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Marshall County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Marshall County Historical Society, Clippings and Illustrations Regarding the Cockayne House

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3535
Overview

Clippings of articles with illustrations regarding the history and preservation of the Cockayne house in Glen Dale, Marshall County, a farm house built in the 1850s. The Cockayne family settled in the upper Ohio River valley in 1795. The Cockayne farm was renowned for the fine Merino wool it produced in the late 1800s.

Dates: 2004-2006

Topographic Maps of West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4046
Overview Structural and topographical maps of various locations in West Virginia. Most maps were created by the West Virginia Geological Survey. Counties depicted include Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Hancock, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Marshall, Mingo, Nicholas, Ohio, Roane, Tyler, Wetzel, and Wirt County. Geological and geographical features depicted include coal, oil, gas, iron ore, and limestone areas; Berea grit/sand and Injun Sand; state roads; railroads; and virgin and...
Dates: 1909-1924, undated

West Virginia University, Extension Service, Publications, Reports, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5232
Scope and Contents Records of the WVU Extension Service. Collection includes instructional booklets on cooking, decorating, and sewing from the 1910s to the 1960s, materials on rural electrification in West Virginia in the 1930s, annual conference programs, and materials on incomes and family budgets. Also includes materials relating to the Farm Woman's Club in West Virginia, studies of school children during the 1940s, and studies of cost of living in rural areas during World War II. There are historical...
Dates: ca. 1910-1980