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
184 WFCHS
Inventory created by Archives Staff 03/1980. Last revised 04/2018.
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.
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EXTENT: 1.46 linear feet
DATE: 1703-1978
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Henry Whiting Collection contains articles, biographies, genealogies, military papers, and other miscellaneous materials concerning people and events of Virginia and Winchester history. It also contains genealogical information on the Whiting family, and Helen Hudson Whiting. The collection also contains data on the creation of the Abram’s Delight Museum and its furnishings.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Henry Whiting was born on July 20, 1923 in Aurora, Colorado, the son of Lt. Col. Edgar Whiting and Helen Hudson Whiting. The family moved to Winchester following Lt. Col. Whiting’s retirement from the army. In World War II, Henry Whiting served under General George S. Patton. Patton was a family friend as well as Whiting’s commanding officer. He later obtained a law degree from the University of Virginia and went on to practice law. He was named a Virginia Supreme Court Justice in 1987. He retired in 1995 and died in 2012.
Henry’s mother, Helen Hudson Whiting, was born in Pittsburgh in 1892 and was a Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin in 1915. She worked with the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society from the 1940s to the 1970s and was involved in the renovation of its historic properties. She was also a member of the Handley Regional Library Board during the 1960s, a member of the Red Cross and of Christ Episcopal Church. She died in 1978.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: Obituary, Henry Hudson Whiting (1923-2012), Northern Virginia Daily, May 18, 2012; Foreman, Michael M. “Helen Hudson Whiting,” Some Worthy Women. Winchester, VA: Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, 2007. Pp. 117-188.
CITE AS: Henry Whiting Collection #184, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA
ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.
ORGANIZATION:
BOX 1 Local history A-L
Abram’s Delight – Early history of the museum, 39 leaves, manuscript and typescript
Abram’s Delight – Documents and New clippings, 7 items,
Abram’s Delight – Sketches of Hollingsworth furniture purchased by the Winchester –Frederick County Historical Society at the Family auction, 5 leaves, manuscript and printed
Autograph Book – unknown owner, 1892-1896, bound, manuscript
Braddock’s Army Campaign – 1755 (Jefferson, Frederick, Hampshire Counties), by Walter S. Hough, 3 leaves, typescript, copy
Century club – news article, c. 1946, 1 leaf; news article, 1955, 1 leaf (transcript)
Civil War – The Bandy Bell, Newsletter of the Winchester Civil War Roundtable, June 19, 1962
Civil War Centennial Brochures – 4 items, printed
Civil War – Chew’s Battery, December 21, 1864, 2 leaves, typescript [NOTE: Diary is in Hugh G. Pierce Papers 960 THL]
Civil War -- Pierce, Hugh O., Diary of – 51st Virginia Military Regiment, 2 leaves, typescript
Civil War -- Rainsberger, Joseph D. – Certificate of Service, Co. C, 1st New York (Lincoln Cavalry), printed
Clarke County Historical Collection, July, 1936, 28 pages, printed, original
Clarke County – News clippings, 1951, 1973, 3 items, printed
Dedication of Winchester-Frederick County War Memorial Building, November 11, 1956, 4 pages, printed
Fort Egypt, Page County, Virginia – “Fort Egypt in Page Shows How Pioneers Lived,”
2 leaves, typescript, copy
Garden Clubs -- Historic Garden Week Tour, 1955, 2 pages, printed
Garden Clubs – Winchester Council of Garden Clubs Constitution, n. d., 6 leaves, mimeograph
Garden Clubs – Clarke County Garden Club Programs, 1950-1953. 1963-1964, 1977-1978, 5 items, printed
Handley Library – Board Activities, 1962-1967, 25 leaves, typescript
Handley Library – Inventory Ledger, - Item in attic, n.d., 1 item, manuscript
Historic Preservation of Winchester – News clippings, 1960s, 12 items, printed
Historic Winchester – Pamphlets, Brochures, Prints, and street map, 8 items, printed
Lee, General Charles – 7 leaves, typescript
BOX 2 Local History M-Z
Miscellaneous Item
Morgan, Gen. Daniel – News clippings, miscellaneous, printed
Notes on Winchester, Virginia history,4 pages, manuscript
Oaths of Office – 1889, 3 items, printed
Sale catalog #727 – Military Papers – Sale conducted by Stan V. Henkels, included the papers of Col. James Wood, 1894, 18 leaves, typescript
Shenandoah Valley History – Bibliography, September, 1951, 3 leaves, typescript
Stephens City – News clippings, 1951-1952, 3 items, printed
Thorn Hill Manor – 3 leaves, typescript
Valley Manuscript by Margaret Lynn Lewis,1703, 24 pages, bound, typescript, copy
Virginia Military Base Histories, 16 pages, typescript
Winchester News clippings
Wood, Col. James Wood – Notebook Transcript, 3 leaves, typescript
Winchester-Fredrick County Historical Society – Filings at Handley Regional Library, 3 leaves, typescript
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society – Listings of purchases, 18 leaves, typescript and manuscript
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society – Loan Agreement Form, 1950, 1 leaf, typescript
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society – Petition concerning Helen Whiting and Mr. Belchic, 1 leaf, typescript
Scrapbook – news clippings about General Daniel Morgan, 1951-1952
BOX 3 People
Burwell, Carter (1716-1756) – Sketch of, compiled by George Harrison Burwell, no date clippings – miscellaneous, printed
Class Prophecy – 4 leaves, manuscript
Connell-Hollingsworth Genealogy – 6 items, manuscript, original
Grim, Charles Family Genealogy – 7 items, manuscript, original
Henkel Papers and Notes – Inventory of, miscellaneous, manuscript, typescript, copy
Holliday-Hollingsworth Connection – 1 leaf, manuscript
Hyde, Eugenia – Correspondence, November 19, 1841-November 8, 1849, 13 pages, typescript (photocopy)
Lee Family Memorabilia consisting of:
2 steel knitting needles
1 steel hooked knitting needle – crochet
1 ivory hooked knitting needle
3 ivory knitting needles – crochet
1 crochet piece
1 doily – white
1 doily – red
1 cloth, square (yellow)
1 cloth, square (white)
1 crochet piece
Note: The listed items above were made by Robert E. Lee’s cousin’s wife at “Rutledge,” Middleburg, VA. Good condition, no date.
Miller Family – Speech before Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society by James Miller. December 1, 1958, 10 leaves, typescript
Memento – edited by Julia Mitchell, 1 item, manuscript
Nulton Memorabilia – 3 items, printed
Vance, Virginia E. – Memorabilia, 1938, 3 items: typescript, 1 leaf; printed, bound, 16 pages; news article
White, Elijah Family – Miscellaneous bills, notes, etc., printed, manuscript
Yates, Fred – Correspondence from Rob, May 2, 1903, 1 leaf, manuscript
BOX 4 Whiting Family
Whiting, Mrs. Edgar – Correspondence, 4 items, typescript, copy
Whiting, Frank – Shenandoah Valley Academy Certificates of Proficiency, 1873-1874, 11 items, printed
Whiting, Helen – News articles, 1 item, printed
Whiting Family Genealogy and History, 17 leaves, typescript and printed (photocopy)
Whiting, Henry – News clippings
Whiting-Washington Connection – 9 leaves, typescript and printed (photocopy)
PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs and other images belonging to this collection may be accessed online through http://handley.pastperfectonline.com