Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Person
Found in 4 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, 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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- Genealogy 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 2
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Maps. 2
- Steamboats 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 2
- Women's history -- 1951-present 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Agriculture 1
- Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Thurmond's Rangers. 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 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 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 13th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War -- Muster rolls 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Civil War soldiers letters - Union. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Court records 1
- Depression. 1
- Diaries 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Elections 1
- Epidemics 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- France 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Huntington. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Land. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Lewis County. 1
- Ohio 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Rich Mountain (Randolph County, W. Va.) 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia - oath of allegiance. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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