Marshall County (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Marshall County Farm Account Books and Soil Conservation Agreements
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4269
Scope and Contents
Account books of farms, including the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Cooperative Agreements for those farms, dated 1935-1937. The farms are located in the towns of Moundsville, Cameron, McMechen, and other Marshall County locations. The USDA's Soil conversation efforts were mandated by several federal laws passed in 1935 and 1936 in response both to the dangers erosion posed to American agriculture and to the financial hardships faced by farmers during the Great...
Dates:
1935-1937
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