Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Undated bumper sticker featuring "I Love Edinburg Ole Time Festival."

Clippings detailing various events that were held in the area to celebrate Shenandoah County's Bicentennial in 1972.

Document bearing Geary Hotel letter head listing the running team of Harrisonburg Hose Company Number 4. The running team would have been part of a series of hose reel races that occurred in Woodstock on July 4, 1901 when the town celebrated the…

Photograph showing a marching group in the Edinburg Ole Time Festival parade, ca. 1990.

Photograph showing members of the Lantz family at a picnic. Ten individuals have been identified by Wenona Lantz as being in the photograph. They are from left to right, back row first:

-Virginia Lantz, Wenona's mother
-Lydia Tysinger, Wenona's…

Copy of a letter sent from Franklin D. Roosevelt to A (Absalom) Willis Robertson concerning the possible closure of Camp Roosevelt, the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp located near Edinburg Virginia. Robertson at the time was the Congressional…

Photograph showing a group of unidentified boys in front of Lantz Hall at Massanutten Academy, now Massanutten Military Academy.

Photograph showing an unidentified farmhouse in Woodstock Virginia. Most likely the image shows the area across from what is now Massanutten Military Academy.

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…

Letter written from R.K. Hoch to the manager of the "Woodstock Ball Club" inquiring about playing for the team that year. At the time Woodstock fielded a team as part of the Shenandoah Valley Baseball League which included teams from throughout the…

Document appointing Joseph W. Evans Postmaster of Edinburg Virginia. He was appointed on July 29, 1868. This document was signed by St. John Bull Skinner, acting postmaster general on August 11 1868.

Joseph Evans would serve as postmaster in…

Scan of the Triplett Trumpeter from May 24, 1943. The Trumpeter was a newspaper produced by the students and staff of Triplett High School in Mt. Jackson Virginia. Four (4) pages total.

Scan of an elementary certificate issued to Conrad Allen Helsley for successfully completing the course of study at Toms Brook Elementary School. It was issued on May 31, 1963.

Photograph showing a flooded bridge across the North Fork of the Shenandoah River at Red Banks in Shenandoah County. Three unidentified people are standing in the foreground.

Letter from S.D. Crude, resident engineer for the Virginia Department of Highways, to J.W. Garner of the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors. The letter informs Garner and the board that the state department of transportation had received approval…

Dog tag produced by Frank J. Walters to mark the birth of his daughter Jo An Walters.

Certificate issued to Franklin J. Walters certifying that is has completed a period of training and active service in the United States Navy during World War Two.

Undated photograph showing a groups of girls. Labeled as being at the "school on the hill" in New Market Virginia.

Undated photograph showing Walter Boyd driving his auto track that he used as a tractor. Behind the truck is hay rakewith an unidentified individual on board.

This photograph is labeled:

Granddaddy Walter and his Tractor
Picture Boyd taken…

Certificate issued to Franklin J. Walters certifying the decorations, medals, and badges he is entitled to wear to commemorate his service in the Second World War. Signed by H.T. Jones, United States Navy Reserves on June 30 1945.

Certificate of completion for the United States Navy's Seaman First Class Training Course presented to Franklin Joseph Walters on May 22 1944.

Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy issued to Franklin Joseph Walters in October 1945.

Colorized photograph showing the United States Navy Destroyer Charles F. Hughes (DD428) sometime during World War Two. The image was owned by Franklin J. Walters who served aboard the destroyer during the conflict.

Two undated photographs showing an unidentified individual serving as "Santa Claus" for the Shenandoah County Library's annual Christmas holiday program for children. The photographs were taken in the library's original location in the basement of…

Photograph showing two volunteers stocking shelves at the Edinburg Community Library, ca. 1980. At the time the library was located in the former Irvin Building on what is now Piccadilly Street.
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