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Brown, John.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Julia M. Davis, Author, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2826
Overview Interviews with and reviews of the fiction of Julia Davis, a member of a prominent Harrison County family whose most distinguished member was her father, John W. Davis, the 1924 Democratic Presidential candidate. In the interviews she tells of the influence upon her career of Melville Davisson Post and of the historic activities of her family, particularly before and during the Civil War. Her maternal grandparents, who resided in Jefferson County, observed the trial and execution of John...
Dates: 1980

Matheny-Stutler Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2156
Overview Correspondence between H. E. Matheny and Boyd B. Stutler who were antiquarian collectors of West Virginia and authors on the local history of the state. The correspondence is primarily about West Virginia imprints and historical literature. There is much discussion of the following topics as they pertain to West Virginia: colloquial language, frontier and pioneers, post offices and postal service, crimes and criminals, the Civil War, early oil industry, and printers, printing and newspapers....
Dates: 1945-1969

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African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
Colloquialisms. 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 1