Bound volume of commendation letters received by mathematics professor Charles H. Vehse upon his retirement from West Virginia University. Authors of the letters include Paul A. Miller, President of West Virginia University; Carl M. Frasure, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University; and Irvin Stewart, Professor of Political Science at West Virginia University, among others.
Photostats of land papers, including deeds, abstracts, agreements, and surveys, for land in Hampshire and Harrison counties, West Virginia; and Harrison County, Missouri, 1755-1913.
Facsimiles of printed material relating to Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Includes a printed circular relating to the opening of the Wheeling Bridge, 1849; an invitation to a public dinner given in honor of Charles J. Faulkner on 16 December 1852; and a printed message to the Democrats of Page County, Virginia from Faulkner (undated).
Typescripts compiled by a Wellsburg local historian, on the history of Holliday's Cove and the Hancock-Brooke County area. Subjects include prominent settlers, churches, schools, post office, toll roads, oil and gas wells, floods, gristmills, manufacture of gunpowder, iron and brick industries, newspapers, Indians, and the James Campbell and Alexander Morrow family genealogy.
A letter from a Union soldier stationed at Camp Griffith, Smith Division, Lewisville, Va., 13 November 1861. The letter is from Charles L. Gould to his parents. In this letter Gould discusses a system of newspaper exchange with his parents. He also inquires about other family members.
Papers collected by Charles L. Robinson, including business and family papers of Marion County businessman Clarence D. Robinson. There are books, photographs, ephemera, scrapbook, ledgers, and artifact. Addendum of 2015/03/16 includes a stock certificate, photographs of family members, a map of Fairmont, and scattered issues of Fairmont and Baltimore newspapers.