Brown, John, 1800-1859
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2600
Overview
Papers of James ("Jim") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the West Virginia Hillbilly and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of...
Dates:
1650-1671, 1717-2003, undated; Majority of material found within ca. 1850-1995
Thornton Perry, Collector, Publications regarding West Virginia History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3343
Overview
Publications and manuscript from the Thornton Perry Museum Collection, reflecting Perry's interest in the history of West Virginia and the immediate region. Subjects include various aspects of West Virginia history, such as the Civil War, statehood, Wheeling, John Brown, and other topics. Formats include broadsides, reports, pamphlets, almanacs, a manuscript account book, newspapers, maps, and others. See Scope and Content Note for details and contents list.
Dates:
1787-1934
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- Subject: Wheeling (W. Va.) X
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- Banks and banking 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Broadsides. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- General stores 1
- Glass manufacture 1
- Marshall County (W. Va.) 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Political campaigns 1
- Propaganda, Soviet 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- Whiskey decanters 1
- books 1
- maps 1
- pamphlets 1
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