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Agra Bennett, Papers Regarding Estate and Residence

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Collection Number: A&M 3993
Overview

Papers regarding Agra Bennett (also known as Mrs. Agra Bennett McKinley and Agra B. Williams), a member of a prominent West Virginia family and the sister of WWI pilot Louis Bennett, Jr. Includes a copy of her will (1968) and a copy of the National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form (1984) for her residence in Wheeling, West Virginia, the Johnson Camden McKinley House or "Willow Glen". See "Historical Note" for further information.

Dates: 1967-2010
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0110
Scope and Contents Business, political, and official correspondence of the eleventh governor, 1901-1905, of West Virginia. Owner and editor of the State Journal, Parkersburg, 1881-1899, White was associated with many banking and manufacturing enterprises, and was tax commissioner of West Virginia in 1907 and 1908, collector of internal revenues in 1889, 1897, and 1921, and a Republican member of the legislature in 1926. Among the correspondents are G.W. Atkinson, Waitman T. Barbe,...
Dates: 1888-1929
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0122
Scope and Contents Collection includes original copies of correspondence relating to Virginia and West Virginia, as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, and research notes. Events pertaining to the Civil War and the formation of West Virginia are covered. Among the most important items are the private correspondence of Waitman T. Willey (1835-1861 and 1866-1868); data pertaining to education in Mason County, West Virginia (1861-1875); typescript copies of letters of Samuel Woods (see also A&M 1445);...
Dates: 1834-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Soldier's Letter, Menu, and Campaign Ribbon

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Collection Number: A&M 0900
Overview

A Civil War soldier's letter to his brother from Camp Hill, Harper's Ferry, (West) Virginia, 1863 February 28; a Christmas menu from Hill's Central Hotel, Parkersburg, West Virginia, ca. 1879; and a campaign ribbon from the West Virginia Democratic State Convention, Parkersburg, West Virginia 1892 July 27, the printing on the ribbon reads "Sweeney for State Supt. of Free Schools".

Dates: 1863, 1879, 1892
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

C.R. Rector, Compiler, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0424
Overview

This is a history, "Westward Down the Ohio," relating highlights of Ohio River history, ca.1750-1880, in West Virginia. Subjects include early exploration, settlement, and transportation, especially the steamboat era. Mention is often made of events occurring in Parkersburg and its vicinity as being typical examples of the history of the Ohio Valley.

Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Cutright Family Genealogy Collection

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Collection Number: A&M 0635
Scope and Contents The main part of this collection is comprised of obituaries clipped from Buckhannon, Clarksburg and Parkersburg newspapers, 1926-1939. Also 17 issues of Buckhannon and Clarksburg newspapers, 1917-1938; and the roto section of the Sunday Herald, Boston Mass., Aug 10, 1924 featuring reproductions of Civil War pictures in the Library of Congress, including several concerning WV. Some correspondence of Iva, Corrine, Allene, Mollie and Pearl Cutright, including a few letters from school friends,...
Dates: 1887-1888, 1917-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Daisy Neptune, Compiler, Civil War Research Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3366
Overview Research papers of Daisy Neptune documenting primarily Confederate soldiers and veterans from West Virginia. Includes muster roll transcripts (36th VA Infantry. Company A), troop roster transcripts (Wood County, WV soldiers; 20th VA Cavalry), biographies of soldiers, Confederate songs and poem, headstone and medal applications, etc. There are photographs and biographical letter of Confederate veteran Julius C. Frederick. Also includes minutes of the Parkersburg Chapter of the United...
Dates: 1904-1938
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

David Goff Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1557
Scope and Contents Correspondence of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). Includes ten original letters, seven of which have been transcribed. Subjects...
Dates: 1846-1871
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Electric Street Railways History

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Collection Number: A&M 2619
Overview

Copy of a handwritten memoir by Mr. C.D. Herbst concerning his career as an engineer with the West Penn Power Company, and a copy of a booklet on the history and development of electric street railways in Parkersburg, West Virginia and Marietta, Ohio.

Dates: 1930, 1962
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ephemera Collection

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Collection Number: A&M 2116
Overview Paper ephemera, including: illustrated letterhead titled "Offices of J.W. Wiles" featuring portrait of J.W. Wiles and photo of the "Wiles Block" building in Morgantown, WV; there is also letterhead for the "Star Glass Company" and "Union Realty and Development Co.," both of Morgantown; illustrated envelopes for the "Hotel Morgan" of Morgantown, "The Waldo" of Clarksburg, and "The Ruffner" of Charleston. Signed calling card of J.W. Wiles. There is an extensive collection of greeting cards,...
Dates: ca. 1900-1993; Majority of material found within 1900-1930
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 3
Jackson, John J. 3
Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910- 3
Rector, Enoch. 3
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
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Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 3
Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925 2
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 2
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 2
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 2
Democratic Party (U.S.) 2
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 2
Hall family 2
Hiatt family 2
Hiett, James. 2
Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 2
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 2
Johnson, Mary McKendree. 2
Neptune, Daisy. 2
Northwestern Bank of Virginia and the Parkersburg National Bank 2
Rector family 2
Rector, Thomas. 2
Rector-Hiett-Hall family. 2
Scott, Nathan Bay, 1842-1924 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872) 2
Woods, Samuel. 2
Zero Oil Company 2
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 1
American Colonization Society 1
Ashland Oil Company 1
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
Barbe, Clara Gould. 1
Barr, Henrietta Fitzhugh 1
Beaver, G. M. 1
Bennett, Agra. 1
Bennett, Louis, 1849-1918. 1
Bennett, Louis, 1894-1918. 1
Bennett, Sallie Maxwell, 1857-1944 1
Bickley, George. 1
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 1
Blair, J.T. 1
Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930 1
Boteler, Alexander Robinson, 1815-1892 1
Boyoe, C. R. 1
Branson family. 1
Branson, Susan I. 1
Brown, John, 1800-1859 1
Brown, John. 1
Burdette, George. 1
Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 1
Camden family 1
Camden, John S. 1
Camden, Wilson Lee. 1
Campbell, George K., 1834-1908 1
Campbell, Lois. 1
Carlisle, John Griffin, 1835-1910 1
Carney family 1
Carr Oil Company 1
Carter, G. W. 1
Carter, Rev. J.W. 1
Carter, Sarah A. 1
Cassady, Capt. James S. 1
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904 1
Churchill, Winston. 1
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Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 1
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Cooper, Edward B. 1
Copen Creek Coal Company 1
Cornwallis, Ritchie Company 1
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 1
Cresap, Michael, 1742-1775 1
Cutright, Iva and Allene Reed, Compilers 1
Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914 1
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 1
Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910 1
Davis, Thomas B. 1
Dawson, William M.O. 1
Dayton, Alston Gordon 1
DeHass, Wills. 1
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss (1820-1905) 1
Deem, Abraham. 1
Democratic National Convention of 1876. 1
Despard, C.S. 1
Detch, Rosalie Stewart. 1
Doddridge County, W.Va 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
Elkins, Davis, 1876-1959 1
Equality Oil Company 1
Fairmont Field Club 1
First Baptist Church, Parkersburg 1
Fleischer family 1
Ford, J. B. 1
Francisco, Lewis 1
Frederick, Julius C. 1
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