Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Anita Buchanan Speers, Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1338
Overview
Correspondence, typescripts, notes, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a local historian and promoter of patriotic societies from Berkeley Springs. Many of the papers pertain to the local history of the eastern panhandle. Subjects include the town of Bath (Berkeley Springs); James Rumsey; George Washington; Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother); Washington Bicentennial; National Flag Day; D.A.R.; and American Indian Day. One of the clippings scrapbooks includes a photo of West...
Dates:
ca. 1916-1957
Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0122
Scope and Contents
Collection includes original copies of correspondence relating to Virginia and West Virginia, as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, and research notes. Events pertaining to the Civil War and the formation of West Virginia are covered. Among the most important items are the private correspondence of Waitman T. Willey (1835-1861 and 1866-1868); data pertaining to education in Mason County, West Virginia (1861-1875); typescript copies of letters of Samuel Woods (see also A&M 1445);...
Dates:
1834-1945
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Flag Day 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Inventors and inventions. 1
- Jefferson County. 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County W.Va. - education 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) 1
- Native American Heritage Day 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Shepherdstown (W. Va.) 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Washington Bicentennial. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1 + ∧ less
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