A Guide to the Mary Ann Williamson Collection
Compiled by Eryn Kawecki
July 1, 2019
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA
Title: Mary Ann Williamson Collection
Date Range: 1827-2005
Collection Number: 2016-0012
Extent: 33 boxes, 439 folders, 33 oversize, 1 map case
Language: English
Abstract: Various items collected by Mary Ann Williamson of Edinburg, Virginia, which primarily relate to the Edinburg and Lantz Mills communities.
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] Mary Ann Williamson Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.
Acquisition Information: Donation.
Processing Information: Items were sorted and then processed chronologically.
Biographical/Historical Note
All items in this collection reflect the history of Edinburg and Lantz Mills communities. They were donated by the author Mary Ann Williamson (1924-2014), a lifelong resident of the area with strong familial ties to Edinburg and Lantz Mills. She served as vice president of the Shenandoah Public Library and as president of the Shenandoah County Historical Society. After retirement as an educator, Williamson founded the Edinburg Heritage Foundation in 1991 and was active in help saving the Edinburg Mill. She was a prolific writer throughout her life, having written several books and monthly newsletters of the Edinburg Heritage Foundation. Her books include The ABCs of Instruction for Boys and Girls of the Lutheran Faith in America (1975); 303 Mini-Lessons for Social Studies (1976); The History of Edinburg, Virginia (1994); Union Forge: Shenandoah County, Virginia (1997); The Diary of a Virginia Gentlewoman, 1943-1947, Laura Crabill Evans (2000); and Peculiar Old Wills and Testaments (2004).
Scope and Content
The Mary Ann Williamson Collection consists of 54 linear feet of material, which is stored in 33 boxes, 33 oversize folders, and 1 map case. The collection includes 439 folders of materials. These materials include a collection of photographs, news clippings, survey records, church documents, scrapbooks, and approximately 67 ledgers, ledger documents, checkbooks, and other financial records. The collection is organized into the following 15 series:
Series I, Edinburg, 1850-2002 has a variety of items, including newspapers and newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs relating to the time period indicated in Edinburg, Virginia. Items are filed according to original order.
Series II, R.D. Newland, 1829-1976 includes financial documents, photographs, and other documents relating to the Newland family. Items are sorted chronologically.
Series III, Documents, 1817-2006 includes various documents and records relating to Shenandoah County. Items are filed according to original order.
Series IV, Stoneburner, 1810-1968 includes documents relating to the Stoneburner family. Items are filed according to original order.
Series V, Foltz, 1887-1953 includes documents and correspondence relating to the Foltz family. Items are filed according to original order.
Series VI, Cortland Bowman, 1904-1942 covers financial and business documents relating to Bowman Orchards. Items are filed according to original order.
Series VII, Photographs, 1838-2003 consists of photographs and scrapbooks relating to Shenandoah County. The bulk of the items are undated. Items are filed according to original order.
Series VIII, Reformed Church, 1857-1980 includes register books, programs, and minutes of the German Reformed Church and St. Paul’s Reformed Church. Items are filed according to original order.
Series IX, L.D. Clinedinst, 1890-1984 includes checks, check books, stubs, and other financial documents relating to L.D. Clinedinst. Items are filed according to original order.
Series X, Crim, 1937-1968 consists of genealogical research and documents relating to Virginia Crim’s ancestry. The Crim, Grubb, Newlin, and Dickinson families are represented in the documentation. Items are filed chronologically.
Series XI, Scrapbooks, undated consists of four scrapbooks primarily compiling newspaper clippings of surrounding areas in Shenandoah County. The titles reflect the areas the clippings relate to. One scrapbook in particular belonged to Josephine Hutcheson Magnifico, and it reflected the years 1947 to 1951.
Series XII, Frakturs, 1835 local frakturs.
Series XIII, Valley Bottling Company, 1930-1941 includes financial books and documents relating to the Valley Bottling Company. Items are filed according to original order.
Series XIV, School Registers, 1900-1902 consists of three school registers of Shenandoah County Schools from the time period indicated. The registers are filed chronologically.
Series V, Postcards Sent to Local Families, 1906-1954 consists of a single volume of postcards. The postcards were received by people in Shenandoah County, primarily in the Edinburg area. The families primarily represented are the Branners, Irwins, and Kiblers.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in fifteen (15) series:
Series I: Edinburg, 1850-2002
Box 1: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Box 2: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Box 3: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Box 4: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Box 30: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversized Box 31: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series II: R.D. Newland, 1829-1976
Box 5: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Box 6: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Box 32: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Oversize folder 22: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series III: Documents, 1817-2006
Box 7: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Box 8: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Box 9: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Box 10: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Box 11: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Box 12: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Box 13: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Oversize folder 2: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 5: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 6: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 7: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 8: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 9: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 10: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 11: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 12: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 16: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 18: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 19: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 20: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 21: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 23: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 24: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 27: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 30: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 32: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize folder 33: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Map Case Drawer D
Series IV: Stoneburner, 1810-1968
Box 13: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Series V: Foltz, 1887-1953
Box 14: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Box 15: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Oversize folder 17: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series VI: Cortland Bowman, 1904-1942
Box 16: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Series VII: Photographs, 1838-2003
Box 17: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Box 18: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Box 19: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Box 20: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Oversize folder 1: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series VIII: Reformed Church, 1857-1980
Box 21: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Box 22: Stack 6, Shelf 5
Series IX: L.D. Clinedinst, 1890-1984
Box 23: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Series X: Crim, 1937-1968
Box 24: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Oversize folder 29: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series XI: Scrapbooks, 1947-1996
Box 25: Stack 6, Shelf 5
Box 26: Stack 6, Shelf 5
Box 27: Stack 6, Shelf 6
Series XII: Frakturs, 1835
Box 28: Stack 6, Shelf 6
Series XIII: Valley Bottling Company, 1930-1941
Box 29: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series XIV: School Registers, 1900-1902
Box 30: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series XV: Postcards Sent to Local Families, 1906-1954
Volume 1: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Inventory
Series I: Edinburg
Box 1: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Folder 1.1 Decorative Woodwork, Edinburg Virginia, undated
Folder 1.2 Woodstock and Edinburg Virginia, Historic Pamphlets and Clippings, 1925-1999
Folder 1.3 Shenandoah County Bicentennial Historic Homes tour, 1972
Folder 1.4 Edinburg Virginia, A Thrice Named Town in Twice named County, by Louise Mathers, 1972
Folder 1.5 Woodstock and Edinburg Virginia Lions Club, ca, 1940-1990
Folder 1.6 Edinburg Town Maps for tours undated
Folder 1.7 Edinburg Chamber of Commerce, 1975-1985
Folder 1. 8 “Certification of Promotion to High School”, Mary Ellen Grove, undated
Folder 1.9 Edinburg Chamber of Commerce, 1961-1999
Folder 1.10 Farmers Bank of Edinburg, 1905-1955
Folder 1.11 St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Records, ca 1935-1945
Folder 1.12 Edinburg Area Schools, 1876-1999, 1of2
Folder 1.13 Edinburg Area Schools, 1876-1992 2of2
Folder 1.14 Edinburg Libraries, 1982-1999
Folder 1.15 Invitations to Social Dances in Edinburg Virginia, 1898-1900
Folder 1.16 Lantz House Purchase, Edinburg Virginia, 1890-1909
Folder 1.17 Railroad, Edinburg Virginia, 1910-1972
Folder 1.18 Edinburg Post Office Dedication, 1959
Folder 1.19 Whissen House, Edinburg Virginia, undated
Folder 1.20 Edinburg Churches, 1856-1991
Folder 1.21 Edinburg Residents, ca 1910
Folder 1.22 Properties for Historic Survey, Edinburg Virginia, ca 1994
Folder 1.23 Edinburg Houses, undated
Folder 1.24 Edinburg Community Library, 1969-1994
Box 2: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Folder 2.1 Edinburg programs, 1909-1994
Folder 2.2 Historic programs, Photographs and Clippings, 1850-1989
Folder 2.3 Articles about Edinburg People, 1994-1995
Folder 2.4 Letter from Sarah Steenberger to Ella, August 25 1861
Folder 2.5 Edinburg People, 1921-1995
Folder 2.6 Edinburg People and Places, 1882-1977
Folder 2.7 Letter to Kate from camp near Brandy Station, undated
Folder 2.8 Photographs of Edinburg People and Places, 1876-ca1995
Folder 2.9 Edinburg Obituaries, 1938-1945
Folder 2.10 Edinburg Scenes, undated
Folder 2.11 Edinburg Homecoming, 1925
Folder 2.12 Edinburg Baseball, 1907-1949
Folder 2.13 Edinburg Houses on Tour, 1910-1987
Folder 2.14 Edinburg Basketball Team, 1942
Folder 2.15 Blacks in Edinburg, undated
Folder 2.16 Survey Record, 1889
Folder 2.17 Union Life Insurance Company, Melvin Lutz, Salesman, 1934-1954
Folder 2.18 Edinburg Companies, 1904-1992
Folder 2.19 Edinburg Town Notes, 1858-1904
Folder 2.20 Edinburg Entertainments, 1976-1986
Folder 2.21 Edinburg Photographs, Historic and Old Time Festival, ca.1900-1995
Folder 2.22 Mary Ann Williamson’s Clippings and Edinburg Publications,
Folder 2.23 Edinburg Newspaper Clippings, 1972-1992
Folder 2.24 Edinburg “Ole Time Festival” Programs and Publications, 1985-1994
Folder 2.25 Cave Springs Resort, undated
Box 3: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Folder 3.1 Riverside Tearoom, ca1940
Folder 3.2 Grange Organization, Edinburg Virginia, 1874
Folder 3.3 Letter to Agrippa Ludwig, from Whitman, Hisey and Co., 1893
Folder 3.4 “Edinburg Salesman”, undated
Folder 3.5 Bowman and Ward Garage, undated
Folder 3.6 Edinburg/Madison District Industrial Survey, 1930
Folder 3.7 Studebaker in Edinburg, undated
Folder 3.8 Evan’s Grocery, 1931-1980 Article about County Businesses, ca 1981
Folder 3.9 Articles about County Businesses, ca. 1981
Folder 3.10 Political Newspaper Clippings, 1978-1982
Folder 3.11 High School Reunion Photographs, 1979-1981
Folder 3.12 “Merry Christmas” from the Edinburg Bottling Works, 1924
Folder 3.13 Hugh Saum Ledger, 1922
Folder 3.14 Edinburg Bicentennial Newspaper Clippings, 1972
Folder 3.15 “Something Old” Newspaper Clippings,1981
Folder 3.16 Edinburg Fire Company Theatrical Productions, 1931-1935
Folder 3.17 “Opera House,’ 1911
Folder 3.18 “Shenandoah” Program, undated
Folder 3.19 Edinburg Bicentennial, 1972
Folder 3.20 “Home Ec” Banquet, 1940
Folder 3.21 Roll of”Lic-su-lo” Campfire Girls, 1918
Folder 3.22 Edinburg High School, 1927-1928
Folder 3.23 Edinburg Ole Time Festival, 1981
Folder 3.24 Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Documents, 1918-1929
Box 4: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Recording of Winchester/Frederick County Historical Society Meeting Sept 27, 1991
Box 30: Stack 6, Shelf 7
The Farmers Bank of Edinburg Blank Checkbook, undated
The Farmers Bank of Edinburg Columbia Roller Mills Checkbook, 1929-1930
Box and Key Register, Edinburg Post Office, 1910-1927
OVERSIZE
Box 31
Oversize Folder 3 Edinburg Heritage Foundation Publications, 1997-2008 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 4 Edinburg, Mill, undated Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 13 “Real Estate Sale,” Keister Estate, Edinburg Virginia, April 30, 1949 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 14 “Maroon and Gold,” Edinburg High School Newspaper, 1927 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 15 Edinburg Virginia Drawings by Linda Varney, undated Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 25 Photograph of Edinburg Manufacturing Company Employees, 1924 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 26 Louis Evans Marks Edinburg High School Diploma and “The Critograph” School Newspaper, 1915-1922 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 28 Edinburg “Ole Time” Festival Newspapers, 1987-2002 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 31 Newspapers Referencing History, 1976-1992 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series II: R. D. Newland
Box 5: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Folder 5.1 Newland Financial Documents, 1830-1877
Folder 5.2 Shenandoah Farmer’s Home Mutual Insurance Company, 1887-1896
Folder 5.3 Business Postcards, 1879-1888
Folder 5.4 Railroad Receipts, 1860-1894
Folder 5.5 United States and Southern Express Companies, 1882-1896
Folder 5.6 A.J. McQuay Bills, 1882
Folder 5.7 Massanutten Academy Subscription, 1899
Folder 5.8 Copies of Newland Correspondence, 1901
Folder 5.9 R.D. Newland Hardware Advertisements
Folder 5.10 Newland Documents, 1848-1863
Folder 5.11 Letter to R.D. Newland, 1881-1903
Folder 5.12 Letters to Susan Newland, 1871-1878
Folder 5.13 Letters to R.D. Newland, 1881-1903
Folder 5.14 Citizens Bank of New Market, “Book of Thrift”’ Coin Bank, ca 1923
Folder 5.15 James D. Newland, Pocket Ledger, 1883-1886
Folder 5.16 James D. Newland Pocket Ledger, 1882-1883
Folder 5.17 “Virginia Old Dominion State”, Coasters undated
Folder 5.18 Edinburg Reformed Church Treasurer’s Book, 1923
Box 6: Stack 6, Shelf 2
R.D. Newland Pocket Ledger, undated
R.D. Newland Pocket Ledger, 1883-1884
R.D. Newland Thresh Book, 1895
Box 32: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Folder 32.1 Partial Photograph of “Homeplace” ca. 1908
Folder 32.2 William D. Jennings Newspaper Letter, October 1 1918
Folder 32.3 John C. Hutchenson, 1942
Folder 32.4 Doctor Bill for Delivery of Baby, R.C. Fravel to Mrs. Frank Beazley, October 14 1942
Folder 32.5 Photograph of Unidentified Woman at Beach, March 1944
Folder 32.6 “The Ole Family Album,” Play Documents, Edinburg Virginia, March 26 1953
Folder 32.7 “The Ole Family Album,” Play Photographs (4x5”), Edinburg Virginia, March 26 1953
Folder 32.8 “The Ole Family Album,” Play Photographs (8x10”), Edinburg Virginia, March 26, 1953
Folder 32.9 “The Observer,” Edinburg High School Newsletter, 1959
Folder 32.10 Pitt Parnell Fultz Funeral Pamphlet, August 4 1970
Folder 32.11 Charles Herbert Cummins, Jr. Funeral Pamphlet, December 13 1975
Folder 32.12 Truman Heishman Coffman Funeral Pamphlet, Edinburg Virginia, June 9 1976
Folder 32.13 Unidentified School Photographs, Undated
Folder 32.14 Photographs of Unidentified Workmen, Undated
Folder 32.15 “Conclusion of Louis Marks’ Grandfather’s Historical Account,” Undated
Folder 32.16 Religious Writings, Undated
Folder 32.17 “Lee Francis M.G.S. Wheeler” Photograph, Undated
Folder 32.18 Unlabeled Photographs, Undated
Folder 32.19 Labeled Photographs, Unidentified Boy and Girl, Undated
Folder 32.20 Labeled Photographs of Unidentified People, Undated
Folder 32.21 Holiday Card from Catherine Smith with enclosed Photograph, Undated
OVERSIZE
Oversize Folder 22 Financial Documents and Letter, 1829-1881 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series III: Documents
Box 7: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Folder 7.1 Shenandoah Valley Loan and Trust Company Woodstock, Virginia, Undated
Folder 7.2 Assorted Shenandoah Valley Documents, 1845-1955
Folder 7.3 Resolution of Respect for Mrs. F. C. Wisman, 1940
Folder 7.4 Shenandoah County Bicentennial Celebrations, 1972-1979
Folder 7.5 Business Advertisements, Undated
Folder 7.6 Bridgewater College, 1948-1950
Folder 7.7 Letter to S. Rowland from Sam R. Prichard, 1843
Folder 7.8 History of Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley, Undated
Folder 7.9 Deed between R. Bauserman and William and Caroline Ederline, 1914
Folder 7.10 Jefferson Shields, Undated
Folder 7.11 Roll of Company K, 12th Virginia Calvary compiled by Jonathan Rinker, 1908
Folder 7.12 “A Time of Change”, An Exhibit of 19th Century Farmers of the Valley, 1969
Folder 7.13 J.D. Lemmon, J. Hutcheson, A.C. Burkett’s Store, and Zion Lutheran Church Documents, 1895-1900
Folder 7.14 Letter to Susan Roller of Walnut Springs, 1839
Folder 7.15 Shenandoah County Schools
Folder 7.16 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Septaquintaquinquecentennial Pamphlet,Jerome Virginia 2002
Folder 7.17 “St. Thomas Speaks” Middletown Virginia, 1994
Folder 7.18 Mt. Jackson Masonic Lodge Centennial Pamphlet, 1992
Folder 7.19 Woodstock Virginia, Undated
Folder 7.20 Mt. Jackson Virginia History, 1992-2003
Folder 7.21 Survey of Mt. Jackson and Community by Julia Fansler, 1930
Folder 7.22 “The ABC’s of Instruction for Boys and Girls of the Lutheran Faith in America”, 1975
Folder 7.23 Civil War Poem Read by Captain McCabe in 1887
Folder 7.24 Scenes from the Shenandoah Valley, 1986
Folder 7.25 Geology of Edinburg Virginia, ca. 1990
Folder 7.26 Moomaw Log House, ca. 1900
Folder 7.27 Charles Lindbergh in the Valley, 1927
Folder 7.28 French Family, 1998-2005
Folder 7.29 Bowman Family, 1959-1992
Folder 7.30 Philip Helsley and Zion Church, 1852-1860
Folder 7.31 Myers Farm House, 1969
Folder 7.32 Shenandoah Memorial Hospital Dedication, 1949-1951
Folder 7.33 Woodstock High School Commencement, 1930
Folder 7.34 Madison College Commencement, 1945
Folder 7.35 Shrine Mont, Orkney Springs Virginia, 1925
Folder 7.36 Dinges Papers, 1895-1975
Folder 7.37 Certificate of Registration, Sunday School Board Union Forge, 1926
Box 8: Stack 6, Shelf 2
Folder 8.1 Newspaper Clipping and Index ca. 1900-1989
Folder 8.2 Dr. John Wayland Address on Early Reformed Church, Northern Virginia Daily, May 18, 1948
Folder 8.3 Newspaper Clippings, 1926-1982
Folder 8.4 “The Gospel According to St. John”, Undated
Folder 8.5 Envelopes from the New York City Department of Health and the Municipal Civil Folder Service Commission, Undated
Folder 8.6 Valentine’s Day and Easter Cards, 1930-1936
Folder 8.7 Mary Ann Lutz (Williamson)’s Classmate Card Album, Edinburg Virginia 1946
Folder 8.8 Lovettsville High School Graduation Announcement for Maxine Holler, 1946
Folder 8.9 Mae Agnee Evans Composition Book, Edinburg Virginia 1925
Folder 8.10 Evans Tax Papers, 1923-1943
Folder 8.11 Marks/Evans Families Deaths, 1892-1955
Folder 8.12 “Westover” House, Edinburg Virginia, 1920-1924
Folder 8.13 King Kola Bottling Certificate for Shares #60, Undated
Folder 8.14 Lutz Family Obituaries and Memorial Cards, 1903-1976
Folder 8.15 Cookbook Compiled by Ladies Auxiliary of Emmanuel-St. Matthew’s Church, New Market Virginia, 1951
Folder 8.16 “Customer List” Union Forge Ledger, 1863
Folder 8.17 Union Forge Church Scrapbook, 1904-1953
Folder 8.18 Union Forge Church Records, 1858-1914
Folder 8.19 Union Forge Church Ladies Mite Society, 1900-1913
Folder 8.20 Union Forge Church Records, 1923-1963
Folder 8.21 Letter to Mr. Massy from John Brewer, New Market Virginia, April 14, 1832
Folder 8.22 Coal Mine Presbyterian Sunday School Ledger, 1894-1902
Folder 8.23 Bicentennial Program St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Mt. Olive Virginia 2006
Folder 8.24 Invitation to Sunday School Cornerstone Laying, Emanuel Lutheran Church, Woodstock Virginia,1956
Folder 8.25 Knott’s Berry Farm, Chicken Dinner Menu, Buena Park California, ca. 1946
Box 9: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Folder 9.1 Brooks Gap Church Records, 1843-1939
Folder 9.2 Evans Stores, Poetry, Letters, and Drawings, ca. 1910-1945
Folder 9.3 Constitution of International Brotherhood of Maintenance –of-Way-Employes, 1909
Folder 9.4 Bark sent to J.P. Houck Tanning Company, Harrisonburg Virginia, May 5 1890
Folder 9.5 Diary of Winona Louise Lantz Hollar, 1932
Folder 9.6 Nora Foltz Autograph Book, 1888-1889
Folder 9.7 Edinburg Academy Register, 1896-1902
Folder 9.8 Constitution and Bylaws of the Shenandoah Lodge I.O.O.F., 1900
Folder 9.9 Shenandoah County Postmaster List, 1832-1971
Folder 9.10 Appraisal Order for Nora Getz Estate, Undated
Folder 9.11 Mary Ann Williamson, ca. 1984
Folder 9.12 Newspaper Clippings of Strange Deaths, 1904-1905
Folder 9.13 Remembrance Cards for Funerals held by Dellinger’s, 1945-1995
Folder 9.14 Newspaper Clippings about Shenandoah Valley Families in the Second World War
Folder 9.15 Letter to Charles Coffman about Columbia Furnace Cemetery, Jun 9 1944
Folder 9.16 Bill from Frank Fravel and James Chandler, Undertakers, to Mrs. Sarah Murray, 1920
Folder 9.17 “Virginia, The Beckoning Lord”, Guidebook, Undated
Folder 9.18 Narrow Passage Chapter DAR Yearbook, 1998-2001
Folder 9.19 Receipts, 1898-1899
Folder 9.20 Out of County Graduation Announcements, 1897-1907
Folder 9.21 Engagement, Anniversary, and Marriage Announcements, 1886-1917
Box 10: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Zane/Rinker Ledger, 1795-1876
The Housekeep Beautiful
Preston Lutz Ledger, 1935-1936
Box 11: Stack 6, Shelf 3
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham, 1834
Home Reading- Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, given to Bertie Gochenour, 1884
Unidentified Ledger of Shenandoah County, 1903-1911
Box 12: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Murray Hardware Company Ledger 1921
Murray Hardware Company Ledger, 1929-1930
Atlantic Refining Company Ledger, 1908-1919
Box 13: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Folder 13.1 Sheetz Family Receipts and Postcards, ca. 1890
Folder 13.2 Letter from Don Leslie Sheetz to his Mother sent from Frank, December 31, 1918
Folder 13.3 Telegram from J.O. Heinbaugh to Mrs. Ellie Sheetz, December 3, 1902
Folder 13.4 Letter to Charlotte Sheetz from Mary Jane concerns Don Sheetz, France, May 1919
Folder 13.5 Letter to W.M. Lutz, agent, from Union Life Insurance Company, July 23, 1953
Folder 13.6 Documents from page 150-157 of Preston Lutz Ledger, 1935-1936
Folder 13.7 Documents from inside front cover of Preston Lutz Ledger, 1935-1936
Folder 13.8 Documents from page 141 of Preston Lutz Ledger, 1935-1936
OVERSIZE
Oversize Folder 2 Light Up Woodstock, 2001 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 5 Cabin Hill Drawing by Erasmus Lutz, 1890 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 6 Reformed Church Messenger December 19, 1888 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 7 Copy of The Woodstock Herald, Dec. 24, 1817 Vol. I, No. I, Page 1 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 8 “Historic ABCs Are Published” Virginia Lutheran, November 1975 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 9 Shenandoah County Guide, 1989-1900 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 10 “Japanese Lovesong” Sheet Music, 1902 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 11 “Shenandoah Valley”, Holiday Magazine, November 1952 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 12 Report and Recommendation of the School Survey Committee, 1954 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 16 Trustees Sale of Valuable Personal Property – R.H. Lantz, January 8-9, 1925 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 18 “Valley Week” Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1973-1979 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 19 Conicville School Records, 1912-1913 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 20 Unidentified Newspaper featuring Edinburg Virginia Advertisements, undated Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 21 The Ladies Home Journal, November 1898 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 23 Indenture between Joseph Borden and George Swartz, January 2, 1827 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 24 Birth and Baptism Documents-Mahlon Bushong, ca. 1875 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 27 Drawings of Sites in Shenandoah County, undated Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 30 “1864: The Valley Aflame” Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia 2004 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 32 “Butcherin’,” Shenandoah Valley-Herald, January 25, 1979 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Oversize Folder 33 Edinburg Sentinel Clippings, 1918 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Map Case Drawer D:
Folder 12: “Bootlegger’s Map of the United States, 1926
Series IV: Stoneburner
Box 13: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Folder 13.9 Dr. Ralph Stoneburner Birth Record, Shenandoah County Virginia, 1918-1922
Folder 13.10 Dr. Ralph Stoneburner Birth Memorandum, Kanawha County West Virginia, 1922-1924
Folder 13.11 Dr. Ralph Stoneburner Notes, 1925-1926
Folder 13.12 Stoneburner Death Notices and Marriage Announcements, 1931-1936
Folder 13.13 Dr. R.W. Stoneburner, 1943-1968
Folder 13.14 Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Stoneburner Family, 1810
Folder 13.15 Edinburg Post Office Dedication, October 4, 1959
Folder 13.16 Photograph of Edinburg Virginia after Fire, December 21, 1895
Series V: Foltz
Box 14: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Folder 14.1 Medford Allison Vest Pocket Dictionary, 1913
Folder 14.2 “The Soldiers Handbook: The Infantry Journal”, 1940
Folder 14.3 N.S. Foltz Household Expense Book, Forestville Virginia, 1906-1946
Folder 14.4 “Court House Park” Postcard sent to Nora Foltz, 1906
Folder 14.5 U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1933
Folder 14.6 “Tinkling Springs – Headwater of Freedom”, 1953
Folder 14.7 Williamsburg Paper Dolls for Gentlemen, 1939
Folder 14.8 Mason’s, ca. 1924
Folder 14.9 “Debit Route Card” Union Life Insurance, Melvin Lutz Agent, Undated
Folder 14.10 Caroline Foltz Autograph Book, Forestville Virginia, 1888
Folder 14.11 Letter to Mollie Foltz, Quicksburg Virginia, April 21, 1904
Folder 14.12 Letter to Millie Foltz, Quicksburg Virginia, December 13, 1904
Folder 14.13 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Charles of New Market, January 20, 1895
Folder 14.14 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Charles of New Market, March 24, 1895
Folder 14.15 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Charles of New Market, March 4, 1895
Folder 14.16 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Charles of New Market, April 21, 1895
Folder 14.17 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Charles of New Market, December 4, 1904
Folder 14.18 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Charles of New Market, March 12, 1895
Folder 14.19 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Charles of New Market, February 6, 1895
Folder 14.20 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from James V. Cline of Daudridge Tennessee, August 20 1896
Folder 14.21 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from James V. Cline of Daudridge Tennessee, July 28 1896
Folder 14.22 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Charles of New Market, January 6 1895
Folder 14.23 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Chicago Tribune, June 30 1913
Folder 14.24 Letter to Nora Foltz from C.M. Foltz, March 5 1917
Folder 14.25 Account Correspondence between Caroline Foltz and V.L. Dellinger & Son Funeral Directors, 1939
Folder 14.26 Letters to Caroline Foltz of Quicksburg from Woman’s Work Exchanges, 1912-1927
Folder 14.27 Postcards for the Servicemen, ca. 1917-1918
Box 15: Stack 6, Shelf 3
Folder 15.1 Shenandoah Farmer’s Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 1901-1927
Folder 15.2 Letter to Nora Foltz from Charles Foltz, February 19 1918
Folder 15.3 Letter to Cora Foltz from Charles Foltz, October 27 1919
Folder 15.4 Correspondence with Ladies’ Home Journal, 1912-1913
Folder 15.5 Letter to Caroline Foltz from Mollie, June 16, 1919
Folder 15.6 Letter to Nora Foltz of Forestville from Laura Bowers, September 24 1918
Folder 15.7 Letter to Nora Foltz from Charles Foltz, December 6 1918
Folder 15.8 Letter to Nora Foltz from Charles Foltz, January 21 1917
Folder 15.9 Letter to Nora Foltz from Charles Foltz, October 30 1917
Folder 15.10 Mt. Jackson High School Graduation Announcement to “Mother” from Charles Lutz, 1926
Folder 15.11 Report from Bedford Tire and Rubber Company, May 30, 1936
Folder 15.12 Constitution and By-Laws, Shenandoah Farmer’s Home Mutual Fire Insurance, 1907
Folder 15.13 Shenandoah Farmer’s Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company Documents, 1908-1921
Folder 15.14 Foltz and Lutz Receipts, 1936-1941
Folder 15.15 Information on Nathaniel Scott Foltz Family and their Letters, Undated
Folder 15.16 Foltz Family Photographs, Labeled and Undated
Folder 15.17 Foltz Family Tin Types, Undated
Folder 15.18 Foltz Family Postcards, 1908-1915
Folder 15.19 Foltz Family Postcards, 1906-1925
Folder 15.20 Foltz Family Postcards, 1908-1927
Folder 15.21 Foltz Family Postcards, 1906-1917
Folder 15.22 Foltz Family Cards and Letters, 1887- 1920
Folder 15.23 Forestville Lutheran Church Collection Record, 1909-1939
Folder 15.24 Funeral Pamphlets, 1942-1952
Folder 15.25 Foltz Family Letters, 1895-1941
Folder 15.26 Shenandoah County Postcards, ca. 1909
OVERSIZE
Oversize Folder 17 Reformed Church Messenger, August 28, 1887 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series VI: Cortland Bowman
Box 16: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Folder 16.1 Courtland Bowman information, 1904-1949
Folder 16.2 Turkeys Lost and Expenses, 1942-1943
Folder 16.3 Egg and Turkey, 1939-1941
Folder 16.4 Apple and Turkey Expenses, 1941-1942, 1of2
Folder 16.5 Apple and Turkey Expanses, 1941-1942, 2of2
Folders 16.6 Ciders, 1936
Folder 16.7 Cold Storage, 1936
Folder 16.8 Apple Pickers, 1938-1939
Folder 16.9 Business Documents, 1940-1944
Folder 16.10 Sales and Purchases, Courtland Bowman Orchards, 1942
Folder 16.11 American Fruit Growers, 1942
Folder 16.12 Bowman Apple Products Purchase Forms, 1942
Series VII: Photographs
Box 17: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Folder 17.1 Unidentified Crabill, Marks, and Evans Family, Photographs, undated
Folder 17.2 Unidentified Buildings, undated
Folder 17.3 Farm Scenes, ca 1929
Folder 17.4 Labeled Photographs, undated 1 of 2
Folder 17.5 Labeled Photographs, undated 2 of 2
Folder 17.6 Edinburg snake and Alligator, undated
Folder 17.7 Edinburg Photographs, Undated
Folder 17.8 Woodstock Photographs, undated
Folder 17.9 Shenandoah County Fair, undated
Folder 17.10 Shenandoah County Dams and Waterways, undated
Folder 17.11 Town Pump, New Market Virginia, undated
Folder 17.12 Edinburg Baseball Team, undated
Folder 17.13 Calvary Cornet Band, undated
Folder 17.14 Conicville School Class of 1909
Folder 17.15 Zirkle, World War One, ca1918
Folder 17.16 Marston, undated
Folder 17.17 Murphy, undated
Folder 17.18 Whissen Mill, undated
Box 18: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Folder 18.1 St. Paul’s UCC Church Scrapbook, Edinburg Virginia, 1980-2003 1of3
Folder 18.2 St. Paul’s UCC Church Scrapbook, Edinburg Virginia, 1980-2003 2of3
Folder 18.3 St, Paul’s UCC Church Scrapbook, Edinburg Virginia, 1980-2003 3of3
Folder 18.4 Lois Marck’s “Snap Shots”, book, ca 1914
Folder 18.5 Unlabeled Photographs, undated 1 of 2
Folder 18.6 Unlabeled Photographs, undated 2 of 2
Box 19: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Folder 19.1 Unlabeled Photographs, 1893-1929
Folder 19.2 Labeled Photographs, 1904-1994
Folder 19.3 Edinburg Historic Photographs, ca1910-1998
Folder 19.4 W.A. Lantz, undated
Folder 19.5 Landscapes, Edinburg Virginia, undated
Folder 19.6 Aerial Photograph of Farm, undated
Folder 19. 7 “Old Family Al___”, Pageant, Dalke’s Theatre Edinburg Virginia, 1953
Folder 19.8 Trilby Holler, undated
Folder 19.9 Levi Emswiler, ca1900
Folder 19.10 Picnic Photograph, identified, undated
Folder 19.11 Professor and Mrs. Monroe Hottle
Folder 19.12 Downey Photographs, 1924-1947
Folder 19.13 Adelarde Hardy Beachy, undated
Folder 19.14 Forestville, 1893
Folder 19.15 Hutchonson Photographs, ca 1920-1930
Folder 19.16 Glass Plates and Negatives, undated
Folder 19.17 Documents and unidentified Photographs from Evans Family 1908-1948
Folder 19.18 Union Forge Store Furniture Pictures, 1997
Folder 19.19 Evan’s Family Photographs, ca 1910 ca 1940, 1of 2
Folder 19.20 Evan’s Family Photographs, ca 1910 ca 1940, 2 of 2
Box 20: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Folder 20.1 Wightman. ca 1922
Folder 20.2 Meem’s Bottom Bridge, ca 1976
Folder 20. 3 “Birthday Party at Miss Lily’s” Edinburg Virginia, March 17 1935
Folder 20.4 Swartz, Cummings, Sheffer, and Tsinger Portraits, undated
Folder 20.5 Professor Hottle’s School Class, undated
Folder 20.6 Ezra Eugenias Stickley, Stonewall Brigade, 1839-1915
Folder 20.7 Sgt. Major Hugh Grandstaff, U.S. Army, 1897-1920
Folder 20.8 Jones Family Photographs, ca.1910-1924
Folder 20.9 Bartons, 1838-1924
Folder 20.10 Lutz Family Photographs, undated
Folder 20.11 Lutz Family and Greenbrier Mill, 1848-1943
Folder 20.12 Lutz Family Military Items, 1918- ca.1941
Folder 20.13 Photographs of Lantz Family and Lantz’s Mill Community, 1906
Folder 20.14 Sheetz Family Photographs, ca 1900 ca 1950
Folder 20.15 Photograph of Edinburg UCC Church Youth, undated
OVERSIZE
Oversized Folder 1 Photograph of Lois Evans (Marks), ca 1905 Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series VIII: Reformed Church
Box 21: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Folder 21.1 Documents from Church Register Books, 1923-1956
Folder 21.2 “Up and Up” Men’s Bible Class 1937-1938
Folder 21.3 Dr. Timothy Lehman Reception, June 30 1960
Folder 21.4 St. Paul’s Reformed Church Programs, 1933-1980
Folder 21.5 St. Paul’s Reformed Church Account Book, 1930-1934
Folder 21.6 Partial Transcription German Reformed Church Minutes, ca. 1857
Folder 21.7 Documents from Inside 19th Century Minutes of German Reformed Church, 1876
Folder 21.8 Documents from Inside the Mite Society Minute Book, 1922-1938
Box 22: Stack 6, Shelf 5
Church Register, 1923-1933
Church Register, 1935-1943
Minutes of the Mite Society of the Edinburg German Reformed Church, 1922-1938
19th Century Joint Consistory Minutes of the German Reformed Church, 1876
German Reformed Church Minutes beginning 1857
Edinburg German Reformed Church Mite Society Ledger, 1885
Mite Society Ledger German Reformed Church, Edinburg Virginia, 1869-1899
Series IX: L.D. Clinedinst
Box 23: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Folder 23.1 History of the Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg, ca. 1984
Folder 23.2 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checkbook and Stubs, 1912-1913
Folder 23.3 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checkbook and Stubs, 1914-1915
Folder 23.4 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checkbook and Stubs, 1908
Folder 23.5 L. D. Clinedinst Checkbook and Stubs, 1930-1931
Folder 23.6 L. D. Clinedinst Checkbook and Stubs, 1915-1916
Folder 23.7 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checkbook and Stubs, 1917-1919
Folder 23.8 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checkbook and Stubs, 1909 – 1916
Folder 23.9 L. D. Clinedinst Deposit book, ca. 1890
Folder 23.10 L. D. Clinedinst Checkbook and Stubs, 1914-1916
Folder 23.11 Letter to L. D. Clinedinst from Joseph Wisman, April 19, 1897
Folder 23.12 Survey of Land Sold by D. D. Folz to L. D. Clinedinst, Edinburg Virginia, January 30, 1917
Folder 23.13 L. D. Clinedinst Financial Documents, 1890-1931
Folder 23.14 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Deposit Slips, 1907
Folder 23.15 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1908
Folder 23.16 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1910
Folder 23.17 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1911
Folder 23.18 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1912
Folder 23.19 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1913
Folder 23.20 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1914
Folder 23.21 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1915
Folder 23.22 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1916
Folder 23.23 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1917
Folder 23.24 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1918
Folder 23.25 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1919
Folder 23.26 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1920
Folder 23.27 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1922
Folder 23.28 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1923
Folder 23.29 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1924
Folder 23.30 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1925
Folder 23.31 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1926
Folder 23.32 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1927
Folder 23.33 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1928
Folder 23.34 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1929
Folder 23.35 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1930-1935
Folder 23.36 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1906-1907
Folder 23.37 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1938-1939
Folder 23.38 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1921-1922
Folder 23.39 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1934-1936
Folder 23.40 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1929-1930
Folder 23.41 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1930-1931
Folder 23.42 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1936-1938
Folder 23.43 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1939-1940
Folder 23.44 L. D. Clinedinst Checks, 1912-1934
Folder 23.45 L. D. Clinedinst Financial Papers, Undated
Folder 23.46 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Checks, 1919-1920
Folder 23.47 L. D. Clinedinst Farmer’s Bank of Edinburg Overdrawn Notice, 1943
Series X: Crim
Box 24: Stack 6, Shelf 4
Folder 24.1 Genealogical Research Information Compiled by Virginia Crim, 1937-ca.1960
Folder 24.2 Grubb Family, Undated
Folder 24.3 Newlin Family, ca. 1963
Folder 24.4 Dickinson/Crim Genealogy Correspondence, 1963
Folder 24.5 Dickinson/Crim Genealogy, 1963-1968
Folder 24.6 Crim Genealogy, 1963-1968
OVERSIZE
Oversize Folder 29 Crim Family Trees, undated Stack 6, Shelf 7
Series XI: Scrapbooks
Box 25: Stack 6, Shelf 5
Portraits Pages from Newspapers Past, Supplements to Northern Virginia Daily, Free Press, and the Shenandoah Valley Herald, Shenandoah County Fair Supplements, 1987-1996
Scrapbook of Josephine Hutcheson Magnifico, 1947-1951
Box 26: Stack 6, Shelf 5
Along the Valley Pike, New Market, Orkney Springs, Readus, Rinderton, St. Luke, Saumsville, Strasburg, Toms Brook, Woodstock, and Zepp
Box 27: Stack 6, Shelf 6
Along the Valley Pike, Bowman’s Crossing, Broadway-Timberville, Calvary, Columbia Furnace, Conicville, Cootes Store, Edinburg, Forestville, Fort Valley, Hamburg, Jerome, Lantz Mills, Maurertown, Mount Calvary, Mount Clifton, Mount Jackson, and Mount Olive
Series XII: Frakturs
Box 28: Stack 6, Shelf 6
German Tauffchein, Framed
German Tauffchein
Copies of Frakturs, 1835
Series XIII: Valley Bottling Company
Box 29: Stack 6, Shelf 7
J.C. Hutcheson Account Book, 1941
Valley Bottling Works Financial Book, 1931
Edinburg Virginia Insurance Policies, 1930-1931
J.C. Hutcheson and Shenandoah Valley Special Tours America Journal, 1927
Valley Bottling Works Ledger, ca. 1930
Series XIV: School Registers
Box 30: Stack 6, Shelf 7
Register School Number 25, ca. 1900
Ashby District School Register, 1901
Mt. Clifton School Register, 1902
Series XV: Postcards Sent to Local Families
Volume I: Stack 6, Shelf 4