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Volume 60 of West Virginia History is now available. This issue features articles on attorney Thomas C. Townsend, the Federal Music Project in Huntington, and the 100-year old West Virginia Archives and History, as well as Civil War letters from Hardy County's Union militia. Click here to order your copy today. |
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Eight back issues of the West Virginia History are now available at a reduced price of $3.00 per copy. Click here to order your copies today. |
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Since its creation in 1905, the West Virginia State Archives has collected and preserved publications, records, photographs and other materials that document the history of the Mountain State.The 150 images featured in Picturing West Virginia: A Century of Collecting by the West Virginia State Archives, 1905-2005 are an eclectic selection from the thousands that represent a century of collecting by the State Archives, providing an enjoyable pictorial journey through the state and its diverse scenery and heritage. Click here for more information. |
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The Civil War stories of Union veteran Jesse Tyler Sturm are now available in a new book from West Virginia History. Originally published over the course of a decade in several different newspapers, most of his stories have been assembled in From a "whirlpool of death . . . to victory": Civil War Remembrances of Jesse Tyler Sturm, 14th West Virginia Infantry. Supplementing Sturm's reminiscences are an introduction, annotations, illustrations, and an index. Click here for more information. |
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Since April 1937,
when the first sign was placed at a former capitol building site in
the state capital, nearly 1,000 West Virginia historical highway
markers have been erected to commemorate prehistoric, historic,
scenic, and geological sites.
With locations and complete inscriptions arranged by county, over 100 photographs, and a brief history of West Virginia's marker program, Marking Our Past: West Virginia's Historical Highway Markers is the most comprehensive collection to date of these popular reminders of the state's rich history. Click here for more information. |
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West Virginia Archives and History News is a free monthly newsletter published by West Virginia Archives and History. Among the topics covered regularly are new titles available in the Archives Library, upcoming and on-going projects in Archives and History, tips for researching in the Archives Library and for genealogical research in general, recognition of donors and volunteers, and a Calendar of Events. |
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The Forebearers and Descendants of William Taylor and Mahala Cromwell, by Carrie Cathern Carte (Lt. Comdr., U.S. Navy (Retired), B.A., M. Arch., Ph.D.), was published in 1980 by McClain Printing Company. The book consists of more than 500 pages and nearly 100 photographs. |
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Volume 59 of West Virginia History is now available. This issue features an article on the battle of Allegheny Mountain, a collection of letters written by or to World War I soldier Arthur Greenlee, a 1916 report on the Meadow River Lumber Company, and information on the Boyd B. Stutler Collection and Database. Click here to order your copy today. |
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Volume 58 of West Virginia History is now available. Click here to order your copy today. |
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Since 1939, West Virginia History has featured some of the best scholarship on the economic, political, social, and cultural history of West Virginia and the Appalachian region. Click here to order back issues. |