Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Filtered By
- Subject: Weston (W. Va.) X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Account books 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Baptists 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 4th Infantry. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 1
- Civil War battles - Atlanta. 1
- Civil War battles - Kennesaw Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Freemasons 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Kennesaw Mountain (Ga.) 1
- Land. 1
- Lewis County. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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