Henry Ruffner (1790-1861) and William Henry (1824-1908) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.1942
Overview
Pamphlets include Henry Ruffner's antislavery pamphlet, 1847, and his Union speech, 1856. Subjects of the manuscripts and correspondence include family history; travel; Kanawha Salt Works; schools in Virginia and Kanawha County; Lane Seminary Library; Presbyterian Church; slavery, coal, gas, iron, and timber; Johns Hopkins, Washington and Lee, Harvard, Hobart, Cornell, and Hampden-Sydney colleges; Greenbrier County; Alabama; election of 1904; University of Virginia; Kanawha Valley floods; Venezuela; American Colonization Society; and the Philippine Islands. Persons mentioned or commented on include Philip Doddridge, John Letcher, Hugh Mercer, and Nelson A. Miles. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, John Eaton, John P. Hale, H.R. Helper, W.S. Laidley, David L. Ruffner, John W. Wayland, and William L. Wilson.
Dates
- 1829-1913
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 contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center.
Extent
0 Linear Feet (Summary: 1 reel of microfilm (310 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/
- Abolition of slavery
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans.
- Alabama
- Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957
- American Colonization Society
- Authors -- Letters and papers
- Churches -- Presbyterian
- Coal mining.
- Cornell University
- Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832
- Eaton, John.
- Education
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools.
- Election of 1904.
- Elections
- Floods
- Gas industry
- Genealogy
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.)
- Hale, John P.
- Hampden-Sydney College
- Harvard University
- Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909
- Hobart College
- Iron furnaces and iron industry.
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kanawha County (W. Va.)
- Kanawha Salt Works.
- Kanawha Valley.
- Laidley, W.S.
- Lane Seminary Library
- Letcher, John, 1813-1884
- Lumber trade
- McClung family - Genealogy
- Mercer, Hugh
- Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
- Ministers - letters and papers.
- Missionaries
- Philippines
- Rivers and river valleys.
- Ruffner family
- Ruffner, David L.
- Ruffner, Henry, 1790-1861
- Ruffner, William Henry, 1824-1908
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
- Slaves and slavery.
- Travel accounts.
- Universities and colleges
- University of Virginia.
- Venezuela
- Washington and Lee University
- Wayland, John W.
- Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900
- Women's history -- 1800-1849
- Women's history -- 1850-1899
- Women's history -- 1900-1929
Creator
- Title
- Henry Ruffner (1790-1861) and William Henry (1824-1908) Papers, 1829-1913
- 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
wvrhcref@mail.wvu.edu
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536
wvrhcref@mail.wvu.edu