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Thomas Ray Dille Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0191
Scope and Contents

Four notebooks of Col. John Evans family history prepared by Thomas Ray Dille; (maps of voting districts in Monongalia County) papers of the Monongalia County Historical Society; and copies of the constitution and charter of the York County (Pa.) Historical Society

Dates: ca. 1774-1939
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Ray Dille Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0357
Scope and Contents Gift of the brothers and sisters of Thomas Ray Dille, lawyer, historian, and genealogist of Morgantown W.Va. This collection contains the family histories of the Dille, David Evans, and John Evans families, as well as the Ray, Stewart, McFarland, and Tennant families. Materials include five loose leaf volumes of cemetery records of Monongalia County; family records of Monongalia County, and family Bible records. Additional materials about the Forks of Cheat Baptist Church,...
Dates: ca. 1774-1939
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Richard Ross, Collector, Papers Regarding Henry G. Davis

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Collection Number: A&M 3196
Overview

Elkins College history professor and administrator who has collected material about the West Virginia politician and businessman, Henry G. Davis (1823-1916). Ross has composed genealogical material and notes on news articles as well as collecting photocopies of political cartoons and newspaper articles about H. G. Davis. Also included is an original copy, containing an article on Davis, of the 1912 industrial and business edition of the Wheeling Register. .

Dates: 1902-1912
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Rodgers, Incoming Letter Regarding Court Order

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Collection Number: A&M 2630
Overview

Letter from Edward Graham of Sweet Springs in Monroe County, Virginia, to Thomas Rogers of Kanawha County, Virginia, regarding a court order for collection of a note owed by Robert Black to John Hazelett.

Dates: 1803
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas S. Brown, Compiler, Lyrics of Folk Songs Sung By Lillie Newton Cooper

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Collection Number: A&M 3544
Overview

Copies of transcribed typed and hand written lyrics of folk songs as sung by Lillie Newton Cooper (1888-1965). The songs include: 'I'll Twine Mid the Ringlets', 'The Gold Harp', and 'Johnny Came a Courting', among many others. There is also a copy of the first two pages of Lillie Newton Cooper's book of poetry, 'The Ways of Life', with a short biographical sketch, and a copy of lyrics of an untitled folk song heard in Harrison County, West Virginia during the late 19th century.

Dates: 1967
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas S. Brown Folk Music Collection

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Collection Number: A&M 4612
Scope and Contents Attending folk festivals in the early 1970s, when there was a revival of interest in folk culture, Thomas S. Brown became acquainted with "serious students of folk art as well as the folk artists themselves". His interest piqued and, encouraged by the Dean of Libraries at West Virginia University, Brown set out to make field recordings of traditional music in West Virginia to add to the folk music archives of the West Virginia and Regional History Center. In all, the Brown...
Dates: 1970-1982 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas S. Canning, Music Professor, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3098
Scope and Contents Papers of West Virginia University music professor Thomas Canning. Includes musical scores, lecture notes, a few photographs, and recordings. A highlight of the collection is the manuscript scores and sound recordings on reel to reel tape of his signature work "Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan for Double String Quartet and String Orchestra".Inventory of tapes C594 T167-T231. Tape T177 is not in the collection. -- tape T167 performer: Jeffrey Everett...
Dates: circa 1940-1996
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Scott (1772-1856), Facsimiles and Transcriptions of Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2052
Overview Facsimiles of manuscripts and typescript transcriptions of the papers of a traveling minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church who became a lawyer and a judge. Topics include Captain Michael Cresap, Chief Logan, western massacres during the Revolutionary War, customs and privations of the western settlers, the Kentucky frontier, Methodism in the west, old preachers, and historical recollections. Scott was assigned circuits in Berkeley, Frederick, Gloucester, Ohio, and Stafford counties of...
Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Trickett Land Grant and Tax Receipt

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Collection Number: A&M 2039
Overview

A land grant signed by the Governor of Virginia, Joseph Johnson in 1853 granting 47 acres in Preston County to Thomas Trickett. Also an 1858 Preston County tax receipt for Thomas Trickett with assessments for personal and real property.

Dates: 1853, 1858
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2714
Overview Papers regarding Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969), a West Virginia University student who won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his services as a U.S. Army medic during the Vietnam War. He performed duties as a conscientious objector willing to serve. The microfilmed collection includes personal letters, programs, magazine articles, and other papers relating to his life and death. Most of the letters were written by Bennett, his parents, other relatives, and friends while Bennett was in the...
Dates: circa 1940s-2010s and undated
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
Surveyors and surveying. 65
Wheeling (W. Va.) 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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German 2
Italian 2
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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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