Mary Lou Mulvey Collection

1602 WFCHS

Inventory created by Archives Staff 09/2009. Last revised 08/2022.

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. Please note: Materials in this collection concerning the Chenowith family and Edmond Lee Hoffman are photocopies from the Emily Gray Shreve Collection at the West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University. Researchers should contact the History Center for permission to use and publish these items.

EXTENT: 0.42 linear feet

CREATOR: Mulvey, Mary Lou

DATE:  1804-1914

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Mary Lou Mulvey Collection contains ephemera concerning the City of Winchester, Virginia, to include a 1913-1914 catalogue from Fort Loudoun Seminary and programs for the 1900 celebration of Charles B. Rouss.

The collection also includes genealogical material about the Hoffman and Chenoweth families. The bulk of material concerns the life of Captain Edmund Lee Hoffman of Berkeley County, West Virginia. There is a journal detailing the daily management of his farm from 1862 to 1882, correspondence, service record, and a roster and promotion information for the 15^th West Virginia Infantry.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Mary Lou Mulvey is a resident of Winchester, Virginia. Edmond Lee Hoffman was born around 1839 in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and spent much of his life as a farmer. In 1861, he enlisted in Company D of the 2^nd Virginia Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Kernstown, and paroled at Winchester, VA, on April 24, 1865. Hoffman died at his home on September 27, 1904, and was buried at Green Hill Cemetery in Martinsburg, WV.                                                                                                                                

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 2^nd Virginia Infantry. The Virginia Regimental Histories Series. Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1984; Harlan, Alpheus. History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family. Pennsylvania, 1914.  929.2/Har                       

CITE AS: Mary Lou Mulvey Collection, 1602 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

City of Winchester, Virginia: Its Past and Present, 1900, 1 booklet, printed

Fort Loudoun Seminary Catalogue, 1913-1914, 1 booklet, printed

In the Garden of The Old Dominion—Winchester, VA, 1900, 1 item, typescript, 6 leaves

Rouss, Charles Broadway—Menus, Birthday celebration, Feb. 10, 1900, 2 items, printed (photocopy)

The Winchester of Yesterday and Today, n.d., 1 booklet, printed

Hoffman Capt. Edmund Lee—Journal, 1867-1882, 1 booklet, manuscript (photocopy)

Hoffman Family Records – 1804-1893, 8 leaves, typescript, manuscript (photocopy) includes the Chenoweth Family History particularly William Chenoweth and heirs of then Berkeley County, VA will books, deed books, etc. in red folder, miscellaneous unnumbered pages

Hoffman, E. L. – Official Correspondence, 1859-1868, 17 leaves, printed, manuscript (photocopy)

Hoffman, E. L. – Correspondence, May 3 – Nov. 29, 1861, 35 pages, manuscript (photocopy)

Hoffman, E. L. – Correspondence, Jan. 5-Dec. 19, 1862, 7 leaves, 2 pages, manuscript (photocopy)

Hoffman, E. L. – Correspondence, Feb 2- Oct. 9, 1863, 10 leaves, 1 page, manuscript (photocopy)

Hoffman, E. L. – Correspondence, April 6-Dec. 23, 1864, 3 pages, 3 leaves, manuscript (photocopy)

Hoffman, E. L. – Correspondence, Feb. 2, 1865, 1 leaf, manuscript (photocopy)

Hoffman, E. L. – Correspondence, March 23, 1898, 1 leaf, typescript (photocopy)

Hoffman, E. L. – Correspondence, no date, 3 pages, 1 leaf, manuscript (photocopy)

Hoffman, E. L. – News Clippings

Hoffman, E. L. – Obituary, September 27, 1904, 1 leaf, printed

Hoffman, E. L. – Service Records, Company D, 2^nd Virginia Infantry, 1861-1865, 9 leaves, typescript, manuscript (photocopy)

Lee’s Orders at Appomattox, April 10, 1865, 4 leaves, manuscript (photocopy)     

PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs and other images belonging to this collection may be accessed online through http://handley.pastperfectonline.com/