Historic Places.
(1 box) Last updated 08/04.
Biographical/Historical: Middletown, originally known as Senseny Town,
was chartered on May 4, 1796, by Dr. Peter Senseny. The name was changed to
Middletown because it was located mid-way between Stephens City and Strasburg.
It is located south of Winchester, VA on US Route 11, also known as the Great
Wagon Road.
Milburn, Jacqueline Collection, 1606 THL
Scope and Content: This collection contains transcribed Chancery Court cases
(1849-1859) for Isaac vs. Peter Dick, Dick Heirs vs. Dick Heirs, and Evan Berry,
etc. vs. Joseph Berry Dec’d. from Frederick County, Virginia. Chancery Court
Records, 1824.
(1 box) Last updated 05/06.
Biographical/Historical: These Chancery Court records were transcribed by
Jacqueline Milburn, a resident of Clarke County, VA.
Miller and Anderson Collection,
1618 THL
Scope and Content:
This collection contains correspondence, account books, and catalogs for
Miller and Anderson Plumbing and Heating, a business in Winchester, VA.
(1 box) Last updated 07/06.
Biographical/Historical: Miller and Anderson Plumbing and Heating started
business in 1911. Their office was at 19 E. Boscawen Street, Winchester, VA.
They moved to 22 S. Loudoun Street in 1991. In addition to heating and plumbing
fixtures, they sold appliances. Miller and Anderson sold the first television in
Winchester in 1946. The appliance division was sold to Spicher’s Appliances in
1991.
Miller, Bettie Collection, 1295
WFCHS]
Scope and Content: This collection contains an album with photographs,
clippings of poems from newspapers, a lock of hair, sprig of flowers and
handwritten poems. There is also a newspaper clipping of a photograph of Mrs.
Burr Harrison.
(1 box) Last updated 3/04.
Biographical/Historical: Bettie Miller was born Catherine Elizabeth
Miller on May 20, 1837. She was the daughter of Abraham Miller and Rebecca
Schultz. She married William S. Miller, December 1855. She died September 8,
1895.
Miller, Godfrey Family Collection,
301 WFCHS
Scope and Content:
The Godfrey Miller Family Collection includes scrapbooks,
correspondence, account and business papers, school books, receipts, and other
memorabilia concerning the Godfrey Miller family from 1786 to 1938. The diary of
Margaretta Miller, daughter of Godfrey S. Miller and Marianna Sperry Miller,
contains information on the effects of the Civil War on the civilian population.
(18 boxes) Last updated 04/10.
Biographical/Historical: Godfrey Miller was born at Gruena, Germany on May 6, 1730, son of John Miller and Dorothea Hoehl. Little is known of his childhood, but by age 19 he was a member of the stocking weavers guild. After spending about six years in Berne, Switzerland, and Lyons, France, he joined his brothers Samuel and Gottlieb in London. Joining a company of framework knitters with his brothers, Godfrey arrived in Philadelphia on November 1, 1763, bringing two stocking looms with him. He settled in Winchester and married Anna Maria Kurtz on August 8, 1766, and they had nine children between 1771 and 1793. He continued in the weaving business, and by 1788 was also listed as an apothecary. Godfrey Miller died on December 12, 1803, and was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, part of Mt. Hebron Cemetery, in Winchester.
Miller, James A. Collection, 1421 WFCHS
Scope and Content: The James A. Miller Collection contains material from
both the Miller and the Henkel families. The first part of the collection
contains letters from Abram Shultz Miller to Julia Virginia Miller from 1861 to
1864 describing events, battles, and troop movement during the Civil War. There
are also other miscellaneous papers concerning Abram S. Miller, including his
marriage license to Virginia Henkel and post war correspondences. This extensive
collection contains many writings of Dr. James Miller touching on Valley history
and medicine in Winchester, VA. The second part of the collection is concerned
with the Henkel family including correspondences of Solomon Henkel, Samuel
Henkel, Paul Henkel, Casper Henkel, and Henkel family records. A highlight of
this part of the collection is the group of biographical sketches of Paul
Henkel. The collection is concerned with miscellaneous papers and writings of
Dr. Miller, Miller family Bibles, and publishings from Solomon Henkel Press of
New Market, VA. Also, items associated with this collection are in the map cases
and photo collection associated.
(13 boxes) Last updated 07/04.
Miller, Marianna Collection, 1271
THL
Scope and Content: The collection contains an album of photographs in a
leather binder. The photographs are of people and buildings in Winchester, VA.
The photographs were produced using the cyanotype process.
(1 box) Last updated 07/05.
Biographical/Historical: Marianna Miller, the photographer, lived from
1861 to 1933. She was a lifelong resident of Winchester, VA.
Miller, Vicki Marks Collection,
1515 THL
Scope and Content: This collection contains the genealogy records and
correspondence of Alexander Marks by Alexander Marks, Penelope Ann (Lowman) and
Vicki Lynn (Marks) Miller. It includes biographical sketches, estate settlement
records, photographs, military records, and marriage, death, and census records.
(1 box) Last updated 09/04.
Biographical/Historical: The patriarch of this collection, Alexander
Marks, came to Newtown (now known as Stephen’s City), VA from Powell Valley,
Kentucky. He was a blacksmith in the community. Alexander married Sarah Mytinger
in Frederick County, VA on April 17, 1819.
Miller, William and Virginia Collection,
133 WFCHS
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This
collection a variety of items on local history, with an emphasis on local
businesses. (1 box) Last updated 10/10.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: William Miller (1927-2009)was born in Ohio, and
later moved to Winchester, VA He married Virginia Miller in 1968. He worked as
an accountant and as an auditor with the Virginia Department of Taxation.
Although born in Oklahoma, Virginia Miller (1924-2004) was a life long resident
of Winchester, Virginia and had an avid interest in local history. A member of
the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, she was the author of
several books on local history.
Milton, John S. Collection, 1467 THL
Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of an account book kept by
John S. Milton from October 1842 to January 1849 documenting business
transactions with people in Winchester and Strasburg, VA.
(1 box) Last updated 07/04.
Biographical/Historical: John S. Milton was the recorder of this account
book, which pertains to his general merchandise business in Winchester and
Strasburg, VA.
Mitchell, Ann Marthena
Clevenger Collection, 1677 THL
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains
genealogical information on the Shyrock, Hieskell, Samsel, Lemley, Trussell, and
Guard families, including Daughters of the American Revolution applications,
family charts, deeds, correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials.
(1 box) Last updated 09/09.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Ann Marthena Clevenger Mitchell, a resident of
Strasburg, Virginia, compiled the information contained in this collection.
Mitchell, Connie Jean Casilear Collection,
1630 WFCHS
Scope and Content:
This collection contains the notes of
Connie Jean Casilear Mitchell, concerning her research about people and places
in the area. Information on the people, places, and historic events include
Frederick County, Warren County, Clarke County, and Loudoun County, VA as well
as parts of the West Virginia Panhandle. The collection includes new clipping,
articles, diaries, and book excerpts in addition to notes on over 200 area
families. (11 boxes) Digitized 3/6/07 Last updated 12/08.
Biographical/Historical: Connie Jean Casilear Mitchell is a professional
genealogist and a resident of Frederick County, VA.
Morgan, Daniel Collection,
170 WFCHS
Scope and Content:
This collection contains biographical
articles, copies of legal documents, articles and correspondence about the
controversy caused by the city of Cowpens, SC, USA, when an attempt was made to
move Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan’s remains from Mt. Hebron Cemetery,
Winchester, VA to Cowpens. Items regarding the cemetery monument are also
included.
(3 boxes) Last updated 5/2012.
Biographical/Historical:
It appears that General Daniel
Morgan was born in 1736 in Junction, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, of Welsh
ancestry. He moved to Virginia ca. 1754 and worked for Robert Burwell as a
teamster and as foreman at a sawmill. He joined Braddock’s Army on the march to
Ft. Duquesne, and following the defeat, he served in Captain Ashby’s company to
protect the Virginia frontier against French and Indian raids. In 1775, he led a
company of Winchester riflemen to join forces with General George Washington.
Morgan was distinguished for bravery at Quebec, Saratoga, and Cowpens
Revolutionary War Battles. He also participated in the Whiskey Insurrection in
1794. In 1797, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1797
to 1799. Daniel Morgan died in Winchester on July 6, 1802.
Morris, Mary Thomason Collection,
434 THL
Scope and Content: This collection includes genealogical material of the
Thomas Barrow line of the Barrow family, the Morris and Thomason families
including Thomasson notebooks, "Some Virginia Marriage Records" from 1700-1850,
and some Kentucky Marriage Records 1792-1819. Much of the material is indexed.
(1 box) Last updated 08/06.
Morton, Oren Frederick
Papers, 572 WFCHS
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains handwritten research notes of
Oren Frederic Morton, the author of numerous county histories of the Shenandoah
Valley and West Virginia.
(1 box) Last updated 04/10.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Oren Frederic Morton (1857-1926) wrote county
histories of Bath, Allegheny, Rockbridge, and Highland County, VA, He also wrote
a history of Pendleton County, WV. During the early 1920s the Kiwanis Club of
Winchester, VA commissioned Morton to write a book on Winchester. This book, his
last, was published in 1925. He is buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery in
Winchester, VA.
Mt. Hebron Cemetery Records,
84 THL
Scope and Content:
This collection contains papers of
incorporation, a constitution, by-laws, dedication papers, financial reports, a
map, minutes of meetings of the company, an index of visible graves in the
Centenary United Church of Christ Cemetery (Old German Reform Church Cemetery),
and organizational papers, from 1844 to present. Register of interments
available on microfilm.
(1 box, oversize items) Last updated 03/12 .
Biographical/Historical:
Mount Hebron Cemetery, located on E. Boscawen
Street in Winchester, Virginia, was incorporated in 1844. The cemetery first
started as two cemeteries of the local Lutheran and German Reformed Churches
with land donated by Lord Fairfax. Soon after the end of the Civil War,
Stonewall Confederate Cemetery was included on these grounds. Mt. Hebron now
covers 55 acres and has become the burial site of Winchester’s general
population. Many graves have been reburied to this location.
Mt. Hebron E.U.B. Collection,
1582 THL
Scope and Content: The collection contains the ledger of Mt. Hebron Church
and Sabbath School of Triplett, VA. The ledger has been transcribed.
(1 box) Last updated 10/04.
Biographical/Historical: Mt. Hebron Church is located on U.S. Route 522
North at Little Isaac Creek Crossing in Triplett (Frederick County), VA, just
past the turn-off for local Route 127. The cornerstone at the left front of the
building states "Mount Hebron U.B. Church, November 3, 1910." There is a
cemetery near it. The church is no longer active.
Mountain Falls Fulling Mill Collection,
1070 THL
Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of a master’s thesis by
Cassandra Faye Richards entitled, "The Fulling Mill at Mountain Falls, VA—An
Ethnographic History" (1987). This paper discusses the fulling (a finishing
process for wool) mill in Mountain Falls, VA and the community associated with
and using it during the 18th and 19th centuries.
(1 box) Last updated 1/04.
Bibliography: The Mountain Falls Fulling Mill was located on Duck Run, a
tributary of Cedar Creek. The land for it was purchased in April 1772 by Henry
Richards, but the mill itself may not have been built until 1809. The mill
operated until the 1930s and was torn down in 1985.
Muse, Charles K. Collection, 1533 THL
Scope and Content: This collection contains genealogy material covering the
descendants of John Muse of Virginia, 1600s to the present. It was researched by
Mariane Muse, 1930-1965, and edited, compiled, and indexed by Roz McLelland,
November 1990.
(1 box) Last updated 09/04.
Biographical/Historical: John Muse was born in England and lived in Old
Rappahannock County, VA in the late 17th Century. His descendants
moved into Frederick and Clarke Counties by the 19th Century.
Mulvey, Mary Lou Collection, 1602
WFCHS
Scope and Content: This
collection contains several booklets about the City of Winchester, Virginia from
the early 20th Century, and the 1913-1914 Catalogue of the Fort
Loudoun seminary.. It also contains two copies of a program to celebrate the
birthday of Charles B. Rouss, dated Feb. 10, 1900. Most of the collection
concerns genealogical information, correspondence, the service record, and a
manuscript (photocopy) of the Journal of Captain Edmund Lee Hoffman covering the
years 1862 to 1882, mostly in Berkeley County, WV. The journal contains
extensive details describing farming including prices, harvest times, and
weather. Also included are several pages of a roster and promotion information
for the 15th West Virginia Infantry with a note stating that the book
had been captured at Martinsburg in 1864 and given to E.L. Hoffman.
(1 box) Last updated 08/09. DIGITIZED 04/07.
Biographical/Historical: Mary
Lou Mulvey is a resident of Winchester, Virginia, and compiled the contents of
this collection. Edmond Lee Hoffman was born ca. 1839 in Berkeley County, WV
(VA). He was a lifelong farmer in that county. He enlisted at Martinsburg in
1861 in Company D, 2nd Virginia Infantry, was wounded at the Battle
of Kernstown, and paroled at Winchester, VA, on April 24, 1865. Hoffman died at
his home on September 27, 1904, and was buried at Green Hill Cemetery in
Martinsburg, WV (VA). He was survived by his wife and several children.
Mutual Assurance
Society Records, 248 WFCHS
The Mutual Assurance Society Records collection contains insurance policies
(1746-1838) to dwellings in Winchester, VA and Frederick County, VA, which
include policyholder’s names.
Street names, house numbers, and county boundaries have changed since the time
of these records. The addresses in this inventory are approximate modern
equivalents to the location of insured properties. Buildings on a nearby street
may be included on a policy.
Most of the documents in this collection are the Form of the Declarations for
Assurance, in which an owner applying for insurance describes property and
attests to its use and value. Some are actual policies or revaluations, which
have their own numbers but refer to earlier Declaration numbers or policy
numbers. Occasionally there is a duplication of numbering. (2 boxes) Last
updated 07/09).
Myers, John H. Records,
390 WFCHS
This collection contains one account book kept by John H. Myers from 1848.
Also included is a certificate presented to John Myers from Governor Byrd to
become the Virginia representative to U.S. Good Roads Association, 1927.
(1 box) Last updated 02/03.
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