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Gladys Link Hartzell, Collector, Account Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2326
Overview

Account books of John Sheetz (1842-1882) with some pages used to record the words to Confederate songs; Doctor's (N.D. Pairan's) account book, 1836-1838; William Martin's account book for a general store, 1777-1783; and two ledger books used as scrapbooks, containing mainly notices of deaths and marriages.

Dates: 1777-1885
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glass Factories in Morgantown Photographs

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3275
Overview

View of glass factory in Sabraton; interior of Seneca Glass, Morgantown; 2 items.

Dates: 1905-1925
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glass Plate Negative of Composer Richard Strauss and the Pittsburgh Symphony at West Virginia University

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5210
Scope and Contents

Glass plate negative of a group portrait of German composrer Richard Strauss, Victor Herbert, Dean Wrightson, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Commencement Hall at West Virginia University in March, 1904. This event is well documented. This picture appeared in the 1904 Monticola yearbook on page 151.

Dates: 1904
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glass Plate Negatives of Franklin, West Virginia in Pendleton County

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Collection Number: A&M 4272
Content Description

Glass plate negatives of images of subjects in the town and region of Franklin, West Virginia. Subjects include the South Branch of the Potomac River, dam (perhaps on the South Branch), Bickford Hoffman Grain, interior of a residence, horse drawn carriages (and perhaps the Bowman house), and the Bowman McClure store. Much of this collection has been digitized.

Dates: ca. 1900-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glass Workers' Protective League, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2427
Scope and Contents Minutes, correspondence, speeches, clippings, printed material, press releases, and other items concerning the Glass Workers' Protective League, which began in 1946 as the Four State Glass Workers' Protective League. It included glass workers from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana and was concerned with fighting the importation of cheap foreign glass. The papers deal mainly with the Burke-Hartke Bill, Bottle Bills, and national and international trade matters and include...
Dates: 1947-1976
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glassmaking Recipes

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Collection Number: A&M 2508
Overview

Four pages from the notebook of Jake Krimmol, the manager of a glass factory, bearing ingredients for various glass products and directions for glass making.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glen DeGarmo, Compiler, Collection Regarding Wadestown, West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 4475
Scope and Contents Collection regarding Wadestown, West Virginia, including a large book of hand-written arithtmetic problems possibly owned by a "John Shriver" (1807; box 3), a book titled "Uncle John's Stories" (1863; box 1), seventeen score-books from the Wadestown Junior High School basketball team (1948-1965; boxes 1-2), correspondence and other material of the deGarmo family concerning cemetery lots, gas wells, taxes, and other subjects (1913-2005, undated; box 1), a notebook recording death dates of...
Dates: 1807, 1863, 1918-2005, 2019, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glen H. Hiner, Jr. Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4443
Scope and Contents Papers of Glen H. Hiner, Jr., Senior Vice President and Group Executive of General Electric Plastics (1983-1991) and CEO of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1992-2002). These papers document both his personal life and professional career with an emphasis on the latter.Materials found in the collection include but are not limited to business publications, financial reports, correspondence, and photographs of various personal and business events. The collection also contains a...
Dates: circa 1910-2016
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glen L. Vaughn (b.1900) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2306
Overview

Correspondence, articles, clippings, pamphlets, and other papers of retired Naval Lieutenant Glen L. Vaughn. Includes the manuscript for Vaughn's autobiography, telling of his boyhood days in Marlinton, West Virginia, and his naval career.

Dates: ca. 1900-1970
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Glen W. McCabe, Union Organizer, Records of the Window Glass Cutters League of America

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Collection Number: A&M 3207
Overview Papers, publications, photos and memorabilia of glassworker, labor official and organizer, Glen W. McCabe. McCabe was an energetic union officer in the AFL affiliated Window Glass Cutters League of America and intermittently in the United Glass & Ceramic Workers of North America of the CIO. There are correspondence, speeches, publications and pamphlets which present a history of the American labor movement in the glass industry, biographical details about McCabe, industry work rules and...
Dates: 1905-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
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Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
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General stores 71
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
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Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
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Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
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Civil War battles. 27
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United Mine Workers of America 52
Democratic Party (U.S.) 45
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 43
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 38
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United States. Congress. Senate 38
West Virginia University. President 35
West Virginia University. Library 32
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 31
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 31
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 29
West Virginia. Legislature 29
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 28
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 27
West Virginia University. Agricultural Extension Service 26
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 25
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 23
Byrd, Robert C. 23
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 23
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 23
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 23
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 21
West Virginia University. Department of History 21
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 21
Smith family 20
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 18
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 18
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 18
Dayton, Alston Gordon 18
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 18
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 18
West Virginia University. College of Agriculture 18
Davis family 17
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 17
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 17
Brown, John. 16
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 16
Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 16
United States. Army 16
West Virginia (Ship) 16
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 15
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 15
Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.) 15
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 15
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 14
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 14
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 14
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 13
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 13
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 13
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 13
Hayman family 13
Meadows, Clarence W. 13
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 13
Patteson, Okey L. 13
Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971 13
Weston State Hospital 13
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 13
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 12
Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984 12
Dawson, William M.O. 12
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 12
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 12
Moore family 12
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 12
Barron, W. W. 11
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 11
Consolidation Coal Company 11
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 11
Gore, Howard M. 11
Jackson family 11
Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930 11
Washington, George, 1732-1799 11
West Virginia University. College of Pharmacy 11
West Virginia University. Department of Biology 11
West Virginia University. Extension Service 11
American Federation of Labor 10
Brown family 10
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Dayton, Spencer 10
Evans family 10
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 10
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 10
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 10
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 10
Robinson family 10
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 10
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 10
Cuthbert, John A. 9
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
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