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