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Land Survey Maps

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0393
Overview

Manuscript land survey maps, probably of Monongalia County, [West] Virginia.; names on tracts include John Davis, James Ross, Wm. North, John Petty, Joseph Martin, John Stealey, and C- - - - - Gallager.

Dates: undated

Land Title Certificates

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2437
Overview

Xerox copy of the Transallegheny Historical Magazine, 1901-1902, listing land title certificates issued mostly in Morgantown and Clarksburg for pioneer settlements in the 1770's for Ohio, Monongalia, and Yohogania counties in the state of Virginia. These land grants are not mentioned in Sims. Also included are names of stream and river branches. Indexed.

Dates: 1770-1779

Land Warrant Ledger for the Community of Frankfort in Hampshire County, Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4467
Content Description Digital copy of a ledger (8 in. x 9 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in.) documenting the paid transfer of land in the period 1788-1810 from the state of Virginia through the Land Office to individuals in Hampshire County, Virginia. The entries in the ledger show date of entry, assignees, quantity of land in acres, and Land Office Treasury Warrant Number. These records often include named geographic features such as waterways and land features, as well as names of owners of adjoining properties. The name...
Dates: 1788-1810

Lands, Western Virginia, Facsimile of Agreement

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1468
Overview

Facsimile of articles of agreement between Samuel Buffinton of Massachusetts and Enoch Shepard of Marietta, Whereby Shepard agrees to locate 1,275,000 acres of land "Northwest of the dividing Ridge of the Allegany [Allegheny] mountains" in Western Virginia. Said Shepard to deliver the plots to Clarksburg.

Dates: 1796

Lantern Slides of Homes in Wheeling and Pittsburgh

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3273
Overview

Color lantern slides of homes in Wheeling/Pittsburgh area; 52 items.

Dates: undated

Lantz Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3095
Scope and Contents

Papers of William Lantz (b. 1810), a Blacksville, WV farmer, constable, postmaster, and general store owner, and his descendants, particularly Remembrance Lantz. Included are family and business correspondence; bills, invoices, and ledger sheets relating principally to the Lantz family's general store; and militia documents and legal papers documenting William Lantz's activities as constable, justice of the peace, and commissioner of revenue for Blacksville.

Dates: 1814-1921

Lantz Store, Blacksville, Monongalia County, Account Ledger

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3302
Overview One ledger of a general merchandise store, 'Lantz Store' in Blacksville, West Virginia, documenting disbursements and customers accounts for May 29, 1861 through August 13, 1866. Transactions are recorded chronologically. Includes transaction dates, costs per item, and descriptions of items purchased or work completed. Some of the more common transactions include altering colts, building fences, sheep washing, and the sale of butter, coffee, gingham, molasses, rice, and tobacco, among...
Dates: 1861-1866

Larry Jones, Collector, Composite Photograph of Buckhannon High School Class of 1918

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4185
Overview

Composite photo containing individual head shots of the 1918 graduating class of Buckltannon High School. There are about 59 individual's portraits, one or two of whom may be teachers. The item also contains the name McWhorter and a head shot of Judge John Camillus McWhorter, Upshur County native and probably the class sponsor. There is no other identification; one of the young men pictured is the collector's father.

Dates: 1918

Larry Jones, Collector, Postcards, Photographs, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4179
Scope and Contents The collection includes just over 320 postcards from the 1900s through the 1970s, photographs, and additional family papers. The initial accession includes roughly 160 West Virginia postcards dating from the 1900s through the 1970s, with and without messages, both black & white and color. Images include landscape scenery and buildings across West Virginia. Also includes approximately 60 early 20th century holiday greeting postcards (ca. 1900-1935). Many of the postcards are...
Dates: 1785-1993; Majority of material found within 1897-1993

Larry McClurg, Collector, Mind Garage (Musical Group) Ephemera

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3565
Overview

Ephemera relating to the musical group, Mind Garage, and its 1968 album, 'A Total Electric Happening'. Includes a compact disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), t-shirt, advertisement of the band's website, and four copies in different colors of a Mind Garage poster. Two of the posters are signed by Larry McClurg, a member of the band.

Dates: 2005

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Subject
Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 176
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
Universities and colleges 102
Coal mining. 100
Elections 95
Preston County (W. Va.) 90
Rivers and river valleys. 90
Lawyers - letters and papers. 84
Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
Farms and farming. 82
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
United States -- Politics and government 72
General stores 71
Taxation 71
Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
Surveyors and surveying. 67
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
World War, 1914-1918 61
Agriculture 59
Transportation 59
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 56
Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
Church buildings 53
Coal mining - coal companies. 52
Maps. 52
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
Slaves and slavery. 51
Lumber trade 49
Mills and mill-work 49
Court records 48
Art and artists 45
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
Baptists 40
Steamboats 39
Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
West Virginia - Governors. 38
Livestock 37
Tucker County (W. Va.) 36
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
West Virginia University -- Students 35
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
Teachers 32
Virginia 32
Banks and banking 31
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
West Virginia - Politics and government. 30
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Photography 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Environmentalism. 27
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
Hardy County (W. Va.) 27
Kentucky 27
Physicians - letters and papers. 27
Charleston. 26
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
Ohio County (W. Va.) 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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Language
English 4807
French 2
German 2
Italian 2
Chinese 1
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Names
West Virginia University 197
United Mine Workers of America 52
Democratic Party (U.S.) 45
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 43
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 38
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United States. Congress. Senate 38
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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