Oren F. Morton (1857-1926) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1191
Correspondence, diaries, sketch books, published and unpublished manuscripts, literary notes, business records, and printed material of a schoolteacher, newspaper writer, county historian, novelist and essayist from Kingwood, whose fiction and nonfiction writings deal primarily with the Virginia-West Virginia Allegheny highlands. His best known works are WINNING OR LOSING?: A STORY OF THE WEST VIRGINIA HILLS (1901); LAND OF THE LAUREL: A STORY OF THE ALLEGHANIES (1903); UNDER THE COTTONWOODS: A SKETCH OF LIFE ON A PRAIRIE HOMESTEAD (1900); and histories of Preston, Pendleton, and Monroe counties. The collection also includes a manuscript temperance paper, "The Meridian Temperance Banner," 1880; and a list of marriage bonds for Monroe County, 1799-1846.
Series include:
Series 1. Manuscripts, ca. 1875-1926 (boxes 1-4)
Series 2. Essays, Lectures, and Stories, ca. 1875-1926 (box 4)
Series 3. Notes, Sketch Books, and Other Material, ca. 1875-1926 (box 5)
Series 4. Source Materials and Diaries, ca. 1799-1846, 1875-1926 (box 6)
English
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2.5 Linear Feet (Summary: 2 ft. 6 in. (6 document cases, 5 in. each))
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