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Monroe County School Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0540
Overview

Typescript copies of Monroe County school records 1823-1854; various acts of assembly concerning public shools; records regarding the beginning of the public school system in Monroe County; article by Charles H. Ambler on poor relief education in Monroe County, Virginia, 1819.

Dates: 1818-1854
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monroe County Schools, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0123
Scope and Contents Records of Monroe County public schools, including a printed circular relating to the allocation of revenues of the Literary Fund under the Act of Assembly of 21 February 1818; manuscript financial reports, receipts, orders for tuition and teachers' salaries, attendance and progress reports, lists of books and supplies, reports on the number of schools in operation, and other records.Microfilm for this collection is available, including:Reel 1. 1818-1843...
Dates: 1818-1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monroe County, Volunteer Soldier Payment Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3961
Overview

Two photocopied documents listing members of companies of volunteer soldiers, with number of days in service and amounts paid by J.M. Byrnside, agent of Monroe County. The first list pertains to the company of Captain Christopher I. Beirne in May 1861; the second list pertains to the company of Captain Fielding Fleshman in May or June 1861.

Dates: 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monroe County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0102
Overview

County court records concerning court cases and proceedings, as well as some public records, primarily tax, birth, death, and marriage records. There is also a large collection of private account books from various local businesses.

Dates: 1751-1927
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monroe F. Cockrell Correspondence regarding Stonewall Jackson

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1572
Overview

Correspondence of a Chicago antiquarian and collector with Roy Bird Cook of Charleston, West Virginia, pertaining to the life of Stonewall Jackson.

Dates: 1946-1962
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mont Chateau Writers Conference, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2810
Overview Correspondence between conference organizer Jack Welch of the West Virginia University English Department and various writers, editors, and academics, regarding solicitations and arrangements for their attendance at the Mont Chateau Writers' Conference, June 1969, sponsored by West Virginia University. Persons included are: William Matthews, James Wright, Donald Justice, Paul Engle, James Dickey, Howard Richardson, David Pryce-Jones, and Guy Owen. Some photographs of participants in the...
Dates: 1968-1969
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Montgomery County, Virginia, Plat and Survey for Land Owned by Samuel McCraw

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4152
Overview

A certified copy of an original plat and survey of 1131 acres of land in Montgomery County, Virginia. The copy and the original are dated 1787. The land was surveyed by James Hines for owner Samuel McCraw. The land was later sold to William Whitcroft, who in turn sold the land to Patrick Murray.

Dates: 1787
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Moore Family Diplomas, Awards, and Certificates

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0610
Overview

Diplomas and certificates awarded to Susan M. Moore and T. R. Moore by Washington College, West Virginia University, Morgantown Female Seminary, and Mount Holyoke Seminary; and a photograph of the tombstone of Oscar Raif, 1847-1899. Also contains photostat negative of 1909 diploma of Susan Maxwell Moore.

Dates: 1872-1909
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Moore Family Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1136
Overview

A one page typescript compiled by Mrs. William J. Bland, Kansas City, Mo., on the family of Samuel Preston Moore of New Salem, W. Va. There is a list of Sources. Material covers the years 1756-1866.

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

Moore Family Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2844
Overview Family history of a Monongalia and Upshur County family that settled in Granville and Sago respectively. Levin Moreau was Frenchman who settled in New Jersey as a refugee from Bonaparte. He later anglicized his name and moved to Granville after the War of 1812 where he married and had a family. His descendents moved to Upshur County where during the Civil War, a Lorenzo Moore enlisted in the 10th. WV late in the war serving in the Wilderness and at Petersburg where he was wounded. Material...
Dates: 1982-1983
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 251
Politics and government. 224
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 186
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 173
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 114
Universities and colleges 101
Coal mining. 98
Elections 94
Rivers and river valleys. 91
Preston County (W. Va.) 89
Lawyers - letters and papers. 84
Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
Farms and farming. 82
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 81
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 75
Taxation 73
United States -- Politics and government 72
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
General stores 66
Wheeling (W. Va.) 66
Surveyors and surveying. 65
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
World War, 1914-1918 60
Agriculture 59
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Transportation 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 57
Randolph County (W. Va.) 55
Slaves and slavery. 54
Church buildings 53
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Coal mining - coal companies. 51
Maps. 51
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
Lumber trade 49
Art and artists 45
Court records 45
Mills and mill-work 45
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 42
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 42
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
Baptists 40
Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
Steamboats 38
West Virginia - Governors. 38
Livestock 37
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
Tucker County (W. Va.) 35
West Virginia University -- Students 35
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
Teachers 32
Virginia 32
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
Photography 30
West Virginia - Politics and government. 30
Banks and banking 29
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Environmentalism 28
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Hardy County (W. Va.) 27
Kentucky 27
Physicians - letters and papers. 27
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 27
Charleston. 26
Coal mines and mining 26
Ohio River 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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Language
English 4808
French 2
German 2
Italian 2
Chinese 1
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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
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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