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Gamble Papers, Letters and Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2474
Overview
Correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous papers of the Gamble family, who settled in Hardy County during the eighteenth century. The collection contains letters written during the Civil War and reflect the experiences of Mortimer Gamble, Henry R. Gamble, Carr Gamble, Hamilton Gamble and Mary L. (Pratt) Gamble. Henry Gamble served in the 12th Virginia Regiment; Carr in the 62nd Virginia Regiment; and Hamilton in the 23rd Virginia Cavalry. Included in the collection is a reprint of a...
Dates:
ca. 1774-1886
Gapen Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2433
Overview
A genealogy of the Gapen family, entitled "The Zachariah Gapen and Ruth Tindall Family Chronicle & Working Manuscript with Addendum." Material covers the years 1761-1944.
Dates:
1976
Gard Family Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4424
Content Description
Letters between Lucy Todd Gard, her husband Isaac Newton Gard, and their family and friends. Lucy, originally from Newport, Kentucky, married Isaac Gard of Greenville, Ohio in the 1830s. Isaac was a physician and served in the Ohio state legislature in the 1840s. The letters discuss family events, personal matters, Isaac's medical practice, antebellum politics, the Whig party, the Baptist Association in Trenton, Ohio, and social events in Jacksonburg and Greenville, Ohio. Also included in...
Dates:
1828-1874; Majority of material found within 1841 - 1849
Gardner Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3594
Overview
Family bible genealogy records of the Gardner family, including James Gardner (born in Ireland, and died in Cumberland, Maryland on December 1898), William Gardner (born in Lockport, Pennsylvania on 21 July 1868), and William Gardner (born in Cumberland, Maryland on 10 August 1905).
Dates:
undated
Garlow Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0240
Overview
Papers of the family of Edgar W. Garlow and his wife Maryland Steele Garlow, a Monongalia County farm family. They consist of wills, death notices, and genealogical data. The records indicate in detail the wealth of their holdings.
Dates:
1891-1967
Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4670
Scope and Contents
Includes the papers of Garnie Wilma Walker Testa (1914-1999) and genealogical research about the Walker-Testa family. The papers include material retained from her high school, college, and graduate school years, like graduation photographs and academic texts – all in Series 1 Subseries 1. The collection also includes documentation of her military service in the Army during World War II, featuring items like field guides for military procedures, photographs of herself and peers in uniform,...
Dates:
1878-2025
Gary Tucker, Author, West Virginia Family Histories
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4659
Scope and Contents
Histories of the Shell/Schell family of the Northern Neck region of Virginia and West Virginia, the John and Betsy (Walker) Tucker family of the Northern Neck region of present-day West Virginia, the Martin and Ann (Giboney) McNemar family of the present-day Hardy/Grant County area of West Virginia, the Joseph (1777-1860) and Ruth McNemar family of Knobley Mountain in present-day Grant County, West Virginia, the Joseph Walker (1753-1834) family of present-day Grant County, WV, and the John...
Dates:
2023 April 15-2024 January 1
Gary Weiner, Collector, Civil War Order Book of 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3728
Overview
Order book of Battery E, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, documenting orders received by the commander of the unit, Captain Alexander C. Moore, in the period 10/1863 to 3/1865. There are 49 leaves of material regarding: deportment of soldiers in town, disarming of citizens, leaves of absence and furloughs, logistics, medical duty assignments ("small pox"), missing in action report methodology, organization of units, protection of private property, desertion reports, treatment of private...
Dates:
1863-1865; Majority of material found within 1864
Gary Weiner, Collector, Clarksburg Historical Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3729
Overview
Papers of Gary S. Weiner, documenting his personal and family history, and his collecting interests in the Lynch family and the history of Clarksburg and Harrison County, West Virginia. The Weiner family papers include letters written to Gary Weiner (ca. 1960-2005) and correspondence and printed materials about Clarksburg Iron and Steel Company (ca. 1980-1999), among other items. The Lynch family papers include correspondence between Gretchen and Lawrence Lynch (ca. 1905-1960), various...
Dates:
1850-2006; Majority of material found within ca. 1870-2000
Gary Weiner, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3038
Overview
Autograph book (1872-1887) of Jennie Robinson of Clarksburg with inscriptions from her friends. A letter from Martha Perry of Staunton, VA (1 March 1888) to Jennie Robinson of Clarksburg, WV congratulating her on her upcoming wedding. Letters from the Neale family, relatives of Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. A letter from Thomas Neale of Parkersburg (6 June 1833) to Lewis Maxwell of Lewis County inquiring about Thomas Jackson and his brother. A letter from W. R. Neale at Mossy Creek, TN (23...
Dates:
1773-1938