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James Finley 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

1797 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 08/2019.  Last revised 05/2022.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

PHYSCIAL ACCESS: The original scrapbook held in this collection is fragile. As a preservation measure, researchers should view photocopies of the scrapbook which are kept with the collection.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

EXTENT: 0.25 linear feet

DATE: 1913-1965

SCOPE AND CONTENT:  The James Finley Collection contains a scrapbook compiled by Meta Jackson Parker and donated by her grandson, James Finley. It contains a number of photographs and news clippings about World War II and local events and people in Winchester’s African American community. There is also a Sunday school verse card, a postcard, and report cards. The bulk of the material is from the 1940s and 1950s.

Abstracts of the obituaries in the scrapbook have been compiled by Judy Humbert, April 2020.

CITE AS: James Finley Collection, 1719 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

Obituaries, abstracted from scrapbook compiled by Meta Jackson Parker, c. 1940s – 1950s, compiled by Judy Humbert, April 2020, 25 pages, typescript. To view this document as a PDF, click here.

“Our Men in the Service,” list created from scrapbook compiled by Meta Jackson Parker, c. 1940s-1950s, compiled by Judy Humbert, January 2021, 2 leaves, typescript. To view this document as a PDF, click here.

Loose articles from scrapbook compiled by Meta Jackson Parker, c. 1940s-1950s, 12 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Scrapbook compiled by Meta Jackson Parker, c. 1940s-1950s, 52 leaves, printed (photocopy)

Scrapbook compiled by Meta Jackson Parker, maroon cover, fragile condition, 1 volume