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Belle Stemple Teacher's Certificate

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Collection Number: A&M 0868
Overview

A West Virginia teacher's certificate for Belle Stemple to teach grade two in Preston County for the year 1888 Sept 13.

Dates: 1888
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ben Freedman, Artist and Professor, Papers and Artwork

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Collection Number: A&M 5196
Scope and Contents

Files and artwork of artist and West Virginia University art professor Ben Freedman. Includes correspondence, curriculum files, class teaching notes, exhibition catalogs, artworks, and other material. He retired from WVU in 1989. This collection is minimally processed.

Dates: 1960s-1990s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin F. Coogle, Union Soldier, Civil War Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 3800
Overview One diary kept by Second Lieutenant Benjamin F. Coogle of Company A, 6th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, "Sunday Soldiers", a unit stationed along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Grafton and Piedmont, West Virginia. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on 22 September 1864, and discharged 10 June 1865. There are entries for the period 12 September 1864 through 14 June 1865, and a few miscellaneous entries for the years 1871 and 1872. Entries are generally short and succinct,...
Dates: 1864-1872; Majority of material found within 1864-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin F. Hughes, Soldier, Civil War Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 1021
Overview Benjamin F. Hughes served in the 3rd West Virginia Mounted Infantry and the 6th West Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. Collection contains four letters from Hughes and other materials from the 1860s. Four letters from Hughes from December 1863 to April 1864 describe the weather; Hughes's health and loss of hearing; a possible visit home; Rosser's Raid on Moorefield, West Virginia; and Confederates at Harper's Ferry. Also includes a December 1861 petition asking the resignation of Capt....
Dates: 1858-1867
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin F. Hughes, Soldier, Civil War Letters and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 3741
Scope and Contents Transcripts and originals of letters regarding the Civil War authored by Sergeant Benjamin F. Hughes of Company F, West Virginia 3rd Regiment, and of Company D, West Virginia 6th Cavalry (10 items, 11 leaves). Subjects include battle of Allegheny Mountain (1861), battle of Droop Mountain (1863), service as a scout, report on wounded, his health, camp life, the home front, and opinions regarding the war. These letters were sent from locations mostly in West Virginia. There are also pension...
Dates: 1854-1906 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin F. Miller Letter

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Collection Number: A&M 3037
Overview

Letter to Susanna from Morgantown describing hot weather and working arduously in a farm's wheat and oat field. He mentions the courthouse at Pruntytown being struck by lightening. He also gives his opinion about hypocrisy among church members saying that they can no more "square their lives by the Great Moral Code than a jackass can square himself on a sharp edged rail for a fiddler at a camp meeting of bull frogs."

Dates: 1855 Aug 13
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin F. Rogers Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0814
Scope and Contents

Papers formerly belonging to Benjamin F. Rogers of Harrison County, (W) Va., consisting of deeds, wills, and one oil and gas lease, Names frequently mentioned are Jonathan, Sarah E., Charlotte M., and Elizabeth Rogers, Richard Robinson, and Ira DeWitt.

Dates: 1847-1914
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin Franklin Moyers, Physician, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3490
Overview Records of Hardy County physician Dr. Benjamin Franklin Moyers. Includes 26 day books chronologically documenting over 86,000 visits (including over 3000 births) over period 1898-1953; each visit is documented by date, name of patient, brief description of treatment, and fee. (There is a day book of his predecessor, Dr. G.S. Gochenour, for 1891-1895.) There are also six accounting journals indexed by name of patient recording billings and payments. Nine notebooks of class notes date from Dr....
Dates: 1891-1953
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin Trembly, Deed for Sale of Land in Preston County, West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 4001
Overview

Deed for the sale of land owned by Benjamin Trembly to John Trembly for 300 dollars. The land is described as being located in Monongalia County (now Preston County), along the bank of Big Sandy Creek. The document is described as both a deed (on the outside) and an indenture (in the main text).

Dates: 1812-1813
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Benjamin Wilson, Attorney, Letter Regarding Conditions in Richmond after Passage of Secession Ordinance

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Collection Number: A&M 3626
Overview Letter of two pages authored on 19 April 1861 from Richmond, Virginia by Benjamin Wilson, a Harrison County attorney, describing conditions in Richmond after passage of the Ordinance of Secession by the Virginia General Assembly on 17 April. He indicates how " ... almost every man and boy are in the street has [sic] a gun and sword in hand. Companies are leaving every day, where to I do not know." Benjamin Wilson was born in Harrison County, Virginia in 1825, attended law school in Staunton,...
Dates: 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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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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Land. 163
Genealogy 158
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 116
Universities and colleges 102
Coal mining. 100
Elections 95
Preston County (W. Va.) 90
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Lawyers - letters and papers. 85
Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
Farms and farming. 81
World War, 1939-1945 81
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
General stores 71
United States -- Politics and government 71
Taxation 70
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
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World War, 1914-1918 59
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Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
Birth, marriage, and death records. 55
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Marion County (W. Va.) 52
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
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Court records 47
Art and artists 46
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
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West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 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
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 36
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
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Virginia 32
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Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Photography 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
West Virginia - Politics and government. 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
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Civil War battles. 27
Environmentalism. 27
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
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Physicians - letters and papers. 27
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Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
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West Virginia University 196
United Mine Workers of America 51
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 27
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
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
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
American Federation of Labor 10
Brown family 10
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Consolidation Coal Company 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
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 9
Lewis family 9
McGraw, John T. 9
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