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Dolores Fleming, Compiler, Typescript Manual for Interpreting the Nineteenth Century Parkersburg Home of the Cook and Barker Families

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3541

Overview

Typescript manual titled "The Cook House: A Manual for the Interpretation of the Nineteenth Century Home of Tillinghast Almy and Betsey Cook" prepared by Dolores Fleming in 1984. The volume discusses the genealogy of the Cook and Barker familes of Parkersburg, West Virginia and surrounding areas during the late 18th and 19th centuries. It also includes an extensive discussion of the architecture and furnishings of the Cook House, built in the late 1820's, as well as copies of original census records, photographs, legal records, and maps. There is also a brochure (2 copies) about the Cook House with a brief history of the Cook family and The Junior League of Parkersburg.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (Summary: 2 items)

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Title
Dolores Fleming, Compiler, Typescript Manual for Interpreting the Nineteenth Century Parkersburg Home of the Cook and Barker Families, 1984
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536