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Wayne County Newspaper Clippings

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Collection Number: A&M 0168
Overview

Clippings of "Wayne County History Notes" column from the Wayne County News, Wayne, West Virginia, dated 3 June 1949; 12 August 1949; 25 November 1949; and 23 December 1949. Most topics concern nineteenth-century history. They include Civil War Colonel Milton J. Ferguson; the Wayne County government and court system; and an armed robbery in Huntington, West Virginia.

Dates: 1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wayne Howard, Collector, Folk Music Recordings

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Collection Number: A&M 4692
Scope and Contents 20 seven-inch reels of vocal and instrumental music, with some oral history. Performed by Burl, Lee, and Sherman Hammons, Maggie Hammons Parker, Dwight Diller, and others. Recordings were made in Stillwell and Marlinton, West Virginia. These recordings have been digitized, and a contents list is available upon request.Addendum of 2001: 3 inch, 7.5 ips reel-to-reel tape of Edwin Hammons performing "Waynesboro" and "Washington's March," originally recorded in the 1940s. This tape...
Dates: 1971-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wayne J. Chisler, World War II Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 3528
Overview Two-hundred World War II letters from Private Wayne J. Chisler, a quartermaster, to his wife Elsie Pullman Chisler, both from Morgantown, West Virginia. Letters discuss camp life, entertainment (including music, movies, sports), and sentiments. Wayne Chisler went to boot camp at Fort Lee, Virginia in July to September of 1942, and then went to the embarkation center of Fort Lawton, Washington state in September, 1942. He was then sent to a base on Umnak, the easternmost island of the chain...
Dates: 1942-1945; Majority of material found in 1942-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wayne Pereira, Poet, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3331
Overview

Papers of local poet Wayne Pereira, including manuscripts and sound recordings of his poetry and songs, and unidentified video.

Dates: 1980-1995
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

W.B. Jenkins Penmanship Album

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Collection Number: A&M 3288
Overview Penmanship album of W.B. Jenkins of St. George, WV (13 in. x 15 in. with ornamented cover). Includes examples of what is likely Spencerian script, as well as 21 examples of 'offhand flourishes' mostly of birds, presumably by Jenkins. Also includes evidence of Jenkins attendance of penmanship classes at Oberlin College, including: reference letter by Uriah McKee of Department of Penmanship (1-12-1883), Penmanship Dept. newsletter (July, 1884), Dept. solicitation of orders for student...
Dates: 1883-1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

WCHS-TV Program on West Virginia University

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Collection Number: A&M 1736
Overview In February 1947, WCHS-TV out of Charleston, West Virginia, broadcast a series of radio programs about West Virginia University. Collection consists of several items related to these programs, including a transcript of the program introduction, an outline of issues discussed, a transcript of the program's conclusion, and a transcript of the response by the university's president, Irving Stewart. Stewart discusses the importance of the university for the future of the state, the need to...
Dates: 1947, 1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Webster County Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1235
Scope and Contents

Court Order books, nos. 5-9 (December 1892 -1910) and Deed books, nos. 12-28 (1888-1910).

The collection's microfilm may be found in the West Virginia Webster County records, reels 35a – 44.

Dates: 1880-1910
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Webster County Archives

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Collection Number: A&M 0763
Scope and Contents The Webster County records include court cases; marriage licenses, 1924-1930; county financial; department of public assistance, and Farm Bureau records. Also, Justice of the Peace, Circuit court, and County record books, 1886-1943, including record of the Articles of Incorporation of several Boom companies, miscellaneous correspondence of various county officials 1890-1951, and one picture plate of the Webster Springs Agriculture Club.The collection's microfilm may be found in...
Dates: 1851-1951
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Webster County History

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Collection Number: A&M 2509
Overview

This collection includes two typescripts on the history of Webster County ("Local History Perspectives of Webster County, West Virginia; History of Cutting on Pardee-Curtin Lumber Company Lands") and xeroxed production statistics for the Pardee-Curtin Lumber Company's operations in Webster County, 1928-76.

Dates: 1977
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Webster Springs High School Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 2226
Overview

Scrapbook prepared by the 1941 class of Webster Springs High School. The book contains reminiscences written by former students and teachers, and also, greetings which were written by the class of 1941 to the class of 1971.

Dates: 1911-1941
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
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
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Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
United States -- Politics and government 72
General stores 71
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
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Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
Surveyors and surveying. 67
Frontier and pioneer life 63
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World War, 1914-1918 61
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Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
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Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
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Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
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Tucker County (W. Va.) 36
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African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
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Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
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Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
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Ohio 28
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Environmentalism. 27
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Kentucky 27
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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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