Cox, John Harrington, 1863-1945
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Berlin B. Chapman, Compiler, Scrapbook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2229
Overview
Microfilmed copy of a scrapbook outlining the history of college debating in West Virginia, 1933-1941. The scrapbook was prepared by Dr. Chapman and the Fairmont State College debate teams. Original is in the Fairmont State College Library.
Dates:
1933-1941
Carey Woofter, Compiler, Folklore of West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0112
Overview
Folklore of West Virginia collected by Woofter, who was a student of John Harrington Cox and Louis Watson Chappell. The collection consists of a card file of approximately 10,000 folklore items, including superstitions, sayings, riddles, remedies and tales, as well as a pair of unpublished bound volumes entitled FOLKLORE OF WEST VIRGINIA containing folklore and folksongs with musical notation by Woofter's protege Patrick Gainer. While Woofter never published his discoveries, he did supply...
Dates:
ca. 1920-1940
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- Subject: Webster County (W. Va.) X
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- Bee culture 1
- Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1
- Castanea 1
- Civil War -- Songs 1
- Education 1
- Education -- West Virginia -- Webster County 1
- Folk medicine. 1
- Folk music 1
- Folklore 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton (W. Va.) 1
- Harvard. 1
- Jackson County (W. Va.) 1
- Justices of the peace 1
- Land - Virginia land grant. 1
- Medicine - Folk remedies. 1
- Pension (widow' s) - War of 1812. 1
- Politics - Webster County. 1
- Prohibition -- United States -- History 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia -- Webster County 1
- Schools 1
- Schools - salaries. 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Teachers 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Virginia land grant - land. 1
- War of 1812 - Widow's pension. 1
- Webster County - Education. 1
- Webster County - Justices of the Peace. 1
- Webster County - Politics. 1
- Webster County - Railroads. 1
- West Virginia University -- History 1
- West Virginia University -- Students 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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