Women's history -- 1900-1929
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
Kingwood Methodist Episcopal Church, Records
Church record, 1852-1896, listing baptisms, marriages, probationers, members and various classes; quarterly conference records, 1899-1903, 1917-1920; church ledgers, 1910-1936; the minutes of the Women's Home Missionary Society, 1914-1937; and "A Brief History of Methodism in Kingwood and Vicinity from Our Earliest Times to March, 1874," by W.C. Snodgrass.
Ladies of the Maccabees, Progressive Hive No. 8, Morgantown, Papers
Correspondence, reports, and history of Progressive Hive No.8, Ladies Auxiliary of the fraternal order, Knights of the Maccabees. There are additional papers concerning the Women's Benefit Association which was originally named the Ladies of the Maccabees.
Louis Bennett Papers
The business papers and legal correspondence of Louis Bennett (1849-1918) of Weston, a wealthy landowner and lawyer. Also included are papers of his father Jonathan M. Bennett and the latter's associate Gideon D. Camden.
Louise Dennison and Dennison Family, Photographs and Other Material
Photographs and other material regarding Louise Dennison (1898-1991) and the Dennison family of West Virginia. Formats of photographs include cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and gelatin silver prints. See Scope and Content Note for further information.
Mahala Chapman Mace Gregory Manuscripts
A bound copybook of songs written from memory by Mahala Gregory, age 80. Contains poems, hymns, hand-drawn illustrations, and a short biography of Mrs. Gregory. The volume was bound by Berlin B. Chapman in 1967 and titled "Echo of Literature from the West Virginia Hills."
Margaret Prescott Montague, Author, Letters
Six letters by Margaret Prescott Montague to a Mr. Paddock concerning her own poems and writings, and the poetry of Angela Morgan.
Margaret Prescott Montague, Author, Papers
Mary "Mother" Jones Letter
Letter from Mary "Mother" Jones to T.V. Powderly, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. "Mother" Jones introduces Fred Mooney, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, District 17, asks Powderly to get him a passport, and says she does not know when she will leave for Mexico.