Important Announcement: Bowman Library Renovations

Bowman Library will be installing new carpeting from January 12–23. During this time, some services will be limited:

  • Printing will be limited
  • Only laptop computers will be available
  • Study rooms will be unavailable
  • Access to many adult materials will be limited
  • Faxing and scanning will be unavailable

These services will still be available at both Handley Library and Clarke County branches.
Thank you for your patience as we make improvements to your library.

All branches will be closed January 19th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Click here to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with insightful audiobooks, impactful comics, educational civil rights movies, and inspiring music that celebrate his life and the fight for equality on Hoopla.

Sign Up Here!

Get Curated Reading Suggestions on Selected Topics Sent Right to Your Inbox.
Sign Up

Middletown Scrapbook 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

1673 WFCHS

Inventory created by Archives Staff 11/2010. Last revised 01/2020

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, duplication, 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: 1 volume

DATE: Circa 1860-1940

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Middletown Scrapbook Collection contains a scrapbook of photographs of people and places in Middletown, Virginia. The photographs are unidentified and were probably taken in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.  

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Dr. Peter Senseny founded Middletown, Virginia around 1796. It was originally known as Senseny Town and is located about fifteen miles south of Winchester. The town was well known for its manufacture of clocks and watches.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants, A History of Frederick County, Virginia. Chesapeake Book Company, Berryville, VA, 1963.

CITE AS: Middletown Scrapbook Collection, 1673 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION

BOX 1

Scrapbook, circa 1860-1940, 1 volume (unnumbered pages) ; 14 cm

PHOTOGRAPHS:  Photographs and other images belonging to this collection may be accessed online through http://handley.pastperfectonline.com/