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William Griffith Family Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1074
Overview

This manuscript lists the descendents of William Griffith of Wales, ca. 1660 and Nicholas Meriwether, Wales, d. 1676, and was copied by Romulus R. Griffith. Material covers the years 1660-1906.

Dates: 1869-1906

William H. Bean, Video of Lecture Regarding Judge James W.F. Allen of Hardy County

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Collection Number: A&M 3962
Overview

DVD containing video of William Bean speaking about Judge James William Franklin Allen (December 2, 1813 - July 16, 1875), who lived at "Ingleside" in Moorefield, West Virginia. This lecture was presented at the Civil War Symposium held in Lost River, West Virginia on August 4, 2001. Bean speaks for roughly 46 minutes; the following 18 minutes are a general discussion session at the end of the symposium. For more information on Allen and his family, see A&M 2257, Allen Family Papers.

Dates: 2001

William H. Bush, Civil War Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 2435
Overview

Two letters by Union soldier William H. Bush to his wife Mary, in Racine, Ohio. On March 29, 1863 Bush wrote from Winchester, "East, Va.," and on April 15, 1864 from Harper's Ferry. Bush discusses the family and personal affairs, his army buddies, the camp rules, and the location of his unit at Harper's Ferry. He also includes a hand-drawn map of Harper's Ferry on part of a page in the second letter.

Dates: 1863-64

William H. Culp Academic Regalia

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Collection Number: A&M 5239
Scope and Contents Graduation gown, cap with tassel, and hood for William Harrison Culp (1931-2017), who earned his doctorate at WVU in December of 1969. Also includes an academic regalia sales pamphlet and spare black tassel. Dr. Culp, a veteran of the Korean War, graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (then State Teachers College at Indiana) in 1957 with a B.S. in Mathematics Education, then he pursued his interests in psychology and counseling, completing an M.S. at Southern Illinois University...
Dates: ca. 1969

William H. Kendrick (1882-1937) Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 2811
Overview

A typescript by Mr. L.S. Hartley entitled "Teepi: A Brief Account of Early Life and Ancestry of William H. Kendrick". The typescript gives short biographies of Kendrick and his wife Olive Garrison Kendrick as well as genealogical information on Kendrick's family.

Dates: 1982

William H. Lawrence Civil War Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2044
Overview Papers of William H. Lawrence, Second Lieutenant, 9th Company Ohio Volunteer Sharp Shooters. Includes his appointment (1864), discharge papers (1864; 2 items), and a pension certificate (1887; for "severe deafness of both ears, and disease of the heart, results of sun-stroke."). Also includes five letters Lawrence wrote to his parents during the war (1864), two in manscript and three in print form. There is also a letter to his sister (1910). Lawrence is known to have served as a Lieutenant,...
Dates: 1863-1910; Majority of material found in 1863-1864

William H. Newcomb, (b.1870), Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1282
Overview

Papers of a Huntington dry goods merchant, W.H. Newcomb, include a domestic diary, 1865, kept by his mother, Emily Cox of Guyandotte, and a clipping scrapbook pertaining to the Newcomb family and the Anderson-Newcomb Department Store. The scrapbook contains obituary notices, society notes, local history items, and an autographed letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. Barkla, dated 20 October 1900.

Dates: 1865-1931

William H. Seward Letter

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Collection Number: A&M 1094
Overview

Letter of Transmittal for report of the United States Acting Surgeon General on Asiatic Cholera to Governor Boreman of West Virginia.

Dates: 1865

William Hacker Family History

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Collection Number: A&M 1059
Overview

A Microfilm copy of the William Hacker Family History. Addendum 1988 Oct. 13. Original volume, 1880, gift, 3 in. and genealogical files, 5 of them.

Dates: 1880

William Hall Business Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1001
Overview

The Account book of William Hall, Egypt, W. Va., 1850/1853, with entries for wages paid to loggers, boarding accounts, sales of farm produce and some general merchandise. Also, two pamphlets, State of the Country, by Rev. R. J. Breckinridge, Cincinnati, 1861, and Minutes of the 11th General Synod of the Associated Reformed Church of the West, Cincinnati, 1851.

Dates: 1850-1853; 1861

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Subject
Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 203
Morgantown (W. Va.) 186
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 176
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Land. 163
Genealogy 158
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
Universities and colleges 102
Coal mining. 100
Elections 95
Preston County (W. Va.) 90
Rivers and river valleys. 90
Lawyers - letters and papers. 85
Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
Farms and farming. 81
World War, 1939-1945 80
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
General stores 71
United States -- Politics and government 71
Taxation 70
Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
Surveyors and surveying. 67
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
Transportation 60
World War, 1914-1918 59
Agriculture 58
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
Birth, marriage, and death records. 55
Church buildings 53
Coal mining - coal companies. 52
Maps. 52
Marion County (W. Va.) 52
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Slaves and slavery. 51
Lumber trade 49
Mills and mill-work 49
Court records 47
Art and artists 46
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
Petroleum industry and trade 44
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
West Virginia -- Politics and government 43
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
Baptists 40
Steamboats 39
Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
West Virginia - Governors. 38
Livestock 37
Tucker County (W. Va.) 36
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
West Virginia University -- Students 34
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
Teachers 32
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
Women's history -- 1951-present 30
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Photography 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
West Virginia - Politics and government. 28
Civil War battles. 27
Environmentalism. 27
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
Hardy County (W. Va.) 27
Kentucky 27
Physicians - letters and papers. 27
Charleston. 26
Civil War -- letters 26
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
Ohio County (W. Va.) 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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Language
Italian 2
Chinese 1
French 1
 
Names
West Virginia University 194
United Mine Workers of America 51
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 27
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
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
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
American Federation of Labor 10
Brown family 10
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Consolidation Coal Company 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
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 9
Lewis family 9
McGraw, John T. 9
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