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Raleigh County Photographs for Pictorial History

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Collection Number: A&M 3698
Overview Collection consists of approximately 300 photographs that appeared in the three volume series, "Beckley U.S.A.," by Harlow Warren, published in 1955, 1963, and 1968. These images document the town of Beckley and Raleigh County, West Virginia. Subjects include portraits of prominent and historically notable citizens; group portraits of families, community and civic organizations, school groups, and city and county officials, among others; interior and exterior views of local businesses and...
Dates: 1880-1968; Majority of material found within 1890-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association Records

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Collection Number: A&M 4665
Scope and Contents Records of the Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association, which consisted of 145 nurses who graduated from the Raleigh General School of Nursing in Beckley between 1928 and 1951, some of whom were members of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps who volunteered for service in World War II. Materials include graduation programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. Also includes two nurses caps and other artifacts.Also includes photographs, printed ephemera, and other...
Dates: circa 1940s-2021 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ralph Edwin “Ted” Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection

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Collection Number: A&M 4042
Scope and Contents Collection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes,...
Dates: 1848-2001, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ralph Fairfax, Collector, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0845
Scope and Contents

A tax book of Monongalia County, 1855, and an estate appraisement of John Fairfax for personal property at the Glades, and Cheat Farm, Monongalia County. The appraisement refers to the sale of eleven enslaved Africans. There are also two lists of delinquent taxpayers; scrip from the Gladesville Furnace, 1877; and a list of the hands at Clinton (Furnace).

Dates: 1844-1877
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ralph John WWII Letters and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 3600
Scope and Contents Letters, 1941-1944, authored by Private Ralph J. John of the 3rd Battalion, Headquarters Company, 112th Infantry, 28th Division. They document his experiences in the military, including training in the United States and time overseas when stationed in England prior to the invasion of France. He was killed in action near St. Lo, France on August 15, 1944, at the age of 30. Ralph John was a native of Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania. There are also family papers of his parents, including greeting...
Dates: 1897-1962; Majority of material found within 1940-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Randall Gas Company, Stock Book and Report

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Collection Number: A&M 3662
Overview Stock book and report regarding Randall Gas Company. The stock book contains handwritten entries dated between 1904 and 1920 recording names, dates, and amounts of transactions. The report, entitled "Reasons For Increased Cost of Natural Gas Service of Randall Gas Company in Pennsylvania and West Virginia", is by Samuel S. Wyer, a consulting engineer from Columbus, Ohio; it is dated 24 November 1919. Topics covered in the analysis to support increased natural gas pricing include: demand for...
Dates: 1904-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Randolph Academy Minutes

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Collection Number: A&M 1592
Overview

Minute book of an early Clarksburg, West Virginia, academy, which was renamed Northwestern Virginia Academy in 1842. There is also a typed copy of minutes for the board of trustees.

Dates: 1803-1851
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Randolph County Assessor's List of Qualified Voters

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Collection Number: A&M 2196
Overview

Xerox copy of the Assessor's list of qualified voters in Election precinct no. 4, Leadsville Magisterial District of Randolph County, W. Va., in 1900 Jan 7. The list shows the name of the person; age; occupation; location of residence in the district; how long a resident of the state, County, and district; and place of birth.

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

Randolph County Land Advertisement

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Collection Number: A&M 2890
Overview

A printed advertisement, dated 1848, for 25,000 acres of land, situated in Randolph County...lying between and taking in branches of the Buchanan and Elk rivers...sold for money or in exchange for other property, at reasonable rates.

Dates: 1848
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Randolph County (W.Va.) YMCA Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 1935
Overview Three letters written by a young woman named Lynn to her parents while serving with the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) in Randolph County, West Virginia, during the summer of 1966. These detailed letters chiefly describe the townspeople of Harman and Whitmer, the geography of the area, and efforts to run recreational programs. Frequent topics include the conditions of people's homes, the poverty of the region, the treatment of children, the isolation of the region, the townspeople...
Dates: 1966
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 251
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
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United States -- Politics and government 72
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Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 66
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Parkersburg. 38
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Revolutionary War. 38
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Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
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Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
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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
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
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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