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Isaac W. Scherich, Civil War Soldier, Memoirs

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Collection Number: A&M 4034
Overview Civil war memoirs of Isaac W. Scherich of Greene County, Pennsylvania (1844-1928), who served with the 18th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry from 1862 to 1865. Scherich is spelled Scherick in official military records. Memoirs consist of a photocopy of the original typescript, which describes the history of Scherich's regiment and his involvement in various Civil War battles, including Hanover, Gettysburg, and Opequan Creek. Memoirs also recount Scherich's personal history and life...
Dates: 1916-1957; Majority of material found in 1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Isabel L. Jones, World War II Code Girl, Oral History

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Collection Number: A&M 4433
Content Description Digital sound recording of oral history interview conducted by historian Barbara Howe with Isabel L. Jones, a code breaker, or "code girl", who worked on deciphering German and Japanese codes for the United States of America (USA) during World War II (ca. 1942-1945). The work performed by the code girls is documented in the book "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II" by Liza Mundy. In addition to the sound recording, there are also digital...
Dates: 2019
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Isaiah Bolyard Family Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 3315
Overview

9.5' x 11' scrapbook which contains genealogical information regarding the Isaiah Bolyard family of Preston County, West Virginia. Includes a photocopied excerpt from THE BALLIET, BALLIETT, BALLIETTE, BALYEAT, BOLYARD, AND ALLIED FAMILIES by Steven Clay Balliet (1968), pp. 680-719. Also includes family photographs, greeting cards, letters, memorial cards, obituaries, and miscellaneous newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1880-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Island Creek Railroad Company, Agreement with Adams Express Company

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Collection Number: A&M 3178
Overview

Agreement giving Adams Express Company the rights to operate express service along Island Creek Railroad in Logan County.

Dates: 1907
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Israel C. White (1848-1927) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0797
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the original geological notebook of Dr. I. C. White written in 1875, while a member of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey in Greene County, PA, and the original Geology Field Notebook kept by Dr. White during the West Virginia University spring term of 1883.

Dates: 1875; 1883
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Israel C. White (1848-1927) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0469
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Dr. Israel C. White, 1904-1906, mainly concerning his activities as chief of the Brazilian Coal Commission; includes various coal analysis reports and a report on the fossil plant materials collection made in Brazil by Dr. White and Dr. Sexias; manuscript and typescript of "Notes of Explorations in Brazil"; and a passport issued to Dr. White signed by John Hay, 1904.

Dates: 1904-1906
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Israel C. White Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0710
Scope and Contents Personal and business records of Dr. Israel C. White, assistant geologist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1876-1883; professor of geology West Virginia University, 1877-1892; assistant geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, 1884-1888; delegate to the International Geological Congresses, St. Petersburg, 1897-1927; and chief geologist of the Brazilian Coal Commission, 1904-1906. Included are family letters and pictures; also, diagram plans, and maps 1874-1941. Additional...
Dates: 1867-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Issue of the Daily Alta California

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Collection Number: A&M 4351
Scope and Contents Issue of the San Francisco Daily Alta California newspaper from Tuesday morning, May 30, 1865. Of note are a short article announcing the death of Colonel John Kellogg in City Point, Virginia on April 25, 1865, which was of local importance since Kellogg had previously served as Commissary at San Francisco Depot; an advertisement for Shaw & Co's Fast Freight to Virginia; and a notice of a fund collecting $1 subscriptions to be presented to the late President's...
Dates: May 30, 1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ivan M. Tribe and Jacob Bapst, Compilers, Records Regarding West Virginia Country Music Performers

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Collection Number: A&M 4160
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials related to Ivan M. Tribe and Jacob Bapst's research for their books on West Virginia country music performers. Materials include a book proof, Appalachian Studies Association Powerpoint presentation, Fairmont and Clarksburg Radio in Appalachian Country Music History Powerpoint presentation, and photos used in the book West Virginia's Traditional Country Music by Tribe and Bapst.Materials from the addendum of 2022 October...
Dates: 1925-2015; Majority of material found within 1930-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ivan M. Tribe, Collector, West Virginia Country Western Music Memorabilia

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Collection Number: A&M 4139
Scope and Contents Digital copies of photographs, song books, booklets, and other memorabilia documenting country western, bluegrass, gospel, and folk musicians and radio stations in West Virginia and neighboring states. The files represent four volumes of "West Virginia Country Western Photographs" collated by Ivan M. Tribe (author of several books on country and bluegrass music in West Virginia), as well as "Doc Williams' Border Riders Family Album" and "W-M-M-N Family Album 1941." Photographs include...
Dates: ca. 1930s-2000s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 17
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Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 16
United States. Army 16
West Virginia (Ship) 16
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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
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Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 13
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Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984 12
Dawson, William M.O. 12
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 12
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American Federation of Labor 10
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Goff, David, 1804?-1878 10
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 10
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 10
Robinson family 10
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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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