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Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

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Academies and Institutes. 1
Accounting 1
Agriculture 1
Bridges -- West Virginia 1
Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 1
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Charleston (W. Va.) 1
Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
Civil War - Thurmond's Rangers. 1
Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 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 -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
Civil War -- Muster rolls 1
Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
Civil War battles. 1
Civil War soldiers letters - Union. 1
Diaries 1
Fortification -- West Virginia 1
Genealogy 1
Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
Kanawha Valley. 1
Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
Lewis County. 1
Maps. 1
Ohio 1
Ohio River Valley -- History 1
Pharmacy -- History 1
Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 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
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 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 -- Prisoners and prisons 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 -- 1850-1899 1
Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
Women's history -- 1951-present 1
Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
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