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Sara Y. Smith 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

1765 THL

Finding aid created by Archives Staff 05/17. Last Revised 07/17.

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 assumed all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyrights.

EXTENT: 0.25 linear feet

CREATOR: Smith, Sara Y. 

DATES: 1938-1955

SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains scrapbooks collected and maintained throughout the 1930s-1950s. Pieces within the scrapbook include local Winchester/Frederick County news clippings and engagement announcements. Also included is a certificate from the United Daughters of the Confederacy to Bertha Jane Johnson Boyce confirming membership in 1938.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Sara Y. Smith is a native of the Winchester/Frederick County area and has an avid interest in local history.

CITE AS: Sara Y. Smith Collection, 1765 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

Certificate—United Daughters of the Confederacy confirming membership of Bertha Jane Johnson Boyce; admission date May 10, 1938; 1 leaf, printed forms with manuscript

Scrapbook; 1 item, unnumbered pages containing newspaper clippings

Scrapbook; 1 item, unnumbered pages containing individual name cards

Scrapbook; 1 item, unnumbered pages containing newspaper clippings

Scrapbook; 1 item, unnumbered pages, containing newspaper clippings

Scrapbook; 1 item, unnumbered pages, containing newspaper clippings