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Stahl Shallenberger, Collector, General Merchandise Ledgers of J.S. Newmyer

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Collection Number: A&M 1854
Overview Two general merchandise ledgers 1869-1872 indexed in front, of J. S. Newmyer, Dawson Station, Fayette County, Pa. One ledger contains general merchandise accounts for 1869-1872. The other, for 1872, contains a list of 1) the amount of money received from sale of goods before sale to J. K. McDonald, 2) amount of goods sold by assignee and not collected, 3) amount of money received after the assignment on debts owing the firm at the time of assignment, and 4) amount of money paid by McDonald...
Dates: 1869-1872
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Stanton C. Crawford, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2027
Overview Papers regarding the history of Pittsburgh, the Ohio Valley region, and the Crawford family collected by Stanton C. Crawford. Includes correspondence, notes, articles, genealogical material, a typed manuscript, an account book, and two photographs. Crawford's correspondence regards subjects such as literature, genealogy, and other topics. Genealogical material relates to the Crawford and allied families, including the Brown, Hodges, and Wilson families. The manuscript, by Crawford, is...
Dates: 1842-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

State Auditor's Report and Account Book Regarding Reedsville, West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 2863
Overview

State Auditor's Report for Town of Reedsville, WV, covering period from June 6, 1934 to August 19, 1936; Account book for Town of Reedsville, WV, August 19, 1936 to July 8, 1943.

Dates: 1934-1943
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Stateler/Statler Family Genealogy and History

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Collection Number: A&M 3184
Overview A history of the Stateler/Statler family of West Virginia, Ohio, and Illinois from Stephen Statler (ca. 1710-ca. 1784) to Rebecca Margaret Stateler Dougan (1838-1911). The family's settlement patterns start with Stephen Statler disembarking in Philadelphia from Germany in 1749. The family alternately settled along the frontier in Hardy Co. and Monongalia Co., WV; Fayette Co. and Greene Co., PA; Licking Co., OH; and Marshall Co., IL. Their settlement in southwestern Pennsylvania and north...
Dates: 1992
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Statler Family Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 2558
Overview

Most of the letters are to Alice C. Statler Partiquin of Davis, West Virginia, while others are to her brother Ira Statler and other members of the family. Several letters to Ira concern operation of a coal mine in the area of Cherry Run, Morgan County. Subjects include family marriages, births, and deaths as well as news of the neighborhood. Places mentioned include Davis, Hedgesville, Holton, Horton, and Martinsburg.

Dates: 1899-1918
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Stealey Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2787
Scope and Contents

Account books and ledger journals of a farm, coal mine, and grist mill owned by James Irvin Samson Stealey in Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1865-1907. The mill, known as the Point Mill, was located at Point Comfort, where the Elk Creek and West Fork River join.

This collection includes two series:

Series 1. James I. S. Stealey Farm and Coal Mine, 1865–1907 (box 1) Series 2. Point Mill Company, 1892–1899 (box 2)

Dates: 1865-1907
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Steamboats

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Collection Number: A&M 1046
Overview A copy of a photograph of the Steamer Tinsie Moore, built in Wheeling, circa 1892, owned by the People's Line of Montgomery, Alabama. And a copy of Alabama Steamboats, 1819-1869, compiled by J. H. Scurggs, Jr., [Birmingham, Alabama, 1953?]. This list of boats built in Wheeling and in western PA. Also, a photostat negative copy of an autographed letter signed to Mr. Neville from Mrs. Tinsie Moore Tyson, 30 Sept 1957, Panama City, Florida concerning the history of the Steamboat "Tinsie...
Dates: ca. 1819-1869, 1957
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Steamboats, Bills of Lading for Wheeling and Other Ohio River Ports

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Collection Number: A&M 3639
Overview Bills of lading for Ohio River packet boats, most traveling through Wheeling. Other Ohio River destinations include: Bellaire, Clarington, Marietta, and Matamoras, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and New Martinsville, Parkersburg, Proctor, Sistersville, and Wheeling, West Virginia. Steamers include: Ben Hur, Emma, John Lowry, Liberty, Matt F. Allen, New Courier, Richmond, Royal, Ruth, Sawyer, and Telegram. Goods transported include: beeswax, cakes of ice, eggs, a freezer, melons, piston...
Dates: 1884-1916; Majority of material found within 1884-1894
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Steamboats Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1253
Scope and Contents

Bills of lading and receipts for goods shipped on the C.W. Batchelor, Return, and Abner O'Neal.

Dates: 1879-1885
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Steamboats Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2207
Scope and Contents

The official logbook of a cargo vessel which traveled up and down the Ohio River between Marietta, Ohio and Ravenswood, W.Va. The log covers a three month period, October to December, 1883. The log records the stops that were made on each run, the kinds of items that were being transported, and to whom cargoes were delivered.

Dates: 1883
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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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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