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Charleston Survey of Youth

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Collection Number: A&M 1826
Overview Questionnaires, interviews, surveys and summaries from a study of Charleston youth conducted by the Charleston Youth Community in 1963. collection includes a summary of the results of each inquiry and a few typed transcripts of tape recorded interviews with selected Charleston youth. Subjects of the study were divided into "Drop-outs (DO)," "Juvenile Delinquents (JD)," and " Selected non-troubled (NT)," and in each category the survey papers are divided accordingly. Those questioned include...
Dates: 1963
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charlotte Adams, Civil War Letter

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Collection Number: A&M 2871
Overview

A letter from Charlotte Adams to Colonel Campbell, September 1, 1863, requesting Campbell to look after Adams' son, James Adams.

Dates: 1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charlotte Friend, Collector, Great Crossings Baptist Church Ledger

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Collection Number: A&M 4327
Content Description Ledger of church records of the Great Crossings Baptist Church of Frazee Ridge, Maryland. Includes order and rules, minutes, membership lists, and other information (1864-1912). There is also an 18 page survey document regarding this church prepared by the Maryland Historical Trust; it includes photographs of the church (1982), and identifies Asher Glade, Maryland as the location of the church. In addition, there are foldered miscellaneous items that had been found inserted into the ledger...
Dates: 1864-1912
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charlotte Muzichuck, Collector, Papers of Anna Santore DeLancy

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Collection Number: A&M 3563
Overview Papers of Mrs. Anna Santore DeLancy, social worker and resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Morgantown, West Virginia; and Detroit, Michigan. Includes personal scrapbooks, correspondence, Jackson's Mill scrapbook, Bethany College seminar scrapbook, autograph books, a recipe book, photographs, church programs, playbills, musical programs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, maps, diplomas, certificates, and ticket stubs. Subjects include World War II and Detroit, Michigan. World War II materials...
Dates: 1926-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Drawing of Alderson Station

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Collection Number: A&M 0153
Overview

Drawing by Ron Piskor of the Alderson passenger station on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Includes side-views from north, south, east, and west vantage points; there is also a floorplan.

Dates: undated; Majority of material found in undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0713
Overview

Letters, reports, and newspaper clippings relating to the Virginia Central Railroad Company, later the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Most of the correspondence is between E. Fontaine, president, and John S. Cunningham of West Virginia.

Dates: 1867-1869
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Depot Ledger

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Collection Number: A&M 4377
Scope and Contents One ledger labeled "copy of freight way bills" for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway depot at Barboursville, West Virginia for period February 1880 to February 1884. Information recorded into the ledger includes where goods are being shipped, from whom and to whom, what the goods are, and the charges. Destinations in West Virginia include Charleston, Guyandotte, Huntington, Milton, and St. Albans, among others; other destinations include Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Richmond, among others. Goods...
Dates: 1880-1884
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 2413
Overview

Scrapbook titled LOOK TO THE WEALTH OF WEST VIRGINIA, containing layouts for ads prepared by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia.

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

Chesney MacCauley Ramage, Surgeon, Photographs and Biography

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Collection Number: A&M 3790
Overview Three photographs and biographical material regarding Chesney MacCauley Ramage, a native of West Milford, West Virginia. After graduating from Fairmont High School (in 1900) and West Virginia University (WVU), he attended John Hopkins University Medical School in Baltimore. He then returned to Fairmont and established a surgical practice, becoming the superintendent and chief surgeon at the Miners' Hospital (Fairmont Emergency Hospital). Photographs include graduating glass of Fairmont High...
Dates: 1900-1907, 2007
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Chester Merriman, Soldier, World War I Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 2432
Overview

Ten letters from Pvt. Chester Merriman, serving in the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Force) during World War I, to his mother in Romney. He describes army camp life and his travels in Italy, England, and France, where he mentions serving on the Western Front.

Dates: 1918-1919
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
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Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
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Harrison County (W. Va.) 75
United States -- Politics and government 72
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Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 65
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World War, 1914-1918 61
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Kanawha County (W. Va.) 42
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 42
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
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Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
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Virginia 32
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African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
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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
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Civil War battles. 27
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United Mine Workers of America 52
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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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