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Perry Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4314
Scope and Contents
Materials pertaining to the Perry (Perri) family of Star City, West Virginia, an immigrant family originally from Italy. Also includes material about the Marra family, another Italian family that married into the Perry family. Includes material pertaining to Louis Warren Perry (1944-2011), his parents Joseph Ralph Perry (1905-1992) and Mary Constance (nee Marra) Perry (1915-1992), John Anthony Marra (1921-1999), and other relatives. Material regarding Lou documents his education at...
Dates:
1930s-2011
Perry Mann Newspaper Opinion Articles
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4294
Scope and Contents
Typescript copies and clippings of opinion pieces authored by Perry Mann (1921-2016), a lawyer in Hinton, West Virginia. These pieces appeared in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Box 1 includes an index listing his pieces chronologically with their titles for the period ca. 1992-2000; there is also biographical information. Box 1; folder 1; Biographical information on Perry Mann; 2018
Box 1; folder 2; Article index of Perry Mann’s newspaper columns; 1992-2000
Box 1;...
Dates:
ca. 1980-2018
"Personal Reminiscence of John Brown" by Edward White
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4582
Scope and Contents
Handwritten personal account of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, [West] Virginia in 1859, dictated by Edward White to his daughter Margaret White Longley. Edward White would later serve for the Confederate army and his viewpoints on enslavement and abolitionists are apparent in this account.
Dates:
circa 1887
Pete Summers, Folk Musician, Video Recording
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3423
Overview
One VHS tape of harmonica player Pete Summers performing.
Dates:
2000-2001
Peter D. Crynock, Compiler, Scrapbook of Photographs of Personal Rapid Transit Construction
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5112
Overview
Scrapbook of color photographs (4 in. x 4 in.) of the construction of the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system at West Virginia University.
Dates:
1972
Peter F. Stout, Geologist, Report Regarding Oil Resources in Wood County, West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2986
Overview
A report by Peter F. Stout, engineer and geologist, on oil-producing land near Parkersburg, West Virginia, commenting on available rail and water transportation, and production of nearby wells. The report was written to accompany a (lost) survey plat sent to the prospective buyer of the land.
Dates:
ca. 1882
Peter Garnall, Letter regarding Election
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2543
Overview
ALS from Peter Garnall of Wheeling to his nephew Mordecai Garnall of Pensacola, FL. Garnall writes extensively about the upcoming election of 1840 in which Gen. Harrison and the Whigs are expected to sweep to victory with a majority that "will exceed that of Gen. Jackson in his palmiest days." He is even expected to carry the home state, New York, of his opponent, Van Buren, with 15,000 votes. Mentions that the Wheeling area is strong in its support of Harrison and that there have been mass...
Dates:
1840 June 9
Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) Letter
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0018
Overview
Letter from 1842 authored by Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872) regarding business and political matters. Van Winkle was a Parkersburg attorney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, member of the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1861-1862, legislator from Wood County in 1863, U.S. Senator from 1863-1869, and participant in West Virginia railroad and business enterprises. Contains original manuscript and typescript copy of a...
Dates:
1842
Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872), Letter and Receipt for Stock
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0142
Overview
Four page letter, and receipt for stock, of Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), a Parkersburg attorney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, member of the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1861-1862, legislator from Wood County in 1863, U.S. Senator from 1863-1869, and participant in West Virginia railroad and business enterprises. The four page manuscript letter with envelope is from Van Winkle, Baltimore, Maryland, to George O....
Dates:
1854-1855
Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0136
Overview
Personal papers and scrapbooks of Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), a Parkersburg attorney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, member of the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1861-1862, legislator from Wood County in 1863, U.S. Senator from 1863-1869, and participant in West Virginia railroad and business enterprises. Includes manuscripts speeches, essays, correspondence, and three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings....
Dates:
1827-1902, undated