A Guide to the Zuni Historical Society (Isle of Wight County, Va.) Collection, 1875-2015 Zuni Historical Society (Isle of Wight County, Va.), Collection, 1875-2015
51775
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 51775
Library of Virginia
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Zuni Historical Society (Isle of Wight County, Va.) Collection, 1875-2015. Accession 51775. Organization records collection,
The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
The Zuni Historical Society in Isle of Wight County, Virginia was organized in 2009. Its mission was to collect and preserve
all historical material associated with the village of Zuni, promote research and publish findings regarding the history,
architecture, arts, crafts, culture, and genealogy of the area, preserve historic sites and buildings and encourage owners
of properties in their preservation and restoration, and to establish a museum for the display, study, and preservation of
records and artifacts. The Society was disbanded in 2015.
Collection, 1900-2015, of the Zuni Historical Society in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, including a secretary's book containing
minutes, as well as materials collected by the Society for a proposed museum, including calendars, clippings, genealogical
notes on the Chapman, Raney, and Sadler families, miscellaneous notes and research, newsletters, obituaries and funeral programs,
photographs, store ledgers of Robert A. Horne (1877-1941), and papers of the Bradshaw and Joyner families. Much of the material
was used in the books Zoo-Nye: A Story of the Village and Zoo-Nye Revisited: Continuing Story of the Village by Jane March.