Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Oral history interview featuring Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tolliver Nickens conducted on February 5, 2016 for the Shenandoah County Library's Black History Month Program.

In 1964 Delois became the first African American student to attend what was then…

Photograph showing the Hotel Holtzman located in Woodstock Virginia.

The hotel's staff, several of which are African American, and numerous other individuals are also pictured.

This structure stood at the current site of the Shenandoah County…

Photograph of an unidentified African American man with glasses is seated beside an unidentified African American woman. Two unidentified young girls are seated in front of them and wearing matching dresses.

Probably, this was a family photograph.

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of the same unidentified African American man with a thin mustache and wearing a suit and tie.

In the left image, he is also wearing glasses.

A handkerchief is visible sticking out of his breast…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of an unidentified African American student wearing her graduation cap and gown.

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of the same unidentified African American student with short hair and wearing her graduation cap and gown.

Photo of two separate photographs of an unidentified African American woman seated beside an unidentified African American man in a suit and tie.

Another unidentified young man, probably teenaged, is standing behind them.

Probably, this was a…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Gwendolyn S. Tolliver as a young woman in her graduation cap and gown.

Gwendolyn made headlines in 1962 when she became the first African American student to integrate all-white Central High School in…

Photograph of Preston W. Scott and his wife, Fleeta Mae (McAfee) Scott, seated on the porch of their home at 120 S. Water Street in Woodstock and surrounded by their children and their families.

Identified are (l to r):

Front row: Unidentified…

Photograph of Preston W. Scott and his wife, Fleeta Mae (McAfee) Scott, seated on the porch of their home at 120 S. Water Street in Woodstock and surrounded by their children and their families.

Preston was born in Mt. Jackson to Washington and…

Photograph of Preston W. Scott and his wife, Fleeta Mae (McAfee) Scott, seated on the porch of their home at 120 S. Water Street in Woodstock and surrounded by their children and their families.

Preston was born in Mt. Jackson to Washington and…

Group of unidentified cadets from Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) assembled in rows on the steps of a campus building.

Group of unidentified cadets from Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) posed together on bleachers inside.

All are wearing track suits with a large "M" on the front. Two unidentified men in suits are on the ends of the front row.

Two of the…

Group photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) swim team. All are unidentified.

Two coaches are standing at either end of the row in back.

There is one African American cadet seated at right in the middle row who is holding a…

Unidentified African American man standing in a baseball uniform with a "W" on the front and holding a bat.

This indicates he may have played for a segregated team in Woodstock Virginia.

Photo of a photograph of a Rev. W.H. Polk superimposed on a photograph of Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church in Woodstock.

This church is located on the corner of N. Church and E. Locust Streets in Woodstock. It was built in 1921 to replace an…

Photo of a photograph of Reverend W.H. Polk superimposed onto a photo of the original Mt. Zion Methodist Church in Woodstock, Virginia.

This church was located on the corner of Church and Locust Streets. The building at the far left of photo is…

Unidentified African American man is wearing a suit and tie and standing by a bench.

Unidentified African American woman is standing by a bench and wearing a blouse and long skirt.

Unidentified African American woman wearing a necklace and a long dress with a sash tied at the waist, is standing by a bench.

Photograph of an unidentified African American woman in a nurse's uniform and seated on a bench.

Unidentified young barefoot African American child with a bow in her hair, is seated on a bench.

Unidentified young African American man wearing a suit and tie and seated on a bench.

The name, "Jessie Boyd", is written on the glass plate.

Portrait photograph of an unidentified African American woman wearing a hat and a fashionable blouse.

Portrait photograph of an unidentified African American woman wearing a fashionable, plaid blouse.
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