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Daisy Amick, Compiler, Anderson Family Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 2352
Overview

Research notes and genealogical data on the Anderson family of New York, New Jersey, and Frederick County, Virginia. Material covers the years 1607-1905.

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

Daisy Chapman Dorsey, Business Owner, Essays and Other Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2605
Overview

An essay concerning the beginning of education by travel at West Virginia University, by Daisy Chapman Dorsey, President of Dorsey Tours, Inc., (1977) 6 leaves. Also includes photocopies of journal articles, newspaper articles, and other material concerning the life of Daisy Chapman Dorsey and the development of Dorsey Tours, Inc. (11 items).

Dates: 1904-1978
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Daisy Neptune, Compiler, Civil War Research Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3366
Overview Research papers of Daisy Neptune documenting primarily Confederate soldiers and veterans from West Virginia. Includes muster roll transcripts (36th VA Infantry. Company A), troop roster transcripts (Wood County, WV soldiers; 20th VA Cavalry), biographies of soldiers, Confederate songs and poem, headstone and medal applications, etc. There are photographs and biographical letter of Confederate veteran Julius C. Frederick. Also includes minutes of the Parkersburg Chapter of the United...
Dates: 1904-1938
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dale Hagedorn, Compiler

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Collection Number: A&M 2334
Overview

A complete run of the newsletter "Carbon Copy", published 1968-1971 by Dale Hagedorn, to protest the pollution caused by the Union Carbide plant at Anmoore, WV. Also includes correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the same subject.

Dates: ca. 1968-1971
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dameron-Damron Genealogy

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Collection Number: A&M 1025
Overview

The Dameron-Damron Genealogy abridged edition, compiled by Helen Foster Snow. The 328pp. Unbound Mimeograph copy contains information on several branches of the family in West Virginia, as well as branches in Kentucky, Virginia and other states. Material covers the years 1652-1954.

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

Dan B. Fleming, Senator, Records Regarding New York World's Fair

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Collection Number: A&M 2627
Overview

Correspondence of Senator Dan B. Fleming regarding the West Virginia Exhibit at the Fair; financial materials related to the West Virginia exhibit; and one folder of miscellaneous material related to Dan B. Fleming's other activities as a West Virginia legislator.

Dates: 1938-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dan Morgan, Author, "The Left Corner of My Heart"

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Collection Number: A&M 4326
Scope and Contents John Johnston's copy of a narrative history of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion by Dan Morgan. John Johnston, who was later a WVU professor, was a private in company A of this unit. The book documents the WWII era and includes contributions, memories, and photographs of many members of the battalion. Some later reviews of the book were collected by Johnston and inserted inside the back cover, along with a letter from Johnston to Morgan about the book and a photograph of a memorial...
Dates: 1984-2001
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dana Brooks, Dean, West Virginia University, College of Applied Human Sciences, School of Sport Sciences, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4703
Scope and Contents The papers of Dana Brooks include materials related to his faculty research about Black athletes and school athletics programs in pre- and post-segregation West Virginia and other materials related to his work leading the College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (CPASS, known as the School of Sport Science since 2022). Series 1 (boxes 1 and 2) includes research materials compiled by Dean Brooks regarding athletics at West Virginia’s Black high schools and colleges and...
Dates: 1932-2018; Majority of material found within 1990s-2000s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dana Brothers Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2063
Overview Partnership of George H. and Stephen F. Dana of Kanawha County, West Virginia, engaged in coal mining and general merchandise. The collection includes production records, inventory, shipping book, payroll sheets, a daybook, and a letter book. S.F. Dana was also one of the organizers of the Campbell's Creek Coal Co. There is also a letter book of George H. Dana created while he served as agent, 1871-1875, in England for Jos. Hall Manufacturing Company, holder of the English patent on James...
Dates: 1871-1889
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Daniel Albert Anthony, Photographs by a Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania Resident

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Collection Number: A&M 4197
Overview Photographs by Daniel Albert Anthony (1878-1945), a Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania resident. Subjects include family members, friends, homes, buildings, automobiles and roads, horses and carriages, agriculture, and the Oakford amusement park near Jeannette, Pennsylvania. There are a also a few images of industrial subject matter. Daniel Anthony worked in a coke works and served in World War I; he was married to Myrtle Phellaboum Anthony (1899-1931). Foldering of negatives is congruent to...
Dates: ca. 1920-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 255
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 186
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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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