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Bentley Kinney 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

89 THL

Bentley Kinney was born in Winchester on July 22, 1917, and died on September 24, 1982. This collection is comprised of notes and news articles concerning local history, focusing on Winchester Memorial Hospital, which became the Winchester Medical Center in 1989. (3 boxes) Last updated 08/02.

BOX 1

Civil War Notes and Articles, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript/news articles

Clarke County History Notes and Articles, unnumbered pages, typescript, 1 leaf manuscript, photocopies, news articles, photographs

"The Devil Diarists of Winchester," written by Bentley Kinney, unnumbered leaves, typescript, manuscript

Fauquier County History -- Notes and Articles, unnumbered leaves, manuscript, typescript

Frederick County Court -- Notes, unnumbered leaves, manuscript, typescript, photocopies, map

Local History -- Notes and Articles, unnumbered leaves, manuscript, typescript, news articles, map

Miscellaneous -- Notes and Articles, unnumbered leaves, manuscript, typescript, news articles, photocopies

Revolutionary War History -- Braddock Campaign, Gen. Gates, Daniel Morgan,
unnumbered leaves, manuscript, typescript, news articles

Sperry, Mary Warden -- Notes from her diary, notes re romance with Gen. Philip Sheridan
unnumbered leaves, typescript, manuscript

Washington, George -- Diaries, notes and genealogy, 10 items, unnumbered leaf, manuscript, printed, typescript

BOX 2

Winchester Authors, unnumbered leaves, typescript, manuscript

Winchester History -- Notes and Articles, unnumbered leaves, typescript, manuscript, printed, newspaper articles

Winchester Medical College -- A Skeleton’s Revenge, unnumbered leaves, typescript, manuscript, printed, photocopies

Winchester Memorial Hospital -- draft of history, 12 leaves, typescript, 6 leaves, manuscript

Winchester Memorial Hospital -- historical notes, unnumbered pages, typescript, manuscript, photocopies

Winchester Memorial Hospital and Medical Society Articles, unnumbered pages, photocopies, newspaper articles, printed

Winchester Memorial Hospital -- Photographs, 8 leaves printed (photocopies), 1 postcard

Winchester Memorial Hospital -- Plats and Deeds, 23 leaves manuscript, typescript

Wright Genealogy, unnumbered leaves, manuscript, typescript

BOX 3

Drama Club, 1903 - news articles, 7 items, printed (photocopy)

Newspaper Abstracts, 1886-1898, unnumbered, typescript

Newspaper Abstracts, 1900-1905, unnumbered, typescript/manuscript

Newspaper Abstracts, 1906-1910, unnumbered, typescript/manuscript

Newspaper Abstracts, 1911-1920, unnumbered, typescript/manuscript

Newspaper Abstracts, 1923-1930, unnumbered, typescript/manuscript

Newspaper Abstracts, 1931-1935, unnumbered, typescript/manuscript

Newspaper Abstracts, 1936-1940, unnumbered, typescript/manuscript

Newspaper Abstracts, 1941-1950, unnumbered, typescript/manuscript

Newspaper Abstracts, 1951-1956, unnumbered, manuscript

Newspaper Articles, 1901-1090, unnumbered leaves printed (photocopy)

Newspaper Articles -- Stephens City, Middletown and Strasburg, unnumbered leaves printed

MAPCASE 1, Drawer 10 (Oversized)

Winchester Memorial Hospital (now Winchester Medical Center)
Plat -- Stewart Street, West Latane (printed)
Plat -- Stewart Street, from Boscawen to Handley Boulevard (hand drawn photocopy)