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Jefferson Literary Society Banners

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Title

Jefferson Literary Society Banners

Subject

Morehouse
Sperry, J.J.
Holt, J.C.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)

Description

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson surrounded by Jefferson Literary Society Inter Society Debate winner banners from 1907, 1910, 1912, 1914 and 1915 at Massanutten Academy.

The names of the winning teams are on the banners but most are unreadable in this photograph.

Members of the 1915 winning team listed on the banner are:

?? Morehouse
J.J. Sperry
J.C. Holt

The photograph appeared in the 1917 Massanutten Academy yearbook Aggelos.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

ca. 1917

Contributor

Identified in 2002 by Betty (Benchoff) Page, who attended MMA and was a "fierce" JLS debater.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

001862

Original Format

Glass Negative
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Citation

Morrison Studio, “Jefferson Literary Society Banners,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 1, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/25401.

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