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Mary Frances Ritter Miller Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1814 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 02/2022

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

EXTENT: 0.25 linear feet

DATE: 1944-1984

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Mary Frances Ritter Miller Collection consists of a scrapbook of news articles about the “Tire Fire” of October 31, 1983, in Frederick County, Virginia. There are also loose articles that were not affixed to the scrapbook. The collection also includes five v-mail letters with envelopes, as well as other ephemera from the World War II era.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL:  Mary Frances Ritter Miller (1912-1992), known as Peggy, was born in Winchester, VA to Charles and Lucy Seekford Ritter and was married to Paul Hunter Miller in 1945. Miller, a veteran of WWII, died in 1978. The couple were survived by two daughters and a son.

CITE AS: Mary Frances Ritter Miller Collection, 1814 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1 – Personal Papers

Tax receipt 1946

Car invoice 1948 Plymouth sold to Mary Ritter Miller

V-Mail – 1944 (3 items) from Paul Miller to Peggy Ritter

Scrapbook of news articles regarding the Tire Fire, October 31, 1983, Winchester, VA

PHOTOGRAPHS: photographs belonging to this collection may be viewed through PastPerfect, which is available at http://handley.pastperfectonline.com