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Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Viquesney Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3799
Overview
Papers related to the Viquesney family. Includes land grant signed by West Virginia Governor Arthur Boreman to Joseph Howes and G.E. Jarvis (1866), naturalization papers for Charles Emile Viquesney (1880), and other Viquesney material. Also includes items from the related Hayes family. See scope and content note for more detail.
Dates:
1880-1892