A scrapbook kept by Agnes Peebles, a counselor at a summer camp for underprivileged children, many from Scotts Run. Although run by the Presbyterian Church, the camp was secular in nature and open to youth of all faiths. Includes photographs, sheet music, letters, and reports; also includes reference to a lecture by a visiting German Jew on conditions in Germany.
Print of poem "Starlings in the Walls at Night" by Irene McKinney with illustration of a bird above the text of poem. McKinney served as poet laureate of West Virginia from 1994 until her death in 2012.
Top hat owned by J.P. Scott (born 21 April 1857), a prominent lawyer and citizen of Tucker County, West Virginia. It's 6 1/2 in. tall, and its oval brim measures 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. Inside the hat there is gold lettering that reads "Celebrated Rossmore Make, Guaranteed to Wear". There is also a narrative by the donor regarding the acquisition of this hat.
The records of a German Reformed Church consisting of a constitution, minutes, treasury records and a list of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, and membership. Original founders of the church were pioneer German emigrants subsequently all records up to 1808 are completely in German.
Will of Christopher Beeler of Hampshire County. Apparently he was a man of some wealth because he left a house in Alexandria, VA to be sold and the proceeds divided among his grandchildren. He also owned land between New Creek and the North Branch of the Potomac which he left to his daughter Mary and children who resided there. He left 100 pounds to his sister in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania "for taking care of my Daughter Catherine when there and in her sickness."