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George W. Miller Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2130
Overview Correspondence and financial records of a Gilmer County businessman, gas drilling contractor, schoolteacher, and elementary school principal who was involved also with coal, timber, real estate, and water well businesses. The correspondence concerns Miller's business affairs; dealings with government agencies, such as the Federal Power Commission and the Small Business Administration; applications for teaching positions and graduate schools; tax problems; campaign for a seat on the school...
Dates: 1948-1971
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Gladys Link Hartzell, Collector, Account Books

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Collection Number: A&M 2326
Overview

Account books of John Sheetz (1842-1882) with some pages used to record the words to Confederate songs; Doctor's (N.D. Pairan's) account book, 1836-1838; William Martin's account book for a general store, 1777-1783; and two ledger books used as scrapbooks, containing mainly notices of deaths and marriages.

Dates: 1777-1885
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Goshorn Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2426
Overview This collection comprises the personal and business correspondence, as well as financial and legal papers of the Goshorn family of Wheeling, West Virginia, including papers from members of several allied families. Highlights include letters from William S. Goshorn during his Civil War imprisonment and letters from a Virginia legislator in the House of Delegates (1833). An addendum (2012/09) contains three ledgers of John Goshorn (1827-1874). See the Scope and Content Note for more...
Dates: 1827-1926
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Gottlieb Hutter and Sons, Tinsmiths, Account Books

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Collection Number: A&M 1588
Overview

Account books of tinsmiths from Moorefield, West Virginia. Two day books (1858-1870, 1912-1919) list each day's activities. Seven account ledgers that date between 1861 and 1934 list type of work performed and the cost of the work. Also includes folder of miscellaneous receipts and notes.

Dates: 1858-1934
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Great Kanawha Coal, Oil, & Metallurgic Company Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2117
Overview

The collection consists of correspondence and legal papers concerning 9,580 acres in Kanawha County, West Virginia, on Cabin and Slaughter creeks, mentioning coal and railroad possibilities, interest rates, livestock breeding and costs, and organization of the company.

Dates: 1866-1894
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Greenbrier County, Account Book for General Merchandise, Inn, and Tavern

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Collection Number: A&M 1904
Overview Account book created in Greenbrier County, near Lewisburg on the turnpike, during 1839-1840. It documents transactions for general merchandise, and for services provided inn and tavern customers. Some of the names appearing include William Colwell & Co., William Dixon, Isaac Hapinstall, Jack Hapinstall, James Hapinstall, E. Meeks, Doct. Moorman, Joseph Perry, Daniel Reynolds, Mrs. Thwacker, and Rich. Sammons. Many of the persons recorded in the book lived near Edward M. Brown who was a...
Dates: 1839-1840
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Gustavus Friend Taylor (1843-1915) Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 1303
Overview

Scrapbook of the editor of the Sutton MOUNTAINEER, member of the Wheeling Convention, 1861, and the state legislature, 1867. Clippings pertain to election returns for Braxton County and the nation; Taylor's editorials; letters to the editor; population statistics; and politics. A section of the volume consists of Taylor's record of visits to the county schools as County Superintendent of Free Schools, 1869, and a record of personal accounts.

Dates: 1862-1878
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

H. C. and Virginia R. Cabell, Papers of Greenbrier County Residents

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Collection Number: A&M 2164
Overview

Papers of H. C. and Virginia R. Cabell, husband and wife, of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Includes tax receipts for real and personal property, hotel licenses, and a tobacco retail license. Also includes a receipt for payment on a note by William A. Martin.

Dates: 1867-1907; Majority of material found in 1895-1899
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hammond Fire Brick Company Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2166
Scope and Contents Unedited, unselected, and uncensored correspondence and business record of the now defunct Hammond Fire Brick Company of Hammond (Marion County), West Virginia. Includes correspondence for the years 1900-1931; shipping records indicating the type of brick, to whom sent, quantity sent, railroad, and the date for the years 1907-1913; freight bills from various railroads for the years 1906 to 1909 and 1921 to 1923; bills and orders, 1900 to 1931; one large payroll book with line entries for...
Dates: 1900-1931
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hammond Fire Brick Company Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2083
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of seven cancelled checks dra'm on the Hammond Fire Brick Co.,Fairmont, W. Va. The period covered is 1923-1928. The checks were found inside a brick kiln at the abandoned brick works, in the company town of Hammond, W. Va.

Dates: 1923-1928
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 5
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 5
Meadows, Clarence W. 5
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 5
Patteson, Okey L. 5
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 5
West Virginia. Legislature 5
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 4
Democratic Party (U.S.) 4
Green, William. 4
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 4
Morgantown Rotary Club 4
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 4
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 4
Weston State Hospital 4
AFL-CIO 3
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 3
Barron, W. W. 3
Carroll, James Hawley, 1820-1890 3
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 3
Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 3
Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916 3
Dille, Thomas Ray 3
Edmiston, Andrew. 3
Evans family 3
Evans, John 3
Halbritter, R. Doyne 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 3
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 3
McGrath, J. Howard (James Howard), 1903-1966 3
Mollohan, Robert H. 3
Monongah Mines Relief Committee 3
Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.) 3
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 3
Morgan family 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 3
Ross, M. H. 3
Salt Sulphur Springs Company 3
Salt Sulphur Springs Hotel 3
Stuart family 3
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 3
United States - Railway Administration. 3
United States National Guard - West Virginia. 3
United States. Congress. Senate 3
United States. National Bituminous Coal Commission 3
Virginia Military Institute 3
West Virginia Historical Society 3
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 2
American Federation of Labor 2
American Legion 2
Andrews, Volney. 2
Armstrong, Glenn. 2
Associated Press 2
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment 2
Barns, Fleming and Company 2
Barns, James F. 2
Barns, John S. 2
Barns, John S. and Company 2
Barns, Thomas. 2
Barns, William D. 2
Biaggi, Mario 2
Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986 2
Boyle, William M. 2
Boyle, William M. Jr. 2
Brewster, J.M. 2
Brights Mill 2
Brinkman, Charles. 2
Brinkman, George W. 2
Brown family 2
Brown, John. 2
Buckman, Cecil G. 2
Burnside, Maurice Gwinn, 1902-1991 2
Butler, Paul M. (Paul Mulholland), 1905-1961 2
Byrd, Robert C. 2
Cairnes, Tom. 2
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 2
Camden, John S. 2
Campbell family 2
Campbell, James L. 2
Campbell, James Wilson. 2
Carey, James B. 2
Carter, E.A. 2
Cather, Fabricius A. 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
Curtis, Silas, 1804- 2
Daniels, Jonathan. 2
Davis family 2
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 2
Davis, John. 2
Dawson, D. Boone. 2
Day, George T. 2
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 2
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