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William Tilton, Land Grant in Monongalia County

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2774
Overview

Photo static copies of a 1785 Virginia land grant to William Tilton, for land mostly in Monongalia County, and of a plat for the land grant.

Dates: 1785

William Underwood Diary and Will

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0436
Overview

William Underwood (1780-1866) of Middlebourne, West Virginia, was a justice of the peace, coroner, and sheriff in Tyler County, West Virginia, in the nineteenth century. Collection contains two copies of Underwood's diary from 1812 to 1861 and two copies of his 1864 will. Diary consists of annual entries that chiefly note births, deaths, and significant weather for a particular year. William Underwood married Hannah Willis (1780-1869), and the couple had eleven children.

Dates: 1812-1864

William W. and J.J. Holloway Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2809
Overview

Collection concerns J.J. Holloway, financier and banker of Wheeling, and his son William W. Holloway (Sr.), businessman and former executive of Wheeling Steel Corporation. There is a journal containing J.J. Holloway's personal expenditures for 1880, and a notebook of prices and specifications for iron and steel products of the Standard Steel and Iron Company.

Dates: 1880-1969

William W. Fike, General Store Account Ledger and Customer Day Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3556
Overview Two ledgers owned by farmer and merchant William W. Fike of Grant and Tucker Counties, W. Va. Includes general store account ledger for Dobbins, Grant County, W. Va. for years 1903-1904 listing inventory transactions such as candy, coal, coffee, dry goods, eggs, flour, fruit, furniture, hard ware, lumber, meat, medicine, postage, produce, shoes, snuff, sugar, syrup, tobacco, and wheat; includes farm expenses as well. Also includes customer day book for years 1899-1917 listing names, dates,...
Dates: 1899-1917

William W. Trent (1878-1960) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1381
Scope and Contents

The papers of West Virginia's State Superintendent of Free Schools from 1933-1957 includes three boxes of newspaper clipping scrapbooks, 1934-1941, a file of mimeograph bulletins, news releases, reports and circular letters, 1937-1954. There is one box of Trent's college essays.

Dates: 1898, 1933-1956; Majority of material found within 1933-1956

William W. Trent (1878-1960) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1448
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, bulletins, and reports of the Board of Public Works, Utility Assessment Hearing of the State Superintendent of Free Schools from 1933 to 1956. Papers cover such subjects as the foundation program, teachers’ salaries, and certification.

Dates: 1933-1956

William Wesley Warder Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1633
Overview

Correspondence and sketches of Warder and his wife, Evaline C. Farnsworth. The letters, written by Warder while a member of the First Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1861-63, pertain to the activities and proceedings of the convention.

Dates: 1860-1863, 1869, 1939

William Whitmer and Sons Lumber Company Minute Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1317
Overview

Minute book of the William Whitimer and Sons, inc., a West Virginia Lumber Corporation with mills and timber lands in the Tucker County area, Robert F. Whitmer, President. See A&M 1163.

Dates: 1895-1924

William Wright, Sailor, Photographs of USS West Virginia Crew

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4453
Content Description

Photographs of William Wright and other members of the crew of the USS West Virginia. Also includes photographs taken of the ship itself. All photographs in this collection are reproductions. Wright was a Radio Technician 2nd Class. He served on the ship from 1944 until 1945 and saw action at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

Dates: 1944-1945

Williams Family

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2404
Overview

Rough draft outline of the Thomas Williams-Mary Dalton family of Highland County, Va.

Dates: 1790-1860

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Subject
Account books 256
Politics and government. 225
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 176
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Land. 161
Genealogy 159
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
Universities and colleges 102
Coal mining. 100
Elections 94
Preston County (W. Va.) 90
Rivers and river valleys. 90
Lawyers - letters and papers. 85
Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
Farms and farming. 82
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
World War, 1939-1945 82
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
General stores 71
United States -- Politics and government 71
Taxation 69
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
Transportation 60
World War, 1914-1918 60
Agriculture 59
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
Birth, marriage, and death records. 55
Church buildings 53
Coal mining - coal companies. 52
Maps. 52
Marion County (W. Va.) 52
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Slaves and slavery. 51
Lumber trade 49
Mills and mill-work 49
Court records 47
Art and artists 46
Travel accounts. 45
Petroleum industry and trade 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 43
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
Union names. 42
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 42
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 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
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 37
Tucker County (W. Va.) 36
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
Pennsylvania 35
West Virginia University -- Students 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 34
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
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
Women's history -- 1951-present 30
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Photography 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
West Virginia - Politics and government. 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
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Language
English 4732
French 2
German 2
Italian 2
Chinese 1
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Names
West Virginia University 196
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
West Virginia. Legislature 29
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 28
United States. Congress 28
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 27
West Virginia University. Agricultural Extension Service 27
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 26
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 25
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 23
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 23
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 23
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 23
Byrd, Robert C. 22
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 22
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
West Virginia University. College of Agriculture 18
Davis family 17
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 17
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 17
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 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
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 14
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 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
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 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
Meadows, Clarence W. 12
Moore family 12
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 12
Patteson, Okey L. 12
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
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 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
Barron, W. W. 10
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 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
American Federation of Labor 9
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 9
Lewis family 9
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