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Putnam, Tucker, and Webster Counties Ephemera

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1740
Overview

A manuscript program of a Sunday school picnic to be held at the Pleasant Grove Church, Pifer Mountain, Tucker County, Sept. 9, 1893; and illustrated envelope of the Webster springs Hotel and Baths, Postmarked April 10, 1913; and one leaf from a pamphlet showing an 1895 calendar and the advertisement of A. P. McDermit, a dentist and dealer on Drugs, Medicines and Chemical, in Buffalo, Putnam County, W. Va.

Dates: 1893, 1895, 1913
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Putney-Reed Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2876
Overview Correspondence, legal papers, photographs and genealogical records of the Putney-Reed family. The letters, which were exchanged between family members in California, Iowa and Kanawha Salines, West Virginia, primarily concern family affairs. There are also thirty-seven letters, 1858 - 1862, written by Emily Reed a student at the Woodburn Female Seminary in Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia), to her family describing student life, particularly the curriculum and her efforts to promote...
Dates: 1820-1899
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Quaker State Oil, Congo and St. Marys Refineries, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3348
Overview

Blueprints for Congo Refinery (of Quaker State) in Newell, WV; slides of Quaker State operations: oil production and transportation of oil products in Ohio and West Virginia, Quaker State products, and Congo and St. Marys refineries; newsletters.

Dates: 1970-1990
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Quarrier Family History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2342
Overview

History of the Quarrier Family, compiled by Russell G. Quarrier. Reprinted from the Charleston Daily Mail, October 21 and 28, 1934. Material covers the years 1746-1934.

Dates: 1934
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Queen City Coal Company Postcard Advertising Island Creek Coal

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4492
Content Description

Postcard distributed by the Queen City Coal Company advertising Island Creek Coal, which was produced by the coal mining town of Holden in Logan County, West Virginia. The Queen City Coal Company was located in Cincinnati, Ohio and operated from 1905 until 1921. The postcard also contains two packs of sewing needles of varying sizes.

Dates: ca. 1910-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

R. C. Tucker, Assistant State Geologist, Oil and Gas Operations in West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0703
Overview

Manuscript chart showing statistics on Oil and Gas operations in W. Va., reported to October 23, 1954, by R. C. Tucker, assistant State Geologist.

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

R. Doyne Halbritter, Collector, Preston County Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1036
Scope and Contents Typescript copies from records of the Kingwood Methodist Church; articles on the Judy, Cuppy, Cuppett, and Guseman families; a copy of John Fairfax's will, 1843; minutes of a meeting of the board of education, Reno School District, Preston County, 1880; a letter from Senator J.P. Dolliver; letter from John Scott to James H. Carroll, Richmond, 20 February 1840, concerning a bill to permit construction of a road from German Settlement through Kingwood to Morgantown; and an account book,...
Dates: 1761-1897; 1937
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

R. Doyne Halbritter, Collector, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1070
Scope and Contents

Minutes of a meeting of the Board of Education of Reno School District, 4 December 1880, being a hearing on charges of incomptency of E. J. Jefferys, a teacher in sub-district no. 19; a typescript, "Jacob Guseman and Descendants", (Journal Press, Kingwood, ca. 1912-1915); and typed copy of the will of John Fairfax, 1843.

Dates: 1786-1880
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

R. Doyne Halbritter, Collector, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1295
Dates: ca. 1840-1871
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

R. Emmett Mockler "A Short History of Mannington"

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1252
Overview

A Short Story of Mannington, West Virginia by Emmett Mockler, is a 7 page history of Mannington from ca. 1778 down to the present.

Dates: ca. 1954
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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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
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Preston County (W. Va.) 90
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Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
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Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
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Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
United States -- Politics and government 72
General stores 71
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
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World War, 1914-1918 61
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Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
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Wood County (W. Va.) 39
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
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Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
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Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
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Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
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Ohio 28
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Civil War -- letters 27
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Environmentalism. 27
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
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Physicians - letters and papers. 27
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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
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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