Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of an interior of what appears to be an empty auditorium at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). There are rows of chairs set up facing a stage. A banner with the words "Jefferson Literary Society" is visible. Pennants with "JLS" are visible around the stage and piano. The room appears to be set up for a Jefferson Literary Society meeting or event.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Photograph of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) 1917 football team. They are sitting on the steps of a school building. One cadet seated in the center of the second row is holding a football with "M.A. '17" written on it, indicating this is the 1917 football team. The individuals are, from left to right: Front row: Jacob Baur Greiner Jr. Second Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Gerald B. Matthews, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified Third Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, A. Carroll Richmond, Alexander Kerr (coach), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.
Alexander Kerr and A. Carroll Richmond were identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing other photographs of the subjects from the Morrison Studio Collection.
Gerald B. Matthews and Jacob Greiner Jr. were identified in 2025 by library staff utilizing other photographs of the subjects.
Jacob Baur Greiner Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 012609, 012714, 013703, 020086, 020104, 020119, and 020154.
Gerald Matthews appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020086 and 020104.
Alexander Kerr appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 013866, 020086, 020104, 020107, 020140, and 020288.
Coaches (Athletics) - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of fourteen unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets in their school football uniforms, pictured with their coach. They are sitting on the steps of a school building. The MMA logo with the number, 20, is written on the photograph, indicating this is the 1920 football team. The man on the back row, center is coach Leroy Glunt.
Photograph of seventeen Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets wearing their school football uniforms. They are sitting on the steps of a school building. Leroy Glunt is pictured middle row, left side. Edgar Diehl is pictured on the second row, second from left. Arthur Ogle is seated in the front row holding the football. The others are unidentified. The MMA logo and the number, 19, is written on the photograph, indicating this is the 1919 football team.
Leroy Glunt has been identified by Betty Benchoff Page in another image.
Edgar Diehl was identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing the 1917 Massanutten Academy publication "the Massanutten Academy News."
Edgar Diehl appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002802, 006224, 013697, 013698, 020088, and 020162.
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of seven unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets wearing their school basketball uniforms. The cadet pictured back row, left is partially obscured by plate damage. The cadet seated in the middle of the front row is holding a basketball with the MMA logo and the numbers 18 and 19 written on it, indicating this is the basketball team for the 1918-1919 school year.
Coaches (Athletics) - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of the 1922 Massanutten Military Academy baseball team. Identified are Les Fouts, front row center, Kenneth Mason, front row far right, and Earle Bawden, back row, fourth from left. Frank E. Large (Coach) appears on the back row. All other individuals are unidentified. "M.A. 1922" is written on the photograph, indicating this is the 1922 baseball team.
Earle Bawden, Kenneth Mason, and Les Fouts were identified by library staff in 2024 utilizing other images from the Morrison Studio Collection.
The 1922 Massanutten Military Academy baseball team appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020075 and 020090.
Frank Large appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 014158, 019200, 020075, 020084, and 020090.
Griswold, Frederick "Fred" William Jr. (1907-1989)
Photograph of nineteen unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets wearing their school uniforms. They are standing on the steps of a school building. Standing with them is Howard Benchoff, headmaster and teacher at MMA. Pictured are: Ground Level: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Fred Griswold, Edward Kampes Second Step: Howard Benchoff (far right) Third Step: Unidentified, Unidentified Fourth Step: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified Fifth Step: Isaac Ankeney, John Farrar, Unidentified, Unidentified, William MacDonough
Additional identifications made in 2024 by library staff utilizing a scrapbook held by Massanutten Academy and created by Cadet Emil Gathmann.
Fred W. Griswold Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003961, 008585, 020091, 020134, and 020158.
Isaac Ankeney appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 008587, 009353, 020091, 020134, and 020152.
John Henderson Farrar appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 006321, 008591, 013562, 020057, 020091, 020113, 020116, and 020152.
William A. MacDonough appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 006608, 008152, 008591, 013562, 020057, 020091, 020113, and 020152.
Edward Kampes appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 006290, 006296, 020068, 020091, and 020130.
Photograph of Massanutten Military Academy's commissioned officers for the 1923-1924 school year. Pictured are (l to r): Front row: Payne Morrow, Cecil Newcorn, Earle Bawden, Norman Kelley Second Row: Willard Reiley, Russel Carew, Carroll Driver, Francis Donkin, William Learned This photograph appears in the 1924 Massanutten Military Academy yearbook "The Helmet."
Subjects identified in 2024 utilizing the 1924 Massanutten Military Academy yearbook "The Helmet."
Arthur Payne Morrow appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 015501, 019252, 020092, 020112, 020113, 020114, 020118, and 020123.
Norman Kelley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 009321, 020092, 020106, 020118, and 024781.
Carroll Driver appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 013914, 020092, 020098, and 026089.
Francis Donkin appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007870, 013192, 020092, and 020118.
William Learned appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 013186, 013508, 015500, 015501, 020092, and 020118.
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) swim team. They are posed next to the edge of the school's swimming pool. A similar photograph of the same team appears in a 1930 Massanutten Academy publication. Coach Les Fouts is identified in the second row, far right. All other individuals are unidentified.
Les Fouts identified in 2024 by library staff based on other photographs
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) baseball team, ca. 1928. Identified individuals are John J. Cuomo on the second row, far left, and Coach Leroy Glunt, back row, left. All other cadets are unidentified.
Date and identifications of John Cuomo and Leroy Glunt were provided by library staff in 2024 based on the 1927 MMA Yearbook "The Helmet" and other MMA publications/scrapbooks.
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) football team. They are posed outdoors on a set of bleachers with school buildings visible behind them. Coaches Leroy Glunt (right) and Les Fouts (left) are visible on the back row in white t-shirts. The other subjects of the photograph are unidentified. This photograph shows a team during the 1930s.
Leroy Glunt and Les Fouts identified in 2024 by library staff based on other images of the two coaches.
Portrait photograph of Albert Sydney Kaplan wearing his Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) school uniform. He was the son of Reuben Lazarus and Jennie G. (Roseman) Kaplan. His father ran a dry goods store for many years in Strasburg. It was located on the corner of Fort and King Streets but burned down in 1996. Albert had two brothers, Julius and Berton. The family lived above the store in an apartment.
Subject identified in 2007 by Graham Conner.
Albert Sydney Kaplan appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 003623, 011618, 014211, and 020096.
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy tennis squad. The photograph appeared in the 1930 Massanutten Academy publication “Massanutten Academy, Woodstock Virginia” and is captioned “Tennis Squad.” Coach Thomas D. Cobb appears in the center of the image, back row. All other subjects are unidentified.
Thomas Cobb identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing the 1936 MMA yearbook.
Photograph of the 1922 Massanutten Military Academy football team posing on the front steps of a school building. The subjects are, from left to right: Holding the Football: Unidentified Front Row: Jack Sutherland, Unidentified, Unidentified, Earle Bawden, Unidentified Second Row: Unidentified, Carroll Driver, William P. Kennedy, Unidentified, Hollis D. Webster, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified Third Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified Fourth Row: Kenneth Mason, ???? Rausch or Rousch, Les Fouts, Unidentified, Unidentified Back: Unidentified (Coach)
Subjects identified in 2024 utilizing other identified pictures and the 1924 MMA yearbook "The Helmet."
Jack Sutherland appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 008584, 012378, 020065, 020098, 020106, and 020122.
William Kennedy appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 015504 and 020098.
Hollis Webster appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 015504 and 020098.
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) basketball team posed on the steps of a school building. One team member pictured center, front row is holding a basketball with "21 MMA" written on it, indicating this is the 1921 basketball team. 1921 Basketball Team: Front row holding the basketball is Douglas Dymock Back row, left is Coach Leroy Glunt.
Identified by library staff using other images of Leroy Glunt that have been identified by Betty (Benchoff) Page.
Douglas Dymock identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing other images of the subject.
Douglas Dymock appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020065, 020084, 020099, and 02010.
Photograph of the 1917-1918 Massanutten Military Academy basketball team. The individuals are, left to right: Front row: Unidentified, Clarence F. Rogers (team captain), unidentified, unidentified Back Row: Edwin L. Morrison (manager), Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, William R. England (Coach)
Clarence Rogers, Edwin Morrison, and WIlliam England identified in 2025 by library staff utilizing the 1917 Massanutten Military Academy Publication "The Massanutten Academy: A Military School" and other photographs of the subjects from the Morrison Studio Collection.
Clarence Rogers appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020100 and 020104.
Edwin Morrison appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 018548, 020100, 020104, 020119, 020162, and 027344.
William R. England appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 018548, 018554, 018555, and 020100.
Photograph of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) offensive linemen for the 1926 Football Season. Pictured are, from left to right: Edward Winkel, William E. Schneider, Harry Meade Richards, Dean Abe Gordon, George Ramsburg, John Crockett, Robert D. Bauserman. The MMA logo and "26" are written on the photograph indicating this is the 1926 football team. The photograph also appears in the 1927 MMA yearbook "The Adjutant."
Identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing the 1927 MMA yearbook "The Adjutant."
Edward Hinkel appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007718, 008090, 018537, 020066 and 020101.
George Ramsburg appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020068, 020101, 020135, 020156, 020160, 020168, and 027530.
Photograph of thirty-three unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) students posed outdoors. The corner of a school building is visible behind them. This photograph appears in the 1930 publication "Massanutten Academy: Woodstock Virginia" and is part of a two photograph series highlighting cadets before and after they received their uniforms. This picture is captioned "Group of New Cadets Upon Entrance."
Morrison Studio Collection images 020102 and 020155 are a part of a two photograph series.
Hoffrichter, Walter "Wally" B. (1917-2003)
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) swim team ca. 1935. They are posed indoors and most are wearing their swimming uniforms. On the back row, far left is Coach Les Fouts. On the front row, far right is cadet Walter "Wally" B. Hoffrichter. All other subjects are unidentified.
Les Fouts and Walter Hoffrichter were identified in 2025 by library staff utilizing the 1936 Massanutten Military Academy yearbook.
Walter Hoffrichter appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020061 and 020103.
The negative (and scan) are incorrectly labeled "20102."
Photograph of the 1917 Massanutten Academy football team. Massanutten Academy later became Massanutten Military Academy. Pictured are, from left to right: Front Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Gerald B. Matthews, Edwin Morrison, Unidentified Second Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Clarence F. Rogers, Alfred Carroll Richmond, Unidentified, Unidentified Third Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Jacob Baur Greiner Jr. Fourth Row: John Heller Crawn, Arthur Ogle, Unidentified, Unidentified, Alexander Kerr
Gerald Matthews, Edwin Morrison, Clarence F. Rogers, A. Carroll Richmond, Jacob Greiner, John Crawn, Arthur Ogle, and Dudley Robinette were identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing other photographs of the subjects, the 1917 Massanutten Academy publication "Massanutten News," and the 1917 Massanutten Academy publication "The Massanutten Academy: A Military School."
Photograph of 23 unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets posed on the steps of a school building in their school uniforms.
Massanutten Academy Commissioned Cadet Officers
Photograph of Massanutten Academy's commissioned officers, ca. 1923. Pictured are, left to right: Front Row: Cecil Newcorn, Unidentified, Unidentified, Kenneth Mason, Norman Brooks Kelley Second Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Jack Sutherland, Jerome Newcorn
Cecil Newcorn, Kenneth Mason, Jack Sutherland, and Jerome Newcorn were identified in 2025 by library staff utilizing other photographs of the subjects.
Jack Sutherland appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 008584, 012378, 020065, 020098, 020106, 020122, and 026089.
Jerome Newcorn appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 008591, 009869, 020106, 020159, and 020152.
The unidentified cadet on the second row, third from the right appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020106 and 024790.
Photograph of the 1917 Massanutten Academy baseball team. This photograph appeared in the school’s 1917 yearbook “Aggelos.” The individuals are: Unidentified, Unidentified, John Heller Crawn, Unidentified, Sherman Ballard, Leroy Glunt, Anthony Amicon, Unidentified, Douglas Dymock, Garnet Gillan, Alexander C. Kerr Front: Unidentified Child
Crawn, Ballard, Glunt, Amicon, Dymock, Gillan, and Kerr identified in 2025 by library staff utilizing the 1917 MMA Yearbook "Aggelos."
Sherman Ballard appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 009012 and 013867, 020107, and 020162.
Garnet Gillan appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 013697, 013698, and 020107.
Photograph of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet standing in front of the wall of a school building. He is wearing the uniform of a drum major which includes a tall fur hat, a scepter, and a waist sash.
Photograph of fourteen members of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) basketball team. They are posed in an "M" formation on the steps of a school building. The player in the middle is holding a basketball with "M.A. 1930" written on it, indicating this is the 1930 basketball team. "State Champions, 1930. Massanutten Academy, Woodstock, VA." is written on the glass plate. Coach Leroy Glunt is pictured in the back of the photograph in military uniform. All other individuals are unidentified. This photograph appears in a 1930 publication, "Massanutten Academy: Woodstock Virginia".
Leroy Glunt was identified by library staff in 2025 utilizing other photographs of the subject.