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Rufus E. Ribble, Photographer, Panoramic Group Portrait Photographs of Coal Miners and Related Subjects
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4167
Overview
This collection of panoramic photographs primarily documents the coal miners of Fayette and Raleigh counties. The photographer, Rufus "Red" Ribble, was born May 14, 1878, near Blacksburg, Virginia, and died December 27, 1967 in West Virginia. He came to West Virginia sometime before 1920 and lived out his life in Mount Hope. The collection contains 119 panoramic photographs, which were made with a large rotating camera called a Cirkut camera. These photos are contact prints; all but one are...
Dates:
ca. 1920-1958
Ruggles & Woodbridge Co. Account and Minute Book
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2694
Overview
An account book of Ruggles Woodbridge & Co., a New England land company with lands in Randolph Co., Virginia, covering the period 1799 to 1831. The volume includes a constitution for the company, dated 4 January 1799, minutes of meetings of the proprietors of the company, which include accounts of land sales of the company and other business matters; an 1811 report by Daniel Stebbins and Jeriel Preston of their inspection trip of the company's lands in which they refer to the settlers as...
Dates:
1799-1831
Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0873
Overview
Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative...
Dates:
1840-2003; Majority of material found within 1918-1955
Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, Court Record Featuring Stonewall Jackson
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3943
Overview
Lewis County debt record featuring Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson as Constable to collect money from Jonathan E. Bennett owed to J. Holt. Does not include original signature of Stonewall Jackson.
Dates:
1841
Rush Dew Holt Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4218
Overview
Papers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family. The collection is divided into five series as follows: Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers (1837-1943), Andrew E. Holt Papers (1926-1958), Ralph K. Chase Papers (1918-1947), Helen Jane Holt Seale Papers...
Dates:
1820-2013 and undated
Rush Meadows Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2147
Overview
Papers of Rush Meadows, a Charleston, West Virginia, mining engineer and mine operator, containing correspondence, maps, reports, and photographs on companies involved in coal, oil and gas production in Appalachia, the Rocky Mountain states, and Latin America.
Dates:
1901-1967
Russell L. Davisson, Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3472
Scope and Contents
Papers of Russell L. Davisson, a Republican member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates. Includes mostly genealogy records regarding the Davison, Davisson, and Davidson Families; also includes political correspondence with Governor Arch Moore (1967-1972) and material regarding the welfare system in Mingo County (1966-1967).Series include:Series 1. Biographical Information, 2005 (box 1, Folder 1a)
Series 2. Political Correspondence, 1967–1972 (box 1, Folder...
Dates:
1850-2004
Russell Lawrence Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3589
Overview
Papers of the family of Russell Lawrence of Riverton, West Virginia in Pendleton County. Russell Lawrence was a farmer, school teacher, and deacon of a church. Includes: letter regarding Lawrence Estate (1954); correspondence regarding family business and legal affairs and local church matters, among other topics (1920s-1940s); memo books including names and brief notes regarding financial transactions (1886, 1929-1964); pamphlets with religious messages from outside West Virginia...
Dates:
1886-1964; Majority of material found in 1920-1960
Ruth Ann G. Welch, Papers regarding Oakland High School Reunions and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3921
Overview
Personal papers of Ruth Ann Glotfelty Welch, graduate of Oakland High School, Oakland, Maryland (MD), class of 1946. Includes records regarding Oakland High School class reunions; material about Garrett County, MD; and personal matters. There are printed items, ephemera, letters, greeting cards, funeral programs, and artifacts. There are also diplomas and a tassel (ca. 1946).
Dates:
1928, 1946-2010, and undated
Ruth Ellen Blackhard Autobiography, Typed Document [Xerox]
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2649
Overview
Blackhard's account of her own life written for her daughter, in 1939, concerning her childhood memories of the Civil War, religious convictions and conversion, and her marriage.
Dates:
1858-1939