Moundsville (W. Va.)

Overview Minutes, proceedings, circulars, agreements, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, and reports of the local union which worked in the stemware and punch tumbler department of Fostoria Glass Company. Addendum of 2013/02/25 includes materials collected by Paul W. Myers (1927-2008), former employee of Fostoria Glass Company and former American Flint Glass Workers Union Representative of Local #10. Includes correspondence, business records, photographs, printed material, ephemera, clippings, an...

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Papers of Everett F. Moore, a lawyer who practiced in Marshall County and the surrounding area. Everett Moore was the uncle of Governor Arch Moore; they practiced law together. This collection mainly includes papers regarding legal cases and Moore’s law practice as well maps of coal fields and other mineral resources. This collection is minimally processed.

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Papers of Fletcher Brock, a Pennsylvania legislator from Blacksville, and of his family. Mainly correspondence between Fletcher and his son H.W. about medical schools, health problems, and family news. There are also letters to and from Fletcher Brock about local and national political issues such as temperance, slavery, roads, and elections.

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Advertising material for publications of the Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company of Moundsville, West Virginia in Marshall County. Includes cover letter and three leaves (six pages) of advertising for publications (including one for "The Better Testament" among others), and two order forms. Also includes handbill advertising an "Old-Time Camp Meeting", including "healing services" and "salvation meetings", to be held at Moundsville during 7-17 June 1900.

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Annual reports of Moundsville Prison in electronic form, transcribed by researcher Harry Forrester. They include narrative information, budgetary data, convict statistics, names of employees and vendors, etc.

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Two typescripts entitled "A Fascinating Journey Over U.S. Highway 250 From Moundsville to Fairmont, West Virginia." The material contains historical sketches of the cities and towns along the way, and the social, religious, economic, and educational life of the early settlers of this section.

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Records of Warden Martin Luther Brown of Moundsville Penitentiary. Includes series of historical information, incoming letters (mostly from inmates to Warden Brown), and photographs (related to Moundsville Penitentiary). The date range of the series of incoming letters (1911-1914) corresponds to Martin Brown's tenure as Warden.

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Digital copy of a documentary film by David Bernabo and John W. Miller regarding the history of Moundsville, West Virginia, with an emphasis on the post 1950 era. It runs for 1 hour and 14 minutes.

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Five documents documenting financial tractions for three Moundsville, West Virginia businesses, including: 1. B.F. Hodgman (Mound City Brick Company) (2 items); 2. Snodgrass Brothers Grocers (1 item); 3. W.D. Dunn, Livery Stable (2 items).

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Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor County, West Virginia, from relatives and friends. Subjects discussed include housekeeping, fashions, farming, schools, religion, and the Civil War from both the Confederate and Union perspectives. There are frequent, specific references to the political and military state-of-affairs in the upper Ohio Valley region.