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Charles Carpenter (1889-1975) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2471
Overview

Correspondence and manuscripts of articles by Grafton resident Charles Carpenter (1889-1975), a historian, writer, and collector of West Virginia memorabilia. The collection also contains a brief genealogy of the Haymond family and an incomplete Upshur County, West Virginia court record book of 1853-1856.

Dates: 1853-1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Letter Regarding Shenandoah Valley Diversionary Campaign

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Collection Number: A&M 1567
Overview An ALS from a Union officer "George" to his wife "Fannie" describing, in the form of a diary, a diversionary campaign into the Shenandoah Valley, 10, December - 25, December 1863. The purpose of their maneuver, which he calls "the Valley Expedition," was "to divert attention from Gen. Averill while he was making a raid up through Staunton, Virginia." The expeditionary force of about 1,600 was large enough not to fall prey to guerrillas but too small to actively engage the regular Confederate...
Dates: 1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Fayette County Archives

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Collection Number: A&M 0362
Scope and Contents Originals and copies of county and circuit court suit papers, mainly for the period after 1870. The volumes include a minute book of the Fayetteville town council, 1873-1877; county board of education minute book, 1866-1876; a land entry book, 1831-1837; land tax books, 1849, 1855-1860; personal property books, 1855-1858, 1860-1861, 1866; registers of voters, 1866, 1867; poll books, 1872, 1890; and private account books, including a G.P. Huddleston daybook for a general store, 1850-1858; and...
Dates: 1787-1869; 1870-1923
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Frederick B. Lambert, Collector and Compiler, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1244
Scope and Contents Historical and genealogical typescripts, clipping scrapbooks, copies of family and court records, and personal recollections of the Guyandotte Valley area of Cabell, Wayne, and Lincoln counties compiled by F.B. Lambert. Several typescripts deal with the religious institutions of the area, the development of road, river, and rail transportation, and the spread of education in the valley. Other materials deal with the frontier and Indian history of the Guyandotte country and the collection...
Dates: ca. 1819-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Frederick B. Lambert, Collector and Compiler, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1270
Scope and Contents

Historical and genealogical typescripts, copies of family and court records, and personal recollections of the Ohio Valley, West Virginia, and the Guyandotte country, compiled by Frederick B. Lambert.

Dates: 1939-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Frederick B. Lambert, Collector and Compiler, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1281
Scope and Contents

Historical and genealogical notebooks, notes on census reports, cemetery readings, newspaper history, copies of church and school records, notes on slavery, newspaper clipping scrapbooks, and correspondence.

Dates: 1905-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

George W. Fairfax Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1062
Scope and Contents

These papers include receipts; promissory notes; legal papers; articles of agreement; indentures and miscellaneous correspondence. The bound volumes include legal tax records; land surveys; merchandise account books and ledgers. The papers deal principally with Monongalia and Preston county subjects.

Dates: 1832-1898
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

George W. Fairfax Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1084
Scope and Contents

Legal papers and business receipts, notes, and accounts of a Preston County sheriff and entrepreneur who operated a tannery and a sawmill. Fairfax was also a Colonel in the Virginia Militia and served as deputy sheriff of Monongalia County about 1854.

Dates: 1806-1885
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hampshire County Archives

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Collection Number: A&M 0051
Overview

Court case and other miscellaneous papers from various county offices, 1736-1749; record books, 1820-1948; and account books of banks, churches, general stores, insurance firms, physicians, estate settlements, and gristmills. There is a partial index of plaintiffs, defendants, and subjects in the case papers, and a checklist of the bound volumes.

Dates: 1736-1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 2
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Monongalia County (W.Va.) 4
Monongalia County Court 4
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Kanawha County Court (Kanawha County, W. Va.) 3
Lambert, Fred B., 1873-1967 3
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Tyler County Court 3
Fairfax, George W. 2
Hampshire County Court 2
Preston County Court 2
Webster County Court 2
Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913 1
Arbuckle family 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Barboursville Common Council 1
Barron, Henry A. 1
Beard family 1
Bell family 1
Ben Lamond Company 1
Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company 1
Board of Overseers of the Poor (Monongalia County, W. Va.) 1
Boone family 1
Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960 1
Bright family 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Bucklew, Leroy, Museum. 1
Burger family 1
Burley, James. 1
Burr family 1
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 1
Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975 1
Catlett, Hezekiah 1
Coal River and Kanawha Mining and Manufacturing Company 1
Colaw, Mary M. 1
Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 1
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 1
Cooley family 1
Cornell, Ferris Dewey. 1
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 1
Coulter, John Lee. 1
Cunningham-Gudgell family. 1
Davis, Innis C. 1
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 1
Davis, T.B. 1
Deakins, Francis. 1
Deakins, William. 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Dickinson family 1
Dille, Thomas Ray 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
Fayette County Court 1
Feemster family 1
Franklin Water Works 1
Gauley Tie and Lumber Company 1
Gibson, Philip P. 1
Gilliland family 1
Gilmore family 1
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 1
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 1
Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944 1
Griffith family 1
Guyandotte Navigation Company 1
Guyandotte Turnpike Company 1
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 1
Hammer, George 1
Hanley family 1
Harrison County Court 1
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 1
Hayman family 1
Heppenstall family 1
Hill family - Genealogy 1
Hodges, T.E. 1
Hodges, Thomas E. 1
House of Burgesses - Hampshire County Representatives. 1
Huddleston, G.P. 1
Hunter family 1
Jackson County 1
Jackson, John J. 1
Jefferds, Joseph C. 1
Jefferson County 1
Jefferson County Court 1
Johnson, Mary McKendree. 1
Kincaid family 1
Knabenshue, A.B. 1
Knox, C. D. 1
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 1
Laidley family 1
League of Nations 1
Lewis County 1
Lewisburg Academy (Lewisburg, W. Va.) 1
Logan County Court 1
Lyle-Montgomery family. 1
Lyles family 1
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 1
Mador and Graham. 1
Mann-McClintic family. 1
Marshall County Court 1
Mason County 1
Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910- 1
Matthews family 1
Mauzy family 1
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