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Max Hayslette, Artist, Papers and Artwork
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3817
Overview
Papers of artist Max Hayslette, native West Virginian and longtime resident of Washington state, documenting his early life, his travels, and his work in industrial design and painting. There is a scrapbook from his youth in Rupert, West Virginia, prints of his artwork, photographs documenting his travels, and articles and news clippings about him and his work. There are also items related to his donation of a painting to the Rainelle Area Planning Commission to assist with their town...
Dates:
1927-2019
Max Mathers Collection Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2386
Overview
Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical...
Dates:
1821-1957
Max Mathers, Reminiscences of Morgantown
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0937
Overview
Reminiscences on the history of Morgantown, by one of its older residents and a descendant of Zackquill Morgan.
Dates:
ca. 1880-1957
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0311
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Maxwell family, including correspondence, accounts, legal papers, pamphlets, and clippings. Correspondence (1863-1889) is comprised mostly of letters from Hu Maxwell, California, to Mrs. S.J. Maxwell. Subjects include mining, schools, size and social conditions of towns, ranches, weather and crop conditions, geographical oddities, Maxwell's personal living conditions, and his intentions concerning history publications. Other items include account book of Captain James L. White,...
Dates:
1851-1929, undated
Maxwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview
Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates:
ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Mayme Hunter, Compiler, Local Histories and Genealogies
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2886
Scope and Contents
The Mayme Hunter papers consist of handwritten notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a few photographs, family ancestry record sheets, typescript and photostat copies. All the material concerns genealogy and local history of the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Family names documented include Dyche, Foutz, Hunter, Cox, Gustin, Strange, and others. A complete list can be found in the inventory to the collection.
Dates:
1945-1972
Maysville (Ky.) Receipts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0938
Overview
Two receipts and one envelope related to dry goods and shipping in Maysville, Kentucky, in the mid-nineteenth century. A February 1858 receipt is for the purchase of rock house coal. A December 1869 receipt is for shipping unidentified goods from Cincinnati to Maysville.
Dates:
1858, 1869, and undated
McChesney Brothers, Civil War Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2954
Overview
Five letters concerning the death of Lt. Robert McChesney. 1) St. George, VA, July 2, 1861 from Mary Lee; 2) Holly Wood, VA, Jan. 26, 1863 from Bie Hansbrough; 3) Staunton, VA, May 6, 1889 from W.D. Reynolds; 4) King's River, CA, Dec. 28, 1883 from H. Maxwell; 5) St. George, WV, 10 June 1884 from H. Maxwell. There is also a letter authored by Alexander McChesney, Warm Springs, February 22, 1864, addressed to his mother. Finally, there is a letter to Robert McChesney from his commanding...
Dates:
1853-1870
McClain Family, Brief Record of the Descendants of Henry McLain
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2417
Overview
A brief record of the descendants of Henry McClain, who came from Nelson County, Virginia, 1804, and settled on the West Fork of the Monongalia River in Lewis County.
Dates:
1801-1934
McClaugherty Family Civil War Letter and Financial Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1334
Overview
Several letters and financial papers of the McClaugherty family of Princeton, West Virginia, pertaining to family affairs, estate settlements, and the early years of the Civil War. An 1861 letter from George B. Schmitz of the 24th Virginia Infantry written to Hugh McClaugherty chiefly describes the battle of Bull Run in July 1861 and the status of Confederate troops after the battle. A February 1863 letter from Edward McClaugherty of the 17th Virginia Cavalry to his father, John...
Dates:
1841-1872