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Harry Johnson, Glassworker, Apprentice and Naturalization Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 1700
Overview
Papers of Harry Johnson (b. 1898), glassworker in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, from 1920. Includes note certifying Johnson's glass work apprenticeship in England and a United States Declaration of Intention from his emigration to the United States from Liverpool, England.
Dates:
1920
Harry M. McDonald, Soldier, Civil War Letters
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Collection Number: A&M 1925
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four letters written by Harry (also Henry) M. McDonald, 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and one letter written by McDonald's brother, M. McDonald, Jr. The letters authored by Harry M. McDonald include three letters to his sister and one to his brother, possibly M. McDonald, Jr. Harry M. McDonald's letters date from summer 1862 to summer 1863 and were from locations in the South, including Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. The letter authored by M. McDonald, Jr. was...
Dates:
1862-1865
Harry Outen Cole Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 0640
Overview
Papers of Harry Outen Cole (1874-1950), a Morgantown, West Virginia engineer who was with the Pacific Division of the Panama Canal, 1908-1912. In addition to correspondence there are reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, U.S. documents, photographs, blueprints, and structural drawings of the Panama Canal, with some data on the proposed Nicaraguan Canal. Correspondents include Chapman Revercomb and Melvin C. Snyder. Included is a microfilm of an autobiographical sketch, "Some Episodes in...
Dates:
1909-1950
Harry S. Laird, Engineer, Three Photo Albums Regarding Construction of Cheat Lake Dam and Railroads
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Collection Number: A&M 3827
Overview
Three photograph albums of Harry Snedden Laird (September 11, 1868-October 1, 1952), a civil engineer, and resident of Preston County, West Virginia (WV). They document dam and railroad construction projects. The first album contains 50 photographs, arranged chronologically (1912-1913). The photos record construction of Cheat Lake dam ("Cheat Haven"); subjects include: a coffer dam, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge, and turbine form construction. The album also contains an annotated...
Dates:
1910-1914
Harry S. Shaffer, General Store in Parsons, Tucker County, Financial Records and Other Material
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Collection Number: A&M 3637
Overview
Financial records and other material of the Harry S. Shaffer General Store in Parsons, Tucker Country. Includes accounting records and promissory notes.
Dates:
1901-1949; Majority of material found in 1914-1924
Harry T. Leeper, Collector, Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 0348
Scope and Contents
Collection includes family correspondence of the Bowman, Veach, and Leeper families. Manuscripts include a recounting of the Civil War event known as "Jones' Raid." In another document Nathaniel Cochrane, an ancestor of Thomas Leeper, recounts his capture and imprisonment by indigenous people, along with a biography of Cochrane. Daily life for that time is captured in "Home Life of the Leeper Family." Other typescript histories include "Monongah," Thomas Leeper's diary regarding heavy rains...
Dates:
1779-1915
Harry T. Leeper, Collector, Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 0251
Scope and Contents
Diaries of Thomas M. Leeper, 1886-1950 (Box 1). Samuel Leeper wrote a few of the first entries, and some family members wrote some of the last entries documenting Thomas Leeper’s last days. Subjects in the diaries include family life; work life; weather; encounters with visitors, friends, and neighbors; and travels. Counties traveled include Calhoun, Clay, Lewis, Harrison, Marion, Wirt and more. Inserts in the diaries include receipts, penciled sketches, and other paraphernalia. Added...
Dates:
1882-1952
Harry W. Ernst, Author, Manuscripts of Book Regarding Presidential Primary of John F. Kennedy in West Virginia
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Collection Number: A&M 3661
Overview
Original manuscripts of first and final drafts of "The Primary That Made a President: West Virginia 1960", a political study by Harry W. Ernst regarding the presidential primay campaign by John F. Kennedy (JFK) in West Virginia. Includes letters with the author from Charles U. Daly (former aide to JFK), and Ron M. Linton (former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense) regarding his manuscript; also includes correspondence with West Virginia University history professor F.P. Summers regarding...
Dates:
1961-1964
Hart and Woolworth Lumber Mill, Account Book
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Collection Number: A&M 2322
Overview
Journal of accounts, 1810-1820, for the Hart and Woolworth Lumber Mill, located in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The mill was originally owned by Stephen Hart and Reuben Woolworth, but Walter Martin bought Woolworth's share in March 1811. Pages of the account book are organized according to account owner. Entries list all work, amount charged, and account balance. Work typically include the sawing of boards, planks, lath boards, and clapboards (ash, oak, hemlock, birch, butternut), related...
Dates:
1810-1820
Hart Field Coalition, Operational Briefing Notebooks Regarding Airfield
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Collection Number: A&M 3533
Overview
Two briefing notebooks (2001, 2003) regarding the organization and operation of Hart Field, an airfield in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Dates:
2001-2003