History Matters articles written for the Spirit of Jefferson

Name/Title

"History Matters" articles written for the Spirit of Jefferson

Entry/Object ID

ARC996

Scope and Content

Collection of History Matters articles written by the Jefferson County Museum's historian, Doug Perks, published in the Spirit of Jefferson, between 2017 and 2022. Articles written in 2017: ARC996-1: Ollie Blessing, published March 22 ARC996-2: Carrie Lee Strider, published March 29 ARC996-3: Brigadier General William Darke, published April 5 ARC996-4: Lockwood House in Harpers Ferry, published April 12 ARC996-5: House and Garden Tour, published April 19 ARC996-6: Railroad at Shepherdstown, published April 26 ARC996-7: Martin Robison Delany, published May 3 ARC996-8: Uvilla Community Hall, published May 10 ARC996-9: Changing Faces-From the Air (aerial photographs), published May 17 ARC996-10: Uvilla Community Hall, published May 24 ARC996-11: The Great War (World War I), published May 31 ARC996-12: Storer College, published June 7 ARC996-13: Jefferson County Courthouse and R. D. Shepherd Town Hall, published June 14 ARC996-14: Harpers Ferry during the Civil War, June 21 ARC996-15: Fountain Rock in Shepherdstown, published 2017 Articles written in 2018 (published dates unrecorded): ARC996-16: Conklyn Brothers Furniture Maker and Construction Company ARC996-17: Free Blacks in Jefferson County, Virginia [part 1] ARC996-18: Free Blacks in Jefferson County, Virginia [part 2] ARC996-19: Free Blacks in Jefferson County, Virginia [part 3] ARC996-20: Grace Peace, grandmother of Martin Robison Delany ARC996-21: Harpers Ferry after the Civil War ARC996-22: John Hancock Hall Memorial Bridge ARC996-23: U.S. Route 340 Articles written in 2019: ARC996-24: Harpers Ferry Flood of 1936, published April 3 ARC996-25: Hyman Viener & Sons, published April 10 ARC996-26: 19th century schools in Charles Town [part 1], published April 17 ARC996-27: 19th century schools in Charles Town [part 2], published May 1 ARC996-28: Hall's Rifle Works, published May 8 ARC996-29: Corner of Lawrence and Washington Streets in Charles Town, published May 15 ARC996-30: Thomas Shepherd's Mill, published May 22 ARC996-31: John Brown wagon [part 1], published May 29 ARC996-32: John Brown wagon [part 2], published June 5 ARC996-33: Charles Town High School [part 1], published July 31 ARC996-34: Historic Stone Steps in Harpers Ferry, published August 14 ARC996-35: Charles Town High School [part 2], published September 18 ARC996-36: James Mathew Ranson's Farm, published September 25 ARC996-37: Myrtle (Mosher) Hall at Storer College, published October 2 ARC996-38: Sappington Hotel, published October 30 ARC996-39: 20th century restaurants in downtown Charles Town, published November 6 ARC996-40: Charles Town streets [part 1], taverns, published November 13 ARC996-41: Charles Town streets [part 2], Martinsburg as Jefferson County seat, published November 20 ARC996-42: Charles Town streets [part 3], plat of Charles Town, published November 27 ARC996-43: Charter of Charles Town in 1872, published December 4 ARC996-44: Edge Hill Cemetery, published December 11 ARC996-45: Main Street (Washington Street) in Charles Town, published December 18 Articles written in 2020: ARC996-46: James Wesley Kyle, Western Union Telegraph Agent, published March 25 ARC996-47: American Legion, published April 8 ARC996-48: Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop, Black horse trainer, published April 15 ARC996-49: Influenza of 1918, published April 22 ARC996-50: Paradise Law Building, published April 29 ARC996-51: Lawyer's Row, published May 5 ARC996-52: Dr. Richard E. Venning's Hospital, published May 13 ARC996-53: West End Service Station, published May 27 ARC996-54: Jefferson Machine Shop & Iron and Brass Foundry, published June 10 ARC996-55: Kabletown & Bloomery Turnpike Company, published June 24 ARC996-56: Old Grave and Graveyards of Jefferson County, Union Cemetery, Middleway, published July 1 ARC996-57: Jefferson County Courthouse, published July 15 ARC996-58: Jefferson County Jail, published July 22 ARC996-59: Hunter's Law Row in Charles Town, published July 29 ARC996-60: Market House in Charles Town, published August 12 ARC996-61: Rezin Davis Shepherd's Town Hall in Shepherdstown, published August 26 ARC996-62: Anthony Hall at Storer College [part 1], published September 9 ARC996-63: Anthony Hall at Storer College [part 2], published September 23 ARC996-64: Bishop Building in Charles Town, published October 14 ARC996-65: Albert Berghaus sketches following John Brown insurrection in 1859, published November 4 ARC996-66: Fall Festival in Charles Town, published November 11 ARC996-67: Palmbaum Building in Charles Town, published November 18 ARC996-68: Nichols and Stuck Drug Store, published November 25 ARC996-69: The Legend of Wizard Clip, published December 2 ARC996-70: Sadler Block in Charles Town, published December 9 ARC996-71: Holiday celebrations in Jefferson County, published December 30 Articles written in 2021: ARC996-72: John Brown's body after his death, published February 17 ARC996-73: Enslaved men part of John Brown's insurrection in 1859, published February 24 ARC996-74: Carrie Beall Wilson and Mary Taylor Wilson Miller, published March 3 ARC996-75: Violet Dandridge, published March 17 ARC996-76: Emily Alice Morris Stanley, published March 24 ARC996-77: St. George Building, published April 7 ARC996-78: Charles Varle 1809 map, published April 21 ARC996-79: John Wood 1820 map, published April 28 ARC996-80: Samuel Howell Brown [part 1], 1852 map, published May 12 ARC996-81: Sergeant Roy Wilson Hooe, published May 26 ARC996-82: Samuel Howell Brown [part 2], 1883 map, published June 2 ARC996-84: Shaw and Wesley Colville Whitmer early twentieth-century map, published June 9 ARC996-85: Princess Street in Shepherdstown [part 1], published June 16 ARC996-86: Princess Street in Shepherdstown [part 2], published June 23 ARC996-87: Princess Street in Shepherdstown [part 3], published June 30 ARC996-88: Princess Street in Shepherdstown [part 4], published July 7 ARC996-89: Princess Street in Shepherdstown [part 5], published July 21 ARC996-90: Charlestown vs. Charles Town name, published August 4 ARC996-91: Valley Agricultural Society, published August 18 ARC996-92: Battle of Cameron's Depot, published August 25 ARC996-93: Memories of the Battle of Cameron's Depot, published September 1 ARC996-94: Jefferson County Agricultural Society, published September 29 ARC996-95: Rural Free Delivery, published October 20 ARC996-96: Jefferson County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, October 27 ARC996-97: Potomac-Agricultural, Mechanical and Live-Stock Association, published November 3 ARC996-98: Cemetery on Camp Hill, Harper Cemetery, published November 17 ARC996-99: Roads in Jefferson County, published December 1 ARC996-100: Parking in Charles Town, published December 15 Articles written in 2022: ARC996-101: John Brown wagon, published March 9

Acquisition

Accession

Source or Donor

Jefferson County Museum

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

2017 - 2022

Archive Size/Extent

101 digital articles