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Carrie Koeturius Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4356
Scope and Contents This collection includes materials pertaining to Carrie Koeturius and her career at and connections with West Virginia University. Koeturius is an alumna of WVU, and has worked at WVU as manager of its Conference Center (1984), served as co-chair of the WVU Conference on Women and Creativity (1984), and was recipient of the Mary Catherine Buswell Award (1984). In 1984 she moved to California. Formats include clippings, correspondence, conference materials and publications, etc....
Dates: 1982-2011
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Carrol H. Quenzel, Self-Government in a Coal Country

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0259
Overview

A term paper, "Self-Government in a Coal Country," written by Mr. Quenzel when a student at West Virginia University.

Dates: ca. 1920-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Carroll Wilkinson Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4576
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials collected and created by Carroll Wilkinson during her time working for West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries and Women’s and Gender Studies Center between 1979 and 2019. It includes materials from her work in several positions within the library and WVU Women’s Studies Center, including Chief Circulation Librarian, Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer, Head of Access Services, Director of Instruction and Information Literacy, Director of Strategic...
Dates: 1914-2018 and undated; Majority of material found within 1979-2018 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Carte De Visite Portrait of Henry A. Wise, Confederate General

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Collection Number: A&M 3934
Overview

One carte de visite (2 1/2 in. x 4 in.) of Confederate General Henry A. Wise in uniform. Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 - September 12, 1876) was a United States Congressman and Governor of Virginia, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served as US minister to Brazil from 1843-1847 during the administration of President John Tyler.

Dates: ca. 1861-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Cartoon of Senator Robert Byrd "Putting West Virginia On The Map"

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Collection Number: A&M 4276
Scope and Contents

One framed cartoon drawing of West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd "putting West Virginia on the map". The last name of the artist is "Crockett" as featured in the signature; the item is 21 in. x 25 in.

Dates: 1961
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Catherine C. Burke, Collector, Business Letterheads, Postcards, and Other Material regarding Clarksburg, WV

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Collection Number: A&M 3572
Overview Collection of material related to Clarksburg and Bridgeport, West Virginia. Includes 1) public records, including court appointments, summons, and a case (12 items, 1804-1852); 2) advertising card for Mme. Ulman's Parlors (1 item, ca. 1910-1920); 3) letterheads for businesses and services, including agricultural supplies, automobile repair shops, banks, restaurants, etc. (89 items, ca. 1900-1930); 4) postcards (39 regular postcards, 8 small ones, ca. 1910-1930); and 5) copy of newspaper...
Dates: 1804-1930; Majority of material found within 1910-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Catherine Osborn Goff, Collector, Illustrated Autograph Book and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 2105
Overview

Collection includes an illustrated autograph book of May Ellen Smith of Pruntytown, (West) Virginia, with entries from 1849-1856; a manuscript newspaper, 1879; and an empty scrapbook.

Dates: 1849-1879; Majority of material found in 1849-1856
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Cecil Curtis Teets, World War II Memorabilia

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Collection Number: A&M 3744
Overview World War II memorabilia collected by Cecil Curtis Teets, a West Virginian who grew up in the Buckhannon area, and who served in the medical service of the 443rd Fighter Squadron of U.S. Army Air Forces. Includes ship transport pass, program for Christmas banquet of 1943 for the 443rd, and three photos and clipping regarding major rodeo and air show in occupied Japan; there are also photographs of fellow soldiers and of a U.S. military encampment on Okinawa, among other subjects. There are...
Dates: ca. 1930-1945; Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Cecil D. Eby, Jr., Manuscripts

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Collection Number: A&M 1412
Overview

Manuscript and galley proofs of THE OLD SOUTH ILLUSTRATED, by Porte Crayon, edited with an introduction by Cecil D. Eby, Jr. (1959); a manuscript draft of Eby's PORTE CRAYON; manuscript of a VIRGINIA YANKEE IN THE CIVIL WAR: THE DIARIES OF DAVID HUNTER STROTHER (1961); THE LIFE OF DAVID HUNTER STROTHER (1960); and photocopies of Strother's VIRGINIA ILLUSTRATED and his articles in HARPER'S MAGAZINE. Also contains Eby's curriculum vitae (1995) and a copy of his obituary (2015).

Dates: 1959-2015
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Cedar Grove, Farming, Mining, and Milling, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3443
Overview Short Description: Records of Cedar Grove Mining Company, Tompkins Estate, and Cedar Grove Mills, West Virginia. Includes scrip stub book (1884) and account ledgers for company store (1873-75, 1880-81, 1894) of Cedar Grove Mining; ledger by Tompkins for farm tavern register (1846), list of slaves, and general accounting records (1850s), among other items; ledger by Tompkins for miscellaneous accounts, stage coach accounts, agreements with tenant farmers, among other items (1841-43); day book...
Dates: 1841-1894
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 255
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 186
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
Universities and colleges 101
Coal mining. 99
Elections 95
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 82
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 75
United States -- Politics and government 72
Taxation 71
General stores 68
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
Surveyors and surveying. 65
Wheeling (W. Va.) 65
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
World War, 1914-1918 61
Agriculture 59
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Transportation 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 56
Randolph County (W. Va.) 55
Church buildings 53
Slaves and slavery. 53
Coal mining - coal companies. 52
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Maps. 51
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
Lumber trade 49
Mills and mill-work 48
Court records 47
Art and artists 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
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West Virginia University -- Students 35
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
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Virginia 32
Banks and banking 31
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
West Virginia - Politics and government. 30
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Photography 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Environmentalism 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
Hardy County (W. Va.) 27
Kentucky 27
Physicians - letters and papers. 27
Charleston. 26
Coal mines and mining 26
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
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
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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