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Sabraton Housing Study, Scrapbook and Photographs

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Collection Number: A&M 2362
Overview Scrapbook with text and photographs which was prepared by the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company in order to show living conditions in Sabraton, West Virginia. There are descriptions of overcrowding, poor sanitation, and the natural surroundings. There are two charts, one showing a breakdown of the population by age, sex, and nationality, the other showing size of houses, owners, lessees, rental charge, number of occupants, and other pertinent information on housing, such as photographs...
Dates: 1914
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sago Mine Disaster Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3875
Overview

Reports and court transcripts related to the investigation of the Sago Mine disaster. Also contains maps of the Middle Kittanning Seam, including the 2004 Annual Map, and 2006 Preliminary Mine Investigation Team maps (in set of 29) showing sections of the seam in detail.

Dates: 2004-2007
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Salem School District, Board of Education, Record Books

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Collection Number: A&M 2459
Overview

Two ledger size record books with handwritten entries and bills of sale. The entries include meeting minutes, transactions, reports of enumeration and financial records for the Board which serves the area of Salem, West Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1888-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sallie Bennett Papers regarding World War I Flying Ace Louis Bennett, Jr.

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Collection Number: A&M 1590
Overview Personal correspondence, legal and financial papers, diary, and newspaper clippings of Mrs. Sallie Maxwell Bennett of Weston, wife of Louis Bennett, Sr., the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 1908. The collection concerns the career of her son, Louis Bennett, Jr., particularly his student days at Yale, his pioneer efforts to organize the West Virginia Flying Corps, his service in the Royal Air Force [RAF], and his subsequent death in World War I. Additional topics include Mrs. Bennett's...
Dates: 1873-2009; Majority of material found within 1904-1926
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sallie Davis, Civil War Letter Regarding Union Troops in Fayette and Raleigh Counties

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Collection Number: A&M 3971
Overview

Letter written by Sallie Davis, sister of Confederate soldier Charles Davis. The letter is dated 19 March 186[2] and addressed to a Mr. Anderson. The letter regards the presence of Union troops in the local area (Greenbrier and neighboring counties), their seizing of property, and how many of Davis' neighbors and friends have moved away for fear of the Union soldiers. Please see "Scope and Content Note" for further information.

Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sallie Maxwell Bennett, Artist, Photograph Album

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Collection Number: A&M 4221
Scope and Contents

Photograph album of sculptures by Sallie Maxwell Bennett (1857-1944), wife of Weston lawyer Louis Bennett Sr. (1849-1918), and mother of World War I flying ace Louis Bennett Jr. (1894-1918). The photographs document sculpture by Sallie Bennett, and facilities and activities of the Art Students League of New York.

Dates: 1902
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sally Jane Brown, Artist, Collection

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Collection Number: A&M 5285
Overview

This collection contains materials collected or created by Sally Jane Brown, a feminist artist, in relation to art exhibitions and showcases, particularly women-focused ones in West Virginia.

Dates: 1959-2023 and undated; Majority of material found within 2013-2020
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sallye Godbey Scrapbook of Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Terra Alta, WV

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Collection Number: A&M 4601
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook created by Sallye Godbey depicting her time as a patient at the Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Terra Alta, WV. The scrapbook includes photographs of Godbey's fellow patients and other happenings at the Sanitarium, a poem written about her experience there, and a couple postcards depicting the Sanitarium.

Dates: 1922-1923
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sallye Stewart Bom, Student, West Virginia University Reserve Officers' Training Corps Uniform and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 5127
Overview Memorabilia acquired by West Virginia University (WVU) student Sallye Bom (formerly Sallye Stewart) during the 1940s. Includes Sallye Bom's WVU Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) woman's cap and cape dating from 1948 in navy blue and gold. Also includes photograph of Sallye Bom, 1944 WVU football handbook, and 1944 WVU football schedule. (Robert Bom was a member of the Mountaineers football team in 1944.) There are WVU football programs for 1944 (6 issues and 1 duplicate), 1945 (7...
Dates: 1944-1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Salt Sulphur Springs Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1377
Scope and Contents

Guest register of the Salt Sulphur Springs Hotel in Monroe County, West Virginia.

Dates: 1894-1904
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 257
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
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West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
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Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
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Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
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Civil War -- letters 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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