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Virginia Saline Bank Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1593
Overview

Includes bank note; lottery ticket for the improvement of Clarksburg; title pate of "Articles of Association of the Virginia Saline Bank (Clarksburg, 1814); and a typescript copy of Boyd B. Stutler's article on the Virginia Saline Bank of Clarksburg, "Money is What you Make it," in West Virginia Review, 1933.

Dates: 1813-1830, 1933
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Steele, Collector, Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 1594
Overview

Typescript copy of a letter from Mark Twain to a Mr. Day giving the writer's attitude toward religion in general and Mary Baker Eddy in particular; a record of Callaway, Keadle, and Ruddle family history (Monroe County); excerpts from a letter dealing with Steele family history in Monroe County; and a picture of Birdie May Windell, 1915.

Dates: ca. 1900-1961
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Steele, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2258
Overview

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, journal articles, and pamphlets relating to the John Henry legend, John Henry ballads, and the erection of a John Henry statue at Talcott, West Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1880-1972
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Tuttle, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1865
Overview Manuscript record book of the [Methodist Episcopal] Wolf Run Sabbath School [Marshall County] 1888, under Reverend Smith. Officers included: Superintendent Levi Waters, Assistant Superintendent S. A. Goudy, Secretary Adam Goudy, Treasurer Samuel Headlee, and Librarian Harriet M. Waters. Records teachers, scholars, sermon titles, collections taken, and weather of the day. The school closed 1893 Sept 24 and moved to Porter's Falls retaining many of the same officers. It remained at Porter's...
Dates: 1879-1913
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Volcano, Wood County, Historical Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1800
Overview

Material relating to Volcano, Wood County, the center of a booming oil industry, 1865-1879. Specifically mentioned is the Stiles Oil Company, owned by William Cooper Stiles, Jr. The collection consists of articles, photographs, court proceedings, correspondence, and record books.

Dates: 1857-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

W. Alan Woodford, Student Body President, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3345
Overview

Papers of W. Alan Woodford, Student Body President of WVU; includes beanie, student newspapers, broadsides, campus maps, pamphlets, etc. documenting student elections, fraternities, and campus life.

Dates: 1963-1971
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

W. B. Haught, Compiler, Papers Regarding Blacksville, West Virginia History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2909
Overview Photocopied histories of Blacksville, West Virginia, as compiled or written by W. B. Haught. Contains three copies of "Blacksville and Vicinity: Early History," a four-page history compiled by W. B. Haught in 1920. This document describes the settlement of Blacksville in the late 1700s and prominent settlers as well as buildings and homes in the town through 1902. Collection also contains three copies of a topical history of the town, apparently compiled by W. B. Haught in 1948. This...
Dates: 1920, 1948 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

W. Cephas Cunningham, Poet, Poetry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0588
Overview

Printed poems and typescripts of poems written by W. Cephas Cunningham (b. 1887), a poet from Wheeling, West Virginia. All poems are undated. Includes printed poems sent by Cunningham to the president of West Virginia University between 1954 and 1958.

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

W. Guy Tetrick, Compiler, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1306
Overview Marriage, birth, and death records; wills; estate inventories and settlements from various West Virginia counties; Sons of the Revolution applications; Harrison County family records and obituaries, and obituary clippings for West Virginia. Thistle, Roy, Collector. Papers, 1853-1934. ca.30 items (photocopies) and 1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.). Loaned for duplication by Roy Thistle, 1961. No.1443. A scrapbook containing: a brief history of Sistersville and the oil industry, particularly in...
Dates: ca. 1780-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

W. J. Cox and A. M. Jackson Physicians' Accounts

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0833
Scope and Contents

Pocket memo books listing patients, fees, accounts, miscellaneous printed matter, and photographs, kept by W.J. Cox and A.M. Jackson, physicians at Knob Fork and Porter Falls, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1895-1906
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
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Genealogy 161
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Education 114
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Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
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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
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Randolph County (W. Va.) 55
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Marion County (W. Va.) 51
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Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
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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
Teachers 32
Virginia 32
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 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
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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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