Account Books and Business Records, 1795-1956. 106 volumes. A&M numbers are in parentheses following entries below. A. and Manliffe Hayes, 1851-1912 (72); the firm Winter and Haller, later Cather and Haller, of Tyrconnel Mines, 1881-1889 (82); Richard and Samuel McClure at Wheeling, 1804-1816, 1819, 1838, 1909 (119); cabinet and coffin maker in Parkersburg, 1828-1836, 1859 (372); Isaac Caruthers in Monroe County, 1819-1840 and Erskine and Caruthers for a tavern and store at Salt Sulphur Springs, 1857, 1863 (508); tailor shop in Morgantown, 1849-1856 (535); the Mannington TIMES, 1930-1934, 1953 (609); general merchandise store operated by James M. Byrnside at Peterstown (654, 705); general store operated by Jacob L. Gissey in Camden (673); general store, 1873-1875 (679); business records of a dealer in agricultural implements at Burlington (688); a report to the president and directors of the Little Kanawha Navigation Company for the year ending 1 February 1881 (775); general store near Fairview, 1932-1936 (788); G.W. Orr & Son of Independence, owners and operators of the Henry D. Fortney Grain & Feed Mill, 1907-1911 (801); store operated by Joseph Harman at Petersburg, 1881-1882 (838); store and gristmill at Blacksville, 1850-1908 (854); legal papers of United States Leather Company of Marlinton (864); William Hall at Egypt, 1850-1853 (1001); Jackson Grocery Co. of Jane Lew, 1837-1956 (1019); merchant dealing in cloth, hardware, liquors, food and other items, 1795-1798 (1029); Parkersburg plumber's account book (1204); minute book of West Virginia lumber corporation with mills and timberlands in Tucker County area (1317); letter of 12 September 1861, by Dr. E. Mead, concerning cutting, burning, and marketing of pine timber in Grafton area (1444); farmer and operator of a grist and saw mill at Jamestown, Monongalia Co., 1841-1864 (1516); New Martinsville store, 1873-1882 (1529); Washington and Ohio Railroad, 1871, concerning Mason County subscription to railway (1536); Glenville mortician, 1882-1936 (1702); J.S. Newmyer at Dawson Station, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1869-1872 (1854); a general store, inn, and tavern near Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike, 1839-1840 (1904); Stephens & Minor, Brock, Pennsylvania, 1885-1892 (1908); H.C. Phillips at Pursglove, 1918-1924 (1978); general store, 1910-1914 (2086); Carder Lowe & Company at Shinnston, 1880-1882 (2054); Clarence West grocery store, Grafton (2162); Turtle Run Oil Company of Parkersburg, 1864-1865 (2442); general store in Walker, West Virginia, owned by Mr. B. Huffman (2449); Gibbens Brothers ledgers. Book and Job Printers of Parkersburg (2485); Virginia Lumber Company, 1913-1915, Preston County (2517); Morris & Younginger general merchandise store, Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania (2582); Wheeling Corrugating Company (2663); Clayton & Fenton - Pruntytown and Grafton inns, 1757-1887 (2679); Seneca Hill Oil Company, 1919-1925 (2858); W.P. Shortridge, Morgantown, 1940-1942 (2865); Samuel Harrison's ledger for an inn and business, apparently in Virginia (550).
Adams, Milton, Sr. Oral History. Willard, Carter County, Kentucky, 24 June 1974. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by E.D. Ryan, concerning safety and labor organization in the coal industry in Kentucky from 1919-1939. One reel (5").
Adamson, Mary. Onego, Pendleton County, WV, 20 November 1959. An interview with a resident and midwife of Onego, conducted by Charles E. Pittman concerning Adamson family history and daily life and customs in the Onego community. One reel (7"), transcription available.
Aficano, John. Fairmont, Marion County, WV, 27 April 1967. An interview with Aficano, a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning working conditions in West Virginia coal mines in the early 1900s. One reel (5").
Albright, Erbie Claire (d.1964). Papers, 1915-1943. 1 ft. Gift of Erbie C. Albright estate, 1967. A&M No. 1991. Correspondence, business papers, educational records of a home economics teacher and supervisor who graduated from West Virginia University, attended Chicago and Columbia universities, taught home economics at Morgantown High School, and was supervisor of home economics for the Monongalia County School System. The papers cover: family affairs; schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York; West Virginia Home Economics Association; National Education Association department of home economics; World War I letters commenting on conditions at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, Camp Lee, Richmond, Virginia; and World War II material on civilian support activities.
Alexander, Holmes Moss (1906-1985). Papers, 1929-1970. 1 ft. Gift of Holmes M. Alexander, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1981. A&M Nos. 1372, 1878. Correspondence, literary manuscripts, photographs, and miscellaneous material of a newspaper columnist, political analyst, biographer, novelist, short story writer, and gentleman farmer The papers are primarily concerned with Alexander's literary and publishing activities. Other subjects include Alexander's interest in livestock raising, a proposed birth control law, and motion picture censorship in Maryland.
Correspondents include Styles Bridges, Richard A. Chase, Joseph S. Clark, Thomas J. Dodd, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater, Mark O. Hatfield, Thomas C. Hennings, Marquis James, Gerald W. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Frank R. Kent, Edward Martin, H.L. Mencken, Ogden Nash, Allan Nevins, Richard L. Neuberger, Richard Nixon, William Proxmire, Leverett Saltonstall, and Thomas A. Whelan. RESTRICTED.
Allard, Irene (Mrs. Gerry) (b.1910). Oral History. Wisconsin, 5 October 1974. An interview with the daughter of a coal miner, conducted by Barbara Herndon. The interview relates her experiences in establishing the Progressive Mine Workers of America and the Women's Auxiliary for both the United Mine Workers and the Progressive Mine Workers. Her husband was organizer and first editor of "The Progressive Miner" and both were active in Socialist causes. Five cassettes, transcription available.
Allen, Carl B. Papers, 1918-1971. 5 ft. Gift of Mrs. Carl B. Allen, 1972. A&M Nos. 2252. Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, documents, photographs and other papers of Carl B. Allen, Army Air Corps officer, aviator, and newspaper writer. Subjects include the development of the Autogiro, 1930; air mail, 1933-1935; the Howell Inquiry, 1934-1937; the Army and aviation, 1934-1936; aviation achievements, 1934-1937; George W. Carver's work at Tuskegee; South American round trip, 1936; first trans-Pacific flight, 1936; Amelia Earhart; the Ford Air Tour, 1926-1927; America First Committee; the Air Safety Board, 1936-1940 and the Glenn L. Martin Company.
Alpha Delta Kappa. Archives, 1964-1980. 4 vols. Gift of Dolores Pinkstaff, 1983. A&M No. 2877. Scrapbooks of the presidents of Psi Chapter, Alpha Delta Kappa, an International Honorary Teachers Sorority. Contains newsclippings, brochures, photographs and typed documents of the organizations' convention and state officers.
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, Division 103. Archives, 1899-1958. 6 ft. Gift of Teamster's Union Headquarters, 1978. A&M No. 2536. Records of a local union of street car employees in Wheeling, West Virginia. There are minute books, correspondence, contracts, agreements, boards of arbitration hearings, and financial records, including membership figures and lists of members from the founding of the local to the late 1950s. The correspondence concerns mainly intra-union issues of seniority, transfers of membership, and local union governance, but there are also a few letters about Division 103 support of other organized workers and about the American labor movement. The records also include one folder of legal documents submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission for consideration in its drafting of safety regulations for motor carriers.
Ambler, Charles H. (1876-1957). Papers, 1834-1957. 12 ft. Gift of Charles H. Ambler and Mrs. Charles H. Ambler, 1945, 1955, 1957. A&M Nos. 122, 743, 1003, 1010. Personal and professional correspondence, 1914-1956, and photographs, maps, clippings, research notes, and manuscripts of published and unpublished historical and biographical studies There are many letters from U.S. historians in the 1920s and 1930s; a series of letters between Ambler and Robert L. Floyd, Chicago, Illinois, concerning the Floyd family; and copies of letters written from St. Petersburg, Russia, 1859-1862, by an agent of the Ross Winans Locomotive Works of Baltimore, Maryland. Among the many typescripts are "George Rogers Clark Floyd of Logan County, West Virginia," and "Huckleberry Ranger: Lieutenant John Blue, Confederate," by Ambler, and "The Life of Henry Floyd," by Robert L. Floyd. Other materials deal with the Civil War, education, and the statehood movement for West Virginia, and the history of counties and local areas. Writers of letters or persons mentioned include Waitman T. Willey, Samuel Woods, Lieutenant Fabricus Augustus Cather, John Brown, Wills DeHass, Alexander R. Boteler, T.J. Jackson, James Rumsey, and Frederick Jackson Turner.
Ambler, H.K. Account Books, 1915-1952. 3 vols. Acquired, 1970. A&M No. 2075. Ambler's accounts with the heirs of S.W. Ambler and S.M. Keys of Jefferson County, West Virginia. Other heirs are Letty C., Lucy J. and C.E. Ambler. There are also entries concerning the estates of H. Keys, S.W. Washington, and Jacob Zinn. There is information on management of farms and residences, business firms in the area of Charles Town, tenant and owner shares, U.S. Treasury crop allotments, and labor shortages during World War II.
American Association of University Women. Morgantown Branch. Records, 1922-1960. 2 ft. Transfer, 1961. A&M No. 1485. Yearbooks, clipping scrapbooks, correspondence, minutes, and financial records.
American Association of University Women. West Virginia Division. Reports, 1955-1958. 2 manuscripts, 105pp. Gift of the Association, 1958. A&M Nos. 1054, 1085. Yearly narrative reports of the historians of the nineteen branches.
American Flint Glass Workers Union. Archives, 1951-1975. 3 ft. Gift of American Flint Glass Workers Union of America, 1979. A&M No. 2639. Contracts, correspondence, records, agreements, circulars, reports, proceedings, and pictures of AFGWU Locals 536 and 95 of Morgantown, West Virginia. Some of the material relates to glass workers at the Beaumont Glass Company of Morgantown.
American Flint Glass Workers Union. Papers, 1894-1977. 10 ft. Gift, American Flint Glass Workers Union, Local 507, 1976, 1980. A&M No. 2438. Minutes, proceedings, circulars, agreements, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, and reports of AFGWU Local 10 (Fostoria Glass), including general wage rate lists, contract increase percentages and wage and move rate lists of the punch tumbler and stemware department. Of interest would be the strike threats and agreements in the late 1950s.
American Flint Glass Workers Union. Papers, 1950-1963. 10 ft. Gift, 1985. A&M No. 2642. Minutes, proceedings, circulars, agreements, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, and reports of the local which worked in the stemware and punch tumbler department of Fostoria Glass Company.
American Legion, Mountaineer Post No. 127, Morgantown. Records, 1945-1949. Transfer, 1948, 1953. ca.200 items. A&M Nos. 139, 537. Official records of the American Legion post established at West Virginia University in 1945.
American Missionary Society. Papers, 1848-1882. 14 reels of microfilm. Acquired, 1972. A&M No. 2224. Papers which relate to the American Missionary Society's Schools for Freedmen operated by the Society in Virginia and West Virginia Includes correspondence, teacher's monthly reports and the superintendent's monthly reports for West Virginia schools located at Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, Charles Town, Martinsburg, and Charleston. For complete list of names, see processing notes.
American Phytopathological Society. Papers, 1941-1944. 1 ft. Gift of Julian G. Leach, 1962. No.1586. Correspondence of the society's president, Julian G. Leach, professor of plant pathology at West Virginia University, and papers of the society's War Emergency Committee.
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company. Court depositions, 1909. 563pp. Acquired, 1981. A&M No. 2808. Depositions in the case of American Sheet and Tin Plate Co. vs. Frank Bowman et al., Circuit Court of the U.S., Northern District of West Virginia. Concerns a labor dispute between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers in July 1909 against the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company.
Anderson, Everett (b.1901). Oral History. Herron, Illinois, December 1976. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Barbara Herndon. Anderson recounts his childhood and early life in southern Illinois, gives an eyewitness account of the killings during the Herron Massacre and discusses coal mining in the 1920s and 1930s as well as his activities with the Progressive Coal Mine Workers Union. Cassette, transcription available.
Anderson, Lacy. Oral History. Beckley, Raleigh County, WV, 17 August 1980. An interview with a retired railroad worker, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning his life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Antal, Louis. Oral History. Arnold, Pennsylvania, 8 June 1972. An interview with a retired coal miner and key leader in the rank-and-file movement, conducted by Paul and Linda Nyden concerning his election campaigns for President of United Mine Workers District 5. He discusses in detail the issues drawn between the United Mine Workers of America and the Miners for Democracy. Two reels (5").
Antal, Louis. Oral History. Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, March 1971. The second meeting of the West Virginia University Student Social Science Forum's Miner-Student Seminar. This speech by Antal analyzes the western Pennsylvania - District 5 election and discusses the prospects for the future of Miners for Democracy. One reel (5").
Antal, Louis and Michael Budzanoski. Oral History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 4 December 1970. A television debate between western Pennsylvania District 5 President Michael Budzanoski, who was backed by the Tony Boyle administration, and Louis Antal, challenger backed by Miners for Democracy. Debate was held four days before the election. One reel (5").
Anti-Saloon League - West Virginia. TD, n.d. Typescript, 24pp. Acquired, 1980. A&M No. 2717. List of members of the Anti-Saloon League in West Virginia, n.d. Sent in an official U.S. House of Representatives envelope signed by Howard Sutherland.
Appalachian Alliance. Papers, 1977. 1 folder. Gift of Ken Sullivan, 1977, 1978. A&M No. 2524. The Appalachian Alliance was formally organized in June 1977 to "support individuals and communities which are working to gain democratic control over their lives, work places and natural resources." This collection contains a list of Appalachian Alliance members and interested persons, minutes of meetings, circulars, and conference plans.
Appalachian Coals, Inc. Fuel Engineering Conferences. Papers, 1935-1940. 1 in. Originals are located in the Library of Congress. A&M No. 2030. The collection consists of photostatic copies of correspondence and photographs on the Fuel Engineering Conferences held by Appalachian Coals, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, a major bituminous coal sales agency.
Appleton, John W.M. (1832-1913). Papers, 1861-1913. 3 ins. and 1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.). Gift of E.A. Barnes, 1943, and loaned for duplication by Arnold A. Barnes, 1960. A&M No. 92. Record compiled primarily from letters written by an officer in the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers to his wife; a scrapbook containing official papers relating to Appleton's service in the Civil War and his postwar membership in the West Virginia Volunteers and National Guard; family papers and newspaper clippings. There are original letters and newspaper accounts of the regiment which was among the first to enlist black soldiers. Subjects include the attack on Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor; the occupation of Jacksonville, Florida; and the regiment's return to Fort Warren of Boston, Massachusetts.
Arble, Meade. Papers. 1 in. Gift of Albert H. Johnston, 1976. A&M No. 2464. The collection consists of unrevised, bound proofs of an unpublished book, "The Long Tunnel: A Coal Miner's Journal", by Arble and a photocopy of his article, "Notes from a Coal Mine," published in the NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, Jan. 12, 1975.
Armstrong, William O. (1888-1970). Papers, 1945-1971. ca.20 items. Gift of Mrs. William O. Armstrong, 1971. A&M No. 2176. Letters, speeches, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia of William O. Armstrong, principal of Dunbar High School, Fairmont, and the first black to attend the graduate school at West Virginia University.
Arnett, Linah. Letters, 1838, 1853, 1854. 1 folder. Gift of Arnold Rosenbleeth, 1979. A&M No. 2614. Two letters from Linah Arnett, in Baltimore, to his wife and family; two photocopies of letters to Linah Arnett from F.S. Morgan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Linah describes a shopping trip to Baltimore, and Morgan's letters to Linah concern the circumstances and professions of mutual friends who have moved west.
Arnot, Jesse. TD [Xerox], 1976. 1 folder. Gift of Armand A. Beard, 1977. A&M No. 2490. "Jesse Arnot, The Last Mile of Abraham Lincoln," by Armand A. Beard, narrates the life of Jesse Arnot, who was born in Monroe County, Virginia. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri and rose to local prominence as owner of a large livery company whose hearse carried Abraham Lincoln's coffin to the Springfield cemetery.
Arnow, Harriette Louisa (Simpson). Oral History. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974. An interview with author Arnow conducted by Nadine Coffin concerning Arnow's philosophy on art, her ideas about women and their roles in society, and the roles of nature, fantasy and personal experience in her novels. One reel (5"), transcription available.
Arthurdale Homestead Project. Miscellaneous Papers, 1933-1942. 10 ins. Gifts of Harry C. Johnson, Mrs. Michael Mayor, Howard B. Allen, and Ellen Jane Poindexter, 1960, 1963, 1971. A&M Nos. 1291, 1347, 1646, 2178. Newspaper clippings, printed material, correspondence, and photographs regarding the resettlement of unemployed coal miners and their families to Arthurdale, West Virginia. A&M 2178 contains the papers of Bushrod Grimes (1888-1957), Project Manager of the Arthurdale Subsistence Homestead Project, 1933-1935, and pertain to the planning and administration of the Project.
Correspondents include M.L. Wilson, Guy W. Numbers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Arthur Woods, W.E. Muldoon, O.B. Smart, Kathryn Fenn, H.W. MacGregor, J.G. Sillenbeck, Charles E. Pynchon, and G.M. Flynn.
Arthurdale Letter. ALS, ca.1976. 1 item. Gift of David Bingham, 1985. A&M No. 2985. Letter written by Carl Feiss of Gainesville, Florida, describing his experiences as a young architect supervising the construction of the vacuum cleaner plant at Arthurdale, West Virginia. Mentions living conditions, Eleanor Roosevelt, and offers an assessment of the impact that the project had in community planning.
Ash, George M. Oral History. Baxter, Marion County, WV, 8 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning unionization in the West Virginia coal fields from the early 1900s to the 1930s. Partial reel (5").
Ash, Pauline Morehead, Collector. Papers, 1855-1892. 1947. 1 ft. Gift of Pauline Morehead Ash, 1955. A&M No. 776. Genealogical material on the Clarke family and a diary of Belle Clarke; an account book of J.P. Clarke for general merchandise, farm, and labor accounts, with entries for the steamboat GENERAL JACKSON; several account books and a map of the Wirt Oil and Mining Company operations; items relating to the West Virginia State Grange, and a ledger of William H. Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio, an agent of the Grange.
Association of Women Students. Minute Books, 1927-1966. 3 ft. Gift of Dean Betty Boyd, 1973. A&M No. 2288. Minutes of meetings held by various committees and boards of the West Virginia University Association of Women Students, including the Student Government Council (1934-1940), the Executive Board (1940-1960), the Student Government Judiciary Committee (1927-1931), the Judiciary Council (1960-1967), and the Program Board (1962-1965). Includes one account book for the years 1928 to 1939
Athey Family. Correspondence, 1863-1865, 1869. 13 items. Acquired, 1963. A&M No. 1678. Correspondence of a Tyler County family consisting primarily of letters written from camps at New Creek, West Virginia, and Harrisonburg, Bermuda Hundred, and other points in Virginia, by two members of the Eleventh West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. There also is a letter written by a Methodist circuit rider, Loren Stewart, concerning his work around Spencer following the Civil War.
Atkeson, Thomas Clark (1852-1935). Papers, 1894-1934. 1 ft. Gift of Karl C. Atkeson, 1958. A&M No. 1126. Family history, autobiographical sketch, account books of farming operations in Putnam County, West Virginia, 1894-1934, and articles and pamphlets written by a state agricultural leader, founder of the state Grange, and national Grange representative in Washington. Atkeson also played a leading role in the development of the West Virginia University Agricultural College at Morgantown where he was a professor for many years.
Atkins, Paul A. Letters, 1943-1945. 326 items. Gift of Paul A. Atkins, 1984. A&M No. 2934. Letters from Atkins while serving with the First Cavalry, U.S. Army. Atkins was stationed in Australia in 1943, his unit moving to New Guinea in January 1944, the Admiralty Islands in March 1944, and the Philippines in October 1944. He was wounded in the fight for Rizal Stadium in Manila. Letters deal with routine camp life and more rarely with battles in which the unit was engaged. After the war Atkins became a professor of journalism at West Virginia University.
Attorney's Case Book. 1 vol., 1847-1854. A&M No. 324. Lists of suits, with judgments and costs, probably in Lewis or Harrison County, West Virginia, with information on the wills of John Morrill and several members of the Mason family.
Audi, Mary. Oral History. Binnell, Illinois, 22 October 1974. An interview with the wife of a coal miner and a member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America - Womens Auxiliary, conducted by Barbara Herndon. Mrs. Audi discusses the reaction of merchants and townspeople to the unions and central Illinois during the depression. Partial cassette.
Aurora, Preston County. Papers, 1787-1865, and 1956. 6 items. Gifts of Miss Oretha Susan Stemple, 1956, and E. Herbert Shaffer, 1956. A&M Nos. 813, 906. Land grant in Monongalia County (now Preston), West Virginia, to Thomas James Goff, 25 June 1787; tax receipts, 1829, 1843, for Thomas and James G. Watson; a plat of Wotring and Shaffer land; and a manuscript, "The Genesis of the Aurora Community" by Martin Luther Peter.
Ayers, Michael A. Journal, 1864-1865. 2 TD, 34pp. A&M No. 325. Typed copies of a Civil War diary of a sergeant major in the Eleventh West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, covering the periods 30 April-29 June 1864, and 1 January-20 July 1865.
Ayres, Robert (b.1761). Journal, 1787-1789. 1 reel of microfilm. Gift of Fred T. Newbraugh, 1955. A&M No. 824. The journal of a Methodist circuit rider in eastern Pennsylvania and the Bath and Berkeley Circuits in western Virginia.
Baber, Richard Plantagenet Llewellyn (1823-1885). Papers, 1856-1962. 6 items. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles George Baber, 1966. No.1874. Two versions of a letter from R.P.L. Baber to A.J. Baber, Columbus, Ohio, 14 September 1856, giving family history; and a payroll receipt signed by Baber as a paymaster in the U.S. Army, 1862.
Bailey, Ellis (b.1904). Oral History. Clear Creek, Raleigh County, WV, 1973. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Bill Taft concerning Bailey's reminiscences of "Mother" Jones and struggle against strip mining. Partial reel (7"), notes available.
Bailey, Lemuel and Samuel. Correspondence, 1863-1903. 92 items. Gift of Mrs. Earl Jackson, 1953. A&M No. 546. Business and personal correspondence of Samuel and Lemuel Bailey, Lewis County, West Virginia, including rates of toll and tollgate keepers' receipts on the Weston-Clarksburg Turnpike; account books for a general store; and a pass issued by the Department of West Virginia, Hagerstown, Maryland, 27 July 1864.
Bailey, Vida, Collector. Papers, 1790-1882. ca.50 items. Gift of Miss Vida Bailey, 1965. A&M No. 1847. Indentures, deeds, court papers, land grants, letters, church notices, tax and other receipts, bills, notes and other materials concerning the Bluestone River area in Summers County, West Virginia, especially the Josiah Meadows and Robert Lilly families. Includes a Church of Christ minute book kept by Thomas Lilly, 1802-1817; a land grant to Jesiah Meador signed by Governor James P. Preston, 1809; and a letter from William Sellergrit Lilly from upper Louisiana Territory telling of earth tremors, sickness, and expected Indian trouble. Places mentioned include Mercer, Raleigh, Montgomery, and Giles counties, and Sinking Creek.
Baisden, Mrs. Sadie (b.1902). Oral History. Ethel, Logan County, WV, 2 January 1977. An interview with a coal miner's wife, conducted by Tammy Fetter concerning her early life, her marriage to a coal miner and her life in a coal camp. One cassette.
Baker, B.J. Records, 1865-1921. 11 reels of microfilm (53 vols.) Gift of Edward Baker, 1962. A&M No. 1618. Daybooks, ledgers, journals, and other mercantile records of a Petersburg general merchandise company in the South Branch Valley, and the membership and dues list of the Petersburg Council, Friends of Temperance, 1871-1878.
Baker, Charles G. (1890-1982). Papers, 1929-1936, 1945, 1952. 1 ft. Gift of Charles G. Baker, 1960. A&M No. 1294. Instructions to the grand jury and opinions of the judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (Monongalia County).
Baker, Henry. Papers, 1851-1957. 1 ft. Acquired, 1959. A&M No. 1186. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous printed items of a corporal in the Fourteenth [West] Virginia Volunteer Infantry (Union) and his two daughters, Mary Baker and Nell Baker Rightmire. Subjects include Monongalia County local history; Union troop movements in the vicinity of New Creek, June 1863; and local G.A.R. affairs. The collection also includes the Register and Order Book of Post No.5 (Morgantown), Department of West Virginia, G.A.R., 1878-1901.
Balassone, Mr. and Mrs. Patsy. Oral History. Douglas, Tucker County, WV, 12 June 1967. An interview with the Balassones, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning the Balassone's life as immigrants and conditions in the coalfields. Partial reel (5").
Baldwin, Robert D. (1891-1982). Papers, 1928-1961. 1 ft. Gift of Robert D. Baldwin, 1962. A&M No. 1587. Correspondence, reports, and other papers of a professor of educational administration and coodinator of field services, West Virginia University. Subjects include the county unit system, the election of superintendents of schools, legislative committee of the West Virginia State Education Association, the Thomas-Hall Education Bill, school taxation, and the State High School Principals Association. Correspondents include Charles E. Hodges, Chapman Revercomb, and Melvin C. Snyder.
Ballard, Jess (b.1910). Oral History. Elksville, Illinois, 10 December 1977. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Barbara Herndon concerning his childhood and early life in southern Illinois. Topics include family history, work in the mines, company stores and the effect of the depression on coal mining. He also discusses mining accidents, safety and conflict between the Progressive Mine Workers and the United Mine Workers. Three cassettes, transcription available.
Ballard, Margaret B. (1900-1976). Oral History. Union, Monroe County, WV, 18 July 1974. An interview with a physician born in 1900, conducted by George Parkinson. Dr. Ballard discusses her medical education at West Virginia University and the University of Maryland, her practice in the rural Greenbrier Valley, her family history and her personal philosophies concerning religion, education and women's roles in society. Two reels (5"), notes available.
Ballard, Margaret B. (1900-1976). Papers, 1915-1976. 40 ft. Gift and loan of Dr. Margaret B. Ballard Estate, 1978. A&M No. 2537. Papers of Dr. Margaret B. Ballard, a native of Monroe County, who attended West Virginia University for two years in pre-medicine, and graduated from the University of Maryland with an M.D. degree. She practiced medicine in Baltimore, then retired to Union, West Virginia. As an author of local history and a genealogist she was an avid collector of the historical materials contained in this collection, most of which relate to her family and Monroe County. Included are: her personal and business papers; those of her parents Isaac Newton Ballard and Mary Kay Walkup; the papers of Helen Houston Ballard Clark, Margaret's sister; estate settlements of various Ballard family members; and extensive files of family and local histories. There are also photographs, broadsides, memorabilia, and genealogies. Unpublished guide is available.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Records, 1827, 1853-1864, 1908. 60 items and 1 log book. Transfer, 1959, and gift of Louis W. Smith, 1953. A&M Nos. 522, 1254, 1268. "Petition to the President and Directors of the B.&O. Railroad Co., Setting Forth the Advantages of Constructing the Road through Kanawha County to the Ohio River, July 20, 1827." Telegraph operator's log of the D.K. Tower near Webster, Taylor County, February 20-May 27, 1908. Aside from routine entries on train movements, the log contains many humorous anecdotes recorded by operators.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Typescript, 1926. 1 folder. Gift of Alvah J.W. Headlee, 1973. A&M No. 2320. A report to the real estate agent on properties held by the B.&O. Railroad in Morgantown. Prepared by the B.&O. Office of the Geological Engineer, 18 October 1926. Includes photographs and a map of the properties.
Barbe, Waitman T. (1864-1925). Papers, 1884-1930. 1 ft. Gift of Clara Gould Barbe and transfer, 1952, 1955, 1958. A&M No. 831. Papers of the managing editor of the Parkersburg DAILY STATE JOURNAL, 1889-1895, editor of the WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL JOURNAL, and member of the English faculty of West Virginia University, 1895-1925. The collection includes manuscripts of Barbe's published poetry and unpublished short stories, correspondence, notes, speeches, class lectures, illustrations for short stories drawn by John Rettig, a scrapbook of clippings of reviews and correspondence relating to Barbe's book, GOING TO COLLEGE, and memorabilia.
The correspondence includes letters, in some cases accompanied by holograph verse, from Winston Churchill, Richard Harding Davis, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Hamlin Garland, R.W. Gilder, Edward E. Hale, William H. Hayne, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Julia Ward Howe, William Dean Howells, Rupert Hughes, Stephen Leacock, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, Amy Lowell, Brander Matthews, Margaret Prescott Montague, Bliss Perry, Melville D. Post, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Booth Tarkington, Charles Dudley Warner, Barrett Wendell, William Allen White, W.L. Wilson, and Owen Wister.
There is also a volume of mounted holograph letters, 1884-1895, from the following American authors, a few of whom are also included in the general collection: Edward W. Bok, George W. Cable, Kate Chopin, Danske Dandridge, Oliver W. Holmes, Clifford Lanier, Sidney Lanier, Thomas Nelson Page, Margaret J. Preston, James Whitcomb Riley, and John G. Whittier. Most letters are brief and many are simple acknowledgements.
Barbe, Waitman T. Scrapbooks, 1897-1947. 4 items. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Gerwig, 1983. A&M No. 2910. Scrapbooks of memorabilia, photographs, clippings and poems by Waitman Barbe, West Virginia University professor and prominent poet and educator. Kept by his wife, Clara Gould Barbe, the scrapbooks also concern the Gould family of Parkersburg and her volunteer activities and career as matron at Weston State Hospital. Items on Morgantown history include several articles on the Patrick Henry statue that once ornamented the courthouse.
Barbour County. Manuscripts and Articles, 1941, 1956. 3 items. Gift of C.O. Marsh, 1957. A&M No. 959. A manuscript, "The Old Furnace," by C.O. Marsh, which was printed in the Philippi BARBOUR DEMOCRAT, 11 November 1956, and copies of parts of various printed books dealing with furnaces and mills in Barbour County.
Barbour County. TD, ca.1944. 13pp. Gift of John C. Shaw, 1954. A&M No. 649. "Events in the History of Cove District, Barbour County, West Virginia," by John C. Shaw, covering the period ca.1790-1944.
Barmer, Peter A. Oral History. Davis, Tucker County, WV, 16 June 1967. An interview with Barmer, a retired coal miner, conducted by John Stealey III concerning Barmer's life as a railroad worker and coal miner. Partial reel (5").
Barnette, Perle and Mattie. Oral History. Birch River, Nicholas County, WV, 18 February 1974. A series of reminiscences by the Barnettes concerning family and local history, folklore, religion, moonshining and traditinal music, recorded by Thomas S. Brown. The tape includes a number of folk tales concerning death, ghosts and superstitions. One reel (5"), notes available.
Barns Family. Papers, 1816-1929. ca.82 items. Gift of Miss Helen V. Barns, 1956, 1957, 1970, 1971. A&M Nos. 925, 958, 970. Papers of Thomas Rufus Barns, including his Civil War diaries while serving with Company K, Tenth Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry; Civil War ballads printed on stationery, ca.1864; land and school records, and deeds in Monongalia, Marion, Calhoun, and Ritchie Counties pertaining to Uz Barns, Mark Stratton, Francis H. Pierpont, Jr., and Bernie Hodges. There is also a diary of Bernie Hodges (Mrs. John S.) Barns, January-June 1893, concerning daily activities as a schoolteacher in Wirt County. An issue of the METHODIST PROTESTANT SENTINEL, Fairmont, for 12 May 1860, is in the papers, as well as a letter to John S. Barns, Harrisville, 31 July 1904 from a cousin in Duluth, Minnesota. There are also views of West Virginia University, in the Morgantown Country Club, and the Cheat Haven Dam and power plant, ca.1929.
Barnum, William Milo (1856-1926). Papers, 1882-1899. 3 ft. 4 reels microfilm. Purchase, 1978. A&M No. 2573. (Originals in University of Washington Library). The collection contains mostly correspondence, including 6 volumes of letter books relating to firms in which Barnum was an executive, including the Henrico Coal Co. and Kanawha Improvement Co., West Virginia, National Mining Co. and Wells Farm Land and Mining Co., New York. Mining and railroad promotion in Appalachia and the Eastern Midwest States are covered. The collection was formerly part of the records of the Pacific Coast Coal and Oil Co. of which Barnum was chairman of the Board of Directors (ca.1900-1911). Unpublished inventory record and guide available at University of Washington Library. RESTRICTED.
Bassel, James. Papers, 1862-1892. 66 items. Gift of Prichard Von David, n.d. A&M No. 327. Mainly letters written to Bassel from U.S. Army officers from various forts and camps in several western states and territories. There are no copies of Bassel's correspondence in the collection, but his career in the army to about 1870, his subsequent military service in Egypt, and his employment in China and Japan, ca.1874-1875, as the representative of an American ship builder, are covered in the letters. There are a few letters from Thomas Handbury, a cadet at West Point in 1862; also materials on political affairs in West Virginia, including Bassel's candidacy on the People's Party ticket for governor of West Virginia in 1892, and certificates of election returns from several counties in 1892.
Bassel, John (1840-1914). Papers, 1854-1916. 36 ft. Gift of Aquilla T. Ward, 1948. A&M Nos. 126, 1009. Office files of a Clarksburg attorney who was counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. There are few personal papers and none relating to Bassel's participation in the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872.
Battle of Rich Mountain. Manuscript, 1861. 3 items. Purchase, 1982. A&M No. 2959. A brief account of the battle, written by L. Johnson and illustrated by the author with drawings of the Union Camp, courthouse, and schoolhouse at Beverly, West Virginia.
Battuello, Jack (b.1899). Oral History. Brighton, Illinois, 13 March 1975. An interview with Battuello, an ex-coalminer, conducted by Barbara Herndon concerning his Italian heritage and union organizing activities. He presents a detailed account of the early days of the Progressive Miners Union and discusses his involvement in the Mulkeytown March and his organization of the Gillespie sit down strike. He also gives character sketches of many of those involved and discusses political and religious philosophies. Seven reels.
Battuello, Tillie (Mrs. Jack) (b.1905). Oral History. Brighton, Illinois, 8 September 1974. An interview with Mrs. Battuello, the wife of a retired coal miner, conducted by Nick Cherniavsky. She describes life in central Illinois before and during the formation of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, the role played by the Women's Auxiliary and the participation of children in the womens march on Springfield, Illinois. One reel, incomplete transcription available.
Bayles, G. Harry. Papers, 1781-1955. 1 ft. Gift of Mrs. G. Harry Bayles, 1956. A&M No. 820. Correspondence with the American Museum of Natural History, 1934-1952, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Circumnavigator's Club, 1943-1954, and S.T. Wiley, the historian, at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, 1933-1937. There is a 34-page travel account of Greece, Crete, and Egypt (1936-1937), materials on Tecumseh (the Shawnee Chief), Monongalia County history, West Virginia University history, and Bayles and Vandervort genealogy.
Bayles Family. Papers, 1830-1941. 3 ft. Gift of Mrs. G. Harry Bayles, 1955. A&M No. 779. Correspondence and genealogical notes of John C. Bayles of Morgantown relating to the histories of the Bayles, Vandervort and other Monongalia County families. Also included are materials on the history of West Virginia University buildings and the department of buildings and grounds, compiled by Mr. Bayles; originals and copies of wills, deeds, and land surveys in Monongalia County; an account book for general merchandise, Monongalia County, 1857-1859; newspaper clippings; photographs; a Civil War manuscript poem, "The Third Virginia", and other items.
Beall, C.H. Papers, 1856-1907. 67 items. Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Paull, 1951, 1952. A&M Nos. 257, 318, 473. Correspondence, sheep breeding records, photographs, and other papers of a sheep grower in Brooke County.
Bean Family. Papers, 1833-1887. 142 items and 6 vols. .5 ft. Purchase, 1952. A&M No. 484. Papers and six manuscript volumes of Samuel and Thomas Bean and other members of the Bean settlement near Fabius, Hardy County. The volumes, 1833-1884, are accounts for the post office at Fabius, and for school taxes, blacksmithing, shoemaking, distilling, and other goods and services. There are lists of birth dates of members of the Gilmore family; scattered agricultural records; justice of the peace judgment dockets, 1848-1887; and loose business and post office records of Samuel Bean.
Beckley, Alfred (1802-1888). Papers, 1832-1856. 15 items. Gift of Charles Hodel, 1936, and Hal M. Scott, 1962. A&M Nos. 41, 1563. Correspondence of General Beckley, founder of the town which bears his name, and his wife, Emilly Craig, and a sales agreement for land in Mercer County signed by Beckley and Edmund Lilly, 1 July 1837. Subjects include the presidential election of 1832 in Kentucky, social affairs, the cholera scourge, and Andrew Jackson's reception in Lexington, Kentucky, 1832; and Beckley family affairs.
Bedinger, Henry. Journal, 1775-1776, 1781. TD, 42pp. Gift of Henry B. Davenport, 1931. A&M No. 4. Copy of two journals kept by Bedinger (of the "Beeline Brigade") while serving in the American Revolution in New England, New York, and Virginia. Included is a return of troops raised in Frederick County, Virginia. Bedinger details the daily movements of his company and its skirmishes with British soldiers, and describes weapons, methods of punishment, and a variety of military data.
Bell, Ruth. Oral History. Tygart Valley Homestead, Randolph County, WV, 11 July 1975. An interview with a former administrator with Tygart Valley Homestead, conducted by Mary Lucille DeBerry concerning Bell's role at Tygart Valley. Partial reel (5"), transcription available.
Bennett, Jonathan M. (1816-1887). Papers, 1785-1899. 38 ft. Gift of Hunter M. Bennett, 1935. A&M No. 32. Correspondence and papers of a major political figure dealing largely with politics in Virginia, West Virginia, and Virginia in the Confederacy. Bennett, a lawyer, was a member of the Virginia General Assembly, 1852-1853; president of the Weston Branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia; auditor of Virginia, 1857-1865; member of the senate of West Virginia, 1872-1876; and a member of the commission appointed to adjust the Virginia debt question in 1871.
Correspondents include James Barbour, Arthur I. Boreman, G.D. Camden, J.N. Camden, R.P. Camden, John S. Carlile, Spencer Dayton, J.H. Diss Debar, Matthew Edmiston, John W. Garrett, Nathan Goff, William L. Jackson, Joseph Johnson, Edwin Maxwell, J.H. Pendleton, Francis H. Pierpont, Beverly Randolph, John H. Reagan, William Prescott Smith, Felix Sutton, William P. Thompson, John Tyler, and P.G. Van Winkle.
Bennett, Joseph and Henry. Papers, 1849-1923. 26 items (photocopies). Loaned for duplication by John E. Jacobs, 1964. A&M No. 1731. Letters of Henry and Joseph Bennett concerning travel by sea from New York to Chagres, Panama, overland across Panama and by ship to San Francisco in 1851. Letters from California, 1852-1853, discuss arrival of immigrants; employment conditions and wages; gambling and social life in San Francisco; investment opportunities; conditions in the gold mines; travel by steamboat to Hangtown (Placerville); churches; crime; Indians; mining profits; cost of land; ranching; blacksmith and plough shop in Santa Clara; digging a canal to take water from the American River to supply Hangtown, Coon Hollow, and Gold Hill; and Webber Run. Two letters by Joseph Bennett from Australia in l853 comment on mining, living conditions, profits of mining, and criminals sent from Great Britain. There is one 1849 letter to Samuel Bennett from relatives in Sheffield, England. There are several items of Jacobs family correspondence, 1880-1923, concerning family affairs, schools, economic conditions in Jackson County, and Monongalia County taxes in 1907.
Bennett, Louis. Papers, 1841-1916. 6 ft. Gift of Mrs. J.C. McKinley, 1936. A&M No. 35. The business papers and legal correspondence of Louis Bennett (1849-1918) of Weston who was a wealthy landowner and lawyer. Also included are papers of his father Jonathan M. Bennett and the latter's associate G.D. Camden.
Bennett, Mrs. Louis. Papers, 1900-1926. 3 ft. Gift of Mrs. Douglas B. Williams, 1962. A&M No. 1590. Personal correspondence, legal and financial papers, diary, and newspaper clippings of Mrs. Sallie Maxwell Bennett of Weston, wife of Louis Bennett, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 1908. The collection concerns the career of her son, Louis, Jr., particularly his student days at Yale, his pioneer efforts to organize an aviation group in the state, his service in the R.A.F., and his subsequent death in World War I; Mrs. Bennett's effort to memorialize her son; family affairs; and a South American trip in the 1920s. Correspondents include Louis Bennett, Sr. and Jr., and John W. Davis.
Bennett, Thomas W. (1947-1969). Papers, 121 items on 1 reel of microfilm, 1963-1979. Gift, 1980. A&M No. 2714. Personal correspondence, chiefly relating to Bennett's army training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and service in Vietnam, reflecting his thoughts on war, and to his earlier years as a high school student in Morgantown, West Virginia later at West Virginia University, and as an employee of American Security and Trust Bank, Washington, D.C.; and correspondence, articles, programs, and other papers of Bennett's family and friends, relating to his death in Vietnam, posthumous award of the Congressional Medal of Honor (1970), and dedication of Bennett Barracks, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (1979).
Bennett, Wallace Roscoe. Oral History. Oak Hill, Fayette County, WV, 1 October 1980. An interview with a retired railroad worker, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Berkeley County Justice's Docket. Book, 1873-1924. 1 vol. Gift of Stuart E. Brown, Attorney-at-Law, 1975. A&M No. 2414. Justice's docket for Berkeley County, West Virginia, 1873-1924, kept by G.W. Swimley and others.
Bertetti, Frank (b.1901). Oral History. Mount Clair, Illinois, 10 March 1975. An interview with a retired miner and school superintendent, conducted by Barbara Herndon. Topics discussed include labor organization and union struggles in the 1930s, the Mulkeytown March, mechanization in the mines, and his quest for education. One reel, transcription available.
Bertot, Dominic (b.1888). Oral History. Coal City, Illinois, 4 February 1978. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Nick Cherniavsky concerning Bertot's childhood in Coal City and subsequent life, work and experiences as a miner in the central Illinois coalfields. He describes the operation of a company store, the use of mules, and safety conditions in the mines. Two cassettes, partially transcribed.
Betler, Ella Karlen. Oral History. Helvetia, Randolph County, WV, 26 April, 8, 25 September 1979. Interviews with a daughter of Swiss immigrants, John and Emma Rush Karlen, conducted by David Sutton concerning the life she and her husband, Arnold Betler, led on a small mountain farm. She discusses agricultural practices as well as community life. Three cassettes, transcription available.
Beverly, Robert. Oral History. Dola, Harrison County, WV, 17 July 1967. An interview with Beverly, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning working conditions in the coalfields before and after unionization. Partial reel (5").
Billips, Will. Oral History. MacArthur, Mercer County, WV, 1973. An interview with a ninety-eight year old retired coal miner, conducted by Lois McLean and Bill Taft concerning the United Mine Workers of America. Partial reel (7"), notes available.
Billmyer, Elise S., Collector. Papers, 1636 (1757-1850) 1961. 2 reels of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by Miss E.S. Billmyer, 1974. A&M No. 2350. The collection contains correspondence and papers of the Brown, Selby, Kirkland, Robine, Spong, Strode, Thomas, Waters, Hammond, Billmyer, Shepherd and Hamtramck families. Includes genealogical information on the Brown, Billmyer, Shepherd, and Hamtramck families; ledger, 1795-1796; and a receipt book, 1835-1843, of Walter Brown Selby.
Birely, William C., Collector. Papers, 1864. 3 items, (photocopies). Purchase, 1978. A&M No. 2561. Two letters from John J. Henshaw pertaining to the Restored Government of Virginia. He discusses the general assembly of 1864 and his election to the office of Treasurer of the State of Virginia. Includes document bonding Henshaw as Treasurer.
Bishop, Charles Mortimer (1827-1896). Papers, 1857-1897. 1 ft. Gift of Mrs. F. Emma Bishop, 1931. A&M No. 8. Papers of a Preston County farmer, merchant, and licensed exhorter of the Methodist Episcopal Church who served in the state legislature in the years 1870-1876. There are letters of H. Davis and William Ewin regarding land and coal properties in Preston County. Minutes of the incorporators' meeting of the Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad, 1873, are included as well as scattered items relating to the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingwood; the Northwestern Turnpike at St. George; the Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad Company; Civil War bounty claims; the Rowlesburg Lumber and Iron Company; stave making; the Wheeling Female College; political and religious speeches; and the Morgantown District Camp Meeting Association, 1877.
Bittner, Van Amberg (1885-1949). Papers, 1908-1961. 6 ft. Gift of Mrs. James R. Wohler, 1963. A&M No. 1698. UMWA international representative and organizer, member of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, director of the CIO Organizing Committee, and vice-chairman of the CIO Political Action Committee Correspondence, legal papers, diaries, clippings, and other papers relate to Bittner's early career in the western Pennsylvania coal fields; his presidency of District 5, UMWA, 1911-1916; and his organizational activities in southeastern Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, northern West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kansas, 1916-1928.
Subjects include labor strife and strikes in West Virginia, 1912-1913, 1924-1928, Alabama, 1920-1921, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1911, and Oklahoma and Kansas, 1922; UMWA intra-union affairs; relief for striking miners; Kansas Industrial Court; Workers Communist Party; Red International of Labor Unions; American Association for Labor Legislation; National League of People's McAdoo Clubs; labor trouble in Montana, 1920; the railway assigned coal car problem; and Bittner's activities on various state and national labor boards and committees.
There are photographs of mining towns, camps, and tent colonies, labor parades, conventions, demonstrations, and strikes; portraits of labor leaders; and pictures of the Irwin, Pennsylvania coalfield strike of 1911, the Ludlow Massacre of 1914, and the northern West Virginia strikes of 1924-1926.
Frank Farrington, William Green, Frank J. Hayes, John L. Lewis, John Mitchell, Philip Murray, and John P. White are included among the correspondents.
Blackhard, Ruth Ellen. TD [Xerox], 1858-1939. 1 folder. Gift of Eva Longacre, 1979. A&M No. 2649. Blackhard's account of her own life written for her daughter, in 1939, concerning her childhood memories of the Civil War, religious convictions and conversion, and her marriage.
Blackhurst, W., Patrick Gainer, Phoebe Fischer. Oral History. 29 May 1968. Discusses the history of Cass, logging practices, the logging boom and its effect on Cass, songs of the area, and misconceptions about West Virginia and its history. Three reels (5").
Bledsoe, Walter and Company. Archives, n.d. 1 vol. Gift of Robert W. Craigo, 1978. A&M No. 2567. Picture guidebook of a coal distributorship founded in 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Gives a brief history of coal mining in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and a description of company mines in each state.
Blennerhassett, Harman (1765-1831). TD, 1806-1821. 10 items. A&M No. 331. Copies of letters and documents, mostly from Wood County, relating to Blennerhassett's activities. Correspondents include Blennerhassett and James H. Neal of Parkersburg and James Wilson of Wood County. There are several petitions of Wood County citizens urging the organization of troops to protect the constitution and government from "ambitious and disorganizing Demagogues...."
Boardman, Daniel. Papers, 1803-1826. 14 items. A&M Nos. 218, 231. Letters to Daniel Boardman of New York City, regarding ejectment suits and the sale of his land along French and Hacker's creeks, Lewis County. Correspondents include Robert Young, a New Englander who was ejected from Boardman's land and who pled the case for his fellow settlers.
Boehler, Emma. ALS, 1911. 16 items. Purchase, 1982. A&M No. 2857. Fifteen letters, from Emma Boehler to her sister, Louise and her mother and father in Morgantown, West Virginia. She writes from Powhatan College for Young Women, Charles Town, about her friends, classes and activities at school.
Boetta, Lester. Oral History. Springfield, Illinois, 8 October 1974. An interview with a retired coal miner and official of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, conducted by Barbara Herndon concerning the formation of this union; the Mulkeytown March, organization of the Women's Auxiliary, and a description of the Progressive Mine Workers. One reel, transcription available.
Bolton, Channing M. TL, 1921. 1 item. Gift of George S. Wallace, Jr., 1963. A&M No. 1684. Letter to Decatur Axtell recounting Bolton's experiences working on the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in Virginia and West Virginia.
Boreman, Arthur I. (1823-1896). Papers, 1836 (1850-1908). 18 ft. Gifts of Mrs. Abijah Hays, 1954, and Mrs. Earl J. Noe, n.d. A&M Nos. 104, 639. Personal and business papers of a lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and the first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the firm of Boreman and Bullock, Parkersburg. Letters to Boreman, 1866-1867, from Francis H. Pierpont, concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. There are manuscripts of speeches, household accounts, Civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H Diss Debar. Correspondents include J.W. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, Francis H. Pierpont, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.
Bosley, Mrs. Maggie. Oral History. Braxton County, WV, 31 October 1979. An interview with a former resident of Falls Mill, conducted by John D. Hymes, Jr. concerning the culture life of the region and the effect of the Burnsville Dam on citizens of the area. One cassette, abstracts available.
Boughner, James Vance (1812-1882). Papers, 1790-1888. 2 ft. Gift of Mrs. Hugh Jarvis, 1951. A&M No. 253. Papers of a Morgantown resident who practiced medicine and operated a pension claim office in Mt. Morris, Greene County, Pennsylvania, ca.1847-1859, and who later conducted his claim business in Morgantown while serving with the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau as collector for the second district of West Virginia. The collection contains letters, accounts, and business papers of Morgantown residents, 1790-1855, including a private account book of Hugh McNeely, 1790-1800. The internal revenue returns and tax statements give the occupations of many persons in northern West Virginia, ca.1861-1886. There are also photographs; genealogical compilations on the Statler, Morgan, and Wendell Brown families; and typescripts of Monongalia County history.
Bowman Collection. Papers, 1885-1906. 5 ins. Gift of Mrs. F.E. Bowman, 1979. A&M No. 2700. This collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial papers, a ledger, scrapbooks, advertising cards, brochures and photographs of the Preston County, West Virginia, area. The letters in the collection are between members of the Brown and Morgan families of Kingwood, Albright, and Reedsville and of New Interest, Randolph County. The principal correspondents are J. Slidell Brown, Ben L. Brown, Etta Brown, Daisy May Morgan, and Harriet Y.C. Morgan and a friend of the families, John A.F. Martin.
Bowyer, Norma. Oral History. Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, October 1976. An interview conducted by Mary Lucille DeBerry concerning a group of German immigrants that settled in the St. Clara area of Doddridge County. Joseph H. DeBerry brought the group to West Virginia in 1850-1852. One cassette.
Boyd, E.E. Oral History. Salem, Harrison County, WV, 4 December 1976. An interview with a retired accountant, conducted by Jeff Hatfield concerning Boyd's life as chief accountant and purchasing agent for the Glen Alum Coal Company. Boyd describes the operation of the company store and discusses the use of scrip. One cassette.
Bradshaw, C.E., Jim Dillon. Oral History. Beckley, Raleigh County, WV, 21 June 1973. An interview with two black retired miners, conducted by Bill Taft concerning discrimination against miners in the coalfields. Partial reel (7"), notes available.
Brady, Rose. Correspondence, 1883-1885. 3 letters. Gift of Mrs. Joseph Louis Barker, 1965. A&M No. 1840. One letter (15 March 1885) is from Joe Wertz of Mullenville, Kansas to Carrie Brady of Toledo, Illinois, which discusses life in Kansas--particularly his efforts to start a farm--and reflects loneliness for his old home. Two letters (28 October 1883 and 9 June 1884) are from Carrie Brady of Gale, Indiana to Rose concerning family affairs and schooling.
Brand Family. Papers, 1861-1872, 1898-1924, 1962. 52 items. Gift of the Willa Brand Estate and Frank M. Brand, 1962. A&M Nos. 1576, 1602. Business and official papers of Monongalia County Sheriff John M. Brand and his deputy, William N. Brand, 1861-1872; letter from E.I. Moore of Woodburn Seminary; class prophecy, June 1898, by Friend E. Clark of West Virginia University; diaries of Willa Brand kept during a tour of Europe in 1913 and the British Isles in 1924; and genealogical notes on the family of Samuel and Elizabeth Musgrave and the McDougal family compiled by Frank M. Brand.
Brandt, Grace and Emmett. Oral History. Meadow Creek, Summers County, WV, 7 October 1980. An interview with a retired railroad worker and his wife, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Bratton, Martha. Correspondence, 1854-1894. 21 items. Purchase, 1984. A&M No. 2930. Bratton was born, ca.1838, and lived in the town of Millboro Springs, Bath County, Virginia, where she married Townley Cauthorn, ca.1860. Correspondence is to Martha from other women friends, dealing with courtship, marriage, education, and domestic life Some are letters from Virginians pioneering in Illinois and Missouri, detailing the hardships of their new lives; and others are love letters from suitors.
Braxton County. Archives, 1830-1953. 60 ft. Gift of the Braxton County Court, 1955, 1956. A&M Nos. 789, 913. Suit papers; record books of county officers; estate settlements; birth, marriage and death records; election returns; deeds and deed indexes; and land and tax records. There is also a volume of World War I records of Braxton County servicemen, and several account books of both the Holly River and Addison and the Midland railroads.
Brewner, James (b.1892). Oral History. DuQuoin, Illinois, 10 December 1977. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Barbara Herndon. He recounts his childhood and early life in southern Illinois and describes his work as a trapper, muledriver and bootlegger. He also discusses the various immigrant groups in DuQuoin and their position in the struggle between the Progressive Mine Workers and the United Mine Workers. One cassette, transcription available.
Brinkman, Charles, Collector. Papers, (1852-1938) 1948. 12 ft. Gifts of Charles Brinkman, 1938, 1948, and Harry M. Murray, 1958. A&M Nos. 111, 1086. Papers of a Grafton businessman and antiquarian, pertaining mainly to Grafton and Taylor County with scattered materials on Lewisburg and Wheeling. There are letters, account books, and other records of a Grafton general store operated by George W. Brinkman and the Mutual Building Company; typescripts by Jacob G. Matlick dealing with his Civil War service and prison experiences and with the war in and around Grafton; numerous obituaries and biographical sketches; articles on the early history of Taylor County, Wheeling, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; items on Memorial Day celebrations and the location of the National Cemetery in Grafton; broadsides from Pruntytown and Grafton; and photographs of Grafton. There are also minutes of the Grafton Rotary Club; a journal and statistical report of the Grafton Baptist Church, 1897-1906; clipping scrapbooks on Grafton and Taylor County subjects, 1868-1938; financial records; and a partial index to the scrapbooks.
Broadside Collection, 1777-1985. ca.1600 items. Gifts and purchases, 1925-1986. This collection contains posters which have been separated from manuscript collections or acquired separately, about 600 of which are from the twentieth century. Approximately 530 of them pre-date 1860, and one-half of these pertain to Kentucky history, being acquired from bound volumes of the KENTUCKY GAZETTE, which the University Library purchased along with the John M. McCalla papers in 1959. McCalla, editor of the GAZETTE, moved to West Virginia bringing with him a complete run of that paper, for the years 1799 to 1844, which included broadsides stored between the pages of each of the 16 volumes. These issues of the GAZETTE and the broadsides were the archival copies, so to speak, kept by the print shop. Because the GAZETTE was the major newspaper for the western states during the 1790s and early 1800s, these particular broadsides pertain to national issues as well as ones of local interest. The remainder of the broadside collection are, for the most part, printed in West Virginia and pertain to subjects relevant to that state's history. Descriptions of each are filed chronologically on three-by-five cards.
Brock, Fletcher. Papers, 1851-1853. ca.150 items. Gift, Mrs. Charles S. Armistead, 1983. A&M No. 2869. Papers of Fletcher Brock, a Pennsylvania legislator from Blacksville, and of his family. Mainly correspondence between Fletcher and his son H.W. about medical schools, health problems, and family news. There are also letters to and from Fletcher Brock about local and national political issues such as temperance, slavery, roads, and elections.
Brooke County. Archives, 1776-1918. 90 ft. Gift of the Brooke County Court, 1936. A&M No. 43. Suit papers and bound volumes of county records. A name and subject index to the loose papers and an inventory of the volumes are available. There is an account book for general merchandise sold by John Connell, 1794-1796, in Wellsburg, and other private account books, 1845-1870.
Brooke County. Records, 1787-1789, 1881-1895. 15 items. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Young, 1957. A&M No. 981. Miscellaneous manuscripts all of which pertain to Brooke County: an 1848 deed; an agreement between the Wellsburg and Washington Turnpike Company and Arthur and John Henderson and J. Scott for construction of a portion of the turnpike, 1833; records of the firms of Lewis and Hedge and William B. Lewis and Company, Wellsburg, 1892-1894; and four unidentified account books for general merchandise, flour, feed, farming, and mill repair accounts, 1787-1789, 1880-1890.
Brooke Family. Papers, 1814-1958. 1 ft. 2 reels of microfilm and 24 items. Gift and loan of Mrs. Nan Brooke Harold, 1955, 1956, 1958. A&M No. 1079. Correspondence, photographs, clippings, biographical sketches, and other items relating to the family of St. George Tucker Brooke (1844-1914), a professor at West Virginia University College of Law, 1878-1909. There are letters, ca.1870, from James Harold in Ireland to his son James in New York; correspondence and student themes of Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, a Rhodes scholar and Shakespearian authority at Yale; and a family letter book, 1898-1946, compiled by Nan Brooke Harold. Other items include a surveyor's call book for Tucker County, 1856-1857, which includes notes on the Tucker-Randolph County boundary; a manuscript recipe book, 1814; and film copies of typescripts, "Autobiography of St. George Tucker Brooke, Written for His Children," and "Narrative of My Life: for My Family," by Francis T. Brooke.
Brooks, Ray. Oral History. Cassville, Monongalia County, WV, 29 April 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning Brooks family history and union organization in Monongalia and Marion counties. Partial reel (5").
Brooks, William E. (1875-1960), Collector. Papers, ca.1825-1944. 1 ft. Gift of William E. Brooks, various dates. A&M No. 485. Civil War materials collected by Dr. Brooks in writing his biographies of Grant and Lee. Included are pamphlets, scrapbooks, newspapers, photographs, and originals and copies of soldiers' letters, journals, and military reports. There are typed copies of a journal, 3 November-2 December 1863, of a civilian observer in Tennessee, who was at Grant's headquarters at the Battle of Chattanooga; letters, 1861-1864, of William Ludwig, a private in the Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Fayette, Kanawha, and Cabell counties; Confederate officers' reports on the action around Beverly in July 1863; and a Union soldier's letter of 9 May 1863, describing the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Ohio Valley Lodge, No. 13. Records, 1902, 1914-1918. 2 vols. Purchase, 1980. A&M No. 2725. Record books of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Ohio Valley Lodge No.13. Volume one contains membership and financial records; and volume two contains records of meetings, 1914-1918, including attendance and annual election results.
Brown, Allen. Oral History. Quinnimont, Fayette County, WV, 6 November 1980. An interview with a retired black railroad worker, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Brown, Ashford. Papers, Archives (1831-1843). 1 folder. Loan of Ralph N. Brown, 1976. A&M No. 2441. Ledger of illness remedies used by Dr. Ashford Brown of Gladesville, West Virginia, who practiced medicine in Monongalia, Preston and Taylor counties before and during the Civil War.
Brown, David Dare, Compiler. Notebooks, ca.1900-1957. 10 vols. Acquired, 1962. A&M No. 1630. Notebooks contain correspondence, photographs, and manuscript histories of lumbering operations and old sawmills in the forest regions of central West Virginia, compiled by Brown for a projected study on lumbering in West Virginia.
Brown, James Walter. Oral History. Randall, Monongalia County, WV, 4 May 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning the various types of jobs in the coal industry, mechanization, and labor troubles in the 1920s. Partial reel (5").
Brown, John (1800-1859). Papers, 1859-1860. 67 items (photostats). Acquired, ca.1935, 1961. A&M Nos. 335, 336, 1475. Court records from Charles Town, Jefferson County, relating to the trial of Brown and others for the Harpers Ferry raid; an account of the Harpers Ferry raid from the Charles Town INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT, 25 October 1859; Brown's petition for a writ of error which appeared in the DAILY ENQUIRER, Richmond, Virginia, 21 November 1859; a letter from Brown's cousin, Luther Humphrey, dated Windham, Ohio, 12 November 1859, and Brown's reply of 19 November 1859, defending his cause. All items are photostats except for the DEMOCRAT.
Brown, Lloyd W. Papers, 1901-1932. 2 ft. Gift of Reverend Durward B. Brown and James Russell Brown, 1958. A&M No. 1063. Field engineer with the West Virginia Department of Mines. The collection includes papers on coal mine inspection, accidents, safety, and other aspects of mining. There are also several blueprints, maps, and drawings of various mining operations in West Virginia.
Brown, Lorena (1850-1919). TD [Xerox], 1862-1863. 1 folder. Gift of Mrs. James G. Cole, 1978. A&M No. 2588. Typed transcription of a letter written by Lorena Brown to her aunt, Lucinda Dunham Powell. The letter, dated 28 March 1863, describes the Brown family's journey from the Kanawha Valley to Monroe County.
Brown, Louise (b.1910). Oral History. Canton, Illinois, 20 December 1977. An interview with a coal miner's widow, conducted by Richard Ruskin. She recalls her childhood in Fulton County, and discusses conflict between the Progressive Mine Workers and the United Mine Workers and her husband's experiences as a muledriver. One cassette, transcription available.
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Sol. Oral History. Braxton County, WV, 17 January 1980. An interview with former residents of the Bulltown area, conducted by John D. Hymes, Jr. concerning farming from early to mid-century. Two cassettes, abstracts available.
Brown, Samuel Boardman (1860-1926). Papers, 1891-1931. 1 folder. Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Fisher, 1971. A&M No. 2204. Letters, diaries, and receipts of Samuel Boardman Brown, professor of geology at West Virginia University, 1892-1927. Two diaries contain geological notes made on field trips throughout West Virginia.
Brown, William G. (1800-1884). Papers, 1789 (1842-1880) 1931. ca.250 items. Gift of Mrs. Izetta Jewel Brown Miller, 1932. A&M No. 15. Deeds, surveys, plats and other papers relating to Brown's land in Preston and Monongalia counties; personal correspondence of Brown at Kingwood; and a typed copy of a letter of J.J. Phillips of Lantz, 18 July 1931, concerning the removal of Confederate remains from the Rich Mountain Battlefield.
Bryant, Edward. Manuscript, ca.1895-1900. 1 folder. Purchase, 1979. A&M No. 2678. Holographic draft of a play by Edward Bryant, entitled "Scenario" written ca.1895-1900. Set in the West Virginia coalfields, the plot of the drama involves mysterious murders and triangular love affairs. The significance of the play to West Virginia history is the comment the writing makes on turn of the century attitudes of a New York playwright regarding life in West Virginia. West Virginia men are depicted as brutal, lawless, and uncivilized, and West Virginia women as crude and unfeminine. References are made to attitudes of West Virginia miners and coal operators, suggesting that the miners were lawless. There are specific references to strike breakers and lynching. Inventory available.
Buffalo Hollow Flood, Protest Meeting. Oral History. Accoville, Logan County, West Virginia, 25 March 1972. A protest meeting against Pittston Coal Company after the 26 February 1971 flood disaster which killed one hundred twenty-five people on Buffalo Hollow in Logan County. Speakers include: Don Bryant (Black Lung Association Leader), Arnold Miller, Larry Harless (an organizer for Local 1199, Hospital Workers Union), and others. One reel (5").
Buffalo Soldiers. Scrapbook, 1976-77. 1 vol. Loan from Ron Wilkerson, 1980. A&M No. 2704. A scrapbook containing photographs and news clippings documenting activities of the Buffalo Soldiers, Inc., a community action organization of young black men in Monongalia County. Their activities include multi-cultural presentations at local schools, recreation programs for local black children, black heritage programs and festivals, presentations on African history and culture in cooperation with African students from West Virginia University, and cooperative activities with NAACP. RESTRICTED.
Bunker, Edward C. (1830-1867). Papers, ca.(1850-1865) 1901. 1 ft. Gift of Mrs. Roger Roberts, 1962. A&M No. 1615. Legal papers of a Morgantown lawyer, partner of United States Senator Waitman T. Willey, prosecuting attorney of Monongalia County, state senator, and judge of the Eleventh Circuit Court. Included are papers which relate to Bunker's Civil War service and Willey's legal practice. There are a few items of correspondence on land speculation and immigration in post-Civil War West Virginia.
Burch, John Wesley. Oral History. Rock Forge, Monongalia County, WV, 21 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning Burch's life as a farmer, miner and logger. Partial reel (5").
Burnett, Anita Cutright, Collector. Papers, ca.1790-1935. 15 ins. Gift of Allene Cutright, 1970. A&M No. 2148. Papers of Anita Cutright Burnett, an Upshur County genealogist and active member of the Upshur County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The collection contains DAR membership applications, genealogical correspondence, vital statistics for Lewis and Upshur counties and typed copies of the 1850 census returns for Ritchie and Taylor counties.
Burr-Blennerhassett Trials. Papers, 1805-1808. 1 reel of microfilm. Originals in the National Archives, Record Group 21, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1969. A&M No. 2115. Letters, military orders, affidavits, depositions and miscellaneous items relating to the proposed trial of Aaron Burr and Harman Blennerhassett, 1 August 1805, to 21 January 1808. Correspondents include James Wilkinson.
Byrd, Harley. Oral History. Bertha Hill, Monongalia County, WV, 27 April 1967. An interview with a retired miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning working conditions in West Virginia coal mines. Partial reel (5").
Byrd, Robert C. (b.1917). Papers, 1953-1985. Gift of Senator Byrd, 1985. A&M No. 3007. The papers of a United States Senator from West Virginia, Robert C. Byrd, who was born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and raised by his aunt and uncle, Vlurma and Dalton Byrd, on a farm and in various coal mining communities in southern West Virginia. After high school graduation (1934), he worked in a gas station in Helen, West Virginia, and later in the produce shop of a local grocery store where he learned the trade of meat cutter. In 1937 married Erma Ora James and during World War II was a welder in the shipyards at Baltimore, Maryland, and Tampa, Florida. In 1946 was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates, and re-elected in 1948; elected to the West Virginia Senate in 1950; elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952, and re-elected in 1954 and 1956. First elected to the United States Senate in 1958 and re-elected in 1964, 1970, 1976, and 1982. Received his law degree from American University in 1963, and in 1971 became majority whip for the Democratic Party and six years later majority leader, the first person from West Virginia to hold this office. This collection includes correspondence with constituents, presidents, and colleagues, photographs, oral histories, video-tapes of public appearances, news releases, press clippings, and other historical documents, some of which are open to research--but the major portion of which are closed to research according to the terms of the deed of gift. RESTRICTED.
C.C.C. Camp Diary. Journal, 1933-1934. 1 reel microfilm. Gift of Judy Westfall Toon, 1984. A&M No. 2950. Diary and photographs of Willard C. Westfall of Little Otter, West Virginia, who served with the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp P-57 at Rupert, West Virginia. The journal begins with his training at Fort Knox and ends with his discharge from the Corps; it details day to day life in the camp. Also included is a songbook, "Standard Songs, Old and New", which was used in camp.
Cabell County. Land Records, 1806-1867. 1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.). Loaned for duplication by Mrs. Billie J. Dooley, 1970. A&M No. 2136. A listing of survey fees showing the date of survey, name of person for whom survey was made, the number of acres, and the fee charged. For the period 1 July 1810 to 1 January 1821 there are notations of the number of surveys returned and the fees sent to William and Mary College. The second part of the volume lists land entries for the period, 1806-1833, showing date, name of owner, number of acres, warrant number, and page number for recording of entry.
Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company. Archives, 1907-1908. 3 vols. Gift of Robert W. Craigo, 1978. A&M No. 2566. Car record books of the Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company, in Kanawha and McDowell counties. Listed are consignees, serial numbers, types of cars, route, destination, and related information for the Acme, Empire, Buckeye, and Keystone mines.
Cadle, Tilman. Oral History. Rich Mountain Gap, Tennessee, 14 August 1973. An interview with a leader of the National Miners Union in eastern Kentucky, conducted by Paul and Linda Nyden, concerning his working relationship with Sam and Florence Reece and his activities as the guns keeper for National Miners Union. Two reels (5").
Calabrese, Nicolo. Oral History. Monongah, Marion County, WV, 18 September 1961. An interview with Calabrese, a retired coal miner, conducted by Charles Shetler concerning labor organization in the coal industry in the early 1900s. Two reels (7").
Callahan, James Morton (1864-1956). Oral History. Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, 6, 14 April 1954. An interview with a retired history professor at West Virginia University, conducted by Charles W. Shetler concerning the early history of West Virginia University and Morgantown. Four reels (7"), transcription available.
Callahan, James Morton (1864-1956). Papers, 1836-1956. 43 ft. Gifts of James M. Callahan, James M. Callahan, Jr., O.D. Lambert, Festus P. Summers, and transfers, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962. A&M Nos. 115, 839, 1000, 1041, 1075, 1179. Papers of an Indiana-born professor of history, 1902-1940, and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1916-1929, at West Virginia University, whose subject specialities were U.S. diplomatic history and West Virginia local history. The collection consists of correspondence, research notes, and newspaper clippings which relate to his career. There is material on his education at Johns Hopkins University and correspondence, 1869-1956, among members of the Callahan and Fulcher families in West Virginia and Indiana. Unpublished manuscripts include drafts of "History of West Virginia University"; "Presidents of West Virginia University"; "Foundations of American Northern Frontier Development"; "Foundations of American Continental Security Policy and Inter-American Relations; a Study in American Diplomacy"; "Introductions to American Expansion Policy"; "The Evolution of a Midwestern Octogenarian"; and "History of the History Department (West Virginia University)." Correspondents include John W. Foster, Herschel V. Johnson, George H. Blakeslee, Henry L. Stimson, F.A. Updyke, French E. Chadwick, Charles G. Fenwick, Harold Temperly, and George A. Finch.
Camden, Gideon D. (1805-1891). Papers, 1785-1958. 39 ft. Acquired, 1959, 1961, 1966. A&M Nos. 1188, 1199, 1221, 1260, 1276, 1495, 1517, 1523, 1868. Lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator of Harrison County, West Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, and papers dealing with Camden's career in land and title litigation and with his political career. Papers refer to: state and national politics, ca.1830-1888; elections 1840, 1848, 1860, 1868; Tariff of 1846; Compromise of 1850; Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851; Whig Party; Secession crisis; New York merchants and secession; Reconstruction in West Virginia; Flick Amendment; Constitutional Convention of 1872; state capital question; senatorial contest of 1874; Democratic National Convention of 1876; the Virginia debt controversy; economic and transportation developments; opening of West Virginia coal and oil fields; the Parkersburg-Wheeling railroad struggle; the Northwestern Virginia Railroad; the Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad; immigration to West Virginia; Methodism; the slavery question; education; Meadville (Wellsburg, Virginia) Collegiate Institute; Mt. de Chantal Academy; and West Virginia University. Includes papers of Camden's grandson, Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1956), dealing with the Camden estate and its vast coal, timber, land, railroad, and oil interests in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Camden, Johnson Newlon (1828-1908). Papers, 1845-1908. 51 ft. Gifts of the estates of Johnson Newlon Camden and Roy Bird Cook, 1931, 1934, 1959. A&M Nos. 7, 339, 1228. Correspondence, maps, business records and other papers of a U.S. Senator, Democratic politician, and promoter of the oil industry, railroads, and coal and timber resources of West Virginia. The papers deal with Camden's purchase of land in the 1850s; his activities in oil production and refining, 1860-1875; his presidency of the Camden Consolidated Oil Company and the Baltimore United Oil Company; the affairs of the Stewart Brick Company of Parkersburg; the Virginia debt controversy; and his development of railroads, including the Ohio River Railroad, the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad, and Monongahela River Railroad, 1879-1892.
Correspondents include John D. Alderson, Jonathan M. Bennett, Gideon D. Camden, John S. Carlile, William E. Chilton, John J. Cornwell, Grover Cleveland, Henry G. Davis, Stephen B. Elkins, Charles J. Faulkner, Jr., A.B. Fleming, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, John W. Garrett, Nathan Goff, Arthur I. Boreman, C.W. Harkness, E.S. Harkness, N.W. Harkness, Abram S. Hewitt, C.P. Huntington, John E. Kenna, James M. Mason II, John T. McGraw, John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, H.H. Rogers, William P. Thompson, Clarence W. Watson, William C. Whitney, William L. Wilson, and Henry A. Wise.
Camden, T.B. Papers, 1862-1907. 1 ft. and 1 reel of microfilm. Gift of Roy Bird Cook, 1954. A&M No. 623. Original appraisement and account book pertaining to the estate of John S. Camden, 1862-1881. There are two ledgers of T.B. Camden, a physician, covering his medical practice in sixteen counties, listing private accounts, cost of medical care, insurance claims, and statements of Camden's income, 1865-1907. There is a scrapbook of clippings, numerous broadsides, and correspondence on professional and political activities of Camden including letters from friends regarding his dismissal as superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at Weston. The microfilm includes entries from the diary of Thomas S. Feamster, a Confederate soldier, noting troop movements in Greenbrier County, 1861, 1864-1865, and entries from the commonplace book of Theodore Woodridge.
Campbell, Alexander (1788-1866). Papers, 1808-1809, 1862, 1864. 1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.) and 2 items. Originals held by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1968, and transfers. A&M Nos. 341, 2025. The last will and testament of Alexander Campbell, leaving his estate to his children and grandchildren with the stipulation that each contribute a specific amount to Bethany College. There is an 1808-1809 journal with descriptions of travels in Ireland and Scotland and of his voyage to America. Specific mention is made of weather conditions, fish, birds, food rations, and quarantine of the ship on its arrival at New York City. Collection contains notes for and a list of sermons preached (1810-1814) by Campbell in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Campbell, Andrew Nelson (d.1919). Papers, 1782 (1854-1932). 6 ft. Gift of Crete Campbell, 1946, 1952, 1954. A&M Nos. 101, 513, 653. Business, personal papers and correspondence of a Monroe County attorney, judge, state legislator, West Virginia University regent, and Confederate Army veteran. Included are papers of the law firm of Hereford and Campbell; and reports, correspondence, and other papers concerning the Deepwater Railway Company and the Tidewater Railway Company. In the Civil War materials are: rolls and lists of names of several Confederate Army units; a typed copy of Campbell's war reminiscences; and correspondence concerning the organization and annual meetings of Confederate veterans organizations. There is genealogical information on numerous Monroe County families compiled by Campbell, along with family correspondence and business records.
Campbell, Archibald W. (1839-1899). Papers, (1855-1899) 1907. ca.500 items. Gift of Mrs. Jessica Maurer and Mrs. Jessie C. Hill, 1932. A&M No. 14. Papers of the editor of the Wheeling INTELLIGENCER, including clippings, correspondence, and broadsides dealing with the Civil War and political affairs. Correspondents include Jacob B. Blair, Montgomery Blair, Arthur I. Boreman, Cassius M. Clay, Schuyler Colfax, Edward Everett, Horace Greeley, Joseph Medill, Francis H. Pierpont, William H. Seward, Franz Sigel, Edwin M. Stanton, and Peter G. Van Winkle.
Campbell, Charles L., Compiler (b.1876). Typescripts, ca.1789-1956. ca.50pp. and 1 reel of microfilm. Originals in possession of Charles L. Campbell, 1963. A&M No. 1314. Typescripts compiled by a Wellsburg local historian, on the history of Holliday's Cove and the Hancock-Brooke County area. Subjects include prominent settlers, churches, schools, post office, toll roads, oil and gas wells, floods, gristmills, manufacture of gunpowder, iron and brick industries, newspapers, Indians, and the James Campbell and Alexander Morrow family genealogy.
Campbell, Jacob M. Papers, 1796 (1861-1865) 1888. 2 ft. Acquired, 1958, 1959. A&M Nos. 1109, 1267. Military orders, telegrams, correspondence, lists of Confederate deserters, ordnance and quartermaster returns, and a personal diary of Colonel Campbell, commander of the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers which operated along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Cumberland, Maryland, and Martinsburg, West Virginia. Subjects include civilian-military relations; guerrilla activities of John D. Imboden, the Ringgold Raiders, and the McNeill's Rangers; treatment of Confederate sympathizers; fighting in the Shenandoah Valley in the spring of 1864; and military operations in the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
Campbell Family. Papers, 1795-1901. 2 reels of microfilm (4 vols. and 4 folders). Loaned for duplication by Mr. and Mrs. James W. Campbell, 1959, 1960. A&M Nos. 1265, 1321. Business and legal papers, farm records, and store accounts of James Campbell, his son, James L., and his grandson, James Wilson Campbell. The papers petain to the management of the family plantation and country store located near Arden in Berkeley County. The collection also includes James W. Campbell's school notes on mathematics and surveying, and an account of a geological field trip through the oil district of Wood-Ritchie-Pleasants counties in 1866.
Campbell's Creek Coal Company. Papers, 1902. 1 folder. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Morgan, 1972. A&M No. 2248. Three letters dated, ca.1902, exchanged by S.F. Dana and A.M. Putney of the Campbell's Creek Coal Company; letters from the Secretaries of State in West Virginia, Ohio, and New York stating when the corporation was chartered; and a copy of the 1881 survey conducted at Dana on Campbell's Creek.
Caperton, William Gaston (1815-1852). Family papers, 1801-1930. 1 reel of microfilm (ca.500 items). Loaned for duplication by Mrs. H.A. Hereford, Sr., 1961. A&M No. 1436. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of: a Monroe County, West Virginia, farmer and politician; his wife, Harriette Boswell Alexander; their daughters, Isabel and Alice Beulah; Alice's husband, Frank Hereford, U.S. senator from West Virginia; and his daughter, Katherine Hereford Stoddard. There is one folder of business papers, 1820-1841, of Thomas Edgar; a few letters from Caperton's son, John, while a cadet at the Camp of Instruction, Richmond, 1861; a folder of letters concerning Isabel's trips through the American West, the British Isles, and Europe; and a folder on family genealogy.
Subjects include mid-nineteenth century life in Union, Monroe County; the excitement in Virginia following John Brown's raid; Washington, D.C., and the slavery controversy, 1860; the secession crisis in Virginia; impressment of material in Monroe County by Union troops; the effect of the war on the social and economic life of Richmond; work of the Ladies Relief Hospital in Lynchburg; and the aftermath of war in Virginia.
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation. Scrapbooks, 1907-1943. 1 reel of microfilm (5 vols.). Loaned for duplication by Carbide Technical Center Library, Charleston, 1965. A&M No. 1822. Five scrapbooks of photographs of the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia.
Carey, Mr. and Mrs. William. Oral History. Red Jacket, Mingo County, WV, 17 October 1974. An interview with a retired coal miner and his wife, conducted by Keith Dix concerning life in the coalfields. Mr. Carey's union organizing activities are described as well as a meeting with "Mother" Jones. Two reels (5"), transcription available.
Carpenter, Charles, Collector. Papers, 1813-1964. 2 ft. and 53 items. Gifts of Charles Carpenter, 1939, 1964, 1969. A&M Nos. 57, 1773, 2106, 2119. Manuscript and printed materials relating to the development of railroads in West Virginia, including contracts, letters, monthly situation reports, construction profiles, maps, and speeches. Railroad companies represented include Baltimore and Ohio; Charleston, Clendenin and Sutton; Coal and Coke; Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk; Hampshire Southern; Nicholas, Fayette, and Greenbrier; Roaring Creek and Belington; Western Maryland; West Virginia Midland; and West Virginia and Pittsburgh. There are papers dealing with: land transactions in Taylor County; court case papers and exhibits from Taylor and Harrison counties; a coal lease for mining and stripping; and a genealogy chart for the Morgan family. Correspondents and organizations mentioned include: Charles H. and Augusta Rector; Martin Coal Company; Real Estate and Improvement Company of Baltimore City; the Ward-Bishop Addition to Bluefield; James R. Sincell; Daniel G. Payne; and Henry Warder. There are twenty-one scrapbooks maintained by Carpenter between 1939 and 1963; subjects include descriptions of libraries and museums, rare books, newspapers, magazines, and book reviews. The collection also includes one notebook used by Carpenter while writing HISTORY OF AMERICAN SCHOOLBOOKS.
Carpenter, Charles (1889-1975). Papers, 1853-1860. 5 in. Purchase, 1977. A&M No. 2471. Correspondence and manuscripts of articles by Grafton resident Charles Carpenter (1889-1975), a historian, writer, and collector of West Virginia memorabilia. The collection also contains a brief genealogy of the Haymond family and an incomplete Upshur County, West Virginia court record book of 1853-1856.
Carter, Ulysses Grant, Collector. Papers, photographs, movie films, ca.1928-1970. 1.5 ft. Gift of Ulysses Grant Carter, 1976. A&M No. 2463. The collection consists of correspondence, periodicals, pamphlets and other material gathered by Carter concerning black miners in the coalfields of West Virginia, with particular reference to availability of extension courses in safety, foremanship, and engineering.
Castle, Bert (b.1901). Oral History. Alum Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 19 June 1973. An interview with a retired United Mine Workers of America field worker, conducted by Bill Taft concerning early union leaders, unionization and socialism. Two reels (7"), notes available.
Cauthorn, T.B. Papers, 1867-1907. 5 ins. Purchase, 1977. A&M No. 2487. Business correspondence, accounts, ledger book, and legal papers of Townlley B. Cauthorn, farmer and lumber merchant of Millboro (Bath County), Virginia. The collection contains pay records for sawmill hands and farm laborers, employee purchase accounts, and legal documents. Also included are a record of road work done in Bath County when Cauthorn was Commissioner of Roads and an agreement between Cauthorn and Edgar S. Davis for the adoption by Cauthorn of Mattie Davis.
Cavendish, Nelson. Oral History. Ansted, Fayette County, WV, 23 August 1977. An interview by Peter Laska with a coal miner who served in 1955 as Treasurer of the Ansted Local 693 of the United Mine Workers of America. One cassette.
Cavendish, R.E. Oral History. Oak Hill, Fayette County, WV, 23 September 1980. An interview with a retired teacher, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Cedar Grove Mining Company. Ledger, 1883-1885. 400pp. Purchase, 1984. A&M No. 2936. Store ledger of Cedar Grove Mining Company, Cedar Grove, Kanawha County. Contains accounts of the store's commercial relations with local banks and businesses (mainly supply companies) as well as the individual accounts of miners for store purchases and other expenses, like medical and house improvements.
Centerville Presbyterian Church. Papers, 1913-1914. 1 reel of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by the Centerville Presbyterian Church, 1979. A&M No. 2672. This collection consists of material from the Centerville Presbyterian Church including histories, correspondence, scrapbooks, programs, and papers about the women's auxiliary, missionary society work, finances, and social activities.
Chadwick, French E. (1844-1919). Letters, 1903-1914. ca.160 items. Acquired, 1944, and gifts of Arthur S. Dayton and Mrs. Arthur S. Dayton, 1954. A&M Nos. 87, 605. Correspondence between Chadwick and Albert Bushnell Hart, at Harvard University, relating to the writing and publishing of Chadwick's CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR (1906). There are also two letters from Newport, Rhode Island, to A.G. Dayton, requesting an appointment and mentioning John Bassett Moore.
Chapin Family. Papers, 1816-1892. ca.100 items. Gift of Mrs. Mortimer Smith, 1956. A&M No. 828. Letters of Phineas Chapin (1792-1857), and other family members in Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Clarksburg, West Virginia. There are: intimate sketches of the social life of Clarksburg in the first half of the nineteenth century; descriptions of a plantation house in Mississippi in 1860; and a few papers bearing on family business affairs, including cattle raising in Harrison County.
Chappell, Louis Watson (1890-1981). 647 aluminum 10 inch discs, recorded 1937-1947; field notes and manuscripts, 1815-1978; 38 caliber revolver with bullets. Gift of Louis Watson Chappell, 1978, and the estate of Louis Watson Chappell, 1982. A&M No. 2480. Louis Watson Chappell was born in Belvidere, North Carolina and educated in English Language and Literature at Wake Forest University (B.A.), and the University of Virginia (M.A.). Subsequent study was undertaken at Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and New York University. Receiving a faculty appointment at West Virginia University in 1922, Chappell embarked upon a career dedicated to documenting and preserving West Virginia's folk music, which proved to be highly significant. He began his study of traditional music a decade or so earlier as a ballad hunter in the North Carolina-Virginia tidewater region in which he had spent his youth. Some years later the results of his collecting in the area were published in a book entitled FOLK-SONGS OF ROANOKE AND THE ALBEMARLE. (Morgantown: Ballad Press, 1939). The folklorist's first major contribution to West Virginia folklore was an exhaustive investigation into the controversy surrounding the ballad "John Henry" and its distinction from "John Hardy." In 1933 the publication of a full-length study (JOHN HENRY: A FOLK-LORE STUDY. Jena. Frommansche Verlag) placed the celebrated steel driver at the Big Bend Tunnel in late 19th-century West Virginia. In 1937, Chappell purchased a disc recording machine similar to the one employed at the time by his colleague and friend, John A. Lomax. Over the ensuing eleven years he amassed an archive of West Virginia folk music embracing more than 2,000 items (including variants) performed by over ninety different people. The archive is analogous in scope and significance to the well-known regional collections dating from the same period. A complete guide to the Chappell recorded discs may be found in John Cuthbert's WEST VIRGINIA FOLK MUSIC (West Virginia University Press, 1982).
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Records, 1867-1869. 23 items. Gift of Virginia McClung Ellis, 1955. A&M No. 713. Letters, reports, and newspaper clippings relating to the Virginia Central Railroad Company, later the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Most of the correspondence is between E. Fontaine, president, and John S. Cunningham of West Virginia.
Chew, R.P. Correspondence, 1904-1908. 1 folder. Gift of U.S. National Park Service Archives, 1977. A&M No. 2518. Correspondence and legal papers of R.P. Chew, of Charles Town, concerning his land holdings in Logan County. Companies mentioned in connection with land purchases include Bowman Lumber Co., Laurel Coal and Land Co., Robinson Coal and Land Co., and Dingiss Run Coal Co. Correspondents include J. Coleman Alderson, F.B. Enslow, and A.B. Fleming.
Childers, Doy L. Copen. Oral History. Braxton County, WV, 23 August 1967. An interview with Childers, a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning working conditions and unionization in the coal industry. Partial reel (5").
Chilton, William Edwin (1858-1939). Papers, 1917, 1928-1939. 7 ft. Gift of W.E. Chilton, III, 1963 and purchase. A&M Nos. 1271, 1652. Correspondence, legal papers, and speeches of a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the CHARLESTON GAZETTE, and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); and correspondence of his son, William E. Chilton, Jr. editor of the GAZETTE.
A wide range of topics are discussed: state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association. Subjects covered include: coal import duties, thickness of coal in Pocahontas mines 2 and 6, uses of coal in Kanawha County, West Virginia, New River Pocahontas coal, and transportation of coal. Other topics mentioned are: the operation and editorial policy of the Charleston Gazette; the American Protective League; Public Ownership League; the World Court; London Naval Conference; the Franklin D. Roosevelt boom, 1931-1932; prohibition; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment; bank crisis; state patronage; the money question, 1933-1938; Franklin D. Roosevelt's court plan; Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant; Charleston civic affairs; WPA operations; and authorship of the Federal Reserve Act.
Correspondents include George W. Atkinson, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, Cole L. Blease, William E. Borah, Arthur Brisbane, William G. Conley, John J. Cornwell, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, Charles Edison, Andrew Edmiston, James A. Farley, John N. Garner, William Green, Walter S. Hallanan, Henry D. Hatfield, Leon Henderson, Homer A. Holt, Rush D. Holt, Louis Howe, Philip C. Jessup, George W. Johnson, Louis Johnson, John Kee, John N. Kenna, H.G. Kump, Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., William G. McAdoo, W.A. MacCorkle, Robert R. McCormick, Clarence W. Meadows, Dwight W. Morrow, M.M. Neely, George W. Norris, H.C. Ogden, C.W. Osenton, Robert L. Owen, Jennings Randolph, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Daniel C. Roper, Jouett Shouse, Gray Silver, C.E. Smith, Harry S. Truman, Carl Vinson, Thomas J. Walsh, James E. Watson, and Burton K. Wheeler.
Chitwood, Oliver Perry (1874-1971). Oral History. Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, 27 July 1956. An interview with a retired West Virginia University professor, conducted by Dr. O.D. Lambert, Charles W. Shetler, and Verl Z. Garster, Jr. concerning his early life, local schools and churches, social and political life in Monongalia County and West Virginia University. One reel (7"), transcription available.
Chitwood, Oliver Perry (1874-1971). Papers, 1907-1969. 7 ft. Gifts of O.P. Chitwood, Donovan H. Bond, and J. William Hess, 1969, and Mrs. J.C. Appel, 1971. A&M Nos. 992, 2219. Correspondence, research notes, and manuscripts of a professor of history at West Virginia University (1907-1946), professor emeritus (1946-1971), and author of several college history textbooks and biographies. Subjects include book publishing, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence with legislators and congressmen, personal correspondence, former students, and the Democratic Convention delegate selection in 1928. Also included are materials on Chitwood's books JOHN TYLER: CHAMPION OF THE OLD SOUTH, THE UNITED STATES: A SHORT HISTORY, and RICHARD HENRY LEE: STATESMAN OF THE REVOLUTION.
Chrisman, Lewis H. Papers, 1949-1964. 1 reel of microfilm (ca.150 items). Originals in possession of West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1969. A&M No. 2114. Correspondence between Dr. Chrisman, professor of English at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Dr. Edgar Wesley, professor of education at the University of Minnesota. Subjects include education, religion, politics, Dr. C.H. Ambler, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and West Virginia University.
Churches. Avery Methodist Protestant. Records, 1843-1948. 8 vols. Deposited by Ivan C. Owens, 1965. A&M No. 1803. Records of a church near Morgantown, including minutes, 1843-1855; register of members, baptisms, deaths, and marriages, 1919-1929; organization of the Young People's Meeting, 1935-1943; the Sunday school, 1935; and organization of the Christian Endeavor Society, 1934; minutes of the Easton-Avery Community Building, 1939-1946; minutes of the Community Center Board of Directors; and Bible Class records, 1908-1926.
Churches. Baptist (Boone County). Records, 1866-1888. 17pp. (photocopy). Loaned for duplication by J. Douglas Machesney, 1969. A&M No. 2090. Boone County, West Virginia, Baptist Church records, including meeting book of Lowgap Baptist Church 1866, 1888; certificates of good standing in the Old School Baptist Church, 1873; and in the Baptist Church at Holly Creek, 1869; and an article of agreement concerning protection of property, Boone County, 27 March 1869.
Churches. Bluestone Baptist. Records, 1803-1856. 1 reel of microfilm (1 folder). Originals held by Miss Vida Bailey, 1960. A&M No. 1339. Records include minutes, 1804-1820, 1854, a manuscript hymn book, and correspondence, 1803-1809, of a Summers County church; and the minutes of the Greenbrier (Baptist) Association, 1807-1811.
Churches. First Christian (Connellsville). Records, 1865-1903. 1 reel of microfilm (2 vols.). Loaned for duplication by the First Christian Church, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1960. A&M No. 1376. Record of ministers, members, baptisms, deaths, meetings of the church board, reports of the various church departments, and organizational history.
Churches. Jones Run Baptist Church. Records, ca.1831-1959. 1 ft. Gift of Chester Harbert, 1965. A&M No. 1849. Six record books of a Harrison County church, containing church covenant, lists of members, and minutes. There is correspondence, receipts, reports, letters of dismission, miscellaneous papers, and a copy of "History of the Jones Run Baptist Church, Lumberport," written for the Judson Baptist Association, 1938.
Churches. Kingwood Methodist. TMs, ca.1816-1896. 23pp. Gift of R. Doyne Halbritter, 1957. A&M No. 1020. "A Brief History of Methodism in Kingwood and Vicinity from the Earliest Times to March, 1874," by W.C. Snodgrass. Also a typed "Baptismal Record," dating between 1852 and 1896, listing dates and places of birth, parents' names, and officiating ministers.
Churches. Kingwood Methodist Episcopal. Records, 1852-1937. 1 reel of microfilm (9 vols). Loaned for duplication by the Kingwood Methodist Church, 1960. A&M No. 1286. Church record, 1852-1896, listing baptisms, marriages, probationers, members and various classes; quarterly conference records, 1899-1903, 1917-1920; church ledgers, 1910-1936; the minutes of the Women's Home Missionary Society, 1914-1937; and "A Brief History of Methodism in Kingwood and Vicinity from Our Earliest Times to March, 1874," by W.C. Snodgrass.
Churches. Methodist Episcopal. Morgantown. Records, 1847-1917. 1 reel of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by the Wesley Methodist Church, Morgantown, 1957. A&M Nos. 1014, 1023. Records, including minutes of the quarterly conference and the Epworth League; lists of church members and probationers; and papers and records relating to baptisms, marriages, and pastors.
Churches. Methodist Episcopal. Oakland District. Records, 1895-1910. 294pp. (photocopies). Loaned for duplication by the Reverend Lawrence Sherwood, 1965. A&M No. 1839. Handwritten journal of the Oakland District Conference, 1895-1910. The district includes Preston and Tucker counties in West Virginia, also western Maryland and bordering areas of Pennsylvania.
Churches. Methodist Episcopal, South. Western Virginia Conference. Records, 1848-1927. 6 reels of microfilm (34 vols.). Originals in the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1961. A&M No. 1501. Statistical journals, conference journals and reports, conference register, records of various missionary bodies, and financial records. There are session minutes, lists of membership, baptisms, church property, committees, and Sunday school statistics. The collection also includes the journals and reports of the Western Virginia Conference, Methodist Protestant Church, 1855-1896.
Churches. Monongalia County. History, 1954. 1 ft. Gift of Mrs. Gideon S. Dodds, 1956. A&M No. 818. Material prepared by Dr. and Mrs. Gideon S. Dodds, Morgantown, including photographs of 141 church buildings, and a typescript, "A Historical Survey of the Churches of Monongalia County, West Virginia."
Churches. Moorefield Presbyterian. Records, 1825-1943. 1 reel of microfilm (4 vols.). Loaned for duplication by the Moorefield Presbyterian Church, 1961. A&M No. 1518. Session minutes, 1825-1934, the church register, 1825-1943, and brief history of the church.
Churches. North Mill Creek German Reformed. Record book, 1771-1899. 1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.). Loaned for duplication by Grace Lutheran Church, 1960. A&M No. 1323. Record book of a Grant County, West Virginia, church organized by settlers sometime prior to 1791. These records, which are almost entirely in German, list baptisms, membership, confirmations, deaths, and births. (For typescript English translations, see Historical Records Survey, Grant County, Box 33.)
Churches. Records, 1770-1985. Purchase and gifts, 1930-1985. A&M numbers follow names of churches. Unless otherwise noted all churches are in West Virginia. Augusta Christian Church - Hampshire County (1657); Christ Reform Church - Shepherdstown (2456); Church of Christ - Big Run and Cameron (2689); First Baptist Church - Grafton (2754); First Presbyterian - Clarksburg (853, 898); Flat Fork Baptist Church (2687); Forks of Cheat Baptist Church (2719); Goshen (John Corbly Memorial) Baptist Church (99); Goshen Baptist Church of Jesus Christ (1811); Great Bethel Baptist - Uniontown, Pennsylvania (1407); Methodist Churches - Harrisville and West Union Circuits (836); Methodist Episcopal - Grant Circuit of Winchester District (835); Methodist Episcopal Church - Greenbrier Circuit (617); Methodist Episcopal Church - Headsville (581); Methodist Episcopal - Huntersville Circuit (1156); Methodist Episcopal Church - near Uniontown (246); Methodist Protestant Church - Proceedings of West Virginia Conference (1571); Mount Union Church - Monongalia County (2234); New Prospect Baptist Church - Leivasy, (2598); Parkersburg Baptist Church (2801); Pleasant Valley Baptist Church (2801); Presbyterian Church - Fairmont (520); Presbyterian Church - Jefferson (1484); Presbyterian Church - Tazewell District, Virginia (2479); St. Paul's Lutheran - Aurora (192, 847); Spruce Street United Methodist Church - Morgantown (2762); Trinity Episcopal - Martinsburg (1362); Trinity Episcopal Church - Parkersburg (1342); Trinity Methodist Church - Martinsburg (1605); Zion Episcopal Church of Charles Town (2448).
Churches. Romney and Springfield Presbyterian. TD (photocopy), 1887. 1 item. Loaned for duplication by Mrs. Nancy W. Allen, 1961. A&M No. 1462. Sketch of Romney and Springfield churches, prepared in 1887 by a committee of the Winchester Presbytery under the Reverend John A. Scott. Contains notes on the rise of Presbyterianism in the Romney area, sketches of pastors John Lye, James Black, William Henry Foote, and George Williamson Finley, and a record of church buildings.
Churches. West Virginia Centennial. Report Forms and Photographs, 1963. 1 ft. Gift of county chairmen of the Centennial Church History Project, 1963. A&M No. 1667. A county-by-county collection of report forms, photographs, and histories of churches in existence for more than a century, assembled during the state centennial year.
Churches. Winchester, Virginia, Presbytery. Records, 1719-1952. 3 items. Gift of Miss Lucy M. Woodworth, 1955. A&M No. 773. Two volumes of statistics of Presbyterian churches in the Winchester Presbytery, 1719-1946; and a notebook of correspondence, 1942-1952, of Robert B. Woodworth and John G. Bishop concerning the genealogy of the Poage and allied families and Woodworth's revision of THE CAPTIVES OF ABB'S VALLEY (Staunton, Virginia, 1942).
Civil War. Correspondence, 1861-1864. 1 reel of microfilm (81 items). Loaned for duplication by Mrs. Frances Laird Boyd, 1961. A&M No. 1508. Correspondence of Miss Hattie A. Fudge, Tazewell, Virginia. A majority of the letters are written by soldiers of the Forty-fifth Virginia Regiment (Confederate) commanded by Generals John B. Floyd, W.W. Loring, and John Echols. Subjects include Floyd's military engagements, 1861; Battle of Lewisburg, 1862; skirmishes along the line of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad; and Jubal Early's January, 1864, raid into the South Branch Valley.
Civil War. Diaries, 1862-1865. 5 items and 1 reel of microfilm (1 item). Gifts of Charles H. Ambler, 1956, and Helen V. Barns, 1957; originals held by Washington and Lee University, 1964. A&M Nos. 815, 922, 974, 1720. Typed copy of a Confederate soldier's diary entries for 9-12 April 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse; diaries of William M. Goudy, a corporal in Company G, First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1864; journal of Uz Barns, a volunteer in the Union Army from Ritchie County, who fought at Beverly, Harpers Ferry, and Deep Bottom, Virginia, and was at Richmond at the end of the war, 1862-1865; and diary of Frank Smith Reader, 10 March-25 June 1864, a private in Company I, Fifth Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, which was earlier part of the Second Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry.
Civil War. Harpers Ferry. Records, 1863-1865. 1 reel of microfilm (3 vols.). Originals in possession of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, 1961. A&M No. 1394. Records of James W. Brady, provost marshal at Harpers Ferry, 1863-1865, and an order book of department headquarters at Harpers Ferry, 1863.
Civil War. Letters, 1862-1887. 11 items. Gifts of C.J. Maxwell, 1954, Mrs. Mary Outen Cole, 1954, Paul F. Price, 1961, Harry Mills, 1966, and loaned for duplication by Mrs. C.H. Smitley, 1961. A&M Nos. 648, 672, 1147, 1480, 1494, 1925. T.H. McBee to Zadoc McBee concerning Nathaniel Banks and Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain, 14 August 1862; Horace Kellogg of 123rd Ohio Regiment to Rufus Maxwell concerning robberies by Confederate guerrillas in Tucker County, 28 November 1862; four letters by Harry McDonald of the Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment from Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama, 1862-1863; M. McDonald, Jr., from camp at Washington, D.C.; Sarah Jane Lough of Morgantown to Elza T. Lough of Winchester concerning Confederate troop activities in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas, 3 May 1863; Charles H. Ruggles to Benson J. Lossing concerning location of two Union Army majors captured by Mosby's guerrillas, 26 November 1864; and C.W.D. Smitley, a veteran of the Second West Virginia Cavalry, to General Franz Sigel, giving an account of his activities as a scout in western Virginia.
Civil War. Military Records Index, 1861-1865. 13 reels of microfilm. Originals in U.S. National Archives, 1964. A&M No. 1751. Index to service records of volunteer Union soldiers in Virginia and West Virginia, compiled from Record Group 94 in the U.S. Adjutant General's Office.
Civil War. Miscellaneous Papers, 1859-1985. Gifts and loans, 1953-1969. A&M numbers follow descriptions. Account of activity in Shepherdstown, 1862-1865, from the diary of a southern sympathizer (76); manuscripts and maps relating to war collected by E. Luther Cole (78); letter of Confederate soldier in the Wise Legion in the Greenbrier Valley (286); certificate for purchase of a Confederate bond and a note to Perry Hays regarding the sale of cotton (347); muster roll, 31 October 1864, of Company A, Thirty-sixth Virginia Infantry (438); map of the Tygart River area in Randolph and Barbour counties with notes on Beverly during the war (572); map of battles and installations in Pendleton, Tucker, and Randolph counties (572); statements concerning the death of Patrick Duff (572); copies of entries from the Jefferson County circuit court order book relating to the trial of John Brown (572); pardon granted to J.M. Bennett by President Andrew Johnson, 11 July 1865 (572); typescript, "Grant and Lee" by William D. Ford (594); letters from O.P. Chitwood and Andrew Price (594); broadside concerning the Hartford Convention, 18 February 1863 (594); certificate of discharge of Isaac W. Curry (760); rosters and clippings on Company M, First Regiment (861); records of the Sixth Virginia Infantry, 1861-1870 (871); records of Company F, Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry (915); resolution, 10 August 1866, concerning a monument to the war dead in Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown (989); letters of Sergeant B.F. Hughes, Company F, Sixth West Virginia Infantry, later Company F, Sixth West Virginia Cavalry, written from Camp David, Maryland, Camp New Creek and Camp Elkwater, West Virginia (1021); "Constitution, Minutes, Correspondence, etc. 1883-1921, of the Society of Ex-Confederates in Hampshire County" (1052); records of Sanford St. Clair, Company G, First Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry (1149, 1201); letters and telegrams, 1861-1864, concerning the sacking of David Goff's home, 1861, fighting around Charleston and Beverly, guerilla activity, and substitute hiring (1304); veteran's records of Hiram J. Rogers, Company H, 191 Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1319); letter on camp life in Company F, Sixtieth Virginia Regiment (Confederate) at Princeton, vouchers and accounts of James C. Collins, and Civil War cachets (1345, 1418, 1420); provost marshal's book listing passes issued at Martinsburg (1396); Civil War passes of David Holmes dated Wheeling, 1862 (1537); records of Mason County soldiers in the Thirteenth [West] Virginia Volunteer Infantry (1541); Union soldier's letter written from a field hospital at Sandy Hook, Maryland (1566); discharge papers of John H. Marple, Tenth Regiment, West Virginia Infantry, 1864 (1585); holograph leaf from a report issued by George B. McClellan on the skirmish at Hart's Farm, West Virginia, 1861 (1620); history of the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Col. F.C. Loveland, 1888 (1628); record book of the Eighteenth Regiment, West Virginia Militia, formerly 147th Regiment, Virginia Militia, from Palatine, Marion County, including minutes of the Mt. Harmony Literary Society, 1868-1869 (1641); customs certificate for transport of items over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Berkeley County, Virginia, 1863 (1747); draft of a telegram, 20 June 1861, from General George B. McClellan at Clarksburg (1841); papers of Lt. William H. Lawrence, who commanded the Ninth Independent Company, Ohio Volunteer Sharp Shooters (2044); roster of Company E, Fifteenth Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers (2049); order, 25 June 1864, concerning a raid to the Haymond Settlement near Grafton, signed by Jno. H. Showalter (2121); letter written by Macajah Anderson Thorn, a Confederate soldier imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, to his father, Gordon Cloyd Thorn (2210); letter, dated 4 March 1862, written by Sergeant Thomas King, 27th Regiment, Company K, of the Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, from CharlesTown, Va. (2249); letters to or from soldiers of the 14th West Virginia Infantry. Correspondents include Col. D.D. Johnson, Lt. Col. J. McDonald, and Col. J.A. Mulligan (2278); letters of William Montgomery, a Confederate soldier from Hampshire County (2317); letters written by Union soldier, William H. Bush, to his wife Mary in Racine, Ohio, from Winchester and Harpers Ferry (2435); letter, dated 19 May 1865, from J.C. Freeman, to Major J.W. Ball, concerning Major Ball's surrender at the end of the war (2629); muster roll of Company D, 14th Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry kept at New Creek, Mineral County (2748); military telegraph 1 October 1863, M. Bailey Weston, to J.E. Wilkinson (2751); photocopy of commission appointing George H. King, 1st Lieutenant Co. A, First Regiment, Virginia Mounted Volunteers, 18 July 1861 (2776); two ALS, Samuel Young, Senate Chamber, Wheeling, West Virginia, to Capt. John Sharp, 1 and 6 October 1863 (2837); copy of ALS from George Burnham Hadley to "Sister" Louise or Frances Hadley, Norwalk, Ohio, regarding Hadley's experiences in the Union Army (2841); Civil War letters written by Lemuel B. Anderson and Isaac H. Brill, they present a picture of the common soldier of Civil War era (2925).
Civil War. Scrapbook, 1853 (1861-1865). Gift of Roy Bird Cook, 1956. A&M No. 895. A notebook of mounted originals and photocopies of letters, orders, muster rolls, clippings, photographs, maps, and telegrams relating mainly to the Civil War in southern West Virginia. Included is a typescript of a notebook of Captain W.D. Thurmond, C.S.A., including a muster roll of Thurmond's Company of Partisan Rangers; a photostat of a West Virginia battle flag showing a variant version of the state seal; original verse, "Wise's Retreat from Hawks Nest"; muster rolls, returns, letters, and other materials relating to the Eighth, Eleventh, and Thirteenth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry regiments. There is also a letter written in 1853 by John McGee, from Sand Fork, describing agricultural practices in Lewis County.
Civil War. West Virginia. Records, 1861-1938. 1 reel of microfilm (6 vols.). Originals in the West Virginia Department of Archives and History, 1959. A&M No. 1194. Military records compiled by Clifford Myers, state historian, lists West Virginia Confederate soldiers by home county and by infantry or cavalry regiment. These records also include a list of West Virginia Confederate soldiers in the Thirty-first Virginia Regiment; the record and roll of Company "G," Tenth Virginia Cavalry, Confederate; and a roster of West Virginia Union soldiers who were awarded service medals.
Clark, Friend E., Collector. Papers, 1769-1919. TD. 4 items. Gift of Friend E. Clark, 1936. A&M No. 39. Letters from Berkeley Moore to Septimus Hall, written 3-12 July 1919; a copy of a letter from Colonel Charles A. Ronald, Fourth Virginia Infantry, to Governor John Letcher; and a short typed genealogy of the Davis-Cox family, 1769-1898.
Clark, Harry C. Oral History. Richard, Monongalia County, WV, 21 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning Clark's life in the coalfields. Partial reel (5").
Clark, Isaac M. Manuscript, 1862. 1 item. Purchase, 1985. A&M No. 2987. One leaf, with a different message on each side. The first is a letter to Clark from Joel Davidson of Ice's Ferry, West Virginia, promoting a folk-medicine cancer cure. En verso is a letter written by Clark to Lyman Robbins requesting a subscription to a dairy farming newspaper. Clark, a Bridgeport, Ohio, cheesemaker, and mentions selling cheese to Union soldiers.
Clark, Mary Vinson, Compiler. Manuscript, n.d. 1 reel of microfilm (1 folder). Loaned for duplication by Mary B. Mullins, 1961. A&M No. 1430. Unpublished manuscript, "Mountain Ballads and Hymns," compiled by Mary C. Clark with a foreword by John W. Davis. The collection also includes a few miscellaneous ballads and notes on balladry.
Clark Family. Letters, 1885-1939. 4 ft. Gift of J.B Clark, 1954. A&M No. 680. The correspondence of family members mainly that of Frank Wells Clark and Friend E. Clark. Frank Wells Clark was a student at West Virginia University and Harvard Law School and later established a law practice at New Martinsville. Friend E. Clark was a student at West Virginia University and Johns Hopkins University and later taught chemistry at State College, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia University. Included are the letters of Friend Clark when he traveled to Europe where in 1908 he was visiting professor at the University of Berlin. Cities and places he visited were Berlin, Florence, Gibraltar, Gottingen, Munich, Naples, Rome, Venice and Vienna. There is his professional correspondence as a West Virginia University chemistry professor which covers his recommendations to colleagues, businesses, and stockholders about technical matters. Also there are presentations on New Martinsville, Kanawha Valley, West Virginia and chemistry. Included is the correspondence of Mrs. Friend E. Clark in her capacity as an officer and member of the Crippled Children's Society containing fundraising letters, statistics, organizational bylaws, and constitutions. Correspondents include Franklin D. Roosevelt, John W. Davis, William G. Conley, and H. Guy Kump.
Clarke, John P. (1825-1900). Papers, 1851-1900. 3 reels of microfilm (3 ft.). Loaned for duplication by Mrs. Pauline M. Ash, 1961. A&M No. 1511. Correspondence, business and legal papers, surveys, account books, and a diary of a Burning Springs surveyor, oil developer, rural entrepreneur, horticulturalist, and captain of the Little Kanawha River steamer GENERAL JACKSON. Collection includes a brief journal of a trip from Des Moines, Iowa, to the Forks of the Platte in 1860; papers of Clarke's venture in quartz mining and milling in the Colorado Territory, 1861-1863; surveys of the Burning Springs oil region; letters from James C. Clarke, president of the Wirt Oil and Mining Company of which Clarke was superintendent; papers on the National Grange, the West Virginia Grange (Patrons of Husbandry), cooperatives, and the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Wool Growers Association; a diary of farming operations at Burning Springs; letters from Clarke's brother, James C., while a member of the Pennsylvania senate, 1875-1880; letterheads from Little Kanawha and Ohio Valley mercantile firms and steamboat companies; and family letters. Other subjects covered include: the Allegheny Valley Railroad; early history of Bethalto, Illinois; the speculative spirit and western expansion, 1860; freighting on the Great Plains during the Civil War; construction of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad near Council Bluffs in 1868; and the effect of the German crisis of 1866 on American oil prices.
Clarksburg Public Library, Collector. Miscellaneous papers, 1782-1865; 1913-1922. 1 vol. and ca.50 items (photocopies) and 1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.). Loaned for duplication by the Clarksburg Public Library, 1960, 1963. A&M Nos. 1285, 1653. Subscription lists of the Clarksburg Public Library, 1913-1922; Harrison County land papers of John Lang, 1782-1821; land office warrant of Thomas Cunningham, an 1812 veteran, for 160 acres in Illinois; letter to Melville D. Long from Point Lookout Prison, April, 1865; letter to Mrs. John J. Davis, Clarksburg, pertaining to an unexpected invasion of Baltimore by Confederates in July, 1864; and a farm diary, 1856-1861, of P.R. Page, Gloucester County, Virginia, pertaining to the operation of a grain and livestock farm in eastern Virginia.
Claysville Borough. Documents, 1860. 2 items. Gift of Marcus O. Bond, 1963. A&M No. 1666. Minutes, election results, and regulations approved by the Claysville Town Council, Wood County.
Cleaver Family. Papers, 1777-1833. 10 items. Gift of William A. Owens, 1967, 1969. A&M No. 1945. Land grant to William Cleaver and others for 1,000 acres on the Monongahela River, 1782; certificate for money due B. Cleaver for service in the Virginia Militia, 1783; affidavits concerning the military service of William and Benjamin Cleaver, 1774-1782, in Dunmore's War, at the Falls of the Ohio, and on General George Rogers Clark's expedition against the Indians, including the Shawnee. There is also a petition, 1777, by residents of the Tygart Valley, West Fork of the Monongahela, and Buckhannon Creek settlements requesting the formation of a new county.
Clinton District Sunday School Association. Minutes, 1894-1950. 3 vols. Gift of the Association, 1958. A&M No. 1080. Minutes of a Sunday School association organized at Pisgah Church in Monongalia County, 1894.
Coal Records. Miscellaneous Records, 1850-1985. This is a composite of single items and small groups of materials related to coal mining. A&M numbers follow brief collection descriptions. Records, pamphlets, and other materials of the Smokeless Coal Industrial Exhibition held at Mount Hope, West Virginia, 27-29 August 1936 (49); lists of coal samples from Preston and Nicholas counties (498); material on the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek strikes is included on a reel of microfilm from the National Archives, Record Group 46, records of the U.S. Senate--containing documents from hearings before the Committee on Education and Labor, 2 June- 13 September 1913, and on two reels of microfilm from Record Group 174, General Records of the Department of Labor, containing correspondence report, petitions, agreements, clippings, and other material concerning labor strife in Logan County in 1917 and 1923 (960, 1383); two writs of supersedeas and an opinion of counsel in a legal case of 1854 which involved the Winifrede Mining and Manufacturing Company of Kanawha County, West Virginia, and adjoining counties (1526); a 1921 telegram from the Williamson Kiwanis Club to the Prosecuting Attorney of Boone County concerning the armed miners' march on Logan County (1716); 235 pieces of scrip from various coal companies (1782); correspondence of the E.E. White Coal Co. and material on wages and costs in the New River and Winding Gulf coalfields (1898); letter from W.P. Tams, Jr. to Robert F. Munn giving his opinion on Fred Mooney's book STRUGGLE IN THE COAL FIELDS (2512); correspondence and a stock certificate concerning the Dover Coal Mining Company of Fayette Co., West Virginia (2685); official report of the Monongah Mines disaster prepared by Haas of the Consolidated Fairmont Coal Company (2932).
Coal Strikes. Records, 1912-1914. 106 items (28 photostats) and 1 reel of microfilm. Gift of George S. Wallace, 1957, and copies from National Archives, 1960. A&M Nos. 960, 1383. Records of the coal strikes in southern West Virginia in 1912 and 1913, from the files of Colonel George S. Wallace, the acting judge advocate general, including a typed copy of a speech by Mary "Mother" Jones in several towns in 1912; records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46, consisting of documents from hearings before the Committee on Education and Labor, 2 June-13 September 1913
Cobb, Marvin (b.1928). Oral History. Bulltown, Braxton County, WV, 28 December 1980. Mr. Cobb reminisces about his childhood and adolescence in the Bulltown area. Conducted by Craig Smith, the interview includes descriptions of buildings, businesses, Civil War trenches, and agriculture in the area. Two cassettes.
Cochran, Nathaniel. Documents, 1784, 1793, 1802, 1807. 5 items. Gift of Dora F. Hennen, 1980. A&M No. 2741. Land grant to Nathaniel Cochran, Monongalia County, West Virginia, for 150 acres dated 20 April 1784, signed by Governor Benjamin Harrison and a grant for 100 acres dated 15 April 1793, signed by Governor Henry Lee; appointment of Nathaniel Cochran as Captain of the First Battalion of the Seventh Regiment, Virginia militia, dated 8 May 1802 and signed by Governor James Monroe; note signed by Cochran et al. volunteering service to the Virginia Militia; and an undated list of men in Nathaniel Cochran's militia company.
Cockrell, Monroe F. Correspondence, 1946-1962. 1 vol. Gift of Monroe F. Cockrell, 1962. A&M No. 1572. Correspondence of a Chicago antiquarian and collector with Roy Bird Cook of Charleston, West Virginia, pertaining to the life of Stonewall Jackson.
Colabrese, Frank. Oral History. Douglas, Tucker County, WV, 12 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning Colabrese's family history and his life as an immigrant in the coalfields. Partial reel (5").
Cole, Harry Outen (1874-1950). Papers, 1909-1950. 2 ft. Gift of Mrs. Cole, 1954. A&M No. 640. Papers of a Morgantown, West Virginia, engineer who was with the Pacific Division of the Panama Canal, 1908-1912. In addition to correspondence there are reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, U.S. documents, photographs, blueprints, and structural drawings of the Panama Canal, with some data on the proposed Nicaraguan Canal. Correspondents include Chapman Revercomb and Melvin C. Snyder. Included is a microfilm of an autobiographical sketch, "Some Episodes in the Life of Harry Outen Cole."
Coles, Shirley. Oral History. Princeton, Mercer County, WV, 1 September 1971. An interview with a black coal miner in southern West Virginia, conducted by Paul and Linda Nyden concerning Coles' work experiences in the Pocahontas coalfields, the relationship between blacks and the United Mine Workers of America, and the effects of mechanization in the coal industry. One reel (5").
Colgate Coal Company. Records, 1872, 1874-1875. 74 photocopies (1 vol.) and 16 items. Gifts of George E. Pyles and Harry Mitter; loaned for duplication by William J. Croston, 1967. A&M Nos. 1980, 1981, 1982. The collection consists of a time book, time sheets, and list of sales, 1872-1875 of the Colgate Coal Co., whose operations were near Austen, West Virginia. Also included are some records of the Wesling Iron Ore Company of the same area and period.
Collins, Cecil. Oral History. Galloway, Barbour County, WV, 14 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning working conditions and mechanization in the West Virginia coalfields. Partial reel (5").
Collins, Justus (1857-1934). Papers, 1896-1934. 24 ft. and 2 reels of microfilm. Gift of Justus C. Beury, 1965, and J.B. Woodridge, 1964. A&M Nos. 1784, 1824. Collins was an entrepreneur who opened his first coal mine in the Pocahontas-Flat Top coalfield of southern West Virginia, and thereafter operated mines in the New River, Tug River, and Winding Gulf coalfields. He headed a coal sales agency and cement company,, speculated in coal and timber lands, and was interested financially in rubber, oil, and gas companies. He played an important role in organizing the Tug River Coal Operators' Association, the Winding Gulf Operators Association, and the Smokeless Coal Operators Association of West Virginia. The materials include correspondence, agreements, contracts, deeds, financial statements, ledger books, magazines, maps, minute books, pamphlets, photographs, production and shipping records, reports, and stock books. The bulk of the collection concerns the development of the low volatile, or smokeless, coalfields of southern West Virginia, ca.1900-1934.
Subjects covered include coal and coke sales, costs, marketing conditions, price-fixing, profits, salaries, taxes; coal operators' associations; government investigation and regulation of the coal industry (Interstate Commerce Commission, mining legislation, N.R.A. code, U.S. Coal Commission, U.S. Fuel Administration, U.S. Railroad Administration); insurance "on transportation", strikes, United Mine Workers of America, wages, workmen's compensation, "yellow-dog" contracts, Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, courts, injunctions, mine guard system, National Guard, secret operatives, state troopers; amusements, churches, health, housing, recreation, schools, stores; mining safety; Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, coal car distribution, freight rates, Norfolk & Western Railroad, railway fuel contracts, Virginian Railway - Winding Gulf Branch; and state and local politics.
Colwell, Robert C. (1884-1959). Papers, 1917-1959. 2 ft. Transfer, 1962. A&M No. 1546. Correspondence, research notebooks, and departmental records of a West Virginia University physicist pertaining to his research in electronics, microwave theory, and the vibration of clamped metal plates (Chladni plates). Correspondents include S.K. Mitra.
Confederate Army of the Northwest. Letter Book, 1861-1862. 82pp. Purchase, 1985. A&M No. 2965. An 82 page manuscript order and letter book (29 July 1861-13 February 1862, Virginia) of the Confederate States Army of the Northwest detailing with the operations of the Cheat or Valley Mountain campaign of 10-15 September 1861 and the "Romney Campaign" of 9 January-5 February 1862, both unsuccessful efforts to dislodge Federal forces from the upper Potomac region and the earliest confrontation between McClellan, Jackson and Lee (the latter operating through surrogates). This letter book gives some idea of the indefinite chain of command in the early Confederate Army and also portrays its efforts to institutionalize itself in the orders and regulations recorded. Included are copies of 3 ADS, 35 DS, and 8 ALS by the Confederate General, C.L. Stevenson, the Adjutant General of the Army of the Northwest, commanded by General W.W. Loring. Noteworthy are the letters written during the Romney Campaign in January 1862 which indicate the suspicions of W.W. Loring and C.L. Stevenson as to their deployment by T.J. Jackson. Reports name Confederate spies who reported on concentrations of Federal troops, at Cumberland and the building pontoons there for the crossing the Potomac. Also noteworthy is a 11 October 1861 letter from Loring praising the forces under his command at Cheat Mountain for their victory in an engagement, which indicates the friction between W.W. Loring and R.E. Lee, who had earlier failed to hold the same mountain from a major Federal assault.
Congressional Autographs. 1899-1900. 1 vol., 73pp. A&M No. 698. Autographs of members of the House of Representatives, the Fifty-sixth Congress (1899) collected by Alston Gordon Dayton, the representative from West Virginia's second district.
Conrad, Riley. Oral History. Onego, Pendleton County, WV, December 1959. An interview conducted by Charles E. Pittman, concerning Pendleton County history. One reel (7"), transcription available.
Consolidation Coal Company. Papers, 1915-1956. 1 folder. Gift of Miss Rose Gaskill, 1959. A&M No. 1159. The collection consists of a typescript report of J.C. Gaskill, assistant consulting engineer, on accidents, fires, and explosions at the mines of the Consolidation Co. and other companies, 1886-1926, and newspaper clippings concerning Consolidation's operations around Fairmont, West Virginia.
Cook, Mrs. Raymond, Collector. Electrostatic copies, 1871, 1887, 1906, 1907. 4 items. Loaned for duplication by Mrs. Raymond Cook, 1974. A&M No. 2338. School lists for Springfield and Duck Lick, Hampshire County, 1906 and 1907; hand-written Act of the West Virginia Legislature creating a School for the Deaf and Blind at Romney, 1871; and an agreement between George Deaver and John Eaton relating to the sale of a tract of land in Hampshire County, 1887.
Cook, Roy Bird (1886-1961), Collector. Papers, 1773 (1819-1908) 1953. 2 ft. Gift of Roy Bird Cook, 1935-1942, 1956. A&M Nos. 81, 858. Originals, typescripts, and photocopies of letters, clippings, newspapers, maps, photographs, and pamphlets relating mainly to the Civil War and the Tavenner family. The Civil War materials include: "Recollections of the Civil War," by E.D. Camden; "Journal of Henrietta Fitzhugh Barr, 1862-1863," a narrative with a Confederate viewpoint relating civilian affairs at Ravenswood and military events in western Virginia, "Diary Extracts, Capt. James S. Cassady, 1866," a sketch of the Kanawha Riflemen, C.S.A.; letters written by W. Cabell Tavenner in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1860-1861, to his family in Weston, showing the development of his sympathy for the Confederacy; a letter of Lieutenant W.M. McKinney, Company I, Fifteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, 25 July 1861, describing the battle of Rich Mountain and his travels in western Virginia; and material on Jacob W. Marshall's Guerrilla Band of the Nineteenth Virginia Cavalry. Copyright records for western Virginia, 1822-1845, a Cook family genealogy, and notes on sources used by A.S. Withers in writing CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE (Clarksburg, 1831), are in the collection, as well as surveys and other land papers for Wood and Harrison counties. Writers of letters and persons mentioned include: Henry Bedinger, J.M. Bennett, A.I. Boreman, John Brown, Frank Hereford, C.D. Hubbard, T.J. Jackson, and Enoch Rector.
Cook, Roy Bird (1886-1961), Collector. Papers, 1865-1960. 18 ft. Acquired, 1962. A&M Nos. 1379, 1561. Loose papers, manuscript volumes, and bound notebook volumes arranged by Cook, relating to Stonewall Jackson, the Civil War, and West Virginia local history. Correspondence and personal papers of Roy Bird Cook, 1909-1961; originals and copies of Stonewall Jackson letters and papers, 1838-1863, and members of the Jackson family, Hays family, including Samuel L. and Peregrine Hays of Gilmer County; records of the Thirty-first Regiment Virginia Infantry, 1861-1877, and later correspondence, clippings, sketches, and papers about the regiment and its members.
Other Civil War and local history materials are in the papers of the following families or individuals: Camden family, Mary Belt Sprigg Camden, J.A.J. Lightburn, John McCausland, James C. MacFarland, Francis H. Pierpont, Quarrier family, and Ruffner family.
Other correspondents include George W. Atkinson, J.M. Bennett, Arthur I. Boreman, John Esten Cooke, J.D. Cox, George Crook, H.G. Davis, Jubal H. Early, Charles J. Faulkner, Rutherford B. Hayes, Daniel H. Hill, C.D. Hubbard, John D. Imboden, J.J. Jackson, Albert Gallatin Jenkins, John E. McKenna, John Letcher, George McClellan, William A. MacCorkle, William McKinley, John Mosby, and Nathan B. Scott.
The notebook series of manuscripts, transcriptions, clippings, and photographic materials relate to the following topics: Stonewall Jackson, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, Colonel George Jackson, and Thomas Jackson Arnold; the Civil War, including originals and copies of several soldiers' diaries, journals, and letters; Douglas S. Freeman; Lewis County; Charleston and the Kanawha Valley; George Washington; Camden family; Granville Davisson Hall; and West Virginia local history.
Cook, Roy Bird (1886-1961), Collector. Papers, 1882-1943. 7 ft. Gift of Roy Bird Cook, 1961. A&M No. 1528. Correspondence, military records, clippings, account books, church records, and genealogical records collected by Roy Bird Cook primarily from the papers of Marcellus W. Zimmerman of Lewisburg. The papers include the records of the Lewisburg Methodist Episcopal Church, 1834-1843; materials on the Old Lewisburg Academy, Lewisburg Female Institute, and the Lewisburg Seminary; marriage records, cemetery readings, and biographical sketches of area persons and families including Burnside, Beirne, Alexander, Van Bibber, Clendenin, Matthews, Reynolds, Nickell, Smith, Caldwell, Crawford, Curry, Thompson, Feamster, Creigh, Haines, Anderson, and Gilliam; papers on local history dealing with roads, taverns, schools, stage lines, old houses, newspapers, the Civil War in Lewisburg, sketches of Confederate generals, fighting in the Greenbrier area, and a manuscript, "Recollection of the Battle of Cedar Creek," by Milton Humphreys; correspondence of Thomas H. Dennis, 1899-1921, editor of the GREENBRIER INDEPENDENT; letters and military papers of Confederate General Alexander W. Reynolds, 1835-1875, pertaining to military life in the far West during the 1830s, the Seminole War, the Civil War in Tennessee, Georgia, Vicksburg, Mississippi, and West Virginia. Several of Reynolds' letters were written from Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, where he fled following the war and served in the Army of the Khedive under the command of Confederate General W.W. Loring. Other papers include the military records of the Thirty-first Virginia Infantry, Putnam County Volunteer Infantry, Berkeley County Company (organized in 1859 after the John Brown raid), Bryan's Battery, Hardy Blues, First Virginia Cavalry, Jefferson Guards, Second Virginia Infantry, Thirty-sixth Battery, Virginia Cavalry, Eighteenth West Virginia Militia, Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays, and Union and Confederate veterans organizations; and records of local business firms including Pare and Son, GREENBRIER INDEPENDENT, White Sulphur Hotel, Hopkins House, J.H. Oley Cary, and the Farmer's Bank of Virginia. Subjects include cadet training at West Point; Confederate camps, Generals Echols, Lee, Grant, Sherman, and Early; and Presbyterianism in Greenbrier County.
Cooke, Philip Pendleton (1816-1850). Manuscript (typescript copy), ca.1850-1864. Photocopies (1 folder). Typescript property of John D. Allen, 1959. A&M No. 1225. Copy of Philip Pendleton Kennedy's manuscript biography of Philip Pendleton Cooke, a Martinsburg writer and poet. There is an editorial note on the authorship of the document by Professor John D. Allen who made this copy from the original manuscript in the Bevan Papers, Millwood, Virginia.
Cooper, Homer C., Compiler. Typescripts, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971. 8 items. Gifts of Homer C. Cooper, 1959, 1969-1971. A&M Nos. 1258, 1647, 2084. Genealogies of the James Cooper (1780-1845), Nancy Agnes Woodell (1785), Joseph Woodell (1752-1834) and Elizabeth Woodell (d.1820) families. Other families include Hall, Springston, Lambert, Whitman, Rodgers, McKemy, Ferrell- Farrell, Gothard, Wilson, and Patton. There is also a sketch of Joseph William Cooper, a resident of Pocahontas County who served in the Confederate Army and a letter written from Shepherdstown, 27 July 1864, concerning army life.
Cooper, Matthew M. (d.1900). Letters, 1934-1935. 13 items. Gift of Mrs. Walter Stuart, 1956. A&M No. 917. Letters to Walter Stuart, editor of the West Union RECORD, West Union, from Mrs. Beatrice H. Cooper, Sanoma, West Virginia, regarding the life of her husband, Colonel Matthew M. Cooper, a newspaper editor and politician. Mention is made of William Jennings Bryan in West Virginia and the newspaper, THE CRISIS.
Cooper, Russell. Oral History. Onego, Pendleton County, WV, ca.1959. A recording of a conversation around a wood stove on a winter morning, conducted by Charles E. Pittman. The conversation concerns the history and everyday life of the community of Onego. One reel (7"), transcription available.
Core, Andrew S. Typescripts and charts, 1804-1888. 1 folder. Gift of Stephen Dean Six, 1976. A&M No. 2453. Photocopies of letters, genealogical charts and other materials relating to the life and career of Col. Andrew S. Core, 14th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry.
Core, Earl L., Collector. Papers, ca.1840, 1927, 1942. 3 folders. Gift of Earl L. Core, 1959. A&M Nos. 1190, 1251, 1275. Letters of Georgia C. Price, Blackstone, Virginia, pertaining to the nineteenth century families, local history and lore of Core, West Virginia, and the surrounding communities; letter written ca.1840 describing the country around Martinsburg, Ohio; and a letter from Campbell Jobes to Earl L. Core, Elm Grove, 28 July 1927.
Core, Earl L. (1902-1985). Papers, 1920-1969. 35 ft. Gift of Earl L. Core, 1959, 1961. A&M Nos. 1197, 1556, 1730. Personal and professional correspondence and office files of the chairman of the Department of Biology, West Virginia University. The papers pertain to his botanical research, his curatorship of the University's Herbarium, founding of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club, and editorship of the organization's journal, CASTANEA. The papers also reflect Core's interest in religious, historical, and civic activities in Morgantown and Monongalia County.
Cornwell, C.M. Papers, 1840-1919. 1 ft. Gift of Floyd M. Cornwell, 1955. A&M No. 803. Papers of C.M. Cornwell, a surveyor and justice of the peace of Barbour County, West Virginia. Included are: surveys, plats, deeds, court case papers, surveyor's notebooks, minutes of commissioners' meetings, survey calls on the re-survey of the Barbour-Taylor County line (1894), and family correspondence.
Cornwell, John Jacob (1867-1953). Papers and Records, ca.1843 (1896-1953). 110 ft. Gift of Mrs. Eugene E. Ailes and John C. Ailes, 1957. A&M No. 952. Papers of the fifteenth governor of West Virginia who was a newspaper publisher in Romney, an orchardman, lawyer, and counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There are a few papers of W.B. Cornwell. The collection includes: personal and business correspondence, 1896-1953; correspondence as governor, 1916-1922; legal papers, ca.1843-1916; and material relating to "Cornwell Day," 1931; Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads; Romney Orchard Company, ca.1916-1919; South Branch Development Company, ca.1913-1926; newspaper publishing; and other subjects.
Couchman, George. Family Papers, 1765-1935. ca.300 items. Acquired, 1959. A&M No. 1184. Papers of a Berkeley County, West Virginia, farmer and his descendants. Included are the estate papers of Nicholas Stroyer and business and legal papers of George, Henry J., Benjamin S. and Harman L. Couchman. There is the correspondence of Adrian W. Lamon, John W. Marshall, J. Marshall Neel, the Reverend A.A.P Neel of Shepherdstown (colportage agent of the Baltimore Conference M.E. Church South), Professor J. Wilbur Neel of Romney, and various members of the Couchman and Neel families. The collection includes the subscription list for the Reverend C.P. Heathe, 1823; quarterly reports and manuscript minutes of the Cherry Grove Grange, No.13, Patrons of Husbandry of West Virginia, Berkeley County, 1892, 1893; materials on Methodism in the Berkeley County area; pocket diaries; and family photographs.
Courtney Family. Papers, 1804-1920. ca.200 items. Gift of Miss Ethel Courtney, 1962. A&M No. 1629. Papers of a Monongalia County, West Virginia, farm family residing near Maidsville include: the farm account books of John and John J. Courtney, 1831-1877; family Bible records and photographs; college essays of Alpheus Courtney, a West Virginia University student; manuscript ciphering book, 1817; diary of Ulysses J. Courtney, 1878-1883 (7 vols.) pertaining to lumbering, farming, and livestock operations, and community religious and social life; correspondence; steamboat bills of lading, invoices of mercantile stores; Civil War bounty receipts; a record of lumbering operations, 1878; and records of the Bethel (Methodist) Church. Subjects include the construction of the Monongahela Valley Railroad; frontier conditions in Iowa; Morgantown Bridge Company; and Methodism within the Baltimore and West Virginia conferences. Correspondents include Alston G. Dayton.
Courtney-Lazell Family. Papers, 1780. 16 items (some photocopies). Gift of John C. Anthony, 1966. A&M No. 1875. Land grants, treasury warrant records, survey maps, scale drawings, and correspondence relating to landholdings in Monongalia County, West Virginia, Pittsburgh coal properties, and descendants of Thomas Courtney. Grants are as early as 1780 and center in Cass District. There is a War of 1812 payroll for Captain Robert Courtney's company. Names include Thomas Lazell, Michael and William Courtney.
Cover, Michael Anthony, Collector. Papers, 1844-1902. 44pp. (all but 2 items are photocopies). Loaned for duplication by Michael Cover, 1966. A&M No. 1781. Naturalization papers of Feit Spindler, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1844; three smallpox immunization certificates, 1804, 1811, 1830, in German; confirmation certificate of Andrew Spindler, 1868; deed between George Maust and Trustees of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 1870, for land in Preston County; church record of the St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Hazelrun, Preston County, 1861-1870, 1879-1902. The originals are two diplomas of Watson Moore from Merchant's College, Pittsburgh, 1851, 1852.
Cox, Mrs. Lawrence M. Papers, ca.1816 (1935-1940). 1 ft. Gift of Mrs. Lenore Brown, 1959. A&M No. 1206. Genealogical records compiled and collected by Mrs. Cox include correspondence, Revolutionary War records of Monongalia County veterans, Bible records of various West Virginia families, and the records of the Thomas Cox, James Curtis, George Dement, John Devore, Lewis Frankenburger, Dennis Springer, Joseph Bennett, John Burrough, Ulwrick Hostetter, Samuel Hyman, James Coburn (Cobun), Daniel Vanata, David Wherry, Whitham, and Jacob Wolfe families. The collection also includes the diary of J.H. Wherry, 1859, and the papers of Comrade Lawrence M. Cox, commander of the Colonel C.W. Cramer Camp, United States Spanish-American War Veterans, Morgantown, 1937-1939.
Craigo, Robert W. Collection. Archives, ca.1900-1910. 1.25 ft. Gift of R.W. Craigo, 1970. A&M No. 2622. Pay ledgers and car load books of the Stevens Coal and Coke Company. Also includes scrip from New River company stores.
Cramer, C.W. Papers, 1894-1918. 1 ft. Transfer, n.d. A&M No. 351. Papers of a Morgantown attorney, including correspondence, broadsides, and other materials relating to politics in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Cranmer, Gibson Lamb (1826-1903). Manuscripts, 1822-1881. 6 ins. Purchase, 1982. A&M No. 2848. There are eleven manuscripts (1861-1862) which pertain to the West Virginia statehood movement in the Virginia (West Virginia) counties of Barbour, Jackson, Kanawha, Logan, Mason, Monongalia, Ohio, Putnam, Randolph, Taylor, Tyler, Roane, Wood, and Upshur. These reports were written by John S. Burdett, John S. Carlile, Daniel Frost, Lewis Ruffner, and Benjamin Wilson. Although the exact provenance of these papers is unclear, it seems that these eyewitness accounts were solicited by Cranmer, a Wheeling lawyer who was a strong supporter of the statehood movement and who served as a delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention of 11-25 June 1861. There are: an 18pp. account of events in Taylor County on the eve of the Battle of Philippi in the hand of John S. Carlile; 2pp. which concern the vote on the ordinance of secession, explaining western votes against it in terms of internal improvements and "invidious" distinctions based on the "peculiar institution"; 1p. account of the passage of the ordinance of secession at Richmond, which gives the feelings of Union men, describing them as being "closely watched" by their "lynx eyed neighbors"; ALS from Daniel Frost to Cranmer (30 October 1862) with an 8pp. enclosure by Frost which describes the "bitter and deadly hostility excited against those who maintained the supremacy of the Federal constitution." There are anecdotes on Henry Wise's behavior; references to the movement, arming, and recruitment of troops; attempts to sway public opinion for or against the Union; and assessments of the relative strengths and weaknesses of each side. There are 36 items which were gathered by Cranmer for his history of Wheeling and Ohio County, some of which are holograph notes on people and events, solicited by Cranmer from individuals. One example is an undated letter to Cranmer on how the U.S. mail was carried on the National Road from Uniontown to Wheeling. Also included is a brief manuscript anecdote about a Wheeling resident who helped a free black family join their father, a slave who had run away to Canada. Specific references are made to: Ned Armstrong, Ben Basil, James H. Brown, John S. Carlile, Chambless, George W. Duvall, A. Flesher, Mayor Harnsborough, Jonathan Haymond, W. Horton, Robert E. Lee, Gov. Letcher, Maj. McCausland, Gen. George B. McClellan, Judge McComas, J.A. Park, Dr. Patrick, L.A. Roberts, J.F. Scott, Col. B.H. Smith, Joseph Smith, Judge Summers, Col. Tompkins, F.P. Turner, Everett Ward, and O. Jennings Wise.
Crawford, Stanton C., Collector. Papers, 1842-1964. 2 folders. Gift of Mrs. Stanton C. Crawford, 1968. A&M No. 2027. Correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs. There is an account book for 1864-1885 kept by John A. Crawford of Holliday's Cove; a typescript carbon manuscript of PITTSBURGH AS VIEWED FROM DOWN RIVER by Crawford; and genealogical information on the Hodges-Brown-Wilson families.
Crogan, Patrick J. (1856-1949). Papers, ca.1900-1930. 3 ft. Gift of Mrs. Bess Fawcett and Miss Mamie Fawcett, 1950. A&M No. 201. Correspondence and legal papers of a Preston County attorney who was counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There is much material on cases tried by Crogan for banks, utilities, lumber, and coal companies.
Croston, William J. Oral History. Austin, Preston County, WV, 15 July 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning working conditions and unionization in the coalfields from the 1900s to World War II. Partial reel (5").
Crouch, Moses H. Papers, 1802, 1821 (1830-1899). 792 items. Gift of Paul McNeel Crouch, 1955. A&M No. 746. The business papers of Moses H. Crouch, a farmer and miller who lived near Huttonsville. Included are two ledgers, 1839-1899 and 1853-1870, containing records of grain sold.
Crump, James M., Compiler. TD, ca.1950. 1 reel of microfilm (1 item). Loaned for duplication by James M. Crump, 1960. A&M No. 1280. "The Vanbibber Family in Mason County," by James M. Crump, recounts the early history of Mason County, ca.1774-1810.
Cupp, William E. Papers, 1839-1948. 2 ft. Gift of Mrs. Marie Nestor, 1954. A&M No. 656. Business records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers of the Cupp family, including Will E. Cupp, Mary J. Cupp, and Marie Cupp Nestor, of St. George, Tucker County, West Virginia. Included are Tucker County court fee books, 1856-1898, and personal and general store account books, 1897-1933.
Currence, Mr. and Mrs. Guy. Oral History. Braxton County, WV, 7 November 1979. An interview with farmers in the Bulltown area before construction of the Bulltown Dam. Topics include farming, education, and religion in the Bulltown area. Two cassettes, abstracts available.
Curry, J.N. (b.1863). Papers, 1894-1896, 1966. 1 folder. Gift of Mrs. Arthur R. Ward, 1969. A&M No. 2082. Papers of oil and gas driller and producer in Tyler County and other places. The collection consists of three diaries, 1 January 1894 through 31 December 1896; a typescript; and clippings. The diaries contain daily comment on wells drilled, including hours worked, depth of well, difficulties encountered, geologic strata, number of barrels of oil produced per hour or pressure of gas flow. Diaries include personal affairs, wages received and paid, oil sold, rent on leased property, oil market quotations, local affairs in Sistersville and Tyler County, voting in elections of 1894 and 1896, fire at the Big Moses Gas Well, drilling in the United States and Mexico, salt wells in West Virginia, biographical information on W.A. Furbee, and Drake and Burning Springs wells controversy.
Curry, Richard Orr (b.1931), Collector. Papers, 1849-1959. 5 ins. Gift of Richard Orr Curry, 1959. A&M No. 1203. West Virginia mountain tales by Richard Orr Curry; papers of Jacob W. Mathews, a merchant from Alvon; papers of Charles R. Mathews, judicial officer at New Helena, Nebraska; correspondence of Catherine White Hoke of Alvon pertaining to family affairs; papers of Jacob W. Mathews including correspondence pertaining to the Confederate "Immortal Six Hundred"; Confederate veteran affairs; business papers of the firm of Hoylman and Matthews; Charles Matthews papers consisting of essays, business receipts, and letters pertaining to farming in Missouri, 1867, emigration from West Virginia, the Farmer's Alliance, and the New Helena Literary Society; and a brochure of the Pence Spring Oil and Gas Company (Hinton, 1903).
Curtis, William B. (1821-1891). Papers, 1830-1954. 1 reel of microfilm (5 vols. and 9 folders). Loaned for duplication by Charles Jerome, 1962. A&M No. 1591. Papers of a brigadier general of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteeer Infantry and his family from West Liberty include correspondence, business and legal papers, military and veterans' records, photographs, clippings, and account books. Includes papers of West Liberty Post 78, Department of West Virginia G.A.R.; records and photographs of the Twelfth West Virginia Infantry Regiment; photographs, clippings and published and unpublished material pertaining to the town of West Liberty and the Normal School; local and state historical materials compiled by Maude Curtis; mercantile letterheads of Wheeling; West Liberty Presbyterian Sunday School register, 1830-1834; C.N. Short's register of funerals, 1893-1917; and a Civil War diary and account book, 1863-1865. Subjects include Montgomery and Shotwell family history, West Liberty Academy and Bethany College.
Cutright Collection. 1887-1950. 3 ft. Gift of Miss Iva Cutright and Mrs. Allene Reed Cutright, 1950, 1954, 1955. A&M Nos. 202, 635, 802. The papers of genealogists in Buckhannon, consisting of correspondence, family notes, newspaper clippings, and some printed items relating to genealogy. Correspondents of Iva, Corrine, Allene, Mollie, and Pearl Cutright is included, as well as obituaries clipped from Buckhannon, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg newspapers, 1926-1939; clippings on Upshur and Harrison County history; a list of Revolutionary War soldiers and pensioners; and notes on some early settlers in the Buckhannon area, including the Carney, Westfall, and Cutright families.
Dadisman, Andrew Jackson (1881-1965). Oral History. Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, 29 May 1956. An interview with Dadisman, conducted by Dr. O.D. Lambert, Charles W. Shetler and Verl Z. Garster, Jr. Dadisman, a retired West Virginia University economics professor, reminiscences about his early life, education and career. One reel (7"), transcription available.
Dadisman, Andrew Jackson (1881-1965). Papers, 1914-1963. 6 ft. Gift of A.J. Dadisman Estate, 1966. A&M Nos. 879, 1873. Papers of an agricultural economics professor at West Virginia University, including correspondence, reprints and manuscripts of articles, lecture and research notes, diaries of trips, personal ledgers, pictures, and broadsides. Subjects include Monongalia County Historical Society; wildlife; collecting trips to Canada, Alaska, Labrador, and South Africa; agriculture; genealogy of the Dadisman family; and camel transportation in the U.S. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, Nelle Ammons, William D. Barns, A.B. Brooks, Andrew Edmiston, Paul H. Price, Edward M. Steel Jr., and Harry G. Wheat.
Daetwyler, Eugene (b.1895). Oral History. Marlinton, Pocahontas County, WV, 18 February 1979. An interview with a native Helvetian author and banker, conducted by David Sutton concerning the Daetwyler family and Helvetian society at the turn of the century. He is the author of a brief history of Helvetia, "The Story of Helvetia". Two cassettes, transcriptions available.
Daetwyler, Margie Fahrner. Oral History. Helvetia, Randolph County, WV, 8 January 1980. An interview with the daughter of Swiss immigrants, conducted by David Sutton concerning organizations in Helvetia and women's roles in such organizations. She contrasts local farming practices of the past and present, and traces her Swiss lineage. One cassette, transcription available.
Daetwyler, Paul (b.1898). Oral History. Montrose, Randolph County, WV, 12 November 1979. An interview with a Helvetia native and ex-logger, conducted by David Sutton concerning the logging industry in and around Helvetia ca.1912-1930, labor, the chemical wood industry and local economics. One cassette, transcription available.
Daily, John (1829-1911). TD, 1861-1911. 6pp. Transfer, n.d. A&M No. 352. A sketch of the life of John Daily, a merchant and dentist of Westernport, Maryland, and Piedmont, West Virginia, who was born at Springfield, Hampshire County. Mainly an account of Daily's Civil War service with the Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., and his participation in the capture of General George Crook and General Benjamin F. Kelley at Cumberland, Maryland, in February, 1865.
Dale, Frank. Oral History. Jere, Monongalia County, WV, 6 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning Dale's experiences as a black coal miner from the early 1900s to the 1930s. Partial reel (5").
Dana Brothers. Papers, 1871-1889. 1 ft. and 1 reel of microfilm. Gift and loan of Amherst Industries, 1968. A&M No. 2063. Partnership of George H. and Stephen F. Dana of Kanawha County, West Virginia, engaged in coal mining and general merchandise. The collection includes production records, inventory, shipping book, payroll sheets, a daybook, and a letter book. S.F. Dana was also one of the organizers of the Campbell's Creek Coal Co. There is also a letter book of George H. Dana created while he served as agent, 1871-1875, in England for Jos. Hall Manufacturing Company, holder of the English patent on James Leffel's turbine waterwheel.
Dandridge, Danske (1858-1914). Letters, 1869-1913. 1 ft. Gift of Miss Nina Mitchell, 1957. A&M No. 978. Letters to Danske Dandridge, mainly from members of her family. There are also letters from G.P. Putnam's Sons, William Hayes Ward, H.C. Hopkins, and Washington Gladden. Part of the correspondence relates to the Bedinger and Lawrence-Townley families.
Datwyler, Anna Zumbach (b.1901). Oral History. Montrose, Randolph County, WV, 9 November 1979. An interview with a Helvetia native of Swiss descent, conducted by David Sutton. It concerns her recollections of activities in which her family of musicians and craftsmen were involved. She discusses her family's Swiss heritage and the skills needed to survive in an isolated, self-sufficient community. Two cassettes, transcription available.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonel John Evans Chapter, Morgantown, West Virginia. Records, 1903-1947. 3 ft. Gift of the chapter, 1948. A&M No. 483. Correspondence, 1903-1947; lists of names of Revolutionary War soldiers and officers, burials, location of graves, and pensions. There is a list of frontier forts in Monongalia County; data on servicemen in World Wars I and II; and genealogical information on about one hundred families.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Ludington Hagans Chapter, Morgantown, West Virginia. Records, 1892 (1903-1947). 4 ft. Gift of the chapter, 1949. A&M No. 474. Correspondence, reports, and other manuscripts of the Morgantown chapter of the D.A.R., relating to the history of Stewartstown, Morgantown, and Monongalia County; also genealogical materials for this area.
Davis, Charles and Elmer. Oral History. Onego, Pendleton County, WV, December 1959. An interview with the Davis brothers, who lived their entire lives in Onego, conducted by Charles E. Pittman concerning Onego community life. One reel (7"), notes and transcription available.
Davis, Clifford. Oral History. Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV, 16 December, 1980. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge, including a detailed description of the workings of a coal mine. One cassette, transcription available.
Davis, Henry Gassaway (1823-1916). Papers, 1865-1916. 86 ft. Gift of John T. Davis, and transfer from West Virginia University History Department, 1932, 1955. A&M Nos. 13, 717. Correspondence and other papers of a Democrat who served in the West Virginia Legislature, 1866-1871, and the U.S. Senate, 1871-1883. Davis was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1904 and a member of several Pan-American Commissions and agencies in the period 1889-1916. He had extensive interests in railroads, coal, lumber, and banking, and was largely responsible for development of the Elk Garden field in connection with the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh railroad.
Correspondents include: John D. Alderson, George W. Atkinson, Thomas F. Bayard, August Belmont, James G. Blaine, William J. Bryan, Johnson N. Camden, Andrew Carnegie, William E. Chilton, Alston G. Dayton, Spencer Dayton, General Porfirio Diaz, Stephen B. Elkins, Charles J. Faulkner, Sr., Charles J. Faulkner, Jr., John W. Garrett, Cardinal James Gibbons, Arthur P. Gorman, Benjamin Harrison, John E. Kenna, Daniel S. Lamont, Daniel B. Lucas, James M. Mason II, William A. MacCorkle, D.W. Voorhees, Thomas J. Walsh, William C. Whitney, and William Windom.
Davis, Henry Gassaway (1823-1916). Papers, 1867-1916. 1 reel of microfilm. Transfer, 1958. A&M No. 1028. Two private account books, 1867-1915, and a letter book, 1898-1916, which mentions several state and national Democratic leaders including Stephen B. Elkins, and John T. McGraw. There is information on the congressional election of 1900 and the candidacy of Col. T.B. Davis. The papers also include miscellaneous clippings, newspapers, letters, and printed items relating to Davis' business affairs, the Davis Child Shelter, and the West Virginia Semi-Centennial Celebration.
Davis, Jerry. Oral History. Jere, Monongalia County, WV, 6 June 1967. An interview with a retired black miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III. The interview concerns the wages and working conditions of West Virginia coal miners during the 1930s. Partial reel (5").
Davis, John J. (1835-1916). Papers, 1800-1953. 5 ft. Gift of Mrs. Julia Davis Healy, 1960, 1967. A&M Nos. 1366, 1946. Correspondence, business and legal papers, essays, speeches, clippings, family photographs, and printed material of a Clarksburg lawyer, member of the Wheeling Convention of 1861, and congressman, 1873-1877. Papers include Davis' correspondence while a law student in Lexington, Virginia, 1853-1855; letters from his aunt, Margaret Steen, 1848-1861, commenting on school teaching and society in ante-bellum Mississippi and Arkansas; letters from his fiancee, Anna Kennedy, 1860-1862; letters, 1894-1916, from his brother Rezin C., a Louisville, Kentucky, lawyer and politician; correspondence between John W. Davis and Julia McDonald Davis, 1894-1900; correspondence, legal papers, accounts, and estate papers of Davis' father, John (1797-1863), a Clarksburg saddlemaker; and papers of the Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike Company, 1850-1860.
Subjects include Woodburn Seminary; Know-Nothingism in Clarksburg, 1855; Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike; Lincoln-Douglas debates; the secession crisis in northern Virginia; the Wheeling conventions of 1861; the Reorganized Government of Virginia; West Virginia statehood; the Battle of Shiloh; Clarksburg Presbyterian Church; John S. Carlile; Reconstruction and Bourbon politics in West Virginia, 1866-1895; Kentucky and the presidential elections of 1896-1908; and the Lot Bowen Mining Company.
Correspondents include George W. Atkinson, Jacob B. Blair, John W. Davis, Granville D. Hall, Henry Haymond, John J. Jacobs, Daniel B. Lucas, John W. Mason, and Francis H. Pierpont.
Davis, John W. (1873-1955). Papers, 1924-1943, 1953. 32 items. Gift of Mrs. John J.D. Preston, 1969. A&M No. 2080. Correspondence of the 1924 Democratic presidential nominee; draft of a speech on legislative power; tickets to the Democratic National Convention in New York; and a poem concerning Davis' candidacy for president in 1924. Correspondence is between Davis and his nephew, John J.D. Preston, of Charleston. Subjects mentioned include politics, World War II, Davis' law practice, and family matters.
Davis, Julia McDonald (b.1900). Papers, 1866-1963. 2 ft. Gift of Mrs. Charles Healy, 1965. A&M No. 1856. Correspondence, manuscripts, class notes and other papers of an author and daughter of John W. Davis. Subjects include a biographical sketch of E.H. McDonald, Miss Davis' grandfather; reminiscences of the Civil War; memoirs of Col. A.W. McDonald; and notes on the trips of John W. Davis, especially in 1924. Correspondents include John W. Davis, William L. Wilson, and Julia McDonald.
Davis, Riley Warden. Oral History. Davis, Tucker County, WV, 17 June 1958. An interview with a hotel owner, conducted by Dr. O.D. Lambert concerning the history of the logging industry in Tucker County. One reel (7"), transcription available.
Davis Coal and Coke Company. Records, ca.1898-1955. 1 ft. Gift of R.B. Wooters, 1958. A&M Nos. 1082, 1112. Records of a company operated in Tucker County, West Virginia. The collection consists of correspondence, graphs, blueprints, maps, photographs, and printed material relating to the coal industry.
Davis Family. Papers, 1809-1916. ca.200 items. Acquired, 1948. A&M No. 140. Personal and business papers of Isaac, Albert, and Silas R. Davis, of Ohio and Marshall counties, West Virginia. Includes estate settlements, genealogical data, justice of the peace docket and broadsides. There is a Civil War loyalty oath for J.N. Keller, a War of 1812 discharge for Thomas Moore and an 1844 presidential campaign broadside for the Whig candidate Henry Clay.
Dawe, Russell. Oral History. Voliere, Illinois, 11 December 1977. An interview with a retired coal miner and former director of the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, conducted by Barbara Herndon. Dawe recalls his early life in Southern Illinois, and discusses production standards, safety, criticism of coal companies, and federal regulations. Three cassettes.
Dawson, William M.O. (1853-1916). Papers, 1873-1960. ca.200 items. Gift of Donald O. Blagg, 1963. A&M No. 1697. Newspaper clippings, notes, biographies, and correspondence, compiled by Blagg for a study of the life of a Preston County editor, Republican politician, and the state's twelfth governor (1905-1909), and Blagg's unpublished manuscript on Dawson's career.
Deakins Family. Papers, 1778-1925. 2 ft. Gift of Guy A. Deakins, 1950, 1954. A&M Nos. 197, 624. Materials on several generations of the Deakins family of Montgomery County, Maryland and north central West Virginia. There are deeds, agreements, surveys, plats, surveyors' field books, and court papers for land purchased in Harrison, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Tucker, and Upshur counties. Other papers concern Leonard M. Deakins (1747-1824) and his descendants. Among the correspondents or persons mentioned are Salathial and Thomas James Goff; Henry, George, and William Ashby; David and Philip Menear; Thomas Parsons; Benjamin Harrison; and John Evans. There is correspondence between Francis Deakins, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Benjamin Reeder and William McCleery at Morgantown, A plat of the town of Salem, ca.1792, is included.
Decco, Felix. Oral History. Hepzibah, Harrison County, WV, 28 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning working conditions and unionization in the West Virginia coalfields. Partial reel (5").
Delta Kappa Gamma. Archives, 1943-1978. 1.5 ft. Gift of Barbara Bonfili, 1983. A&M No. 2879. Scrapbooks, slides, correspondence, booklets and histories of Delta Kappa Gamma (Gamma Chapter), an organization of women educators.
Demain Family. Papers, 1878-1913. 1 ft. Gift of R.C. Eddy, 1956. A&M No. 846. Miscellaneous business papers of Henry, E.R., and R.H. Demain, and the firm, Huston and Demain, contractors and builders, Morgantown.
DeMarra, Nick and Felix Gabriel. Oral History. Erie, Harrison County, WV, 28 June 1967. An interview with two retired coal miners, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning life of immigrants in the coalfields. Partial reel (5").
Demicco, Tony and Joe Demicco. Oral History. Hepzibah, Harrison County, WV, 27 June 1967. An interview with two retired coal miners, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning life for immigrants in the coalfields before and during unionization. Partial reel (5").
Dent, Herbert Warder (b.1880). Papers, 1834-1937. 18 items. Gift of Mary Virginia Dent, 1945. A&M No. 88. Deeds of Peter T. Laishley and Samuel Arnold, Preston County, 1834 and 1837; photographs of the judges of the State Supreme Court of Appeals, 1863-1937; a map of the McGraw and Yates addition to Grafton; and Dent family genealogical data.
Dent, Marmaduke (1801-1880). Ledgers, 1855-1891. 3 vols. Gift of Mrs. C.C. Dent, 1955. A&M No. 733. Daybooks relating to the practice of Dr. Dent as a physician in Monongalia County and for a general store in Granville.
Dent, Marmaduke Herbert (1849-1909). Papers, 1870-1967. 18 items. Transfer and gift of Mrs. Mary D. Grinnan, 1967. A&M Nos. 285, 1958. Diploma of Judge M.H. Dent, the first graduate of West Virginia University; letter from Dent to his son, and one letter from Mary Dent Grinnan, commenting on M.H. Dent. There are newspaper clippings concerning Dent by Judge Henry Brannon, 1909, and the death of Carrie Dent Armstrong, the daughter of the judge; and photographs of the Dent family and Robert A. Armstrong.
Dent, William M. (1831-1914). Papers, 1860, 1868. 7 items. Gift of Frank Dent, 1957. A&M No. 976. Correspondence, 1868, of William M. Dent and others concerning a school for girls operated by W. Giddings at Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia; and a program for the seventh annual contest between the Columbian and the Monongalian Literary societies of the Monongalia Academy, 1860.
Derenge, William. Oral History. Quinwood, Greenbrier County, WV, 4 October 1980. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge and a description of the mine disasters at Eccles and Layland. One cassette, transcription available.
Dews, Peter. Oral History. Jere, Monongalia County, WV, 26 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III focuses upon Dews' experiences as a black coal miner. Partial reel (5").
Dickinson, J.Q. & Co. Papers and Photographs, 1887-1957. 5 ft. and 10 reels of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by Mrs. Turner Ratrie, 1969, 1972, and 1977. A&M No. 2272. Miscellaneous papers concerning the history of the Kanawha Valley salt industry, including correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs which pertain to the Dickinson Salt Works and Malden, West Virginia. There are a list of salt works on the Kanawha River, clippings on the destruction of the Dickinson Salt Works by fire, and a historical sketch of the Kanawha Valley salt industry.
Dickson Brothers. Journals, 1822-1854. 1 reel of microfilm (2 vols.). Loaned for duplication by John A. Gibson, 1962. A&M No. 1570. Journals of James and William Dickson, operators of a gristmill, fulling and carding mill, and a general merchandise store in Blooming Valley, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The journals contain entries for the account of John Brown for the years 1826-1833.
Dille, Thomas Ray. Papers, ca.1774-1939. 59 ft. Gift of the Dille family and Miss Jane Dille, 1950. A&M Nos. 171, 191, 357. Papers of a Morgantown attorney, genealogist, and antiquarian. There are several series of office files relating to Dille's law practice, and extensive correspondence regarding his historical and genealogical studies. Families for which there are genealogical compilations include Dille, Ray, Stewart, McFarland, Tennant, David Evans, and John Evans. There are lists of soldiers in the Revolution, Monongalia County soldiers in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War; Monongalia County birth and death records; cemetery readings; copies of wills and indexes of will books; names in real estate and appraisement books; Monongalia Academy and Woodburn Female Seminary ledgers, 1858; and an account book of J.R. Moore, 1837.
Diss Debar, Joseph H. (1820-1905). Letters, 1870-1871. 7 items. Gift of Festus P. Summers, 1964, and acquired, 1962. A&M Nos. 1577, 1711. Letters from West Virginia's first commissioner of immigration concerning intrigues for the commissionership, the sale of lots and issuance of deeds, and the publication and distribution of WEST VIRGINIA HANDBOOK AND IMMIGRANTS GUIDE and WEST VIRGINIA MONITOR AND REAL ESTATE ADVERTISER.
Dixon, Andrew. Oral History. Omar, Logan County, WV, 16 July 1971. An interview with a retired black coal miner, conducted by Paul and Linda Nyden concerning his escape from Alabama after union activities, his migration north and his life and work in the southern West Virginia coalfields. One reel (5").
Dixon, Charles H. Oral History. Richard, Monongalia County, WV, 21 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning Dixon's life in the coalfields. Partial reel (5").
Dixon, Thomas W., Collector. Papers, 1869-1967. 55 items (4 reels of microfilm and 41 photocopies). Gift and loan of Thomas W. Dixon, 1965-1968. A&M Nos. 1855, 1859, 1918, 1989, 1995, 2011, 2019. Correspondence of William White, a surveyor from Organ Cave, Greenbrier County, 1871-1897; notice of appointment of delegates to the Congressional Convention in Charleston, 1883; cancelled checks and a daybook of Alderson Presbyterian Church and Masonic Hall, 1872-1883; papers of the Alderson Grange Cooperative Association, 1879-1886; records for McVeigh Miller and others, 1893-1900; deeds, school surveys, notes, and tax receipts from Greenbrier County; inward delivery book of the Adams Express Company used at the Chesapeake and Ohio depot at Alderson, 1894-1895; account books of a store at Peterstown, businesses at Alderson, 1883-1899; account books of the West Virginia First National Bank, Alderson, 1920-1931, 1927-1944, 1930-1948; hand printed histories by Dixon of the Grange at Alderson (1878-1888) and Brights Mill; and galley proofs of THE RISE AND FALL OF ALDERSON, WEST VIRGINIA, by Dixon, 1967.
Doddridge Family. Manuscript, 1745-1857. 6 items. Gift of Mrs. J.A. Haislip and Herman Matheny, 1964. A&M Nos. 370, 1787. A manuscript and two typed copies, "Father of Philip Doddridge," giving information on John Doddridge (1745-1791), Philip Doddridge (1773-1832), and other family members; the will, and two typed copies, of William Parsons, Randolph County, 1828; and a letter from Cadwaller Doddridge, son of Philip, written from West Point, New York commenting on the course work and complaining about the food and the routine.
Dolly, Walter. Oral History. Onego, Pendleton County, WV, 13 February 1960. An interview with a farmer, conducted by Charles E. Pittman concerning his life in Onego. One reel (7"), transcription available.
Donham, Ralph. Oral History. Riverside, Monongalia County, WV, 22 October 1963. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Milton Means concerning coal mining in West Virginia from the 1930s. One reel (7").
Donnally, Lewis. Diary, 1896. 1 item. Purchase, 1983. A&M No. 2880. Diary kept by Lewis Donnally, an attorney at Charleston, containing entries throughout the year, mainly concerns the weather and his fiancee, but mentions some current events topics, like McKinley's nomination.
Donnally and Steele Kanawha Salt Works. Records, 1813-1815. 1 vol. Gift of Roy Bird Cook, 1956. A&M No. 894. A daybook of the Donnally and Steele Kanawha Salt Works, listing goods bought and sold and customers' names.
Dovshek, Anthony (b.ca.1900). Oral History. Eighty-Four, Pennsylvania, 18 September 1971. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Paul Nyden concerning Dovshek's work history and his activities as a union organizer who was active in Miners for Democracy. One reel (5").
Downs, William S. Papers, 1900-1926. 5 ins. Gift of James A. Downs, 1984, 1985. A&M No. 2946. Downs was an engineering professor at West Virginia University and an engineer with the West Virginia State Road Commission. Included are records and photos of road-building projects in Bolivia and West Virginia, photograph albums of West Virginia hydro-electric plant construction, lists of lot owners for the area flooded by Cheat Lake, and a memoir of Downs' student years at West Virginia University, ca.1905.
Dubois, Oscar. Oral History. Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, 6 May 1965. An interview with a retired glass worker, conducted by Sue Dubois and Sue Ann Miller concerning his early life in France and his work as a glasscutter in West Virginia. One reel (7"), transcription available.
Duncan, Blanton. Manuscripts, 1862-1864. 1 folder (Xerox copies). Gift of Mrs. Alfred Scott, 1979. A&M No. 2611. Miscellaneous letters of Colonel Blanton Duncan written during the Civil War. Correspondents include: General Stonewall Jackson and General Beauregard.
Dunn, Thomas L. Ledger, 1826-1879. 1 vol. Gift of Howard M. Dunn, 1955. A&M No. 742. A ledger of Thomas L. Dunn of Monongalia County containing accounts and records of births and deaths for the Dunn family.
Durrett, Braxton B. (b.1819). Papers, 1833-1846. 1 vol. Gift of Mrs. Bert Harter, 1952. A&M No. 488. Arithmetic book of Braxton B. Durrett of Spotsylvania County, Virginia and Barbour County, West Virginia. Included are examples of various arithmetical processes; diary entries, October 1841-February 1842; and a record of the Durrett family record.
Earl, J.A., Compiler. Typescript, ca.1958. 4 vols. and 1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.). Gift of J.A. Earl, 1958. A&M No. 1140. These historical sketches compiled by J.A. Earl include "The History of Methodism in West Union and Doddridge County, 1778-1958"; "The Life of Joseph H. Diss Debar"; and "A Biographical History of Schools and Education in Doddridge County, 1883"; and Louise and Edwin Jones', "A Hundred Years of Doddridge County History."
Eby, Cecil D., Jr. Manuscripts, 1959, 1960. 1 ft. Gifts of Cecil D. Eby, Jr., 1960, 1961, 1965. A&M Nos. 1412. Manuscript and galley proofs of THE OLD SOUTH ILLUSTRATED, by Porte Crayon, edited with an introduction by Cecil D. Eby, Jr. (1959); a manuscript draft of Eby's PORTE CRAYON; manuscript of a VIRGINIA YANKEE IN THE CIVIL WAR: THE DIARIES OF DAVID HUNTER STROTHER (1961); THE LIFE OF DAVID HUNTER STROTHER (1960); and photocopies of Strother's VIRGINIA ILLUSTRATED and his articles in HARPER'S MAGAZINE.
Edmiston, Andrew, Jr. (1892-1966). Papers, (1916-1948). 1 ft. Gift of Mrs. Andrew Edmiston, 1967. A&M No. 1994. Correspondence, deeds, financial and military records, newspaper clippings, and photographs of a Democratic politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1933-1942, newspaper editor, and businessman from Weston, Lewis County. Subjects covered include the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the coal and glass industries. Correspondents include David Goff, Charles E. Hodges, Charles Lively, Alfred E. Smith, Harold L. Ickes, Joe L. Smith, Jennings Randolph, Clarence W. Meadows, James A. Farley, William E. Chilton, Arthur B. Koontz, and Harley M. Kilgore.
Education, West Virginia. Scrapbooks, 1910-1960. 1 reel of microfilm (6 vols.). Loaned for duplication by B.B. Chapman, 1963. A&M No. 1668. These scrapbooks which were collected or compiled by B.B. Chapman concern Webster Springs High School, Fairmont State College, Glenville State College, and West Virginia University. Included are correspondence, faculty contracts, diplomas, teaching certificates, report cards, class lists, and other similar materials.
Education. West Virginia. TD, 1952. 1 item. Gift of Earl Hudelson, 1963. A&M No. 1683. Typescript entitled: "The Impact of a Half Century of Professional Education. A Symposium Commemorating Fifty Years of Teacher Training in West Virginia and the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the College of Education of West Virginia University, Morgantown, 25-26 April 1952." Participants include Dean F.W. Stemple, chairman, H.G. Wheat, Robert Clark, Kermit A. Cook, George Colebank, Howard B. Allen, Earl Hudelson, Eston K. Feaster, and Robert D. Baldwin.
Edwards, Bob. Oral History. Huntington, Cabell County, WV, 6 December 1974. An interview with a volunteer union organizer, conducted by Keith Dix concerning the history of the International Nickle Plant Local 40. Edwards discusses plant conditions and evolution of the local and the national union movement. Two reels (5").
Edwards, Bob. Oral History. Huntington, Cabell County, WV, 10 October 1974. An interview with a volunteer union organizer during the 1930s, conducted by Keith Dix concerning unionization in various industries. Two reels (5").
Edwards, William Henry (1822-1909). Papers, 1840-1907. 3 reels of microfilm (24 vols., 444 items) and 1 vol. (typescript copy). Originals in possession of the Division of Archives and History, Charleston, West Virginia and Mrs. J.A. Willis, 1960, 1962. A&M Nos. 1373, 1614, 1951. Correspondence and papers of a lawyer, businessman, naturalist, and author of THE BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA (1879-1897), who resided at Coalburg. There are entomological notebooks and "Autobiographical Notes." Subjects include coal lands, scientific publications, and research on butterflies. Correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Samuel F.B. Morse, and S.H. Peabody.
Edwards Family. Papers, 1844-1951. 1 reel of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by Mrs. J.A. Willis, 1957. A&M No. 986. The collection consists of printed volumes relating to Colonel William Edwards, William W. Edwards, and William Henry Edwards; also copies of manuscript materials, including a diary of William Henry Edwards for 1846, and his "Journal and Preface to London Diary," 1848. Other materials relate to the family's coal interests in Kanawha County and include account books for the Coalsburg-Kanawha Mining Company, 1926-1928; the Deep Hollow Coal Company, 1920-1940; and the Kanawha and Ohio Coal Company, 1864-1866.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Typescript and tape recording, 1947. 2 items. Transfers, 1960, 1965. A&M Nos. 1325, 1834. Manuscript and recording of an address by General Dwight D. Eisenhower before a West Virginia University convocation on 22 September 1947, at which he receives an honorary degree. In his acceptance address Eisenhower discusses World War II global politics, mountaineers and education.
Elekes, Charles. Oral History. Farmington, Marion County, WV, 30 August 1976 and 9 September 1976. An interview with Elekes, a retired coal miner, conducted by Keith Dix and Ed Harley concerning life in the coalfields for an immigrant. Also a description of working conditions before and after unionization. Three reels (5"), transcription available.
Elias, Samy E.G. Oral History. Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, August 1975. An interview with the director of the Personal Rapid Transit on WCLG Radio concerning this innovative research project at West Virginia University. One reel (7").
Elk Horn Mining Corporation. Photographs, 1914. 47 items. Gift of Robert Craigo, 1978. A&M No. 2564. Photograph book of the Elk Horn Mining Corporation, titled "Inspection Trip of Directors and Their Friends of the Elk Horn Mining Corporation." The company was incorporated in Virginia on 17 July 1913 to mine coal in Kentucky. A brief description of railroads, coal, and mining operations is included.
Elkins, Stephen B. (1841-1911). Papers, 1841-1946. 8 ft. Gift of Davis Elkins, Sr. and Davis Elkins, Jr., 1938-1952; Roy Bird Cook, 1951; Miss Virgie Harris, 1953; O.D. Lambert, 1954-1955; Hayes Memorial Library, 1954; Thomas G. Clark, 1961-1962; Mrs. K.E. Kelly, 1964; Rev. Clyde E. Eddy, 1971. A&M Nos. 53, 296, 548, 590, 591, 809, 1532, 1610, 1794, 2175. Correspondence from and to a Republican U.S. Senator (1895-1911) and businessman with interests in timber, coal and railroads. The collection consists of speeches, maps, deeds, contracts, reports, photographs, and newspaper clipping scrapbooks concerning political, business and family affairs. There is also a Xeroxed copy of a journal, 3-20 April 1898, which discusses the Spanish-American War.
Subjects include interests in West Virginia, New Mexico, Texas, and California; the Hampshire and Baltimore Coal Company; the Davis Coal and Coke Company; the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway; the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad; Berkeley Springs Hotel Company; Buckhannon Relief Oil and Gas Company; the Allegheny Improvement Company; Little Kanawha Syndicate; Wheeling Traction Company; Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad; St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad; Magistral Exploration Company of Mexico; Westernport Electric Railway, and other corporations.
Correspondents include A.B. White, James G. Blaine, J.N. Camden, Andrew Carnegie, T.B. Catron, Grover Cleveland, Henry G. Davis, Chauncey Depew, James A. Garfield, Cardinal James Gibbons, Ulysses S. Grant, Murat Halstead, Mark Hanna, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, William S. Herndon, R.C. Kerens, Ogden Mills, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, J.P. Morgan, Theodore Roosevelt, George C. Sturgiss, and William Howard Taft.
Elza, S.L. Oral History. Thomas, Tucker County, WV, 17 May 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning working conditions and labor organization in the West Virginia coal industry during the 1920s-1940s. Partial reel (5"). Empire Laundry Company. Archives, 1914-1957. 1.5 ft, 1 reel of microfilm. Gift of Francis Gilmore, 1984. No.2938. The papers of Isaac Coston's Clarksburg laundry include employee insurance records (1934-1953) which give vital statistics and wage scales, federal tax returns from 1950-1955, stock information from the 1930s-1950s, blueprints of the building (1958) and photographs of employees at work (1914).
England, Frank (b.1916). Oral History. Springfield, Illinois, 11 January 1978. An interview with a former coal miner and Progressive Mine Workers of America activist, conducted by Nick Cherniavsky concerning England's childhood in Springfield, his years as a muledriver, and his experiences as a member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America. He discusses his later life as a steelworker and contrasts it with his coal mining days. England served as an elected union official, both as a steelworker and as a coal miner. Two cassettes.
Ennis, William. Oral History. Granville, Monongalia County, WV, 22 April 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning wages and working conditions in West Virginia coal mines in the early 1900s. One reel (5").
Equality Oil Company. Corporation Book, 1908-1911. 1 vol. Acquired, 1961. A&M No. 1424. Minutes, record of wells drilled, and financial data of a Parkersburg oil company.
Etna-Connellsville Coke Company. Minute Book, 1912-1932. 1 item (1 reel of microfilm). Loaned by Glenn Massey, 1968. A&M No. 2053. The collection consists of the minute book of a Connellsville, Pennsylvania firm, describing its organization and including bylaws.
Everhart, James. ALS, 1843. 1 item. Purchase, 1985. A&M No. 2988. A letter written to his parents in West Chester, Pennsylvania, describing his travels from Maysville, Kentucky to Natural Bridge, Virginia, on the way to Richmond, Virginia. Everhart vividly descibes the conditions he experienced in travel by steamboat and stage and the mountain scenery he passed through. Sites mentioned are Guyandotte, Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, White and Blue Sulphur Springs, and The Hawk's Nest.
Ewing, Raymond (b.1892). Oral History. Laurel Creek, Fayette County, WV, 17 November 1977. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Peter Laska concerning Ewing's work in the Fayette County coal fields. One cassette.
Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. Records, 1852-1868. 7 ft. Gift of J.W. Ross, 1935. A&M No. 24. Ledgers, journals, letter books, correspondence and other papers bearing on the business of the bank. Correspondents include George A. Jackson, cashier and local pension commissioner following the Civil War, and Jonathan M. Bennett, first president of the bank.
Fairfax, George W. Papers, 1808-1898. 4 reels of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by Ralph Fairfax, 1958. A&M Nos. 1062, 1084. Tax receipts, promissory notes, legal papers, articles of agreement, indentures and miscellaneous correspondence of a Preston County entrepreneur and sometime law officer. The bound volumes include various Preston County court books, 1839-1866; merchandise account books, 1832-1885; and a manuscript pamphlet on a survey of the southern route from Kingwood to Morgantown, 1851. There also is material on Monongalia County.
Fairfax, Ralph, Collector. Records, 1844-1877. 1 reel of microfilm and 15 items. Gift of Ralph Fairfax, 1956. A&M No. 845. A tax book of Monongalia County, 1855, and an estate appraisement of John Fairfax for personal property "at the Glades," and "Cheat Farm," Monongalia County. The appraisement refers to the sale of eleven slaves. There are: two lists of delinquent taxpayers; scrip from the Gladesville Furnace, 1877; and a list of the hands at Clinton (Furnace).
Fairfax-Warman Family. Papers, 1811-1933. 1 ft. Acquired, 1954. A&M No. 616. Papers of the Fairfax and Warman families of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Morgantown, and Kingwood. There are letters (1811-1874) to Elizabeth Fairfax from family members and friends; papers (1840-1851) of William Warman; papers on the settlement of the John Fairfax estate; a manuscript census book of Preston County for 1830; and an account book (1857-1872) of F.B.F. Fairfax. A few advertising circulars, 1866-1931, are included, as well as clippings on Morgantown and Monongalia County, 1868-1933.
Farmers' Advocate. Records, 1899-1935. 7 vols. Gift of John Skinner, 1962. A&M No. 1559. Subscription books, 1901-1905, 1912, 1916-1917, and an account book, 1912-1935, of the Charles Town FARMERS' ADVOCATE, edited and published by R.C. Rissler. Records also include a farm account book, 1899-1909, of Samuel L. Rissler and Son, dealing with general farm operations in Jefferson County.
Farmington. Archives, 1896-1898. 2 items. Acquired, 1956. A&M No. 872. Minute book of the town council and a receipt from Lee Toothman to Joseph M. Fox, town recorder.
Farnsworth, Moses. Papers, 1821-1899. 64 items. Gift of Miss Bonny Farnsworth, 1955. A&M Nos. 751, 771. Correspondence, receipts, and other miscellaneous papers of Moses Farnsworth, a justice of the peace of Troy District, Gilmer County.
Farron, Robert. Oral History. Beckley, Raleigh County, WV, 2 August 1977. An interview with a retired coal miner and union official from 1940-1973, conducted by Peter and Maureen Laska concerning union activities and coal mining in the New River Gorge. Farron lists all mines on both sides of the river. Two cassettes.
Fassaro, Louise. Oral History. Gillispie, Illinois, 22 October 1974. An interview with Mrs. Fassaro, daughter of a coal miner and member of the Progressive Mine Workers Women's Auxiliary, conducted by Barbara Herndon concerning her life in central Illinois, the Mulkeytown March and the relationship between the Progressive and the United Mine Workers. She also describes mass meetings. Partial cassette.
Faulkner, Charles James (1806-1884). Papers, 1786-1892. ca.400 items. Gift and loaned for duplication by T.T. Perry, Jr., 1956, 1957; acquired, 1963. A&M Nos. 912, 934, 993, 1681. Correspondence of a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. There are also business and land papers (1804-1811) of James Faulkner, Baltimore, Maryland.
Subjects include Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876; French Colonization Society; the Nat Turner insurrection; the slavery controversy; the Virginia Revolutionary debt claims; the Jackson-Calhoun schism; the nullification controversy; the election of 1840; Whig politics, 1841-1850s; the tariff of 1857; the presidential election of 1860; foreign affairs, 1868-1876; disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory; German-American Naturalization Treaty, 1875; Belknap and the Indian Ring scandals; the speakership contest in the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congress; and the election of 1876 Other subjects include the opening of the Wheeling bridge, 1849; Strother's Hotel, Berkeley Springs; the Sixty-seventh Regiment of Virginia Militia at Martinsburg, 1846; a Thomas Haymond survey in Harrison County, 1844; the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; internal improvement schemes in Virginia and Pennsylvania; and local history of the Martinsburg and Shenandoah Valley area.
Correspondents include Chester A. Arthur, George Bancroft, William W. Belknap, Orville H. Browning, Samuel S. Cox, Claudius Crozet, Lyman C. Draper, William M. Evarts, John W. Garrett, John W. Geary, Thomas A. Hendricks, Abram S. Hewitt, George F. Hoar, John J. Jacob, Reverdy Johnson, John Pendleton Kennedy, J. Proctor Knott, Alexander Martin, James M. Mason, Henry M. Mathews, Charles F. Mercer, John S. Mosby, John S. Pendleton, Samuel Price, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Silliman, John Slidell, Gerrit Smith, William Stevenson, George W. Summers, Henry A. Wise, and Waitman Willey.
Fayette County. Archives, 1787-1869 (1870-1923). 19 ft. Gift of the Fayette County Court, 1939. A&M No. 362. Originals and copies of county and circuit court suit papers, mainly for the period after 1870. The volumes include a minute book of the Fayetteville town council, 1873-1877; county board of education minute book, 1866-1876; a land entry book, 1831-1837; land tax books, 1849, 1855-1860; personal property books, 1855-1858, 1860-1861, 1866; registers of voters, 1866, 1867; poll books, 1872, 1890; and private account books, including a G.P. Huddleston daybook for a general store, 1850-1858; and accounts of the Gauley Tie and Lumber Company, 1887-1892.
Ferguson, Anna. Oral History. Mount Olive, Illinois, 31 July 1976. An interview with the wife of a coal miner, conducted by Nick Cherniavsky concerning her childhood and life in the Illinois coalfields. She describes her life during the depression both as a social worker and as a housewife. She discusses the beginnings of the Progressive Mine Workers, the Mulkeytown violence involved in the division between the Progressive March, the Women's Auxiliary Drill Team, and the United Mine Workers union. One cassette.
Finley, William. Tape Recording. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 31 May 1975. A testimonial dinner in honor of Finley, the highest elected black official in the history of District 5. Speakers include: Ashton Allen (steelworker and teamster), Herb Smith (Finley's nephew and a student at the University of Pittsburgh), William "Major" Veasley (a black miner who grew up in Alabama and moved to Cabin Creek, West Virginia), William Taylor (a black miner who is chairman of the Mine Committee at Cokesburg), Ola Kennedy (a black woman who is a steelworker), Talmadge Dean (a white miner from the Ellsworth Mine), Charles Hayes (Vice-President of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen), Arnold Miller, Linda Nyden, Rayfield Mooty (a Chicago area steel worker). Topics include unions, unionization and discrimination against blacks by unions and the coal industry. Two reels (5").
Finley, William, Winnie Finley, and James Mosely. Oral History. Morgantown, Monongalia County, WV, 21 February 1971. The first meeting of the West Virginia University Student Social Science Forum's Miner-Student Seminar. Participants include William Finley (candidate in the western Pennsylvania District 5 election), James Mosely (retired miner and uncle of William Finley) and Winnie Finley (wife of William Finley). The participants are all black and live in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Their discussion includes comments on the December 1970 District 5 election and the coal industry in general. One reel (5").
First Baptist Church, Parkersburg. Records, 1817-1910. 1 reel of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by First Baptist Church of Parkersburg, 1984. A&M No. 2952. Minutes of the church, 1817-1910, and of the Parkersburg Baptist Association, 1819-1869. Lists and reports of member churches, including Hughes River, Marietta, Bethesda, Sampson Creek, Mount Zion, Reedy Creek, and Elizabeth. Lists of early members (white and black) of the First Baptist Church 1817-1844. An historical sketch of the Parkersburg Baptist Association written by Rev. J.W. Carter in 1869, with a statistical report on member churches 1818-1869.
Fischer, Anna Sutton (b.1899). Oral History. Westover, Monongalia County, WV, 11 October 1979. An interview with Mrs. Fischer, in Helvetia, conducted by David Sutton concerning her grandparents' settlement in Helvetia and her life running a small country store during the depression. Mrs. Fischer contrasts local folklore with beliefs of the Swiss families in Helvetia. Two cassettes, transcription available.
Flanagan, William J. (b.1838). Papers, 1826 (1857-1910) 1941. ca.200 items. Gift of Albert P. Flanagan, 1955. A&M Nos. 768, 780. Personal papers and accounts of a justice of the peace in Tucker County. The papers include deeds for land in Tucker and Randolph counties.
Fleming, Aretas Brooks (1839-1923). Papers, 1784-1924. 53 ft. Gift of A. Brooks Fleming, Jr., 1936; and transfer from West Virginia University Department of History, 1953. A&M Nos. 40, 568. Papers of the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of Decisions" books from the law firm of A.B. Fleming; and family genealogical records. Among the correspondents are J.N. Camden, H.G. Davis, A.G. Dayton, S.B. Elkins, and F.H. Pierpont.
Fleming, Helen M. Papers, ca.1812-1951. 1 ft. Gift of Mrs. Mary Lee Swiger, 1956. A&M No. 852. Typescipts relating to Marion County, including "In Memory of John Marshall Jacobs, a Good Churchman," "Early Days of Mining in Marion County," and "In Memory of Jessie Hickman Jamison," all written by Helen M. Fleming. There are a number of photographs of Fairmont and Marion County, family photo albums, and seven scrapbooks of clippings of U.S. and West Virginia history, with emphasis on Marion and Monongalia counties.
Fleming Family. Papers, 1810-1943. 6 ft. Gift of Rollo Conley, 1954. A&M Nos. 638, 644. Business and personal papers, pamphlets, clippings, photographs and genealogies of Benjamin Fleming (1806-1891) and his son Thurston Worth (b.1846), relating to various business enterprises carried on by the family in Fairmont. These included a large trade in manufacturing, importing and selling hats and furs, general merchandising, and fertilizer and hardwood sales. There are many letters and advertisements from eastern mercantile houses; bills of lading showing names of steamboats on the Ohio and Monongahela rivers; prices of furs and skins; lottery advertisements from Delaware, 1860, and Kentucky, 1866; letters from family members attending schools in Morgantown, 1863-1865; correspondence reflecting Florence Fleming's interests in the West Virginia Humane Society and the placing of homeless children; and other items relating to Fairmont. One of the correspondents is W.T. Willey.
Fletcher, Mrs. J.D., Collector. Papers, 1857-1954. ca.200 items. Gift of Mrs. J.D. Fletcher, 1958. A&M No. 1073. Correspondence of Martha Brand Wolfe and Charles M. Wolfe, who operated a small farm at Morgantown. The papers include some old Monongalia County land deeds of Charles I. Brand; letters from evangelists Dr. R.E.L. Jarvis and Dr. Edward D. Fellers, together with letters of Mrs. Wolfe on religion. There are also Christmas cards, local news clippings, two Brand family autograph albums, family photographs, and a newspaper clipping book, 1881-1905.
Flick, William Henry Harrison (1841-1891). Papers, 1867-1872. 1 reel of microfilm. Originals in the Duke University Library, 1960. A&M No. 1349. Papers of a Pendleton County lawyer and prosecuting attorney who served in the state legislature, 1868-1870, where he introduced the Flick Amendment which removed voting restrictions on those who served in the Confederacy. Papers deal with Flick's legal practice; test oath cases; voting restrictions as a means of continuing Republican supremacy; state elections of 1868; Flick's campaign against Henry G. Davis for Congress in 1870; the West Virginia capital question; subscriptions to the Washington and Ohio Railroad; the origin of the Flick Amendment; and politics in the Second Congressional District, 1872. Correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, H.G. Davis, Spencer Dayton, Nathan Goff, William P. Hubbard, John J. Jacob, and William E. Stevenson.
Floyd, George Rogers Clark (1810-1895). Manuscripts, 1843-1953. ca.200 items. Gift of Robert L. Floyd, 1957. A&M No. 941. Correspondence, clippings and other documents collected through 1953, on George Rogers Clark Floyd, secretary of state for the Territory of Wisconsin, 1845-1848, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, 1872-1873, and longtime resident of Logan County. There is data on other members of the Floyd family.
Floyd, John (1783-1837). Miscellany, 1775-1923. ca.60 items. Gift of Charles H. Ambler, 1953. A&M No. 363. Correspondence of Charles H. Ambler relating to his studies of John Floyd; and typed copies of letters and documents concerning Floyd and John and William Preston. Correspondents include J.C. Calhoun and Henry A. Wise.
Foley, William. Oral History. Cassville, Monongalia County, WV, 31 May 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning Foley's early life, mechanization in the mines and state and national labor organizations. One reel (5").
Folklore. Lewis County. Manuscript, n.d. 47pp. Gift of Opal Jones and Beth Curry, n.d. A&M No. 364. A collection of folk sayings, medicinal remedies, and words of songs collected in Lewis County by Opal Jones and Beth Curry through personal interviews with old residents.
Ford, J.B. Correspondence, 1863. 1 folder. Loaned for duplication by West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation, Inc., 1978. A&M No. 2545. Xerox copies of correspondence to J.B. Ford, an agent of the B.&O. Railroad in Wheeling, during the Civil War. The papers concern railroad operations in West Virginia, 10 February-24 September 1863; apprehension of deserters; and Ford's commission as Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers at the rank of Captain.
Ford, J.B. Legal Papers, ca.1877. ca.50 items. Acquired, 1963. A&M No. 1679. Suit papers and correspondence in the case of the BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD VS. J.B. FORD, general agent of the railroad at Cumberland and Wheeling. The papers include copies of documents relative to the building of the railroad from Cumberland westward to Parkersurg and Wheeling and the activities of Ford as general agent at Cumberland and Wheeling, 1852-1874. Most of Ford's evidence deals with the role of the railroad during the Civil War and its relations with the state of West Virginia. There are copies of letters from John S. Carlile, J.W. Garrett, George B. McClellan, Francis H. Pierpont, and Edwin M. Stanton. The correspondence is with Ford's attorney, William P. Preston of Baltimore.
Ford Family. Papers, 1829-1882. 14 items. Gift of Miss Mabel Ford, 1963. A&M No. 1688. Stock receipt, Taylor County Agricultural and Mechanical Society, 1870; a pass from Headquarters, United States Volunteers, Grafton, dated 3 August 1861; passes from the toll office of Valley River Bridge, Northwestern Turnpike, 1860-1863; list of indigent school children, District 17, Taylor County; and muster fines and receipts bearing Morgantown, Fairmont, and Pruntytown imprints.
Forks of Cheat Baptist Church. Photostats, 1833-1895. 1 folder. Gift of Miss Millie Hunter, 1948, and loaned for duplication by Mrs. Robert L. West, 1980. A&M Nos. 124, 365, 2719. This collection consists of photostat copies and typescripts of original records of the Forks of Cheat Baptist Church, and consists mainly of letters of dismission from Forks of Cheat and other Baptist churches in the area.
Forman, A.H., Collector. Papers, 1936-1938. 4 vols. Gift of A.H. Forman, 1948. A&M No. 135. Inventory of equipment, property, and construction in progress of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in its West Virginia installations.
Forren, Chan. Oral History. Prince, Fayette County, WV, 1 November 1980. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Forren, Robert L. Oral History. Beckley, Raleigh County, WV, 24 and 25 September 1980. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Fort Lewis. TD, n.d. 1 item. Transfer, 1962. A&M No. 1612. An account of the founding of Fort Lewis on the Cowpasture River in western Virginia as related during the early 1860s to James Woodzell.
Fort Van Metre. Papers, 1780, 1966, 1969. 7 items (photocopies). Gift of Edward M. May, 1968. A&M No. 2071. Two maps and one description of the Fort Van Metre property; a copy of the will of Abraham Van Metre, 1780; sketch of Major Samuel McCulloch; and a picture of Shaw Hall, West Liberty College, thought to be the site of the fort.
Fox Family. Papers, (1762-1859) 1895. 245 items. Gifts of Miss Elizabeth M. Fox and Mrs. Carrie Fox Harmison, 1949, 1952. A&M Nos. 150, 471, 477. Correspondence and papers centering on William and Vause Fox in Romney and Hampshire County. There are accounts showing prices for various goods and services, including hides and leather, surveying, field labor, and weaving. There are items related to slaves, as well as material on the Literary Society of Romney; land papers; and returns and orders of the Seventy-seventh Regiment of Virginia Militia.
Frame, Nat T. (1877-1948). Papers, 1914-1948. 5 ft. Gift of Luke W. Frame, 1979. A&M No. 2631. This collection consists of letters, pamphlets, reports and similar materials collected by Nat Terry Frame for use in preparing his history of West Virginia Agricultural Extension Work, entitled, WEST VIRGINIA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIFE. Subjects discussed in the work include regional development groups in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio; rural life and community development experiments of the 1930s; American Country Life Association ideology and activities; improvement of small farm practices; and rural adult education and Four-H club activities.
Francisco, Lewis. Diary, 1841-1865. 1 item. Acquired, 1950. A&M No. 230. Diary and commonplace book with miscellaneous entries showing: types of employment in Parkersburg and Charleston; weather conditions; and prices of clothing, room and board, tools, and wages.
Frankenberry, Allen D. Diaries, 1861-1870. 1 reel of microfilm (4 vols.). Loaned for duplication by Mrs. I.L. Van Voorhis, 1964. A&M No. 1785. Diaries of a member of Company K, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry; the U.S. Signal Corps, Fourteenth Army Corps Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland, Atlanta; and the Fourth Corps in Knoxville. The diarist spent most of his time as an orderly or signalman. There is information on: camp life in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; on battles at Atlanta, Georgia and Kenesaw Mountain; Union troop movements; and Lincoln's assassination.
Frazier, Stewart H. Oral History. Harvey, Fayette County, WV, 12, 25 November 1980. An interview with a retired railroad worker and clergyman, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Freeman, Charles H. (1854-1919). Letter Book, 1908-1911. 1 vol. Gift of Mrs. Charles H. Freeman, 1960. A&M No. 1278. Engineer and pioneer of the Griffithsville oil fields in Lincoln County, West Virginia. Freeman and William H. Yawkey were active in the development of oil and coal lands along the Guyandotte River and in Mason County, West Virginia. Correspondence concerns the Big Creek Development Co., Yawkey and Freeman Co., Ltd., Yawkey and Freeman Drilling Co., and Pond Creek Coal Co.
Freeman Family. Papers, 7 July, 1 November 1845. 2 items. Gift of Miss Carrie Freeman, 1951. A&M No. 248. A contract between Fayette Freeman and others for a subscription school to be opened in Lewis County, and four pages of accounts of Stephen Freeman showing prices of clothing, hardware, and household articles.
French, William Henderson. TD, 1961. 1 item. Gift of James H. Martin, 1962. A&M No. 1581. Address by James S. Martin at the dedication of the Colonel William Henderson French (1812-1872) marker, Mercer County. French, who was from a noted pioneer family, served in the Confederate Army.
Fries, Frank. Oral History. Gillespie, Illinois, 10 March 1975. An interview with a former miner, mine owner, sheriff, congressman and labor organizer, conducted by Barbara Herndon concerning his life and conditions in central Illinois during the 1930s. He describes in detail the Mulkeytown March and his visit to Coulterville while he was sheriff in Gillespie. One cassette.
Frissell, John, (1810-1882). Papers, ca.1858-1888. 1 vol. and ca.50 items. Gift of J. Ben Robinson, 1957. A&M No. 932. A scrapbook and clippings, advertisements, letters, manuscripts of speeches, and notes on medical practice, compiled by Dr. John Frissell, a physician at the Wheeling Hospital and medical superintendent of military prisoners and soldiers in Wheeling during the Civil War. The scrapbook is a folio volume, "Register of the Sick and Wounded, U.S.A. General Hospital." There is also information on the Medical Society of the City of Wheeling, the West Virginia Medical Society, medical conventions in West Virginia, and Wheeling local history.
Frost, James (b.1876). Oral History. Springfield, Illinois, 21 May 1976. An interview with a retired black coal miner, conducted by Barbara Herndon. Frost recounts his fifty years as a coal miner and railroad worker. In 1921, he was blacklisted in Alabama, his home state, for joining a union, after which he moved to Illinois. Three cassettes.
Fry, Henry H. Letters, 1862-1864. 41 items. Gift of Glenn Massey, 1962. A&M No. 1552. Civil War letters from a Union soldier in the Army of the Potomac to his wife in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Fry was in the Peninsula Campaign, 1862, and later stationed at various islands off the South Carolina coast. In 1864 he was killed near Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. The letters reveal little about military movements, but do comment on camp life and fraternization between Union and Confederate soldiers.
Frye, Thomas B. Papers, 1875-1903. ca.200 items. Acquired, 1965. A&M No. 1805. Letters, receipts, and business papers of a resident of Keyser who was an agent for Hartford Fire Insurance Company and the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford. Frye was later a traveling agent for Green and Laing, Hardware and Cutlery, Wheeling, and others, and a dealer in general merchandise.
Gainer, Patrick Ward (1904-1981). Oral History. Tanner, Gilmer County, WV, 28, 29 April 1968. Conversation and singing by Dr. Gainer recorded by Phoebe Fischer and Art Albrecht for WWVU-TV. The first part of the recording was done on West Virginia Route 7 between Morgantown and New Martinsville, the second part in Dr. Gainer's home. Two reels, notes available.
Gainer, Patrick Ward (1904-1981). Collection. Papers, photographs, sound recordings, 1890-1981. 37 ft. Gift of Patrick Gainer's children, 1984. A&M No. 3003. Archives of an eminent folklorist and professor of English at West Virginia University. Manuscripts include field folklore collections, lecture notes, book manuscripts, correspondence, student papers, and folksong arrangements. There are also materials regarding Gainer's position as director of South Atlantic USO activities during World War II and a journal of a folksong collecting trip to Ireland in 1961. Also one hundred and fifty-three audio tapes containing vocal and instrumental folk music, folklore and oral history, recorded in West Virginia and in Scotland and Ireland. Nearly half of the material is performed by Gainer himself. The collection also includes newsclippings relating to folklore and Gainer's career, as well as a variety of photographs, film clips and personal awards and memorabilia. RESTRICTED.
Gall, David W. (1851-1939). Papers, 1884-1935. 1 ft. Gift of Miss Mamie Gall, 1960. A&M No. 1360. Account books, letter copy book, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings of the founder and editor of the Philippi JEFFERSONIAN-PLAINDEALER, lawyer, and Democratic state senator. Topics covered include the early history of Philippi, the wartime death of Gall's sons in 1915 and 1917, financial affairs of the newspaper, and Gall's column "Washington Special" written from the nation's Capitol and published in several West Virginia newspapers.
Gallaher, DeWitt Clinton (1845-1926). Papers, 1869-1870. 5 items (2 reels of microfilm and 3 photostats). Gift and loan of Mrs. Montague Blundon, 1964, 1965. A&M Nos. 1790, 1853. Diary of DeWitt Clinton Gallaher, 7 August 1869 to 4 August 1870, covering travel of a Virginian to New York, studies in Berlin, and European travel. There are descriptions of Niagara Falls, Albany, Saratoga, and Fort Ticonderoga, in New York, and European sites. The collection includes a notebook used for study of German, 1869, and photostats of newspaper clippings concerning Gallaher and Company E, First Virginia Cavalry, Confederate.
Gamble Papers. Letters and Photographs, ca.1774-1886. 4 folders. Loaned by M.W. Gamble, 1977. A&M No. 2474. Correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous papers of the Gamble family, who settled in Hardy County during the eighteenth century. The collection contains letters written during the Civil War and reflect the experiences of Mortimer Gamble, Henry R. Gamble, Carr Gamble, Hamilton Gamble and Mary L. (Pratt) Gamble. Henry Gamble served in the 12th Virginia Regiment; Carr in the 62nd Virginia Regiment; and Hamilton in the 23rd Virginia Cavalry. Included in the collection is a reprint of a speech by M.W. Gamble to the Moorefield Memorial Society; legal documents concerning land transactions in Hardy County, and an inventory of the estate of H.M. Gamble.
Ganoe, Lloyd B., Collector. Papers, ca.1836-1925. 1 ft. Gift of Lloyd B. Ganoe, 1959. A&M No. 1229. The collection consists of correspondence, business and legal papers, family photographs, clippings, and account books of Zebulon and Eli Musgrave and Daniel and William L. Turney of Fairmont, West Virginia. Aside from family and business affairs and estate settlements, subjects include Missouri frontier life and society in 1836; strife at Lecompton, Kansas School Territory, in 1857; local history of the Fairmont area; and Fairmont Normal School. About 2 ins. of material concerns coal mining, including account books showing coal prices for the Monongahela Gas and Coal Co. of West Virginia and papers concerning production of gas from coal.
Garrison, M.J. and Company. Records, 1858-1922. 18 vols. and 42 items. Gift of Mrs. W.E. Campbell, 1955. A&M Nos. 697, 712, 734. Business records of the firm of M.J. Garrison and Company, Wadestown, which operated a general store and which bought and sold livestock and wool. There are other papers relating to the Wadestown Telephone Company; lumber buying and selling; leasing of oil and gas lands and drilling, with names of oil companies operating in the area.
Garten, Herbert. Oral History. Pineview, Raleigh County, WV, 3 November 1977. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Peter Laska concerning Garten's work and experiences as a coal miner at Terry, Layland, Dunedin and other Raleigh County coal mines. One cassette.
Garten, Herbert. Oral History. Pineview, Raleigh County, WV, 6 September 1980. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Paul J. Nyden concerning life and work in the New River Gorge. One cassette, transcription available.
Gatewood, A.C.L. Papers, 1801-1816, 1855-1919. 1 reel of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by Harry L. Sheets, 1961. A&M No. 1519. Correspondence, diary, and farm account book of a Confederate officer and Pocahontas County cattleman and farmer. The correspondence deals primarily with Gatewood's activities as adjutant general and chief of staff of the West Virginia Division, United Confederate Veterans. The Civil War diary, 11 March-15 December 1865, covers action of Company F, Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, "Laurel Brigade," Rosser Cavalry Division, from Staunton to Appomattox. The farm account book, 1866-1869, also contains an account of Gatewood's Civil War experiences, including fighting in western Virginia and Jones' northwestern Virginia raid of 1863. The account book, 1801-1805, 1816, pertains to the John Rodgers estate. There are a few papers of Gatewood's father, Samuel V. Gatewood. Other subjects and topics covered are farming and stock raising in Pocahontas County, the Warm Springs of North Carolina, William and Mary College, Virginia Military Institute, Ann Smith Academy, Greenbrier Male Academy, Civil War in the Bath County, Virginia area, and cattle trade in the Kanawha Valley.
Gatewood, William B. (1835-1908). Papers, 1861-1909. 1 ft. Gift of Mrs. Lorene Gatewood, 1968. A&M No. 2061. Correspondence, memo books, legal and business papers of a farmer and deputy sheriff residing in the Cabin Creek District near Coalburg, Kanawha County. Subjects include farm prices, land, coal, politics, and the Paint Creek Railroad.
Gauley Mountain Coal Company. Papers, 1908-1951. 1 in. Gift of Gauley Mountain Coal Company, 1966. A&M No. 1921. The collection consists of a letter from William N. Page, organizer of the Gauley Mountain Coal Co., concerning dangers in mining; abstracts of land titles granted to Robert Morris in 1795; World War II production statistics for the company; copy of a contract between the company, the United Mine Workers of America, and the Charleston General Hospital for hospitalization of miners and their families; letter outlining the life of Robert Hamilton Morris, director of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1946; and two blueprints showing bore holes and face section of the Pocahontas No.3 and No.4 coal seams.
Genealogies. Typescripts and Records, 1771-1985. Gifts and loans, various dates. This is a composite entry for all small genealogical collections which contain little or no manuscript material for the families involved. A&M numbers are in parentheses after surnames. Aegerter (2696), Akers (2340, 2365), Albright (2387), Alderson (928), Alexander (2355), Alkire (928), Allen (933), Amick (2626), Anderson (928, 933, 1241, 2352, 2457, 2640), Ankrom (308), Archibald (1440), Arnett (96), Arthur (1227), Ashcraft (2594), Ashley (933), Atkinson (928), Bailey (928, 2500), Baker (97, 2009, 2443), Baldwin (2505), Ball (928, 2213, 2420), Bane (720, 1971, 2396), Barb (2747), Barekman (2366), Barker (1613), Barkman (2366), Barnes (928), Barnet (928), Barr (2183), Barrickman (1613), Bartlett (928), Bassel (928), Baxter (1762), Bayles (186), Bayless (200), Bays (2626), Beall (97, 2360), Bear (1788), Bennedum (928), Bennett (928), Benson (1415), Bergman (2366), Biedert (2824), Birkhead (2391), Bishop (2387), Black (2384), Blake (928), Blakely (2525), Bland (2475), Blue (2420), Boggs (2475), Bonnett (928, 2403), Boots (2824), Boreman (1788), Botetourt, Sir John (2608), Boughman (928), Bouslog (1613), Bower (933), Bowers (2240), Bowling (933), Boyce (2331), Boylan (2387), Boyles (2384), Brake (928), Brandon (2303), Breakiron (186), Brokaw (2323), Browne (200), Bryant (2626), Bull (2602), Burch (2179), Burnside (2355), Burr (928), Burris (97, 2500, 2505), Bush (928, 1788), Butt (288l), Buzzard (2823), Byer (2574), Caddis (1613), Camden (1802), Cameron (2519), Cantrell (2402), Carber (928), Carmichael (2323), Carpenter (928, 1613, 2382), Carr (1613), Carroll (928), Carter (1728), Casey (2511), Casto (928, 1099), Champe (928), Chesney (1613), Cheuvront (928), Chipps (97, 1613), Chrislip (928), Clark (97, 2355), Clarke (1234), Claypoole (1613), Clayton (1613), Clemens (2571), Coburn (1992), Coker (2366), Cole (2323), Colebank (97), Colgate (200, 2519), Collins (1493, 2829), Conaway (308), Conn (1483), Cook (1788), Cookman (928), Coon (2010), Copenhaver (2297), Coplin (928), Corder (928), 1415), Core (2387), Couch (928), Cowan (2366), Cox (2387), Cozad (2387), Crafts (2721), Crane (2387), Cress (2387), Criss (2387), Crow (97), Cummins (928), Cunningham (928, 1613, 2389, 2807), Cuppy (1039), Curry (928), Custis (928), Cutright (928, 1241), Daily (2366), Dalton (2404), Dameron (1025), Daniel (2635), Darby (2387), Daugherty (1613), Davidson (928), Davis (186, 466, 928, 1114, 1214, 1613, 2391), Davison (1365), Davisson (2358), Day (1273), Dean (97), DeBerry (2387), DeLaWarr (2391), Dent (1613), DePuy (2511), Dew (308), Dimmitt (1569), Donnally (928), Douglass (928), Dragoo (1613), Drake (720), Drummond (1613), DuBois (897), Duffield (2655), Dunham (2387), Dunn (600, 2388), Durboraw (2461), Durry (933), Dyer (928, 1114, 2021), Eagan (928), Eakin (2430), Eastwood (928), Edwards (1788), Ellison (2340, 2365), Engle (1415), Evans (97, 2184, 2383), Everley (2505), Everly (45), Ewing (1613), Fairbank (928), Fansler (2713), Farmer (2443), Farnsworth (928), Fawcett (1048), Feather (2387), Feathers (1114), Fell (928), Ferrell (2446), Finlay (2571), Fisher (1400), Fleming (97, 308), Flesher (928), Flowers (2574), Fluharty (2391), Forbes (2323), Fortney (1613), Foster (816), Fox (2698), Franklin (933), Frazee (2418), Freeland (2728), Gapen (2433), Gapin (97), Garden (897), Garlow (97), Garretson (2505), Gaskin (2353), Gaston (928), Gates (928), Gillenwater (2364), Girty (928), Givens (2655), Glenn (849), Glover (933), Goff (928, 2331), Goodloe (928), Goodnight (1613), Gould (1799), Gower (2384), Graham (1440, 2366), Grahan (2366), Gray (2384), Gregg (2183), Griffin (1074), Griffith (2505), Guthrie (2420), Hacker (928, 2372), Hagerman (928), Haldeman (97, 2505), Hall (97, 200, 928, 2529, 2673), Haller. (2384), Hamilton (371, 928, 1613, 2852), Hamrick (928), Handley (2355), Hanna (897), Harader (2674), Hardesty (2525), Hardman (928, 2377, 2391), Harman (2475), Harminson (2420), Harness (2511), Harper (1415), Harris (2348), Harrison (1613), Hart (928), Hartman (2461), Hatcher (928), Hathaway (2366), Hathway (2367), Hawker (186), Hawley (495, 1114), Hayden (2357), Haymond (928, 2407), Heard (2313, 2547), Helmick (1234), Henderson (2384), Henkle (2475), Henry (97), Henshaw (2179), Hess (1613, 2366), Hickman (97), Hill (97, 2548), Hiner (928, 1920), Hinkle (1440, 2553), Hinzeman (928), Hoffman (2384), Hoge (1493), Holsberry (2384), Holt (928), Hootman (2376), Hopwood (2443), Hornbeck (2625), Houston (1031), Hubbard (2398). Huddleston (2359), Hughes (928, 1241, 2391), Humphrey (2384), Hupp (2875), Hurst (928), Hutson (2798), Hutton (928), Hyman (97), Inghram (308), Ingram (720), Jackson (928, 1788, 2001, 2391), James (2292), Jenkins (97, 1227, 2505), Jewell (928), Johnson (148, 933, 1728, 2384, 2655), Johnston (2817), Jones (2348), Judy (2626), Kaminsky (200, 2519), Kasper (2402), Keadle (1670), Keister (1114), Keller (1788), Kelley (97, 2384, 2465), Kelly (1234), Kendall (2363), Kester (928), Keyser (2853), Kincaid (933, 2255), Kinnaird (2648), Kinsolving (2847), Kittle (1234), Knight (928), Koon (2451), Kurtz (1788), Kuykendall (2420), Kyer (2698), Laidley (928), Lambert (2091), Lawson (928, 2367), Lee (928), Lightburn (928), Lilly (2340, 2365), Lincoln (928), Lindsey (1613), Linthicum (2504), Little (200, 2519), Long (2521), Lorentz (928), Loudin (928), Lowther (928, 1279), Lynch (97, 1533, 2091, 2308), Lytle (200, 2390), Mahan (928), Makowicz (928), Mallow (2475), Malone (2571), Mankin (2635), Mann (928), Marchand (1613), Marple (928, 1099), Marshall (2420), Martin (928, 1613), Mason (1037), Masters (2184), Mathews (928, 933), Maxwell (928), May (2314), McClain (2417), McClelland (1613), McClung (2626), McCoy (1920, 2213), McCreary (2394), McCutcheon (2626), McDonald (2795), McFarland (1613), McLane (928), McLaughlin (1241), McVay (2415), McWhorter (928), Menefee (1613, 2547), Mercer (2547), Meriweather (1074), Merritt (2500), Metcalf (2416), Miller (97, 2505), Minor (720, 1266), Mitchell (97), Moats (2384), Moore (97, 928, 1136, 2391, 2393, 2844), Moran (2365), Morgan (928, 1234, 1607, 2505, 2593), Morris (308, 2197, 2341, 2391, 2505), Morrison (97, 928), Murphy (1493), Musgrave (97), Neale (2111, 2179), Neely (928, 1613), Nestor (793, 2384), Neville (2528), Newbraugh (692), Newlon (1802), Newman (1788), Nicholas (1037), Nichols (928, 2391), Norris (928, 2443), Nutter (928), O'Dell (1626), Okes (2365, 2375), O'Neal (97), Orr (2391), Osborne (2626), Osburn (2723), Overholt (933), Palmer (2366), Pancake (2420), Parry (200, 2519), Parsons (2420, 2548), Peck (1114), Pennell (933), Peters (2355), Peterson (928, 2824), Pethtel (97), Phares (2475), Phillips (928), Pierpoint (600, 1992), Pierpont (2123), Piggott (2535), Pindall (97, 1613), Pitsenbarger (2626), Poff (928), Poffenbarger (1299), Poling (2384), Prather (2213), Presbury (200, 2519), Price (97, 1607, 1613, 1728, 2500), Prickett (2505), Pringle (928), Propst (1114), Pursglove (1788), Quarrier (928), Queen (928), Rader (933, 2610), Raines (928), Rapalje (2323), Reed (186), Reeder (2397, 2803), Reger (928, 1099), Reynolds (2197), Riddel (928), Riddle (2331), Riggs (2534), Ripley (2183), Ritter (928), Robinson (2389), Rohrbough (1440), Romine (1963), Roney (2430), Ross (97), Ruffner (308, 928), Rush (97), Russell (2213), Savage (933), Schaub (1413), Scott (97, 555, 1613), Seabolt (2626), Seibert (1869), Sellers (1788), Sellman (2391), Settle (933), Seybert (1920), Shelby (97), Shingleton (2384), Shively (1613), Shobe (1413), Shoulders (928), Shriver (97), Sims (928), Sipe (2722), Sirk (2655), Sleeth (928), Small (2505), Smith (97, 928, 1788, 2372, 2387, 2420, 2465, 2498, 2504), Sommerville (2452), Soper (2213), Spencer (1788), Sprigg (2400), Springer (2452, 2505), Stalnaker (928, 1788, 2358), Stansbury (2519), Starcher (928), Steele (97), Steenberger (2511), Steiffel (2824), Steinaker (1788), Stephenson (933), Stewart (98), Stitler (928), Stoneking (2391), Stonestreet (2636), Stout (928), Strader (928), Straley (928), Streets (2384), Strothers (1613), Stump (928), Swartwout (2323), Sweeney (897), Swisher (928, 1788), Tannehill (2213), Talbot (2212), Talbott (928), Tavenner (2392), Temple (2640), Ten Eyck (933), Tenney (928), Teter (928), Thistle (2213), Thomas (928, 2505), Thomasson (2385), Thompson (2608), Thorn (2832), Thornberry (933), Thornburn (897), Thornhill (928), Tindall (2433), Townsend (1788), Trembly (1114, 2387), Tucker (928), Underwood (2391), Utter (2571), VanCamp (97), Vance (2393), Vandervort (186), Van Horn (928), Van Meter (897), Van Ness (2323), Vint (1920), Waggoner (928), Wagle (116), Walker (440), Walters (2348), Ward (928, 2323), Washington (928), Watring (2384, 2462), Watson (600, 1788), Weaver (1463), Weeks (2652), Weimer (928), Wells (2184, 2213, 2391), West (2391), Westfall (928, 1241, 2118), White (928, 2301), Whitman (1139), Whittlesey (928), Wiley (1241), William (2461), Williams (928, 1440, 2404), Wilson (928, 1613), Winans (928), Wolde (2571), Woodford (928), Wright (1241), Wunderlich (2539), Young (933, 1788), Zane (531).
General Store. Fairmont. Records, 1854-1907. 21 vols. Gift of Miss Mary Fleming, 1951. A&M No. 314. Records of the general store of B.A. "Moose" Fleming, Fairmont, relating costs and prices for construction materials, groceries, labor, drayage, clothing and fuel; includes miscellaneous medicinal recipes.
General Store. Gilmer County. Records, 1903-1924. 1 ft. Acquired, 1968. A&M No. 2048. Invoices, postal records, and receipts from a general store at Coxs Mills, Lucern.
General Store. Knob Fork. Records, 1897-1919. 2 vols. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jolliffe, 1956. A&M No. 811. A daybook of goods ordered, 1901-1904; and a ledger containing various accounts, 1897-1919, of A. Jolliffe and Son.
Getto, Adam. Oral History. Washington, Pennsylvania, 18 July 1973. An interview with a retired coal miner who emigrated from Yugoslavia, conducted by Linda Nyden concerning his leadership in the National Miners Union, and various incidents involving union violence and its consequences. One reel (5").
Gibbens, Gordon B. Papers, 1878-1879, 1889, 1891, 1896-1898, 1900-1902. 358 items. Purchase, 1982. A&M No. 2816. Correspondence of Gordon B. Gibbens of Parkersburg, West Virginia. Subjects discussed include personal and family business, West Virginia Republican Party affairs, and Gibbens' political appointments. Correspondents include Senators Stephen B. Elkins, Nathan B. Scott, and James A. Hughes, as well as numerous Ohio Valley politicians. One letter (21 December 1896) is an endorsement by a group of "colored" voters of Wood County for Gibbens' appointment to political office, and another letter (17 January 1898) is a similar endorsement by a group of Wood County Union veterans.
Gillenwater, Abb. Oral History. Crab Orchard, Raleigh County, WV, 10 May 1973. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Bill Taft and Lois McLean concerning his recollections of "Mother" Jones and his life as a miner at Slab Fork, Raleigh County, West Virginia. One reel (7").
Gist, Joseph C. Papers, 1860-1895. 10 ins. Purchase, 1977. A&M No. 2557. Business and personal letters of Joseph C. Gist, descendant of the early surveyor Christopher Gist. Includes a list of Joseph Gist's relatives and his legal and political papers.
Glass Workers' Protective League. Records, 1947-1976. 15 ins. Gift of Mrs. Huberta Patterson, 1976. A&M No. 2427. Minutes, correspondence, speeches, clippings, printed material, press releases, and other items concerning the Glass Workers' Protective League, which began in 1946 as the Four State Glass Workers' Protective League. It included glass workers from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana and was concerned with fighting the importation of cheap foreign glass. The papers deal mainly with the Burke-Hartke Bill, Bottle Bills, and national and international trade matters and include statements of union policy or position in these matters. There are minutes and correspondence, league constitutions, and a history of the Protective League.
Glasscock, William E. (1862-1925). Papers, 1906-1925. 12 ft. Gift of William E. Glasscock, Jr., 1931, and loaned by Paul W. Haddock, 1961. A&M Nos. 6, 1447. Correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and other papers of the thirteenth governor of West Virginia, 1909-1913.
Subjects include political, social, and economic affairs, 1904-1913; the presidential election of 1904 and 1912; the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal strikes, 1912-1913; and Glasscock's role as collector of internal revenue for West Virginia.
Correspondents include George W. Atkinson, Albert J. Beveridge, William E. Edwards, Davis Elkins, Stephen B. Elkins, Henry Ford, William Green, Henry D. Hatfield, Hiram W. Johnson, James S. Lakin, Virgil A. Lewis, Isaac T. Mann, Robert R. McCormick, John T. McGraw, George W. Perkins, Gifford Pinchot, Ira E. Robinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Nathan B. Scott, Mark Sullivan, Howard Sutherland, William H. Taft, and I.C. White. There are also papers relating to the Morgantown REPUBLICAN, a campaign newspaper established by Glasscock to support his gubernatorial candidacy and the Taft ticket in 1908.
Goff, David. Papers, 1826-1904. 2 ft. Gifts of Francis P. Fisher, 1954; Mrs. W.G. Smith, 1957; Mrs. C.W. Harding, 1957; Mrs. Ada Bosworth Harding, 1958; and Mrs. Ruth Woods Dayton, 1962. A&M Nos. 627, 975, 983, 1027, 1557. Papers of a Beverly attorney and land promoter in Randolph, Harrison, and Tucker counties. Goff was prosecuting attorney, 1835, and superintendent of schools of Randolph County, 1853, a member of the Virginia Assembly, and a state senator from Randolph County, 1875-1877.
The papers, mainly letters to Goff, deal with land transactions; the sale of slaves; politics; the Civil War; the founding of the Clarksburg CONSERVATIVE; bridge building of Lemuel and Eli Chenoweth; a proposed turnpike from Beverly to Fairmont; proposed railroads from Pittsburgh to Pocahontas County and from Parkersburg to Tygart Valley River; Canaan Valley railroad; the Washington and Ohio Railroad; mail routes; Goff family history; and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872; Sons of Temperance; and West Virginia politics, 1871.
Correspondents include: J.M. Bennett, A.I. Boreman, G.D. Camden, John S. Carlile, J.H. Diss Debar, Spencer Dayton, Charles J. Faulkner, William MacCorkle, John J. Jacob, Henry M. Matthews, Samuel Price, and P.G. Van Winkle.
Goff, Guy D. Papers, 1911-1931. 2 ft. Gift of Mrs. Anita Baker Goff, 1933, and transfer, 1954. A&M Nos. 17, 622. Typed copies of letters written by Goff from France, 1918-1920, as a member of General John J. Pershing's legal staff; typed copies of speeches, 1920-1931; scrapbooks of clippings on labor violence in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1911-1912, and on the appointment of Goff as United States district attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin, 1912.
Goff, Nathan, Jr. (1843-1920). Papers, ca.1866-1899. 17 ft. Gifts of Mrs. Guy D. Goff and Mrs. Carroll Reece, 1950; the Rutherford B. Hayes Library, 1957; and Leonard Davis, 1967, 1969. A&M Nos. 213, 953, 1940. Correspondence, letter books, pamphlets, newspapers, and papers on cases tried before Goff as a United States circuit judge, 1892-1911. Goff was Secretary of the Navy, 1881, a Congressman, 1883-1889, 1913-1919, and West Virginia Legislator, 1867-1868.
Goldsmith, Harry A. Papers, 1951-1974. 6 ft. Gift of Harry A. Goldsmith, 1978. A&M No. 2544. Personal papers including greeting cards, post cards, newsclippings, autographs of prominent individuals, travel brochures, letters and diaries of Harry Goldsmith, a Morgantown clothing store proprietor.
Goodwin, Olive. Oral History. Elkins, Randolph County, WV, 11 July 1975. An interview with a weaver, conducted by Mary Lucille DeBerry concerning the origins and history of the Tygart Valley Homestead. Partial reel (5"), transcription available.
Gore, Howard M. (1877-1947). Papers, 1908-1947. 19 ft. Gifts of Claude and Truman Gore, 1950. A&M Nos. 193, 198. Papers of the seventeenth governor, 1925-1929, of West Virginia, the bulk of which date from World War I when Gore was assistant food administrator in West Virginia. Other papers concern his career in Washington, 1921-1925, as a specialist in livestock marketing in the Department of Agriculture, assistant secretary and secretary of agriculture, 1924-1925. Other series relate to his governorship, producers' co-ops, the Farm Bureau, the West Virginia Public Service Commission, the Weston and Union livestock sales companies, cattle production, and politics.
Goshorn Family. Papers, 1833-1926. 3 reels of microfilm. Loaned for duplication by Wheeling College, 1975. A&M No. 2426. This collection comprises the personal and business correspondence, as well as financial and legal papers of the Goshorn family of Wheeling, West Virginia, including papers from members of several allied families. The original papers were acquired by Wheeling College from the Goshorn family. There are letters from William S. Goshorn during his Civil War imprisonment and Jean Daugherty's letters describing her travels. The business correspondence discusses loans, deeds, wills, land sales, and stock certificates. The financial and legal papers in the collection contain bills, bank notes, tax forms and receipts, court summons, and insurance policies. There is a Goshorn family ancestry chart and family history, letters from a Virginia legislator in the House of Delegates (1833), Civil War military affidavits for General Benjamin F. Kelley, and an oath of allegiance certificate from the new state of West Virginia (1863).
Graham, Emma Wickes. Scrapbook, 1931. 1 vol. Gift of Mrs. Emma Wickes Graham, 1978. A&M No. 2468. In 1931 Graham compiled this scrapbook as a class project at East Fairmont High School. Included are ten letters from West Virginia authors which narrate experiences in their lives. Correspondents are: Robert A. Armstrong, J.M. Callahan, John Harrington Cox, J. Frank Marsh, Elizabeth Davis Richards, Frank S. Townsend, Ella May Turner, Grace Yoke White, and Bettie Bush Winter.
Grant County. Justice Dockets, 1865-1923. 13 vols. Acquired, 1961, and gift of Edward Baker, 1962. A&M Nos. 358, 1619. Justice dockets of the Milroy District, 1865-1923, and one case book of Henry Feaster, justice of the peace, Grant Township, 1870-1873.
Gray, Fred W. Papers, 1922-1940. ca.200 items. Gift of Earl L. Core, 1962. A&M No. 1573. Correspondence and notes of a Philippi botanist, who worked in the field of cryptograms, particularly the study of lichens and cladoniae.
Great Kanawha Coal, Oil & Metallurgic Company. Records, 1866-1894. 1 in. Gift of Col. Harvey E. Sheppard, 1969. A&M No. 2117. The collection consists of correspondence and legal papers concerning 9,580 acres in Kanawha County, West Virginia, on Cabin and Slaughter creeks, mentioning coal and railroad possibilities, interest rates, livestock breeding and costs, and organization of the company.
Greco, Patsy. Oral History. Coketon, Tucker County, WV, 12 June 1967. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by John E. Stealey III concerning Greco's life as an immigrant and his experiences in the coalfields. Partial reel (5").
Green, Thomas (1798-1881). Diary, 1826-1827. 1 vol. (photocopy). Original in the Virginia Historical Society, 1963. A&M No. 1651. "Journal--during a Tour through the States of Ohio and Kentucky commenced--Saturday the 29 July 1826," by Thomas Green of Richmond. This journal concludes on 1 April 1827, at Chillicothe. Green's western trip was for the purpose of pursuing land matters, but the journal contains notes on the social, political, and economic life of the old West. Green visited Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Warm Springs, Kanawha Falls, and the Salines of Virginia, crossed the river at Gallipolis, passed through the principal towns and cities of southern Ohio including Cincinnati and Columbus, toured much of western and central Kentucky, visited the Shakers at South Union and Pleasant Hill, watched the canal construction at Louisville, and visited Transylvania University in Lexington.
Greene, William Edward. Oral History. Ottawa, Boone County, WV, 4 February 1975. An interview with a retired coal miner, conducted by Keith Dix and Walt Brady concerning efforts in the early 1900s to organize the coal miners of southern West Virginia. Greene also describes the activities of "Mother" Jones. Two reels (5").
Gregory, Mahala Chapman Mace. Manuscripts, 1940. 1 vol. Gift of Berlin B. Chapman, 1967. A&M No. 1948. A bound "copybook" of songs written from memory by Mahala Gregory, age 80. Contains poems, hymns, hand-drawn illustrations, and a short biogra