Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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, 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, 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
Filtered By
- Subject: Land. X
Additional filters:
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- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 2
- Civil War -- letters 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
- Land. 2
- Surveyors and surveying. 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Wood County (W. Va.) 2
- Account books 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 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 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 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 battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) -- History 1
- Genealogy 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Land companies -- History 1
- Land grants - Monongalia County, (West Virginia). 1
- Land patents - Monongalia County. 1
- Maps. 1
- Mason-Dixon Line 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Mother's Day 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- West Virginia -- History 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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