Rowan, Andrew Summers
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew Summers Rowan (1857-1943) Papers and Memorabilia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1780
Overview
Burial flag, cord, pictures, and correspondence, 1963-1964, concerning disposition of these items. There is a resume of Rowan's life after 1922 and information on his military service, which included a mission in Cuba prior to the Spanish-American War, which was glorified in Elbert Hubbard's A Message to Garcia. There is a resume of Rowan's life, most notably his U.S. Army career, 1881-1909. An 1881 graduate of West Point, he served on the frontier against Indians...
Dates:
ca. 1940-1960
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0081
Overview
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.
Dates:
1772-1955; Majority of material found within 1855-1866
Virgil Anson Lewis, Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1507
Overview
Published and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, and speeches of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first state historian and archivist and a former state superintendent of schools. Subjects include the exploration, Indian wars, and settlement of Western Virginia; the Tory insurrection in the Valley of Lost River, 1781; the West Virginia new state movement; Masonry in West Virginia; Andrew S. Rowan; and various West Virginia authors. Correspondents include: George W. Atkinson, Waitman...
Dates:
1895-1912
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- Frontier and pioneer life 2
- Indians of North America 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Account books 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Chile 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 - West Virginia 9th Volunteer 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
- Cuba 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Freemasons 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Latin America 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Philippines 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - International Railway Survey Central and South America. 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Revolutionary War - Tory Insurrection. 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Valley of Lost River. 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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