Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984

Scope and Contents Original Accession; 1756-1985; boxes 1-21 and two oversize folders Records of Earl L. Core, botanist, writer, editor, historian, and West Virginia University professor and Biology Department Head. Includes the correspondence, collected research materials, and writings of Dr. Core. The earliest correspondence, 1951-1960, deals mostly with his role as a botanist and West Virginia University Botany Department chair, and includes letters both to and from Dr. Core. Later...

Scope and Contents Office files and correspondence of Dr. Core, head of the Biology Department, editor of Castanea, and well-known biologist. Collection includes multiple addenda, all of which have been interfiled except for the addendum of 1978/01/17.Includes personal and business correspondence from the time Dr. Core served as Chairman of the WVU Department of Biology (ca. 1951-1969). Some correspondence (1967-1969) pertains to the Morgantown Public...

Scope and Contents The office files of Dr. Core, Head, Department of Biology, contain personal and professional correspondence. The papers deal with his work in the field of botany: as Curator of the Herbarium; as organizer of the Appalachian Botanical Club and editor of its journal, Castanea; and in various phases of botanical research. Some of the correspondence deals with academic duties and activities, and also reflects his interests in religious,...

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Correspondence of Georgia C. Price, Blackstone, Virginia with Dr. Core on the lore and family history of old time residents of Clay and other western districts of Monongalia County.

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Autographed letter signed by Margaret Cannon, Christopher Yoders, and Joseph S. Cannon to Jacob Mirs [Myers] Cassville, Monongalia County, Virginia. Dated, Martinsburg, Ohio, July 24. Letter from Myers' relatives in Knox County, Ohio briefly describing the country around Martinsburg.

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Letters from Campbell Jobes to Core, dated Elm Grove, W. Va., July 28, 1927, and a receipt for distilling corn, from the papers of Captain Alphaeus Garrison.

Overview Genealogy research material of Georgia Catharine Price (1867-1954, born in Monongalia County, West Virginia), granddaughter of West Virginia legislator William Price (1803-1881), and Earl L. Core. Includes typescript and original correspondence, genealogies, facsimiles of legal documents, and other material, mostly relating to the genealogy of various families, including Core, Haught, Price, and Tennant. Prominent locations include Greene County and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and...