Middletown Scrapbook Collection

1673 WFCHS

Inventory created by Archives Staff 11/2010. Last revised 01/2020

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, duplication, 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: 1 volume

DATE: Circa 1860-1940

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Middletown Scrapbook Collection contains a scrapbook of photographs of people and places in Middletown, Virginia. The photographs are unidentified and were probably taken in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.  

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Dr. Peter Senseny founded Middletown, Virginia around 1796. It was originally known as Senseny Town and is located about fifteen miles south of Winchester. The town was well known for its manufacture of clocks and watches.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants, A History of Frederick County, Virginia. Chesapeake Book Company, Berryville, VA, 1963.

CITE AS: Middletown Scrapbook Collection, 1673 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION

BOX 1

Scrapbook, circa 1860-1940, 1 volume (unnumbered pages) ; 14 cm

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