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Harold Forbes Faculty Papers, Scholarship and Service

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4725
Scope and Contents

Faculty papers related to the scholarship and service of Harold Forbes, Curator of the West Virginia and Regional History Center.

Box 1: Programs from quarterly meetings of the West Virginia Humanities Council; notes and assignments from library science and rare books continuing education programs at Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh.

Box 2: Papers related to Forbes's outreach work with the Westminster Foundation.

Dates: 1978-2013
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold Heard, Descendants of Charles Heard

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Collection Number: A&M 2313
Overview

Descendants of Charles Heard, compiled by Harold Heard. A 39 page typescript presenting the history of the Heard Family from about 1623 to 1967.

Dates: ca. 1967
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold Henry Miller, Soldier and Teacher, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4081
Overview Papers of Harold Henry Miller (24 November 1911 - 8 November 2006) regarding his military service and his career as a high school teacher in West Virginia and Maryland. Miller was a resident of Preston County, West Virginia and served during World War II and the Korean Conflict. Contains biographical information, correspondence, photographs, financial records, newspaper clippings, programs, pamphlets, brochures, handbooks, and highway maps. Also contains a soldier's pocket bible with...
Dates: 1907-2014; Majority of material found within 1952-1961
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold J. Shamberger, Author, Historical Narrative regarding Administration of West Virginia University

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Collection Number: A&M 5122
Overview

Typescript of "West Virginia University: A University Under Control" written by Harold J. Shamberger, an assistant to several West Virginia University presidents, regarding the presidential terms of Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Clyde Lemuel Colson, Paul Ausborn Miller, James Gindling Harlow, Gene Arthur Budig, and E. Gordon Gee.

Dates: 1994
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold L. Frankhauser, Incoming Letters Regarding the World War II Home Front

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Collection Number: A&M 3545
Overview Letters and greeting cards received by Harold L. Frankhauser of Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1942-1946 while serving the U.S. Navy in a medical detachment on the USS Chilton (APA-38) during World War II. The letters are from family and friends in Parkersburg, friends in the armed forces, and girl friends, reflecting a diverse range of home front experiences. There is an extensive series of letters from Lillian Tosker of New York, whom Harold Frankhauser married, which include numerous...
Dates: 1942-1946
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold L. Ickes Diary Entry regarding Shepherd State Teachers College

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Collection Number: A&M 0592
Overview

Typescript copy of the 6 June 1935 entry from the diary of Harold Ickes regarding a visit to Shepherd State Teachers College (now Shepherd University) to deliver the 1935 commencement address. Entry provides a brief but negative view of the college, the students, and the faculty.

Dates: 1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold Lee Robinson Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2160
Overview

A collection of diplomas, degrees, certificates and other materials earned or owned by Harold L. Robinson, a Morgantown Attorney. There is also a reproduction of the Magna Carta which shows the shields of the different lords and barons who drafted the document.

Dates: 1880-1886
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold N. Moldenke, Herbarium Curator, New York Botanical Garden Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 1574
Overview

Correspondence of Dr. Moldenke, Curator of the Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden, editor and publisher of Phytologia, and Director of the Trailside Museum, Watchung, New Jersey. Correspondents include world famous botanist, zoologist and other natural scientists.

Dates: 1922-1962
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold Shill, Professor, Legislative Papers Regarding Library and Information Policy

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Collection Number: A&M 3896
Overview Papers regarding the career of Harold B. Shill, including documentation of his legislative activities in connection with libraries and information policy. There are American Library Association (ALA) committee files, records on electronic dissemination of information, and National Technical Information Service (NTIS) material, among many others. There is also material related to Shill's participation on the Legislative Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), of...
Dates: ca. 1982-2012
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harold W. Black, Compiler, West of the Alleghenies

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Collection Number: A&M 2443
Overview Photocopy of the book West of the Alleghenies, compiled in 1961 by Harold W. Black, containing genealogical information about the related Hopwood, Gaddis, Norris, and Farmer families. Provides a narrative history of the families of John Hopwood (1745-1802) of Dumfries, Virginia; Thomas Gaddis (1736-1830) of Winchester, Virginia; William Norris of Maryland and then Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia); and John Farmer (1749-1810) of Winchester,...
Dates: 1961
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Subject
Account books 251
Politics and government. 224
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 186
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 173
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 114
Universities and colleges 101
Coal mining. 98
Elections 94
Rivers and river valleys. 91
Preston County (W. Va.) 89
Lawyers - letters and papers. 84
Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
Farms and farming. 82
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 81
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 75
Taxation 73
United States -- Politics and government 72
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
General stores 66
Wheeling (W. Va.) 66
Surveyors and surveying. 65
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
World War, 1914-1918 60
Agriculture 59
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Transportation 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 57
Randolph County (W. Va.) 55
Slaves and slavery. 54
Church buildings 53
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Coal mining - coal companies. 51
Maps. 51
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
Lumber trade 49
Art and artists 45
Court records 45
Mills and mill-work 45
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 42
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 42
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
Baptists 40
Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
Steamboats 38
West Virginia - Governors. 38
Livestock 37
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
Tucker County (W. Va.) 35
West Virginia University -- Students 35
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
Teachers 32
Virginia 32
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
Photography 30
West Virginia - Politics and government. 30
Banks and banking 29
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Environmentalism 28
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Hardy County (W. Va.) 27
Kentucky 27
Physicians - letters and papers. 27
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 27
Charleston. 26
Coal mines and mining 26
Ohio River 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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Language
English 4808
French 2
German 2
Italian 2
Chinese 1
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Spanish; Castilian 1
Swedish 1
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Names
West Virginia University 197
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
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 28
West Virginia. Legislature 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
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 22
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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