Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Art object produced by Louis Zeigler of "Ridgley School" for "Edith." The item is undated.

Ridgley School was located in Shenandoah County approximately 1.5 miles east of US Route 11 at the Saumsville Christian Church on what is now Ridgley Road…

Oral history interview featuring Willy and Marquetta Mitchell conducted on February 4, 2016 for the Shenandoah County Library's Black History Month Program. Willy and Marquetta were the first two African American students to attend Strasburg High…

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…

Oral history interview featuring Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tolliver Nickens conducted on February 5, 2016 for the Shenandoah County Library's Black History Month Program.

In 1964 Delois became the first African American student to attend what was then…

"Shenandoahopoly" Board game. Produced in 1989 as a fundraiser for the Woodstock Virginia Rotary Club. The places on the board bear the names of local businesses at the time.

Postcard with a drawing of Dorthy's Inn located just south of Woodstock Virginia.

A November 4, 1936 edition of the "Sez Who," a newspaper published by the students of the Woodstock High School in Virginia.

The newspaper contains information about upcoming events, school activities, and local advertisers.

The name Margaret…

Photograph, taken from a 1951 Woodstock High School Yearbook, showing members of school's "Dancing Club" dancing. The caption indicates it was sponsored by Mary Blair Bowman.

Color photograph of "Highway Post Office One" passing the Shenandoah County Courthouse in 1988.

The Highway Post Office was inaugurated in 1941 with a Washington DC to Harrisonburg VA route. In 1988, the Smithsonian and US Postal Service…

Brochure published by the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce highlighting the town's amenities.

Broadside advertising the Woodstock Academy's "
Semi-Annual Exhibition," dated February 15-16 1827.

The exhibition appears to have included a variety of theatrical productions such as monologues and numerous lectures.

The Woodstock Academy…

Postcard showing the entrance to the Sky Chalet resort in Macanie Virginia (now Bayse Virginia)

Postcard showing "Sky Chalet," a lodge and resort located in southwestern Shenandoah County.

As of 2022 it was located on Sky Chalet Lane.

At the time of the postcard's production is maintained a Macanie Postal Address but that post office…

Postcard showing the pool at the Sky Chalet resort in Bayse Virginia.

Envelope and letter written by John Wisman of Woodstock to R.H. Newland of Hamburg Virginia. Dated August 15, 1889.

The letter concerns a construction debt owed by Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock to Newland.

Postcard with a colorized photograph showing "Red Banks" along the Shenandoah River. The photograph looks east.

Red Banks is an area on the Shenandoah River located adjacent to US Route 11 just north of Mt. Jackson Virginia and south of Edinburg…

Color postcard with a photograph of Edinburg Virginia.

The photograph was taken from the south eastern portion of town looking north.

The postcard is undated.

Color postcard with a photograph of houses along Center Street in Edinburg Virginia.

The view looks east toward Main Street from the area of Printz Street.

The postcard is dated 1920.

Postcard showing a portion of Main Street in Edinburg Virginia.

The image looks north from the area of what is now the intersection of Route 11 and Stoney Creek Boulevard.

The card was produced by the Williamsport Paper Company in 1917.

Color postcard with a photograph of the Hotel Edinburg located in Edinburg Virginia.

Postcard with a colorized image of Stoney Creek.

The photograph faces west and was taken from the railroad bridge spanning the stream and constructed sometime after 1915.

Color postcard with a picture of the "Edinburg Gap," a geographic feature in the Massanutten Mountains located east of Edinburg Virginia.

Color postcard showing the railroad bridge crossing Stoney Creek in Edinburg Virginia. The card is dated 1926

The bridge was constructed after a 1915 fire destroyed its predecessor.

Color postcard showing scene along the Shenandoah River. This is identified as "The Ford at Lewis Funkhouser's" near Woodstock Virginia.
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