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Temple Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2640
Overview

Xeroxed copies of THE RISE OF THE TEMPLES (rev. 3rd ed.) by Albert R. Temple and Danny D. Smith (Cincinnati) n.d.; birth certificate for Elza Rastus Anderson (1871); marriage certificate of Sarah Temple; photo (5 x 3 1/2 in.) of William Temple Anderson and Lavina Masters Anderson.

Dates: 1845, 1871
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Tenmile Country Pioneer Families, Scrapbook of Clippings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2198
Overview

A xerox copy of articles published in a Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, newspaper. The articles were written by Howard L. Leckey and are a continuation of the material published in Volumes 1-7 in Leckey's Tenmile Country and Pioneer Families. See the control folder for an index to the family names.

Dates: 1952
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Tennessee Historical Newspapers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3402
Overview

Nineteenth century newspapers published in Tennessee, including, among others: The Western Balance (4/7/1830, Franklin); The Western Cabinet (8/21/1830, Fayetteville); Nashville True Whig (8/26,27/1853); and the Confederate paper Daily Rebel Banner (4/4/1863, Shelbyville).

Dates: 1830-1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Terrill-Porterfield Families, Papers regarding the Civil War and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 3496
Overview Digital and microfilm copies of papers of the Terrill family of Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia, a family divided by conflicting sympathies during the American Civil War; and papers of the Porterfield family, featuring primarily those of George A. Porterfield, who married Emily Cordelia Terrill, and who commanded a Confederate force that was defeated at Philippi in western Virginia on June 3, 1861 in what became known as the "Philippi Races." There is an addendum of original copies of...
Dates: 1716-1994; Majority of material found within 1840-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Terry Burton, Collector, Ogden House Collection

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Collection Number: A&M 4267
Scope and Contents Collection of photocopies of papers relating to Dr. Presley B. Ogden and family of Fairmont and their home located at 500 Ogden Avenue, Fairmont, WV. Includes photocopies of letters between Ogden family members (especially Herschel C. Ogden, later the owner of the Wheeling Intelligencer newspaper), receipts for druggists and other retailers, and copies of deeds. Also included are materials gathered by Terry Burton, a later owner of the home, in an effort to research the building's history....
Dates: 1886-1997
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Terry Dinsmore, Collector, Cast Iron Tools

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Collection Number: A&M 3841
Overview Two cast iron tools, a hearth implement and a wedge for splitting wood. The hearth implement is 2 ft. 8 in. in length with the metal bent in a closed hook shape at one end and a curved piece of flattened metal attached to the other. The wedge is 6 1/2 in. long and 1 1/2 in. at it widest part. The surface of both tools is rusted. The tools were excavated near to the remnants of an industrial hearth near Sunset Beach, Cheat Lake, West Virginia. The site of excavation is several hundred yards...
Dates: ca. 1840-1890
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thaddeus Clark Noble of Claysville (Pa.), Business Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 3718
Overview Thaddeus Clark Noble (b. 1818) of Washington County, Pennsylvania, operated a general store in Claysville, Pennsylvania, from 1849 to the mid-1870s. Approximately 290 letters written in the late 1850s document the operations of Noble's store in western Pennsylvania and his relationship with frequent customers and wholesale dealers. Business correspondence is chiefly from other grocers and merchants. Letters primarily concern goods purchased from Noble and sold to him (flour, salt, molasses,...
Dates: 1856-1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thaddeus Podratsky, Collector, Records Regarding the Socialist Party

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Collection Number: A&M 3818
Overview Materials include photocopies and color copies of Socialist Party items from the national and local levels: booklet entitled "What Socialism Will Really Mean to You" by Lawrence Benjamin, published by the Socialist Party, ca. 1936; a 1911 letter requesting an official charter to become the 6th Ward Branch of the Ohio County Socialist Party which includes names, addresses, and offices held; an incomplete report from the 6th Ward; Valentine Reuther's business card; two season tickets to the...
Dates: 1911-2006; Majority of material found within 1911-1937; Majority of material found within 1998-2006
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

The Baton of Kappa Kappa Psi, May 1933 Issue

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5269
Scope and Contents

May 1933 issue of the quarterly periodical of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity, belonging to former WVU band member George L. Hubbs. WVU is mentioned (as the University of West Virginia) on page 41 in the section about the Omicron chapter. Additional Kappa Kappa Psi material may be found in A&M 3258, West Virginia University, Pride of West Virginia Mountaineer Marching Band, Records.

Dates: 1933-05
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

The Coal Trade Journal

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Collection Number: A&M 4293
Scope and Contents

125 issues of The Coal Trade Journal spanning the years 1888-1904. The Coal Trade Journal was established in 1869, and was published in New York under editor F. E. Saward for coal dealers. It contains coal retailer advertisements, notes on the coal market in specific regions, and the current prices of coal domestically and internationally, among other topics.

Dates: 1888-1904
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.) 88
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 74
United States -- Politics and government 72
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 67
Wheeling (W. Va.) 66
General stores 65
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
Birth, marriage, and death records. 57
Transportation 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
West Virginia Feminist Activist and Women's History Collection 44
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 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
Photography 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 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
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
Women's history -- 1951-present 27
Charleston. 26
Coal mines and mining 26
Ohio River 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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English 4815
French 2
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Italian 2
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Swedish 1
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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
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 19
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 18
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 18
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 18
Dayton, Alston Gordon 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
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 15
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 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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