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Long Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2521
Overview
Genealogy of the Long family of Greene County, Pennsylvania, and of West Virginia.
Dates:
1975
Long/Trail Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3762
Overview
Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the Hinton Daily News (later the Hinton News). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia....
Dates:
circa 1870-2020s and undated
Lonnie L. Okes, Compiler, Akers, Lilly, and Ellison Families History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2340
Overview
History of the Akers, Lilly, and Ellison families, compiled by Lonnie L. Okes, Jr., 1961.
Dates:
ca. 1700-1961
Lonnie Miller, Compiler, Research Papers Regarding Coal History in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4078
Overview
Research papers regarding history of coal mining and coal disasters in southwestern Pennsylvania compiled by Lonnie Miller, an electrical inspector for the Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Much of this material was apparently used by him for his books "Robena: A Chronological History of Robena Mine" (1997), Robena Photographs: A Pictorial History of Robena Mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania" (1998), and "Warwick Coal Mines,...
Dates:
1887-2014; Majority of material found within 1940-1990
Lorena Brown (1850-1919) Letter, Typed Document [Xerox]
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2588
Overview
Typed transcription of a letter written by Lorena Brown to her aunt, Lucinda Dunham Powell. The letter, dated 28 March 1863, describes the Brown family's journey from the Kanawha Valley to Monroe County.
Dates:
1862-1863
Lorentz Family Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4103
Overview
Correspondence between members of the Lorentz family of Buckhannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia. Includes eight letters from scattered dates between 1848 and 1857. Most of the letters were written by Mifflin Lorentz to his wife Fannie (Whitey) Lorentz; these letters include two love letters written before their marriage (1848) and four letters written while Mifflin was travelling on business (1848-1857). These four letters remark upon business, difficulties he had traveling, and...
Dates:
1848-1857
Lorilla Frances Bullard Tower, Doctor, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4568
Scope and Contents
Dr. Lorilla Frances Bullard Tower’s collection includes photographs of the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, circa 1900, and correspondence regarding her hiring and retention. The collection also includes documents regarding the treatment of the mentally ill at the time. The photographs, in boxes 1 and 2, are of the interior and exterior of the building and grounds as well as staff and patients, some individual and some groups. Interior photographs show staff living areas...
Dates:
1894-1904 and undated
Lorraine Momen -- A Victim, not a Criminal
Pamphlet
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4541
Scope and Contents
Lorraine Momen was charged with first degree murder of her husband, Wayman. This pamphlet was created in response, arguing that she had killed Wayman Momen in self-defense. This pamphlet was printed by a group of Morgantown residents who voiced concerns about the charge against Lorraine Momen and the impact of domestic violence against women on a national scale.
Dates:
circa 1982
Lottery Ticket Issued in Morgantown, Monongalia County, Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3700
Overview
One lottery ticket issued in Morgantown, Monongalia County, Virginia in 1800 (3 in. x 4 in.). Text on the ticket reads: "This ticket in Morgantown Lottery, No. [ ], shall entitle the holder thereof to such lott in said town, as shall be drawn against its number, agreeable to the terms of said Lottery. Jacob Kinney, William Wirt, John Coalter, Managers, June 2nd, 1800." This item is the earliest known Morgantown imprint, according to "West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863", a catalog compiled and...
Dates:
1800
Louis A. Johnson Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4311
Scope and Contents
Papers of Louis Arthur Johnson, (1891-1966), Clarksburg lawyer, and Washington, D.C. politician who co-founded the law office of Steptoe & Johnson. Johnson studied law at the University of Virginia and upon graduation immediately took up residence in the booming oil and gas town of Clarksburg, W. Va. and began the firm with Philip P. Steptoe. He served in France and Germany during and immediately after the First World War, and upon his return married Ruth Maxwell from Clarksburg. From...
Dates:
ca. 1890-1980