A Guide to the Susan Holsinger Collection

Compiled by Eryn Kawecki

August 16, 2019

Descriptive Summary

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

Title: Susan Holsinger Collection

Date Range: 1939 - 1970

Collection Number: 2019-0013

Extent: 3 boxes

Language: English

Abstract: Photographs, family albums, copies of newspaper clippings, and other ephemera that relate to the residents of 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] Susan Holsinger Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.

Acquisition Information: Items were donated by Susan Holsinger of Edinburg, Virginia on July 2, 2019. Ms. Holsinger purchased the items from the Shenandoah Valley Flea Market, and she believes the items were originally purchased at an auction.

Processing Information: Items were sorted and then processed chronologically.

Biographical/Historical Note

Due to the nature of how these items were acquired, little is known as to its biographical and historical context.

Scope and Content

The Susan Holsinger Collection consists of 4.5 linear feet of material, which is stored in 3 boxes. The collection includes 27 folders, 48 sleeves, 1 oversized folder, and 2 photograph albums of materials. These materials include a collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other ephemera.

Inventory

Box 1, Stack 4, Shelf 3

 

Folder 1.1            Wedding, Emanuel Lutheran Church, Woodstock Virginia, ca. 1942

Folder 1.2            Letter Concerning Inflation, US Navy, April 16 1946

Folder 1.3            Zeigler Family Photograph Album Pages, Woodstock Virginia, ca. 1948

Folder 1.4            Thelma M. Pierce, Virginia Registered Professional Hairdresser Certificate, December 4 1962

Folder 1.5            Stonewall Jackson High School Athletics Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1965

Folder 1.6            Harry Alvin Taylor Funeral Card, March 17 1968

Folder 1.7            John W. Bennett Obituary, Woodstock Virginia, April 6, 1968

Folder 1.8            Picnic Shelter Dedication, Woodstock Recreation Park, Northern Virginia Daily, May 8 1968

Folder 1.9            Trustee’s Sale, Toms Brook Lime and Stone Company, May 10 1968

Folder 1.10          Sleeves 1.1 – 1.4

Folder 1.11          Sleeves 1.5 – 1.8

Folder 1.12          Sleeves 1.9 – 1.12

Folder 1.13          “Cataracts, What They Came From and What They Are,” Undated

Folder 1.14          Duck Artwork, “By Louis Zeigler, Ridgely School,” Undated

Folder 1.15          Easter Card, Undated

Folder 1.16          Eddie Bracken, Apple Blossom Festival Grand Marshall, Undated

Folder 1.17          Letter, Betty Joe to Edith, Edinburg Virginia, Undated

Folder 1.18          “My Rocks,” Display Photograph, Undated

Folder 1.19          Newspaper Clipping, “Truck Driver Burns to Death,” Warner Conrad Payne, Undated

Folder 1.20          Photograph of Unidentified Girl, Undated

Folder 1.21          Private Aubrey Fletcher Death Notices, Undated

Folder 1.22          Promotion Clipping, Donald Burch USMC, Woodstock Virginia, Undated

Folder 1.23          Toms Brook Elementary School Class Photograph, Miss Holler, Undated

Folder 1.24          Unidentified Child, Undated

Folder 1.25          Unidentified Colorized Photographs, Undated

Folder 1.26          Unidentified Group of Senior Citizens

Folder 1.27          Unidentified Photograph Negatives, Undated

 

Box 2, Stack 4, Shelf 3

 

Sleeve 2.1           “Your Sis Gena and Mom,” September 3 1945

Sleeve 2.2           Unidentified Child, “School Days,” 1946-1947

Sleeve 2.3           Unidentified House, Developed by Peoples Drug Store, November 9 1948

Sleeve 2.4           Unidentified Woman, “Oklahoma June 1951,” “163”

Sleeve 2.5           Unidentified Children and Adults, May 1956

Sleeve 2.6           Miss Holler, Grade 2, Toms Brook Elementary School, 1959-1960, Color Photograph

Sleeve 2.7           Unidentified Photograph, Adults and Children, May 1960

Sleeve 2.8           Mrs. Calvert, Grade Three, Toms Brook Elementary School, 1960-1961, Color Photograph

Sleeve 2.9           Mrs. Sibert, Grade Five, Toms Brook Elementary School, 1961-1962, Color Photograph

Sleeve 2.10         Mrs. Sibert, Grade Four, Toms Brook Elementary School, 1963, Color Photograph

Sleeve 2.11         Mrs. Carey, Grade Five, Toms Brook Elementary School, 1963-1964, Color Photograph

Sleeve 2.12         Mrs. Wright, Grade Eight, Toms Brook Elementary School, 1965, Color Photograph

Sleeve 2.13         Nurse at Hospital, Unidentified, April 1967

Sleeve 2.14         Unidentified Man and Wife, 2 Photographs, October 1969

Sleeve 2.15         Unidentified Structure, April 1970

Sleeve 2.16         Cars in Snow “322K,” Undated

Sleeve 2.17         Man and Woman with Child, Unidentified, “5 mo. old,” Undated

Sleeve 2.18         Teens and Bicycles, Undated

Sleeve 2.19         Two Dogs, “95,” Undated

Sleeve 2.20         Unidentified Girl, “48110,” Undated

Sleeve 2.21         Unidentified Girl, Undated

Sleeve 2.22         Unidentified Man and Woman, Miniature Photograph, Undated

Sleeve 2.23         Unidentified Dog, Undated

Sleeve 2.24         Unidentified Girl with Cat, “163,” Undated

Sleeve 2.25         Unidentified House, Undated

Sleeve 2.26         Unidentified House, “0290,” Undated

Sleeve 2.27         Unidentified House in Snow, Undated

Sleeve 2.28         Unidentified Two Boys, Undated

Sleeve 2.29         Unidentified Two Men, One Woman, and Dog, “807A,” Undated

Sleeve 2.30         Unidentified Adolescent Male, Undated

Sleeve 2.31         Unidentified Child, Color Photograph, Undated

Sleeve 2.32         Unidentified Child with Stuffed Animal, Undated

Sleeve 2.33         Unidentified Children, Color Photograph, Undated

Sleeve 2.34         Unidentified Children and Woman, Color Photograph, Undated

Sleeve 2.35         Unidentified Group of 6 Persons, Color Photograph, Undated

Sleeve 2.36         Unidentified Male Adolescent, Color Photograph, Undated

Sleeve 2.37         Unidentified Man in Uniform and Girl, “718,” Undated

Sleeve 2.38         Unidentified Soldier, US Army, Undated

Sleeve 2.39         Unidentified Tombstone, Color Photograph, Undated

Sleeve 2.40         Unidentified Woman Sweeping, “Guess I Fooled You ____,” Undated

Sleeve 2.41         Unidentified Women, Color Photograph, Undated

Sleeve 2.42         Unidentified Man and Woman, “61,” Undated

Sleeve 2.43         Unidentified Family Group, Undated

Sleeve 2.44         Three Unidentified Children, Undated

Sleeve 2.45         Unidentified Infant, Undated

Sleeve 2.46         Unidentified Male Adolescents with Raccoon, Undated, “505”

Sleeve 2.47         Picture of a Tree

Sleeve 2.48         Unidentified Female Adolescent, Undated, “012”    

 

Box 3, Stack 4, Shelf 3

 

Family Photographs, Guam and Shenandoah County, ca. 1945

Photograph Album, Henry Family Cross Country Vacation, 1951

Zeigler Family Scrapbook Page, ca. 1939

Zeigler Photograph Album, 1944-1960, Containing photographs from the Wolverton Family, Hamilton Family, and the Rinker Family; Images from Fort Valley Virginia, Zepp Virginia, Roanoke Virginia, and Pennsylvania