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Warren Witschey, Compiler, Magnolia High School Football Records and Other Materials
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4651
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises research done on former students, football teams, and athletics department accomplishments of Magnolia High School (MHS) in New Martinsville, West Virginia. The research was conducted by Warren Witschey, an MHS graduate. The most common types of materials are as follows:Boxes labeled "Football Records" include items like team rosters, group photos, season schedules, game scores, win/loss records by year, event programs (some of which include...
Dates:
1893-2022; Majority of material found within 1902-2021
Warwood Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wheeling, West Virginia, Clippings and Other Material Regarding History of Warwood Church
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3680
Overview
Copies of newsclippings and programs regarding the history of Warwood Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wheeling, West Virginia. Clippings discuss topics such as the groundbreaking, cornerstone laying, dedication, and closing of the church. Contributions of Reverend Ralph A. Harshman are also discussed. Also includes two programs entitled 1) "The Festival of Dedication: The Warwood Evangelical Lutheran Church"; and 2) "The Warwood Evangelical Lutheran Church: September 1, 1918- August 16,...
Dates:
1916-1998
Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, Land Grants
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4487
Scope and Contents
Three land grants and transcripts regarding land in Greene Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (now part of Greene County), with both the original documents and digital scans available to view. The first grant is dated 23 April 1793 and also includes an official transcript (1918). This grant concerns land located in Greene Township named “Bunkers Hill.” The second grant is dated 9 June 1794 and concerns land located in Greene Township named "Bostonian" (it has no corresponding...
Dates:
1793-1794, 1918-1919
Washington and Ohio Railroad, Mason County Subscription, Correspondence and Legal Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1536
Overview
Correspondence and legal papers concerning a $250,000 subscription to the company by Mason County on the proviso that the terminus of the road be Point Pleasant.
Dates:
1871
Watring Family Genealogical Charts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2462
Overview
Photocopies of genealogical charts for the Watring and related families, covering the years 1700-1976.
Dates:
1976
Watson and Haymond Families Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4222
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Watson and Haymond families of Marion County, West Virginia. Includes a journal, family financial and legal materials, correspondence, genealogical research materials, publications, photographs, a painting, and other material. Includes significant material regarding the American Civil War, particularly in the diary of Virginia Haymond. Series include:Series 1. Journal of Virginia Haymond; 1859-1863, undated; box 1 and box 2, folders 1-2....
Dates:
1796-1963; Majority of material found within 1834-1963
Watson Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1815
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 57 letters (1795-1871) to or from Benjamin H., Henry, James G., James O., Rebecca D., and Thomas Watson; 3 land grants on sheep-skin (1787-1798) Monongalia County; 25 articles of agreement (1812-1875), manuscript; 4 manuscript wills or copies of wills (1852-1862); 32 surveys, maps, and plats of coal fields (1798-1892); 99 tax receipts (1807-1865), manuscript and printed forms; 44 receipts for clerking fees (1815-1845) manuscript and printed forms; 79 receipts, bills,...
Dates:
1798-1902
Watson Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1949
Scope and Contents
The collection includes manuscript materials (correspondence, land warrant, accounts, receipts, petition and will) and printed and typescript materials (invitations, broadside, newspaper and magazine clippings). Subjects of the various items include sale and survey of land; schools, churches, estates, comment on and description of agriculture, social and economic conditions in Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, Morgantown, Fairmont, and...
Dates:
1694; 1783-1878; 1926
Watson Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0630
Scope and Contents
Personal papers of the Watson family in Marion County, including a genealogy of the Watson and Haymond families, newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries, social and business activities, and European travel. Mention is made of coal mining development in Marion County, strikes, labor meetings, conservation, and improvement of farming practices. There is material on politics, industrial development, early iron mining, Marion county history, the Barrickville covered bridge, Beverly-Fairmont...
Dates:
1869-1953
Watters Smith, Papers of a Harrison County Resident
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3940
Overview
Papers regarding Watters Smith of Harrison County, and related family members. Includes manuscripts (1852-1863), plat document (undated), clippings (undated), and oversize items (undated, 1842, 1939). Manuscripts include stock certificate in West Milford and New Salem turnpike, and two Civil War letters and parole from Camp Chase. Clippings include obituaries for Harvey Faris Smith (born 1873) and Burr Smith (born 1877), and articles regarding Watters Smith Memorial Park. Oversize items...
Dates:
1842-1939