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Bishop Robert E. Lee Strider Diaries

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Collection Number: A&M 2889
Overview Diaries of an Episcopalian clergyman beginning with his appointment 1 November 1923 in Wheeling as a bishop and ending with entries by his wife after his death. Strider retired as diocese bishop in 1955, returned to the family estate, Rose Hill Farm, Jefferson County, which he managed until his death. The diaries contain routine entries about matters such as family news and comments on books read and impressions of historic events, such as the assassination of President Kennedy. Much...
Dates: 1923-1970

David R. Preston Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 2133
Overview Manuscript diary of David R. Preston, Presbyterian minister and missionary assigned to Pensacola, Florida, and St. Charles, Missouri, 1828-1829, containing information on the number of missionaries and regularly assigned ministers of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Episcopal churches in the areas, the number of church services held, attendance and interest of the congregations, organization of Bible classes, and Sunday schools. Preston also preached to black congregations and comments on...
Dates: 1828-1829

Henry Dans Ward Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 0441
Overview

A journal kept by Henry Dans Ward while rector of the St. John's and St. Luke's Episcopal churches in Charleston and Malden and as proprietor of a school in New York. From 1843 through 1857 there are notes on churches and social, economic, and political affairs in the Kanawha Valley. Accounts for school and household expenses in New York cover the years, 1858-1862.

Dates: 1843-1862

Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal

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Collection Number: A&M 2931
Overview Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the...
Dates: 1789

Siler Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2200
Scope and Contents This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil...
Dates: 1848-1968

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African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
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Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Banks and Banking. 1
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Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
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Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry. 1
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Pennsylvania Dutch 1
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Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman 1
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