Braxton County (W. Va.)
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara Howe, Professor, Papers
Papers of Barbara Howe, Professor of History and Director of the Women's Studies Center, documenting her extensive professional activities within West Virginia University and the WVU community involving history and women's concerns. Also contains addenda of 2012/01, 2013/02, 2014/05/03, and 2014/06/10. These addenda include newsletters, photographs, correspondence, and other material. See "Scope and Content Note" for details.
Braxton County Archives
Suit papers; record books of county officers; estate settlements; birth, marriage and death records; election returns; deeds and deed indexes; and land and tax records. There is also a volume of World War I records of Braxton County servicemen, and several account books of both the Holly River and Addison and the Midland railroads.
Charles A. and Charles W. Wade Papers
Private and business correspondence of Charles A. Wade, a farmer in Burnsville, and Charles W. Wade, a justice of the peace in Braxton County. Included are bills, receipts, and many agriculture-related advertisements and offers.
Charles R. Williams, Collector, Papers
County Highway Maps for West Virginia
Craig Smith, Compiler, Photographs of Braxton County and Surrounding Region
Two DVDs of photographs of Braxton County and surrounding region. Includes towns of Gassaway, Frenchton, and Webster Springs. Subjects include street scenes, public buildings, small businesses, bridges, and railroads. There are also photographs of Elk River scenes. For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this collection's four digit call number (otherwise known as an a&m number).
Gerald M. Dunn, Reminiscences of Braxton County
236 page ms titled "An Appalachian Boyhood" describing the experiences of the author; includes info. about the Dunn family and farming methods and social life in rural WV in the 1920s and 30s in the vicinity of Canfield, Braxton County, WV.
Given Family Papers
Gustavus Friend Taylor (1843-1915) Scrapbook
Scrapbook of the editor of the Sutton MOUNTAINEER, member of the Wheeling Convention, 1861, and the state legislature, 1867. Clippings pertain to election returns for Braxton County and the nation; Taylor's editorials; letters to the editor; population statistics; and politics. A section of the volume consists of Taylor's record of visits to the county schools as County Superintendent of Free Schools, 1869, and a record of personal accounts.