Mimeographed typescript entitled 'John Bane of Short Creek and His Descendants' compiled by Frank J. Bane, 1956. Material covers the years 1700-1956.
Scrapbook of clippings regarding coal mine safety in West Virginia compiled by Frank King, head of the West Virginia Department of Mines in the 1950s. Topics include safety programs, mine inspections, closures, disasters, rescues, etc. (16" x 18" x 1").
Incomplete run of Frank Leslie's Scenes and Portraits of the Civil War issued by the Pittsburgh Times as a souvenir. Includes 10 full issues (parts 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9-11, 13, and 17) and some partial issues. Some of the material relates to West Virginia. Please note, the pages are very brittle -- handle with care.
Papers of Frank Herrera, photographer. Materials include photographic prints, contact sheets, and negatives taken by Herrera, photographic prints by other photographers, and assorted ephemera regarding Herrera's career.
Genealogy research records compiled by Franklin Brand regarding the William Fleming family for his book entitled "The William Fleming family (a genealogy) with a brief account of some other Flemings of Delaware". The book is available at the West Virginia Collection. William Fleming was born in 1717 and served in the American Revolution. The genealogy papers and book trace The William Fleming family up to 1930, and in a few cases up to 1941.