Separated Materials
Separated to A&M collections:
Various autographed items have been moved to A&M 435.
Account book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A&M 3071, Russell, Joshua & William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.
Account book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A&M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.
Account book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A&M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.
Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:
Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877 (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438
Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863 (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439
Burnett, Nancy S. Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).
Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:
West Virginia Odd Fellow, 1919, Charleston (1 item)
West Virginia State Weekly, 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)
Exponent, 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)
Oros, 1927, Moundsville (1 item)
Pedagogue's Pastime, 1885, Moundsville (3 items)
Princeton Observer, 1950 (1 item)
Searchlight, Summersville (32 items)
West Virginia Farm Journal, 1872, Union (1 item)
Church Calendar, 1917, Wheeling (1 item)
Church News, 1892, Wheeling (1 item)
English Lutheran, 1900, Wheeling (1 item)
Musical Monthly, 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)
The Saturday Review, 1912 August 10, Wheeling
State Fair News, 1910, Wheeling (1 item)
William's Courier, undated, Wheeling (1 item)
Valley News Echo, Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper
Haney's Journal, 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)
Our Southern Home, 1893 November, Hamlet, NC
Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:
Donnelly, Shirley. Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III. Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.
Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks. Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.
Norton, Andre. Catseye. London: Gollancz, 1974.
Deacon, William A. The Four Jameses. Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.
Haslip, Joan. Catherine the Great: A Biography. New York: Putnam, 1977.
Separated to the Maps Collection:
Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777
Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia
Sistersville, West Virginia
Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia
Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia
Mannington, West Virginia
Morgantown, West Virginia
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia
Grafton, West Virginia
Cairo, West Virginia
Cameron, West Virginia
Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia
Moundsville, West Virginia
New Martinsville, West Virginia
Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia
Pennsboro, West Virginia
Salem, West Virginia
St. Mary's, West Virginia
Wellsburg, West Virginia
Buckhannon, West Virginia
Weston, West Virginia
Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia
View of Parsons, West Virginia
Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia
Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia
Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia
West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island
Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.
The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the "W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.
Sheet music separated to A&M 723, Sheet Music:
Americans, Together.
Back to West Virginia.
Battle of Port Royal.
Brave Boys Are They.
Canoeing on the Kanawha.
Capt. Linch March.
Cherry.
Cotton Field Dance.
Down in the Lonely Dell.
Dynamite Twist.
Fair West Virginia.
Fire Fly Polka.
Glory Hallelujah.
Going Back to West Virginia.
Home Alone in West Virginia.
I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.
Imagine Me.
In Flanders' Fields.
I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.
J'aime Mon Amour.
Just Before the Battle, Mother.
Kingdom Coming.
La Violette de Carafa.
Love and Devotion.
Memory's Dream.
Men of West Augusta.
Mountain Land West Virginia.
On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!
Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.
Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.
Something Tells Me You're the Girl.
Song of a Woman.
Sweet Kitty Wells.
The Ballad of Oakland.
The Battle Cry of Freedom.
The Last Hope.
The Self Service Chain Store.
The Sunny Hours of Childhood.
The Vacant Chair.
The West Virginia Singer.
There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.
We Are Mountaineers.
West Virginia.
West Virginia! And My Home.
West Virginia University Songs.
What a Lovely Day!
Who Will Care For Mother Now?
Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.
William Tell Overture.
Willie My Brave.
Transferred to A&M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers: Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)