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Box 1

 Container

Contains 175 Results:

1910 July 20 -- Lexington, Va., John A. McNeel to Honorable Thomas H. Dennis, Lewisburg, regarding an article on the Old Stone Church published in the Presbyterian of the South. He also asks for letters written by John McCray that are missing from his scrapbook., 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates: 1910
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis

1912 June 26 -- Charleston, W.Va., J. Coleman Alderson to Honorable T.H. Dennis, Lewisburg, requesting information on Dennis's cousins so he can send copies of the Confederate Veteran to them. He also mentions a story about Camp Chase, a prison camp, and offers his publishing cuts to Dennis to use if republishes his story., 1912

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates: 1912
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis

1914 May 16 -- Morgantown, Forrest Dunbar Knapp, to Thomas Dennis, Lewisburg, sending him an invitation to the 1914 Morgantown High School Commencement., 1914

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates: 1914
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis

1915 August 23 -- Alderson, W.Va., J.G. Stevens to Colonel T.H. Dennis, Lewisburg, asking to help get voters out to determine whether Lewisburg or Ronceverte will be the county seat, and where the new courthouse will be built., 1915

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates: 1915
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis

1921 June 7 -- Auburn, California, Boutwell Dunlap, to Colonel Thomas H. Dennis, Lewisburg, editor of Greenbrier Independent, regarding the writing of a history of Greenbrier County. He also suggests that O.F. Morton write the history since he (Dunlap) furnished materials to Morton when he wrote other county histories. Dunlap's materials are said to be the largest collection on Western Virginia in America. Also attached is a card Dennis used when running for state senator., 1921

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates: 1921
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis

Miscellaneous letters, including personal letters from William Dunbar and Andrew Hogue about property for sale, and letters to or from Patrick Beirne, A.W. Wilson, B.F. Eakle, Jessie Bright, Edward Craig, Larrie B. Stratton, Frances Handley Keach, and William Price. Subjects include: family affairs; the Welch, Handley, Beirne, and McClung families; Presbyterian churches in Greenbrier County; and Kanawha County land transactions. 15 items., 1774, 1844-1900

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Dates: 1774, 1844-1900
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous letters, including: a letter to Rev. L.B. Bobbitt from Eugene R. Smith, about Smith's service to the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South for many years, including his service in Lewisburg; a letter from Margaret C. Williamson, Assistant State Editor for the Federal Writers' Project, to Edith Lett, explaining what she needs to include in her Lewisburg City guide chapter; and a list of all Presbyterian Churches and their memberships in Greenbrier County. 7 items., 1904-1937, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Dates: 1904-1937, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Miscellaneous

1881 July 28 -- F.B. Smith, Nicholas Court House, to A. Beirne, Lewisburg, postcard, informing him that Smith will make all cash available to him., 1881

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Dates: 1881
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Genealogy / Genealogy of families in Greenbrier County (includes Hanley, McLaughlin, Reynolds, Nolan, Henning, Powell, Maddox, Taylor, McElhenney, Plumer, Wetzel, Hutchinson, Creigh, Erskine, and Gay; 15 items)

1882 October 19 -- W.W. Hanly, New York, to Mr. Zimmerman, Lewisburg, regarding the publishing a series of articles in the Greenbrier Independent on family histories in the Greenbrier Valley. Hanly wants to order copies of the articles., 1882

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Dates: 1882
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Genealogy / Genealogy of families in Greenbrier County (includes Hanley, McLaughlin, Reynolds, Nolan, Henning, Powell, Maddox, Taylor, McElhenney, Plumer, Wetzel, Hutchinson, Creigh, Erskine, and Gay; 15 items)

1883 March 3 -- T.L. Reynolds to Mr. Zimmerman, Lewisburg, regarding inquiries of A.E. Thompson or Amonson and Fredrick Johnson., 1883

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Dates: 1883
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence / Series 1. Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Genealogy / Genealogy of families in Greenbrier County (includes Hanley, McLaughlin, Reynolds, Nolan, Henning, Powell, Maddox, Taylor, McElhenney, Plumer, Wetzel, Hutchinson, Creigh, Erskine, and Gay; 15 items)