Taylor County (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
Reed General Store (Taylor County, W.Va.) Ledgers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1550
Overview
Twenty-four ledgers document the operations of the Reed General Store in Boothsville, Taylor County, West Virginia, from 1851 to 1893. These account books contain an inventory of items sold, mainly food products, to identified customers and a record of credit extended to those who were given loans to purchase at the store. The books reflect the organization of the store by Joseph Reed, who along with his uncle, Robert Reed, helped to found and develop this town, in which the family also...
Dates:
1851-1893
Robinson Family Manuscripts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2662
Overview
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.
Dates:
1847-1883
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0821
Scope and Contents
This collection includes manuscripts, printed and newspaper materials collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. This collection includes papers concerning many phases of West Virginia History, although centered on Preston, Taylor, and Monongalia counties. Includes marriage licenses from Preston County, 1881-1947; newspaper clippings from Morgantown newspapers; a meeting invitation from the Monongalia...
Dates:
1880-1947
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0576
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West’s personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West. The...
Dates:
1774; 1780; 1830-1952
Taylor County Daybook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4310
Scope and Contents
Daybook or ledger, likely from a general store located at Section 101 of the route along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Valley River, Taylor County, (West) Virginia. Names of potential owners/creators of the daybook are Simeon J. Snider, John Snider, and someone named Rogers. The store sold everything from coffee and cigars to buttons and nails. Entries are dated October 9, 1851 to February 25, 1852. During this time, the railroad was being constructed. It did not open service to Grafton,...
Dates:
1851-1852
Taylor County Justice Docket
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1575
Overview
Civil docket of justices of the peace W.E. Rightmire and A.B. Knabenshue. There is a description of each case which includes names, dates, sum in dispute, and decision of court. There are files on the strike relief fund; organizing activities; New Deal and wartime agencies; labor mediation and arbitration; and Congressional labor legislation such as the Taft-Hartley Act. There are also records of the state conventions and of the Political Action Committee (PAC). The files of the West...
Dates:
1935-1937
West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Archives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2401
Overview
Minutes of the Board of Directors of the West Virginia Reform School, Pruntytown, West Virginia, 1890-1899 with index at beginning of ledger. Memoranda from the Superintendent, H.E. Flesher, 1919-1925, to staff members at the school.
Dates:
1890-1899; 1919-1925
West Virginia Postmasters Appointment Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3026
Overview
The record of the appointment of postmasters in the following WV counties: Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming. The record shows the dates of establishment and discontinuance of post offices, their changes of name, and the names of and the appointment dates of their postmasters. Beginning in 1870, it shows the names of post offices to which mail from discontinued offices was sent. The record also shows the dates of...
Dates:
1857-1971
White Day Glades Tannery Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3030
Overview
A ledger of customers, prices, dates and worked completed by a Taylor County tannery, mill and store owned and operated by the Corrothers family. The mill turned out a variety of leather products ranging from boots to book bindings. Included are entries on repair work particularly shoe repairs. There are also receipts of this mill with an address at McConkey, WV, especially tax receipts. Also included are photos of William A. C. Corrothers and a genealogy of his family.
Dates:
1855-1977
Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3230
Overview
Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries,...
Dates:
1708-1997