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0697: Archibald Debow Norris Diaries, 1861-1863, Marshall University Special Collections
0697: Archibald Debow Norris Diaries, 1861-1863, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of copies and transcriptions of three diaries, spanning January 1861- April 1863, of Private, later Captain, Archibald D. Norris of the 7th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Co. K during the Civil War, ending with the Fredericksburg campaign. The diaries are extensive, and cover details about the war and specific battles as well as camp life. There are also entries about Norris’ evolving feelings about the state of the union. According to a note in the collection, there are a significant proportion of West Virginia related content in the diaries.
0691: Carl Burrowes Papers, 1988-1997, Marshall University Special Collections
0691: Carl Burrowes Papers, 1988-1997, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection contains files related to the organization of the West Virginia Black History Conference and the Alliance for the Collection, Preservation, and Dissemination of WV’s Black History, as well as other items related to African American history in West Virginia. Material includes notes on presenters and topics as well as clippings, newsletters, and correspondence. The collection is divided into three series: Series I, Conference Materials; Series II, Additional Black History Material; and Series III, Alliance for the Collection, Preservation, and Dissemination of WV’s Black History.
0661: Elizabeth Cometti Collection, 1861-1869, Marshall University Special Collections
0661: Elizabeth Cometti Collection, 1861-1869, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of a microfilm copy of items selected by Elizabeth Cometti about West Virginia taken from the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, specifically materials taken from the W. R. Redding Papers, 1861-1865 and the William Thomas Sutherlin Papers, 1842-1892. The Redding materials are from 1861 while Redding was stationed in Virginia, to his wife, Elizabeth M. Redding, in Randolph County, Ga.. He discusses camp life, troop movements and skirmishes, and conditions at home. Sutherlin materials date from 1868 to 1869 and may include correspondence and other papers relate to the varied business …
0529: John L. Allen Collection, 1784-1991, Marshall University Special Collections
0529: John L. Allen Collection, 1784-1991, Marshall University Special Collections
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Wheeling, West Virginia, lawyer. Papers consist of reproductions of deeds of property owned by George Washington and the will of Archibald McClean, all relating to property in what is now Ohio and Marshall Counties, West Virginia.
0296: Greer Family Papers, 1864-1912, Marshall University Special Collections
0296: Greer Family Papers, 1864-1912, Marshall University Special Collections
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Mason County, West Virginia, family. Papers include genealogy of the descendants of John Greer, tax receipts, correspondence, and papers of Hugh Jasper Greer, delegate to West Virginia legislature, 1895.
0199: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections
0199: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections
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Congressional papers of West Virginia Democratic Congressman from the Fourth District. Files of correspondence from constituents; materials related to proposed Midway Airport, black lung legislation, strip-mining, environmental issues, the United Mine Workers of America; committee files. Included are 75 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, committee proceedings and Congressional Records.