Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Barns Family Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3066
Overview
A framed lithograph of the James Barns residence in Cumberland Township, near Carmichaels, PA with an insert consisting of a drawing of the first successfully operating engine in Greene Co., ca. 1833, located in the Barns woolen factory on Muddy Creek, near Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. Included is an account by the donor about the Barns family of north central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. Mention is made of abolitionism, agricultural trends, James Barns, William Shinn Barns,...
Dates:
1884-1990
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0576
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West’s personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West. The...
Dates:
1774; 1780; 1830-1952
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- Churches -- Methodist Protestant 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Greene County (Pa.) 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Land. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Palatine. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Philippi. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
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