Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
36 WFCHS
Inventory created by Archives Staff 03/1989. Last revised 01/2022.
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.
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EXTENT: 3.55 linear feet
CREATOR: Affleck, Charles, 1896-1974
DATES: 1833-1962
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Charles Affleck Collection contains a variety of materials concerning the Civil War, numismatics, and the history and economic life of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Charles Affleck was born in Winchester, VA on May 3, 1896. He had a long career with General Mills in Atlanta, Georgia, until he retired in 1951 and returned to Winchester. Affleck was an expert in numismatics and an active member of the Winchester- Frederick County Historical Society. His efforts ensured that the Society obtained the Civil War diary of Mrs. Mary Greenhow Lee. He died on September 21, 1974 and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Quarles, Garland. Some Worthy Lives. Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, 1988
CITE AS: Charles Affleck Collection, 36 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.
ORGANIZATION:
BOX 1 Civil War A-J
15th New Jersey Regiment Volunteer Veteran’s Association, May 21-25, 1907, 1 booklet, 6 pages, printed
49th Pennsylvania Infantry -- Poll Book, Franklin County, PA, Oct., 1864, 1 booklet, manuscript
An Act: To provide for election members of a convention and to convene the same, January 14, 1861, 2 pages, printed
Ashby, Turner Camp #22, UCV, Winchester, VA – By laws and rules booklet, 1892, 23 pages, printed
Ashby, Turner Camp #22, Winchester, VA – Miscellaneous Items, unnumbered leaves
Ashby Chapter U.D.C. #54, Winchester, VA – Miscellaneous Items, unnumbered leaves
Baker, Josiah S. – Statement of damages by the Confederate Army, July 23, 1861, 2 pages, manuscript
Battle Reenactment Brochures – First Winchester, May 26-7, 1962, 1 item, printed, Third Winchester, September 19, 1964, 2 items, printed
Brochures, Post Card – Civil War Centennial, 3 items, printed
Civil War – Miscellaneous items, unnumbered leaves
Confederate Bonds and Certificates by C. J. Affleck and D. M. Douglas, 22 pages, printed
Confederate Flags – 7 leaves, printed
Confederate Leaders – Steel Engravings, 14 items, printed
Correspondence to Charles Affleck from R. U. Darby II, October 31, 1960, November 4, 1960, concerning cannon as the property of the City of Winchester, 4 leaves, manuscript/typescript
Davis, Jefferson – unnumbered leaves
The Death of Gen’l Turner Ashby by John W. Martin, July, 1862, 1 leaf, manuscript, 2 leaves, typescript
Proclamation and Correspondence – Confederates States of American, 1861-1863, transcripts of originals, 30 leaves, typescript
Grabill, John H., Diary of, 33rd Virginia Infantry, June 6, 1861-June 6, 1862, 26 leaves, typescript
History of the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association, Winchester, VA, 1865-1904, 6 pages, printed
Immortals, Battles of the Stonewall Brigade, 1861-1865, 2 booklets, 3 pages each, printed
The Iron Horse Goes to War, Comic book, n. d., 7 pages, printed
Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall” – Miscellaneous items, unnumbered leaves
BOX 2 Civil War K-Z
McGuire House – 103 North Braddock, 6 leaves, typescript
Memories in Marble, The Story of Front Royal’s four Confederate Monuments by Laura Virginia Hale, 1956, 16 pages, printed
Miss Rutherford’s Scrapbook, History of the Ladies Memorial Association, April, 1924, 12 pages, printed
Montgomery, The Heart of the Confederacy, n. d., no author, 2 pages, printed
New England Veterans of the Shenandoah (Roster), 1883, 3 leaves, printed
News Clipping – unnumbered leaves
Ordinance to Amend the Constitution of Virginia, 1861, 4 leaves, printed
Prison Life During the Rebellion by Fritz Fuzzlebug, 1869, 26 pages, printed
Proclamation and Correspondence, Confederate States of American, 1861-1873, 30 leaves, typescript
“Some Things for Which the South Did Not Fight” by Henry Tucker Graham, 1946, 7 pages, printed
Syllabus for course on Southern secession, no school, n. d., 11 leaves, printed
Southern Battlefield – On or near the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad, n. d., 23 pages, printed
Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, VA – Address of John T. Morgan, June 6, 1879, 10 pages, printed
Stonewall Cemetery – Flags used on graves, n.d., 2 items
Stonewall Jackson’ Headquarters, Winchester, VA, unnumbered leaves
“Jeb Stuart, a Character Sketch” by H. H. Smith, n. d., 33 pages, printed
“The Things That Endured”, no author, n. d., 8 pages, printed
Virginia Battlefield Brochures from the National Park Service, 2 brochures, printed
Virginia Civil War Commission – Centennial Newsletter, March, 1965, 3 pages, printed
Warren Rifles Museum, Front Royal, VA – Dedication program, June 28, 1959, 2 items, printed
“West Point of the Confederacy” by John S. Wise, 1889, 6 pages, printed
Winchester Currency by Charles Affleck, 7 pages, typescript and printed
Winchester-Frederick County Civil War Commission programs, June 15, 1963, 9 items, printed
Women of the Confederacy Monument brochure, no author, n. d., 1 item, printed
BOX 3 Local History A-Ha
Abram’s Delight – furnishings, 8 leaves, typescript
Address to the Citizens of Frederick County, VA (on liquor traffic), n.d., 3 pages, printed
Affleck, Charles – miscellaneous items, unnumbered leaves
American Flags – 2 items, printed
American Revolution – Recruiting poster (not an original), n.d, 3 leaves, printed
Apple Blossom Brochures, 1963, 5 items, 1964, 1 item, 1965, 3 items, 1971, 4 items, printed
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment – Second Face-the Facts Conference Dinner Program, Washington, D.C., February 22, 1926, 1 booklet printed
Brown, Stuart – Campaign advertisements, 6 items, printed
Byrd – U. S. Senator Campaign bumper sticker, 1 item, printed
Centenary Reformed Church – Winchester, VA, Easter Service program, March 18, 1894, 2 pages, printed
Chandler Family – 7 leaves, typescript
D.A.R. Handbook, 1935-1936, unnumbered leaves, printed
Diary – 1855, author unknown, 1 booklet, manuscript
Drawings – artist unknown, 2 leaves, manuscript
Drinking Cups – Beck’s Baking Corp. and Browning-Hamilton Company, n. d., 2 items, printed
Election Notice Broadside, 1887 – 1 leaf, printed
Election Tickets, 1877-1889, 6 leaves, printed
Episcopal Female Institute – Programs, printed
Intermediate Soiree, February 27, 1908, 2 pages
Commencement Exercises, June 4. 1902, 2 pages
Explanatory Tour of Historic Shrines and Landmarks in Winchester, Virginia, n.d., 3 items, (2 pages each), printed
Facsimile of (George) Washington’s Accounts from June, 1775 to June 1783, 1841, 1 book, printed
Fort Loudoun Seminary – Miscellaneous items, 6 items
Application for Admission – Virginia Henkel, November 19, 1912, 1 leaf, printed, manuscript
Catalog, 1912-1913, 1 booklet, 70 pages, printed
Receipts – November 15, 1915, May 25, 197, November 20, 1917, November 19, 1919, 4 leaves, printed
Frederick County Road Law, 1884, 8 pages, printed
Glascock Genealogy Notes – 8 leaves, manuscript
Grace Lutheran Church – miscellaneous items, 1917, 1930, 4 items, typescript, printed, manuscript
Handley Fund Report, 1918, 77 pages, printed
BOX 4 Local History Hi-R
Historic Winchester Brochure, n.d., 2 leaves, printed
Historic Winchester and Shenandoah Valley, 1956-1966, 7 items, each item 7 pages, printed
“Historic Winchester Welcomes You!” prints, 1932 – 12 leaves, printed
“Historic Winchester Welcomes You!” printing plate, L. Neal Woods, 1932, 1 item
“History of the Presbytery of Winchester with Complete Roll of Ministers and Churches”, 1794-1944, 7 pages, printed
Hiram Lodge #21, A.F. & A. M., Account Book, 1846-1859, 1 item, manuscript
Hotel Evans – Menus, 10 items, printed
Hollingsworth Family – 3 items, printed (folder contains the following):
Hollingsworth Family Genealogical Chart, 1630-1930
Valentine Hollingsworth, The Immigrant by Edward W. Couch
Cartmell History excerpt, 2 leaves
Iron Worker Magazine, Summer, 1955 (contains an article on Winchester), 2 items (16 pages each), printed
Kurtz Family – 3 items (folder contains the following):
“Miss Lucy of Winchester” by Arnold Kriegbaum
Letter to Miss Lucy from Mrs. C. E. Daniels, June 24 (no year), 1 leaf, manuscript
Letter to wife and children from husband (all parties unknown, date unknown), 1 page, manuscript (photocopy)
Lutheran Church, Virginia – 8 items, printed
Madison Lodge No. 6, I.O.O.F., Winchester, VA, April 30,1899, 3 pages, printed
Maps of Winchester and surrounding area – 4 items, printed
Message from the President of the United States, 1840, 6 pages, printed
Milestones in West Virginia History, n.d., 1 booklet, 14 pages, printed
Miller, Godfrey Home, 28 South Loudoun Street – Estimate of cost to open and operate Godfrey Miller Home, October 26, 1946, 8 leaves, typescript
Miller, John G. – Act for the relief of John G. Miller, late sheriff of Frederick County, VA, 1866. 1 leaf, manuscript
Miller, John G. – Memo book, 1886-1887, 1 booklet, manuscript and printed
Miller, William S., D.D.S. – 2 items, printed
Miscellaneous Items – Local history, unnumbered leaves
News Clippings – unnumbered leaves
Numismatic Information – unnumbered leaves, printed
BOX 5 Local History O-Z
Parker Lot Company, 4 items, manuscript and typescript
1st Board Meeting Minutes, n.d., 1 booklet, manuscript
Stock Certificate for E. Boling Boyd, June , 1894, 1 leaf, printed
Certificate of Corporation, March 16, 1889, 1 leaf, typescript
Correspondence, June, 9, 1890, 5 leaves, manuscript
Pi Eta Delta Debating Society, May 11, 1883, 2 leaves, 1 envelope, printed
Poetry – various authors, unnumbered leaves, printed
Purcell, Clark H. Campaign, October 21, 1895, 6 leaves, printed
Purcell, John Campaign, 1881, 4 leaves, printed
Rouss Fire Company – brochures and programs, 1916-1964, 19 items, printed
Rustic Tavern – Blank menu, n.d., 1 leaf, printed
Second Virginia Infantry Regiment, United States Volunteers (Spanish-American War), 1898, no author, 16 pages, printed
Sesqui-Centennial Anniversary Celebration of Winchester Presbytery, September 26-27, 1944, 2 pages, printed
School Pamphlets – Massanutten Military Academy, n.d., and Marion Junior College, 1873, 2 pages, printed
School Report Cards, 1836-1905, – 8 , leaves, printed and manuscript
Nannie Rea, July 1, 1860, Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Powell Female Seminary, 1 leaf
Alfred Henkel, City Public Schools, 1899, 1 leaf
Alfred Henkel, Shenandoah Valley Academy, September, 1905, 1 leaf
[?] A. Miller, Winchester Academy, 1836, 3 leaves
Willie Miller, City Public Schools, June 13, 1890, 1 leaf
William Dearmont, City Public Schools, June 18, 1892, 1 leaf
Shenandoah Valley and its Approaches, n.d., 68 pages, printed
Shenandoah Valley—miscellaneous items, unnumbered leaves
Shenandoah Valley Academy – Senate Bill 236 (land sale), February 21, 1938, 2 pages, printed
Steck, J. M. – Selective Service Certificate, May 19, 1917, 1 leaf, printed
Taylor, George – Receipt to Dr. Baker for music lessons, October-January, 1868, 1 leaf, manuscript
“To the Public” by A. S. Tidball, 1833, 61 pages, printed
Union Hose Team – article from The Fireman’s Standard, Boston, MA, October 1, 1895, 10 pages, printed
Virginia Highway Marker Booklet, 1929, 111 pages, printed
Virginia History – Miscellaneous items, unnumbered leaves
Virginia State Firemen’s Association – 11th Annual Convention of the July 7-9, 1897, 1 leaf, printed
Washington, George – Miscellaneous tributes, unnumbered leaves, printed
Washington’s Office – unnumbered leaves
White Sulphur Springs – leaf from book by Dr. J. J. Moorman, 1877., 4 pages, printed
Winchester Baseball Club Banquet, September 28, 1908, 1 item, printed
Winchester and Berry’s Ferry Turnpike, Stock Receipt, 1854, 1 leaf, printed
Winchester Bi-Centennial Place Mats, 1952, 8 items, printed
Winchester, VA brochures, n.d., 10 items, printed
Winchester Co-operative Building Association, 1891, 1 booklet, printed
Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley pamphlet, 1888, 30 pages, printed
Winchester-Frederick County Organization, 1960, 5 leaves, printed
Winchester Inn brochures, n.d., 2 items, printed
Winchester-Frederick County Organizations Directory, 1960, 5 leaves, typescript
Winchester Lodge #867 – Banquet Invitation, January 1, 1919, 2 pages, printed
Winchester, VA picture book, 1906, 4 pages, printed
Winchester Police Department Annual Banquet Program, February 20, 1964, 1 item, printed
Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley pamphlet, 1888, 30 pages, printed
Winchester Tire Company, Stock Certificate, 1922, 1 leaf, printed
BOX 5A
31st Militia Regiment Muster Fines (1859-1861), includes Sheriff’s belt in the which the muster fine slips were kept, unnumbered leaves, manuscript
Index to muster fines, 31st Virginia Militia Regiment, 1859-1860, 8 pages, printed
BOX 6 Businesses A-Le
Banks notes, paper money, 1959-1900, unnumbered leaves, manuscript and printed
Billheads, Letterheads – unnumbered leaves, manuscript and printed
Billheads, Letterheads – unnumbered leaves, manuscript and printed
Billheads, Letterheads – unnumbered leaves, manuscript and printed
Business Cards – unnumbered leaves, printed
Calling Cards – unnumbered leaves, printed
Calling Cards – unnumbered leaves, printed
Commercial and Savings Bank, Winchester, VA – Notebook (blank), 1937, 1 booklet, printed
Dearmont, Washington -- Insurance Policy, Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia, June 1, 1867, two leaves, printed
R. G. Dunn and Company, -- Business listing, Winchester, VA, 1891, 2 leaves, manuscript
Henry Print Shop – Labels, unnumbered leaves, printed
Henry Print Shop – Miscellaneous printed items, unnumbered leaves, printed
Invitations, unnumbered leaves, printed
Legal Documents – unnumbered leaves, printed and manuscript
Letters – unnumbered leaves, printed and manuscript
BOX 7 Business Li-Z
Licenses – 2 leaves, printed
J. Lisman and Company – Railroad bonds, stocks, and other investments book, 1899, 1 booklet, printed
Miller Family Bank Books, 1853-1904, unnumbered leaves, printed and manuscript
F. Miller’s Sons, Druggist, 1894 – Handy Cash Book (blank), 1 item, printed
Miller, Godfrey and Company – Bills, unnumbered leaves, printed and manuscript
Miller, Mathias -- Insurance Policy, Equity Improvement Company of Winchester, VA, September 10, 1892, includes policy, plan of organization booklet, and two payment receipts, 4 items, printed and manuscript
Margaret Miller – Insurance Policy, Mutual Insurance Society of Virginia, December 31, 1852, 2 leaves, printed and manuscript
Miscellaneous Items, -- unnumbered leaves, printed
Plays – Billheads and Broadsides, -- unnumbered leaves, printed
Receipts – unnumbered leaves
Sales Broadsides – unnumbered leaves, printed
Tickets, Admissions – unnumbered leaves, printed
Tickets – Railroad, unnumbered leaves, printed
Toll Gate Receipts – unnumbered leaves, printed
Warning to Water Consumers – Broadside, n.d., 1 leaf, printed
Union Bank of Winchester – Notebook, owned by Dr. W. A. Bell, n.d., 1 booklet, printed and manuscript
Zirkle, William – Insurance Policy from Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, 1852, 1 page, printed
BOX 8 Printing Stamps
South End Fire Company, 13 x 8.5 x 2 cm
Old Courthouse, 5 x 12 x 2 cm
Coal Delivery Wagon, 2 x 5 x 2 cm
Racing Horse, 2 x 5.5 x 2 cm
Confederate $50 Bill, 5.5 x 12.5 x 5 cm
Horse, 9.5 x 13 x 2 cm
One-horse Carriage, 2 x 5.5 x 2 cm
Ice Wagon, 2 x 4 x 2 cm
Stone Building, 5 x 6.5 x 2 cm
Chickens (2 items), 4 x 5 x 2 cm
Horse Drawn Hearse, 2.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm
Horse, 3 x 4 x 2 cm
Horse being shoed, 4 x 4.5 x 2 cm
Horse drinking, 4 x 8 x 2 cm
Virginia and Confederate Flag, 5.5 x 5 x 2 cm
Confederate Flag, 2 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm
Virginia and Confederate Flag, 3 x 5 x 2 cm
OVERSIZE
MAP CASE 1, DRAWER 2
Miller, Godfrey -- Certificates awarded to him from Winchester Academy, Shenandoah Valley Academy, 1889-1893, 15 leaves, printed and manuscript