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David Goff Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1027
Scope and Contents
Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). The papers include correspondence; land papers, particularly, for Randolph County; court...
Dates:
1840-1878
David Goff Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1557
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes ten original letters, seven of which have been transcribed. Subjects...
Dates:
1846-1871
David Goff Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0627
Scope and Contents
Letters to David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). These sixteen letters cover topics including land in Randolph and Tucker counties,...
Dates:
1852-1868
David H. Sutton, Compiler, Folk Music Recordings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4706
Scope and Contents
Recordings of the Helvetia Men's Chorus:
Rudolph and Norman Zumbach, Arnold Metzner, and Harrison Moore, 1969 August 30.
Arnold Metzner at Helvetia home with family, 1969.
Tunes of Helvetia performed by Benny Fahrner (fiddle), Mary Fahrner (vocal), and Bruce Butler (guitar), 1976 September.
Dates:
1969, 1976
David H. Sutton, Compiler, Photographs Regarding Helvetia, West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3706
Overview
Photographs and research papers regarding Helvetia, West Virginia. Most of the collection consists of photographs. Subjects of the photographs include residents, activities, and locations, the majority of which date from the early twentieth century (1900-1920). There are group portraits of families, school children, and others, including shots of hunters, timber workers, and residents with musical instruments, among others. Special events recorded by the photographs include weddings,...
Dates:
ca. 1880-2000; Majority of material found within ca. 1900-1920
David H. Sutton, Compiler, Research Papers regarding Helvetia, West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3687
Overview
Research papers compiled by David H. Sutton documenting the early history of Helvetia, West Virginia, including information regarding the work, recreation, and genealogy of Helvetia's early settlers. The collection includes family papers, letters, oral histories, genealogies, photographs, and other material, regarding the Schneider, Aegerter, Hofer, Favri, and other families. Of special interest are the oral histories conducted and compiled by David Sutton of Helvetia citizens who were...
Dates:
1835-2010; Majority of material found within 1890-1925, 1979
David Holmes, Civil War Military Passes, Lincoln Monument Subscription, and Clipping
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1537
Overview
Military passes, dated Wheeling, 1862 and Baltimore, 1863; subscription receipt to the National Lincoln Monument Association; and a clipping of the Military Commission.
Dates:
1862-1868
David Hunter Strother (1816-1888), Artist, Artwork
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4172
Overview
Artworks by David Hunter Strother (1816-1888), a nineteenth century American illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine whose pseudonym, "Porte Crayon," was a household word. Many of the drawings in this collection were made while Strother was studying art in Florence, Italy (1841-1843). The collection also includes a color lithograph by Mexican artist Casimiro Castro which depicts Strother on horseback in the lower left of the image; this lithograph is dated ca. 1879, at which time...
Dates:
1841-1879
David Hunter Strother, Artist, Artwork and Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2894
Overview
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, photographs, journals, drawings, and sketchbooks of David Hunter Strother (1816-1888), a nineteenth century illustrator and writer for Harpers Magazine whose pseudonym, "Porte Crayon", was a household word. Other highlights of his career, all of which are reflected in this collection, are authorship of Virginia Illustrated (1857) and Charleston and its...
Dates:
1744-1996; Majority of material found within 1833-1887
David Hunter Strother Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3194
Overview
Approximately 300 letters by the family of noted author and artist, David Hunter Strother and the Walker families. The letters are mainly from Strother to his daughter and son-in-law, Emily Strother Walker and Brisben Walker.
Dates:
1860-1892