Background:
William Henry Ruffner (1876-1908), member of Malden district
Board of Education and conductor on Campbell's Creek Railroad.
William Sidney Laidley (1839-1917), lawyer, historian and member of
House of Delegates 1872-73.
Content:
Letter from W. H. Ruffner to William Sidney Laidley concerning
West Virginia Historical Magazine subscription, discussion of why
purported diary of Margaret Lynn is not genuine.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms76-1
Background:
Group concerned with court administration in West Virginia and
affiliated with American Judicature Society.
Content:
Correspondence, minutes, schedules, speeches and selected
readings from American Judicature Society. Primary correspondents
include Robert Mellace and R. Stanley Lowe.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms76-2
Content:
Petition from citizens of Zanesville, OH to Governor Henry M.
Mathews for pardon of Luther McComic, including ms note by
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms76-6
Content:
Petition from citizens of Wheeling and Ohio County to Governor
John J. Jacob for pardon of Alexander W. Quarrier.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms76-7
Content:
Letter from S. A. Luce, Martinsburg, WV to Governor Arthur I.
Boreman regarding case of Adam Bates.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms76-8
Content:
Certified copies of enactment of Ohio River Valley Water
Sanitation Compact by states of Indiana, West Virginia, Ohio, New
York, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms76-11
Background:
William Tompkins, Jr. (1793-1857) was an early salt manufacturer
in the Kanawha Valley as well as the operator of the Tompkins Farm
Tavern on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike. William H. Tompkins
(1837-1914) served as a Captain in the 36th Cavalry, CSA before
taking over the business interests of his father.
Content:
The Cook-Hull Collection contains account books, daybooks,
ledgers and correspondence, mostly pertaining to the business
interests of William Tompkins and his family, in the Kanawha
Salines area (now Malden), Cedar Grove and Coalsmouth (now St.
Albans). The business interests included early saltmaking, a tavern
and stage coach stop, a store and Cedar Grove Coal Company.
Donor: Gift of Roy Bird Cook and Forrest Hull, 1951
Collection #: Ms76-12
Background:
Kanawha Riflemen, also known as Charleston Sharp-Shooters,
originally organized in 1859 and were later mustered in as Company
H (formerly Company I), 22nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers,
CSA.
Content:
Copy of Kanawha Riflemen muster roll for Company I, 1861 August
and information on history of Charleston Sharp Shooters, organized
1858 November.
Donor: Gift of R. S. Franklin, ca. 1935.
Collection #: Ms76-13
Background:
Author, publisher, war correspondent and collector of historical
materials, raised in Gilmer and Calhoun counties but lived most of
life in Charleston.
Content:
Letters, research materials, scrapbooks, sheet music,
photographs, stamps and other printed and manuscript materials,
many focusing on John Brown, his raid at Harpers Ferry, the Civil
War, Civil War Centennial, the American Legion, the 314th Field
Artillery (WWI) and the 80th Division Veterans Association. Major
subseries of collection include John Brown, wife Mary Ann Brown,
sons Jason, John Jr., Oliver, Owen, Salmon, daughters Annie Brown
Adams, Ruth Brown Thompson; Lydia Marie Child; Kate Field; William
Lloyd Garrison; Horace Greeley; Richard Hinton; Frank Sanborn;
George Stearns; Samuel Gridley Howe; Peregrine Hays; Joseph H. Diss
Debar; Major Edgar Blundon; Rutherford B. Hayes; John S. Witcher;
Eleanor Barnes; Clarence Gee; Henry T. McDonald.
Donor: Purchase from estate of Boyd B. Stutler
Collection #: Ms78-1
Background:
Captain Jacob Marvin Rife served in the 7th WV Cavalry and 18th
Ohio Regiment during the Civil War.
Content:
Correspondence of Civil War soldier during the war
years.
Donor: Gift of Robert Starrett, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-2
Background:
Colonel William Hamilton was superintendent of the Staunton and
Parkersburg Turnpike, originally born in Pennsylvania and died
during the Civil War after being released from prison in Ohio,
where he was sent for Confederate sympathies and refusing to swear
allengiance to the Union.
Content:
One volume of notes of Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike, which
was authorized by the Virginia Assembly March 5, 1824. This volume
is labelled Book One, from Buffaloe Gap to Bullpasture Run, but
midway through volume is title page inscribed Second Book of the
Location of the Staunton- Parkersburg Turnpike, signed by Claudius
Crozet, 1838.
Donor: Gift of Betty Herden, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-3
Background:
U.S. National Climatic Center and U. S. National Weather
Service
Content:
Meteorological records for Beckley (1967-1973), Charleston
(1951-1986), Elkins (1939-1954), Huntington (1940-1948, 1961-1973),
Logan (1922- 1923)
Donor: Gift of National Climatic Center and U. S. National Weather Service 1978, 1980, 1985, 1988
Collection #: Ms78-4
Background:
Alice Patriquin was resident of Davis, Tucker County.
Content:
Photocopies of letters, most sent to Alice Patriquin by family
members around the country. Majority of letters 1899-1903.
Donor: Loaned for copying by Garland Bartgis, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-5
Location: In box with Ms78-6
Background:
Some references to Raleigh County.
Content:
Papers, most relating to Henderson, Massey and Wilson family
members. Includes correspondence, receipts and legal documents.
Most materials deal with Catherine Henderson and Edward
Henderson.
Donor: Gift of Mary Alice Pritchard, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-6
Location: In box with Ms78-5
Background:
James Harvey Ferguson (born Apr 14, 1817 Montgomery County, VA;
died 1903 Charleston) was prosecuting attorney for Logan County
1840-48; member of Virginia Assembly 1848-1851; member of 1850
Virginia Constitutional Convention; moved to Cabell County and
elected to WV Legislature 1864-1871; Chairman of Joint Commission
on revision of WV Code 1868; elected circuit judge 1868; moved to
Charleston and became chief counsel of Chesapeake and Ohio RR in
1870; elected to legislature 1876, 1880.
Content:
Collection includes legal and business correspondence,
Chesapeake & Ohio RR legal materials, South-West Virginia
Improvement Company, State House Company, receipts, tax notes,
deeds and surveys, and other materials.
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Robert Ethan Allen, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-8
Background:
Charles H. Gottshall, member of Co. K, 4th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry
Content:
Letter written from camp near Brandy Station
Donor: Gift of K. Cue Smith, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-9
Location: In box with other small collections shelved after
Ms78-6
Content:
Letter to Captain Francis Marion Smith of Smithton, now
Smithburg from James Evans asking what he owes for room and board
on letterhead of Barbour County Circuit Clerk of the Third Judicial
Circuit.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms78-10
Location: In box with other small collections shelved after
Ms78-6
Background:
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), attorney, President of the United
States
Content:
Facsimile copy of Lincoln's famous letter to Mrs. Bixby upon
loss of several of her sons in the Civil War.
Donor: Purchase, Ira D. Snyder, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-11
Location: Z12-12 oversized
Background:
Robert Martens (1919- ), architect
Content:
Records from Martens and Sons, Architects:
Job Expense Record, 1960- 1962; Index of Commissions,
1921-1967
Donor: Gift of Robert Martens, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-15
Location: In box with other small collections shelved after
Ms78-6
Content:
Collection of correspondence, some from Karl Brown to his
unnamed brother in the 1890s; most correspondence to Hart H. and
wife Julia Forbes (1840s-50s), residents of Kanawha County and some
family members in Guyandotte, Cabell County.
Donor: Gift of Frances Gibson, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-29
Location: In box with other small collections shelved after
Ms78-6
Content:
Abstract of the records of the Monroe County Free School system
as compiled during the Works Progress Administration by A. W. Boon
of Union, WV. It includes abstracts from the Acts of the General
Assembly of Virginia, reports of commissioners to the litrary fund,
and various school records.
Donor: Gift of Margaret Ballard, 1966
Collection #: Ms78-34
Content:
History of Rockcastle Baptist Church as compiled by Mary Keller
Bowman
Donor: Gift of Mary Keller Bowman, 1957
Collection #: Ms78-35
Content:
Records of Guyandotte Baptist Church as compiled by Mary Keller
Bowman
Donor: Gift of Mary Keller Bowman, 1957
Collection #: Ms78-36
Content:
Family history of the Bailey family in Wyoming County by Mary
Keller Bowman
Donor: Gift of Mary Keller Bowman, 1957
Collection #: Ms78-37
Content:
Articles about the Old Lewisburg Academy compiled by Marcellus
W. Zimmerman and published in the Greenbrier
Independent.
Donor: u.d., ca. 1935
Collection #: Ms78-38
Content:
Records of the Rockcastle Baptist Church at Rockview, Wyoming
County, as compiled by Mary Keller Bowman.
Donor: Gift of Mary Keller Bowman, 1957
Collection #: Ms78-39
Content:
History of General Agriculture in the Schools of West Virginia
by Dr. Richard Hyde.
Donor: Gift of Dr. Richard Hyde, 1946
Collection #: Ms78-40
Background:
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company.
Content:
Typescript of correspondence and citations issued by the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company and correspondence
received by company from General Bandholtz concerning company
employees' activities during 1921 mine wars and the search for the
missing Martin Bomber in Nicholas County.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms78-42
Location: In box with other small collections shelved after
Ms78-6
Content:
History of Mannington District, Marion County by Norman Festus
Kendall
Donor: Gift of Norman Festus Kendall, 1952
Collection #: Ms78-43
Background:
John S. Carlile (1817-1878), U. S. Senator, born in Winchester,
VA, died in Clarksburg, WV. Member of 1850 Constitutional
Constitution, and 1861 Virginia Convention, where he opposed
secession. Prominent member of June 1861 Wheeling Convention where
he opposed separate state, preferring to have unionist government
in Wheeling recognized as true Virginia government.
Content:
Letter from Carlile to Granville Parker asking for 20 copies of
his newspaper containing recent Carlile speech.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms78-44
Location: In box with other small collections shelved after
Ms78-6
Content:
Pension affidavit from Kanawha County resident and veteran of
Revolutionary War
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms78-45
Location: In box with other small collections shelved after
Ms78-6
Content:
Project proposal for Pleasant Point Resort as proposed by West
Virginia Industries Development Corporation
Donor: Gift of West Virginia Industries Development Corporation
Collection #: Ms78-47
Content:
Certificate for first-aid training issued by the U. S. Bureau of
Mines to Arthur S. Porter of Mount Gay.
Donor: Gift of Harold O. Farrell, 1978
Collection #: Ms78-50
Background:
Prison warden of Richmond, VA and later legislator from
Monongalia County
Content:
Correspondence, addresses, invoices, receipts, land claims,
court cases and other legal papers, penitentiary record
(1804-1833), circulars, legislative material, census of white
population (1820-1829), pension claims and other materials re:
Revolutionary War and War of 1812
Donor: u.d. - listed in 1935-36 annual report as part of collection
Collection #: Ms79-1
Background:
William Henry Edwards (1822-1909), coal operator and
entomologist
Content:
Correspondence, entomological journals, notebooks, scrapbooks,
plates and other papers
Donor: u.d. - listed in 1935-36 annual report as part of collection
Collection #: Ms79-2
Content:
Materials pertaining to Northern Neck land surveys of land held
by Thomas, Lord Fairfax
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-3
Background:
Abraham Johnson, justice of the peace and high sheriff of
Hampshire County (later Mineral County area)
Content:
Collection consists of correspondence, land grants, promissory
notes, court orders, receipts, summonses and bills of sale for
slaves. Correspondents include early settlers of Hampshire (later
Mineral) County, such as Pearsall, Reasoner, and NcNary.
Donor: Gift of Ella Mae Johnson
Collection #: Ms79-4
Background:
William Whittiker, early salt maker who settled in Charleston in
1804.
Content:
Diary containing description of travels to China and other
countries.
Donor: Deposited in West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, 1892.
Collection #: Ms79-5
Background:
Isaac Fouke (1803-1887), born and died in Charles Town,
Jefferson County. Attorney and member of House of Delegates in
1883.
Content:
2 volumes, indexed by Fouke, containing poems, short stories,
commentaries, speeches, essays and other writings.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-6
Background:
David Hunter Strother (1816-1888), born in Martinsburg and died
in Charles Town. Author and illustrator under pen name of "Porte
Crayon". Union Civil War general.
Content:
Account book, journal, correspondence, 1 manuscript and 10
sketches in various media.
Donor: u.d. - listed in biennial report of 1935-36.
Collection #: Ms79-7
Background:
Nelson B. Coleman ( ), steamboat operator and insurance agent in
Malden, Kanawha County.
Content:
Correspondence, legal papers, receipts, daybooks, expense books,
memo books and financial statements relating to Coleman's steamboat
and insurance business.
Donor: u.d. - listed in Biennial Report of 1935-36.
Collection #: Ms79-8
Content:
Collection of short histories about early Wood County
settlers
Donor: Purchase, 1930
Collection #: Ms79-9
Content:
Genealogies of Wyoming County Families, as compiled by Mary
Keller Bowman
Donor: Gift of Mary Keller Bowman
Collection #: Ms79-10
Background:
Primary family members include Rufus Maxwell (1828-1907),
lawyer, prosecuting attorney and legislator from Tucker County;
Claude Maxwell (1877-??), mayor of Elkins; Edwin Maxwell
(1825-1903), jurist and legislator; Hu Maxwell (1860-1927),
author.
Content:
Family correspondence, wills, diaries, deeds, speechs and
receipts. Set of typecript copies that are indexed as well as
originals.
Donor: Gift of C. J. Maxwell
Collection #: Ms79-11
Content:
Collection consists of questionnaires sent by Prescott to Reed
family members and their responses.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-12
Background:
Berlin B. Chapman (1900-1995), native of Webster County, college
professor in Oklahoma and author of several sociological
texts.
Content:
Draft copy of Education in Central West Virginia
19190-1975
Donor: Gift of Berlin B. Chapman.
Collection #: Ms79-13
Background:
Phillip W. Peck, Hardy County teacher and clerk of the session
for the Moorefield Presbyterian Church
Content:
Diary kept in two volumes.
Donor: Gift of George S. Aldizer II.
Collection #: Ms79-14
Background:
Fannie Cobb Carter, 1872-1972; educator; superintendent of first
Industrial Home for Colored Girls in Huntington (1926-1936;
director of adult education for Negroes in Kanawha County; dean and
acting president of National Trade and Professional School for
Women and Girls in Washington, DC.
Content:
Correspondence, birthday greetings on her 100th birthday,
clippings, programs, and other assorted materials
Donor: Gift of Della Brown Taylor.
Collection #: Ms79-15
Content:
Typescript letters of Virginia governors relating to Indian Wars
and western Virginia. Governors include Patrick Henry, Thomas
Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Randolph, Beverly Randolph,
Henry Lee and Robert Brooke.
Donor: Virginia Lewis and Lucie Lewis.
Collection #: Ms79-16
Background:
William S. Laidley (1839-1917), lawyer, historian and member of
House of Delegates 1872-73.
Content:
Manuscript written by Laidley but never published.
Donor: Deposited by Madeline Laidley, 1960.
Collection #: Ms79-17
Content:
Single and small groups of documents relating to Civil War,
including correspondence, diaries, commissions, discharges, muster
rolls and other documents, both originals and photocopies.
Donor: Various donors
Collection #: Ms79-18 & acc
Content:
Records include correspondence, a history of the organization,
various chapter records and records pertaining to those eligible to
receive and recipients of the Southern Cross of Honor.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-19
Content:
Collection is composed of single and small groups of records
pertaining to the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican
War, the Spanish- American War and World War I. The majority
pertains to the War of 1812.
Donor: Various donors.
Collection #: Ms79-20
Location: oversized pieces in Ma drawers 51 and 52
Content:
Copies of orders of the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers in the
Mexican War.
Donor: Donated by Erle L. Whetsell.
Collection #: Ms79-21
Content:
Account book of Charles Town business
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-22
Content:
Account book of Charleston business
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-23
Content:
Account book of Kanawha Court House business Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-24
Content:
Account books of Charleston business
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-25
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-26
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-27
Background:
Francis H. Pierpont (1814-1899), native of Monongalia County.
Lawyer, governor of the Restored Government of Virginia and
Reconstruction Government, 1861-1868; elected to West Virginia
House of Delegates 1869; appointed Collector of Internal Revenue
for West Virginia by President Garfield
Content:
Account book of Francis Pierpont
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-28
Content:
Account book of Kanawha County postal accounts
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-29
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-30
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-31
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-32
Content:
Account book, Kanawha County
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-33
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-34
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-35
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-36
Content:
Collection of correspondence from Kenly, engineer with Ritchie
Mineral Resin and Oil Company, many to Colonel J. A. Tompkins. Mine
later determined to be asphalt rather than coal, making it
unique.
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Guy Kenly.
Collection #: Ms79-37
Content:
Collection of diaries kept by Carter, a Titusville, PA resident
who worked in the oil industry and travelled a great deal,
including trips to Sistersville and other West Virginia oil fields,
and abroad.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-38
Content:
Collection includes discharge and freight books, some references
to steamers ACTIVE, RESORT, WM.
PHILLIPS.
Donor: Possible donation of Roy Bird Cook. His bookplates in front of volumes.
Collection #: Ms79-39
Content:
Ledger, possibly related to Hollenbeck family, Hampshire
County.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-40
Location: In box with Ms79-41
Content:
Fee books, possibly Kanawha County court
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-41
Location: In box with Ms79-40
Content:
Store account books
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-42
Content:
Diaries kept by James A. Jones, Ward, WV, detailing weather,
brief notes about activities and work
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-43
Content:
Store account book for ? Shanklin and James Alexander of
Greenbrier and Monroe counties
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-44
Content:
Daybook, Erskine and Caruthers, Salt Sulphur Springs
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-45
Content:
Daybook of West Virginia Electric Company, Martinsburg
Donor: Gift of Patrick Porter, 1969
Collection #: Ms79-46
Content:
Ledger and diary of Willoughby Lemen of Shepherdstown
Donor: Permanent deposit of Mrs. H. A. Downs, 1949
Collection #: Ms79-47
Content:
Account of Patrick McDaniel
Donor: Gift of Mrs. John A. Weaver
Collection #: Ms79-48
Location: In box with Ms79-49
Content:
Account book of postmaster of small Ritchie County
community
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Joyce Golden, 1951
Collection #: Ms79-49
Location: In box with Ms79-48
Content:
Account books of George Lemen, of Bunker Hill and Mill Creek,
Berkeley County
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-50
Content:
Kanawha & Ohio Coal Company
Donor: u.d. - listed in 1935-36 Biennial Report
Collection #: Ms79-51
Content:
Daybook from unknown persons and place
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-52
Content:
Store account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-53
Content:
Grist mill account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-54
Content:
Copy book, contains many math problems
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-55
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-56
Content:
Account books include postal accounts, one contains travel
expenses for members of 1864-1865 Legislature
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-57
Background:
Kanawha Board established by Virginia Assembly in 1858 to
improve Kanawha River for shipping
Content:
Minutes of board
Donor: Gift of Alexander Laidley to West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, 1895
Collection #: Ms79-58
Content:
Account book showing travel expenses and warrant numbers and
amounts
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-59
Background:
Kanawha Board was reestablished by State of West Virginia to
issue bonds and collect tolls for Kanawha River improvements;
ceased operating in 1883 and turned over work to U. S. Army Corps
of Engineers.
Content:
Minute book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-60
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-61
Content:
Title abstract to Arnold Farm, which was purchased by the state
for the 4-H camp at Jackson's Mill, as prepared by Kenneth Kurtz,
attorney. Includes history of William Arnold family.
Donor: Gift of West Virginia Board of Control, 1933.
Collection #: Ms79-62
Content:
Appears to be account book of blacksmith or metalworker.
Collection #: Ms79-63
Content:
Account book of R. Rion Lucas, Jefferson County.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-64
Background:
Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, member of the Virginia Assembly, U. S. Congressman
1852-1859, minister to France, Senior Adjutant on General Thomas J.
(Stonewall) Jackson's staff, leading counsel for West Virginia
before the U. S. Supreme Court in the matter of incorporating
Berkeley and Jefferson counties into West Virginia, member of the
1872 Constitutional Convention and U. S. Congressman 1874-
1876.
Content:
Cash book of Martinsburg lawyer
Donor: u.d. Collection #: Ms79-65
Location: In box with Ms79-66
Content:
Account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-66
Location: In box with Ms79-65
Content:
Daybook
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-67
Content:
Daybook
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-68
Content:
Ledger
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-69
Content:
Coal companies include Fire Creek Collieries, Spruce Bend Coal
Company, Detroit Coal Company
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-70
Background:
West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society was incoporated
Feb. 11, 1890 to collect and preserve items relating to West
Virginia's history. Its collections and functions were transferred
to the Bureau of Archives and History May 25, 1905.
Content:
Minutes, reports, membership, correspondence, donation and loan
records, and other miscellaneous records. Also includes records of
Kanawha Valley Historical Society.
Donor: Gift of West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, 1905
Collection #: Ms79-71
Content:
Minute book of group which met weekly to discuss various
subjects
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-72
Background:
Watson Town, also known as Capon Springs, Hampshire
County
Content:
Records and minutes of municipal government for Watson
Town.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-75
Content:
Register of guests to the West Virginia Building at the World's
Columbian Exposition, Chicago
Donor: Gift to the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society
Collection #: Ms79-76
Content:
District Attorney dockets with indexes for United States
District Courts in Charleston and Parkersburg
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-77
Content:
Trial dockets for United States District Courts in Charleston
and Clarksburg
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-78
Content:
Justice of the peace docket books for Roane County
Donor: Gift of Curtis Mason and Smith Ryan, 1957
Collection #: Ms79-79
Background:
George Hay Lee (1807-1873) served as member of Virginia
Assembly, Prosecuting Attorney for Harrison County, U. S. District
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Circuit Judge and
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Content:
Court docket book for George H. Lee during his period on
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-80
Content:
Trial docket for circuit courts for Virginia Court of Appeals at
Lewisburg
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-81
Content:
Briefs, court orders, transcripts, wills, and other legal
documents from cases tried in the Virginia Court of Appeals held at
Sweet Springs and Lewisburg.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-83
Content:
Register of West Virginians who visited the West Virginia
headquarters at the United States Centennial in
Philadelphia
Donor: Listed in 1935-36 Biennial Report
Collection #: Ms79-84
Content:
Legal documents pertaining to the case regarding the salt trust
established in Kanawha County.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-85
Content:
Argument docket for Kanawha County courts
Donor: Listed in 1935-36 Biennial Report.
Collection #: Ms79-86
Background:
The French Gratitude Train travelled the United States in 1949,
with a boxcar of gifts for each state in gratitude for the gifts of
food received by the French during the Food for Friends campaign.
Each state received artworks, tapestries, books and other items
donated by the French people.
Content:
The French Gratitude Train collection includes correspondence
about the train and its West Virginia stop, as well as art prints
and phonograph albums of French music
Donor: Transfer from Governor Okey Patteson, 1949
Collection #: Ms79-87
Content:
Records of the first Temperance Society in Kanawha
County
Donor: Gift of Mrs. C. C. Gillison, 1896 April
Collection #: Ms79-89
Background:
John Welch served as Master Mason of the Kanawha County Blue
Lodge, 1823; salt manufacturer; deputy sheriff acting as tax
collector 1830
Content:
Tax collection book for Kanawha County
Donor: Gift of estate of Miss Cornelia Welch, n.d. Listed in 1935-36 Biennial Report.
Collection #: Ms79-90
Location: In box with Ms79-91
Content:
Various steamboats, many for shipments originating in
Gallipolis, OH and heading to Kanawha County area
Donor: Purchase.
Collection #: Ms79-91
Location: In box with Ms79-90
Content:
Articles about Hayden's trip in 1852 across country to
California.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-92
Location: In box with Ms79-93
Content:
List of officers' commission dates, 2nd Battalion, 76th Virginia
Militia
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-93
Location: In box with Ms79-92
Background:
Hedgeman Slack was United States Marshall for West Virginia
1868- 1877.
Content:
Papers contain three letters, 2 volumes of letterbook carbons
and his 1872 diary.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-97
Content:
Deeds issued to William, Walter, and J. and S. Buchanan.
Donor: Gift of Florence W. O'Neil, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-127
Location: Shelved with Ms79-84 through Ms79-87
Background:
Dr. James Putney, Kanawha County
Content:
Collection includes receipts, scientific and meteorological
journal of Dr. James Putney, Putney and Reed family history,
information about Woodburn Female Seminary in Morgantown
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Ruth Shepherd, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-130
Content:
Includes extracts from Report of the Progress of the
Geological Survey of Virginia by William B. Rogers, 1839 and
1840; assorted reports on coal, salt, iron and oil, many dealing
with M. F. Maury, 1870s; Virginia Iron Notes 1873
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-132
Content:
Poems brought by young Negro girl into WPA office.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-133
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79-163
Content:
Commemorative booklet containing information about Gould,
Phillips, Sexton and Young families of Upshur County.
Donor: Purchase
Collection #: Ms79-134
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79-163
Content:
Letter by Washington, possibly to William C. Crawford in 1771
concerning surveys of lands west of the Alleghany Mountains.
Tracing of letter to Charles Jolly in 1799 about receipt.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-135
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79-163
Background:
Laurane Bullock later became Mrs. Arthur Boreman.
Content:
Letters to a Mr. Hill describing conditions in Wheeling.
Donor: Gift of Louise Bullock, n.d.
Collection #: Ms79-137
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Deed, right of way and contract between Shuck family members,
Fayette County.
Donor: Gift of Norma Shuck Levy, n.d.
Collection #: Ms79-150
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Well records of gas well near Clendenin
Donor: Gift of Bill Frame, Elkview, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-151
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Papers, most on B&O letterhead with local news of Thornton,
Taylor County, area.
Donor: Purchase, Bookworm and Silverfish
Collection #: Ms79-152
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Background:
James Nourse (1731-1784), Berkeley County member of Virginia
House of Delegates in 1778, appointed commissioner to settle claims
of Maryland against the United States in 1781.
Content:
Letter from Nourse to wife during trip to "Kentucke" to locate
lands, written near mouth of Great Sandy
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-153
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Papers include deeds, agreements to maintain roads, plans for
schoolhouse
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Bernice Hanes, n.d.
Collection #: Ms79-154
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Cashbook, Charleston
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-156
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79-163
Content:
Daybook #2 and miscellaneous receipts
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-157
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
"Early Fairfax land grants and leases along the South Branch of
the Potomac" by Morrison
Donor: Charles Morrison
Collection #: Ms79-158
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Page from store account book
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-160
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Memoranda of three land surveys patented in names of John
Beckley, George Clendenin and John M. Neil, signed by
Clendenin.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-161
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Court documents
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-162
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Content:
Title abstract for lands of Kanawha County resident.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-163
Location: In box with Ms79-133 through Ms79- 163
Background:
Dr. John P. Hale (1824-1902), Charleston area physician, salt
manufacturer, early writer and historian, and one of the founders
of the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society.
Content:
Collection includes correspondence, articles about New River and
Kanawha River history and archaeology, Wilson family history,
Draper family notes, and other assorted papers.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-170
Content:
Correspondence of Lucas and Shepherd family members, primarily
in Jefferson County.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-171
Content:
Survey of lands of various persons, some of what becomes eastern
panhandle of West Virginia area.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-172
Background:
Reverend Enoch Rector was a member of the Baptist Association
and involved in the establishment of Rector College near
Pruntytown, Taylor County (established 1839, chartered 1842, burned
1855)
Content:
Typescript copies of various letters, notes about Rector
College, Baptist Association History, and Kimball and Rector family
history
Donor: Gift of Roy Bird Cook, ca. 1936.
Collection #: Ms79-173
Content:
Notes by Ross Johnston on West Virginia in the American
Revolution - possibly update or sequel to earlier work.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-174
Background:
Ward Engineering Works, Charleston, established in 1881 by
Charles Ward, incorporated in 1907 and dissolved in the early
1940s. They produced shallow draught boats at their plant on the
south bank of the Kanawha River near the C&O Railroad
Station.
Content:
Specifications and blueprints for various types of boats
manufactured by Ward Engineering Works, Charleston.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-175
Location: oversized blueprints filed in Map Drawer 148-2 in 3
folders.
Background:
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), born in Hillsboro, Pocahontas County,
Nobel Prize winning author of novels about life in China.
Content:
Specifications and blueprints for demolition and restoration
work at Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, Pocahontas
County.
Donor: Gift of Grigg, Wood, Browne & Williams, Architects
Collection #: Ms79-176
Location: Oversized blueprints housed in Map Drawer 82
Content:
Incudes plans for screw hoist and fixture for hauling barrels
from distillery to U. S. bonded warehouse.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-177
Background:
Bible and correspondence relating to Prickett Family in Marion
County, including bible of Josiah Prickett, land grants, militia
records for Pricketts Fort.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-179
Content:
Baptist General Association (WV) Church Ediface Board
minutes.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-180
Content:
Short histories of various U. S. Post Offices in West Virginia
composed during U. S. Bicentennial celebration
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-181
Content:
Log books for Ohio River Locks 14 and 15 maintained by the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-185
Content:
Compilation of laws pertaining to women and children by C. B.
Dille, member of the Monongalia County Bar Association.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-186
Content:
Collection of historical affidavits pertaining to Point Pleasant
being first battle of the American Revolution
Donor: Gift of Patricia Burton, 1976
Collection #: Ms79-187
Content:
Correspondence and other family history for Welch, McFarland,
Goodwin and DeVol families of Kanawha and Greenbrier
counties.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-188
Content:
Papers, bills, receipts and other items, most belonging to
Walter David Spence, Summers County
Donor: Gift of Margaret Bailey, 1979-1981
Collection #: Ms79-190
Background:
Joseph H. Diss Debar (1820-1905), arrived in Doddridge County in
1846, established the Saint Clara colony of German and Swiss
emigrants, served in the Legislature, appointed Commissioner of
Immigration 1864-1873. Designer of the State Seal.
Content:
Correspondence and stories by Joseph H. Diss Debar, including
account about John Schaefer (Joseph Eisele), the Parkersburg
murderer and an account of Charles Dickens' first visit to America.
Most sketches removed to photograph collection.
Donor: Gift of King Hostick, 1963, and Harry J. Bennett, 1960-1963.
Collection #: Ms79-191
Content:
Personal correspondence of Jack Walton Thomas from family
members and business correspondence relating to Antler Coal and
Coke Company.
Donor: Purchase, Bookworm and Silverfish, 1975
Collection #: Ms79-192
Content:
Correspondence and legal papers of Campbell family members,
Monroe County
Donor: Gift of Walker Long, 1950s.
Collection #: Ms79-193
Content:
Diaries, mostly agricultural entries but also includes people
met, trips, prayer meetings.
Donor: Gift of Joseph A. Payne, n.d.
Collection #: Ms79-194
Background:
Marine T. Wickman was a gunsmith, master armorer, inspector of
arms and inventor at the Harpers Ferry armory.
Content:
Correspondence to and from Wickman.
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Charles Murray Rudulph, ca. 1966.
Note: Correspondence published in West Virginia History, vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 1-32.
Collection #: Ms79-195
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
Correspondence and legal papers concerning the Forbs family,
Charleston, Kanawha County.
Donor: Frances Gobson, 1974.
Collection #: Ms79-196
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
Land grants, deeds, indentures and other legal papers concerning
Jackson, Mason, Kanawha and Monongalia counties, Virginia and
Gallia County, Ohio. Collection also includes early Jackson County
marriage certificates (1833, 1839) and correspondence between
Acting Provost Marshall General in Wheeling and Board of
Supervisors of Jackson County concerning bounties paid for Civil
War enlistments.
Donor: Gift of Harold Staates, 1937.
Collection #: Ms79-197
Content:
Correspondence, accounts, affidavits, articles of agreement,
land grants, orders, rental books, surveys and other papers of
early settlers of South Branch Valley of western Virginia, mainly
Hardy County area. Includes papers of the Armentrout, Cunningham,
Harness, Hutton, Hyer and Van Meter families.
Donor: Purchase from Vause W. Marshall, 1940.
Collection #: Ms79-198
Background:
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), military leader, territorial
governor of Florida and president of the United States.
Content:
Letter from Florida territorial governor Andrew Jackson to
Lieutenant John Jay Jackson concerning Lt. Jackson's testimony in a
court-martial of Arbuthnot and Armbister for Indian depredations in
the Seminole War.
Donor: Gift of John Jay Jackson, Jr., 1896
Collection #: Ms79-199
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
Photocopies of pension files
Donor: Gift of Henry Larmovenx, 1975.
Collection #: Ms79-200
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Background:
Daniel Boone (1733-1820), frontier explorer and early settler in
the Kanawha Valley.
Content:
Original list of lawsuits against Daniel Boone in Rowan County,
NC 1766-1767 and photocopy of indentures for lands in Rowan County
1753-1759.
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Fred Peterson, 1962.
Collection #: Ms79-201
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Background:
West Columbia Mining and Manufacturing Company operated in Mason
County.
Content:
Correspondence concerning business operations of West Columbia
Mining and Manufacturing Company between Superintendent Elisha
Mack, Samuel E. Mack, William B. Robbins, Henry I. Fisher, William
McMillen and H. E. Robbins.
Donor: Gift of Howard M. Eavenson, 1941-1942.
Collection #: Ms79-202
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Background:
Frank Lee Burdette was secretary of the West Virginia Sons of
the American Revolution.
Content:
Materials include early Cabell County history, Methodism,
soldiers of the Revolution, Richard's Fort.
Donor: Gift of Frank Lee Burdette, 1946.
Collection #: Ms79-203
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
School attendance figures completed for Elk District, Harrison
County.
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Perry Nestor, 1969.
Collection #: Ms79-204
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
Deed to property of Duffy Methodist Church, Lewis County,
between church trustees and West Virginia State Parks.
Donor: Gift of John S. Holy, 1971.
Collection #: Ms79-205
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
Business correspondence and records of Greer and Laing,
importers and dealers in hardware, Wheeling. Proprieters were J. R.
Greer, A. Laing, W. Cruickshank and D. S. McIlwaine.
Donor: Gift of Chemung County Historical Society, NY, n.d.
Collection #: Ms79-206
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Background:
Henry J. Samuels of Cabell County, member of the 120th Regiment
Militia Courts of Enquiry, Adjutant General of the Restored
Government and circuit judge.
Content:
Biography of Henry J. Samuels by Fred B. Lambert.
Donor: Gift of Fred B. Lambert, 1904
Collection #: Ms79-207
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
Collection of letters between members of the Lowther-Harpold
families in the Ripley-Ravenswood areas of Jackson County.
Donor: Gift of Mrs. U. O. Hutton, 1963.
Collection #: Ms79-208
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
Indentures and letters concerning James Machir of Hardy County
and the Job Welton, Sr. family.
Donor: Gift of Charels L. Mangrum, n.d.
Collection #: Ms79-209
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Background:
Lewis F. Watts was captain of Company F, 22nd VA Infantry,
CSA.
Content:
Photocopies of documents pertaining to Lewis F. Watts, most
letters home to wife.
Donor: Gift of Frances Lee Watts Cavendish, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-210
Location: In box with Ms79-195 to Ms79- 210
Content:
West Virginia Historical Records Survey of manuscript
collections, including notes on early West Virginia imprints,
private manuscript collections and compilations of early
records.
Donor: u.d..
Collection #: Ms79-211
Content:
School records for the Clearfork and Center districts of Wyoming
County, typescript.
Donor: Gift of Mary Keller Bowman, 1967.
Collection #: Ms79-212
Content:
Manuscript volumes of 1880 West Virginia population
schedules.
Donor: Gift of the University of Pittsburgh Libraries, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-213
Location: shelved with other census books 312 U58.
Content:
Family history information on the Reasoner, Froman and Speers
families compiled by Coloner Mathew A. Reasoner.
Donor: Gift of Marie C. Anderson, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-215
Content:
Records of the 1960 White House Conference on Youth and
Children, and a manuscript by Dana Reynolds entitled "A Prospectus
on the West Virginia Extension Program, 1918- 1933."
Donor: Gift of West Virginia University, Center for Extension and Continuing Education, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-218
Content:
Committee records, correspondence, bylaws, proceedings and
membership information for West Virginia Nurses
Association.
Donor: Gift of the West Virginia Nurses Association, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-220
Background:
Harrison Ferrell (1900-1977), Dean of West Virginia State
College, music and foreign language teacher.
Content:
Papers pertaining to Harrison Ferrell
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Harrison H. Ferrell, 1979.
Collection #: Ms79-222
Content:
Daybook, Randolph County.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-223
Background:
Granville Parker (1809-1881) was a lawyer and newspaper
correspondent who represented Cabell County at the Constitutional
Convention of 1861 and 1862.
Content:
Speeches given by Granville Parker on subjects before the
Constitutional Conventions.
Donor: u.d..
Collection #: Ms79-224
Content:
Manuscript about construction during Works Progress
Administration of Charleston's South Side Bridge.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-227
Content:
Transcripts compiled by the WPA of privately owned manuscript
collections in West Virginia, inlcuding Solomon Fleming letters,
Phares Collection, Tenney Collection, Sotha Hickman Collection,
Darnel Collection, Yeager Collection, Gooch Collection, Mineral
County Historical Society Collection, Frye Collection, Mason
Mathews Papers, Alkire Collection, Henry Westfall diary, and
William McCleery Papers.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-228
Content:
Church roll and record book for Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Mt.
Lookout, Nicholas County.
Donor: Gift of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 1967.
Collection #: Ms79-229
Content:
Notes on the Yoakum, Van Bibber, Grimes and Kincaid families
compiled by Maude Kincaid.
Donor: Gift of Maude Kincaid via Anna Lutz, 1979, 1986 and 1989.
Collection #: Ms79-233
Content:
Literary manuscript entitled John R. Rohrbach (Rohrabaugh),
1728-1821; descendents and marriage connections by James D.
Rorabaugh.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-235
Content:
Literary manuscript by John Swann entitled Prison Life in Fort
Delaware.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-237
Content:
Records of the 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry, CSA.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-238
Content:
Exemption and substitution records, most pertaining to Captain
William N. Nelson from the CSA Conscript Department, Virginia, 10th
District.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-239
Content:
Register of Confederate prisoners confined at Point
Pleasant.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-240
Content:
Typescript copies of regimental historical memoranda.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-242
Content:
Records of the Branch Mountain Lumber Company in
Moorefield.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-243
Content:
Artificial collection of documents relating to the statehood
movement.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-244
Content:
Account book, Charleston, 1835-1836.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-245
Location: in box labelled Ms79-245 to Ms79-251
Content:
Historical writings of Hugh Paul Taylor with an article written
by Charles A. Stuart.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-246
Location: in box labelled Ms79-245 to Ms79-251
Content:
Genealogical record of the Wright Family of West Virginia by
Maud Marie Buck.
Donor: Gift of Maud Marie Buck, n.d.
Collection #: Ms79-247
Location: in box labelled Ms79-245 to Ms79-251
Content:
Records of the Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry for the 150th
Regiment Commencing in 1846 by Jno. P. Byrne
Donor: Gift of Paul McLaughlin, 1949.
Collection #: Ms79-248
Location: in box labelled Ms79-245 to Ms79-251
Content:
Letters to Superintendent John D. Wilson from Assistant
Quartermaster's Office, Lincoln Depot, Washington regarding
establishment of National Cemetery at Grafton.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-249
Location: in box labelled Ms79-245 to Ms79-251
Content:
An address delivered by Adam Snyder of Highland County at the
annual exhibition of Mossy Creek Academy, 1854.
Donor: Purchase?
Collection #: Ms79-250
Location: in box labelled Ms79-245 to Ms79-251
Content:
Claims for service in the Union Army by Captain George A.
Jackson of Weston
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms79-251
Location: in box labelled Ms79-245 to Ms79-251
Background:
Meadow River Lumber Company (1906-1970) operated lumber mill at
Rainelle, Greenbrier County and Sewell Valley Railroad to connect
with the C&O Railroad.
Content:
Correspondence, forms, reports and other materials relating to
lumbering and sawmill operations of the Meadow River Lumber Company
and the Sewell Valley Railroad.
Donor: Various donors
Collection #: Ms79-252
Content:
Most of these materials for the Society of the Blue and Gray
concern the Jackson County area. Collection includes financial
records, programs, and a minute and attendance book for reunions,
listing veterans by name, age and unit.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-6
Background:
Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal group of Union Civil
War veterans
Content:
Records include correspondence, discharge and transfer
certificates, orders, an account book for the Women's Relief Corps
of the Dan Frost Post (Ravenswood), and records of the George
Summers Post, and Carl Chatto Post (Ripley).
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-7
Background:
United Confederate Veterans was a fraternal organization of
Confederate Civil War veterans.
Content:
Records of the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee camps, as
well as overall listing of camps.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-8
Background:
Aubrey O. Smith (1893-1978) and Judge Winton A. Riffe
(1887-1962) were both residents of Beckley and avid collectors of
family history and local history information.
Content:
Collection focuses on the families and local history of the New
River counties of Virginia and West Virginia. It includes
correspondence, research notes, legal documents, deeds, land
grants, surveys, lists, books, pamphlets, brochures, flyers and
newspaper clippings.
Donor: Gift of the heirs of Aubrey O. Smith, 1980.
Collection #: Ms80-9
Content:
Family history information of Burnside-Byrnside family of
Augusta County, VA and Monroe County, WV.
Donor: Gift of Bertha Lewis Clark, 1947.
Collection #: Ms80-14
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Family history on the McCutchan family of Augusta County,
Virginia.
Donor: Gift of Bertha Lewis Clark, n.d.
Collection #: Ms80-15
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Family history on the Clark family of Augusta County, Virginia
and Monroe County, West Virginia
Donor: Gift of Bertha Lewis Clark, n.d.
Collection #: Ms80-16
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Family history on the Handley family of Monroe County.
Donor: Gift of Bertha Lewis Clark, n.d.
Collection #: Ms80-17
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Typescript copy of Kanawha Salt Company charter
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-19
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Background:
John Henry Wood was a 1st lieutenant in the 10th WV Infantry
during the Civil War.
Content:
Photocopy of diary entries for January-August 1865.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-20
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Background:
Jonathan Newlon Camden (1826-1908) was born in Braxton County
and spent two years at the U. S. Military Academy (West Point)
before resigning to study law. Developed business interests in
Parkersburg in banking, oil and railroads. Served as U. S. Senator
1881-1887 and very active in Democratic politics. Septimius Hall
(1847-1926) was a member of the 1872 Constitutional Convention and
served as a state senator 1872-1873. He was elected to the House of
Delegates from Wetzel County in 1881-1885 and 1907-1926.
Content:
Letter from J. N. Camden, Parkersburg to Septimius Hall, New
Martinsville, 1880 June 4.
Donor: Gift of Harland Gorrell, 1967.
Collection #: Ms80-21
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Typescript notes about military records from the colonial
militia period through World War I.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-22
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Slave bill of sale from James V. Lewis to Guy P.
Mathews.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-23
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Criner family history, compiled by Sigsbee Lee Bowers
Foster.
Donor: Gift of Sigsbee Lee Bowers Foster, 1944.
Collection #: Ms80-24
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Notes on the Fitzwater family, mostly Isaac Fitzwater (born
1791) and his early struggles with Indians and exploration in the
Kanawha/Fayette/Nicholas county area.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-25
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Advertising papers for W. H. Smith Hardware Company of
Parkersburg.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-26
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Typescript history of Methodists in Wyoming County by Mary
Keller Bowman
Donor: Gift of Mary Keller Bowman, n.d.
Collection #: Ms80-27
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Typescript listing of Revolutionary soldiers arranged by
county
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-28
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Typescript copy of listing of churches in West Virginia by
county, then denomination and founding date.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-30
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Typescript listing of Church of the Brethren listing county by
county.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-31
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Family history group sheets of Rutherford family and related
Kuhl, Shales, Phillips and Harris family members.
Donor: Gift of Virgil L. Harris, 1978.
Collection #: Ms80-32
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Transcription of account book of trading post near Lewisburg,
1771-1772.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-33
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-14 through
80-33
Content:
Docket books for Justice of the Peace cases in Gilmer County,
1885-1897.
Donor: Gift of Kendrick King, 1980.
Collection #: Ms80-34
Content:
Bylaws of the Point Pleasant Lyceum
Donor: Gift of Eileen Taylor, 1980.
Collection #: Ms80-35
Background:
Uncle Jeff Bell was a former slave who worked in the salt
industry in Malden.
Content:
Notes by George C. Claire about Uncle Jeff Bell, an old former
slave working in the salt industry in Malden who was known as "The
Conjure Man."
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-87
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from B. Reeder of Shinnston to Mrs. Sarah C. Reeder of
Marthaville, MO about family matters, 1838 June 17
Donor: Gift of Elsie Farrow, 1954.
Collection #: Ms80-88
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letters from Delafield Dubois to George F. King of Tiffany and
Company regarding iron deposits in Wayne County and pearls from
Kanawha River mussels, 1885 September 8-22.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-89
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Family history information about Valentine Johnson and William
Robinson, ca. 1888.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-90
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Poem by unknown author in Leon, WV entitled "Kanawha River,"
1878.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-91
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letters from Evan Powell to Major Thomas Broun regarding an
extract from diary of W. C. Hunter regarding lands of George
Washington on the Kanawha River, ca. 1790.
Donor: Gift of Evan Powell, 1895
Collection #: Ms80-92
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Text of article by William Sidney Laidley entitled "West
Virginia Hills."
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-93
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from J. Ed. Caldwell of Kanawha Court House to Miss Emma
Bigelow of Waltham, MA, 1860 November 8 mentioning election of
Lincoln and Caldwell's visit to Bunker Hill.
Donor: Purchase, 1955
Collection #: Ms80-94
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from Edward Canning and wife, Wheeling, to Josiah
Canning, Gill, OH, 1838 July 22-23, concerning family matters and
description of Grave Creek Mound.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-95
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
John Snyder Carlile (1817-1878), U.S. Senator, born in
Winchester, VA, died in Clarksburg, WV. Member of 1850
Constitutional Constitution, and 1861 Virginia Convention, where he
opposed secession. Prominent member of June 1861 Wheeling
Convention where he opposed separate state, preferring to have
unionist government in Wheeling recognized as true Virginia
government.
Content:
Letters from John Snyder Carlile, Clarksburg, to John Martin,
Richmond, concerning land warrants, 1851- 1855.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-96
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from William Armstrong, Paddytown, to Upton Bruce,
Cumberland, MD, 1815 January 30, concerning collecting taxes for U.
S. Treasury.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-97
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
William Stephen Morgan (1801-1878) was born in Monongalia
County. He served in the U. S. House of Representatives 1835-1839
and remained there as a clerk until 1840, when he transferred to
become a clerk of the Virginia Assembly. Member of the Virginia
House of Delegates 1841-1844.
Content:
Letter from William Stephen Morgan, Washington, DC to Mahlon
Dickerson regarding appointment of Mr. Grantland to U. S. Naval
Academy, 1837 October 10.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-98
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
Governor James Pleasants (1769-1839) served in the Virginia
House of Delegates in 1796, clerk of the House of Delegates
1803-1811, and a member of the U. S. House of Representatives
1811-1819. He served as U. S. Senator 1819-1822, when he resigned
to become Virginia governor.
Content:
Letter from Virginia Governor James Pleasants, Richmond, to
governor of Tennessee, 1825 February 8, regarding apprehension of
fugitives Samuel and Thomas Caldwell.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-99
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from Linn Banks, Madison County, VA to Messrs. Blair and
Rives, 1838 August 5, regarding printing order.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-100
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from W. H. Day, former captain of Company A, 11th WV
Infantry, now in Andrain County, MO, to General Isaac Duval, 1869
November 22, regarding payment of bounty for Civil War
service.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-101
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from Sarah Demon, Charles Town to Hanna Gray, Alexandria,
VA, 1829 February 9, regarding prayer meeting.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-102
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from Henry Alonzo Edmundson, Washington, to Secretary of
the Navy Gideon Wells, 1861 March 18, regarding appointment of
Joseph Anderson to U. S. Naval Academy.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-103
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Poem entitled "Ben Bolt" by Thomas Dunn English, formerly of
Logan County, n.d.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-104
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
Guy Despard Goff (1867-1933) was born in Clarksburg to Judge
Nathan Goff. Guy Goff served as U. S. District Attorney for
Wisconsin and served in the Judge Advocate Corps during World War
I.
Content:
Address by Guy Despard Goff on occasion of dedication of State
Capitol, 1932 June 20.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-105
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from Henry Rogers, Charleston, to Alva Hansford, 1833
July 20, concerning cholera pill.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-106
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Partial letter from M. Heckard, Pomeroy, OH to Michael Legrist,
Virginia, n.d. concerning lawsuit.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-107
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from Frank Huger, Harpers Ferry, to unidentified colonel,
1852 February 17, concerning donation to a church.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-108
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
John George Jackson (1777-1825), from Clarksburg, surveyor of
public lands in Ohio (1793), member of Virginia House of Burgesses
(1798-1801, 1811-1812), U.S. Representative (1803-1810, 1813-1817),
and judge of the District Court for the Western District of
Virginia
Content:
Letters from Congressman John George Jackson to the Secretary of
the Navy concerning appointments of Woodrow Dailey and John
Goulding to U. S. Naval Academy, 1810 January 12, n.d.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-109
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
John Jay Jackson (1824-1907) Member of Virginia legislature
1852-1853, federal judge in western Virginia
Content:
Letters from John Jay Jackson to several individuals, including
U. S. Attorney General E. R. Hoar and "Mr. President",
1869-1887.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-110
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
Zedekiah Kidwell (1814-1872), physician, state delegate
(1842-45, 1849-50, 1852), US Representative (1853-1857), member
Board of Public Works (1857-1860)
Content:
Letters from Zedekiah Kidwell, 1857 March-May, concerning
Democratic Convention at Martinsburg and recommending James Neeson
to Virginia Governor Henry Wise.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-111
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from James McCurdy, Sacramento City, CA to John W.
McCurdy, Charles Town, 1849 September 10 concerning his trip to
California.
Donor: Gift of Charles McC. Mathias, n.d.
Collection #: Ms80-112
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Peach limb faith manuscript on water dowsing or conjuring in
Back Creek Valley, Berkeley County, n.d.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-113
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Poem by Fauri McIntosh entitled "Poor House Nan," 1893.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-114
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
Lewis Maxwell (1790-1862) served in the Virginia House of
Delegates (1821-1824) and as U. S. Representative
(1827-1833).
Content:
Letters and part of speech of Lewis Maxwell, 1828-1832.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-115
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Poem, possibly Valentine, to Hester G. Miller, Berkeley County,
1846.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-116
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Business papers and notes of Solomon Miller, Shepherdstown
weaver, and Jacob W. Reynolds, ca. 1821- 1861.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-117
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from A. W. Millspaugh, Richmond, to Thomas F. Venable,
Farmville, VA, 1850 July 23, concerning danger of flooding in
Richmond area.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-118
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from J. W. Nash, Lewis Creek, to J. D. Lewis, 1849 March
14, concerning salt manufacturing.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-119
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from A. B. Russell, Selma, MD to Benjamin Hale, Geneva,
NY, 1845 May 20, concerning Harpers Ferry armory.
Donor: Purchase, 1945
Collection #: Ms80-120
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Agreement and basis of settlement between Democrats and
Republicans in the 1911 session of the West Virginia legislature,
1911.
Donor: Gift of Gray Silver, 1911
Collection #: Ms80-121
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
Greenbury Slack (1807-1863) served as a justice of the peace and
member of the 1861 and 1863 Constitutional Conventions from Kanawha
County. He served in the West Virginia Senate 1863-1868.
Content:
Letters and account books of Greenbury Slack, 1865-1868.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-122
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letter from Philip Rootes Thompson, Coalsmouth, to Allen Latham,
Chillicothe, OH, 1833 March 22, concerning land held in partnership
with Mr. Patton in Logan County.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-123
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Partial letter from U. S. District Attorney, Clarksburg, 1872
October 7, concerning James Powelson, distiller.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-124
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Van Meter family history, 1785-1910.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-125
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley (1821-1876) U. S. Congressman from
Virginia (1861-1863) and West Virginia (1863-1867).
Content:
Letters to Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley from various
correspondents, including General Isaac Duval, D. D. Farnsworth,
General R. H. Milroy, William Francis Seward (son of the Sec. of
State), and General Franz Sigel, 1863-1879, most concerning
politics and the Civil War.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-126
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Bond signed by Dudley Woodbridge, Washington County, to Benjamin
Ives Gilman, Washington County, 1798 July 7.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-127
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letters between members of the Schaarmann family in Germany and
Harpers Ferry, 1848-1860. Letters are in German.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-128
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Typescript letters regarding David Robinson's donation of his
journal of travels through Louisiana territory to Thomas Jefferson,
1805.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-129
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Content:
Letters of Joel McPherson concerning remittance by state for
services of physicians to the Greenbrier County jail, 1868.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-130
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-87 through
80-130
Background:
John A. North was the clerk of the Virginia Court of Appeals
held at Lewisburg.
Content:
Letters of John A. North, Lewisburg, most dealing with court
cases of the Virginia Court of Appeals held at Lewisburg,
1832-1855.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-131
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Alfred Beckley (1802-1886), graduate of U. S. Military Academy
(West Point) in 1823. Served 13 years in the artillery. Settled in
Fayette County and when Raleigh County was created became its first
circuit court clerk. Became a brigadier general of the Virginia
Militia in 1849. During the Civil War he guarded ferries on the New
River under orders of Confederate General Wise until Colonel
Rutherford B. Hayes took over Raleigh Court House and then
surrendered to Hayes. Spent one month at Camp Chase prison,
Ohio.
Content:
Letters of Alfred Beckley and his mother Maria Beckley,
1795-1845.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-132
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letters and poems of Danske Bedinger Dandridge, Jefferson
County, 1887-1901. Most of the letters addressed to either Dr. Ward
or Miss Ward.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-133
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Samuel W. Dewey, Washington, to I. Hiny? regarding
Hiny's lands in Randolph County which appear to have been sold for
non-payment of taxes.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-134
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Romeo H. Freer (1845-?) U. S. Consul to Nicaragua (1872-1876),
Registrar of Lands for Santa Fe, NM, legislator, prosecuting
attorney and circuit judge for Ritchie County, U. S. Representative
(1899-1901), Attorney General (1901-1905). Rutherford B. Hayes
(1822-1893) Colonel of the 23rd Ohio Infantry during the Civil War
and U. S. President, 1877-1881.
Content:
Letter from Romeo H. Freer, Charleston, to President Rutherford
B. Hayes, Washington, 1877 March 5, recommending Lewis A. Martin
for any position in administration he might want.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-135
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from J. H. Henderson, Willow Island, Pleasants County, to
H. J. Samuels, Adjutant General of the Restored Government of
Virginia, regarding court of enquiry held at St. Marys.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-136
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from James M. Howell, Farm, WV, to Colonel Flintlock
Perry, Charleston, 1895 April 8, regarding Howell's enlistment in
the 36th VA Infantry in Raleigh County.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-137
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Daniel Lamb (1810-1890), member and chief draftsman 1st West
Virginia Constitutional Convention, House of Delegates member from
Ohio County (1863-1867). Granville Hall (1837-1934 ), 1st clerk of
the House of Delegates (1863-1865), Secretary of State (1865-1868),
editor of the Wheeling Intelligencer.
Content:
Letters, most between Granville Hall and Gertrude Lamb
concerning final disposition of her father's writings,
1901-1924.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-138
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letters from Joseph Lovell, Charleston, to James Bream,
Richmond, 1814, regarding salt industry.
Donor: J. J. Lovell, n.d.
Collection #: Ms80-139
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Thomas Scott, Brandonville, Preston County, to I. C.
McGrew, 1869 February 23, recommending Captain William H. Rantner
for a position as Inspector of Liquor.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-140
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Otis Shaw to his brother and sister, 1868 January 1,
offering New Year's greetings. Shaw may be writing from Canada or
Alaska.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-141
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Petition of Jabez Spinks to Court of Appeals, 1838 July 20,
protesting decision of the court in the case of Jesse Spinks vs.
Jabez Spinks.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-142
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
William Erskine Stevenson (1820-1883) was a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1857-1858), member 1st
Constitutional Convention (1861), WV Senate (1863-1869), Governor
(1869-1871), publisher of Parkersburg State Journal.
Content:
Letter from W. E. Stevenson, House of Representatives,
Harrisburg, to Albert Hinkley, 1857 February 25, regarding renting
Stevenson's home "Valley Farm."
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-143
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Incomplete letter from Michael Sydenstricker, probably
Greenbrier County, discussing need for strong Union men and
reconciling North and South and adhering to constitution. Probably
written during Reconstruction period.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-144
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Lewis Summers (1778-1843), judge of the Kanawha Judicial
Circuit
Content:
Letters from Lewis Summers to various correspondents on various
topics, including transportation improvements such as the James
River and Kanawha Company, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
1817-1842. Also contains newspaper account of George William
Summers' speech in Congress on the Veto Bill.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-145
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900), U. S. House of Representatives
(1883-1895), U. S. Postmaster General (1895-1897), president
Washington and Lee University (1897-1900?). While Postmaster
General he established Rural Free Delivery.
Content:
Letter from Congressman William Lyne Wilson, Washington, to
Professor William M. Foulke, Piedmont, thanking Foulke for his help
in the recent examinations for the U. S. Military Academy.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-146
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letters, many between Warren Wood, Ravenswood, and Miss Marietta
Blennerhassett. Other letters between Roy Bird Cook and C. L. Brown
concern Washington Lands, including photocopy from 1863 Magazine of
American History about lands.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-147
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Typescript copy of Reuben Foreman Hedges' account of 1826-1827
trip from West Liberty to Maryland, including Baltimore and
Annapolis, and Philadelphia. Includes some basic family history and
some accounts of early Indian attacks upon settlers in western
Virginia.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-148
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Typescript history of Marshall College by Clyd A. Wellman,
1908.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-149
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Louis Bennett of Lewis County was shot down and killed in France
in 1918 while heading the West Virginia Flying Corps. His family
sponsored several memorials to Bennett and other aviators killed
during the war.
Content:
Program from the dedication of a memorial window to members of
the Royal Flying Corps, placed in Westminster Abbey, London,
England, by Mrs. Louis Bennett in memory of her son Louis, 1922 May
26.
Donor: Gift of John J. Cornwell, 1922
Collection #: Ms80-150
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
G. W. Moredock's remembrance of poem commemorating burning of
H.M.S. Sir Robert Peel on Lake Erie in 1838, as remembered in
1888.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-151
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Papers of Mathias Van Bibber, Kanawha and Nicholas counties,
including business receipts, invoices, legal documents and
correspondence, 1799-1844.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-152
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Tribute by James Lewis, Charleston, to George Washington,
n.d.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-153
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letters concerning disputed lands in Monroe County and case of
J. B. Cook vs. Henry Hagan and William Cox. C. H. Botts also
involved in correspondence.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-154
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Edward W. B. Canning, William P. Canning and Mrs.
Edward Canning, Wheeling, to Reverend Josiah W. Canning, Gill, MA,
1839 January 29, concerning their educational qualifications. They
were faculty of the Wheeling Institute.
Donor: Purchase, 1942.
Collection #: Ms80-155
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Receipts fro construction materials used in building quarters
for General Pinckney at Harpers Ferry, 1800.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-157
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876), lawyer, Congressman
(1833-1844) Governor of Virginia (1855-1859), Confederate
Brigadier-General during the Civil War.
Content:
Letters from Henry Alexander Wise to E. W. M. McComas, 1855,
concerning political situation in Virginia, Wise as a possibly
presidential candidate, slavery.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-158
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Henry Clay (1777-1852) served in the U. S. House of
Representatives and U. S. Senate from Kentucky. He successfully
defended Aaron Burr against the charge of treason.
Content:
Letters from Henry Clay to men in Fayetteville and Charleston
regarding setting up meetings to discuss various topics, 1831,
1844.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-159
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz (1830-1915) served several terms
as president of Mexico.
Content:
Stephen B. Elkins (1841-1911) served several offices in the New
Mexico territory before settling in West Virginia in 1878. He
married Henry Gassaway Davis' daughter and was in business with him
in railroading, coal and timber. He was appointed Secretary of War
(1891-1893) and was elected to the U. S. Senate
(1895-1911).
Content:
Letter (in Spanish) from Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz,
president of Mexico, to Senator Stephen B. Elkins, 1896 May 19,
concerning introduction to Diaz of a General Gordon as recommended
by Elkins.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-160
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
George Bancroft (1800-1891) served as Secretary of the Navy
(1845-1846) where he established the U. S. Naval Academy and
minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), minister to various German
states (1867-1874). But he is best known as a noted historian and
author of the multi-volume set History of the United
States.
Content:
Letter from George Bancroft, New York, to Carrie F. Jaynes, 1857
April 15, concerning his research on her great-grandfather Richard
Henry Lee.
Donor: Gift of Carrie F. Jaynes to West Virginia Historical Society, 1895.
Collection #: Ms80-161
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
James Buchanan (1791-1868), U.S. president (1857-1861)
Content:
Letter from James Buchanan, London, to Jessie Bright, 1853
November 29, concerning his foreign affairs assignment to
London.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-162
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter of Rebecca Harding Davis, Philadelphia, 1869 May 3,
expressing thanks for an expression of appreciation of Davis'
work.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-163
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Phillip Doddridge (1772-1832) served in the Virginia Legislature
1815-1816 and 1822-1823. He was a leader of the 1829-1830
Constitutional Convention and elected to the U. S. House of
Representatives in 1829, where he served until his death.
Content:
Letter from Phillip Doddridge, Washington, 1832 July 6, to mayor
of Georgetown, relating to city charters.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-164
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Robert Edward Lee, Rockbridge Baths to Messes.
Peyton, White Sulphur Springs, 1869 July 21, concerning
reservations for Lee and two of his daughters.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-165
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Harman Blennerhassett (1764?-1831) met with Aaron Burr at his
Wood County island home beginning in 1805 and was arrested on a
charge of treason for Burr's plotted overthrow of the government.
Released in 1807 when Burr failed to be convicted, his property and
home had been seized by the government and the house accidently
burned by careless slaves. He died on the Isle of Guernsey in
1831.
Content:
Unsigned journal page, 1858 September 1, regarding visit of Mrs.
Blennerhassett of St. Louis and her showing of a miniature and 3
volumes of journals kept by Blennerhassett during the Burr trial,
his imprisonment, and some trips to Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-166
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Daniel Boone (1733-1820), frontier explorer and early settler in
the Kanawha Valley.
Content:
List of lawsuits involving Daniel Boone, 1766-1767, on the
letterhead of the Superior Court, Rowan County, North
Carolina.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-167
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) served as Secretary of War
(1853-1857), U. S. Senate (1857-1861) and president of the
Confederate States of America (1861-1865).
Content:
U.S. War Department notification of appointment of George A.
Thornton to the U. S. Military Academy (West Point), 1856 March 20,
signed by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-168
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter to Warren Wood, Ravenswood, from Charles Felton Pidigin
Boston, concerning Wood's library of Burr and Blennerhassett books,
1901.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-169
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from John L. Sehon, Clarksburg, to Michael Sechrist,
Mason County, 1815 August 8, regarding payment of Sehon's
taxes.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-170
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Circular announcing B. W. Poindexter, Charleston, is running for
Virginia Assembly, 1824 January 10.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-171
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Register of cholera deaths, Kanawha County from the mouth of the
Elk River to the upper salt works (Malden), 1850
May-September.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-172
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letters, many to H. J. Trimble from family members, Ellenboro,
Ritchie County, 1857-1868.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-173
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Letter from Benjamin H. Smith to William H. Cabell, Richmond, concerning a court case Rector vs. Jacob Uhl, 1844 January 1. Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-174
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Sampson Sawyers, Dunlaps Creek, Botetourt County, to
Mrs. Miriam Robinson, Peters Creek, 1808 August 16 regarding
land.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-175
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from George Brown, Hollidays Cove, Brooke County, to
Thomas Barns, Barn's Mills, Harrison County, 1839 February 26,
concerning Methodist Protestant prayer meetings.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-176
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Henry Peyton, Cabell County, to Richard Literal,
Botetourt, 1858 September 15, asking if Literal can testify to
remembering Peyton from various Revolutionary War
engagements.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-177
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Order for leather from A. Campbell to Robert Moore, 1823 May
2.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-178
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Nathan Boone, St. Charles County, Missouri to Jesse
VanBibber, 1831 September 19, discussing family matters.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-179
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from John Welch, Philadelphia, to Mrs. Julia Welch,
Kanawha Court House, 1844 September 5, regarding his business trip
to Philadelphia.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-180
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Waitman Thomas Willey (1811-1900), member of the 1850-1851
Virginia Constitutional Convention, selected as U. S. Senator for
the Reorganized Government of Virginia (1861-1871). He introduced
and sponsored the statehood bill to create West Virginia.
Content:
Letter from Waitman Thomas Willey, Senate Chamber, to John S.
Barns, Barn's Mills, Monongalia County, 1840 January 17, regarding
passage of bill regarding new county.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-181
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from Robert Taylor, Orange, 1817 January 7, regarding
payment of debt.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-182
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Background:
Marquis Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert de Motier Lafayette
(1757-1834) served in the American Revolution.
Content:
Typescript of letter from Lafayette, Washington, to Ludwell Lee,
1825 August 29 concerning his plans before leaving America.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-183
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Certificate of free birth of Harrison Lucas, Fauquier County,
1835 May 6, given by Andrew Turner.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-184
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Letter from C. K. Gardner, Washington, to John McArgle, Fishing
Creek, Tyler County, 1829 September 1, regarding establishment of
post office there and appointing McArgle postmaster.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-185
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Register of members of Johnston's Fork Church, 1802.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-186
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
Content:
Deposition of Thomas Harrison, relating to discovery of the
"Falls of Potowmack", witnessed before and signed by William Byrd,
1737 June 17.
Donor: u.d.
Collection #: Ms80-187
Location: In box with manuscript collections 80-131 through
80-187
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