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David Goff Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0975
Scope and Contents Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes letters, surveys, land grant, bonds, and receipts. The correspondence includes...
Dates: 1826-1878

George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1710
Overview Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace...
Dates: 1898-1963

Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1686
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, essays, clippings, and account books of a Clarksburg lawyer, Republican state senator, and Harrison County local historian. Subjects include the history of Clarksburg and Shinnston; the Progressive Movement, women's suffrage, and prohibition in West Virginia; West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia Historical Society; Methodism in Harrison County and the state; Methodist missions in Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and the United States; gristmills and...
Dates: 1842-1961

Haymond-Fleming Law Firm Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0544
Overview Correspondence of A.F. Haymond and A. Brooks Fleming, Fairmont attorneys. Correspondents include J.M. Bennett, G.D. Camden, J. Carlile, Henry Mathews, and F.H. Pierpont mentioning politics, separation from Virginia, the Arthurdale community development, and routine legal business. Included are land and legal papers, 1760-1797, from Hampshire, Monongalia, and Ohio counties, mentioning Patrick Henry and Henry Lee. Also in the collection are: a leather billfold; estate papers and marriage...
Dates: 1760-1936

John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953), Governor, Papers and Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0952
Scope and Contents Papers of the fifteenth governor of West Virginia who was a newspaper publisher in Romney, an orchardman, lawyer, and counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There are a few papers of W.B. Cornwell. The collection includes: personal and business correspondence, 1896-1953; correspondence as governor, 1916-1922; legal papers, ca.1843-1916; and material relating to "Cornwell Day," 1931; Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads; Romney Orchard Company, ca. 1916-1919; South Branch Development...
Dates: ca. 1843, 1896-1953

John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates: 1842-1927, 1948

Osborne Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0930
Overview

A genealogy of the Osborne family of Greenbrier County. Originally from New Jersey, the family settled in Greenbrier and Hampshire counties.

Dates: 1987

Patrick J. Crogan (1856-1949) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0201
Overview

Correspondence and legal papers of a Preston County attorney who was counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There is much material on cases tried by Crogan for banks, utilities, lumber, and coal companies.

Dates: ca. 1900-1930

Richard H. Ralston, Sr., Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2205
Overview Correspondence of William A. Harrison, a Clarksburg lawyer, assistant federal district attorney, member of the Virginia Assembly, and judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; most letters are from members of the family to Mrs. Anna Robertson Harrison. Subjects include construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; Civil War loyalty Oaths, Camp Chase land purchases, and road building. There are also grade school attendance certificates and notes concerning the Lunatic Asylum...
Dates: 1825-1934

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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Politics and government. 8
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China 2
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Churches -- Methodist missions 2
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Coal mining. 2
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Diaries and journals. 2
Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
Harrison County Fair. 2
India 2
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Korea 2
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Mason-Dixon Line 2
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Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
Nutter Fort (W. Va.) 2
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Progressive Union Movement. 2
Prohibition -- United States -- History 2
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Shinnston (W. Va.) 2
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Women -- United States -- History 2
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Arthurdale (W. Va.) 1
Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs. 1
Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. 1
Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
Bibles 1
Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
Blueprints 1
Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
Bowling 1
Business correspondence 1
Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
Camp Chase (Ohio) 1
Canals 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.) 1
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Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
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Civil War - Ohio 11th Volunteer Infantry. 1
Civil War - political factions. 1
Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
Civil War -- Description 1
Coal mining - coal companies. 1
Coal mining -- Strikes 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
Court records 1
Depression. 1
Education 1
Education -- West Virginia 1
Election of 1860. 1
Election of 1868. 1
Election of 1870. 1
Election of 1912. 1
Elections 1
Epidemics 1
Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
Estate settlements. 1
Estates and estate settlements. 1
Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Banks and Banking. 1
Financial Public Relations Association - Banks and Banking. 1
First Virginia Corporation - Banks and Banking. 1
France 1
Freemasons 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Genealogy 1
General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
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Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 3
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 3
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 3
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 2
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Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 2
Democratic Party (U.S.) 2
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 2
Smith, Edward Grandison 2
West Virginia Historical Society 2
West Virginia Wesleyan College 2
Weston State Hospital 2
American Institute of Banking 1
American Red Cross 1
Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913 1
Armstrong, James D. 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Baltimore Trust Company 1
Ben Lamond Company 1
Bennett, J.M. 1
Bennett, Jonathan McCally, 1816-1887. 1
Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company 1
Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960 1
Bull and Bear Club 1
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 1
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 1
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 1
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 1
Campbell family 1
Castleman family - Genealogy 1
Castleman, Ann Rebecca Isler. 1
Castleman, Estelle. 1
Castleman, Frank A. 1
Castleman, Sarah Jane. 1
Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia - Bonds. 1
Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 1
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 1
Corbly, John, 1733-1803 1
Cornwell, W.B. 1
Cresap, Michael, 1742-1775 1
Crogan, Patrick J., 1856-1949 1
Davis, Innis C. 1
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 1
Davis, T.B. 1
Dayton, Alston Gordon 1
Dayton, Spencer 1
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 1
Democratic National Convention 1
Emerald Shillelagh Chowder and Marching Society, Inc. 1
Flick, William Henry Harrison (1841-1891) 1
Flick, William Henry Harrison. 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Gibbens, Alvaro F. (Alvaro Franklin), 1837- 1
Gibson, Philip P. 1
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 1
Goff family 1
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 1
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 1
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 1
Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944 1
Great Cacapon Silica Sand Company 1
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 1
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 1
Hammond and Siler General Store. 1
Hammond family - Genealogy 1
Hammond, Allen C. 1
Hammond, Cadet N. 1
Hardin, Moses 1
Harrison, Mrs. Anna M. Robertson. 1
Harrison, William A. 1
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 1
Haymond, Alpheus F. 1
Haymond-Fleming Law Firm 1
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 1
Hill family - Genealogy 1
Hodges, Thomas E. 1
Hotee, John. 1
Hubbard, William P. 1
Humphries family - Genealogy 1
Isler family - Genealogy 1
Jackson, J.B. 1
Jackson, J.J. 1
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 1
League of Nations 1
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 1
Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912 1
Logan, James, -1780 1
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 1
McGraw, John T. 1
McGraw, John Thomas, 1856-1920 1
McGraw, Rose. 1
Montgomery Ward 1
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
Oglebay, Earl W., 1849-1926 1
Ohley, William A. 1
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