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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Logan Osborne Family and Business Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2941
Overview A ledger and financial records of Logan Osborne (1836-39) also containing the will of Balamm Osborne. The ledger contains accounts of an assortment of general store goods from perishables such as food and candles to durable goods such as tools and carriages. There are Osborne family deeds, land contracts and letters about family matters and debt (1808-89). There are early nineteenth century state bank script from Louisiana, Virginia, and North Carolina. There are land indentures and legal...
Dates: 1761-1982
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mary E. Heironimus, Collector, Records regarding George Washington and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3484
Overview Contains material regarding George Washington and the Washington family, including the order book of the 8th U.S. Regiment stationed at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1799-1800); typescript regarding Harewood, residence of Washington's brother (undated); New York Times article regarding observation of Washington's birthday (1862); and material regarding the genealogy of the Washington family (1891-1931). Also contains receipt for purchase of slave (1864); genealogy regarding the Forrest family...
Dates: 1799-2014
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mrs. G.H. Fisher, Collector

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2379
Overview

Collection consists of assorted newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and brochures relating mostly to the history of West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. See inventory folder for list of file folder headings.

Dates: 1920-1965
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Nicholas Marmion, Physician, Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1071
Overview Personal, medical, and business papers, account books, and daily journals of a Harpers Ferry physician (d. 1883). Subjects include the practice of a small town doctor, his related business interests, and the education and careers of his children, three of whom became medical doctors. Included are the papers of William V. Marmion (1840-1922), who studied eye surgery in Vienna and established a practice in Washington, D.C. There are letters from George Marmion, acting surgeon and secretary of...
Dates: 1798-1951
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Patrick Plummer Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2772
Overview

Plummer relates family births, marriages, deaths, farm operations and other business interests. In 1859 he mentions John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry.

Dates: 1859-1878
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Photographs of Harpers Ferry and Evansdale Library at West Virginia University

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Collection Number: A&M 5241
Scope and Contents

Two framed photos of Harpers Ferry (one showing a view from Jefferson Rock and one showing an aerial view of the city, both undated) which used to hang in WVU's Evansdale Library, and three photos on foam core of Evansdale Library under construction (undated).

Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2931
Overview Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the...
Dates: 1789
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Simeon Franklin Seely, ALS, Letter Regarding Raid by John Brown on Harpers Ferry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1457
Overview

Letter of 17 October 1859, written by a merchant from Beverly, Ohio, who, on the night of the 16th arrived at Harpers Ferry as John Brown was taking possession of the armory. The letter describes the raid during the time his train was held up.

Dates: 1859
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Slaves and Slavery Letters

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2606
Overview

Typescript of two letters from a New Orleans slave, Georgiana Washington, to her friends Miss Mary Ellen Lucas and family, in Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

Dates: 1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Storer College, Administrative and Operational Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1322
Scope and Contents Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes...
Dates: 1865-1960; Majority of material found within 1930s-1950s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center