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Thomas A. Morris Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1502
Overview Copies of general orders, circulars, and letters, issued and received by Brigadier General Morris of the First Brigade, Indiana Volunteers, from May through July 1861. Most of the orders and letters pertain to the military operations of the United States Volunteers in western Virginia under the command of General George B. McClellan during the months of June and July. Morris was at Grafton, Philippi, Laurel Hill, Corricks Ford, and Cheat Mountain. Correspondents include General George B....
Dates: 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas B. Bennett, Judge, Biographical Information

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Collection Number: A&M 3887
Overview

Printed webpages and an article regarding Judge Thomas B. Bennett, a West Virginia University (WVU) alumnus who presided over the bankruptcy case of Jefferson County, Alabama in 2012-2013.

Dates: 2009-2012
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas B. Frye Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1805
Overview

Letters, receipts, and business papers of a resident of Keyser who was an agent for Hartford Fire Insurance Company and the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford. Frye was later a traveling agent for Green and Laing, Hardware and Cutlery, Wheeling, and others, and a dealer in general merchandise.

Dates: 1875-1903
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas B. Reed, Surgeon, Civil War Order

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Collection Number: A&M 3452
Overview

Order (May 31, 1864) by Thomas B. Reed, Surgeon, U.S. Vols., Asst. Medical Director, Department of West Virginia, from near New Market, Virginia to Assistant Surgeon William G. Hall directing Hall to take charge of the Post Hospital at New Market.

Dates: 1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas B. Reynolds, Lewisburg Merchant, Account with Robert A. Taylor and Company

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Collection Number: A&M 3017
Overview

A statement of the account of Reynolds, Welsh and Company with Robert A. Taylor and Company, dated 15 August 1821, with entries from 3 July 1818 through 14 August 1821, accompanied by a letter from Rob A. Taylor, Baltimore, to Mr. Thos. B. Reynolds, Merchant, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, 17 Aug.1821, describing the condition and sale of Reynolds' skins. (Includes 3 pages on 2 leaves.)

Dates: 1818-1821
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Barron, Civil War Letter

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Collection Number: A&M 3451
Overview

Letter written by Thomas Barron from Moundsville (January 15, 1863), Virginia to C.S. Barron in Key West, Florida. Describes the impact of the Civil War on Wheeling, railroads, and the steamboat industry on the Ohio River.

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

Thomas Beall Davis, Businessman and Politician, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3197
Overview Correspondence of businessman and politician Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911), brother of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916). Most of the letters and telegrams concern the lobbying efforts of individuals and organizations to influence Davis when he filled an unexpired term in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress (June 6, 1905-March 3, 1907). There are many requests for appointments, discharges, and pensions. Also lobbying requests for interstate commerce requiring subsidies or...
Dates: 1896-1913
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Brown, Collector, Photographs of West Virginia Folk Musicians and Instruments

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Collection Number: A&M 4159
Overview

Photographs of West Virginia folk musicians taken by Thomas Brown. Most are identified by name. Instruments include banjo, fiddle, guitar, and voice. Performers include Charlie Davis (banjo), Myrtle Stemple (voice), Hazel Stover (voice and guitar), Lee Triplet (fiddle), and Bill Williams (guitar), among others.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1972-1977; 1972-1982
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Brown, Collector, Slides of West Virginia Folk Musicians and Instruments

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Collection Number: A&M 4157
Overview

Digital copies of color slides of West Virginia folk musicians taken by Thomas Brown. There are 85 items, most identified. Instruments include banjo, fiddle, guitar, and voice. Performers include Sherman Hammons, Sarah Singleton, Lee Tripplett, Melvin Wine, and Bill Williams, among others. A full file listing is available by viewing the Digital Material portion of this record below.

Dates: ca. 1970-1985
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Browse Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3532
Overview Papers of the Thomas Browse family documenting immigration from England to the Ohio River region in the vicinity of Ohio, western Virginia, and Kentucky (1830); farming in Pleasants County, West Virginia in the vicinity of St. Marys on the Ohio River (ca. 1830s-1900); and the acquisition of and royalties from oil lands in Pleasants County from the region of "Fish Pot" (ca. 1880s-1910). Includes diaries of Thomas Browse (1830-1878) and diaries of his daughter Mary E. Browse (1855-1910,...
Dates: 1785-1942; Majority of material found within 1830-1910
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 176
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
Universities and colleges 102
Coal mining. 100
Elections 95
Preston County (W. Va.) 90
Rivers and river valleys. 90
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Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
Farms and farming. 82
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
United States -- Politics and government 72
General stores 71
Taxation 71
Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
Surveyors and surveying. 67
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
World War, 1914-1918 61
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Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
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Marion County (W. Va.) 51
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Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
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Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
Baptists 40
Steamboats 39
Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
West Virginia - Governors. 38
Livestock 37
Tucker County (W. Va.) 36
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
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African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Photography 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Environmentalism. 27
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
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Kentucky 27
Physicians - letters and papers. 27
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Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
Ohio County (W. Va.) 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
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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