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0353: Rolf Lindner Letters, 1939-1940, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photoreproduction of letters written to Josephine Davis of South Point, Ohio by Rolf Lindner, a member of the Hitler youth from Saxony, Germany.

0181: Lillian Morrison Pyle Papers, 1917-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of letters and postcards to Lillian from her brothers Donald and Darrell while they served and trained for WWI. Included in the collection are Lillian’s personal papers during her high school and early college years, such as programs, yearbooks, student publications, and grade reports. Also included are collected publications, clippings, and ephemera related to her brothers’ service in WWI.

It is uncertain how the folder of Clendenning letters written during WWI were added to the collection, but they are from Robert Clendenning (serving in the war) to his father on the home front.

0081: Henry Dourif Letters, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, businessman. Correspondence between Major Dourif and Colonel H. A. Toulmin of Dayton, Ohio, regarding Toulmin's book, Air Service American Expeditionary Force 1918 as well as other materials belonging to Dourif related to WWI.

0014: Virginia Wiley Papers, 1896-1901, Marshall University Special Collections

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Mason County, West Virginia, schoolgirl. Papers consist primarily of letters received while she was a student at the Virginia Female Seminary, Staunton, Virginia, and at Mont de Chantal Academy, Wheeling, West Virginia. Included are items addressed to her father, Rankin Wiley, lawyer and former legislator in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

0015: Avery L. Graybeal Papers, 1881-1919, Marshall University Special Collections

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Greenbrier Country, West Virginia, resident. Books contain poetry, notes, breeding and work accounts; includes letters and essays.

0054: Aleshire Family Papers, 1862-1889, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Aleshire Family Papers consist mainly of correspondence dating from 1863 to 1888. Many of the letters are written by various members of the family to Joseph Aleshire as he traveled the Midwest, buying wheat for the family flour mill. Most of these letters concern fluctuations of the wheat market and other business matters.

There are a number of letters from Mary Aleshire to her parents and brothers, dating from 1863 to 1878. These describe her life at college in Cincinnati, and later, upon her return to Gallipolis, her involvement with social and family matters.

The letters from Charles Aleshire …