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Maurice J. Duffey Collection

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

1282 WFCHS

Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of items collected by Maurice J. Duffey. These items include a mail order catalog (1922), school summary, State Summer Institute booklet (1909), and a souvenir Booklet from Winchester Fire Department (1897).

(1 box) Last updated 04/04.

Biographical/Historical: Maurice J. Duffey was born on November 19, 1924 in Winchester, VA to Hugh Sisson and Vera Lynch Duffey. He was a professor emeritus at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, VA. He had received his B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1948 and his M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. On February 6, 1954, he married Lillian Stuessy in Norfolk, VA and had two daughters. He died on April 6, 1991 and was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery.

Bibliography: The Winchester Star, Monday, April 8, 1991.

Cite As: Maurice J. Duffey Collection, 1282 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Miller cars - mail order catalog, 1922, 1 item, 4 pages, printed

School summary - shorthand notebook, 1 item, manuscript in printed book, torn

State Summer Institute, 1909 -- booklet, 1 item, 32 pages, printed

Winchester Fire Department -- souvenir booklet, 1897, 1 item, 32 pages, printed

Winchester Cook Book, n.d., 2 items