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0754: John M. Mossman Photograph Collection, 1911-2004, Marshall University Special Collections

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Collection of photographs from the Mossman family. One CD rom disk with photos of Maurice Edwin Mossman entitled WW I and Paris 1918-1919. Other photos include the 1937 flood, the Mud River flood, site of the Huntington Mall, and the Huntington Band competition in 1948 and 1949.

0388: Oscar R. Shannon Photograph Collection, 1903-1937, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photographs of Central City (now part of Huntington), West Virginia, including groups of athletic teams and employees from the West Virginia Brewing Company and the Huntington Tumbler Company.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Oscar R. Shannon Photograph Collection, 1903-1937 here.

0325: Huntington, West Virginia Women's Club Records, 1900-1986, Marshall University Special Collections

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Women's civic and cultural organization. Includes minutes of the Music Department (1922-1964) and historian's reports to 1986 as well as photographs, newspaper clippings and yearbooks.

0251: Homer Ochsenhirt Papers, 1931-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native; musician in Huntington, West Virginia for over twenty years, conductor of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra. Papers include programs from Pittsburgh, newspaper clippings from Huntington, and photographs.

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.

0099: Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection, 1880-1973, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Vertical Files consist of a variety of topics related to the Huntington, Ohio, and Kentucky regions of the United States. The collection covers the time period from the 1880s to the time of the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society's closure in 1974. The boxes were arranged in alphabetical order based on topic.

The bulk of the vertical file collection relates to activities, events, buildings, and personalities of the Cabell County, West Virginia tri-state area of southwestern West Virginia, southeastern Ohio, and eastern Kentucky. The collection includes material related to the Civil War, railroads and transportation in West Virginia, …

0086: Ellsworth Vachel Bowers, 1887-1938, Marshall University Special Collections

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Former dean of Marshall College of Arts and Sciences (1939-1945); collection contains postcard albums with views of Ohio towns, a photograph album of Portsmouth, Ohio, scenes, notes, books, and a brief history of the Bowers family.