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Sutton Brothers, Contractors and Oil Producers, Bill Heads and Article

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1478
Overview

Two bill heads of Sutton Brothers, Contractors and oil producers, and an article on W. L. Sutton, his brothers and the development of gasoline.

Dates: 1897, 1899, 1921
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sutton Critchfield Papers regarding the Mountain State Forest Festival, the Upper Monongahela Valley Association, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4192
Scope and Contents

Papers regarding the Mountain State Forest Festival (Elkins) and the Upper Monongahela Valley Association. Includes clippings, news releases, letters, publications, and newspapers pertaining to the Forest Festival, and the involvement of the Upper Monongahela Valley Association in the Festival, during the years 1933 to 1941. Topics discussed include the coal and glass industry, rural electrification, and the representation of West Virginia industry at the Festival.

Dates: 1933-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sutton Family Papers Pertaining to Rush Holt, Sr. and Jr.

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Collection Number: A&M 4386
Scope and Contents Includes an original clipping (with two photocopies) about Rush Holt, Sr.'s visit to Little Genesee, NY (December 15, 1935). Holt made the trip at the invitation of his college friend, Rev. Harley Sutton, along with his sister and two others, where he spoke on the importance of keeping America out of foreign conflicts. Also includes a letter from Rush Holt, Sr. to Rev. Harley Sutton regarding the latter's health (1949); a letter from Lyle Sutton (son of Rev. Harley) to Rush Holt, Jr....
Dates: 1935-2014
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Suzanne Rhodenbaugh, Compiler, Records regarding United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3801
Overview Collection of files compiled by Suzanne Jaworski Rhodenbaugh regarding the Health and Retirement Funds of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA Funds) and other managed health care programs. Rhodenbaugh worked for UMWA Funds. Includes reports, correspondence, clippings, strike records, histories, studies, and related material regarding health clinics in the coalfields. Includes two historical narratives by Georges S. Goldstein, including: 1. "A History of Medical Care Delivery in the Coal...
Dates: 1949-2003; Majority of material found within 1974-1979
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

S.W. Davis, Minister, Journal

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3290
Overview Photocopy of the journal of S.W. Davis, a minister who lived in Weston, Lewis County. Includes manuscript notes, poems, scriptures, finances, and personal thoughts, and brief daily entries for 1864. There are also lists of baptisms, weddings, funerals, sermons, and names of members of several WV churches. Numerous towns, churches, families, and clergymen are mentioned, mostly in the vicinity of Weston, Lewis County. These writings are recorded into a publication entitled "Clergyman's Pocket...
Dates: 1860-1866
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sweeney Family Bible

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Collection Number: A&M 3793
Overview

One bible owned by the Sweeney family of Monongalia County, West Virginia, including John B. Sweeney (1827-1887) and Harriet Sweeney (1835-1921).

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

Sweeney Family Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 0897
Overview

Genealogy of the Van Meter, DuBois, Hanna, Thornburn, Garden, and Sweeney families in W. Va. historic spots marked by the Wheeling Chapter, N. S. D. A. R. An address by Mrs. John B. Garden, "Ohio County Prior to 1800." Newspaper quotes on Thomas Sweeney, and a newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Call-Bulletin concerning Col. Walter C. Sweeney.

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

Sweet Springs Hotel Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0479
Overview

Business records of the Sweet Springs Hotel of Sweet Springs, Monroe County, including journals, departure books, inventories and miscellaneous volumes. In 1792 William Lewis built the town and hotel as a health resort; in 1830-33, and again in 1857, additional buildings were added.

Dates: 1860-1917
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Swisher Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3468
Overview Papers of Louis Bush Swisher and Mildred Lorraine (King) Swisher, friends who attended WVU in the late 1920s and married upon graduation in 1929. Includes genealogical information (collected ca. 1940s-1990s) regarding the Swisher, Bush, Jackson, Stalnaker, and Watson families, as well as five portraits of family members (ca. 1890-1910), most having dimensions of 16" x 20" (including Jacob Jackson, Pamelia Watson Jackson, Jacob Hamilton Bush, Beverly Cecelia Jackson Bush, and Louis Bush...
Dates: 1786-2000
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Switzer Family Bible Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2476
Overview

Family record pages from a Bible published in 1892. These are the birth and marriage records of Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Switzer and their children of Pendleton County. Also recorded are the dates of death of Philip Switzer and his wife Rachael V. McClung Switzer.

Dates: 1892
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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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
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Maps. 51
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
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Mills and mill-work 45
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Petroleum industry and trade 43
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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
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West Virginia University -- Students 35
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
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Virginia 32
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
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West Virginia - Politics and government. 30
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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
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Physicians - letters and papers. 27
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Ohio River 26
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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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