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Julia M. Davis, Author, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2826
Overview Interviews with and reviews of the fiction of Julia Davis, a member of a prominent Harrison County family whose most distinguished member was her father, John W. Davis, the 1924 Democratic Presidential candidate. In the interviews she tells of the influence upon her career of Melville Davisson Post and of the historic activities of her family, particularly before and during the Civil War. Her maternal grandparents, who resided in Jefferson County, observed the trial and execution of John...
Dates: 1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Julia McDonald Davis (1900-1993) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1856
Scope and Contents Correspondence, manuscripts, class notes and other papers of Julia McDonald Davis (1900-1993), an author and daughter of lawyer and statesman John W. Davis. Includes correspondence of Julia Davis; manuscripts of her work; her notes; correspondence of John W. Davis; and additional newspaper clippings, postcards, photographs, ephemera, and other material. Subjects of Julia Davis's correspondence and notes include a biographical sketch of E.H. McDonald, Miss Davis's grandfather; business...
Dates: 1866-1963
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Julia Welch Bates, Parkersburg High School Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 3142
Overview

High school scrapbook of a Parkersburg native, Julia Bates Welch. The scrapbook consists of cards, photos, diary entries and lists of classmate names. The diary entries are about typical social events for a female teenager of that era such as parties, picnics and camping with comments about her friends and their experiences of the events.

Dates: 1919-1923
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Julian G. Hearne, World War II Soldier, Records regarding Japanese Surrender of Garrisons Aka Shima and Tokashiki Shima

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Collection Number: A&M 0709
Overview One of the copies of the surrender document of Japanese garrisons on Aka Shima and Tokashiki Shima to U.S. forces on Zamani Shima, all islands being a part of the Kerama Retto group near Okinawa. These were the first two Japanese garrisons to formally surrender after the Japanese imperial announcement of capitulation to the Allies in World War II. Their surrender was managed and accepted by the U.S. commander, a West Virginian, Julian G. Hearne, in command of the 24th Infantry Regiment, the...
Dates: 1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Julius G. Lorence, Soldier, Civil War Letter Regarding Stonewall Brigade in Jackson's Romney Campaign

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Collection Number: A&M 3970
Overview

Letter written by Confederate soldier Julius G. Lorence (also spelled Lorenz and Lowrence), who served in the 27th Regiment Virginia Infantry, Company E, which was part of the "Stonewall Brigade". The letter is dated 12 January 186[2] and is addressed to Lorence's friend "Charley" and describes Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's attack against Dam No. 5 of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. See "Scope and Content Note" for further information.

Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Julius G. Muhleman, Miscellaneous Business Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0180
Overview

Miscellaneous business receipts from Julius G. Muhleman, a shingle manufacturer in Buck Hill Bottom, Ohio, dating from 1870 to 1901.

Dates: 1870-1901
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Julius Monroe, Surveyor, West Virginia State Boundary Line Photographs

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Collection Number: A&M 3850
Overview Black and white photographs taken by Julius Monroe, a surveyor who worked to establish the boundary between Maryland and West Virginia as decided by the Supreme Court in Maryland v. West Virginia in 1910. The court ruled in West Virginia's favor, concluding that the Deakins Line was the official and correct demarcation between the states. Monroe and other commissioners were thereafter appointed to locate, establish, and permanently mark the boundaries with monuments. There are 55 photographs...
Dates: 1911
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

June B. Barekman, Compiler, Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 2366
Overview

Research notes and genealogical data on various families including Barekman, Barackman, Barickman, Barrackman, Barrickman, Barkman, Bergman, Coker, Cowan, Daily, Graham, Grahan, Hathaway, Hess, and Palmer. Material covers the years 1700-1969.

Dates: 1969-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

June Campbell Grossman-Welch, Compiler, Genealogy of Murchland Family of Brooke County

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Collection Number: A&M 3580
Overview

Genealogy titled "The Murchlands of Brooke County, VA, (WV); The Descendants in America of James and Elizabeth Shaw Murchland" by June Campbell Grossman-Welch. This 32-page genealogy traces the Murchland family from records of an Irish immigrant dating back to 1698 through the 1930s in America.

Dates: 2000-2005
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Junior Order United American Mechanics, West Virginia Council, Stewartstown Council No. 52, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2905
Overview

Junior Order United American Mechanics, State Council of West Virginia, Stewartstown Council No. 52: two books of JOUAM pledges, dated 1893-1957, both partially full, membership applications, document of death (blank), paper bearing JOUAM password, notification of arrears (blank), small poster announcing membership initiation in Philadelphia, PA, May 22, 1926.

Dates: ca. 1893-1957
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
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West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
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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
West Virginia. Legislature 29
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 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
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 23
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
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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