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