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Wesley Nelson, Collector, Rifle from Battle of Blair Mountain

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Collection Number: A&M 4499
Scope and Contents One Enfield Rifle (47 in. in length) recovered from the site of the Battle of Blair Mountain (1921) in Logan County, West Virginia. There are also shell casings of various calibers recovered from the Blair Mountain site. Per Dr. Jack Weaver, WVRHC Reference Supervisor, this rifle is probably an M1917 rifle, manufactured by Winchester, Remington, or Eddystone for service in the First World War (1914-1918) by U.S. troops. Most American soldiers carried the M1917 instead of the...
Dates: ca. 1917
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wesley United Methodist Church, Board of Trustees, Minutes

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Collection Number: A&M 2903
Overview

Minutes, correspondence and financial statements of the Board of Trustees, Wesley United Methodist Church, dated Oct. 1, 1962 - Nov. 30, 1981.

Dates: 1962-1981
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Liberty and Short Creek History

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Collection Number: A&M 0254
Overview

An address delivered to the Faculty club of West Liberty State Teacher's College, 1936 by the Rev. J. A. Earl; discusses the settlers, early history, schools, and churches in the area; and includes a bibliography of sources. Bound in the pamphlet is a letter from Rev. Earl to Mrs. Eleanor Knutti of West Virginia University Library.

Dates: 1787-1900
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia 2nd Division, Civil War Report Ledger and Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 3232
Overview

Report ledger and correspondence of the West Virginia 2nd Division. Includes 19 letters of soldiers and their families, ca. 1860. Report ledger includes mostly memos regarding status of monthly reports from the 2nd Division, 1864.

Dates: 1860-1868; Majority of material found within 1860-1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia 13th Infantry, Civil War Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1541
Overview

Records of the 13th Regiment, Virginia Volunteer infantry from Mason County in the companies of Captains Albert F. McCown, Milton Stewart, James W. Johnson, McDaniel, and Williams. Names of Volunteers appear on bounty acknowledgement lists. See inventory for list of papers.

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

West Virginia 14th Infantry, Civil War Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 2278
Overview Eleven letters written during the American Civil War by soldiers or members of their families as follows: Soldier to William Graham (inc) Dec. 11, 1861; C.L. Blodgett to wife - May 26, 1862; Wesley Thomas to parents - Aug. 13, 1862; E.J. Yonce to sister June - Oct. 23, 1862; T.O. Thomas to parents - Nov. 11, 1862; T.O. Thomas to parents - July 10, 1863; T.O. Thomas to parents - Sept. 1, 1863; Col. J.A. Mulligan to Col. D.D. Johnson - April 1, 1864; Charles Johnson to "Sol" - May 2, 1864;...
Dates: 1862-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia 18th Militia Civil War Record Book

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Collection Number: A&M 1641
Overview

Record book of the 18th Regiment, West Virginia Militia (formerly 147th Regiment, Virginia Militia) from Palatine, Marion County. The record includes minutes of regimental courts of enquiry, special orders, and delinquent muster lists. The volume also contains the minutes of the Mt. Harmony Literary Society, 1868-1869, meeting at the Harmony School house in Marion County.

Dates: 1862-1866, 1868-1869
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Academy of Science, Incorporation Documents

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Collection Number: A&M 2501
Overview

Incorporation documents for the West Virginia Academy of Science, including an official Certificate of Incorporation signed by West Virginia Secretary of State Joe F. Burdett, a list of incorporators, and a list of witnesses.

Dates: 1959, May 9
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Academy of Science Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3133
Overview

Records from the files of the secretary of the West Virginia Academy of Science. Material concerning the Academy newsletter and published proceedings, membership, and Academy relations with other scientific organizations is included. Also correspondence, minutes of meetings, committee reports, and organizational papers are in the archives. Much material relates to the Academy's Scientific Talent Fund.

Dates: 1946-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Adjutant General, Burial and Cemetery Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3137
Overview West Virginia Adjutant General burial and cemetery records including cemetery maps. The records consists of forms containing name; residence at death (city, county, state); cemetery name and location including town and county; date of burial; type of grave marker; information on grave marker including additional identification; date and place of birth; date, place, and cause of death; next of kin and their address; dates enlisted and discharged; serial number; rank; race; service branch; war...
Dates: 1825-1939
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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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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