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Donald W. Kearney 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

285 WFCHS 

Inventory created by Archives Staff 03/1984. Last revised 04/2018.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

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: 0.21 linear feet

DATE: 1683-1930; bulk 1979 -1868

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Donald W. Kearney Collection includes information about the Frye families of Frederick and Shenandoah counties in Virginia. The collection contains indexes and deeds as wells as written biographies of Frye family members authored between 1974 and 1988.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Donald W. Kearney is the donor of this collection and the researcher and author of much of the material contained therein.

CITE AS: Donald W. Kearney Collection, 285 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA 

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

Fry, John of Winchester and Jacob Fry of Woodstock, VA; 14 leaves, typescript

Frye Families of Shenandoah County; 59 leaves, printed

Frye Family (of Frederick County) Deeds/Indentures; 22 leaves, printed

Frye Family (of Frederick County) Index; 8 leaves, printed

Kearney, Donald: Frye Family (of Frederick County) Information; 123 leaves, typescript