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Mail Pouch Tobacco Newspaper, Volume 3, Number 2

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Collection Number: A&M 3755
Overview Facsimile of rare promotional newspaper "West Virginia Mail Pouch", Wheeling Edition, Volume 3, Number 2, 1898. Mail Pouch Tobacco was a product of the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. Includes a combination of an illustrated listing of promotional gifts that can be obtained through redeeming mail pouch tobacco coupons (such as curling iron, pocket knifes, etc.) along with miscellaneous entertaining information (such as nicknames of cities, great fires in the United...
Dates: 1898
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Major General Kenneth D. Gray Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4729
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, certificates, awards, and other material documenting Major General Kenneth D. Gray's careers in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) and as the Vice President for Student Affairs at West Virginia University (1997-2014).

Dates: circa 1990s-2020s and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Major W. P. Tams, Jr. Transcript of an Interview

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Collection Number: A&M 2584
Overview Transcript of an interview by Richard Hadsell with Major W.P. Tams, Jr., former mine operator in the Winding Gulf coal mining region. Tams discusses his early days in coal mining, the opening of the Kanawha coal region, and coal operators and union officials such as: E.J. Berwind, Joe Beury, George Collins, Jarius Collins, Justus Collins, John J. Cornwell, Samuel Dixon, Elias Hatfield, Troy Hatfield, Isaac Mann, S.T. Patterson, J.A. Renahan, James O. Watts, and George Wolfe. Other...
Dates: 1825-1934
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Making Contact: Ravenswood, West Virginia Portfolio Booklet

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Collection Number: A&M 5282
Scope and Contents

Portfolio booklet titled Making Contact: Ravenswood, West Virginia made as part of the Graphic Design Photo Design class of the West Virginia University Division of Art.

Dates: 1989
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Malcolm Ater Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4496
Content Description Papers of Malcolm Ater and Commercial Comics, Inc. These are photocopied facsimiles of original documents. Includes mostly business and some personal correspondence with John Patterson, Governor of Alabama (1957-1974); there is discussion of politics, and also of work by Ater for Patterson's gubernatorial campaigns. There is some duplication of this correspondence within the collection. There is also an outline for a pictorial biography of governor John Patterson (1958), a listing of...
Dates: ca. 1950-1974; Majority of material found within 1956-1966
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Malcolm Davis, Artist, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4263
Scope and Contents Papers of Malcolm Davis, noted potter and ceramic artist. The collection includes slides of his work, some correspondence, shino glaze recipe cards, sketchbooks, photographs, and research books regarding ceramics. Davis was known for his shino pottery with a distinctive glaze, and much of the collection relates to that work. This collection is organized into six series:Series 1. Slides and Photographs, 1970s-2000s: Images of Davis's work, exhibitions and glaze samples,...
Dates: 1970-2015
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Male (Mayle) Family Genealogical Research Material

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Collection Number: A&M 2731
Overview

Research materials used by Bernard V. Mayhle in preparing his book, THE MALES OF BARBOUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. Seattle: Mayhle, (1980). Includes facsimiles of historical records from the 1800s.

Dates: 1800s-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Malone Family Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 2571
Overview

Genealogy, newspaper obituaries, and notes on the Clemens, Finlay, Malone, Utter, and Wolde families of West Virginia, ca. 1700-1950.

Dates: ca. 1700-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mamazine and the twenty fourth. Zines

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Collection Number: A&M 4558
Scope and Contents

Two zines titled Mamazine (vol. 1, no. 2, Oct. 2003) and the twenty fourth. (undated). Topics include relationships and the Morgantown area indie and punk rock music scenes.

Dates: 2003, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

"Man on Horseback: Major Thomas Boyd Davis and Martial Law in West Virginia"

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Collection Number: A&M 2742
Overview Typescript copy of "Man on Horseback: Major Thomas Boyd Davis and Martial Law in West Virginia," a manuscript written by Merle T. Cole in June 1980. This full-length study examines the role of Thomas Boyd Davis (1878-1935) during two periods of martial law in West Virginia in the early twentieth century. Topics include mine wars at Cabin-Paint Creek, 1912-1913; the West Virginia National Guard, 1917-1918; the labor movement, Matewan, 1920-1921; and martial law in Mingo County in the early...
Dates: 1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 251
Politics and government. 224
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 186
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 173
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Genealogy 161
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World War, 1939-1945 83
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Harrison County (W. Va.) 75
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United States -- Politics and government 72
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
General stores 66
Wheeling (W. Va.) 66
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World War, 1914-1918 60
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Randolph County (W. Va.) 55
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Marion County (W. Va.) 51
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Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
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Kanawha County (W. Va.) 42
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 42
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
Baptists 40
Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
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West Virginia - Governors. 38
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Indians of North America 31
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West Virginia - Politics and government. 30
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Environmentalism 28
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
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Civil War battles. 27
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Physicians - letters and papers. 27
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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
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 28
West Virginia. Legislature 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
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 22
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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