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A. & R. Fisher Paper Company Ledger

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Collection Number: A&M 3077
Overview The ledger of a Wheeling paper manufacturing business of the 1830s and 1840s under the partnership of Archibald and Robert Fisher. This ledger is principally a cash book of receipts and payments of the firm from 1840 until 1844 for labor, supplies, sales, repairs and improvements. Noted for production of coarser types of papers often used for stationery, their Point paper mill employed 17 hands whose products were sold by the company throughout the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys with a total...
Dates: 1840-1851
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

A.C.L. Gatewood Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1519
Overview Correspondence, diary, and farm account book of a Confederate officer and Pocahontas County cattleman and farmer. The correspondence deals primarily with Gatewood's activities as adjutant general and chief of staff of the West Virginia Division, United Confederate Veterans. The Civil War diary, 11 March-15 December 1865, covers action of Company F, Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, "Laurel Brigade," Rosser Cavalry Division, from Staunton to Appomattox. The farm account book, 1866-1869, also...
Dates: 1801-1816, 1855-1919
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Andrew Jackson Dadisman (1881-1965), Agricultural Economics Professor, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1873
Overview Papers of an agricultural economics professor at West Virginia University, including correspondence, reprints and manuscripts of articles, lecture and research notes, diaries of trips, personal ledgers, pictures, and broadsides. Subjects include Monongalia County Historical Society; wildlife; collecting trips to Canada, Alaska, Labrador, and South Africa; agriculture; genealogy of the Dadisman family; and camel transportation in the U.S. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, Nelle...
Dates: 1914-1963
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Arthur I. Boreman Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates: 1830-1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Association of Women Students, Minute Books

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Collection Number: A&M 2288
Overview Minutes of meetings held by various committees and boards of the West Virginia University Association of Women Students, including the Student Government Council (1934-1940), the Executive Board (1940-1960), the Student Government Judiciary Committee (1927-1931), the Judiciary Council (1960-1967), and the Program Board (1962-1965). Includes one account book for the years 1928 to 1939. For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this collection's four...
Dates: 1927-1966
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Bayles Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0779
Overview Correspondence and genealogical notes of John C. Bayles of Morgantown relating to the histories of the Bayles, Vandervort and other Monongalia County families. Also included are materials on the history of West Virginia University buildings and the department of buildings and grounds, compiled by Mr. Bayles; originals and copies of wills, deeds, and land surveys in Monongalia County; an account book for general merchandise, Monongalia County, 1857-1859; newspaper clippings; photographs; a...
Dates: 1827-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Belden, Walker & Company, Greenbrier County General Store, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3092
Overview

Papers and ledger of a Greenbrier Co. general store containing ledger entries for cloth, clothing, hardware and food items. The papers include inventories, receipts, contracts, correspondence and legal documents that pertain mostly to the indebtedness incurred by the company. Names mentioned are Hezekiah Belden, William Pettis, Edwin Porter, Samuel Price, Cyrus Walker, and Ezra Walker.

Dates: 1836-1845
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Berkeley County (W. Va.) Merchant's Day Book

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Collection Number: A&M 1029
Overview

Two microfilm copies of a merchant's day book from Middletown in Berkeley County, West Virginia, from 1 January 1795 to 31 December 1798. Records goods purchased, amount, date of purchase, and name of customer. Goods include food, such as spirits, sugar, salt, flour, and corn; paper, pins, shoe heels, combs, saddles, and other household items. This material is available on microfilm only.

Dates: 1795-1798
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

B.J. Baker Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1618
Overview

Daybooks, ledgers, journals, and other mercantile records of a Petersburg general merchandise company in the South Branch Valley, and the membership and dues list of the Petersburg Council, Friends of Temperance, 1871-1878.

Dates: 1865-1921
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Blacksville Store and Gristmill Business Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0854
Overview

Three ledgers and account books of a general store and gristmill at Blacksville owned by William Thomas.

Dates: 1850-1908
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 5
Patteson, Okey L. 5
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 5
West Virginia. Legislature 5
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 4
Democratic Party (U.S.) 4
Green, William. 4
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 4
Morgantown Rotary Club 4
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 4
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 4
Weston State Hospital 4
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AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 3
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Carroll, James Hawley, 1820-1890 3
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 3
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Edmiston, Andrew. 3
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Halbritter, R. Doyne 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 3
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Monongah Mines Relief Committee 3
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Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 3
Morgan family 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 3
Ross, M. H. 3
Salt Sulphur Springs Company 3
Salt Sulphur Springs Hotel 3
Stuart family 3
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 3
United States - Railway Administration. 3
United States National Guard - West Virginia. 3
United States. Congress. Senate 3
United States. National Bituminous Coal Commission 3
Virginia Military Institute 3
West Virginia Historical Society 3
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 2
American Federation of Labor 2
American Legion 2
Andrews, Volney. 2
Armstrong, Glenn. 2
Associated Press 2
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment 2
Barns, Fleming and Company 2
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Barns, John S. 2
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Barns, William D. 2
Biaggi, Mario 2
Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986 2
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Boyle, William M. Jr. 2
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Brinkman, Charles. 2
Brinkman, George W. 2
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Brown, John. 2
Buckman, Cecil G. 2
Burnside, Maurice Gwinn, 1902-1991 2
Butler, Paul M. (Paul Mulholland), 1905-1961 2
Byrd, Robert C. 2
Cairnes, Tom. 2
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 2
Camden, John S. 2
Campbell family 2
Campbell, James L. 2
Campbell, James Wilson. 2
Carey, James B. 2
Carter, E.A. 2
Cather, Fabricius A. 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
Curtis, Silas, 1804- 2
Daniels, Jonathan. 2
Davis family 2
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 2
Davis, John. 2
Dawson, D. Boone. 2
Day, George T. 2
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 2
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