Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910-
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Civil War Correspondence and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1330
Scope and Contents
Forty-nine letters of Ephraim W. Frost of Co J., 116th Reg, Ohio Vol Inf. Frost, who lived in Coolville, Ohio, near Parkersburg, was stationed at Moorefield, Martinsburg, near Romney, Winchester and Sleepy Creek in Morgan County, where his Reg. was guarding the B & O. The letters comment on fighting in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 around Woodstock, mention of McNeill, Imboden, and Mosby, and contain much on camp life in the eastern panhandle area. Frost was wounded near Piedmont in May...
Dates:
1861-1865
H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1391
Scope and Contents
Published and unpublished manuscripts on episodes in West Virginia history; civil war history; hunting; and police protection in industrial plants. Letter of Gen. T.M. Harris concerning organizing and outfitting of troops, 1861; copies of newspaper articles by Gen. Harris concerning "the Sabbath question", 1876; Letters (typescript copies) of Pvt. James Z. McCausland's Brigade, 1863-1864 (7 items), on the Battle of Droop Mountain: fight at Dublin, picket duty around Warm Springs, Virginia;...
Dates:
Various Dates
H.E. Matheny, Collector and Compiler, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1399
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter dated Mount Sterling, Ohio, March 25, 1947 from Dr. George B. Faber to William S. Ryan, concerning Dan Cunningham and the murder of Rev. Thomas P. Ryan.
Dates:
1961
H.E. Matheny Dulcimer Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0791
Overview
Papers, pamphlets, photos and sheet music collected by H.E. Matheny on the dulcimer and its place in world culture.
Dates:
1948-1977
Matheny-Stutler Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2156
Overview
Correspondence between H. E. Matheny and Boyd B. Stutler who were antiquarian collectors of West Virginia and authors on the local history of the state. The correspondence is primarily about West Virginia imprints and historical literature. There is much discussion of the following topics as they pertain to West Virginia: colloquial language, frontier and pioneers, post offices and postal service, crimes and criminals, the Civil War, early oil industry, and printers, printing and newspapers....
Dates:
1945-1969
Stiles Family Oil and Mining Company Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0199
Overview
Papers, maps, and photos of William C. Stiles and Samuel B. Stiles, developers associated with J.C. Rathbone and J.N. Camden in the oil industry of Wood County, in particular of the oil boom town of Volcano. Most of the papers are business correspondence, receipts and oil drilling records dealing with family owned business in Parkersburg and Volcano, namely the Zero Oil Company, the Power Oil Company, and the Jackson Land and Mining Company. There are family photographs, and records and...
Dates:
1837-1951
Volcano, Wood County Historical Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1800
Overview
Material relating to Volcano, Wood County, the center of a booming oil industry, 1865-1879. Specifically mentioned is the Stiles Oil Company, owned by William Cooper Stiles, Jr. The collection consists of articles, photographs, court proceedings, correspondence, and record books.
Dates:
1857-1964
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Braxton County (W. Va.) 2
- Civil War - raids and raiders. 2
- Civil War -- letters 2
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 2
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 2
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 2
- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 2
- Parkersburg. 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 2
- Virginia 2
- Wood County (W. Va.) 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 1
- Camp Allegheny 1
- Camp Chase (Ohio) 1
- Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862. 1
- Chambersburg (Pa.) 1
- Civil War - Ohio 116th Volunteer Infantry, Company J. 1
- Civil War - Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (August-November) 1
- Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War -- Imboden's Rangers 1
- Civil War -- Mosby's Rangers 1
- Civil War -- McNeill's Rangers 1
- Civil War battles - Droop Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Dublin. 1
- Civil War battles - Monocacy. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Colloquialisms. 1
- Court records 1
- Crime and criminals. 1
- Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort. 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 1
- Jubal Early's Raid on Washington, 1864 1
- Maps. 1
- Mount Sterling, O.H. 1
- Murder 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Photography 1
- Printers and printing. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Romney, WV - Civil War. 1
- Sleepy Creek, Morgan County (W.Va.) 1
- Volcano (W. Va.) 1
- Volcano. 1
- Warm Springs, V.A. 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Winchester (Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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