Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Person
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1710
Overview
Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace...
Dates:
1898-1963
Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0042
Overview
Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia.
Dates:
1861-1947, undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928
Monroe F. Cockrell, Correspondence Regarding Stonewall Jackson
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1572
Overview
Correspondence of a Chicago antiquarian and collector with Roy Bird Cook of Charleston, West Virginia, pertaining to the life of Stonewall Jackson.
Dates:
1946-1962
Moreland Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2983
Overview
Papers of the Moreland Family of Monongalia County. Materials include assorted land patents and grants for land in Monongahela County, Virginia and other locations, typescripts regarding West Virginia history, and assorted correspondence of members of the Moreland family. Also includes correspondence and other material regarding the opening of Richwood Avenue in Morgantown, which was constructed by the Works Progress Administration.
Dates:
1788-1944
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1528
Overview
Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook....
Dates:
1774, 1822-1943
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers Regarding General Joseph A.J. Lightburn and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1379
Overview
Materials collected by Roy Bird Cook regarding General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn. Includes letters sent to Dr. Bird regarding General Lightburn and the Lightburn family, newspaper clippings regarding Lightburn and the Civil War in West Virginia, two maps, a pamphlet, and other material. See the "Historical Note" for further information about General Lightburn.
Dates:
1774-1960; Majority of material found within 1939-1960
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
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Papers regarding the Civil War in Southern West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0895
Overview
Papers mainly related to the Civil War in southern West Virginia, including correspondence, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, and other material. Highlights of the collection include material regarding Captain John V. Young of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry; Captain James S. Cassady of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry; Captain W.D. Thurmond and his company of Partisan Rangers; and the 8th and 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry units. The collection is organized...
Dates:
1844-1938; Majority of material found within 1861-1867
Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0858
Overview
Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the...
Dates:
1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
- Genealogy 5
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 5
- Diaries and journals. 3
- Politics and government. 3
- Academies and Institutes. 2
- Accounting 2
- Charleston (W. Va.) 2
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 2
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 2
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 2
- Civil War -- letters 2
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 2
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 2
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 2
- Civil War battles. 2
- Elections 2
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 2
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 2
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
- Kanawha Valley. 2
- Land. 2
- Lewis County. 2
- Maps. 2
- Roads -- West Virginia 2
- Schools 2
- Steamboats 2
- Surveyors and surveying. 2
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Weston (W. Va.) 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 2
- Women's history -- 1951-present 2
- Wood County (W. Va.) 2
- Account books 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Baptists 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 1
- Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Cemeteries -- Recording 1
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Civil War - Thurmond's Rangers. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia - Union soldiers. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 13th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 4th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 1
- Civil War -- Muster rolls 1
- Civil War battles - Atlanta. 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Kennesaw Mountain. 1
- Civil War soldiers letters - Union. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Court records 1
- Depression. 1
- Diaries 1
- Education 1
- Egypt 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Epidemics 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) -- History 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- France 1
- Freemasons 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Georgia 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Huntington. 1
- Indians, North American. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Kennesaw Mountain (Ga.) 1
- Land companies -- History 1
- Land grants - Monongalia County, (West Virginia). 1
- Land patents - Monongalia County. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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