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Shenandoah County Library

Shenandoah County Library
514 Stoney Creek Blvd.
Edinburg VA, 22824
Primary Collecting Areas:
Shenandoah County and the Shenandoah Valley
Description:
The Shenandoah County Library’s Truban Archives is committed to collecting, preserving, and interpreting resources related to the culture, history, and life of Shenandoah County. To fulfill this mission, we maintain a large collection of primary sources related to the county and surrounding areas.
POC: Zachary Hottel
Phone: (540) 984-8200
Start Over Repository Shenandoah County Library Level Collection

Liberty Iron Furnace Collection 29 boxes, 3 rolled storage boxes, 19 oversize folders

Samuel G. Clark
The Liberty Iron Furnace Collection is comprised of 29 boxes of materials relating to three companies that operated the Liberty Iron Furnace during the late 19th and early 20th century. Approximately one half of the boxes contain correspondence and financial documents and the remaining boxes contain ledgers, day books, letter books, and other bound materials. The subject of the material is primarily business related and encompasses transactions, employment records, reports related to the railroad line, and other items.
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Margaret Hoffman Collection, 1893-1969 6 boxes, 203 folders

Margaret V. Hoffman
A collection of photographs, letters, and ephemera collected by Margaret V. Hoffman. The majority of items date to the 1930s and 1940s. Many are related to Camp Strawderman which Margaret helped operate.
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Mary Jo Sweeney Collection, 1829-1948 4.5 linear feet; 4 folders, 1 bible, 2 scrapbooks

A collection of items donated by Mary Jo Sweeney of Woodstock Virginia. They include documents and a family bible highlighting the history of her family. In addition, there are two scrapbooks created by Mary Jo between 1943 and 1948.
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Wissler Letters Collection, 1805-1881 1 linear foot (1 box, 63 folders)

The Wissler Letters Collection consists of 1 box of letters produced by members of the Wissler family and other Wissler family materials. The letters span the dates 1856-1881 and primarily deal with operations of the family’s iron furnaces, including several in Shenandoah County Va.

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Woodstock Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1922-2015 16 boxes

Records of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce. Includes legal documents, financial records, meeting minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, and membership records. The documents encompass the history of the chamber from its founding in 1922 through its reorganization as the Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce in 2011.
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