Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Lewis McAfee (left) standing beside his father, Arthur McAfee, seated.

Portrait photograph of Lewis McAfee (left) and William "Wee" Timbers (right) seated together.

Both men were from Woodstock.

Lewis McAfee was the son of Arthur and Minnie McAfee. He grew up on Spring Street in Woodstock. He married Elsie F. Pye…

Photograph of Lewis Sonner from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."

Scan of a glass plate negative showing the structures of the Liberty Iron Furnace in what is now Liberty Furnace Virginia.

Photograph of a photograph showing the office building at Liberty Furnace.

The two story office building was part of the complex of structures used at this iron furnace facility located west of Edinburg Virginia.

It was demolished in 1998.

Photo of a photograph of the Liberty Furnace property.

The superintendent's house (still standing in 2022) is visible on the left of the image and the furnace structures are visible on the extreme right.

Liberty Furnace was located along…

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.

Photograph of Liberty Iron Furnace, located along Stony Creek approximately 11 miles west of Edinburg Virginia.

The superintendent's house (still standing in 2025) is visible on the upper left of the image and the furnace structures are visible…

Photo of a photograph of buildings that were part of the Liberty Iron Furnace property.

Liberty Furnace was located along Stony Creek approximately 11 miles west of Edinburg, Virginia.

Article about children's programs at the Shenandoah County Library

Photograph taken in an unidentified room in a library. Many shelves of books are visible.

Unidentified library with books on shelves surrounding a desk and chair. The books appear to be a part of the Fiction collection.

Article about the New Market Area Library's technology program

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…

Article about the purchase of of Jacob Stiegel's diary for the Shenandoah County archives.

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 a gravestone for the Lichliter family.

Photograph of the four Lichliter sisters, all from Detrick in Fort Valley. Identified as (l to r): Georgie F. (Lichliter) Shipe, Reva Mae Lichliter, Anna Lee (Lichliter) Ritenour, and Thelma (Lichliter) Shiflett.

All are buried in Detrick…

Photograph of a drawing or painting of an unidentified man in an oval frame. The artwork is lifelike.

Portrait photograph of Lelia K. (Burner) Boswell wearing her round glasses and faux pearls.

She was from the Calvary area near Woodstock and was the daughter of Harry Cameron and Annie Elizabeth (Heishman) Burner.

Her first husband was Thomas…

Portrait photograph of Lillian (Ritenour) Bowers as a young woman.

She was born in in Woodstock, a daughter of William Arthur and Maggie Mae (Walker) Ritenour.

Her husband was Ralph Daniel Bowers. Together, they raised two children, Bruce…

Photograph of Lilliam Christina (Abell) Heishman as a young woman standing by a bench.

Lillian was the daughter of John Wesley (1854-1916) and Emma Susan (Marston) Abell (1858-1920). She married Lee Allen Heishman Sr. in 1916. They had five…

Photograph of three friends identified as (l to r): Lillian Richardson, Margie (Powell) Lichliter, and Catherine Richardson.

Lillian was the daughter of Lester Richardson.

Margie was the daughter of Kemper Claye and Zola (Munch)…
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