Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:
Morgan County Records
School commissioners' papers, 1821-1846, containing reports to the president and directors of the Literary Fund; treasurer's accounts and reports; reports of tuition paid for poor children; and a report on the formation of school districts. The collection also includes marriage lists and certificates of the officiating clergymen, 1820-1854.
Mrs. Glenn V. Longacre, Collector, Papers
Mrs. Mary Woodson, Collector, Papers
Receipts for land, school, personal property, and road taxes in Kanawha and Putnam counties, 1863-1886 and 1898-1899; grade reports from the Wesleyan Female Institute, Staunton, Virginia, 1882, and from the Putnam County schools, 1904-1906; a printed souvenir list of the students and teacher at the intermediate school, Poca; two manuscript poems concerning the medical profession, 1879-1880; and other items. Index and table of contents are available in the 17th volume.
Mrs. Raymond Cook, Collector, Hampshire County Historical Records
School lists for Springfield and Duck Lick, Hampshire County, 1906 and 1907; hand-written Act of the West Virginia Legislature creating a School for the Deaf and Blind at Romney, 1871; and an agreement between George Deaver and John Eaton relating to the sale of a tract of land in Hampshire County, 1887.
Peterson Family Papers
Preston County Board of Education, Records
Register, School No.6, 1878-1879; records of the Preston County School Book Board, 1897-1907; Record of Proceedings of the Board of Education, Kingwood District, 1908-1913; and Board of Education Minutes for the Kingwood, Lyon, Pleasant, Portland, Reno, and Valley districts, 1899-1933.
Preston Family Papers
Correspondence, legal papers, and business papers of John J.D. Preston, his ancestors, and his relatives. The correspondence is primarily between members of the Preston family with topics being discussed, such as living conditions, business conditions, military training camps, Civil War battles, politics and campaigns, political personalities, education, schools, and the World Wars. Correspondents include John Preston, Rev. David Preston, John J. Davis, and John W. Davis.
Price-McBee Families Papers
Richard H. Ralston, Sr., Collector, Papers
Robinson Family Manuscripts
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.