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Ladies of the Maccabees, Progressive Hive No. 8, Morgantown, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1687
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, and history of Progressive Hive No.8, Ladies Auxiliary of the fraternal order, Knights of the Maccabees. There are additional papers concerning the Women's Benefit Association which was originally named the Ladies of the Maccabees.

Dates: 1907-1946

Margaret Prescott Montague, Author, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1110
Scope and Contents Correspondence, manuscripts, notes and notebooks, diaries, press clippings, photographs, and printed material of a West Virginia essayist, short-story writer, poet and novelist, who won the first O. Henry Memorial Prize in 1919 for her short story, "England to America." The papers include correspondence from editors, publishers, agents and critics; readers' correspondence; family letters; manuscripts of short stories and other works; outlines, plots, and drafts; and diaries and notebooks...
Dates: 1893-1958

Martinsburg and Berkeley County Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1053
Overview

Newspaper clippings, manuscripts, pamphlets, typescripts, correspondence, and photographs relating to the history of Martinsburg and Berkeley County.

Dates: 1781-1953

Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0740
Overview M.K. Lowther (1869-1947) was a journalist and one of the first women newspaper editors in West Virginia. She was the author of the HISTORY OF RITCHIE COUNTY; BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND IN ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY; FRIENDSHIP HILL, HOME OF ALBERT GALLATIN; MARSHALL HALL AND OTHER POTOMAC POINTS IN STORY AND PICTURE; and MT. VERNON: ITS CHILDREN, ITS ROMANCES, ITS ALLIED FAMILIES AND MANSIONS. There are complete and incomplete typescripts, rough drafts, revisions, photographs and plates of her books....
Dates: 1907-1945

Mrs. James R. Moreland, Director of Women's Work, Records regarding Monongalia County Relief Administration, Civil Works Administration, and Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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Collection Number: A&M 0890
Overview

Correspondence, reports, and other records of the Monongalia County Relief Administration, the Civil Works Administration, and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, from the office of the Director of Women's Work, Mrs. James R. Moreland. There are also two volumes of daily reports of the Lynchburg Coal and Coke Company, January-November, 1938.

Dates: 1933-1937

Mrs. J.D. Fletcher, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1073
Overview

Correspondence of Martha Brand Wolfe and Charles M. Wolfe, who operated a small farm at Morgantown. The papers include some old Monongalia County land deeds of Charles I. Brand; letters from evangelists Dr. R.E.L. Jarvis and Dr. Edward D. Fellers, together with letters of Mrs. Wolfe on religion. There are also Christmas cards, local news clippings, two Brand family autograph albums, family photographs, and a newspaper clipping book, 1881-1905.

Dates: 1857-1954

Mrs. Lawrence M. Cox Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1206
Scope and Contents Genealogical records compiled and collected by Mrs. Cox include correspondence, Revolutionary War records of Monongalia County veterans, Bible records of various West Virginia families, and the records of the Thomas Cox, James Curtis, George Dement, John Devore, Lewis Frankenberry, Dennis Springer, Joseph Bennett, John Burrough, Ulwrick Hostetter, Samuel Hyman, James Coburn (Cobun), Daniel Vanata, David Wherry, Whitham, and Jacob Wolfe families. The collection also includes the diary of J.H....
Dates: ca. 1816, 1859, 1924-1940

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

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

Richard H. Ralston, Sr., Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2205
Overview Correspondence of William A. Harrison, a Clarksburg lawyer, assistant federal district attorney, member of the Virginia Assembly, and judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; most letters are from members of the family to Mrs. Anna Robertson Harrison. Subjects include construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; Civil War loyalty Oaths, Camp Chase land purchases, and road building. There are also grade school attendance certificates and notes concerning the Lunatic Asylum...
Dates: 1825-1934

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Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 4
Democratic Party (U.S.) 4
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 4
Seckar, Alvena, 1916-2012 4
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 3
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Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 3
Jarvis, Anna, 1864-1948 3
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 3
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 3
Washington, George, 1732-1799 3
West Virginia Wesleyan College 3
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 2
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 2
Brewster, J.M. 2
Byrd, Robert C. 2
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 2
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 2
Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900 2
Crook, George, 1828-1890 2
Curtis, Silas, 1804- 2
Day, George T. 2
Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869 2
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Hickman family 2
Jackson family 2
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 2
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 2
McDonald, Henry Temple, 1872-1951 2
McGraw, John T. 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
New England Free Will Baptist Association 2
Patteson, Okey L. 2
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 2
Robinson, Ira E. 2
Smith, Edward Grandison 2
Storer College 2
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
United States. Veterans Administration 2
Watson, C. W. 2
West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs 2
West Virginia Historical Society 2
Weston State Hospital 2
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 2
Ade, George. 1
Alexander, Harriette Boswell. 1
Allen family 1
Allen-Kesecker family. 1
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 1
American Pharmaceutical Association 1
Anderson-Newcomb Department Store 1
Andrews, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1899-1983 1
Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975 1
Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913 1
Arnold, Thomas Jackson. 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 1
Austin family 1
Ball family 1
Ball, George H. 1
Bandar Log Press 1
Barber family 1
Barkla, W. 1
Barron, W. W. 1
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 1
Bee family 1
Ben Lamond Company 1
Bennett family 1
Bennett, Jonathan McCally, 1816-1887. 1
Bennett, Joseph family. 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company 1
Bluefield State College 1
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 1
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 1
Brackett, Louise Wood. 1
Brackett, Rev. Nathan. 1
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 1
Brake family 1
Brand, Charles I. 1
Branson family. 1
Branson, Susan I. 1
Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960 1
Broadwater family 1
Brooke, Charles Frederick Tucker. 1
Brooke, Francis - judge. 1
Brooke, Francis Taliaferro, 1763-1851 1
Brooke, St. George T. (St. George Tucker), 1844-1914 1
Brooks family 1
Brown, John, 1800-1859 1
Brown, Joseph. 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Burdett, Joe F. 1
Burns family 1
Burrough, John family. 1
Bussard family 1
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