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Ohio River

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Ohio River Sheet Music and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3810
Overview

This collection contains photocopies of sheet music, photographs, and other material regarding music that was played on or associated with steamboats traveling the Ohio River in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: ca. 1845-1930, 1985-1986

Ohio Valley Floods, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2408
Overview

Newspaper clippings, picture-books, postcard albums, and government reports relating to floods along the Ohio River Valley especially at Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Parkersburg.

Dates: ca. 1913-1971

Richard L. Woodyard Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1189
Overview

Sermons, essays, lectures, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of a Methodist preacher who served in Clarksburg and Sutton, West Virginia; Louisa, Kentucky; and along the Ohio River from Ashland, Kentucky, to Parkersburg.

Dates: 1808-1872

Roy Riethmiller, Artist, Three Prints of Artistic Renderings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3858
Overview

Two prints of artistic renderings of Ohio River scenes by artist Roy Riethmiller, including 1) Ohio Power Company -- Cardinal Plant -- Brilliant, Ohio (1983; 16 1/2 in. x 29 in.; 58/250); 2) Henry Covered Bridge, Pennsylvania (1984; 13 1/2 in. x 17 in.); 3) Veteran's Memorial Bridge -- Weirton, West Virginia (1992; 16 1/2 in. x 24 in.; 22/250).

Dates: 1983, 1984, 1992

Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook Regarding Ohio River History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1443
Overview

A scrapbook containing a brief history of Sistersville and the oil industry in Tyler and other counties and states; a stock certificate of the Sistersville & Salem Turnpike Company, 1853; bills of lading for Ohio and Muskingum River steamers, 1855-1934; and a list of steamboats operating on the Muskingum River, 1830-1890

Dates: 1855-1934

Steamboats Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1406
Scope and Contents

Letters of a West Virginia River Captain to his daughter, 1877-1885; papers of Captain Edward B. Cooper, 1879-1891, Master of the Steamer Sonoma operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg; bills of lading and miscellaneous papers, 1891-1930, 1955; log book of the Steamer Victor, 1932, operating out of Ashland, Kentucky for the Ashland Oil Company; and a log book of the Steamer Greenbrier, 1939, operating on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.

Dates: 1877-1939

Steamboats Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2207
Scope and Contents

The official logbook of a cargo vessel which traveled up and down the Ohio River between Marietta, Ohio and Ravenswood, W.Va. The log covers a three month period, October to December, 1883. The log records the stops that were made on each run, the kinds of items that were being transported, and to whom cargoes were delivered.

Dates: 1883

Steamboats Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1548
Scope and Contents

Bills of lading from the Ohio River Transportation Company, Wheeling Wharf Boat Company, Parkersburg Rig & Reel Company, Shippers Packet Company Lines, and G. M. Beaver, steamboat agent and wharf boat proprietor, Sistersville.

Dates: 1929-1931

Thomas Browse Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3532
Overview Papers of the Thomas Browse family documenting immigration from England to the Ohio River region in the vicinity of Ohio, western Virginia, and Kentucky (1830); farming in Pleasants County, West Virginia in the vicinity of St. Marys on the Ohio River (ca. 1830s-1900); and the acquisition of and royalties from oil lands in Pleasants County from the region of "Fish Pot" (ca. 1880s-1910). Includes diaries of Thomas Browse (1830-1878) and diaries of his daughter Mary E. Browse (1855-1910,...
Dates: 1785-1942; Majority of material found within 1830-1910

Thomas Hanson Journal

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1033
Overview

Journal of a surveying party including Hanson, John Floyd, James Nocks, Roderick McCray, and Mordecai Batson. The Journal describes the route taken from Fincastle County, Virginia, to the Ohio River and Kentucky, with mention of Gauley Mountain, Coal and New rivers, and other western Virginia geographical locations. Included is a list of persons for whom the surveys were made.

Dates: 1774 April 8-August