McGrew, James Clark.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George H. McGrew Papers
Correspondence, sermons, religious writings, and accounts of a graduate of Wesleyan University and Harvard Law School, Methodist missionary to India (ca.1876-1885), and son of Representative James Clark McGrew of Kingwood. Subjects include West Virginia politics; social activities in Kingwood; conditions in the Indian mission field; nautical improvements tested at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1879; Northwestern University; and the Republican National Convention of 1880.
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.
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- Account books 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Elections 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- India 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Missionaries 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Republican National Convention - 1880. 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less