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
844 WFCHS
Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of several scrapbooks, which contain local history articles, poems, news clippings, and other miscellaneous items concerning the Winchester, VA (USA) area and people and national issues. (4 boxes) Last updated 12/15.
Biographical/Historical: Various scrapbooks by various collectors from the19th and 20th centuries.
Cite As: Scrapbooks Collection, 844 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
Organization:
Box 1
Famous people
Annals of Winchester
Civil War poems
Local and national articles
Poetry
Local history articles, 1920s
"The Whopper Scrapbook" - women's fashions from magazines, 1854-1896
Box 2
Historic houses of the Winchester area, from The Baltimore Sun
Local history articles, 1950s
Local history articles, 1976-1979
Box 3
Newspaper articles about the Civil War
Poetry and helpful hints
News clippings
News clippings
News articles about Handley High School, 1937-1944
Box 4
Poetry and accounts of Confederate Memorial Day
Medicinal cures, lyrics, farm notes, Farm Acts of 1839-1855 and 1886-1888, news clippings of political events