Maxwell, H.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0311
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Maxwell family, including correspondence, accounts, legal papers, pamphlets, and clippings. Correspondence (1863-1889) is comprised mostly of letters from Hu Maxwell, California, to Mrs. S.J. Maxwell. Subjects include mining, schools, size and social conditions of towns, ranches, weather and crop conditions, geographical oddities, Maxwell's personal living conditions, and his intentions concerning history publications. Other items include account book of Captain James L. White,...
Dates:
1851-1929, undated
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview
Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates:
ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Virgil Anson Lewis, Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1507
Overview
Published and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, and speeches of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first state historian and archivist and a former state superintendent of schools. Subjects include the exploration, Indian wars, and settlement of Western Virginia; the Tory insurrection in the Valley of Lost River, 1781; the West Virginia new state movement; Masonry in West Virginia; Andrew S. Rowan; and various West Virginia authors. Correspondents include: George W. Atkinson, Waitman...
Dates:
1895-1912
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- Account books 2
- California 2
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 2
- Education 2
- Laurel Hill. 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 2
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 2
- Tucker County (W. Va.) 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Agriculture 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 9th Volunteer Infantry. 1
- Civil War battles - Philippi. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Freemasons 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Literature -- Societies, etc 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Maps. 1
- Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Pruntytown (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Revolutionary War - Tory Insurrection. 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Saint George. 1
- Tyrone Forge. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Valley of Lost River. 1
- West Virginia 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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