Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Portrait photograph of Laura Catherine Pence Funkhouser.

Laura lived in the Pleasant Valley community of Shenandoah County which is approximately 2 miles west of Mt. Jackson Virginia. She married Joseph Funkhouser on March 26, 1896 and had 5…

Scan of a photograph strip with five images showing a girl holding a dog in various poses. Both the girl and the creator of the photographs are unknown.

Scan of a photograph strip with five images showing two different women. Both the women and the creator of the photographs are unknown.

Scan of a photograph strip with five images showing two different African American women. Both the women and the creator of the photographs are unknown.

Photograph of an unidentified teen girl.

Letter sent from Douglas V. Evans to Margaret Hoffman congratulating her being named to the honor role while a student at Madison College, now James Madison University.

Douglas V. Evans was principal of the Woodstock High School when Margaret…

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing on the front porch and holding a broom.

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Photograph of three women with a young girl. The photograph was taken ca. 1914. On the back of the photo, someone identified them as Mary James, Mrs. Brushwood (?), Margaret Virginia, and Mae Agnes Evans.

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Two photographs. One showing a cemetery in an unknown location and a second showing an unidentified woman inside that cemetery. Both photographs are labeled on the reverse "October 2" 1914."

Photograph from an album entitled "Our Trip" to Strasburg VA, dated September 1901. The album is dedicated to "Ethel Bowman" whose parents hosted the travelers during their visit and who labeled each photograph.

The photograph shows an…

Photograph showing two unidentified girls at Camp Strawderman west of Edinburg Virginia.

Photograph showing a group of girls and one male subject at Camp Strawderman. The reverse of the image is labeled "Hike to Orkney."

Photograph showing a group of girls at Camp Strawderman in a car and several on horseback. The image is undated and the subjects are unidentified.

The reverse of the photograph is labeled "Which is Blanche? I want to be sure I'll know her."

Photograph showing women participating in a "water show" at Camp Strawderman west of Edinburg Virginia.

Photograph showing a group of four girls and one boy at Camp Strawderman west of Edinburg, All subjects of the photograph are unknown.

Photograph showing a group of unidentified girls on horseback at Camp Strawderman west of Edinburg Virginia.

Photograph showing girls on horseback at Camp Strawderman west of Edinburg Virginia.

Color photograph showing seven unidentified girls at Camp Strawderman, located west of Edinburg Virginia.

Moving to Shenandoah County in 1950, Amanda Brown turned the fields surrounding her house east of Maurertown into a “nature paradise” filled with plants that supported birds and small animals.

When she wasn’t planting Amanda supported the…

Bonnie Mawyer came to Shenandoah County in 1975. Her and her husband Roger moved to the Avendale Acres subdivision in Mt. Jackson after he was hired to manage the WSIG radio station.

A third grade teacher at New Market Elementary School, Bonnie…

In 1975 Dorothy L. Campbell became a clerk at the post office in Woodstock. A Shenandoah Valley-Herald report on her hiring noted she had a high score of over 96 on the Civil Service examination needed to secure that position. According to Postmaster…

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