Deeds and other legal papers of a farmer from Jefferson County, West Virginia. The collection also includes several legal documents, 1874-1877, pertaining to Dr. Nicholas Marmion of Harpers Ferry.
Dissertation and corresponding notes of George P. Parkinson, Ph.D. His dissertation, written for his Ph.D. in history, is on the topic of antebellum state constitution making and the related effects of constitutional radicals and conservatives.
This collection also includes drafts of several of Parkinson's other papers, as well as materials related to his work as an academic advisor on the Ohio River Project.
Correspondence, clippings and other documents collected through 1953, on George Rogers Clark Floyd, secretary of state for the Territory of Wisconsin, 1845-1848, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, 1872-1873, and longtime resident of Logan County. There is data on other members of the Floyd family.
Records of Dr. George S. Goldstein, a health care administrator who worked in the Ohio and Pennsylvania coal fields. Dr. Goldstein's work concerned the Appalachian coalfield medical care system, especially in terms of the role played by the United Mine Workers of America and its health and retirement fund.