James M. Guiher, Jr. Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3579
There are eleven series in this collection:
1) Biographical Information;
2) Family and Childhood;
3) Washington Irving High School, Clarksburg, WV;
4) Family Bibles and Genealogy;
5) Army and Education;
6) Writings and Correspondence;
7) Prentice-Hall Career;
8) Plays and Manuscripts;
9) West Virginia Publications and Prospectuses;
10) Publications; and
11) Oversized
Addendum of 2014/02/24, 1918-1955, undated, 0.5 in. (2 folders) is located in box 10, folder 7, and in an unnumbered oversize box; it consists of five black and white portrait photographs of James M. Guiher, Jr. (undated), James M. Guiher, Sr. (1918, 1955), John W. Davis (undated), and Lloyd Pickney Sounders (undated). The 1918 photograph of James M. Guiher, Sr. shows him in military uniform at Chatillon-Sur-Seine, France. The photograph of John W. Davis is inscribed "to James M. Guiher with sincere regards" and is signed by Davis. Lloyd Pickney Sounders (1873-1934) was the grandfather of James Guiher, Jr., and the co-founder, with Arthur Parsons, of Parsons-Sounders Department Store, Clarksburg, WV.
Addendum of 2014/08/29, ca. 1900-1990, 19 ft. 1.5 in. is located in boxes 11-30; it consists of papers relating to the Guiher, Davis, and Hart families, and related subjects, four land grants, and six paintings.
English
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26.63 Linear Feet (26 ft. 7.5 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (12 records cartons, 15 in. each); (3 oversize records cartons, 17 in. each ); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 in.); (1 artifact tray, 2.5 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1 item); (1 framed item, 0.5 in.); (9 unboxed pieces of artwork))
Personal papers of James M. Guiher, Jr. (1927- ), Editor and Head of Textbook Division of Prentice-Hall books, and son of James M. Guiher, Sr. (1897-1965), a prominent lawyer, politician, and community leader from Clarksburg, West Virginia. Includes autobiographical material, correspondence, publications, photographs, and other material regarding growing up in Clarksburg, attending Washington Irving High School (Clarksburg, WV), serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, attending Princeton and Harvard Universities, his career at Prentice-Hall, as well as his writings (including essays and plays). The writings regard an evolving view of life influenced by art, existentialism, and experiences in Italy and Greece. There are publications regarding the history of, and places and events in Clarksburg and Harrison County (including booklets, pamphlets, programs, maps, clippings, and post cards; ca. 1953-1999). There is also a group portrait photograph of his father James M. Guiher, Sr. as a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, West Virginia University, 1917. There is a book of historical autographs collected by Guiher, Jr., including those of George Washington and Martha Custis Washington, John and Abigail Adams, and Benjamin Franklin, among others. There are also addendums including five portrait photographs (2014-02-24); papers relating to the Guiher, Davis, and Hart families, and related subjects; James M. Guiher Sr.'s service in WWI; four paintings and two artworks (2014-08-29); and three paintings (2015-08-17).
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