McNeill family
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Louise McNeill, Poet, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3201
Overview
Papers of Louise McNeill (Pease), 1911-1993, of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, noted twentieth century Appalachian poet and author, poet laureate of West Virginia from 1979 to 1993, and professor of history and English. Though most well-known for her lyrical poetry about the history and spirit of West Virginia, McNeill also wrote articles, short stories, essays, and her memoirs. Includes biographical materials, letters, writings, poems, photographs, audio-visual materials, artifacts, and...
Dates:
ca. 1861-1865, 1930-1993; Majority of material found within 1970-1993
Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0740
Overview
M.K. Lowther (1869-1947) was a journalist and one of the first women newspaper editors in West Virginia. She was the author of the HISTORY OF RITCHIE COUNTY; BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND IN ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY; FRIENDSHIP HILL, HOME OF ALBERT GALLATIN; MARSHALL HALL AND OTHER POTOMAC POINTS IN STORY AND PICTURE; and MT. VERNON: ITS CHILDREN, ITS ROMANCES, ITS ALLIED FAMILIES AND MANSIONS. There are complete and incomplete typescripts, rough drafts, revisions, photographs and plates of her books....
Dates:
1907-1945
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- American literature -- Appalachian Region 1
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- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Blennerhassett Island (W. Va.) 1
- Farm life -- West Virginia 1
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site (Pa.) 1
- Maryland 1
- Mount Vernon (Va.) 1
- Mountain life -- West Virginia 1
- Mt. Vernon. 1
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- Pennsylvania 1
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- Poetry -- Appalachian Region 1
- Poets laureate -- West Virginia 1
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- Ritchie County (W. Va.) 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Virginia 1
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- West Virginia - Poetry. 1
- Women authors, American -- 20th century 1
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- Women poets, American -- 20th century 1
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