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Ladwig Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3325
Scope and Contents Papers of the Ladwig family. They document the professional and personal lives of medical and teaching professionals in West Virginia in the early twentieth century, includng Dr. Otto Ladwig (1875-1968), his wife Calora Hardway Ladwig (1882-1974), and Margaret and Gertrude Hardway, Calora's sisters. The Ladwigs lived in Harrison and Randolph counties and were active in itinerant logging communities such as Evenwood. There are correspondence, publications, deeds, certificates, and photos...
Dates: 1870-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Louise Hornor Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1161
Overview

The collection includes records of the Joshua Allen, Bartlett, William Ferguson, J.C. Garrett, Gore, Green, Joseph Mayse, Richards, Robinson, Joshua Smith, and other Harrison County families; an obituary clipping book; the minute book of the Hepzibah Baptist Church, 1861-1888; and two letters from Governor Howard M. Gore to Mrs. C.L. Hornor, 1926.

Dates: ca. 1783-1956
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Luther Haymond, Surveyor, Diary and Surveyor's Book

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Collection Number: A&M 0772
Scope and Contents

A hand written journal kept by Col. Luther Haymond of Harrison County, [W.] Va., from 1830-1833, telling of his travels and experiences at the time. The journal notes Haymond’s observations while traveling by horse from Harrison County, West Virginia, to Baltimore, Maryland. There are descriptions of Baltimore, Romney, Charles Town, and other places.

Dates: 1830-1833
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia and Harrison Counties Surveys

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Collection Number: A&M 0699
Overview Two manuscript volumes containing surveyors' field notes for Harrison County, and copies of Monongalia County surveys, compiled by members of the Haymond family. These notes also contain: information concerning acreage cleared, location and type of construction of the homes of some early residents of Harrison County; dates of patents and names of those persons to whom patents were issued; street courses and survey of the corporation of Clarksburg, 1835; and names of members of a survey...
Dates: 1795-1796, 1816, 1834-1836, 1843, 1903
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mrs. Glenn V. Longacre, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0736
Overview Photostats of deeds, surveys, plats, and grants, the latter signed by Thomas M. Randolph, David Campbell, and William Smith, governors of Virginia, in 1820, 1838, and 1847, for land in Harrison and Doddridge counties; a school attendance sheet for 1865; and a report to the board of education of the number of school-age children in District 4 of Doddridge County in 1869. Also included are a number of photographs taken around Webster Springs showing the hotel, a subscription school, and public...
Dates: 1814-1915
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mrs. John J.D. Preston, Collector, Papers of the Preston, Davis, Rand, and Arnold Families

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Collection Number: A&M 2081
Overview

Papers of the Preston, Davis, Rand, and Arnold families, ca. 1817-1924. Includes letters of John W. Davis, sermons of David R. Preston, pamphlets dealing with the important political and religious issues of the period, and copies of speeches delivered by John W. Davis, Waitman T. Willey, and other congressmen on national political issues. There are also newspapers and newspaper clippings related to the political career of John W. Davis and some Davis family photographs.

Dates: 1817-1924
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mrs. Otto Worthington Ladwig (1882-1974) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1812
Overview Papers of Mrs. O.W. Ladwig of Clarksburg and Wilsonburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. She was president of the Clarksburg Women's Club, 1931-1932, and this collection consists of letters and materials addressed to Mrs. Ladwig. Subjects include the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National Council of Women of the U.S., Inc., the George Washington Bicentennial Committee, the CLUBWOMAN, Federated Garden Clubs of West Virginia, the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Chicago...
Dates: 1899-1943
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ogden Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1844
Scope and Contents

Documents [1791-1887] concerning lands and business in Harrison and Monongalia counties; history of the Ogden, Talkington, Hawker, and other families [1911-1946]; correspondence [1904-1907] concerning Marshall W. Ogden's law practice and business; and a list of candidates endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan in West Virginia in 1924.

Dates: 1791-1946
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Osborne Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0930
Overview

A genealogy of the Osborne family of Greenbrier County. Originally from New Jersey, the family settled in Greenbrier and Hampshire counties.

Dates: 1987
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Photograph Album of Scenes in the Harrison County Region

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Collection Number: A&M 3908
Overview

Photograph album of scenes in the area of Harrison County, West Virginia. Subjects include Lauverna Louise Thomey Wood and her father John Thomey; outdoor scenes from Salem, WV, including flood and fire damage; oil and coal industries; and mills and farms.

Dates: ca. 1900-1909
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 5
Hayman family 4
Brown, John. 3
Harrison County Court 3
Haymond, Luther 3
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
West Virginia University 3
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872) 3
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 2
Brown, Kenneth E. 2
Chapin family 2
Chapin, Phineas. 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Cook family 2
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 2
Deakins family 2
Deakins, Francis. 2
Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Company 2
Fleischer family 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Haymond, Thomas. 2
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Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 2
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Lynch family 2
Rector, Enoch. 2
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Tavenner, Thomas, 1776-1857 2
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Tetrick, W. Guy, 1883-1956 2
Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1850-1851) 2
Watson family 2
Watson, Benjamin H. 2
Watson, Henry. 2
Watson, James O. 2
Watson, Thomas. 2
West Virginia Historical Society 2
West Virginia Library Commission 2
West Virginia Wesleyan College 2
West Virginia. Constitution. Flick Amendment 2
Adamston Flat Glass Company 1
Alderson-Broaddus College 1
Alexander, Herbert Lee. 1
Allen, Joshua family. 1
American Red Cross 1
Appel family 1
Ash and Purkey Families 1
Ash family 1
Ash, Adam. 1
Ash, Roy Dean 1
Ashby, George. 1
Ashby, Henry. 1
Ashby, William. 1
Bakewell, Theron Hervey. 1
Barr, Henrietta Fitzhugh 1
Bartlett family 1
Beaumont Glass Company ( Morgantown, W. Va.) 1
Bennett, Jonathan M., 1816-1887 1
Blackford family 1
Boggess, W.W. 1
Briel, Michael. 1
Brooke, Robert. 1
Brooks, Asa B. 1
Brown, J. Slidell. 1
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 1
C.H. Mead Coal Company 1
Cambric, W.G. 1
Camden family 1
Camden, John S. 1
Camden, Wilson Lee. 1
Campbell, Alexandar. 1
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