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RHS Coll. Rockbridge Historical Society Collections

 Collection Type
Identifier: RHS Coll
Since 1939, the mission of the Rockbridge Historical Society has been to preserve and to promote these local histories through public programs and educational outreach; through its stewardship of artifacts and archives; and through decades of publications and partnerships in historic preservation. For more information please visit - https://rockbridgehistory.org/

Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

Rockbridge Historical Society files on genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0058
Scope and Contents

This collection contains biographical and genealogical information on various people, primarily from in and around Rockbridge County.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1700 - 1960

Rockbridge Historical Society files on Gloucester County, Virginia

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0052

Rockbridge Historical Society files on Goshen, Virginia

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0053
Dates: Majority of material found within 1891 - 1955

Rockbridge Historical Society files on government

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-8
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0054
Dates: Majority of material found within 1803 - 1952

Rockbridge Historical Society files on horses

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0055
Dates: Majority of material found within 1804 - 1995

Rockbridge Historical Society files on hospitals

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0056
Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 2000

Rockbridge Historical Society files on hotels

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-12
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0057
Dates: Majority of material found within 1822 - 1987

Rockbridge Historical Society files on Houses

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0059
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of essays, reports, financial documentation, and other historic records documenting the presence, arcitecture, development, or evolution of local houses in and around Rockbridge County and Lexington, Virginia.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1800 - 1995

Rockbridge Historical Society files on imprints, Fire Tariff rates for Lexington, Va., and surrounding locales

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0048
Scope and Contents

This file contains two rate books discussing the tariff of rates in Lexington, Rockbridge Co. and one rate book for the Valley counties of Virginia.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1896 - 1905

Rockbridge Historical Society files on Lexington Fire Department

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0047
Scope and Contents

This file contains: a newspaper clipping about Lexington's fire department in 1829; a list of the first group of Lexington firefighters from 1797; and a souvenir booklet of the Forty-third Annual Convention and Tournament of the Virginia State Firemen's Association.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1797 - 1929

Rockbridge Historical Society files on regional forests

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0050
Scope and Contents

This collection contains newspaper clippings and papers about forests in the Shenandoah Valley.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1873 - 1925

Rockbridge Historical Society files on Rockbridge County fairs

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-5
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0045
Scope and Contents

This collection contains brochures, premium books, newspaper supplements, and other advertisements for Rockbridge County fairs and festivals.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1976 - 2015; 2019

Rockbridge SPCA Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0025
Scope and Contents

This collection contains official records of the organization, such as annual reports, as well as various papers, including event invitations, mailed pamphlets, the organization's newsletter, and photocopies of newspaper articles. It also contains two envelopes of animal photographs, some of which are used in the mailed pamphlets. Also included is the July 27, 2022, News-Gazette obituary for Jane Cornett, who was the Executive Director of the SPCA for many years.



Dates: Inclusive 1964-1993 Approximate

Stonewall Jackson Hospital Auxiliary Inc. Volunteer Handbook

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0026
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the organization's volunteer handbook dated 1987.

Dates: 1987

Tate Thompson Brady Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0090
Scope and Contents

Box 7 includes slides and books.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1785-2005

Thomas Bateson Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0032
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an accounting booklet of rents paid by Samuel and Thomas Rankin and others to a Thomas Bateson of Londonberry, Irelandand others. Clues in the booklet suggest that a flour mill was being rented. At some point the account book was sent to the Wilson family of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The collection includes contemporary notes on the booklet as well as acquisition information.

Dates: Inclusive 1760-1796

Ulster-Irish Society yearbook

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0027
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the society's yearbook from 1938.

Dates: 1938

Virginia's Green Revolution - Research collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll
Scope and Contents

This collection contains research materials compiled by Charles W. Turner for his book Virginia's Green Revolution.

Dates: 1834 - 1942; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1890