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Miscellaneous Coal Strike Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1383
Scope and Contents

Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46, consisting of documents from hearings before the Committee on Education and Labor relating to conditions in the Paint Creek Coal Fields of West Virginia, June 2-September 13, 1913. Includes microfilm and paper facsimiles.

Dates: 1912-1913
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellaneous Documents related to West Virginia and Nebraska

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0942
Overview

Photostats of miscellaneous documents from West Virginia and Nebraska include a 1783 land survey warrant from Monongalia County, West Virginia; an 1815 financial document from a bank in Clarksburg, West Virginia; an undated ad for land for sale by the Union Pacific Railroad Company in central Nebraska; and an undated list of dry goods and their cost.

Dates: 1783, 1815, and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellaneous Folk Music Recordings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4713
Scope and Contents

This collection includes various folk music recordings which have yet to be identified.

Dates: 1976 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellaneous Maps and Plats

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0272
Overview

Blueprint showing location of bore holes and sections on and near the property of Mrs. Annie Ott, Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; 22 Sept. 1910; and a blueprint of a design for an improved highway, Red Jacket, West Virginia, 14 Sept. 1906.

Dates: 1906; 1910
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellaneous Records Regarding History of the Coal Industry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3836
Overview

This collection contains miscellaneous records regarding history of the coal industry. Types of records include correspondence. See "Scope and Content Note" for additional information regarding material within the collection.

Dates: 1934-1937
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellaneous Records regarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Cass Railroad, and Other Railroads

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2980
Overview

This collection contains miscellaneous records regarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Cass Railroad, and other railroads. Types of records include newspapers and news clippings, calendars, and ephemera. See "Scope and Content Note" for additional information regarding material within the collection.

Dates: 1932-1978, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellaneous West Virginia Mine War Documents

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2992
Overview Miscellaneous documents and photographs related to the West Virginia mine labor battles in Logan and Mingo counties between 1919 and 1924. Includes signed affadavits of H.G. Whitlock, Link Blankenship, J.E. Wilburn, and Walter Jones from May 1924. Photocopies of photographs depict Sid Hatfield; the defendants of the Matewan Massacre; Edward Chambers; Mr. and Mrs. Mooney with John L. Lewis; and Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Mooney, and Mrs. Hatfield in the early 1920s. Also includes an anonymous note...
Dates: 1919-1924
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellany

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0966
Scope and Contents Includes an assortment of late 19th and early 20th century advertising materials and business cards. Some of these materials represent individuals and companies in West Virginia, but most come from regional or national entities. The most common formats are booklets, solicitation cards, and corporate publications that highlight uses for their product(s). Also features a receipt for [canal?] freight charges on salt to Harper's Ferry, 1871; Henry Ke[e]esecker's certificate of membership in the...
Dates: 1818-1974; Majority of material found within 1890s-1920s, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellany

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0946
Overview

A manuscript poem, "The Battle of Blenheim," composed by D. H. Conrad, Martinsburg, 1852, for Alexander R. Pendleton; and a manuscript copy of a Virginia Land Office document, written in 1853.

Dates: 1852-1853
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Miscellany

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0991
Overview

Photostat copies of a land office treasury Warrant for five thousand acres of land, surveyed in Monongalia County, issued to James Hawkins in 1783; a draft on a Clarksburg bank for one dollar, 1815; a notice of a land sale in Nebraska by the Union Pacific Railroad, undated; and a list of supplies furnished for road work, undated. These photostat copies were made from originals in various collections in the West Virginia Collection.

Dates: 1917, 1918
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Subject
Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 176
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
Universities and colleges 102
Coal mining. 100
Elections 95
Preston County (W. Va.) 90
Rivers and river valleys. 90
Lawyers - letters and papers. 84
Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
Farms and farming. 82
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
United States -- Politics and government 72
General stores 71
Taxation 71
Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
Surveyors and surveying. 67
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
World War, 1914-1918 61
Agriculture 59
Transportation 59
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 56
Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
Church buildings 53
Coal mining - coal companies. 52
Maps. 52
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
Slaves and slavery. 51
Lumber trade 49
Mills and mill-work 49
Court records 48
Art and artists 45
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
Baptists 40
Steamboats 39
Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
West Virginia - Governors. 38
Livestock 37
Tucker County (W. Va.) 36
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
West Virginia University -- Students 35
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
Teachers 32
Virginia 32
Banks and banking 31
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
West Virginia - Politics and government. 30
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Photography 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Environmentalism. 27
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
Hardy County (W. Va.) 27
Kentucky 27
Physicians - letters and papers. 27
Charleston. 26
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
Ohio County (W. Va.) 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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Language
English 4807
French 2
German 2
Italian 2
Chinese 1
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Spanish; Castilian 1
Swedish 1
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Names
West Virginia University 197
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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