A Guide to the Bonnie Painter Collection
Compiled by Zachary Hottel
November 29, 2017
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg Virginia, USA
Title: Bonnie Painter Collection
Date Range: 1810-2006
Collection Number: 2016-0008
Extent: 2 boxes, 1 oversize folder
Language: English
Abstract: Bonnie Painter (1940-) is a long time resident of the Hamburg community and a local historian. This collection contains local history items collected by her as part either through her efforts to retain her family’s history, her research or her volunteer efforts with a thrift store in Mt. Jackson Virginia. They relate to many different communities and organizations throughout Shenandoah County.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. Researchers must register and agree to all copyright laws and archives policies before using the collection. Please contact the Shenandoah County Library before visiting to use this collection.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Bonnie Painter Collection, 1810-2006, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.
Acquisition Information: Donated by Bonnie Painter. A blanket donation agreement was signed on December 8, 2015 for all small items she obtained through the thrift store and her research.
Processing Information: The items in this collection have been processed as received by Bonnie Painter.
Historical Note
Bonnie June Painter (1940-) is a lifelong resident of the Hamburg community in Shenandoah County Virginia. She worked for the Shenandoah County Public School system for over thirty years first as a teacher and later as a librarian in various schools.
Bonnie has also been an active member of the local history community, especially the Mt. Jackson Museum and Shenandoah County Library’s Truban Archives. In addition she has served as a historian for the Hamburg Community and other areas in the southern part of Shenandoah County. She has also conducted an extensive amount of research on her family, which includes popular local historian Fred Painter. As part of her efforts to preserve the area’s history, she regularly acquires items both from individuals and from donations to the Mt. Jackson Thrift Store where she serves as a volunteer.
Scope and Content
The Bonnie Painter consists of approximately 46 legal size folders of documents, publications, ephemera items, and photographs. In addition it contains a single framed photograph of a mill and a large obituary. They are stored in two boxes, one for the legal size folders and a second for the framed photograph, and a single oversize folder for the obituary.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two boxes and a single oversize folder. Since additions to this collection are ongoing as Bonnie Painter acquires more items, they are not sorted chronologically or alphabetically.
Inventory
Box 1, Stack 1, Shelf 5 38758101471141
Folder 1.1: Strasburg Presbyterian Church History, 1947
Folder 1.2: Strasburg Bicentennial agent. “Our Glorious Heritage,” 1961
Folder 1.3: St. Paul Lutheran Church, Strasburg, VA, Membership Directories, ca. 1986
Folder 1.4: Strasburg High School, Class of 1934 30th Reunion, 1964
Folder 1.5: Strasburg High School Commencement Invitation, 1926
Folder 1.6: Strasburg High School Commencement Program, 1932
Folder 1.7: The Story of Strasburg, by Virginia Cadden, 1961
Folder 1.8: Strasburg Presbyterian Church Membership Directory, ca. 1985
Folder 1.9: Strasburg High School Reunion of the 1930s, May 17 1996
Folder 1.10: I.M. Underwood Campaign Flyer, 1890
Folder 1.11: “Organization of Disorganization,” Republican Committee of Shenandoah County, ca. 1900
Folder 1.12: Republican Sample Ballot, 1943
Folder 1.13: “Virginia’s Historical Shenandoah County,” Civil War Centennial Map, ca. 1901
Folder 1.14: Marriage Records: Painter, Combs, Hollar, Miller, Seal, and Wisman Families, 1906-1931
Folder 1.15: Republican Primary Convention, 1964
Folder 1.16: Painter School Books, 1800-1888
Folder 1.17: Souvenir, Central School, District 5, Shenandoah County, VA, 1898
Folder 1.18: Letter, Daniel Dellinger to John Wapler, December 7, 1851
Folder 1.19: St. Mary’s Pine Church, ca. 1875
Folder 1.20: Letter to John Gatewood of the Valley Sentinel from William Tisinger, undated
Folder 1.21: Surveys of Land for German Reformed Church, Powells Fort Virginia, 1873
Folder 1.22: Survey of Methodist Episcopal Church o Columbia Furnace by Henry Sheetz, March 1880
Folder 1.23: Letter. S.D. Crute Resident Engineer to J.W. Garber, Board of Supervisors, Concerning Edinburg – Fort Valley Bridge, November 18, 1943
Folder 1.24: Photograph of House, Church and High Street, Woodstock Virginia, undated
Folder 1.25: Shenandoah County Iron Furnaces Article, Bryce Mountain Courier, April 2006
Folder 1.26: Letter from Duane Borden to Fred Painter, February 16 1982
Folder 1.27: “History, Character and Medicinal Properties of Orkney Springs,” 1875
Folder 1.28: Joseph Irwin Triplett, 1845 – ca.1905
Folder 1.29: Letter to William Few of Woodstock from Lizzie Vernon, November 11 1847
Folder 1.30: Geary Hotel Card, Woodstock Virginia, undated
Folder 1.31: Drawings of Shenandoah County Library System Buildings, ca. 2002
Folder 1.32: Edinburg “Ole Time Festival” Coloring Book and Bumper Sticker, undated
Folder 1.33: Industrial Survey, Edinburg and Madison District Shenandoah County Virginia, 1930
Folder 1.34: Forestville Post Office, ca. 2000
Folder 1.35: Gridley Post Office, ca. 2000
Folder 1:36: Sheetz Mill Clipping, May 30 1947
Folder 1.37: Liberty Furnace Clippings, 1904
Folder 1.38: Clark, J.C. Farm Conservation Plan, Mt. Jackson Virginia, June 18, 1946
Folder 1.39: Edinburg Postcard from Albert to Sophia, 1913
Folder 1.40: Receipts, Vehrencamp and Moore, ca. 1900
Folder 1.41: Blank County Government Forms, ca. 1870-ca.1890
Folder 1.42: E. Eugenius Stickley Documents, 1874-1893
Folder 1.43: Running Team of Harrisonburg Hose Company Number 4, ca. 1901
Folder 1.44: Correspondence between Woodstock Baseball Club and Players, 1923
Folder 1.45: Letter to Annie Jinkens of Mt. Jackson Virginia, October12, 1914
Folder 1.46: Postcards, Shenandoah Valley and Virginia, ca. 1929
Box 2, Stack 1, Shelf 5, 38758101471075
Unidentified Mill Photograph, Undated
Oversize Folder 1: John Pennywitt, 1810-1882 (located Map case Drawer E)