A Guide to the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Collection, 2018-0001

Compiled by Zachary Hottel

June 11, 2018

Descriptive Summary

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

Title: Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Collection

Date Range: 1922-2015

Collection Number: 2018-0001

Extent: 16 boxes

Language: English

Abstract: Records of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce. Includes legal documents, financial records, meeting minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, and membership records. The documents encompass the history of the chamber from its founding in 1922 through its reorganization as the Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce in 2011.

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] Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1922-2015, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.

Acquisition Information: Donated by Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce, March 2018. Originally stored in the Chamber attic.  

Processing Information: This collection is contained in sixteen boxes including six full size letter, one half size letter, six small photograph boxes, one small photo slide box, and two large ledger boxes. There are also two oversize folders. During processing much of the original organizational scheme for file names was retained.  

Biographical/ Historical Note

The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1922 by a group of local business leaders who sought to improve the local economy. Over the years the organization was responsible for many projects including the construction of the Woodstock Tower, local parades, town beautification efforts, business initiatives, and festivals. The organization merged with several other local chamber of commerce organizations in 2011 and changed its name to the Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce.

 

 

Scope and Content

This collection consists of approximately 16.5 linear feet of materials.

It contains items related to the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce produced between 1922 and 2015. The majority of the items are from the chamber’s membership and board meetings. These include minutes, financial statements, activity reports, and supporting documents.

The collection also contains the chamber’s membership cards for several years ca. 1990. These contain the names of businesses, individuals, and organizations that were members of the chamber and are sorted by membership type.

There is also a small collection of audio and visual materials related to chamber activities. 

Arrangement

The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Collection is divided into the following five (5) series:

Series I: Documents

                Box 1, Staff Room

                Box 2, Staff Room

                Box 3, Staff Room

                Box 4, Staff Room

                Box 5, Staff Room

                Box 6, Staff Room

                Box 7, Staff Room

Series II: Audio Materials

                Box 8, Staff Room

Series III: Photographs

                Box 9, Staff Room

                Box 10, Staff Room

Series IV: Membership Cards

                Box 11, Staff Room

                Box 12, Staff Room

                Box 13, Staff Room

                Box 14, Staff Room

Series V: Bound Records

                Box 15, Staff Room

                Box 16, Staff Room

Bibliography:

Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Collection,1922-2015, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.

Inventory

 

Series I: Documents

 

Box 1: Staff Room

Folder 1.1 Minutes, page 116-117, 1926-1927 Minute Book

Folder 1.2 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents, 1926-1928

Folder 1.3 Letter concerning charter, November 11 1933

Folder 1.4 Copies, Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Charter, 1933

Folder 1.5 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents, 1933-1938

Folder 1.6 Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to Representative A. Willis Robertson Concerning Edinburg CCC Camp, March 26 1938

Folder 1.7 Documents from page 128-129, Minute Book, 1946-1956

Folder 1.8 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1956-1963, 1 of 3

Folder 1.9 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1956-1963, 2 of 3

Folder 1.10 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1956-1963, 3 of 3

Folder 1.11 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1965-1969

Folder 1.12 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1967-1973 1 of 4

Folder 1.13 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1967-1973 2 of 4

Folder 1.14 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1967-1973 3 of 4

Folder 1.15 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1967-1973 4 of 4

Folder 1.16 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting Program, January 29 1973

 

Box 2: 387580101471257, Staff Room

Folder 2.1 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1973-1982 1 of 7

Folder 2.2 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1973-1982 2 of 7

Folder 2.3 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1973-1982 3 of 7

Folder 2.4 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1973-1982 4 of 7

Folder 2.5 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1973-1982 5 of 7

Folder 2.6 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1973-1982 6 of 7

Folder 2.7 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1973-1982 7 of 7

Folder 2.8 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes 1982

Folder 2.9 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents, 1980-1981

Folder 2.10 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1983-1983 1 of 3

Folder 2.11 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1983-1983 2 of 3

Folder 2.12 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1983-1983 3 of 3

Folder 2.13 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1983

Folder 2.14 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting Program, January 27 1986

Folder 2.15 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Business Directory, 1987

 

Box 3: 38758101471265, Staff Room

Folder 3.1 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, February 1987

Folder 3.2 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, March 1987

Folder 3.3 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, April 1987

Folder 3.4 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, May 1987

Folder 3.5 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, June 1987

Folder 3.6 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, July 1987

Folder 3.7 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, August 1987

Folder 3.8 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, September 1987

Folder 3.9 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, October 1987

Folder 3.10 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, November 1987

Folder 3.11 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Documents and Minutes, December 1987

Folder 3.12 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1988-1990 1 of 3

Folder 3.13 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1988-1990 2 of 3

Folder 3.14 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents 1988-1990 3 of 3

Folder 3.15 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce “Court Days” Newsletters and Documents, 1986-1987

Folder 3.16 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Newspaper Clippings, 1986-1992

Folder 3.17 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents January 1988

Folder 3.18 “1987 A Year in Review” Script, January 25 1988

Folder 3.19 “Images’88,” Woodstock Women’s Club Preview of Spring and Summer Fashions, 1988

Folder 3.20 Annual Report, Shenandoah Telephone Company, 1988

Folder 3.21 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents January 1988

Folder 3.22 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents February 1988

Folder 3.23 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents March 1988

Folder 3.24 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents April 1988

Folder 3.25 Highway Post Office Bus, April 15 1988

 

Box 4: Staff Room

Folder 4.1 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents April 1988

Folder 4.2 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents May 1988

Folder 4.3 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents June 1988

Folder 4.4 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents July 1988

Folder 4.5 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents August 1988

Folder 4.6 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents September 1988

Folder 4.7 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents October 1988

Folder 4.8 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents November 1988

Folder 4.9 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents December 1988

Folder 4.10 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Phone Lists, 1989

Folder 4.11 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Calendars, 1989

Folder 4.12 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Membership, 1989

Folder 4.13 Don Garman Memorial Pamphlet, 1989

Folder 4.14 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Miscellaneous Documents, 1989

Folder 4.15 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, January-April 1989

Folder 4.16 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, April and May 1989

Folder 4.17 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, June-August 1989

Folder 4.18 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, September and October 1989

Folder 4.19 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, November and December 1989

Folder 4.20 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 1989-1992 1 of 3

Folder 4.21 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 1989-1992 2 of 3

Folder 4.22 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 1989-1992 3 of 3

 

Box 5: Staff Room

Folder 5.1 1990 Business Directory and Information Guide

Folder 5.2 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Treasurer’s Reports, 1992-1992

Folder 5.3 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Membership List, 1990

Folder 5.4 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, January 1990

Folder 5.5 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, February 1990

Folder 5.6 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, March 1990

Folder 5.7 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, April 1990

Folder 5.8 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, May 1990

Folder 5.9 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, June 1990

Folder 5.10 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, July 1990

Folder 5.11 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, August 1990

Folder 5.12 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, September 1990

Folder 5.13 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, October 1990

Folder 5.14 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, November 1990

Folder 5.15 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1991-1992, 1 of 3

Folder 5.16 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1991-1992, 2 of 3

Folder 5.17 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1991-1992, 3 of 3

Folder 5.18 Court Days, 1992

Folder 5.19 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 1993-1995 1 of 5

Folder 5.20 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 1993-1995 2 of 5

Folder 5.21 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 1993-1995 3 of 5

Folder 5.22 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 1993-1995 4 of 5

Folder 5.23 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 1993-1995 5 of 5

 

Box 6: Staff Room

Folder 6.1 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce By-Laws, 1999-2011

Folder 6.2 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 2000-2005 1 of 3

Folder 6.3 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 2000-2005 2 of 3

Folder 6.4 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 2000-2005 3 of 3

Folder 6.5 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Clippings and Documents, 2001-2002

Folder 6.6 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 2006-2010 1 of 4

Folder 6.7 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 2006-2010 2 of 4

Folder 6.8 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 2006-2010 3 of 4

Folder 6.9 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes and Documents, 2006-2010 4 of 4

Folder 6.10 Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Notes, ca. 2010

Folder 6.11 Virginia Main Street, Main Street Essentials, September 22-23 2010

Folder 6.12 Community Needs Update, 2010-2013

 

Box 7: Staff Room

Folder 7.1 Business Resource Guide, 2011

Folder 7.2 United Way Day of Caring 2011

Folder 7.3 Bands, 2011

Folder 7.4 Community Link Directory Proposal, 2011

Folder 7.5 Home for the Holidays, 2011

Folder 7.6 Autumn Fest, 2011

Folder 7.7 Membership, 2012

Folder 7.8 Vintage Woodstock, 2014

Folder 7.9 Vintage Woodstock, 2015

Folder 7.10 Court Days Pamphlet, Undated

Folder 7.11 Court Days Brochure, Undated

 

OVERSIZE FOLDER 1

Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Newspaper Clippings and Supplements, 1988-1996

Location: Map Case Drawer B, Folder 17

 

OVERSIZE FOLDER 2

Map of Shenandoah County and Towns, 1994

Location: Oversize Box 1

 

Series II: Audio Materials

 

Box 8: Staff Room

AUDIO CASSETTE: January 25, 1955 1987 Annual Banquet, Slide Show Audio, app. 5 mins.

AUDIO CASSETTE: Wood. Chamber 89” Banquet Tape

AUDIO CASSETTE: November 1990

AUDIO CASSETTE: 12/19/90 C of C

AUDIO CASSETTE: Banquet 1/21/91

AUDIO CASSETTE: 1/91

AUDIO CASSETTE: Unlabeled Recording

 

Series III: Photographs

 

Box 9: Staff Room

Court Day Photographs, 1988

Court Day Photographs, 1990

Event at Fairgrounds Photographs, 1990

US Post Office Highway Post Office Bus, May 1988

 

Box 10: 38758101471331, Staff Room

Photo Slides “1987’ A Year in Review’” Annual Meeting, January 25, 1988

 

Series IV: Membership Cards

 

Box 11: Staff Room

1993 members

Cards, unidentified

 

Box 12: Staff Room

Businesses, undated

Non-Profits, undated

Individuals, undated

Out of Town, undated

 

Box 13: Staff Room

Businesses, undated

Non-Profits, undated

Individuals, undated

Out of Town, undated

 

Box 14: Staff Room

Business Entries, undated

Non-Profits, undated

Individual Members, undated

Out of Town, undated

 

Series V: Bound Records

 

Box 15: Staff Room

Scrapbook, Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, 1986-1988

 

Box 16: Staff Room

Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1922-1927

Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1946-1956

Guests, 1998-2010