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Riggs Family Typescript Genealogy
Typescript genealogy of the Riggs Family by Ethel L. (Riggs) Davis. Begins with Edward Riggs in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1633, and traces the family through its westward movement to New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and places further west, including Minnesota and Oregon. Collection also includes genealogy lists, clippings, and obituaries. Material covers the years 1633 through the 1970s.
Ripley Town History Typed Document [microfilm]
Brief sketch of the founding of the town of Ripley, West Virginia, its early history and settlers; cemetery readings of the Old Ripley Cemetery copied by the Historic Records Survey, 1940; and a copy of the deed from John Swan, Jr., to Jacob Starcher for the land on which Ripley was settled.
Ritchie County Court Records, Voting Records
Voting records for Ritchie County, West Virginia, on referendums and elections to local, state, and national offices.
R.L. Hays, Collector. Papers
Miscellaneous papers collected by R. L. Hays include promissory notes from 1827, 1842, 1844, and 1865; a letter by H. N. Ogden to Peregrine Hays, 27 October 1890, regarding instruction in English being given by Ogden at West Virginia University and the number of students allowed in his courses; and a printed list of the courses offered by Ogden with a brief description of each course.
Robert Ayres (b.1761) Journal
The journal of a Methodist circuit rider in eastern Pennsylvania and the Bath and Berkeley Circuits in western Virginia.
Robert Baldwin, Professor, Two Letters Regarding Financing of Public Education
Two letters by Robert Baldwin of the West Virginia University College of Education regarding the financing of public education.
Robert Birch Brinsmade, Opinion Column, Clippings
Robert C. Colwell (1884-1959) Papers
Correspondence, research notebooks, and departmental records of a West Virginia University physicist pertaining to his research in electronics, microwave theory, and the vibration of clamped metal plates (Chladni plates). Correspondents include S.K. Mitra.
Robert C. Edgell, Soldier, World War II Letters and Other Material
Robert C. Spangler (1892-1974) Papers
Correspondence, research notes, photographs, and other papers of a former Professor of Biology at West Virginia University (1914-1955). Includes some materials relating to Spangler's theory of sex determination and his famous debate in 1922 with William Jennings Bryan regarding the theory of evolution. Bryan had offered a $100.00 prize to any professor who could reconcile evolution with the Bible and Spangler took up the challenge.