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Rella Lindsay, Collector, Lambert and Lynch Families Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2091
Overview

Collection includes Bible record of the Lambert Family, 1821-, Lynch family, 1791-1875, and other names, Lamberts of Harrison County, some others from Ritchie Co. Xerox Copy made, original returned. Also, two checks on Ritchie Co. Bank, Harrisville, 1898, 1899; picture of soldiers in central W. Va. town, possibly West Union, during Civil War; Post card of Pikes Peak, 1900; "Sailor Jean and his Trolleyette," 1903; card showing electoral vote, 1876-1908.

Dates: 1791-1908
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rene A. Henry Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3720
Overview

Historical material compiled by Rene A. Henry, documenting the history of South Charleston, WV; Henry's family; the West Virginia University football team; and his career in public relations and sports marketing.

Dates: circa 1890-2025 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Resolution concerning the Erection of a Monument to the War Dead in Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 0989
Overview

A three page manuscript resolution concerning the erection of a monument to the war dead in Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W. Va. 10 Aug 1866.

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

Reverend B.B. Maurer Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2895
Overview

Appalachian Regional School for Church Leaders, West Virginia University: 1968-1982 in three volumes; Appalachian Church Leadership Development Project, West Virginia University, Title I, HEA, 1965; January 1, 1967-July 31, 1972; Continuing Education for Church Leaders at West Virginia University, 1926-1967.

Dates: 1927-1982
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection

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Collection Number: A&M 4590
Scope and Contents Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly, a Baptist minister and local historian, collected these materials for his own research and interest in West Virginia history. The collection contains various materials pertaining to coal mining and West Virginia history, especially in the New River area and Fayette County. It includes correspondence, land grant and deed records, pamphlets, journals, local histories, records, photographs, and art relating to mining and life in the New River area. One set of...
Dates: 1731, 1781-1992, and undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend Franklin Trubee Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2831
Overview Correspondence, membership lists, forms, descriptions and by-laws of self help co-operatives organized and instituted in the vicinity of Scotts Run during the latter part of the Great Depression. Trubee was a newly ordained pastor sent upon request from local volunteers by the Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church. His task was to conduct religious services and to develop programs to alleviate poverty for those unemployed miners and their families who had not been resettled at Arthurdale....
Dates: 1938-1988
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend Isaac Morris Family History

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Collection Number: A&M 2341
Overview

Family history of the descendants of Rev. Isaac Morris, compiled by Scotland G. Highland. Originally printed in the Sunday Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, July 1, 1928.

Dates: ca. 1700-1928
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend John Jeremiah Jacob (1757-1839), Masters Thesis Regarding Life and Diary of Reverend Jacob

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Collection Number: A&M 1993
Overview The M.A. thesis of Majorie Maran Holmes, Duke University, 1941. The thesis contains a sketch of the life and ancestry of John Jeremiah Jacob, a Methodist minister, beginning with the family history in 1563, and his diary covers the period 1791-1829. Information on Jacob's life from the age of fifteen to nineteen years when he was an employee and member of Michael Cresap's household; his acquisition of land and residence in Hampshire County, and the beginning of his ministry there in 1789 is...
Dates: 1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend John Spotts Manuscript Notebook

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Collection Number: A&M 4268
Scope and Contents Bound manuscript notebook belonging to Reverend John Spotts (1784-1838). The notebook includes manuscript notes by Rev. Spotts recording the subjects of sermons he gave in various settlements, baptisms, his notes on the Ten Commandments, notes on intemperance, and a 6 page list of names of subscribers to the building of the Big Levels Baptist Church of Christ (today known as Mount Tabor Baptist Church) to be built in Lewisburg, WV. Additional information about the church, and some...
Dates: ca. 1834
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend Sampson Miller, Collector, Webster County Print Blocks

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Collection Number: A&M 3905
Overview

Thirty-seven print blocks, most featuring portraits of Webster County citizens. Subjects include members of the Dodrill and Miller families, Webster County's first school bus, and county superintendents. All of the print blocks have identifications of their subjects recorded on the side of the block opposite the image.

Dates: ca. 1850s-1950s
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
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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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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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