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James Scott Stewart, Professor, Papers
James Scott Stewart was a member of the West Virginia University faculty in the Department of Mathematics in the 1880s. Collection consists of short newspaper clippings related to the university.
James Tenney Letter
James Thurston Oblinger, Sr., Collector, Piano Rolls of American Popular Music
Piano rolls (42 items) for rendering solo piano arrangements of popular or vernacular American music on a player piano (pianola). Pianists who recorded these rolls include J. Lawrence Cook and Walter Redding, among others. They were collected by a resident of Frederick, Maryland, James Oblinger.
James V. Morris, History of Enterprise and Four-H
Two letters authored by James V. Morris, West Virginia University alumnus of 1947, regarding West Virginia history: 1) letter of 4-29-2005 describes history of Enterprise, West Virginia, including information regarding town's Civil War history; verso of letter identifies the real names of the fictional characters in the book Daughter of the Elm by Granville Davisson Hall. 2) letter of 5-5-2005 contains information regarding the history of Four-H at Jackson's Mill.
James Vance Boughner (1812-1882) Papers
James W. Teter, Blacksmith, Account Ledger
Account ledger of Blacksmith James W. Teter of Arnettsville, West Virginia, documenting customer names, services provided, and charges for services.
James W. Wells, Rare Book Specialist, Obituary
Photocopy of the obituary of James W. Wells (1917-2014), a specialist in rare books who was born and raised in West Virginia and briefly taught at West Virginia University. Most of his professional career was spent as a curator at the Newberry Library of Chicago. The obituary was written by Graydon Megan and published in the Chicago Tribune on 12 September 2014.
James Warren Pattie, Collector, "South Branch Intelligencer" Newspaper
One bound volume consisting of approximately 150 issues of the the "South Branch Intelligencer" published in Romney, (West) Virginia, between June 1834 and May 1837. The "South Branch Intelligencer" was founded by William Harper in 1830 and continues today as the "Hampshire Review and the South Branch Intelligencer".
James William Kuykendall Papers
Papers of a land surveyor from Hardy County include family and business correspondence, 1888-1926; letters from George Benson Kuykendall on family genealogy, 1911-1914; Kuykendall's correspondence as a member of the county board of education, 1908-1915; account books, diaries, surveying notes, Sunday school class book, 1876-1923; and plats, surveys, and deeds of land in the Hardy-Grant County area.