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Colonel Howard J. Benchoff with Unidentified Army Soldier
Photograph of Colonel Howard J. Benchoff (on left) with an unidentified Army soldier posing on the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) campus with Lantz Hall visible behind them.
Colonel Benchoff was an influential headmaster of MMA from…
Colonel Benchoff was an influential headmaster of MMA from…
Howard J. Benchoff and MMA Cadets
Photograph of nineteen unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets wearing their school uniforms. They are standing on the steps of a school building.
Pictured are:
Ground Level:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified,…
Pictured are:
Ground Level:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified,…
MMA 1928-29 Basketball Team
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) basketball team standing on the steps of a school building. Twelve of the men pictured are wearing sweat suits with "Massanutten" written across the chest.
The basketball player standing…
The basketball player standing…
MMA 1927 Football Team
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) football team sitting on the steps of a school building. Twenty-five of the pictured cadets are wearing their school football uniforms.
Identified members of the team are (l to r):
Row…
Identified members of the team are (l to r):
Row…
MMA 1927-28 Basketball Team
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) basketball team posed on a school building steps.
Ten of the cadets are wearing their school basketball uniform with five non-uniformed men sitting behind them.
Coach Leroy Glunt is…
Ten of the cadets are wearing their school basketball uniform with five non-uniformed men sitting behind them.
Coach Leroy Glunt is…
MMA 1926-27 Basketball Team
Photograph of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets in their school basketball uniforms and their coach in the back, left.
They are posed on the steps of a school building. The cadet standing in the middle of the front row is holding a…
They are posed on the steps of a school building. The cadet standing in the middle of the front row is holding a…
Clayton I. Spessard, A.M.
Portrait photograph of Clayton I. Spessard as a young man and wearing a suit and tie with a high, starched collar.
Spessard was a teacher of Latin and History at Massanutten Academy in 1902. A similar photograph of him appeared in a 1902…
Spessard was a teacher of Latin and History at Massanutten Academy in 1902. A similar photograph of him appeared in a 1902…
Margaret Ott (Grabill) Jones
Margaret Ott (Grabill) Jones as a young woman wearing a long strand of faux pearls, a bracelet, and a watch.
Margaret was a descendant of Captain Grabill, the first Superintendent of Schools in Shenandoah County. She taught English at both…
Margaret was a descendant of Captain Grabill, the first Superintendent of Schools in Shenandoah County. She taught English at both…
Margaret Ott (Grabill) Jones
Margaret Ott (Grabill) Jones seated on a bench with one hand in her lap and the other resting against her cheek.
Margaret was a descendant of Captain Grabill, the first Superintendent of Schools in Shenandoah County. She taught English at both…
Margaret was a descendant of Captain Grabill, the first Superintendent of Schools in Shenandoah County. She taught English at both…
Ethel Eugenia Stickley
Ethel E. Stickley shown seated on a bench.
Ethel taught Speech and Dramatic Reading in Shenandoah County. She never married.
Her parents were Ezra E. and Sophia (Helm) Stickley. She is buried in Woodstock.
Ethel taught Speech and Dramatic Reading in Shenandoah County. She never married.
Her parents were Ezra E. and Sophia (Helm) Stickley. She is buried in Woodstock.
Teacher Genevieve McClain With Graduates
Teacher Genevieve McClain, seated, flanked by three of her students in graduation gowns.
The students are: (l to r) Alfonso Smith, Unknown, Daniel Smith.
These students are most likely ones Genevieve McClain taught while teaching at Creekside…
The students are: (l to r) Alfonso Smith, Unknown, Daniel Smith.
These students are most likely ones Genevieve McClain taught while teaching at Creekside…
Margaret Magruder
Portrait photograph of Margaret Magruder wearing a winter coat with fur on the collar and cuffs.
Margaret was born to Mark Welsh Magruder and Lilia Myrtle Riddleberger. She grew up in Woodstock where her father was an agent in the Fire Insurance…
Margaret was born to Mark Welsh Magruder and Lilia Myrtle Riddleberger. She grew up in Woodstock where her father was an agent in the Fire Insurance…
Olive M (Magruder) Dellinger
Portrait photograph of Olive M. (Magruder) Dellinger, as a young woman.
Mrs. Dellinger was born in Woodstock to Mark W. Magruder (1868-1921) and Lelia (Riddleberger) Magruder (1867-1939).
She taught school for more than 30 years in Washington,…
Mrs. Dellinger was born in Woodstock to Mark W. Magruder (1868-1921) and Lelia (Riddleberger) Magruder (1867-1939).
She taught school for more than 30 years in Washington,…
Lantz Mill School Students
Group of unidentified students posing on the steps of the Lantz Mills School.
The photograph was taken ca. 1924. based on a similar image that is dated.
The photograph was taken ca. 1924. based on a similar image that is dated.
Miss Walton
Portrait photograph of Miss Mary Beall Walton wearing a long faux pearl necklace and shown in profile.
Miss Mary Beall Walton was a popular kindergarten and primary grade teacher in the Woodstock public schools during the 1910’s and 1920’s.…
Miss Mary Beall Walton was a popular kindergarten and primary grade teacher in the Woodstock public schools during the 1910’s and 1920’s.…
Clayton I. Spessard, A.M.
Portrait photograph of Clayton I. Spessard wearing a suit and tie with a high, starched collar.
Clayton Spessard was a teacher of Latin and History at Massanutten Academy in 1902. This photograph appeared in a 1902 publication advertising that…
Clayton Spessard was a teacher of Latin and History at Massanutten Academy in 1902. This photograph appeared in a 1902 publication advertising that…
Faded Image of a Group of School Children
Faded image of a group of unidentified elementary-aged school children and a few unidentified teachers standing outside of their school building.
Milton Coffelt Hollingsworth
Portrait of Professor Milton Hollingsworth wearing a suit and tie. He was the son of Charles Edwin and Fannie (Coffelt) Hollingsworth and had a long career in high school level education; first as a teacher, later as a Principal.
Milton married…
Milton married…
Howard Johnston Benchoff
Portrait of Howard Johnston Benchoff, influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock.
He was the son of Loudon Francis and Martha Belle (Johnston) Benchoff. His first wife was Kathryn Leona Mahon who died in 1918. His second…
He was the son of Loudon Francis and Martha Belle (Johnston) Benchoff. His first wife was Kathryn Leona Mahon who died in 1918. His second…
Stanley L. Sine
Portrait of Stanley Lockwood Sine as a young Corporal wearing his U.S. Army uniform.
Stanley was born in Woodstock, the son of Mathew Stanley Quay (1894-1974) and Mary Rebecca (Burnshire) (1893-1990) Sine. His father was a truck driver.…
Stanley was born in Woodstock, the son of Mathew Stanley Quay (1894-1974) and Mary Rebecca (Burnshire) (1893-1990) Sine. His father was a truck driver.…
Sunday School Teacher With Students
Candid classroom scene with unidentified elementary-aged children at work while an unidentified teacher works with a boy one-on-one. Pictures of Bible scenes on the walls indicate this was a Sunday school of some kind.
Genevieve McClain With Graduates
Photograph of educator Genevieve McClain (center) standing with four of her students. They are:
Front row, left: Betty Steptoe
Front row, right: Frances Cyrus Corley
Rear row, left: Perry Dyer
Rear row, right: Jean Dyer
These students are…
Front row, left: Betty Steptoe
Front row, right: Frances Cyrus Corley
Rear row, left: Perry Dyer
Rear row, right: Jean Dyer
These students are…
Cecil Newcorn
Portrait of Cecil M. Newcorn wearing a U.S. Army uniform. He is best remembered for the years he served as Bandmaster at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in the late 1930’s.
Cecil was from Plainfield, New Jersey, the son of William (1868-1946)…
Cecil was from Plainfield, New Jersey, the son of William (1868-1946)…
Group of Students With Teachers
Group of unidentified students and at least one unidentified teacher posed outside an unidentified school building.
Shenandoah Valley Academy Teachers ca. 1935
Unidentified group of teachers serving the Shenandoah Valley Academy students in the 1930s. Established in 1908, the Seventh-Day Adventist coeducational boarding school for high school students still exists and is located in New Market, Virginia.