Mercer County (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0041
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and transcription of a Deed for land in Mercer County, Virginia, dated July 1, 1837, and signed by Alfred Beckley and Edmund Lilly.
Dates:
1836
Alfred Beckley (1802-1888) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1563
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of General Alfred Beckley and his wife Emily Craig. Several of the letters are by Beckley's mother from Lexington, Kentucky and comment on the Presidential election of 1832 in that state, the reception of President Jackson's in Lexington, 1832 the Cholera scourge, and local social affairs. The rest of the letters are concerned with family matters.
Dates:
1832-1856
Raleigh and Mercer Counties Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3569
Overview
Raleigh and Mercer County photographs, both original and copied. (Copied material does not include original source.) Includes: a Confederate soldiers' reunion in Beckley in 1905; a still raid exhibited at the courthouse (ca. 1930-1934); a 1920 political rally and parade in Beckley featuring U.S. Presidential race between Governor J.M. Cox and Warren G. Harding; parade in Beckley (ca. 1920-1930). Woodrow Wilson High School marching band (1942); Raleigh General Hospital (ca. 1950-1970); aerial...
Dates:
1870-2000; Majority of material found in 1910-1960