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0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection, Marshall University Special Collections

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Tape recordings and transcripts of oral interviews with residents in the West Virginia-Ohio-Kentucky Tri-State region regarding such topics as farming, schools, health care, folk customs, and many others related to life in this Appalachian region.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Marshall University Oral History Collection here.

0062: S. D. Wesson Civil War Diary Transcript, 1862-1864, Marshall University Special Collections

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Typescript of a civil war diary kept by Sgt. S.D. Wesson, Company K, 8th Illinios Cavalry, from December 1, 1862 to July 17, 1864. Describes campaigns in Virginia: Richmond, Williamsburg, and Bull Run. Mentions seeing Abraham Lincoln and Franz Sigel.

0116: Scrapbooks (Crime), 1874-1892, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbook consisting of newspaper clippings, flyers, broadsides and posters related to crimes in the late 19th century. Scrapbook is believed to have been compiled by the late James W. Kinnarney (1866 (?) - 1963), a former Louisville, KY police officer.

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.

0030: Charles W. Ferguson Letters, 1849-1950, Marshall University Special Collections

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Description of Logan County, (West) Virginia, in 1849; other correspondence concerns property and taxes in Wayne County, (West) Virginia.

0052: Jenkins Family Papers, 1860-1989, Marshall University Special Collections

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Unsigned speech on agriculture by Albert Gallatin Jenkins and items relating to daughter Margaret comprise most of the collection. Includes photographs of General Jenkins and the Homestead at Greenbottom, West Virginia, a letter from Margaret Jenkins to the students of the Upper Greenbottom School (1934) and also newspaper clippings about the controversial use of the home site by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.

0072: Draper Manuscript Collection, 1838-1891, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Draper manuscripts are composed of many thousands of items in 486 volumes. They relate chiefly to the area between the Mississippi River on the west and the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, especially the frontier region during the period 1755-1815, and consist of original papers collected by Lyman C. Draper and transcripts and notes made by him. Included are Draper’s partially completed life of Daniel Boone, and his unpublished histories of "Border Forays" and "Mecklenburg Declarations". There are series of papers of or relating to Daniel Boone, Joseph Brant, David Brodhead, George Rogers Clark, William …

0227: Marshall University Regional Photograph Collection, 1888-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is an artificially created collection of photographs of individuals, groups, buildings, locations, and activities of the Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia tri-state region that the Marshall University Archives and Special Collections Department has accumulated over time. Items are foldered by subject or provenance where known. Topics of interest include the 1913 and 1937 floods, river and railroad scenes, and local businesses among many other subjects.

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0186: John Hunt Oley Letter, 1871, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a letter written to George Payne of Covington, Virginia, on September 21, 1871 describing Huntington in its first year of development. Also included is a transcription and a 1977 article in the Huntington Advertiser about the letter.

0153: W. G. Owen Papers, Marshall University Special Collections

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Undated description of Charleston, West Virginia, by the state research editor for the Federal Writers' Project number 402.

0127: Joseph Scott Indenture, 1807, Marshall University Special Collections

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Indenture between Joseph Scott, Marshall of Virginia District, and Stephen Tease for the sale of three hundred acres of land on Mill Creek in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia.