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Box 7b

 Container

Contains 60 Results:

"Capitols at Williamsburg and Richmond." "Capitols of West Virginia." (original and carbon), undated

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

"Discovery of America" typescript, regarding the Revolutionary War and the French and Indian War., undated

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

"Parkersburg of 1852 seen in pages of 'The Gazette.' City Boasted Four Hotels Which Advertised Their Advantages and Hospitality." By Arthur Ball., undated

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

Typescript regarding the Kanawha Court House and Post Office; citations from various records in the Post Office Library (?) regarding the establishment and history of the Kanawha Court House Post Office, 1800-1942, undated

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

"St. John's P.E. Church." Typed for Roy Bird Cook by R.S. Franklin (March 5, 1937). Includes clipping., 1937

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: 1937
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

Clippings (typed) from newspapers (many taken from 'Kanawha Valley Star'), 1935

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: 1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

Typescript regarding leaden plate buried at mouth of the Great Kanawha River (August 18, 1974), undated

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

Typescript copy of printed brochure on the Kanawha Salt Company, and a clipping. Brochure (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864) outlines company organization, executives and officers, Board of Directors, constitution, bylaws, and resolution of meeting of company members investing authority to transact company business in the President, Dr. John P. Hale, January 21, 1864. Clipping announces the publication of a pamphlet, "The Salt Industry of the Kanawha Valley," published by the Chlor-Alkali Division of Food Machinery Corp. (formerly Westvaco), which outlines the development of the salt industry, including the agreement by Kanawha Valley salt manufacturers that created what may have been America's first trust., undated

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

Typescripts: "West Virginia State Hospital," "Old Map of Weston and Asylum Report Show Virginia Work" from 'The Weston Democrat' in 1930, and "The Weston Lunatic Asylum" from 'The Wheeling Intelligencer' in 1863., undated

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)

Typescripts of papers filed in Richmond (?): two letters, petition, chancery affidavit, memorial (same as bill in Chancery), claim, Act of Assembly, five summons (12 items total); regarding Indiana Land Company Claims, Henry Banks, George Jackson, Philip Doddridge, and the establishment of various towns (including Harrison), 1804-1807., undated

 Item — Box: 7b, Folder: 10
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers / Series 4. Miscellaneous History / Articles and Other Material on West Virginia History, folder 3 of 4 (10 items)