The Historic Mount Jackson Colored Cemetery Brochure
subject: Mt. Jackson (Va)
description: A brochure printed to describe the history of the Mt. Jackson Colored Cemetery around the time of the cemetery's re-dedication in 2004.
source: The Historic Mt. Jackson Colored Cemetery Brochure, undated, Shenandoah County Document Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: ca. 2004
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
relation: Mt. Jackson Colored Cemetery Shenandoah Stories Entry: http://archives.countylib.org/tour/items/show/62
language: English

Serious Riot
subject: Liberty Furnace (Va)
subject: Columbia Furnace (Va)
description: Newspaper article detailing a riot that occurred at Columbia and Liberty Furnaces west of Edinburg in Shenandoah County. It appeared in Shenandoah Herald on January 28, 1880. The incident was sparked by the furnace owners' decision to hire African Americans to work at the sites. It ended on January 21, 1880 when, after a brief conflict between workers and the local militia, the white employees agreed to return to work if the furnace owners fired all African American workers.
creator: Shenandoah Herald
source: Shenandoah Herald, January-December 1880, Microfilm Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: January 20, 1880
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Unidentified Boy and Men Playing Marbles
description: Photograph showing a group of three African American Men playing marbles with an unidentified boy.
creator: Unknown
source: Miley Family Scrapbook, Toms Brook Virginia, undated, McKenzie Grimes Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Gwendolyn Tolliver Nickens Oral History Interview
subject: Nickens, Gwendolyn Tolliver
subject: Central High School (Woodstock Va)
description: Oral history interview featuring Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tolliver Nickens conducted on February 5, 2016 for the Shenandoah County Library's Black History Month Program. In 1963 Gwen became the first African American student to attend the formally segregated Central High School in Woodstock Virginia.
creator: Zachary Hottel
source: Shenandoah Voices Oral History Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: February 5, 2016
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
format: MP3 File
language: English
type: Sound Recording

Unidentified Woman Playing Violin
description: Precisely at noon, on October 2nd, 1914, this unidentified woman was playing violin outside a Queen Anne style house. This is our call to arms to find this woman or her house. What can you do?
source: Lois Mark's "Snap Shots" book, ca. 1914, Series 7 Photographs, Mary Ann Williamson Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: October 2nd, 1914
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

"Scout Tom Cats" Football Team
subject: Woodstock (Va)
subject: Riley, Web
description: In 1930 Web "W.O." Riley and Rev. H.S. Coffey organized the "Scout Tom Cats" football team. This photograph shows the players beside the Woodstock Methodist Church, who sponsored the team, in 1930. Massanutten Academy's coach Leroy Glunt outfitted the team with discarded uniforms and equipment. They played other clubs from Luray, Mt. Jackson, Strasburg, and Massanutten Academy. At the time Woodstock and other county schools did not officially sponsored sports teams so youth participated in sports sponsored by community organizations or school clubs. Identified in this photograph are, from left to right: Row 1: Carl Kessler, Bob Lambert, Buck Ritenour, Howard (Alligator) Coffman, Dick Wickham, Lee Bushong, Chippy Lambert, and Bill Allen Row 2: Jim Buck Coffman, Buddy Rudy, Eeugene Pence, Ike Phillips, Jim Ambrose, Joe Lambert, Marshall Miller, and Talford Miller Row 3 (rear): Web O. Riley and Reverend Coffey.
source: Woodstock Methodist Church Football Team, 1930, Shenandoah County Church Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1930
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

K.E.Y. Girls
description: Photograph showing "9 K.E.Y. girls" in July of 1914. Most likely they were members of the Toms Brook K.E.Y. Club.
source: Key Club Photographs, August 1913-July 1914, McKenzie Grimes Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: July 1914
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Unidentified Miners
description: Photograph showing a group of miners in front an entrance to the "Jean Mine." The identifies of the miners, where the photograph was taken, and the name of the photographer responsible for its creation is unknown.
source: Photographs, unidentified, 1881-1936, Sheetz Family Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Stella Bly and Isabelle Mowery
subject: Bly, Stella
subject: Mowery, Isabelle
description: Photograph showing Stella Bly (left) and Isabelle Mowery (right) behind a car with their dog. The photograph was taken around 1930.
creator: Unknown
source: Mowery, Racey, and Strosnider Photos, 1901-1930, Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: ca. 1930
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Betty Showman
subject: Showman, Betty
subject: Conicville (Va)
description: If you had attended a community event in the 70s, or 80s you might have found Betty Showman there, dressed as the popular TV character Minnie Pearl. A resident of Conicville, Betty began performing as Minnie in 1963. She took her act to various firehalls, church groups, nursing homes, community clubs, and other charitable groups Besides performing, Betty helped her husband Bill operate their dairy farm which was founded in 1955. Her duties included sanitizing the dairy at 4:45AM and cleaning the barn after milking was complete. She also taught Sunday School at the Conicville United Church of Christ, was an expert seamstress, 4-H leader and active member of the Conicville Volunteer Fire Department’s auxiliary.
source: Shenandoah Valley Herald Bound Copy Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1979
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Martha Henkel
subject: Henkel, Martha
subject: New Market (Va)
subject: Henkel Maternity Hospital (New Market Va)
description: Martha Henkel always said “I loved my babies.” After delivering over 1500 of them, its apparent she did. Martha came to New Market in 1923 with her husband Stuart. She had grown up in Philadelphia and was trained as a nurse . In New Market she operated a boarding house until 1941, when she opened a maternity hospital, the only such institution in town. During her career, which spanned three decades, Martha delivered babies in towns from Woodstock south to Broadway and Timberville. She recounted births in homes, cars, and the street. Martha proudly boasted “ I never lost a mother or a baby.” Mrs. Henkel also cared for local “welfare children.” Many of these were sick and she “nursed them until they died.” Others were eventually adopted. As she lamented in 1979, “all stayed with me.” Martha Henkel died in 1982 at the age of 85. She was survived by two children, four grand children, five great-grand children, and thousands of babies that she helped enter the world.
source: Shenandoah Valley Herald Bound Copy Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1979
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Mabel Runion
subject: Runion, Mable
subject: Lantz Mills (Va)
description: Mabel Runion spent most of her life in the Lantz Mill’s community. Her and her husband Peter moved there in 1938 after living for a few years in the Fairview Community. The Runions were known for the wide array of animals that lived on their farm. A stream bisected their property and they raised a large assortment of water fowl. The couple also had rabbits, pigeons, and lambs that they sold. In 1979 the couple had 86 sheep. In addition to farming, Mabel also worked at Windsor Knit and Rocco plants in Edinburg Virginia before retiring. She also raised four children, two sons and two daughters. In her spare time she was an active member of the Union Forge United Methodist Church. Mabel died in 1995 at the age of 83.
source: Shenandoah Valley Herald Bound Copy Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1979
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Eva Mobley
subject: Mobley, Eva
subject: Shenandoah Memorial Hospital (Va)
description: For residents at the Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital’s Extended Care Facility, Eva Mobley was a welcome site. As a volunteer at the facility in the 1970s, she played games with patients, helped feed them meals, and conducted a weekly story telling event, complete with pictures. Eva spent most of her adult life travelling with her husband Robert Mobely, a career soldier. After his retirement, they eventually moved to a mountain house near the Bryce Resort. After a fall forced her to stop working as a knitter at the Aileen plant, she became a devoted volunteer at the hospital and active member of the Woodstock Nazerene Church where she headed the Christian Life Program and an adult Sunday School Class. She observed “getting involved with others helps get your mind off your own problems” Eva’s husband died in 1985. She currently lives in Winter Springs Florida.
source: Shenandoah Valley Herald Bound Copy Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1979
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Sallie Wetsel Gochenour
subject: Gochenour, Sallie Whetsel
subject: Woodstock (Va)
description: In 1979 Sallie Wetsel Gochenour retired from the County Extension Office. For the 25 years Sallie worked to provide the resources families needed to be successful. This included offering advice on nutrition, budgets, child rearing, sewing, cleaning, canning, and home economics. She did this through scores of classes, cooperation with local groups such as 4-H and home-demonstration, and by answering hundreds of phone calls from women and men seeking solutions to their problems. Sallie was born in Green County Virginia on April 27, 1919. She graduated from what is now James Madison University in 1944 and began teaching home economics in Albemarle County. In 1955 she became an Extension Agent in Shenandoah County. Sallie and her husband Raymond lived on a farm just outside of Woodstock. She died in 2013. Her obituary noted generations of local youth had acquired “the skills and education required to live a productive life in a changing world” from her. Who is the Sallie Gochenour in your life?
source: Shenandoah Valley Herald Bound Copy Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1979
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Regina Karmey
subject: Karmey, Regina
subject: Shenandoah Memorial Hospital (Va)
description: When the Shenandoah Valley-Herald highlighted the work of Dr. Regina Karmy, they noted she believed “a woman’s place is in the home.” They also observed she just as firmly believed she was “entitled to a place in the operating room.” Dr. Karmy, who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology, certainly understood the challenge of being Shenandoah County’s first woman doctor and a mother of three. Regina came to Shenandoah County in 1978 with her husband Robert who was a partner in her practice. She lived a busy life holding office hours, performing surgery, delivering babies, and caring for her three children. While Dr. Karmy noted being the county’s first woman doctor was a little challenging, she never “felt unwanted or unwelcome being a woman doctor.” In fact, she observed she filled a gap in service with women who were often uncomfortable talking about their problems with male doctors. Have you ever had a woman doctor?
source: Shenandoah Valley Herald Bound Copy Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1979
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Pattie Moon
subject: Moon, Pattie
subject: Massanutten Military Academy (Va)
description: Pattie Moon came to Woodstock in 1975 with her husband William Crawford Moon who had been appointed the superintendent of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). They moved into the home provided for the superintendent which was undergoing a major renovation. Despite the high grass and peeling paint she noted “it was still beautiful.” Eventually Pattie and her husband made the house, and the academy, into their home. She worked at MMA’s library for several years before returning to school to become a LPN. She also was known for refinishing furniture, including much of what the academy used, and for rescuing stray animals. Before marrying William she had worked at the Medical College of Virginia as an assistant supervisor for their pre-school. Patty and William stayed at MMA until 1991 when he retired. They had one son and two daughters.
source: Shenandoah Valley Herald Bound Copy Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1979
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Mary Lou Polk Thompson
subject: Thompson, Mary Lou Polk
subject: Edinburg (Va)
description: Mary Lou Polk Thompson was known for her involvement with the community and C.E. Thompson’s, an Edinburg building supply company that her husband was part owner of. Born on July 22, 1933 she moved to a house just south of Edinburg in 1961 following her marriage. The house was partially designed by her husband. In the Shenandoah Valley-Herald she noted the furnace malfunctioned on their first night and they “almost froze.” However, that didn’t dampen her love of winter sports. The couple added a ice skating rink and places for snowmobiles, and winter shooting matches on their properties. Outside of her home Mary Lou was deeply involved in the Edinburg Volunteer Fire Company’s auxiliary where she served as secretary and helped the organization raise the funds for its current fire station. She also was a member of the St. John’s United Methodist’s Methodist women. Mary Lou would die in May of 1985 at the age of 51.
source: Shenandoah Valley Herald Bound Copy Collection
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1979
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Latin Club
subject: Edinburg High School (Va)
subject: Atkins, Rosalie Clem
description: Photograph of the Latin Club taken from the 1945-1946 Edinburg High School Yearbook. Rosalie Clem Atkins is pictured in the back row, third from the right.
creator: Edinburg High School
source: Hi-Lights 1946, Edinburg High School Yearbook Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
date: 1946

Woman Photographer
subject: Shenandoah Valley Academy (New Market Va)
description: Photograph showing a woman photographer. Taken from the Shenandoah Valley Academy's 1946 Yearbook on a page labeled Annual Staff.
creator: Shenandoah Valley Academy
source: The Shenandoah 1947, Shenandoah Valley Academy Yearbook Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
date: 1947

Anna Lee Emswiler
subject: Emswiler, Anna Lee
subject: Triplett High School (Mt. Jackson Va)
description: Photograph showing Anna Lee Emswiler. Taken from the 1957 Triplett High School Yearbook. It noted Anna was a "Lee Class Office," Beta Club Officer, FHA Officer, on the Paper and Annual Staffs, and a member of the school's SCA.
creator: Triplett High School
source: Wayfarer 1957, Triplett High School Yearbook Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Triplett High School
date: 1957
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Selena Hines
subject: Hines, Selena
description: Photograph showing Selena Hines. Taken from the 1957 Triplett High School Yearbook. Selena was secretary of that school for many years.
creator: Triplett High School
source: Wayfarer 1957, Triplett High School Yearbook Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1957
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Girls Varsity Basketball Team
subject: Central High School (Woodstock Va)
description: Picture of the 1978 Varsity Girls Basketball Team at Central High School in Woodstock Virginia. Taken from the 1978 Central High School Yearbook.
creator: Central High School
source: Wings 1978, Central High School Yearbook Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1978
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Girls Basketball
subject: Central High School (Woodstock Va)
subject: Wakeman, Cathy
description: Photograph showing Cathy Wakeman, Central High School class of 1978, advancing down a basketball court. Taken from the 1978 Central High School Yearbook's Girls Varsity Basketball page.
creator: Central High School
source: Wings 1978, Central High School Yearbook Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1978
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Cheer Practice
subject: Stonewall Jackson High School (Quicksburg Va)
description: Photograph of several unidentified girls participating in cheer practice at Stonewall Jackson High School in Quicksburg Virginia. The photograph is taken from that school's 1981 yearbook.
creator: Stonewall Jackson High School
source: Jacksonian Heritage 1981, Stonewall Jackson High School Yearbook Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1981
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Unidentified Woman
description: Photograph of an unidentified woman.
creator: Unknown
source: Fadley Family undated, General Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)