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Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.0858
Overview
Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the Withers...
Dates:
1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884
Topographic Maps
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.1721
Overview
Topographic maps by the U.S. Geological Survey of various cities and towns in West Virginia. These are quadrangle maps covering four-sided areas bound by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. Contour lines show land shapes and elevation; colors distinguish map features, such as roads, rural areas, woodlands, urban areas, landmark buildings, etc.
Dates:
1891-1989; Majority of material found within 1900-1980
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- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 17th Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 19th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters, Confederate. 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Cheat Mountain campaign 1
- Civil War -- Indiana 15th Regiment, Company I 1
- Civil War battles - Cheat Mountain. 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Genealogy 1
- Land. 1
- Maps - topographic - U.S.G.S. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Raleigh County (W. Va.) 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Topographic maps. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Bennett, Jonathan M. 1
- Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 1
- Brown, John. 1
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 1
- Cook family 1
- Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 1
- Cunningham, John S. 1
- Fleischer family 1
- Gambrell family 1
- Gambrill, Charles. 1
- Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 1
- Laidley, James M. 1
- Levassor, Eugene 1
- Maxwell, Rufus. 1
- McCausland, John, 1836-1927 1
- McKinney, Lt. W.M. 1
- Poole, Ella. 1
- Rector, Enoch. 1
- Slack, Greenbury. 1
- Tavenner family 1
- Tavenner, Jennet Withers. 1
- Tavenner, Thomas, 1776-1857 1
- Tavenner, William Cabell. 1
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 1
- West Virginia Geographical Center 1
- Withers family 1
- Withers, Alexander Scott, 1792-1865 1 ∧ less
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