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Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar 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

1238 THL

SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection is comprised of scholarly papers written on various subjects concerning the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
(1 box) Last updated 07/10.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Shenandoah Valley Studies Seminar was a consortium of colleges and universities in the Shenandoah Valley. They sponsored monthly forums and the presentation of papers on Valley topics.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Taken from the collection.

CITE AS: Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar Collection #1238, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

BOX 1

“John Wilkes Booth and the John Brown Raid: An Episode and its Portents” by Terry Alford, October 18, 1991, 1 item, 22 leaves, typescript
Note: Do not copy in entirety without permission of the author.

“Frederick County Probate Inventories, 1744-1754” by Leila O. W. Boyer, February 20, 1998, 1 item, 5 leaves, typescript
Note: Do not copy in entirety without permission of the author.

“Opequon Archeological Survey” excerpts prepared by Clarence Geier and Warren Hofstra, 1991, 1 item, 63 laves, typescript
Note: Do not copy in entirety without permission of the author.

“Religion, Pluralism, and Democracy among Germans in the Shenandoah Valley, 1700-1850”, by Stephen L. Longenecker, November 15, 1991, 1 item, 44 leaves, typescript
Note: Do not copy in entirety without permission of the author.

“Virginia Conestoga – Defining Shenandoah Valley Freight Wagons, 1750-1850”, by John R. Vineyard, September 16, 1992, 1 item, 40 leaves, typescript
Note: Do not copy in entirety without permission of the author.