Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888
Person
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Fred T. Newbraugh, Collector, Papers Regarding Berkeley Springs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1283
Scope and Contents
Material includes signed letter from David H. Strother to Perley Poore, Berkley Springs, March 25, 1858; lottery ticket for town lot in Bath, 1814; Porte Crayon autograph, and a slave list, Berkley County. Photostats of material in the Library of Congress include an signed letter from William Wirt to his daughter, August 31 1823 on Berkeley Springs; Thomas Jefferson to Mr. Rodney Washington, December 8, 1808 in regard to gambler Thomas Bailey's assault on Jefferson's secretary; portion of a...
Dates:
1787-1916
Hunter Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3297
Overview
Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter documenting Thomas Marshall Hunter as well as the genealogy and history of the Hunter family, including descendants of John Hunter (1762-1845), a Scot-Irish immigrant and Morgan County resident who is the earliest American member of the family. There are scrapbooks regarding Thomas Hunters experiences at Shepherd College and in World War II. There is also material regarding the history of Berkeley Springs and Morgan County, and about David Hunter Strother....
Dates:
1930-1998
Jack W. Preble Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1315
Scope and Contents
Material includes a clipping scrapbook of Preble's column on hunting and fishing published in the Steubenville Herald Star, 1939-1942; miscellaneous clippings on Tucker County local history published in the Davis News, 1939; correspondence, 1940-1941, 13 items concerning the Mountain Lake, Maryland folk music festival, and the David H. Strother Memorial. Other newspaper clippings deal with Preble's spelunking activities and snake hunting. Correspondents include Felix G. Robinson and Jennings...
Dates:
1872-1956
Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905) Drawing of David Hunter Strother
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4308
Content Description
Drawing of David Hunter Strother by Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905) (5 1/2 in. by 8 1/2 in.). Strother is in the company of General John Pope, on whose staff he served as a topographer (while commissioned a Lt. Col. of the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry) from June to August, 1862. Also includes source document from Anderson Galleries establishing provenance from an auction in 1903. This collection also includes two prints of Harpers Ferry entitled "Harpers Ferry (From the Potomac side)" by...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1862-1874
Strother Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3404
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding the Strother family, particularly David Hunter Strother, a writer and illustrator for Harpers Magazine, who published under the pseudonym "Porte Crayon." Contains artwork (including some from Strother's time in Mexico and some by other artists), correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and material regarding the genealogy and history of the Strother family.Series include:Series 1. Initial Acquisition, Letters, Clippings, Photographs...
Dates:
1846-1990
Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3192
Overview
This microfilm version of the Thornton Tayloe Perry Collection held by the Virginia Historical Society contains historical material collected by Perry over a 30 year period. It concentrates upon western Virginia and West Virginia with particular emphasis upon the lower Shenandoah Valley and Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties of West Virginia. The microfilm was placed in the West Virginia Collection by the Virginia Historical Society under provisions of a National Historical...
Dates:
1732-1965
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
- Morgan County (W. Va.) 4
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 3
- Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 3
- Politicians -- United States 3
- United States -- Politics and government 3
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 3
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 3
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Art and artists 2
- Civil War -- War diaries 2
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 2
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 2
- Jefferson County. 2
- Judges -- West Virginia 2
- Mexico 2
- Politicians 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Account books 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Blackwater Chronicle. 1
- Braxton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Brooke County (W. Va.) 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1
- Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862. 1
- Charleston and its Resources 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Infantry. 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War battles - Kernstown. 1
- Civil War battles - Piedmont. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Diaries - Civil War. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Doddridge County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) 1
- Flag Day 1
- Folk music. SEE ALSO Music and musicians. 1
- Folklore 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Hardy County (W. Va.) 1
- Hardy County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Harpers Magazine. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Inventors and inventions. 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Lincoln County (W. Va.) 1
- Logan County. 1
- Marshall County. 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Mason County. 1
- Missouri 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Monroe County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 1
- Native American Heritage Day 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 1
- Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Railroads 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Secession 1
- Secession - Virginia. 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Steamboats 1
- Tucker County (W. Va.) 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hostages 1
- Upshur County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia 1
- Virginia - Claims vs. West Virginia. 1
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Virginia Illustrated. 1
- Volcano (W. Va.) 1
- Voting - United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Washington Bicentennial. 1 + ∧ less
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