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0779: Walter And Carol Stein Collection, 1861-2009, Marshall University Special Collections
0779: Walter And Carol Stein Collection, 1861-2009, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of materials collected by Walter and Carol Stein, two individuals interested in the history of the Cabell County, West Virginia area. The collection contains two diaries by William Dusenberry, three books, copies, transcriptions, and indexes of the two diaries, and collected research on the Dugan family and the Fannie Dugan steamboat. The 1861-1862 diary has a store ledger from July 9, 1861 to August 26, 1862 and a diary from September 23 to November 11, 1862, while the 1873 diary covers the whole year. The 1861-1862 diary and store ledger mentions current events related to the Civil …
0726: Robert A. Grant Papers, 1903-1984, Marshall University Special Collections
0726: Robert A. Grant Papers, 1903-1984, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is principally composed of a diary written by Robert A. Grant while he was a student at Marshall between 1933 and 1938. The diary covers Grant’s life as a student and his work in the Anderson-Newcomb department store. Additional materials include copies of the Parthenon published after the 1970 Marshall plane crash, a copy of the Greenline with Grant’s name in it as a donor, two algebra textbooks from 1903 and 1904, and newspaper clippings about an October 1970 riot in Huntington.
0185: David Kraybill Papers, 1834-1963, Marshall University Special Collections
0185: David Kraybill Papers, 1834-1963, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection has been divided into three series: diaries, research material, and other historical material.
The diaries series is composed of 57 years of diaries by Kraybill recording everything from the weather to his professional life. They encompass time he spent in Wheeling, WV, parts of Pennsylvania, and living in Huntington, WV since 1945.
The research material series is composed of copies of papers read at various West Virginia history meetings, copies of primary source documents, and other papers written or collected by Kraybill in pursuit of his interest in local history.
The other historical materials series is composed of …