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Frederick County 250th Anniversary 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

736 THL

Scope and Content: This collection contains material on the organization and programs held during the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Frederick County.
(2 boxes) Last updated 11/06.

Biographical/Historical: The Frederick County Board of Supervisors appointed a 24 member commission to organize activities to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Frederick County which was celebrated in 1988.

Cite As: Frederick County 250th Anniversary Collection, 736 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.

Organization:

Box 1

Commission meeting and minutes

Correspondence, general

Events and information

Financial papers

Fundraiser

250th kickoff packet

Lehman, Sam

Logos

News releases

Pictorial history - advertisement

Pictorial history - correspondence

Publicity, general

250th events package

Souvenirs

WFCHS 250th Anniversary Calendar – 1988

Box 2

Question and answer articles, Winchester Star

News Clippings, unnumbered pages, printed

Essays—Local History topics published weekly in Winchester Star and Northern Virginia Daily