Lambert, Oscar Doane, 1888-1959

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Typescript notes made by Dr. O. D. Lambert during research for biographical material on Stephen B. Elkins, from Harrison, Clarkson, and Evarts manuscripts in the Library of Congress.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and the original draft of “West Virginia and Its Government” by Dr. Oscar D. Lambert, West Virginia University history professor and manuscripts collector for the West Virginia Collection. Papers deal with Dr. Lambert's teaching duties, his various writings and publications, and his archival collecting activities at the West Virginia and Regional History Center.Series include: Series 1. Correspondence, 1944–1955 (boxes 1-5) Series 2. Correspondence,...

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Two items collected by Oscar Doane Lambert, including: 1) a blank check from the Merchants and Mechanics' Bank of Wheeling at Morgantown (ca. 1850-1859) and 2) a postcard depicting the lynching of Joseph Brown of Whitmer, Randolph County. Please note that, as depicted on the postcard, this photograph could be disturbing to some viewers. The postcard includes a manuscript narrative recorded to the back describing the lynching, which involved the shooting of policeman Scott White.

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These records include the Civil War Discharge of Hiam J. Rogers, Private, Co. H. 191st Regiment, PA Infantry; Rodger's discharge from the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1905; and dues notice and receipts from the Hoffman Post no. 62, G.A.R., 1904-1906.

Overview Oscar Doane Lambert (1888-1959) was a historian, professor of history at West Virginia University, and a manuscripts collector for the University's West Virginia and Regional History Collection. Collection contains twenty-two scrapbooks compiled by Lambert almost entirely filled with newspaper clippings from the 1930s and 1940s that document various aspects of religion and West Virginia history. Most clippings about religion come from God's Revivalist and Bible...

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Contains photograph copies of land plat signed by George Washington for 400 acres of land in Frederick County, Virginia; Photostat copy of a letter written by Benjamin Franklin from France; Photostat copies of map of northern neck of West Virginians; newspaper clippings on West Virginia University and state politics. Contains copies of maps and photographs relating to land in the Northern Neck of Virginia, Joist Hite, Jesse Hughes, Henry G. Davis, Alexander L. Wade, and Lord Fairfax.

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Photostatic copies of five letters written by Stephen B. Elkins to Cardinal James Gibbons.

Overview One hundred and fifty-six documents, dating from 1784 to 1837, mounted and bound in a single volume. The collection contains business papers of William Ewin, of St. George, Tucker County, West Virginia, 1835 to 1850, subsequently a surveyor of prominence in West Virginia, and a member of the West Virginia State Senate (1879-1882). Approximately one third of the collection consists of patents, surveys, and other papers pertaining to wild lands in Randolph County, (West) Virginia, of which...