Edwards, William Henry.
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Edwards Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0986
Overview
The collection consists of printed volumes relating to Colonel William Edwards, William W. Edwards, and William Henry Edwards; also copies of manuscript materials, including a diary of William Henry Edwards for 1846, and his "Journal and Preface to London Diary," 1848. Other materials relate to the family's coal interests in Kanawha County and include account books for the Coalsburg-Kanawha Mining Company, 1926-1928; the Deep Hollow Coal Company, 1920-1940; and the Kanawha and Ohio Coal...
Dates:
1844-1951
John Stringer Hoffman (1821-1877) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1703
Overview
Legal correspondence and papers of a Clarksburg lawyer who specialized in land title litigation and served as associate judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 1862-1876. Papers pertain to lands in the central counties of West Virginia. Subjects include: the James Swan lands; European immigration to West Virginia following the Civil War; New York Southern Land Company; Philadelphia International Land Association; state economic development during Reconstruction; and...
Dates:
ca. 1856-1883
William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1373
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of William Henry Edwards' Autobiographical Notes. Edwards was a naturalist from Coalburgh, W. Va. And is best known for his three volume "The Butterflies of North America" (1879-1897). Earlier he had published "Voyage up the Amazon" (1847).
The manuscript contains typed copies of letters from Alfred R. Wallace, H. W. Bates, Theodore L. Mead, Prof. D. J. Ansted, Richard V. Murray, Louis Agassis, Samuel W. Scudder, Addison Ballard, and Dwight W. Marsh.
Dates:
1822-1909
William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1614
Scope and Contents
Entomological notebooks of the famous naturalist and authority on North American butterflies, William Henry Edwards of Coalsburg, West Virginia.
Dates:
1852-1897
William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1951
Scope and Contents
444 letters. Subjects include: coal lands in W. Va., Lepidoptera collection, scientific publications, and research on butterflies. Correspondents: L. Agassiz, D.T. Ansted, John Akhurst, V.V. Baird, Wm. H. Ashmead, Addison Ballard, N.W. Bates, Jacob Boll, George H. Briggs, Albert S. Brekimore, A.J. Butler, John H. Cook, E.R. Crotch, George Dimmock, Rudolph Feider, J. Fletcher, P.H. Gosse, Edward H. Griffin, Ferdinando Grist, Albert Hopkins, W.F. Kirby, Ludwig Kumbein, Theodore L....
Dates:
1840-1907
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- Butterflies 3
- Diaries and journals. 3
- Entomology 3
- Land. 3
- Account books 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Coalburg, W.Va. 1
- Coalburgh, W.Va. 1
- Estate settlements. 1
- Immigration. 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Shavers Mountain (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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