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Photographs of Mob Moving Records to Courthouse in Parsons, Tucker County, WV

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4250

Scope and Contents

Two .tif files which are scans of black and white photos depicting the mob that moved county court records from the St. George courthouse to the Parsons courthouse on 1893 August 2, as part of a dispute about the location of the county seat. Also included are two .docx files describing the photos.

Dates

  • Creation: 1893 August 2

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Researchers may access born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

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

0.003 Gigabytes (4 files, formats include .tif and .docx)

Language

English

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
Photographs of Mob Moving Records to Courthouse in Parsons, Tucker County, WV
Author
Jane LaBarbara
Date
2017/08/02
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
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