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Doddridge Family Manuscript

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Collection Number: A&M 0370
Scope and Contents

A manuscript copy and two typed copies of the will of William Parsons, Randolph County, dated January 11, 1828. Two typed copies of information on the families of Philip Doddridge (1773-1832) and John Doddridge (1745-1791).

Dates: 1745-1857
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dolores Fleming, Collector, Miscellaneous Morgantown Items

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Collection Number: A&M 3436
Overview Miscellaneous Morgantown items: two Geological Survey maps including the Point Marion-Morgantown area; stationery and two postcards for Jamison Cattle Dealers (ca. 1920s?); three photos of auto parts store (ca. 1940s?); sales contract for motor trucks (1918); Morgantown High School commencement programs (1891,1898); two maps for "Suncrest Park" (1927) and "Suncrest Lake Addition" (undated); oral history transcript of Walter L. Hart, editor of Dominion News, by JFK Library regarding DC...
Dates: 1891-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dolores Fleming, Compiler, Typescript Manual for Interpreting the Nineteenth Century Parkersburg Home of the Cook and Barker Families

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Collection Number: A&M 3541
Overview Typescript manual titled "The Cook House: A Manual for the Interpretation of the Nineteenth Century Home of Tillinghast Almy and Betsey Cook" prepared by Dolores Fleming in 1984. The volume discusses the genealogy of the Cook and Barker familes of Parkersburg, West Virginia and surrounding areas during the late 18th and 19th centuries. It also includes an extensive discussion of the architecture and furnishings of the Cook House, built in the late 1820's, as well as copies of original census...
Dates: 1984
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dolores Fleming, Project Leader, South Park Neighborhood Survey

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Collection Number: A&M 4495
Scope and Contents Records of a survey of the South Park neighborhood of Morgantown, West Virginia. The project was led by local historian Dolores A. Fleming.The collection includes: 1. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) form of several pages for the South Park neighborhood, 2. slides of buildings in the neighborhood, 3. detailed slide show inventory, 4. "script" of slide show (on yellow paper), 5. photocopies of Sanborn maps with annotated slide numbers...
Dates: ca. 1906-1927, ca. 1982-1990
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dolores Fleming, Research Papers regarding the Glass Industry, South Park Homes, and Other Topics

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Collection Number: A&M 4184
Overview

Research papers of Dolores Fleming, a West Virginia historian. The collection includes research regarding the local glass industry (particularly Seneca Glass in Morgantown), the South Park neighborhood in Morgantown (including national register of historic places documents), the historic Cook House in Parkersburg, and Friendship Hill.

Dates: circa 1896-2016
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Don Knotts, Actor, Scripts, Sound Recordings, and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 3568
Overview Papers of actor and comedian Don Knotts. The original accession includes typescripts, photographs, artifacts, and sound recordings related to his career. Highlights include five motion picture scripts (1966-1976), two television scripts (1969, undated), a poem (undated), partial typescripts of Knotts' autobiography (undated), five plaques (1961-1998), working audio cassette recordings of his autobiography (undated; 18 items), and a framed "Distinguished West Virginian" certificate (26 March...
Dates: 1946-2006, undated; Majority of material found within 1966-2000
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Don Nehlen, West Virginia University Head Football Coach, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4312
Content Description

Papers of Donald Nehlen, Hall of Fame head football coach for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, 1980-2000. The collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, ephemera and the 2000 season Mountaineer offense playbook. There are also several reproductions, both digital and prints, of photographs from several events celebrating his career, and images of awards and honors presented to Coach Nehlen for his contribution to college football.

Dates: 1988-2021, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Don Teter, Randolph County History (typescript)

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Collection Number: A&M 2654
Overview

Xeroxed typescripts of a Randolph County history written by Don Teter. This material has been printed at various times in the Tygart Valley Press.

Dates: 1978-1979
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Donald E. Smith, Collector, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1944
Overview

Correspondence, account books, and tax reports of the Liverpool Salt and Coal Company, American Calcium Chloride Works, Liverpool Salt Company, Jackson Coal and Mining Company, and Jackson Valley Bell Farm of Hartford in Mason County, West Virginia. In addition, there are account books for the G.Y. Roots and Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dates: 1884-1956
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Donald E. Watts, Compiler, Paper Regarding the Watt and Sexton Families

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Collection Number: A&M 3983
Overview

Paper regarding Martha Watt Sexton (b. 1770), her husband Noah Sexton (b. 1764), and their families written by historical researcher Donald E. Watts. The couple moved from New England to (West) Virginia around 1816, living in Lewis and Upshur (then Randolph) Counties.

Dates: 2014
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 176
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
Universities and colleges 102
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Elections 95
Preston County (W. Va.) 90
Rivers and river valleys. 90
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.) 76
United States -- Politics and government 72
General stores 71
Taxation 71
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
World War, 1914-1918 61
Agriculture 59
Transportation 59
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 56
Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
Church buildings 53
Coal mining - coal companies. 52
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Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
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Court records 48
Art and artists 45
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 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 35
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
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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
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
Civil War -- letters 27
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
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
Ohio County (W. Va.) 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 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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