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Marmaduke Herbert Dent (1849-1909) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0285
Scope and Contents

Diploma from West Virginia University, signed by T.H. Logan, George C. Sturgiss, Alexander Martin, S. G. Stevens, H. H. Pierce, J. Stevenson, and Fred W. Wood

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

Marmaduke M. Dent, Broadside Advertising Land Sale in Granville

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0356
Overview

Notice of sale of tracts of land and lots in and around Granville, W. Va., along the route of the Castle Shannon Railroad.

Dates: 1878
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall County Archives

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Collection Number: A&M 1672
Overview County and circuit clerks records, arranged chronologically. Records for the years 1835-1857, include bonds of ministers, tavern operators, ordinaries, ferries, and county officials; estate settlements; records pertaining to road, bridge, and public building; records of the overseer of the poor; school commissioners' and surveyors' appointments; and lists of county officials. Records for 1863-1874 include county supervisors' records; records of the Fairmont and Wheeling Turnpike; and muster...
Dates: 1831-1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall County Farm Account Books and Soil Conservation Agreements

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Collection Number: A&M 4269
Scope and Contents Account books of farms, including the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Cooperative Agreements for those farms, dated 1935-1937. The farms are located in the towns of Moundsville, Cameron, McMechen, and other Marshall County locations. The USDA's Soil conversation efforts were mandated by several federal laws passed in 1935 and 1936 in response both to the dangers erosion posed to American agriculture and to the financial hardships faced by farmers during the Great...
Dates: 1935-1937
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall County Historical Society, Clippings and Illustrations Regarding the Cockayne House

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Collection Number: A&M 3535
Overview

Clippings of articles with illustrations regarding the history and preservation of the Cockayne house in Glen Dale, Marshall County, a farm house built in the 1850s. The Cockayne family settled in the upper Ohio River valley in 1795. The Cockayne farm was renowned for the fine Merino wool it produced in the late 1800s.

Dates: 2004-2006
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall County Republican Executive Committee Record Book

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Collection Number: A&M 1643
Overview

Record book of the Marshall County Republican Executive Committee. Contains lists of candidates, and the number of votes each received. Includes a separation of the districts and precincts.

Dates: 1904-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall Family Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 2513
Overview Correspondence of W.K. Marshall, a West Virginia railroad engineer, includes letters received from his wife and sons in Callaghan, Virginia, as well as the letters he wrote to them. This collection also includes letters from Marshall's brother and niece. Marshall's correspondence concerns the following subjects: personal and family matters; employment conditions on the railroad; railroad accidents; trade union and fraternal society insurance plans. Letters from Marshall's wife touch on...
Dates: ca. 1903-1907
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall L. Williamson, Medic, U.S. Navy, Photograph Album of New Hebrides During World War II

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Collection Number: A&M 4072
Overview Photographs documenting activities of US Navy Medical Corps in the New Hebrides (or Vanuatu) during World War II. These 54 photos were taken by taken by Marshall L. Williamson, US Navy Medical Corps, assigned to the 57th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees). Includes group portraits of Medical Corps personnel and other servicemen; photos of a Christian church, barracks, transportation, roads, base of operations, island natives and their dwellings, and american servicemen swimming, among...
Dates: 1943-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall, Ohio, and Wood Counties Legislative Petitions

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Collection Number: A&M 3048
Overview

Petitions from northwestern counties to the Virginia State legislature for internal improvements, namely turnpikes, railroads and river navigation claims. Mention is made of the Ohio River, Little Kanawha River, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Northwestern Turnpike.

Dates: 1846-1854
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mart and Jeannine Yoho, Alumni, Material Regarding Pennsboro High School

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Collection Number: A&M 4364
Content Description

Material regarding Mart Yoho and Jeaninne Yoho, née Riggs, who attended Pennsboro High School in Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia. Mart graduated class of 1945; Jeaninne class of 1947. Includes class photographs; newsclippings, mainly regarding athletics; graduation programs; a varsity patch; and other material. In addition, there is material regarding the 50th reunions for the classes of 1945 and 1947.

Dates: 1945-1997
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
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Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
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Wood County (W. Va.) 39
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Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
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Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
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Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
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Ohio 28
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Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 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
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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