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Parkersburg Baptist Church Minute Book

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Collection Number: A&M 2801
Overview

Minute book of Missionary Society of Parkersburg Baptist Church, 1853-1854. Includes "Record of the Sugar Grove Union Sabbath School;" class attendance records, 1861; and a subscription lists for fund to build Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.

Dates: 1853-1854; 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parkersburg Central Trades & Labor Council Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3111
Scope and Contents Minutes, financial records, and miscellaneous historical material of Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council (PCTLC), an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the West Virginia State Federation of Labor. The organization, founded in 1910, participated in various political activities and union organization activities and sponsored Labor's League for Political Education (LLPE) and created a women's auxiliary during the 1950s. The council consisted of assorted AFL...
Dates: 1915-1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parkersburg Federal Building Cornerstone Box Artifacts

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Collection Number: A&M 1421
Overview

The contents of the Cornerstone document box in the old Federal Building at Parkersburg includes two copper plates, a bottle of diluted moonshine, and fragments of a leather-bound manuscript. One of the plates, dated, 1875 May 1, gives the population and names of the city officials.

Dates: 1875
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parkersburg High School Yearbook, "Pilgrim"

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Collection Number: A&M 4063
Overview

An original copy of the Parkersburg High School Senior Class Yearbook "Pilgrim" from 1914.

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

Parkersburg, Research Paper on Early History

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Collection Number: A&M 2092
Overview

One xeroxed copy of a typed research paper prepared by Paul S. Bibbee for Dr. J. A. Caruso's History 253 class. The title of the paper is "Parkersburg in the Eighteenth Century".

Dates: ca. 1900
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parkersburg Town Council Journals

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Collection Number: A&M 1422
Overview Aside from routine municipal affairs these journals contain material on the development of internal improvements in the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area like the Wheeling-Parkersburg struggle for the western terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the development of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, and the demands for various river improvements. There are also a few references to Civil War military activities and the development of the oil industry in the Wood County area. Mayors...
Dates: 1826-1862, 1869-1874
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parkersburg Turf Association Stock Certificate Book

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Collection Number: A&M 1544
Overview

Blank stock certificate book of the Parkersburg Turf Association, chartered in 1866.

Dates: 1866
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parkersburg Typographical Union No. 357 Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3073
Overview The records of a printers local of the International Typographical Union working at the H. C. Ogden owned newspapers of the Parkersburg Sentinel and the Parkersburg News. Included are executive board minutes, correspondence, contracts, apprentice, membership and financial records. There are also copies of the International Typographical Union Bulletin. Covered are topics of grievances, arbitrations, negotiations, union policy, jurisdiction disputes and changes in technology, particularly...
Dates: 1917-1983
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parsons Family Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 2548
Overview

Genealogical information on the descendants of Charles Parsons and other members of the Parsons family of Jackson County, West Virginia, and on Robert and Spencer Hill.

Dates: 1976 April 8
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Parsons High School Cornerstone, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2955
Overview Contents of a cornerstone, including a list of Tucker County officials, Tucker County attorneys, Board of Education officials, City of Parsons officials, names of architects, contractors and workmen employed in constructing the building, building price, and a complete list of items placed in the cornerstone; all the above are dated 1913. There are also five newspapers: Mountain State Patriot 5/28/1913, Tucker Democrat 5/29/1913, Parsons Advocate 5/29/1913 with the latter two issues...
Dates: 1913-83
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
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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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