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Stewart Family History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0098
Overview

Handwritten history of the Stewart family written by Thomas Stewart in the late nineteenth century and recopied by Carrie E. Stewart in 1928. Documents the history of the William and Betsey Givens Stewart family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Morgantown, West Virginia, and their descendants from 1727 to 1894.

Dates: 1894

Stewart Plein, Librarian and Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3989
Scope and Contents Photographs, ephemera, and other material from the early twentieth century, including two postcards albums, black and white photographs, a concert program, greeting cards, postcards, calling cards, recipe pamphlets, and a calendar. This collection also includes publications of the Hill and Dale Private Press and Type Foundry of Terra Alta, West Virginia (1975-1994); the first published catalog of West Virginia books (1963); seed and plant catalogs (1934-1948); two Victorian scrapbooks (ca....
Dates: circa 1880s-2025 and undated; Majority of material found within 1896-1934

Stewart Plein, Librarian, Faculty Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4693
Scope and Contents

Papers documenting Stewart's career as the special collections librarian at the West Virginia University Law Library, the rare books curator at the West Virginia and Regional History Center, and a rare bookseller, including academic research, conference presentations, exhibit research and drafts, and assorted publications. Also included are assorted fiction drafts and student work, as well as drafts and research for an academic book on depictions of Appalachia in popular culture.

Dates: circa 1990s-2020s and undated

Stick Pin Artifacts

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Collection Number: A&M 3935
Overview

Three stick pins and one button. The three pins are ornamented with a 34 star flag, a Cuban flag, and the letter "I". The button is ornamented with a floral design and the letter "T". The 34 star flag pin could predate 1863, the year when West Virginia became the 35th state in the United States of America.

Dates: undated

Stiles Family Oil and Mining Company Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0199
Overview Papers, maps, and photos of William C. Stiles and Samuel B. Stiles, developers associated with J.C. Rathbone and J.N. Camden in the oil industry of Wood County, in particular of the oil boom town of Volcano. Most of the papers are business correspondence, receipts and oil drilling records dealing with family owned business in Parkersburg and Volcano, namely the Zero Oil Company, the Power Oil Company, and the Jackson Land and Mining Company. There are family photographs, and records and...
Dates: 1837-1951

Stobbs Family Genealogy and History

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Collection Number: A&M 0225
Overview

A genealogy with some brief articles on later family members of the Stobbs family of the West Virginia northern panhandle whose earliest member, William Thomas, a stonemason and contractor, settled in Wheeling, ca. 1881, from England. A later member, Henry Alpheus, as a technical consultant for Wheeling Steel did research work that helped develop the Continuous Electroplating Tinline.

Dates: 1843-1987

Stock Certificates

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Collection Number: A&M 1431
Overview

A collection of company issued stock certificated and bonds including those issued by governments. Originally consists of an early twentieth century undated stock certificate of the Reese Oil & Gas Co. of Clarksburg, WV. Also includes a 7 March 1917 certificate of the Mitchell Auto Supply Co. of Wheeling, WV.

Dates: ca. 1900-1917

Stone Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3324
Overview Includes four typescript family genealogies: Stone Family genealogy, 1590-1931, Thomas Spencer Family genealogy, 1721-1918, Tracewell Family genealogy, 1536-1925, and the Farnsworth Family genealogy, 1677-1960. Includes photocopies of three 1887 manuscript letters from L. Morrison to S.S. Stone, one of which is written on an 1887 advertisement for land in Pocahontas County; a 22' x 37' chart tracing 12 generations of Samuel Spencer Stone's ancestors, and photocopies of newspaper obituaries...
Dates: 1887, 1998, and undated

Stonestreet Family Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 2636
Overview

Papers regarding the Stonestreet family. Includes history, photographs, genealogical data, typescripts, and manuscripts. The Stonestreet family settled in Harrison county. The genealogy was begun by James E. Stonestreet in 1945 and was completed by Thelma Wilson in 1979. Material covers the years 1640-1979.

Dates: 1945-1979

Stonewall Jackson Medal Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1012
Overview

News clippings, correspondence, and papers which pertain to the Stonewall Jackson Brigade Medal. The bronze medal includes a picture of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson on the front, and lists the 23 battles in which he participated on the back. The medal was designed by French medalist Arman Auguste Caque, and was authorized by the Confederate Army after General Jackson's death.

Dates: 1904-1986

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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.) 89
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 73
United States -- Politics and government 72
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
General stores 66
Wheeling (W. Va.) 66
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
Transportation 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 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
Court records 45
Mills and mill-work 45
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 42
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 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
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
Photography 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
Women's history -- 1951-present 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
Charleston. 26
Coal mines and mining 26
Ohio River 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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Language
English 4808
French 2
German 2
Italian 2
Chinese 1
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Names
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
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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