MMA Group of People
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Title
MMA Group of People
Subject
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
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.
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.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Beahm, Benchoff, Caskey, Gearing, and Newkirk identified in 2025 by library staff based on other images of the same people.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
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.
Identifier
029390
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “MMA Group of People,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/72706.
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