Wilbur S. Johnston Collection

1168 THL

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection contains items relating to the life and experiences of Winchester, VA resident Wilbur S. Johnston, including World War II rationing materials, family genealogy, local events, news clippings, and oral history.
(2 boxes) Last updated 4/2016

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Wilbur S. Johnston, a retired cartographer, is a native of Winchester, VA.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Winchester Star articles

CITE AS:  Wilbur Johnston Collection, 1168 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

BOX 1

Carpenter, Ernst family Bible Records, 1917-1929, including family temperance pledge, four leaves, manuscript on printed forms

Correspondence – From the Johnston Family to Nava Johnston, 1908-1937 (13 letters taken from loose leaf notebook)

To	From	Location	Date	Manuscript	Transcript
Nava Johnston	Chauncey (brother)	Brunswick, MD	April 5, 1908	X
Nava Johnston	Lona (sister)	Washington, D.C.	April 6, 1908	X
Nava Johnston	Roberta Bostain (cousin)	Mt. Airy, MD	January 17, 1915	X
Nava Johnston	Fannie Lowman (cousin)	Mt. Airy, MD.	November 6, 1917	X
Nava Johnston	Belle Johnston Carper (sister in law) and Belle’s daughter Mary Carper Farmer	Cleburne, TX	May 15, 1928	X
Nava Johnston	Belle Johnston Carper and Mary Farmer	Cleburne, TX	January 30, 1930	X
Nava Johnston	Belle Johnston Carper (after death of brother Walter Johnston)	Cleburne, TX	April 14, 1931	X
Nava Johnston	Bessie (after death of her husband Walter Johnston)	Bellville, TX	March 22, 1931	X
Nava Johnston	Mary Farmer (on death of her Uncle Walter Johnston)	Cleburne, TX	March 16, 1931	X
Nava Johnston	Mary Farmer	Cleburne, TX	February 2, 1931	X
Nava Johnston	Belle J. Carper	Cleburne, TX	January 30, 1932 (mailed March 30, 1932)	X
Nava Johnston	Mary Carper Farmer (after death of Uncle C. Edward “Ed” Johnston)	Cleburne, TX	December 4, 1936	X
Nava Johnston	Belle Carper (after death of brother Ed Johnston)	Cleburne, TX	February 3, 1937	X

 

Correspondence – 1925-1935

To	From	Location	Date	Manuscript	Transcript
Sister	Belle and Mary (?)	Cleburne, TX	April 16, 1925	X
Dear Brother and Family	Walter Johnston	Bellville, TX	October 6, 1925	X
Dear Brother	Walter Johnston	Bellville, TX	December 20, 1925	X
Dear Aunt and family	Belle	Cleburne, TX	December 5, 1926	X
Dear Aunt and Family	Belle	Cleburne, TX	September 9, 1927	X
Dear Nava and Ed	Belle	Cleburne, TX	December 9, 1935	X

 

165^th Anniversary of the U.S. Marines—Envelope; addressed to Mrs. Henry B. Gilpin, dated November 10, 1940; 1 item, printed/typescript

Article – “The Classic Public Servant, Wilbur Johnston” by W. S. Johnston, 3 leaves, typescript

Deed – 1844 Indenture by James Ridings for Frederick County Land from the Estate of Peter Ridings to Edwin Ridings, May, 1844, 1 leaf, typescript

“Family Dyer, Being a Complete Guide for Colouring Every Variety of Shade, on Woolen, Cotton, Linen and Silk Goods. 1974, reprinted from 1849, published by Joseph Funk and Sons”-1 item, printed, 49 pages.

Gilpin, Hattie—Information/Biography of; 2 leaves, no date, printed

Hopkins, Garland and Margaret, “A Brief Two Years on the Winchester Scene: Garland and Margaret Hopkins” by Wilbur Johnston, 6 leaves, typescript                                       

Hopkins, Dr. Garland – Obituaries, 1 leaf, printed (photocopy)

Johnston, Walter S., letter from Sheriff Perry Gore, January 4, 1898, setting estate of Eliza Carper, one leaf, manuscript

Johnston, Wilbur – News Articles, nine items, printed

National Federation of Post Office Clerks Convention, Winchester, VA – 1938, held at George Washington Hotel, one item, printed

Pinetop Tree Farm – Christmas tree customers, 1988-1994; 1995-2001, 2 booklets, 32 pages each, printed and manuscript

Poems – “A Darling” and Come Back Home” by Emma R. Downs, Landmark, VA, May 18, 1882 (probably written to John William Johnston), original, 2 pages, manuscript (with lock of hair), copy, 7 leaves, manuscript and printed (photocopy)

Registration Envelope-from the Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. to Mrs. H.M. Gilpin of Winchester, dated May 29, 1937; 1 item, printed

“Ridings Family of Virginia” by L. Adolph Richards, 1985, 36 leaves (2 booklets), typescript (photocopy)

“Ridings Family and Mills” by L. Adolph Richards, July 1, 1953, 1 leaf, typescript

World War II Rationing, folder contains the following:

Mileage Ration Identification Holder – Issued to Wilbur Johnston, April 9, 1945, one page, printed                                                                                                                           

Windshield Sticker for gasoline rationing, three items, printed

Virginian Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, issued April 28, 1944 to Wilbur Johnston, three items, printed

Sugar purchase certificate issued to Wilbur Johnston, two items, printed

War Ration Book One – Wilbur Russell Johnston, May 4, 1942, one item, printed

War Ration Book One – Vergie Carpenter Johnston, May 4, 1942, one item, printed

Mileage Rationing Records

Issued to Clarence J. Schatz, September 11, 1944, one item, printed

Issued to Clarence Schatz, July 3, 1945, one item, printed

Issued to Clarence Schatz, 1940, one item, printed

“The Johnstons from Glasgow to Winchester” by Wilbur Self Johnston, book excerpt pgs. 12-3; 15-17, 6 leaves, printed (photocopy)
(Explains history of the family Bible in this collection)

Microfiche of genealogical data listed in the back of the Bible in this collection, 2 items, microfiche

Holy Bible, American Bible Society, New York, NY, 1828, printed (Johnston Family genealogical information is in the back of the Bible, 1828-1848)

BOX 2 Nicodemus Family

Nicodemus Family Records – includes the following:
                     Marriage records, 1879, 1 leaf, manuscript
                     Birth, Marriage, and Death records, 1845-1950, 2 pages, manuscript
                     Family Temperance Pledge, 1949-1954, 1 leaf, manuscript
                     Marriage Certificate, January 27, 1870, Peter Nicodemus and Emma
                     Zumbrum, 1 page, manuscript
                     Certificate of Baptism, Emma Sheppard Zumbrum, October 16, 1868, 1 leaf,
                      manuscript
                      Certificate of Church Membership, June 27, 1869, Peter Nicodemus, 1 leaf,
                      printed and manuscript

“Nicodemus in Germany” by Ivan J. Nicodemus, 1998. 59 pages, printed

“Nicodemus Notes in America” by Ivan J. Nicodemus, 85 pages, printed

Scrapbooks – 1972-2001

Volume 1 – Winchester and Frederick County news, 1972-1987, 11 pages

Volume 2 – Winchester and Frederick County news, 1988-1990, 120 pages

Volume 3 – Winchester and Frederick County news, 1981-1998, 51pages

Volume 4 – Winchester and Frederick County news, 1988-1991, 96 pages

Volume 5 – Winchester and Frederick County news, 1992-1997, 96 pages

Volume 6 – Winchester and Frederick County news, 1990-2001, 162 pages

Scrapbook – 1982-1992  Articles on History and Genealogy, Hampshire Co. WV and Frederick Co, VA by Wilmer L. Kerns, taken from The West Virginia Advocate, Capon Bridge, WV, I item, printed (Do not copy items from this scrapbook, see Wilmer l. Kerns Collection #214 and copy item from that collection)

Clowser Family Notebook- binder of Clowser Family research, history of White’s Fort and articles on the Council house in the Shawneeland Area of Frederick County. Also contains photos and forms seeking nomination for Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.

MAP CASE 2 DRAWER 2

Map F16 --Braddock’s Route to Fort Duquesne, April 12-July 9, 1755

MAP CASE 2 DRAWER 5

Map V52 -- Northern Neck in Colonial Context

MAP CASE 2 DRAWER 8

Map V35 -- Mt. Hebron – The Silent City, 2009, second edition,

Map V40—Winchester – Early Surveyors and City Growth           

MAP CASE 2 DRAWER C

Map CW28a -- Winchester, Field of Conflict, 1995

Map CW28c -- Shenandoah Valley, Avenue of Invasion, 1995

Map CW28b – Winchester, Prize of War, 1995

Map CW54 -- Winchester during the Civil War, showing selected sites from the Journal of Mary Greenhow Lee, 2012