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Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lyman C. Draper, Antiquarian, Manuscripts

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Collection Number: A&M 3045
Overview The interviews, correspondence, notes and reports of a Wisconsin based, New York born antiquarian and early researcher of frontier history. Lyman C. Draper's manuscripts were willed to the Wisconsin State Historical Society where he had been its corresponding secretary and instrumental in its development. Microfilm was produced by the society of his papers and made available for purchase to libraries because of their significance for studying the Eastern frontier and its pioneers. Draper had...
Dates: ca. 1740-1815

Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers

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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

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Academies and Institutes. 1
Accounting 1
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
Bridges -- West Virginia 1
Charleston (W. Va.) 1