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Melvin Armentrout, World War II Postcards

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Collection Number: A&M 3629
Overview

Seven World War II era postcards with correspondence between Melvin and "Dot" Armentrout of West Virginia, among others. Images includes five humorous cartoon postcards, one photograph of an anti tank gun and crew, and a street (Rue de Viller) in the French town of Luneville in the region of Lorraine.

Dates: 1942-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Melvin C. Snyder, Congressman, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2855
Scope and Contents Melvin Claude Snyder (1898-1972) was a lawyer, Republican Congressman, and judge from Preston County, West Virginia. Legal, personal, and political correspondence; speeches; and campaign materials document the political life of Melvin C. Snyder from 1946 to 1953. Box 1 contains speeches from 1947 and 1948 that concern political issues such as repealing New Deal policies, tax decreases, and communism. Box 2 houses letters from 1946 to 1953 that are chiefly from legal clients, political...
Dates: 1946-1953
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Melvin Harding Kimble, Soldier, Photographs and Funeral Guest Book

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Collection Number: A&M 4285
Scope and Contents Melvin Harding Kimble (1920-1944) was born in Moundsville, West Virginia and served in the 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion during World War II on the Western Front of the European Theater. Kimble was killed in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944 and his body was returned to the United States for burial in 1948. The collection contains photographs of Kimble in military and civilian life, as well as photographs of his family and fellow soldiers. Some of the photographs are accompanied by...
Dates: ca. 1930-1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Melvin W. Kahle, Collector, Appointment Certificate from Governor Kump

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Collection Number: A&M 3599
Overview

Certificate (16 in. x 20 in.) appointing George T. Watson of Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia Compensation Commissioner on March 8, 1933 to fill the unexpired term of Lee Ott, ending May 31, 1935. Includes West Virginia state seal on letterhead and foil seal near signatures.

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

Melvina Beauty Shoppe Business Ledger

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Collection Number: A&M 3787
Overview

Business Ledger for the Melvina Beauty Shoppe of Elkins, West Virginia for the year 1926 (368 pages; 8 3/4 in. x 6 in. x 1 1/4 in.). The business was operated by Harold E. and Melvina Mouse. The ledger includes records of customers, services rendered, and prices. Many customers requested the "Marcel", or Marcel Wave, a popular style of the era. Weather conditions and unusual events were also occasionally recorded in the ledger.

Dates: 1926
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Memorial Addresses regarding the Death of Roy E. Parrish

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Collection Number: A&M 0307
Overview

Memorial Addresses delivered in The Senate Of West Virginia. 21 Jan. 1919; Lt Parrish a Senator from the Twelfth Senatorial District, was killed in France 22 July 1918.

Dates: 1919
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mercer County History

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Collection Number: A&M 2307
Overview

An unpublished history of Mercer County, WV, prepared as part of the WPA Writers Project. Subjects include: the economy, geography, early life, and customs, religion, commerce and industry, transportation, education, government and public administration, cultural and social advances and historic sites.

Dates: ca. 1700-1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mercer Family Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 3161
Overview A family history and genealogical record of the Mercer family of Monongalia County, WV with mention of the allied families of Brown and Campbell. Robert Mercer was the first of the family to settle in what is now West Virginia near Morgantown in 1766. He was the son of Gideon Mercer and the grandson of John Mercer, the earliest known family member in America. John Mercer was a Quaker merchant of New York City and an extensive landowner of Manhattan Island. Also noted is the movement and...
Dates: 1988-1995
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Meredith Kiger, Collector, Shuttlesworth Family Documents and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 3601
Overview Digital copies of paper documents regarding the Shuttlesworth family of Virginia.Includes: 1) Land grant to Philip Shuttlesworth of 537 acres in Monongalia County; signed by Virginia Governor James Wood (3-7-1798); 2) Plat of 205 acres of land from Patrick, Edward, and John Kearns to John Austin; surveyed by Sam Hanway (8-10-1816); 3) Bond of Samuel and Juliet Muckleray to Joseph Shuttlesworth (12-19-1828); 4) Summons of Joseph, John, and Archibald Shuttlesworth...
Dates: 1798-1849, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Meredith Sue Willis, Author, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4448
Scope and Contents Papers and manuscript drafts of Meredith Sue Willis, an author from Clarksburg, West Virginia. Willis is known for her fiction based in West Virginia (notably Higher Ground [1981], Only Great Changes [1985], and Trespassers [1997]) and her non-fiction writing guides.Includes:Series 1. Fiction Manuscripts, Drafts, and Other Material (boxes 1-2), 1970-2014 Series 2. Children's Fiction Manuscripts, Drafts, and Other Material (box 2), 1994-1996 Series 3. Non-fiction...
Dates: ca. 1979-2010
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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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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