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Cephe Fahnestock Place 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

1124 THL

Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of an abstract of Continental Morgan Guards from Winchester News (1866), Fahnestock graveyard list (1990), thesis on the Kurtz Cultural Center by Cephe F. Place (1990), and a program to 1990 graduation at Shenandoah College and Conservatory. News articles about local history topics and brief genealogies of local families are also included.
(1 box) Last updated 07/07.

Biographical/Historical: Cephe Fahnestock Place is the donor of this collection and a Winchester, VA resident.

Cite As: Cephe Fahnestock Place Collection, 1124 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Ambrose Family notes, 1 leaf typescript

Berkeley County, VA Order Book, April 21, 1778, 1 leaf typescript

Bishop Family Notes, 1 leaf typescript

Brown, Watson, “Body of John Brown’s Son,” article from Winchester News, Sept. 15, 1882, 1 leaf, typescript

Confederate Soldiers Meeting, transcript from Winchester Times, Sept. 22, 1882

Continental Morgan Guards—abstract from Winchester News, January 19, 1866, 2 leaves, typescript

Court Records Returned (Frederick Co.) article from Winchester Times, Aug. 16, 1893, 1 leaf, printed (photocopy)

Fahnestock Family, 3 leaves typescript

Fahnestock graveyard -- location and burials, by Cephe Fahnestock Place, 1990, 1 leaf, typescript

Gore, Joshua—article from Winchester Times, Sept. 6, 1882, 1 leaf, printed (photocopy)

Hall Family Notes, 1 leaf typescript

Kurtz Cultural Center—"A Study of the Kurtz Cultural Center and Economic Support of the Cultural Arts in Winchester-Frederick County," thesis by Cephe Fahnestock Place, 1990, 1 item, 52 leaves, typescript, binder

McInturff Family, 4 leaves typescript

Place Family Notes, 2 leaves typescript

Reynard Family Notes, 3 leaves typescript

Shenandoah College and Conservatory—115th Annual Commencement Exercises, 1990, 1 item, printed

Stine’s Chapel, 2 leaves typescript; 4 leaves news article, typescript

Thomason, Major James W. (Thomson’s Battery, 2 leaves, news article, typescript

Virginia (First) Cavalry Company A—News Article, 1 leaf, news article, typescript