Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Receipt noting that $29.25 had been received by Perry Bowman from M.M. Campbell, Receiver inf the Chancery suit of N.J. Conover vs. Liberty Iron Company for brick work on the company's stack. The receipt is dated December 31, 1891.

Certificate for two shares in the "Mt. Jackson Circulating Library" issued to Joseph Homer Tisinger of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

The certificate appears to be issued by "The Collins Library Company, Thomas J. Collins, Manager." It is dated February 6…

License granted to "Jno Wissler & Co" to operate a retail store in Columbia Furnace Virginia after the company has paid a $48 fee. The document is dated April 12 1858.

The license was signed by ____ Rinker and references the Sheriff of Shenandoah…

Sometime between 1900 and 1925, one member of the Lichliter family produced this drawing. Unfortunately, whoever was responsible failed to leave any information behind.

What we do know is that the Lichliters lived on Washington Street in…

Photograph of Linden Malcolm Winesburg sitting outside.

Mary Ann Williamson wrote about Linden and his family in her book, The History of Edinburg, Virginia. In the book, she notes that the Winesburg family were prominent tinsmithers in Edinburg.…

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Agreement between the "Linhoss & Shirley Pharmacy" and Martha Henkel regarding the rental of space for the pharmacy to operate in New Market Virginia.

The agreement is dated October 1921. It is signed by Martha Henkel, Dr. William C. Shirley, and…

Scale ticket and sale bill issued to Paul Runion by the Woodstock Livestock Market Inc.

The items are for the sale of a 220 pound calf on June 6, 1945. The gross amount for the sale was $36.30.

Photograph showing Lois Virginia Chandler. The image appears in Pauline Lichliter's Strasburg High School scrapbook ca. 1920. It is labeled as "Our President."

Campaign card for Loy J. Coffman for County Clerk of Shenandoah County Virginia. The election was to be held on November 8, 1927.

M. M. Orndorff's Residence, Oranda, Va.

Mabel Runion spent most of her life in the Lantz Mill’s community. Her and her husband Peter moved there in 1938 after living for a few years in the Fairview Community.

The Runions were known for the wide array of animals that lived on their farm.…

Photograph of an unidentified man holding a young child outside.

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Photograph of an unidentified man holding a snake at a children's program held at the Shenandoah County Library.

The photograph is undated, but based on contextual information would have been taken in the early 2000s.

Photograph of Josephine Miller (Lynn) and Marie Boyer at Harrisonburg State Teacher's College sometime around 1930. Both graduated and became teachers in Shenandoah County.

Martha Henkel always said “I loved my babies.” After delivering over 1500 of them, its apparent she did.

Martha came to New Market in 1923 with her husband Stuart. She had grown up in Philadelphia and was trained as a nurse . In New Market she…

Photograph showing Mary Belle Obermier of Edinburg Virginia.

Oral history interview featuring Mary Beth Price conducted on June 17 2021 at the Box Office Brewery in Strasburg Virginia.

The interview focuses on her life growing up in Strasburg Virginia, her career as a local government employee and…

Photograph of Mary Lee Dysart of Woodstock Virginia.

Mary Lou Polk Thompson was known for her involvement with the community and C.E. Thompson’s, an Edinburg building supply company that her husband was part owner of.

Born on July 22, 1933 she moved to a house just south of Edinburg in 1961…

Pamphlet produced for a "Masonic Banquet" held at the Riverside Tea Room on June 25, 1924.

This banquet appears to include representation from the Mt. Jackson Lodge, the Hunter Lodge in Edinburg Virginia, and the Cassia Lodge in Woodstock…

Photograph showing Massanutten Academy in Woodstock Virginia. The rear of the photograph is labeled "Massanutten Academy, Woodstock Va. This is the school I go to this season Roy Fravel ______ 1899"

Today this building is Riddleberger Hall on the…

Photograph showing the baseball team for Massanutten Academy, now Massanutten Military Academy, sometime around 1910.

Two individuals in the photograph are identified. At the far right of the center row is Charles Roller. In the front row, center…

1917 varsity baseball schedule for Massanutten Academy, now Massanutten Military Academy, in Woodstock Virginia.

Photograph of four unidentified Massanutten Military Cadets sitting at a lunch counter in Woodstock Virginia.
Behind them are two unidentified women working the counter.

The photograph is taken from a page in the 1965 "The Adjutant," yearbook…

Card with attached ribbon issued to Zelda Lichliter by the Massanutten Garden Club for their Flower Festival.

The card is undated.

Zelda Lichliter was a resident of Strasburg Virginia. The Massanutten Garden Club operates in the same town.
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