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Virginia 10th Cavalry, Company G Record and Roll

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Collection Number: A&M 3981
Overview Transcript of the record and roll of Company G of the Confederate Virginia 10th Cavalry. The company record was kept by Sergeant H. W. Lowther of Harrison County. Information recorded includes names and ranks of soldiers, payments made to soldiers and for supplies, miles traveled, and places the company stayed. Several related letters are also transcribed. The transcript was made by Clifford Myers, State Historian and Archivist, in 1932; this collection contains a photocopy of Myers' typed...
Dates: 1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia and West Virginia in the Civil War, Clippings

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Collection Number: A&M 0090
Overview

Pages clipped from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper showing battle plans, maps, portraits and pictures of the war.

Dates: 1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia, Auditor's Office Circulars

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Collection Number: A&M 0437
Overview

Printed Circulars from the office of James E. Heath, First Auditor, to the county clerks of courts: 16 Feb. 1830 a copy of the tax act of 13 Feb. 1830 and explanations thereof; and 20 Aug. 1833 a circular explaining the law on delinquent and forfeited lands as passed 15 Feb. 1833.

Dates: 1830-1833
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia B. Evans, Artist, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3256
Scope and Contents Papers and artwork of Virginia B. Evans, a landscape painter and glassware designer of the upper Ohio Valley. She was a native of Moundsville, West Virginia who at one time headed the art department at West Liberty State College. Her art was widely exhibited regionally and nationally. Although she preferred working in a variety of styles and media, she was most noted for her rather representational landscapes and her fusion of traditional Chinese sensibilities with modern Western industrial...
Dates: 1916-1984
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Certificates

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Collection Number: A&M 1032
Overview

Typescript of an article printed in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 45:132 (1958): "Dates of Settlement from Virginia Certificates, Washington County Pennsylvania", by Raymond M. Bell.

Dates: ca. 1769-1776
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Confederate Ballot

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Collection Number: A&M 0738
Overview

A Confederate ballot for the state of Virginia, dated 6 November 1861, containing the names of Jefferson Davis for President, Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-president, John R. Edmunds, Halifax Co., and Allen T. Caperton, Monroe Co., on the electoral ticket for the state at large, and Roger A. Pryor for Congress. Henry A. Fisher, Mason Co., Jos. Johnson, Harrison Co., and E. H. Fitzhugh, Ohio Co., are listed as Confederate electors from the 14th, 15th, and 16th districts, respectively.

Dates: 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Dailey, Collector, Burchinal, Minear, Jackson, and Kemble Family Photographs

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Collection Number: A&M 3773
Overview Collection of two Victorian Era photograph albums containing cartes de visite, cabinet cards, tintypes, and prints. There are also six cased images including three ambrotypes and three tintypes, several mounted prints, loose prints, photo postcards, and illustrated postcards. More than half of the subjects of the photos are identified. Many of the subjects are members of the Minear (Menear), Burchinal, Kemble, and Jackson families from north-central West Virginia and southwestern...
Dates: ca. 1860-1912; ca. 1865-1908
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Declaration of Rights (facsimile)

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Collection Number: A&M 1226
Overview

Facsimile copy of the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776.

Dates: 1776
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia DeRigo, Collector, Clippings and Funeral Cards regarding Monongalia County Residents

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Collection Number: A&M 3738
Overview

Newspaper clippings saved and preserved by Virginia DeRigo, a resident of Star City. The clippings, unsorted, relate mainly to marriages and deaths of Italian-Americans in Morgantown, Star City, and Westover, including many prominent local political figures and businessmen. Other topics include World War II (WWII) draftees, soldiers, casualties, and servicemen news; Vietnam casualties; accidental deaths; and Star City elections. There are also many funeral cards.

Dates: circa 1940s-1970s; Majority of material found within circa 1950s-1960s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Land Office, Treasury Warrant Issued to Benjamin Johnston

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Collection Number: A&M 3724
Overview

Virginia Land Office treasury warrant number 1777 issued to Benjamin Johnston, assignee of James Wood, for tract of 400 acres in the district of Monongalia, Yohogania, and Ohio [Counties] for sum of 160 pounds on 28 June 1782 (original copy).

Dates: 1782
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
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Maps. 51
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
Lumber trade 49
Art and artists 45
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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
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
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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
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
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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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