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Joy MacDonald 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

1795 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 07/19. Last revised 04/2022.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

TECHNICAL ACCESS: Some materials in this collection require a computer to view. Please ask Archives staff for assistance.

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: 0.42 linear feet, 3 CDs, 4 USB thumb drives

CREATOR: MacDonald, Joy, 1941-2014

DATE: 2010-2014

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Joy MacDonald Collection contains research completed by MacDonald into the history of free black people living in the areas of Winchester, Frederick County, Warren County, and Clarke County prior to the Civil War. The research is focused mainly on land tax records and includes information about several prominent African American families including the Orricks. The materials also include information about publishing and distribution. Copies of Ms. MacDonald’s work are available in the Archives Reading Room.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Joy MacDonald lived in Frederick County, Virginia and undertook extensive research into the history of free blacks in the Lower Shenandoah Valley.

CITE AS: Joy MacDonald Collection, 1795 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

MacDonald, Joy - personal effects (business card, volunteer awards)

Laws, Thomas - research notes (unnumbered leaves)

Orrick Family – (unnumbered leaves)

Orrick Cemetery - previously called the Colored Cemetery (unnumbered leaves)

Tax Lists: Copyright Information on MacDonald’s Books – (21 leaves)

Tax Lists: Digital Materials on the “Free Blacks” projects - 7 items (three CDs, four thumb drives)

Tax Lists: “Free Blacks” projects’ research notes – (unnumbered leaves)

Tax Lists: Publishing records of MacDonald’s Books – (unnumbered leaves)