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Women's history -- 1850-1899

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0858
Overview Papers of the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family was sympathetic to the Confederate cause. One member of the family, William Cabell Tavenner, served in the Confederate army; his letters are part of the collection. This collection also contains material related to families allied to the Tavenner family by marriage, particularly the...
Dates: 1778-1953; Majority of material found within 1819-1884
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ruffner Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1744
Scope and Contents

Letters and copies of eight letters, 1813-1841; pages 5-10 from Kanawha Salines general merchandise account book, 6-9 March 1827; three manuscript volumes by Henry Ruffner: "Notes on a Tour to the West" and "An Expedition to the North," 1815, and "An Account of Amounts Paid to Rev. Nath'l W. Calhoon," 1826-1834; and "Subscription for Church, 1836-1842," by David Ruffner. There is also a printed brief involving Ruffner-Donnally estates, 1875, and information on the Shackelford family.

Dates: 1813-1848, 1866-1886
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0576
Scope and Contents Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West’s personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West. The...
Dates: 1774; 1780; 1830-1952
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0821
Scope and Contents This collection includes manuscripts, printed and newspaper materials collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. This collection includes papers concerning many phases of West Virginia History, although centered on Preston, Taylor, and Monongalia counties. Includes marriage licenses from Preston County, 1881-1947; newspaper clippings from Morgantown newspapers; a meeting invitation from the Monongalia...
Dates: 1880-1947
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ruth Ellen Blackhard Autobiography, Typed Document [Xerox]

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2649
Overview

Blackhard's account of her own life written for her daughter, in 1939, concerning her childhood memories of the Civil War, religious convictions and conversion, and her marriage.

Dates: 1858-1939
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sallie Bennett Papers regarding World War I Flying Ace Louis Bennett, Jr.

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1590
Overview Personal correspondence, legal and financial papers, diary, and newspaper clippings of Mrs. Sallie Maxwell Bennett of Weston, wife of Louis Bennett, Sr., the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 1908. The collection concerns the career of her son, Louis Bennett, Jr., particularly his student days at Yale, his pioneer efforts to organize the West Virginia Flying Corps, his service in the Royal Air Force [RAF], and his subsequent death in World War I. Additional topics include Mrs. Bennett's...
Dates: 1873-2009; Majority of material found within 1904-1926
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Sarah Morgan McKown Diaries

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0718
Overview

Yearly diaries in 39 volumes by Sarah Morgan McKown of Berkeley County, West Virginia, regarding everyday domestic and agricultural activities, local auctions, births, weddings, deaths, emigrations, churches, and religious activities. Also mentioned are the Civil War and its personalities. An index to the Sarah Morgan McKown diaries can also be found in the control folder--includes errata, pages missed on microfilming.

Dates: 1860-1899
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Scott-Palmer Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1458
Scope and Contents Family papers of school master Theodore Scott (1805-1877); his daughter Saida Scott Palmer, a music teacher; her husband, Jewett Palmer, Civil War officer, local Republican official, and mayor of Marietta; and his daughters, Winifred and Muriel, a concert contralto. Includes correspondence, letter books, diaries, school registers and reports, scrapbooks, genealogical records, and theatre and opera programs.Topics include Scott's teaching career at Portsmouth, Ohio (1836);...
Dates: 1829-1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Scott-Palmer Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1423
Overview Papers of Jewett Palmer, a Union Army officer, Mayor of Marietta (Ohio), and Republican official of Washington County (Ohio). Includes correspondence, daily journals, clipping scrapbooks, military records, genealogical and autobiographical notes, and printed materials. The papers regard the activities of Company B of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) and Company G of the 36th OVI. There are also papers of Palmer's wife, Saida Scott, who taught music. Addendum of 1996/09/23 contains a...
Dates: 1856-1917
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