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Barb(e) Family Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1416
Overview

Photocopies of a list of family records for the Barbe(e) family from 1863 to 1933. Records list name, birth date, death date, and marriages in the Barb(e) family.

Dates: 1836-1933
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barbour County Board of Education, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1726
Overview

Financial records, building specifications, inspection and attendance reports, resolutions and orders of the Barbour County, Cove Township Board of Education, 1865-1968.

Dates: 1865-1968
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barbour County Cemetery Readings

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Collection Number: A&M 2911
Overview

Barbour County cemetery readings for the Gasey/Breakiron family plot at Lawless Road; Crislip Cemetery, near Elk City; two Elk City church cemeteries. 1983. 14 p.

Dates: 1983
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barbour County Manuscripts and Articles regarding Industry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0959
Content Description This collection includes two documents. One is a four-page handwritten manuscript, "The Old Furnace" by C.O. Marsh, printed originally in the The Barbour Democrat on November 11, 1956. This manuscript also includes information on the the John M. Marsh, b. 1827 family. The second document is an "Excursion Souvenir," a four-page pamphlet printed for the West Virginia Academy of Science Meeting at Philippi, April 25-26, 1941 and contains articles...
Dates: 1941, 1956
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barbour County Schools Letter

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Collection Number: A&M 2101
Overview

An ALS from Josie Prim Chilson, Fairmont to Mollie Gould, Craig, Alaska. Miss Gould had apparently been Josie Chilson's first school teacher at school number 7, the Modisett school. She requests pictures of miss Gould and the School house. The mining town of Berryburg is located near site of the Modisett school. Comments on Albert Modisett.

Dates: 1895
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barbour County Schools Miscellaneous Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0694
Overview

A teacher's report to superintendent form for Barbour County, W. Va. ,schools 1881-1884. Notice to teachers urging their subscription for copies of the First Annual Catalogue of the Free Schools of Barbour county, signed by W. D. Zinn, county superintendent.

Dates: 1881-1884
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barger Brothers, Soldiers, World War I Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 3678
Scope and Contents World War I letters authored by brothers Joe Douglas Barger (26 items) and Pat Burnley S. Barger (37 items) to their sisters Lula and Juanita Barger of Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, their home town. Joe served on the front lines in France with Battery A, 315th Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force (AEF), while his brother worked in a railway shop for Company B, 49th Engineers, AEF. Topics of letters include descriptions of everyday life in camp, entertainment, health,...
Dates: 1917-1919; Majority of material found within 1919
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barnette Collection, Lawyer, Businessman, Educator, Philanthropist, and Chairman Emeritus of Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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Collection Number: A&M 3974
Scope and Contents

Barnette Collection, Lawyer, Businessman, Educator, Philanthropist, and Chairman Emeritus of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. These materials document Barnette's leadership and service.

Dates: 1905-2020
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barns Family, Diary of Bernie Hodges and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 0970
Overview Diary of school teacher Bernie Hodges (later Mrs. John S. Barns; born June 23, 1873, died February 1, 1930), January 1 to June 18, 1893, regarding teaching, giving music lessons, visiting relatives, and riding horses, among other activities; there are also entries regarding a trip by boat from the [Burning] Springs to Parkersburg, and by train to Clarksburg and Buckhannon, and her decision to move to Ritchie County. There is also a shield-shaped metal insignia badge for Sergeant Thomas Rufus...
Dates: 1893-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barns Family, Letter and St. Louis World's Fair Medal

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0958
Overview Letter (July 31, 1904) regarding Barns family authored by Frank Holbert of Duluth, Minnesota to John S. Barns of Harrisville, West Virginia, a cousin to Holbert. There is also one bronze medal that was awarded to John S. Barns of Harrisville, West Virginia at the St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition) in 1904 for apples exhibited; the medal includes its original velvet lined box, a one page note describing the medal, and the original box it was mailed in from the...
Dates: 1904
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 36
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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 27
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
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
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
American Federation of Labor 10
Brown family 10
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Consolidation Coal Company 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
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 9
Lewis family 9
McGraw, John T. 9
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