1 25 6 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/475f96b557a1c17540213d570a954adf.jpg 5a5725c2a1e5a36e1ada6c1f0e86e389 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morrison Studio Collection Subject The topic of the resource Morrison, Hugh Jr. (1871-1950) Morrison, Louis Morrison, James Description An account of the resource In 1899 Hugh Morrison Jr. opened a photograph studio on W. Court Street in Woodstock after several years of working in the area as a travelling photographer. Between that time, and the time his grandson James Morrison closed the studio in 1988, the Morrison family captured thousands of portraits, landscapes, and buildings on film and glass negatives. In 1999 the Shenandoah County Historical Society acquired over 31,000 of these negatives from the estate of local collector Charles D. Bauserman. Volunteers from the historical society worked over the next several decades to house, number, and scan each image. This effort resulted in over two tons of Morrison plates and negatives being processed and digitized. This collection contains those digitized versions of these photographs. Through a partnership between the historical society and the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives access to a growing number of these images is available to the public. Current projections indicate the full collection will be available for viewing sometime in 2028. This collection does contain some images of a sexual and/or graphic nature that some viewers may find inappropriate. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studios Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hugh Morrison Collection, Shenandoah County Historical Society Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource A special thanks to Tracy McMahon for her dedicated work entering metadata for this collection. A special thank you to the Shenandoah County Historical Society for their efforts to number and scan each image. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Copyright for these images is held by the Shenandoah County Historical Society. Contact the Shenandoah County Historical Society (www.https://www.shenandoahcountyhistoricalsociety.org/) for permission to utilize images commercially, for high resolution scans, or for prints. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Film Negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 029390 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studio Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED Title A name given to the resource MMA Group of People Subject The topic of the resource Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.) Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock Caskey, Wilson Rufus (1913-2004) Benchoff, Anna Katharine Hottel (1895-1986) Beahm, Carroll Newkirk, Jack Gearing, John Description An account of the resource Group of mostly unidentified men and women seated together in the gymnasium at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). Identified are some members of the front row. They are (l to r): Carroll Beahm, Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff, Wilson R. Caskey, Unidentified, Unidentified, John Gearing, Unidentified. At the back, second from the right is Jack Newkirk. All the other people are unidentified. We believe this was the MMA Alumni Association but it is unconfirmed. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Beahm, Benchoff, Caskey, Gearing, and Newkirk identified in 2025 by library staff based on other images of the same people. Relation A related resource Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 006251, 006307, 009888, 010953, 012698, 012962, 023558, 025658, 029287, 029380, and 029390. Wilson Rufus Caskey appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004069, 004070, 008963, 023007, 029380, and 029390. Carroll Beahm appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029380 and 029390. John Gearing appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002682, 029380 and 029390. Jack Newkirk appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029380 and 029390. Beahm Benchoff Caskey Gearing Massanutten Military Academy Men MMA Newkirk Schools Shenandoah County Virginia Women https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/7eedb1b1a6642b8953e109dc26a522cb.jpg 9e6198b8b9a58645a23d6bce61786c42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morrison Studio Collection Subject The topic of the resource Morrison, Hugh Jr. (1871-1950) Morrison, Louis Morrison, James Description An account of the resource In 1899 Hugh Morrison Jr. opened a photograph studio on W. Court Street in Woodstock after several years of working in the area as a travelling photographer. Between that time, and the time his grandson James Morrison closed the studio in 1988, the Morrison family captured thousands of portraits, landscapes, and buildings on film and glass negatives. In 1999 the Shenandoah County Historical Society acquired over 31,000 of these negatives from the estate of local collector Charles D. Bauserman. Volunteers from the historical society worked over the next several decades to house, number, and scan each image. This effort resulted in over two tons of Morrison plates and negatives being processed and digitized. This collection contains those digitized versions of these photographs. Through a partnership between the historical society and the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives access to a growing number of these images is available to the public. Current projections indicate the full collection will be available for viewing sometime in 2028. This collection does contain some images of a sexual and/or graphic nature that some viewers may find inappropriate. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studios Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hugh Morrison Collection, Shenandoah County Historical Society Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource A special thanks to Tracy McMahon for her dedicated work entering metadata for this collection. A special thank you to the Shenandoah County Historical Society for their efforts to number and scan each image. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Copyright for these images is held by the Shenandoah County Historical Society. Contact the Shenandoah County Historical Society (www.https://www.shenandoahcountyhistoricalsociety.org/) for permission to utilize images commercially, for high resolution scans, or for prints. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Film Negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 029380 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studio Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED Title A name given to the resource Seven MMA Related People Subject The topic of the resource Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.) Caskey, Wilson Rufus (1913-2004) Benchoff, Anna Katharine Hottel (1895-1986) Beahm, Carroll Newkirk, Jack Gearing, John Description An account of the resource Group of seven people, a woman and six men, posed together in front of a stage on the campus of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). Identified are (l to r): Seated: Unidentified, W.R. Caskey, Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff, and Carroll Beahm Standing: Unidentified, Jack Newkirk, and John Gearing. It is likely this was a photograph of the MMA Alumni Association Board but we are unsure. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Identifications made in 2025 by library staff using the name tags pictured. Relation A related resource Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 006251, 006307, 009888, 010953, 012698, 012962, 023558, 025658, 029287, 029380, and 029390. Wilson Rufus Caskey appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004069, 004070, 008963, 023007, 029380, and 029390. Carroll Beahm appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029380 and 029390. John Gearing appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002682, 029380 and 029390. Jack Newkirk appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029380 and 029390. Beahm Benchoff Caskey Gearing Massanutten Military Academy Men MMA Newkirk Shenandoah County Virginia Women https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/93a6089f029cce336df7ecb77c5ff1f6.jpg d2c68c00e12fb95e3d8364367622fe6f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morrison Studio Collection Subject The topic of the resource Morrison, Hugh Jr. (1871-1950) Morrison, Louis Morrison, James Description An account of the resource In 1899 Hugh Morrison Jr. opened a photograph studio on W. Court Street in Woodstock after several years of working in the area as a travelling photographer. Between that time, and the time his grandson James Morrison closed the studio in 1988, the Morrison family captured thousands of portraits, landscapes, and buildings on film and glass negatives. In 1999 the Shenandoah County Historical Society acquired over 31,000 of these negatives from the estate of local collector Charles D. Bauserman. Volunteers from the historical society worked over the next several decades to house, number, and scan each image. This effort resulted in over two tons of Morrison plates and negatives being processed and digitized. This collection contains those digitized versions of these photographs. Through a partnership between the historical society and the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives access to a growing number of these images is available to the public. Current projections indicate the full collection will be available for viewing sometime in 2028. This collection does contain some images of a sexual and/or graphic nature that some viewers may find inappropriate. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studios Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hugh Morrison Collection, Shenandoah County Historical Society Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource A special thanks to Tracy McMahon for her dedicated work entering metadata for this collection. A special thank you to the Shenandoah County Historical Society for their efforts to number and scan each image. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Copyright for these images is held by the Shenandoah County Historical Society. Contact the Shenandoah County Historical Society (www.https://www.shenandoahcountyhistoricalsociety.org/) for permission to utilize images commercially, for high resolution scans, or for prints. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Glass Negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 023007 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studio Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED Title A name given to the resource Wilson Rufus Caskey Subject The topic of the resource Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.) Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock Caskey, Wilson Rufus (1913-2004) Description An account of the resource Portrait photograph of MMA Cadet Wilson R. Caskey wearing his school’s uniform. Caskey is best remembered for his decades-long involvement with the school and as being one of the founders of the MMA Alumni Association. Caskey was born and grew up in Martinsburg, West Virginia. His parents were William Rufus (1874-1969) and Dora (Matthaie) (1879-1969) Caskey. His father owned and operated a successful bakery (Caskey’s Bakery) in Martinsburg until it was sold in 1952. As a child, he attended football games with his parents at MMA. Later, he returned to Woodstock as a student and was a 1931 MMA graduate. He continued his education, graduating from West Virginia University in 1936. Later, he served in Maryland’s Army National Guard during WWII. He also operated Caskey Supply Company in Martinsburg for many years until he retired. He married Naomi J. (Hagen) (1915-1999) Caskey and the couple had two daughters: Jennifer Lynette (1954-2015) and Naomi Caskey. After his graduation from MMA, Caskey maintained contact with the school. He volunteered his time and energy to help start up the alumni association, later becoming its vice president. He was elected executive president of the MMA Alumni Association in 1975, a position he held for 22 years. In 1983, he was also elected to the Board of Trustees at MMA, representing alumni interests there. By 1989, the alumni association began paying him for his service. At the time of his death, he was the alumni director emeritus at MMA. He was known as a tireless worker so it seems paradoxical, perhaps, that he died while vacationing at Jekyll Island, Georgia. He was 90 years old. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Jan 1929". Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Identified in 2025 by library staff utilizing other photographs of the subject. Relation A related resource Wilson Rufus Caskey appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004069, 004070, 008963, 023007, 029380, and 029390. Cadets Caskey Massanutten Military Academy Men Military MMA Shenandoah County Students Uniforms Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/67d4abe49d8b8355c816a04e61dcb556.jpg 0a9b296fae50ce641b8995b1fb6b4371 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morrison Studio Collection Subject The topic of the resource Morrison, Hugh Jr. (1871-1950) Morrison, Louis Morrison, James Description An account of the resource In 1899 Hugh Morrison Jr. opened a photograph studio on W. Court Street in Woodstock after several years of working in the area as a travelling photographer. Between that time, and the time his grandson James Morrison closed the studio in 1988, the Morrison family captured thousands of portraits, landscapes, and buildings on film and glass negatives. In 1999 the Shenandoah County Historical Society acquired over 31,000 of these negatives from the estate of local collector Charles D. Bauserman. Volunteers from the historical society worked over the next several decades to house, number, and scan each image. This effort resulted in over two tons of Morrison plates and negatives being processed and digitized. This collection contains those digitized versions of these photographs. Through a partnership between the historical society and the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives access to a growing number of these images is available to the public. Current projections indicate the full collection will be available for viewing sometime in 2028. This collection does contain some images of a sexual and/or graphic nature that some viewers may find inappropriate. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studios Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hugh Morrison Collection, Shenandoah County Historical Society Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource A special thanks to Tracy McMahon for her dedicated work entering metadata for this collection. A special thank you to the Shenandoah County Historical Society for their efforts to number and scan each image. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Copyright for these images is held by the Shenandoah County Historical Society. Contact the Shenandoah County Historical Society (www.https://www.shenandoahcountyhistoricalsociety.org/) for permission to utilize images commercially, for high resolution scans, or for prints. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Glass Negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 004070 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studio Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED Title A name given to the resource Four MMA Cadets Subject The topic of the resource Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.) Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock Caskey, Wilson Rufus (1913-2004) Description An account of the resource Four Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets posed wearing the trousers, sashes, and white shirts of their school uniforms but not their jackets. The cadet on the back row, far right, is Wilson Rufus Caskey. The other students are unidentified. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource "2/26/31" is written on the glass plate of this image. Labelled "Jan 1932" on box of plates. Relation A related resource Wilson Rufus Caskey appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004069, 004070, 008963, 023007, 029380, and 029390. Cadets Caskey Massanutten Military Academy Men Military MMA Shenandoah County Students Uniforms Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/5bfd2b10edb96fe5b509158bec69c0d7.jpg 67d1f7d4dd090b5904e56b1402e0a0a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morrison Studio Collection Subject The topic of the resource Morrison, Hugh Jr. (1871-1950) Morrison, Louis Morrison, James Description An account of the resource In 1899 Hugh Morrison Jr. opened a photograph studio on W. Court Street in Woodstock after several years of working in the area as a travelling photographer. Between that time, and the time his grandson James Morrison closed the studio in 1988, the Morrison family captured thousands of portraits, landscapes, and buildings on film and glass negatives. In 1999 the Shenandoah County Historical Society acquired over 31,000 of these negatives from the estate of local collector Charles D. Bauserman. Volunteers from the historical society worked over the next several decades to house, number, and scan each image. This effort resulted in over two tons of Morrison plates and negatives being processed and digitized. This collection contains those digitized versions of these photographs. Through a partnership between the historical society and the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives access to a growing number of these images is available to the public. Current projections indicate the full collection will be available for viewing sometime in 2028. This collection does contain some images of a sexual and/or graphic nature that some viewers may find inappropriate. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studios Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hugh Morrison Collection, Shenandoah County Historical Society Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource A special thanks to Tracy McMahon for her dedicated work entering metadata for this collection. A special thank you to the Shenandoah County Historical Society for their efforts to number and scan each image. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Copyright for these images is held by the Shenandoah County Historical Society. Contact the Shenandoah County Historical Society (www.https://www.shenandoahcountyhistoricalsociety.org/) for permission to utilize images commercially, for high resolution scans, or for prints. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Glass Negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 004069 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studio Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED Title A name given to the resource Wilson Rufus Caskey Subject The topic of the resource Caskey, Wilson Rufus (1913-2004) Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.) Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock Description An account of the resource Portrait photograph of MMA Cadet Wilson R. Caskey wearing his school’s uniform, probably taken around the time he graduated from Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). Caskey is best remembered for his decades-long involvement with the school and as being one of the founders of the MMA Alumni Association. Caskey was born and grew up in Martinsburg, West Virginia. His parents were William Rufus (1874-1969) and Dora (Matthaie) (1879-1969) Caskey. His father owned and operated a successful bakery (Caskey’s Bakery) in Martinsburg until it was sold in 1952. As a child, he attended football games with his parents at MMA. Later, he returned to Woodstock as a student and was a 1931 MMA graduate. He continued his education, graduating from West Virginia University in 1936. Later, he served in Maryland’s Army National Guard during WWII. He also operated Caskey Supply Company in Martinsburg for many years until he retired. He married Naomi J. (Hagen) (1915-1999) Caskey and the couple had two daughters: Jennifer Lynette (1954-2015) and Naomi Caskey. After his graduation from MMA, Caskey maintained contact with the school. He volunteered his time and energy to help start up the alumni association, later becoming its vice president. He was elected executive president of the MMA Alumni Association in 1975, a position he held for 22 years. In 1983, he was also elected to the Board of Trustees at MMA, representing alumni interests there. By 1989, the alumni association began paying him for his service. At the time of his death, he was the alumni director emeritus at MMA. He died in 2004 at the age of 90 while vacationing at Jekyll Island, Georgia. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Labelled "Jan 1932" on box of plates. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Identified in 2010 by Betty (Benchoff) Page who was a friend of the subject. Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources including the book, "Massanutten Military Academy" by Robert Mallory Klein, 2001. Relation A related resource Wilson Rufus Caskey appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004069, 004070, 008963, 023007, 029380, and 029390. Cadets Caskey Massanutten Men Military MMA Shenandoah County Students Uniforms Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/a3443e91c2a2bc20465dc667a86b7f95.jpg 1485d85d7f5d6a79be57a373176a9d42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morrison Studio Collection Subject The topic of the resource Morrison, Hugh Jr. (1871-1950) Morrison, Louis Morrison, James Description An account of the resource In 1899 Hugh Morrison Jr. opened a photograph studio on W. Court Street in Woodstock after several years of working in the area as a travelling photographer. Between that time, and the time his grandson James Morrison closed the studio in 1988, the Morrison family captured thousands of portraits, landscapes, and buildings on film and glass negatives. In 1999 the Shenandoah County Historical Society acquired over 31,000 of these negatives from the estate of local collector Charles D. Bauserman. Volunteers from the historical society worked over the next several decades to house, number, and scan each image. This effort resulted in over two tons of Morrison plates and negatives being processed and digitized. This collection contains those digitized versions of these photographs. Through a partnership between the historical society and the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives access to a growing number of these images is available to the public. Current projections indicate the full collection will be available for viewing sometime in 2028. This collection does contain some images of a sexual and/or graphic nature that some viewers may find inappropriate. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studios Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hugh Morrison Collection, Shenandoah County Historical Society Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource A special thanks to Tracy McMahon for her dedicated work entering metadata for this collection. A special thank you to the Shenandoah County Historical Society for their efforts to number and scan each image. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital images: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Copyright for these images is held by the Shenandoah County Historical Society. Contact the Shenandoah County Historical Society (www.https://www.shenandoahcountyhistoricalsociety.org/) for permission to utilize images commercially, for high resolution scans, or for prints. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Glass Negative Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 008963 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morrison Studio Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED Title A name given to the resource Wilson Rufus Caskey Subject The topic of the resource Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.) Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock Caskey, Wilson Rufus (1913-2004) Description An account of the resource Portrait photograph of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet, Wilson Rufus Caskey, in his school uniform. Caskey is best remembered for his decades-long involvement with the school and as being one of the founders of the MMA Alumni Association. Caskey was born and grew up in Martinsburg, West Virginia. His parents were William Rufus (1874-1969) and Dora (Matthaie) (1879-1969) Caskey. His father owned and operated a successful bakery (Caskey’s Bakery) in Martinsburg until it was sold in 1952. As a child, he attended football games with his parents at MMA. Later, he returned to Woodstock as a student and was a 1931 MMA graduate. He continued his education, graduating from West Virginia University in 1936. Later, he served in Maryland’s Army National Guard during WWII. He also operated Caskey Supply Company in Martinsburg for many years until he retired. He married Naomi J. (Hagen) (1915-1999) Caskey and the couple had two daughters: Jennifer Lynette (1954-2015) and Naomi Caskey. After his graduation from MMA, Caskey maintained contact with the school. He volunteered his time and energy to help start up the alumni association, later becoming its vice president. He was elected executive president of the MMA Alumni Association in 1975, a position he held for 22 years. In 1983, he was also elected to the Board of Trustees at MMA, representing alumni interests there. By 1989, the alumni association began paying him for his service. At the time of his death, he was the alumni director emeritus at MMA. He was known as a tireless worker so it seems paradoxical, perhaps, that he died while vacationing at Jekyll Island, Georgia. He was 90 years old. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Labelled "Jan 1933" on box of plates. Relation A related resource Wilson Rufus Caskey appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004069, 004070, 008963, 023007, 029380, and 029390. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources including the book, "Massanutten Military Academy" by Robert Mallory Klein, 2001. Identified by library staff based on Morrison photograph 004069. Cadets Caskey Massanutten Military Academy Men Military MMA Shenandoah County Students Uniforms Virginia