Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Person
Found in 5 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
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, 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 4
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 4
- Academies and Institutes. 2
- Accounting 2
- Charleston (W. Va.) 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 2
- Roads -- West Virginia 2
- Schools 2
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 2
- Women's history -- 1951-present 2
- 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
- Cedar Creek, Battle of, Va., 1864 1
- Cemeteries 1
- Cemeteries -- Recording 1
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 4th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 1
- Civil War battles - Atlanta. 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Kennesaw Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Court records 1
- Depression. 1
- Diaries 1
- Education 1
- Egypt 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Elections 1
- Epidemics 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- France 1
- Freemasons 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Georgia 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Huntington. 1
- Indians, North American. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Kennesaw Mountain (Ga.) 1
- Land. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Lewis County. 1
- Lewisburg (W. Va.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Maps. 1
- Marriage records 1
- Methodist Episcopal Church. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Military camps 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Pioneers 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Presbyterian Church. 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Registers of births, etc 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Steamboats 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Taverns (Inns) 1
- Tennessee 1
- Transportation 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- Vicksburg (Miss.) 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1 + ∧ less
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