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Harper Family of Pendleton County, Photographs and Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4281

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Harper Family of Pendleton County. Also includes a small amount of genealogical and manuscript material. Photo formats include cartes de visite, tintypes, cabinet cards, mounted photos, prints, and photo postcards. Subjects include the Charles Skidmore Harper Family, the Jacob Conrad Harper and Susan McDonald Harper Family, additional Harper family members, and members of associated families, including the Carr, Cooper, Daniels, Harman, Harrison, and Montoney families. Addendum of January 2018 (box 1, folders 20-25, and box 2) includes mostly photographs of various family members, including the families of Amby Harper, Jacob C. Harper, Susanna Skidmore, and Dr. E.A. Harper, as well as a few family trees. Addendum also includes material pertaining to Brandon Fuller, a WVU graduate (1951) and a Harper family descendant.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1850-2017
  • Creation: Majority of material found within ca. 1870s-1930s

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Researchers may access digitized and 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

1.6 Linear Feet (1 ft. 7 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 4 in.))

0.0002 Gigabytes (2 .pdf and .docx files) : These files have been printed and added to folder 1.

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/

Separated Materials

Separated to book collection: Lydia Harper, or, The lost child : a true narrative, illustrative of the text (1848) bound with Heathen books and Christian tracts (1846) published by American Sunday-School Union.

Title
Harper Family of Pendleton County, Photographs and Papers
Author
Jane LaBarbara
Date
2017/11/29
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Script of description
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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