Finding Aid to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum Record Unit 208 The Vineyard Magazine, 1924-1925 By Barbara Murphy

Descriptive Summary Repository: Martha’s Vineyard Museum Call No. Title: The Vineyard Magazine, 1924-1925 Creator: Quantity: 0.5 cubic feet Abstract: The Vineyard Magazine, 1924-1925 collection contains the entire run of this short-lived magazine

Administrative Information Acquisition Information: Processing Information: Barbara Murphy Access Restrictions: none Use Restrictions: none Preferred citation for publication: Martha’s Vineyard Museum, The Vineyard Magazine, 1924-1925, Record Unit 208

Index Terms - Harleigh Bridges Schultz - Natalie Salandri Schultz

Series Arrangement Series I: Magazines Series II: Reference

Historical Note: The Vineyard Magazine was a monthly magazine devoted to the interests of Martha’s Vineyard, published by Harleigh Bridges Schultz and his wife Natalie Salandri Schultz. The first issue was published in August 1924. The

1 magazine lasted only a year and its last issue was published in August 1925. Harleigh Schultz was born in 1882 and died in 1958. Born in Richmond, VA, he worked for the Hearst publications and also at the Boston American. He moved to Vineyard Haven, MA, soon after the conclusion of World War I. He is known to have been employed in both insurance and real estate. Mr. Schultz was also an employee of the NE Steamship Company in Oak Bluffs following the 1918 armistice.

Shortly after his arrival, he began to publish a weekly newspaper that was eventually consolidated with the Vineyard Gazette in 1921. Mr. Schultz became the principal-teacher at the West Tisbury Academy and worked there until he left the Island in 1925. He and his wife began publishing The Vineyard Magazine in 1924. One thrust of the magazine was a crusade to better children’s education. Another focus of the magazine was to collect reminiscences of Vineyarders. After the closing of the magazine, the Schultz family moved to Boston. After filing for divorce from her husband, Natalie Schultz returned to the Island and settled in West Tisbury. Eventually her daughter, Eleanor, married Thomas Waldron of West Tisbury.

Scope and Content Note: The contents of the collection Record Unit consist of 0.5 cubic feet of the magazines from August 1924 to August 1925. These magazines contain many articles from various writers including Dr. Charles Edward Banks, William G. Manter, and Joseph Chase Allen.

Series Descriptions: Series I: Publications Box 1 of 1 Folder 1: Volume 1, No 1, August 1924 – 2 copies; this issue has an index Folder 2: Volume 1, No 2, September 1924 – 2 copies Folder 3: Volume 1, No 3, October 1924 – 2 copies Folder 4: Volume 1, No 4, November 1924 – 2 copies Folder 5: Volume 1, No 5, Dec. 1924–Jan. 1925 – 2 copies Folder 6: Volume 1, No 6, February-March 1925 – 2 copies Folder 7: Volume 1, No 7, First Summer Number, July 1925 – 2 copies

2 Folder 8: Volume 1, No 8, August 1925 – 3 copies

Series II: Reference Box 1 of 1 Folder 9: Reference Information: Obituary of Harleigh Schultz, articles on divorce

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