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Charles R. Williams, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2108
Overview An 1851 letter to Rebecca Coplin from Harriet Burdett of Pruntytown, West Virginia, on community health, family affairs and Methodist church matters. A merchandise account book, 1859-63, of an unidentified general store owner and inn keeper; steamboat bills of lading for the Kathryn and French of the Little Kanawha Packet Line (Creston-Parkersburg), 1899 and 1905. There are also mimeographed sketches on the history, topography, scenery, agriculture, geology, rural development and natural...
Dates: 1834, 1851-1905
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William Hereford McGinnis Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0855
Overview The personal business papers of William Hereford McGinnis (1855-1930), a Beckley lawyer who was prosecuting attorney of Raleigh County, 1892-1896, a senator in 1902, judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals, 1922-1924, chairman for a number of years of the executive committee of the Democratic Party in Raleigh County, and delegate to the national convention in 1920. There are case papers, correspondence and other records of the Hatcher-McGinnis Law Firm, 1834-1930; family photographs; and...
Dates: 1834-1954
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Women's history -- 1951-present 1
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Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
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Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 2
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West Virginia Historical Society 2
West Virginia Wesleyan College 2
Burdett, Harriet. 1
Coplin, Rebecca. 1
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Hatcher-McGinnis Law Firm 1
Hymes, John D. Jr. 1
Little Kanawha Packet Line 1
McGinnis, William Hereford, 1855-1930 1
Titlow, C.R. 1
United States. Congress. Senate 1
Williams, Charles R. 1
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