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Nell Lanham Leonian (1892-1975) Papers, Typed Document

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2000
Overview

A Morgantown resident's account of her student years at West Virginia University and of experiences as a teacher at her alma mater and in southern West Virginia. Included is a history of the Bailey, Lanham, and Pepper families.

Dates: 1967
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Nellie E. Cunningham, Letter regarding Poet W. Cephas Cunningham

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0665
Overview

A typescript letter signed by Nellie E. Cunningham to Charles E. Butler giving a short biographical sketch of William Cephas Cunningham and permission to WVU to use any of Mr. Cunningham's poetry in their possession. Also includes poetry. See also collection A&M 588.

Dates: 1954
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Nelson Family Bible Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1833
Overview

Copies of the records of births, marriages, and deaths from the Bible of the Nelson Family of Pendleton County, WV.

Dates: 1809-1905
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Nelson-Kershner Family History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2497
Overview

A family history tracing the respective, interrelated families from the post-Revolutionary War period in the late 18th century to the present.

Dates: 1977
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Nestor Family Bible Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0793
Overview

A family bible belonging to John and Sarah Nester containing a record of births and deaths, 1810-1858. Births listed are Jacob, Jonas, Polly, Lettice Anne, George, Elizabeth, Sarah, William, Nancy, James and Catherine Nestor; deaths listed are Amelia, and Nancy Nester.

Dates: 1810-1858
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Neville Family Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2528
Overview

Genealogy of the Neville family entitled "A 360 year history of One Neville Family." (1612-1972).

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

New England Baptist Church Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3028
Overview The membership lists and minutes to business meetings of the New England Baptist Church of Washington, Wood County. The church was organized by members of the locality who belonged to the Bethel Baptist Church of Parkersburg and was named after its first meeting place, the New England schoolhouse. The church minutes contain mention of revival services, the ordaining and placement of clergy and the appointment of church lay leaders, such as deacons and moderators. The membership lists consist...
Dates: 1850-1987
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

New Prospect Baptist Church, Minute Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2598
Overview

A minute book of the New Prospect Baptist Church of Leivasy, Nicholas Co., WV. The book contains membership lists, covenant of church formation and minutes to business meetings. The minutes mainly reflect church investigations, discipline, policy, and attendance at Greenbrier district conferences.

Dates: 1861-83
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

New River Coal Company Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1767
Overview The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, shipping records, tonnage reports, records of grades of coal produced, and lists of the officials employed at various company mines. There are issues of the New River Employees Magazine and Spotlight. Also included are Annual Reports, 1911-1942, and two picture guidebooks for company mines. Physical materials include a miner's petition asking for a work pay scale...
Dates: 1911-1951
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

New River Symposiums Proceedings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3393
Overview Compact disc of a searchable database of 1200 facsimile pages of New River Symposium Proceedings dating from 1982-1999. Articles in the Proceedings discuss the natural and cultural features of the New River region of West Virginia, including the following topics: botany, Civil War, coal mining, environmentalism, folklore, folk music, geology, Green Sulphur Springs, historic preservation, iron industry, native Americans, railroads, rivers (Bluestone, Gauley, New), transportation, and Mary...
Dates: 1982-1999
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.) 88
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 74
United States -- Politics and government 72
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 67
Wheeling (W. Va.) 66
General stores 65
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
Birth, marriage, and death records. 57
Transportation 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
West Virginia Feminist Activist and Women's History Collection 44
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 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
Photography 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 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
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
Women's history -- 1951-present 27
Charleston. 26
Coal mines and mining 26
Ohio River 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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Language
English 4812
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
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 19
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 18
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 18
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 18
Dayton, Alston Gordon 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
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 15
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 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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