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Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers

 Collection
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

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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Siler Family Papers

 Collection
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. 4
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Women -- Suffrage 3
Account books 2
America First Day 2
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Banks and banking 2
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Churches -- West Virginia -- Harrison County 2
Churches -- Methodist 2
Churches -- Methodist missions 2
Churches -- Nutter Fort (W. Va.) 2
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 2
Covered bridges 2
Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
Harrison County Fair. 2
India 2
Korea 2
Lumber trade 2
Mason-Dixon Line 2
Mills and mill-work 2
Nutter Fort (W. Va.) 2
Philippines 2
Progressive Union Movement. 2
Prohibition -- United States -- History 2
Shinnston (W. Va.) 2
Transportation 2
Universities and colleges 2
Women -- United States -- History 2
Women's history -- 1800-1849 2
Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
Women's history -- 1929-1950 2
Academies (Private schools) 1
Agriculture 1
Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 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
Blueprints 1
Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
Bowling 1
Business correspondence 1
Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Churches -- Episcopal 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. 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
Diaries and journals. 1
Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
Estates and estate settlements. 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
Freemasons 1
General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
Insurance - V. E. Johnson Insurance Agency. 1
Land - deeds and grants. 1
Land Plat. 1
Land. 1
Ledgers. 1
Libraries - Morgan County Library. 1
Magazines. 1
Morgan County - Circuit Court. 1
Morgan County Library - Libraries. 1
Music - Sheet music. 1
Newspaper publishing 1
Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry. 1
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation - Glass Sand Industry. 1
Petroleum industry and trade 1
Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman 1
Political factions - Civil War. 1
Politicians 1
Politicians -- United States 1
Politics - Secession of Virginia. 1
Preston County (W. Va.) 1
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Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad Company. 1
Rhodes scholarships 1
Rock Gap Coal and Mining Company - Stocks. 1
Romney (W. Va.) 1
Scrapbooks 1
Secession of Virginia - Politics. 1
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Names
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 2
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
Smith, Edward Grandison 2
West Virginia Historical Society 2
West Virginia Wesleyan College 2
American Institute of Banking 1
American Red Cross 1
Armstrong, James D. 1
Baltimore Trust Company 1
Bull and Bear Club 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
Cornwell, W.B. 1
Crogan, Patrick J., 1856-1949 1
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 1
Dayton, Alston Gordon 1
Democratic National Convention 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Emerald Shillelagh Chowder and Marching Society, Inc. 1
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Gibbens, Alvaro F. (Alvaro Franklin), 1837- 1
Great Cacapon Silica Sand Company 1
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 1
Hammond and Siler General Store. 1
Hammond family - Genealogy 1
Hammond, Allen C. 1
Hammond, Cadet N. 1
Hardin, Moses 1
Hotee, John. 1
Humphries family - Genealogy 1
Isler family - Genealogy 1
Jackson, J.B. 1
Jackson, J.J. 1
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 1
Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912 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
Randolph, Emily Strother. 1
Rinehart, E. A. 1
Romney Orchard Company 1
Sears, Roebuck and Company 1
Seiler family 1
Seller family - Genealogy 1
Shepard family - Genealogy 1
Siler, J. Hammond Jr. 1
Siler, J. Hammond Sr. 1
Siler, Jessie Castleman. 1
Siler, John T. 1
South Branch Development Company 1
Steel - Hancock Steel Company. 1
Strother, Anne Doyne. 1
Sturgiss, George C. 1
Van Gosen, James D. 1
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1
Whisner, Samuel. 1
White, A.B. 1
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 1
Widmyer, P. S. 1
Willey, William P. (William Patrick) 1
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 1
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