Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Carpenter (1889-1975) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2471
Overview
Correspondence and manuscripts of articles by Grafton resident Charles Carpenter (1889-1975), a historian, writer, and collector of West Virginia memorabilia. The collection also contains a brief genealogy of the Haymond family and an incomplete Upshur County, West Virginia court record book of 1853-1856.
Dates:
1853-1860
Charles Carpenter, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1773
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks maintained by Charles Carpenter, Grafton, between 1939-1963. Subjects include descriptions of libraries, book and manuscript collections, museums, rare and unusual books, magazines, book reviews, newspapers, and advertisements for books.
There are items as early as 1838, 1875, 1898, 1905, 1917, but the mass of the collection is in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Recurrent topics include book...
Dates:
1829-1963
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- Subject: Genealogy X