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Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4208
Scope and Contents This collection documents the research, public service, and life of Ancella Bickley, writer, educator, speaker, and historian. Includes writings, research materials, and more, focusing on the history of African Americans in West Virginia and the black experience in West Virginia. Collected research materials are predominantly facsimiles. Printed formats include correspondence, clippings, interview transcripts, typescript writings, publications, pamphlets, ephemera, speeches, articles,...
Dates: 1775-2018 (Includes facsimiles); Majority of material found within 1970-2011
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1018
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings, principally from Harrison and Doddridge county papers, concerning W. Va. Servicemen in World War I, weather and flood reports, and miscellaneous West Virginia Subjects. There are also some clippings from Parkersburg and various Ohio papers.

Dates: 1917-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James Howard Patterson Diaries

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Collection Number: A&M 2866
Overview

Eleven years of diaries of James Howard Patterson, a Glen Roy, Ohio, teacher. Describes weather, daily school routines and lessons, and general affairs of his personal and social life. Diaries are for years 1904, 1911, 1913, 1921, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1938, and 1944.

Dates: 1904-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Peter Larew Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1603
Overview Papers of a pioneer Monroe County family, including a manuscript ciphering book, 1790, a diary of a journey to southwestern Ohio, 1810, a manuscript militia manual and company roster, and various business, church, and legal papers of county militia captain, Peter Larew. The papers of his son, John M., include a general merchandise account book, the estate papers, and various business and legal documents. The collection also contains a series of letters, 1876-1892, from John Larew's sons in...
Dates: 1790-1892
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Pittenger Family Letters

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Collection Number: A&M 3127
Overview

Various Pittenger family members wrote these letters, mostly to other family members. The most frequent correspondent is Abraham Pittenger, a farmer, teacher, and local government official in Hancock County. The letters detail farming and marketing of farm goods, educational developments, affairs of the Presbyterian Church, and family events. The collection also provides significant information about the early Republican party, secession crisis, Civil War and Reconstruction.

Dates: 1841-1875
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

R.S. Rudd (b.1846) Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1162
Overview Diaries, accounts, and statistical records of a schoolteacher from Montgomery and Campbell counties, Virginia, and Monroe County, West Virginia. These records list the schools in which Rudd taught, the homes where he boarded, and his friends and acquaintances. The records also cover his employment with the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Central Depot, Virginia, and with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at Allegheny Station. The third volume is a guest register of the White Sulphur...
Dates: 1839-1912
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Scott-Palmer Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1458
Scope and Contents Family papers of school master Theodore Scott (1805-1877); his daughter Saida Scott Palmer, a music teacher; her husband, Jewett Palmer, Civil War officer, local Republican official, and mayor of Marietta; and his daughters, Winifred and Muriel, a concert contralto. Includes correspondence, letter books, diaries, school registers and reports, scrapbooks, genealogical records, and theatre and opera programs.Topics include Scott's teaching career at Portsmouth, Ohio (1836);...
Dates: 1829-1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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African American Churches -- West Virginia 1
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California 1
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
Aten, William. 1
Bickley, Ancella R. 1
Bickley, Nelson R., 1928-2021 1
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 1
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Doddridge County, W.Va 1
Garrison, Memphis Tennessee, 1890-1988 1
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 1
Grand Army of the Republic 1
Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 1
Larew, John M. 1
Larew, Peter 1
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
Marietta Universalist Society 1
McKinley, William, 1843-1901 1
Palmer family 1
Palmer, Jewett. 1
Palmer, Saida Scott. 1
Patterson, James Howard, 1867-1949 1
Pittenger family 1
Queen Victoria 1
Rudd, R. S. 1
Scott, Theodore family. 1
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 1
Scott-Palmer family. 1
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1861-1865). Company G 1
United States. Internal Revenue Service 1
West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.) 1
Western Liberal Institute 1
White Sulphur Springs Hotel 1
Wicks-Nelson, Rita, 1933- 1
Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950 1
Yancey, Bessie Woodson, 1882-1958 1
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