Blacksville (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
William Lantz Store, Business Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3471
Overview
Business records of the William Lantz Store in Blacksville, West Virginia. Includes correspondence and financial records documenting dealings with vendors in primarily Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Waynesburg (PA), and Wheeling (WV); these records are extensive and may actually represent an almost complete record of Lantz's vendor transactions. Vendor letterheads often feature decorative graphics as well as information about the suppliers. There are some records of customer...
Dates:
1829-1926; Majority of material found in 1840-1900
William Price (1803-1881) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1809
Overview
Papers of William Price (1803-1881), a Monongalia County, West Virginia, resident, member of the Wheeling Convention, and state legislator, 1869-1873. Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, legal documents, and pictures. The correspondence, 1858-1912, concerns farming, the cattle business, and observations on the Civil War. Land papers also relate to Greene County, Pennsylvania. There is a diary and memo book of William Price, 1861-1863, containing two references to his membership in...
Dates:
1787-1917, undated; Majority of material found within 1805-1885
Women's Christian Temperance Union, Blacksville, West Virginia Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2830
Overview
Records of the Blacksville Chapter of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union. Includes: Secretary's Minute Books (1904-1982); program booklets (1944-1982); a proposed Constitution and ByLaws of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union (1977); THE WHITE RIBBON, Official Organ of the West Virginia Women's Christian Temperance Union (1957-1982, scattered); and Annual Reports (1952/53-1981/82).
Dates:
1904-1982