Box 1

Scope and Contents This series includes material pertaining to Kubach’s work with mining companies in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, business transactions, and personal matters, such as the death of Kubach’s first wife, Clara, and the choice of hospitals for surgery. Several letters in this series (folder 2, 1914-1939) pertain to Kubach’s son Oscar C. Kubach, Jr. and his time at the University of Indiana. A section of this series (folder 3) is written wholly in German; no translations are available. The final...

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This folder includes business and personal letters. The business letters focus on mines, mine production, and the acquisition of property in West Virginia. There is also a letter pertaining to Kubach, Sr.’s involvement with the Honduras Mining Company. The personal letters focus on the death of Kubach, Sr.’s first wife, Clara. An index of this correspondence is available.

Scope and Contents This folder includes business and personal letters. The business letters focus on Kubach, Sr.’s involvement in the Beury Coal & Coke Company, but there are also letters regarding the Fayette Coal & Coke Company, the Honduras Mining Company, and the beginnings of the New River Coal Company. The personal letters focus on Kubach, Sr.’s family and happenings in Shamokin, PA and Stone Cliff, WV. Also included are three letters regarding Oscar C. Kubach, Jr.’s time at the University of...

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This folder includes letters from Oscar C. Kubach, Sr.’s family and friends in his native Germany written in German. These letters have not been translated, although an index with the date each letter was written and the place from which each letter was sent is available.

Scope and Contents This series includes four books. Two of these are Kubach’s account books, one personal and one business. Another is a small personal notebook with various measurements and accounting notes. The final book is a World War II military edition of “Japanese Phrase-Book for Beginners and Tourists” compiled by Arthur Rose-Innes published by the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 at the Headquarters of the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Presidio of San Francisco, CA; this book was...

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This folder includes Xerox copies of the correspondence in File Folders 1 and 2 made at the time of the 1978 Addendum. An index of the correspondence in this folder is available.

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This series includes material pertaining to Kubach’s business interests and work with various companies and mines in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, including the Cherokee Coal Company of Charleston, WV, Hughes Awning Company of Charleston, WV, and the Beury Coal and Coke Company of Stone Cliff, WV. Also included are documents pertaining to the interest of Kubach’s family in the Joes Creek Gas Company of Charleston, WV after Kubach’s death in 1899.

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This series includes material pertaining to Kubach’s stocks in the Honduras Mining Company. This material primarily consists of circulars sent to stockholders from 1885-1886 and various maps of mining sites. Also included is a business prospectus from the Santa Lucia Mining and Milling Company in 1886.

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This series includes bills, checks, and receipts pertaining to Kubach’s business interests as well as several of Kubach’s personal bills and receipts. The bills and receipts include orders for stamped envelopes, shirts, a surgery at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV, and work done by employees and contractors. The checks are primarily from J. M. Shuman & Co., A. H. Thomas, Wm. W. Muir & Co., and Joseph Wolf, all from Shamokin, PA.