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Leonard H. Ballard, Capitol Police Inspector, Oral History Transcript

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Collection Number: A&M 4375
Scope and Contents Material regarding Leonard H. Ballard, a West Virginia native and World War II veteran who served in the United States Capitol Police Force from 1947 until 1984. Ballard was the first person in the history of the organization to rise from the rank of private to that of inspector during his service. Includes a bound transcript of oral history interviews conducted with Ballard regarding his career in the Capitol Police Force (1983-1984), copies of photographs of Ballard (undated), and a...
Dates: 1983-1984, 2018, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Leonard Lytle, The Descendants of Captain William Lytle (1728-1797)

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Collection Number: A&M 2390
Overview

Microfilm copy of a typescript entitled "The Descendants of Captain William Lytle (1728-1797)" authored by Leonard Lytle of Detroit, Michigan, 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Leonard M. Davis, "The Speaking and Speeches of Nathan Goff, Jr."

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Collection Number: A&M 1104
Overview Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843-1920), was a Civil War veteran, United States circuit judge, Secretary of the Navy, Republican Congressman, and West Virginia legislator in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. "The Speaking and Speeches of Nathan Goff, Jr." is a PhD dissertation by Leonard M. Davis that examines Goff as a public speaker and his rhetoric. Davis provides an overview of Goff's background and education, public career, and the principle issues he discussed: West Virginia...
Dates: 1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Les Carpenter, Collector, Photographs of Town of Big Isaac in Doddridge County

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Collection Number: A&M 4284
Scope and Contents Digital photographs documenting Big Isaac in Doddridge County. Includes images of members of the Hinkle and West families. There is a portrait of Civil War soldier Abraham Hinkle in uniform as a member of Company E, Third Virginia Cavalry. Photos of Big Isaac include images of their baseball team, the butcher shop of John Jackson West, construction crews and derricks of the local oil company, students of Laurel Run School, and of local residents. There is also extensive photo...
Dates: ca. 1860-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Leslie Kane, Slides of Morgantown and Film of Hospital Groundbreaking

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Collection Number: A&M 3524
Overview

One hundred slides by Morgantown resident Leslie Kane of Morgantown and West Virginia University subjects, including Mountaineer Football. There are a few slides of Pittsburgh. There is also a 16mm motion picture film of the groundbreaking of West Virginia University Hospital and Medical School.

Dates: 1945-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Leslie Thrasher, Illustrator, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3097
Overview Correspondence, sketches, illustrations and papers of a magazine illustrator, Leslie Thrasher (1889-1936) originally from Piedmont, WV (on microfilm). Best known for the humor in his illustrations, his career started in 1912 after he had finished attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the Ecole de Grande Chaumiere in Paris. During World War I he was part of the camouflage regiment of the 40th. Engineers, U. S. Army, serving in France where he was wounded by...
Dates: 1912-1987
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Letter from Capon Springs and Baths in Hampshire County

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Collection Number: A&M 4226
Content Description

Personal letter regarding family matters from "John" to "George" on stationery of "Capon Springs & Baths" in Hampshire County, West Virginia. The stationery is elaborately ornamented with a letterhead illustration of Capon Springs.

Dates: 1896
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Letter Regarding John Brown's Raid

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Collection Number: A&M 3480
Overview Letter regarding John Brown's raid. Autograph Letter Signed, "Geo. Washington," [presumed to be a descendent of US President George Washington, who lived from 1732 to 1799] 3p. quarto, Alexandria, November 2, 1859. It reads in part: "What think you of the Harper's Ferry tragedy? You will see from the papers sent, that Brown has been convicted - he should die a dog's death, the one prescribed by the law is much too good & respectable for him. This man in my opinion is certainly deranged...
Dates: 1859
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Letter regarding Slave Dispute

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Collection Number: A&M 4273
Scope and Contents

Letter from Andrew L. Hannah of Falls Craigs Creek (possibly Botetourt County, Virginia) to Miss Polly Semon, dated 1869 September 18. Hannah writes regarding a dispute over money owed for a "negro boy". Hannah alleges that Miss Semon told him not to sell the unnamed enslaved boy as long as the boy lived, which Hannah claims led to a missed sales opportunity during the war and resulted in Hannah owing Miss Semon more money than he thought fair.

Dates: 1869 September 18
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Letters to Rebecca Putney regarding Life at West Virginia University

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Collection Number: A&M 4418
Content Description Fifteen letters from Bard M., a member of the West Virginia University (WVU) Cadet Corps, to Rebecca Putney (1895-1992) of Charleston, West Virginia. On evidence of stationary, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. There are also two letters to Ms. Putney from WVU regarding how to apply for admission. Notable information in the letters includes a description of the funeral of Lieutenant Colonel Richmond of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, train schedules to Charleston WV, and...
Dates: 1913 November 9 - 1916 March 29
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 257
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
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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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