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0855: Carlos Bozzoli Architectural Guides Drafts, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of various editions of architectural guides to buildings and homes in Cabell County, WV, with special attention paid to the Marshall University Campus. These guides offer walking or driving tours of the areas, and are divided by sections in Huntington and by city/area (Barboursville, Milton, Guyandotte & Greenbottom). The guides are intended to acquaint visitors to the area with its architectural history and to inspire those who live in the area to more fully appreciate their surroundings. These are all rough, uncompleted drafts of the guides, and edits and corrections can be found on many pages. Digital …

0795: Dr. Robert P. Alexander Collection, 1880-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

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Dr. Robert P. Alexander graduated from Marshall University in 1959. After graduating, Dr. Alexander was hired by Marshall University and traveled to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia to recruit prospective students. It was here he became interested in the town of Cass, WV. In 1969, Dr. Alexander completed his doctorate and became a professor of management and marketing. Dr. Alexander was also the Dean of Marshall University’s College of Business and also served sixteen years on Huntington, WV’s city council. In 1975 Dr. Alexander returned to Cass and created a living history of both the town and timbering industry …

0735: Marion Vest Fors Papers, 1937-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, clippings, and ephemera related to Marion Vest Fors' murals which were painted in the James E. Morrow Library as part of the centennial celebration of Marshall College. The murals were removed for remodeling circa 1966 and remounted in 2005. The scrapbook was created by Fors about her creation of the mural to justify its emergence from storage and reuse in the Morrow Library. Also included in the collection are paintbrushes used in the painting of the murals.

0737: George Gunnoe Papers, 1918-1943, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of photographs of Himlerville, the Himler Coal Company town, as well as scanned copies of photographs of 1937 and 1943 flood damage, and a survey book by George H. Gunnoe Jr. containing detailed surveys of Marshall College buildings by engineering students in 1937.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the George Gunnoe Papers, 1918-1943 here.

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.

0670: Jean Edward Smith; John Marshall: Defender Of A Nation Manuscript Materials, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains many materials used in the writing of "John Marshall: Defender of a Nation." It also has the original draft for the book written by Jean Edward Smith. Aside from the research material and written work, this collection also holds the book on Diskette and photos and illustrations used in the book.

0527: Marti Carelli-Gilbert Manuscript, 1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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Manuscript of "Halftime," a book by Ms. Carelli-Gilbert, widow of Al Carelli, describing their marriage and how the family coped with his death. Carelli, a coach, was travelling with the Marshall University football team that died in the 1970 airplane crash.

0496: Karen N. Cartwright Nance Collection, 1775-1989, Marshall University Special Collections

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`Early Huntington [West Virginia] housing (pre-1871 to 1874): Pilot survey, 1988,' study done for local preservation society; contains appendices, maps, illustrations, and bibliography. "20th Street: A Middle Class Act," describes domestic architecture razed for construction of Marshall University football stadium in 1989.

0488: Marshall Family Papers, 1987-1988, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of two folders containing materials disparate in subject matter: one consisting of a list of many descendants of John Marshall compiled by Sam Clagg for Marshall University’s Sesqui-Centennial Committee in 1987, another of materials sent to Marshall University by one of these descendants. The folder compiled by Sam Clagg with a list of descendants includes an address for each one. Also included in the same folder are three letters regarding the acquisition of Marvin L. Marshall’s “The Marshall Family.” The other folder title “Marshall Family” two letters between Marshall’s Public Relations office and Mary Paulding Martin. Martin …

0406: Harvey Family Papers, 1897-1958, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, family. Includes material related to business interests of Thomas Harvey, correspondence, school papers, teaching materials of Marshall College English professor Helen Brandebury Harvey, and photographs, as well as extensive letters to their daughter Ida during WWII.

0354: Wyn Esselborn Typescript, 1981, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photoreproduction (very poor) of typescript article "Finding John Marshall", concerning the Marshall Family, Marshall, Virginia, and the Marshall home in Richmond, Virginia.

0299: Osborne Family Papers, 1904-1930, Marshall University

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This collection contains correspondence from L. J. Corbly and J. E. Plummer, president of Marshall College and the Marshall Business College respectively, to recruit the Osburns/Osbornes to attend Marshall. This collection includes Marshall College ephemera from 1904-1906, including advertising pamphlets, a 1905 copy of The Parthenon, general course information, and empty envelopes.

The accession record states that this collection included a cylindrical photograph of the Marshall College student body in May of 1930, however, this item was not found when the collection was processed.

0316: R. Lloyd Beck Papers, 1934-1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings about Robert Lloyd Beck and his wife Ruth Myers Beck while they were living in Huntington, West Virginia. Newspaper clippings about Robert relate to his work as a philosophy professor while newspaper clippings about Ruth primarily relate to her work in the Faculty Wives Club. Also present in the collection is a 1939 commencement program, a program for a 1965 Marshall University Theatre production of A Streetcar Named Desire, and a November 10, 1950 letter to Robert Beck from fellow professor James B. Shouse regarding a philosophy paper or project in progress by …

0286: Leslie W. Self Papers, 1900-1908, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, W. Va. resident, graduate of Marshall Business College. Papers consist of textbook from the college, diploma, and photographs of Guyandotte River bridge and groups.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Leslie W. Self Papers, 1900-1908 here.

0135: L. Marie White Papers, 1870-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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Assistant Registrar and assistant to the director of alumni affairs at Marshall University. Papers consist of lists of graduates of Marshall College, newspaper clippings, and her notes, drafts and manuscript for her booklet, `Metamorphose of Old Main,' and an unpublished history of the Albert Gallatin Jenkins Laboratory School at Marshall College.

0107: Ali Nawrouzi Typescript, 1975, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Change in Marshall University Organizational Structure, a research paper, written for Public Administration.

0063: James E. Morrow Letter, 1973, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a photostatic copy of a letter to J.J. Jacob, governor of West Virginia.