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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
Hartley Brothers Civil War Letters
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Collection Number: A&M 0601
Overview
Letters to their family in Ohio from James M. Hartley and Thomas J. Hartley. James M. Hartley served in the Ohio 116th. Volunteer Infantry, Company B stationed during the Civil War at Romney, WV; Winchester, VA; Sharpsburg, MD; Martinsburg, WV; and Richmond, VA. Thomas J. Hartley was mustered into an unidentified Ohio regiment at Camp Ripley, OH and served in Stanford, KY and Nicholasville, KY. These letters, most being from James M. Hartley, reflect conditions in the U. S. Army in the field...
Dates:
1862-1865
Harvey B. Bowman, Collector, Miscellaneous Historical Items
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Collection Number: A&M 2097
Overview
Collection includes one pension certificate for Mary A. Swinger, widow of John B. Swiger, dated July 27, 1909; one Civil War soldier's hymn book, and one envelope containing buttons, medals, and medallions. Map of north-east coast of New Guinea, showing Madang-Lae-Wau, and Wewak-Madang-Mt Hagen. A copy of a song written by a Phillipino sung to Americans.
Dates:
1860's; 1909
Harvey Bowman, Soldier, World War II Scrapbook
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Collection Number: A&M 0299
Overview
Air Force Captain Harvey Bowman served in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a member of the 43rd Bombardment Group and on General Douglas MacArthur's staff. One oversize scrapbook chiefly documents Bowman's military service in New Guinea and Australia from 1942 to 1945. This fragile volume consists of loose pages with photographs, orders and regulations, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous material tipped in. Photographs depict Bowman's unit and his surroundings in...
Dates:
1929, 1942-1945; Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Harvey & DeQuaise Grocery Ledgers
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Collection Number: A&M 3062
Overview
Two customer credit ledgers of the Harvey & DeQuaise Grocery of Deepwater, Fayette Co. Harvey and DeQuaise were related by marriage, and both were originally from Fayetteville. They built a permanent structure for their store in 1892 at the C&O rail head of Deepwater, twenty miles from Fayetteville, in what was then a productive coal mining field. The entries reflect that the establishment was also a general store carrying items such as nails, seed, and clothing as well as food...
Dates:
1887-1901
Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 1686
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, essays, clippings, and account books of a Clarksburg lawyer, Republican state senator, and Harrison County local historian. Subjects include the history of Clarksburg and Shinnston; the Progressive Movement, women's suffrage, and prohibition in West Virginia; West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia Historical Society; Methodism in Harrison County and the state; Methodist missions in Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and the United States; gristmills and...
Dates:
1842-1961
Hatfield and Browning Families, Clippings
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Collection Number: A&M 2251
Overview
A collection of clippings from various WV newspapers pertaining to the Hatfield and Browning families. Names mentioned include Cap. Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, Dr. Daniel S. Hatfield, William Anderson Hatfield, Henry D. Hatfield, Tennis Hatfield, Rev. J.C. Hatfield, L.W. "Elba" Hatfield, Smith Hatfield, Rebecca Curry Browning, and Robert Anderson Browning. Xerox copy.
Dates:
1925-1936