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Michael A. Ayers, Soldier, Civil War Journal
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0325
Overview
Michael A. Ayers was a sergeant major in the 11th West Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Three typed copies of Ayers' journal document his military service from April to June 1864 and from January to July 1865. There is a typed journal and a slightly more detailed typed narrative of the 1864 period. Subjects from 1864 include the unit's movements; weather; the surrounding countryside; skirmishes with Confederate troops; the battle of Cloyd's Mountain; searching for food; sermons;...
Dates:
1864-1865
Michael Anthony Cover, Collector, Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 1781
Overview
Naturalization papers of Feit Spindler, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1844; three smallpox immunization certificates, 1804, 1811, 1830, in German; confirmation certificate of Andrew Spindler, 1868; deed between George Maust and Trustees of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 1870, for land in Preston County; church record of the St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Hazelrun, Preston County, 1861-1870, 1879-1902. The originals are two diplomas of Watson Moore from Merchant's...
Dates:
1844-1902
Michael C. Gallagher, Newspaper Columnist, Clippings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3341
Overview
Clippings of 'Bug Dust,' a newspaper column by Michael C. Gallagher of the RALEIGH REGISTER of Beckley, West Virginia. Gallagher wrote about local people and events and offered a local perspective on national events.
Dates:
1977-1981
Michael Hotopp, Theatrical, Lighting, and Set Designer, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4551
Scope and Contents
Obituaries for Michael Hotopp, Charleston, West Virginia native and award-winning theatrical and lighting designer. Also includes a booklet, "The Twelve Days of Michael," which recounts stories and reminiscents by his husband, Sam Viverito.The addendum of 2023 July 24 includes playbills for two theatrical shows for which Hotopp was scenic or lighting designer (Funny Girl at the Northstage Theatre Restaurant in Long...
Dates:
2020-2021
Michael K. Johnson, Collector, Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 2345
Overview
Correspondence, business records, legal papers, and miscellaneous papers of the Haldeman, Baldwin, and Smith families of Monongalia and Preston counties in West Virginia and of Greene, Fayette, and Washington counties in Pennsylvania. The major portion of the collection relates to the business dealings of the Rev. T.A. Haldeman, who built and repaired carriages, wagons, and buggies at a shop in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and also dealt in fruits and vegetables. There is genealogical material...
Dates:
1830-1958
Michael K. Paxton, Artist, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4652
Scope and Contents
Catalogs, postcards, and other publications documenting the artwork and career of artist Michael K. Paxton.
Dates:
circa 2000s-2020s
Michael Late Benedum Letter
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Collection Number: A&M 1351
Overview
Letter from Benedum thanking Cook for a copy of the latter's book on Stonewall Jackson.
Dates:
1948
Michael Relihan, Personal and Family Papers of a Greenbrier County Resident
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Collection Number: A&M 3699
Overview
The papers of Michael Relihan of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an Irish immigrant, farmer and Confederate veteran of the Stonewall Brigade. Includes: biographical information such as death certificates, cemetery and census records, and clippings (1870-2003); several land records, including deeds and surveys, (1856-1946); financial records (1895-1927); family correspondence (1879-1911); and miscellaneous items, including an itemized bill of Relihan property lost to the Union Army during...
Dates:
1830-2009; Majority of material found within 1846-1997
Middleville Baptist Church (Taylor County, W.Va.) Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1442
Overview
Six record books for the Middleville Baptist Church in Taylor County, West Virginia, list pastors, deacons, church clerks, and members of the congregation from 1825 to 1984. Materials also include minutes of church business meetings, dates of church building renovations, and a list of the church's founding members.
Dates:
1825-1984
Mike Starvaggi: Monument to a Good Man [Xerox]
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2675
Overview
Biography of Michael Starvaggi, Weirton industrialist and philanthropist, entitled MIKE STARVAGGI: MONUMENT TO A GOOD MAN, by Inez Orler.
Dates:
1979