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Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0081
Overview

Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.

Dates: 1772-1955; Majority of material found within 1855-1866

Siler Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2200
Scope and Contents This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil...
Dates: 1848-1968

Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records, Civil War Letters and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2169
Overview Records relating to the history of southeastern West Virginia. Most of the items in the collection relate to Greenbrier and/or Monroe County. Includes antebellum (1833-1850; 7 items), Civil War (1861-1863; 4 items), and postbellum (1886-1933; 9 items) materials. Antebellum material includes a land suit, an estate report and schedule, other financial documents, and personal letter. Civil War material includes four letters authored by Confederate soldiers. Two of these letters describe the...
Dates: 1825-1933; Majority of material found in 1833-1863

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Account books 2
Civil War -- letters 2
Civil War -- Confederate Army 2
Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 2
Diaries and journals. 2
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Estates and estate settlements. 2
Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs. 1
Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. 1
Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
Banks and banking 1
Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
Bibles 1
Blueprints 1
Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
Bowling 1
Business correspondence 1
Carnifex Ferry, Battle of, W. Va., 1861 1
Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Churches -- Episcopal 1
Civil War -- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
Civil War - West Virginia. 1
Civil War - political factions. 1
Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
Civil War -- War diaries 1
Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
Civil War -- Description 1
Civil War -- Draft 1
Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
Civil War -- Kanawha Valley, W. Va. 1
Civil War -- Nicholas County, W. Va. 1
Civil War battles. 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
Drugs and druggists. 1
Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Banks and Banking. 1
Financial Public Relations Association - Banks and Banking. 1
First Virginia Corporation - Banks and Banking. 1
Freemasons 1
Gauley River (W. Va.) 1
General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
Greenbrier County - Civil War. 1
Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
Insurance - V. E. Johnson Insurance Agency. 1
Land - controversies. 1
Land - deeds and grants. 1
Land Plat. 1
Land. 1
Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
Ledgers. 1
Libraries - Morgan County Library. 1
Magazines. 1
Monroe County (W. Va.) 1
Morgan County - Circuit Court. 1
Morgan County Library - Libraries. 1
Music - Sheet music. 1
Newspapers. 1
Nicholas County (W. Va.) 1
Nicholas County - Civil War. 1
Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry. 1
Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation - Glass Sand Industry. 1
Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman 1
Poets and poetry. 1
Political factions - Civil War. 1
Politics - Secession of Virginia. 1
Politics and government. 1
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad Company. 1
Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
Rhodes scholarships 1
Richmond (Va.) 1
Rock Gap Coal and Mining Company - Stocks. 1
Scrapbooks 1
Secession of Virginia - Politics. 1
Soldiers' letters - Civil War. 1
Surveyors and surveying. 1
Town of Bath, West Virginia - Berkeley Springs. 1
West Virginia - Civil War. 1
Weston (W. Va.) 1
Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
Wood County (W. Va.) 1
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Names
American Institute of Banking 1
American Red Cross 1
Armstrong, James D. 1
Baltimore Trust Company 1
Barr, Henrietta Fitzhugh 1
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Brown, John. 1
Bull and Bear Club 1
Camden family 1
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 1
Camden, John S. 1
Campbell family 1
Cassady, Capt. James S. 1
Castleman family - Genealogy 1
Castleman, Ann Rebecca Isler. 1
Castleman, Estelle. 1
Castleman, Frank A. 1
Castleman, Sarah Jane. 1
Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia - Bonds. 1
Cook family 1
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 1
Emerald Shillelagh Chowder and Marching Society, Inc. 1
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 1
Fleischer family 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Great Cacapon Silica Sand Company 1
Hammond and Siler General Store. 1
Hammond family - Genealogy 1
Hammond, Allen C. 1
Hammond, Cadet N. 1
Hardin, Moses 1
Hotee, John. 1
Humphries family - Genealogy 1
Isler family - Genealogy 1
Jackson family 1
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886 1
Matthews family 1
McGrew, James Clark. 1
Montgomery Ward 1
Randolph, Emily Strother. 1
Rector, Enoch. 1
Rinehart, E. A. 1
Rowan, Andrew Summers 1
Sears, Roebuck and Company 1
Seiler family 1
Seller family - Genealogy 1
Sharitz family 1
Shepard family - Genealogy 1
Siler, J. Hammond Jr. 1
Siler, J. Hammond Sr. 1
Siler, Jessie Castleman. 1
Siler, John T. 1
Steel - Hancock Steel Company. 1
Strother, Anne Doyne. 1
Tavenner family 1
Tavenner, Jennet Withers. 1
Tavenner, Thomas, 1776-1857 1
Tavenner, William Cabell. 1
Van Gosen, James D. 1
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1
Wells family 1
Whisner, Samuel. 1
Widmyer, P. S. 1
Yonce family 1
Young family 1
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