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Dr. Robert E. McCabe, Jr., Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4720
Scope and Contents

Papers documenting the career of Dr. Robert E. McCabe, Jr. (1925-2013), a surgeon and pioneer of kidney transplantation and preservation originally for Charleston, WV, including a bound scrapbook and scans of publications written by McCabe, assorted correspondence, his undergraduate thesis, photographs, McCabe's obituary, and more. Also includes a video interview of McCabe done by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Dates: circa 1960s-2010s and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dr. William A. Neal Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4481
Scope and Contents Papers of West Virginia University, School of Medicine faculty member Dr. William A. Neal and the Neal family of West Virginia. Includes correspondence, photographs, awards, clippings, military service record, etc. documenting his career. Also includes papers regarding Neal's father and paternal uncles, and mother. There are papers of his grandfather William Elmer Neal (1875-1969) who was a physician, mayor of Huntington, WV (1925-1928), and who served in the WV House of Delegates...
Dates: ca. 1880-2016
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dr. William H. Waddell, Veterinarian and Author, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0300
Overview Correspondence, book reviews, certificates and pictures of Waddell, a pioneering black veterinarian and author. His books (People Are The Funniest Animals, The Black Man in Veterinary Medicine, Universal Veterinarianism, and Historical Facts of the Black Veterinarian) document the little known contributions of African-Americans from antebellum times to the...
Dates: 1938-1987
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Draft of Telegram by Major General George B. McClellan from Clarksburg to General Morris

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Collection Number: A&M 1841
Overview

Draft of a telegram sent by Major General George B. McClelland from Clarksburg to General Morris on 30 June 1861, via the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Telegraph. Part of the message appears to be in code.

Dates: 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Drafting Tool Set and Planimeter

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Collection Number: A&M 4236
Scope and Contents

Set of Schoenner drafting tools in case (4 in. x 9 in.), and planimeter by the Frederick Post Company in case (3 1/2 in. x 10 in.).

Dates: ca. 1880-1890, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Drain, Maderia, McGee, Ramsey, and Smallridge Families Genealogies

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Collection Number: A&M 4336
Scope and Contents Five genealogies in two volumes; includes:1) Descendants of Azariah Drain of Harrison County, WV, 69 pages, ca. 1795 - 2014, through 7 generations. 2) Descendants of John Jacob Maderia of Jefferson County, OH, 37 pages, ca. 1839 - 2014, through six generations. 3) Descendants of Beverly McGee of Jefferson County, OH, 30 pages, ca 1780 - 1969 through seven generations. 4) Descendants of Silas Milton Ramsay of Pickens, Randolph County, WV, 12 pages, ca 1807 - 1925,...
Dates: 2014
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dunn Family History

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Collection Number: A&M 2388
Overview

Mimeographed typescript history of the Dunn family, compiled by Lucile VanNess and Dare Dunn Clemons, 1970. Material covers the years 1700-1970.

Dates: 1970
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Durboraw Family History

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Collection Number: A&M 2461
Overview

History of the Durboraw Family, 1660-1965, by Miriam Weikert (25p); Indian Captive, by Elsie Singmaster (4p); also material on the George William and Elizabeth Durboraw family, 1700-1901 (10p), and the Hartman family.

Dates: ca. 1965
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

D.W. Rogers Manuscripts

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Collection Number: A&M 2603
Overview

Diaries written by Rogers for the years 1870-1871, 1874, 1876-1878, 1890-1902 which describe weather conditions, farm operations, his ministerial duties, and purchases for the farm and household. Ordained to preach by the Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1859, he served this as well as fourteen other churches in Preston, West Virginia, and adjoining counties. Included is a book of sermons with notes on biblical passages.

Dates: 1832-1902
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dwight D. Eisenhower Typescript and Recording of an Address before a West Virginia University Convocation

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Collection Number: A&M 1325
Overview

Manuscript and recording of an address by General Dwight D. Eisenhower before a West Virginia University convocation on 1947 September 22, at which he receives an honorary degree. In his acceptance address Eisenhower discusses World War II global politics, mountaineers, and education.

Dates: 1947
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
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Genealogy 161
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General stores 71
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Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
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Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
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World War, 1914-1918 61
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Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
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Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
Baptists 40
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Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
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West Virginia - Governors. 38
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African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
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Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
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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
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Environmentalism. 27
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Physicians - letters and papers. 27
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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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