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0818: Floyd Hoard Stark And Pitt Hoard Stark Collection, 1820-1970, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2014

0818: Floyd Hoard Stark And Pitt Hoard Stark Collection, 1820-1970, Marshall University Special Collections

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Charles Brooks Hoard, known as C. B. Hoard within the collection, served in the New York State Assembly from 1837-1838, was Jefferson County Clerk from 1844-1846, and was elected to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1857-1861. During the American Civil War, Hoard attempted to patent the Watertown Musket and was contracted by the federal government to manufacture the muskets for the war effort. C. B. Hoard partnered with Eli Thayer in the development of Ceredo, Virginia, now Ceredo, West Virginia. Thayer, who had hopes of establishing a colony in Ceredo to …


0477: Huntington Early Settlers' Association, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1988

0477: Huntington Early Settlers' Association, Marshall University Special Collections

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Typescript reminiscences of the founding of Huntington in 1871 and its early years as the Ohio River terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.


0400: Dr. Glenray C. Stein Musical Score, 1948, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1984

0400: Dr. Glenray C. Stein Musical Score, 1948, Marshall University Special Collections

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"Moonlight Sonata" Beethoven Second Piano, arranged by Dr. Stein. Dr. Glenray C. Stein was music director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.


0106: John White Typescript, 1975, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1975

0106: John White Typescript, 1975, Marshall University Special Collections

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`The James River and Kanawha Turnpike, Old and New,' a research paper written for Historical Geography 501 at Marshall University.