West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Courtney Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1629
Overview
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,...
Dates:
1804-1920
James Morton Callahan, Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1075
Scope and Contents
These papers include two typescript drafts and a carbon of Dr. Callahan's autobiography, "Evolution of a Midwestern Octogenarian -- Incidents of a Busy Life", and a typescript of "Foundations of American Northern Frontier Development".
Dates:
1950-1954
Filtered By
- Subject: Frontier and pioneer life X
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- Account books 1
- American northern frontier 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Civil War -- Bounty receipts 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Iowa 1
- Livestock 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Midwestern octogenarians 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroads - Monongahela Valley Railroad. 1
- Steamboats 1
- Universities and colleges 1 + ∧ less
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