A Guide to the Mary Lou Odum Newspaper Collection

Compiled by Zachary Hottel

Created July 17, 2018

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg Virginia, USA

Title: Mary Lou Odum Newspaper Collection

Date Range: 1925-1929

Collection Number: 2018-0005

Extent: 1 oversize box, 4 linear feet

Language: English

Abstract: Woodstock High School newspapers and a single newspaper from what is now James Madison University.   

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 Lou Odum Newspaper Collection, 1925-1929, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.

Acquisition Information: Donated to the Truban Archives by Mary Lou Odum, May 2 2018.  

Processing Information: Items were originally stored folded in Ziploc bags. Items were flattened and then placed flat in oversize folders.

Biographical/ Historical Note

Woodstock High School operated on Court Street in Woodstock Virginia from 1908 until 1933. The dates when the school published a newspaper is unknown. The newspapers were collected by Mary Wright a graduate of Woodstock High School and donated by her daughter Mary Lou Odum of Welch West Virginia after her death.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of approximately 4 linear feet of materials.

It contains newspapers published by Woodstock High School under the names “The Buzz” and “Virshenwood.”

Arrangement

Items are organized chronologically.

Inventory

Box 1: Stack 1, Shelf 4

Folder 1: “The Buzz” Volume I, Numbers 3, 5, and 8, Woodstock High School, December 1925- May 1926

Folder 2: “The Summer Breeze,” Volume III, Number 1, States Teachers College at Harrisonburg, August 25, 1926

Folder 3: “The Buzz” Volume II, Numbers 1-7, Woodstock High School, November 1926-May 1927

Folder 4: “The Virshenwood,” Volume 3, Numbers 1,2,3,4,7,8,9, and 10, Woodstock High School, October 1927-April 1928

Folder 5: “The Virshenwood,” Volume 4, Numbers 1-5, Woodstock High School, October 1928-March 1929