American Red Cross
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Gravely and Moore Studio, Photography Business in Charleston, Negatives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2523
Overview
Negatives and other material from the Gravely and Moore Studio of Charleston, West Virginia. The majority of items within the collection are cellulose acetate negatives; the collection also includes glass plate negatives, prints, two photograph albums, and other material, as well as a card catalog documenting business transactions with customers. The collection is organized into customer project files as established by the Studio; the contents of these files are stored in envelopes usually...
Dates:
1860s-1960s; Majority of material found within 1930-1945
Ladwig Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3325
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Ladwig family. They document the professional and personal lives of medical and teaching professionals in West Virginia in the early twentieth century, includng Dr. Otto Ladwig (1875-1968), his wife Calora Hardway Ladwig (1882-1974), and Margaret and Gertrude Hardway, Calora's sisters. The Ladwigs lived in Harrison and Randolph counties and were active in itinerant logging communities such as Evenwood. There are correspondence, publications, deeds, certificates, and photos...
Dates:
1870-1959
Monongah Mines Relief Committee Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1733
Overview
The Monongah Mines Relief Committee was formed to collect and distribute funds for the widows and children of the 362 victims of the explosions at Monongah Mines No.6 and No.8, Marion County, West Virginia, on 6 December 1907. The collection includes correspondence and individual case files. These files contain age and place of birth of each victim; dependents' names, ages, and places of residence; and amount of each relief payment. There is a record of all contributions to the Relief...
Dates:
1907-1925
Red Cross of Fairmont, West Virginia, Typescript Regarding Activities During World War II
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4126
Overview
Typescript titled "Historical Record of the Activities of the Fairmont, West Virginia Chapter of the American National Red Cross in World War II, September 1939 - December 1945". Typescript documents the activities of the Fairmont Red Cross before and during World War II, including nurse recruiting, war funds, first aid, disaster preparedness, and home service, among other topics.
Dates:
ca. 1945
Siler Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2200
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil...
Dates:
1848-1968
West Virginia War History Commission, World War II Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0109
Scope and Contents
Records of the West Virginia War History Commission and the state, local, and national branches of the Office of Civilian Defense. Material within this collection documents civilian activities on the homefront during World War II in the state of West Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, publications, pamphlets, maps, posters, newspapers and clippings, radio scripts, and other material. The collection also contains 19 reels of microfilm regarding the Monongalia Office of Civil...
Dates:
1928-1946; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
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- Banks and banking 2
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- Account books 1
- Advertising photography 1
- Aerial photographs. 1
- Architectural photography 1
- Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
- Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
- Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs. 1
- Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. 1
- Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
- Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
- Barrackville Mine Disaster. 1
- Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
- Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
- Bibles 1
- Blueprints 1
- Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
- Bowling 1
- Business correspondence 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Chemical industry 1
- Church buildings 1
- Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
- Churches -- Episcopal 1
- Civil Service -- Employees 1
- Civil War - political factions. 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Description 1
- Civil defense -- United States 1
- Civil defense -- West Virginia 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining - disasters. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Dance and dancers. 1
- Department stores 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
- Estates and estate settlements. 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Banks and Banking. 1
- Financial Public Relations Association - Banks and Banking. 1
- First Virginia Corporation - Banks and Banking. 1
- Freemasons 1
- General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
- Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
- Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
- Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- High Schools -- West Virginia 1
- High school students -- West Virginia 1
- Immigrants and immigration. 1
- Insurance - V. E. Johnson Insurance Agency. 1
- Land - deeds and grants. 1
- Land Plat. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Ledgers. 1
- Librarians 1
- Libraries - Morgan County Library. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Magazines. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Military Personnel - United States. 1
- Missionaries 1
- Monongah (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County - Circuit Court. 1
- Morgan County Library - Libraries. 1
- Music - Sheet music. 1
- Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry. 1
- Nurses 1
- Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation - Glass Sand Industry. 1
- Photographers 1
- Photography 1
- Photography of children 1
- Physicians - letters and papers. 1
- Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman 1
- Police, State - West Virginia. 1
- Political factions - Civil War. 1
- Politics - Secession of Virginia. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Portrait photography 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad Company. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Red Cross - Fairmont Chapter. 1
- Rhodes scholarships 1
- Rock Gap Coal and Mining Company - Stocks. 1
- Schools 1
- Schools -- West Virginia 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Secession of Virginia - Politics. 1
- Teachers 1
- Town of Bath, West Virginia - Berkeley Springs. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Universities and colleges 1 + ∧ less
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