Records regarding Beatrice Burgess, a Minister of three small Methodist churches in McDowell County, WV. She worked as an advocate for the poor, sick, hungry, and old in the WV Legislature. Includes publications regarding aging, church bulletins, photographs, and certificates. Also includes a 1947 yearbook for Western Kentucky State University; and a 1970 yearbook for Brevard College, North Carolina.
Letters to Walter Stuart, editor of the West Union RECORD, West Union, from Mrs. Beatrice H. Cooper, Sanoma, West Virginia, regarding the life of her husband, Colonel Matthew M. Cooper (d. 1900), a newspaper editor and politician. Mention is made of William Jennings Bryan in West Virginia and the newspaper, THE CRISIS.
A photographic prospectus of Beckley, West Virginia, published by the city's Chamber of Commerce, advertising the city as the "Smokeless Coal Capital" of the state. Subjects of photographs are Beckley's prominent buildings, including businesses, residences, churches, and schools. The photographs are mainly the exteriors of buildings with a few photographs of interiors.
Photostat of a news story in The Fairmont Times W. Va. On John Beckley, first mayor of Richmond, and clerk of Congress in the administrations of Washington and Jefferson, and his son, Gen. Alfred Beckley.
A blueprint map of the properties operated by the Beechwood Coal and Coke Company, Claremont, Fayette County, WV, ca. 1936. Size: 28 x 51.
Publications regarding horse training and animal breeding published by the Beery School of Horsemanship, which was founded by horse trainer Jesse Berry as a correspondence school in 1905. Also contains publications regarding livestock and agriculture, and other miscellaneous material. See "Scope and Content Note" and "Historical Note" for further information.
Papers and ledger of a Greenbrier Co. general store containing ledger entries for cloth, clothing, hardware and food items. The papers include inventories, receipts, contracts, correspondence and legal documents that pertain mostly to the indebtedness incurred by the company. Names mentioned are Hezekiah Belden, William Pettis, Edwin Porter, Samuel Price, Cyrus Walker, and Ezra Walker.
A West Virginia teacher's certificate for Belle Stemple to teach grade two in Preston County for the year 1888 Sept 13.
Files and artwork of artist and West Virginia University art professor Ben Freedman. Includes correspondence, curriculum files, class teaching notes, exhibition catalogs, artworks, and other material. He retired from WVU in 1989. This collection is minimally processed.