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0706: West Virginia Typescripts, 1995, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a copy of the narration for the four-part documentary "West Virginia," produced by WNP-TV (Morgantown) public television; accompanied by classroom teacher's guide prepared by Osterman Associates. The narration covers only briefly the life of Native Americans living on the land that would become West Virginia, but focuses on the settlement of West Virginia by Europeans to the 1920s.

0585: Augustus Kuper Family Papers, 1816-1818, Marshall University Special Collections

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Collection consists primarily of the diary (1816-1818) of Augustus Kuper, Assistant commissary general of Canada, 1813, telling of his trip to England with his wife to secure a position in the provincial government. Genealogical information about the family is appended. According to a notation, the original diary in possession of Louis Hood of Chevy Chase, Md.

0553: Emilie Friedericke Muller Lowe Manuscript, 1751-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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Entitled "War Bride of West Virginia," collection contains documents, photographs, and typescript reminiscences related to Mrs. Lowe's immigration to the United States as a German war bride in 1948 as well as genealogical material on her German ancestry.

0474: Gill Family Papers, 1807-1988, Marshall University Special Collections

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Cabell County, West Virginia, family from England, ca. 1846. Papers consist of extensive genealogical research conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Gill, including records from Staffordshire, England. Notable are the diaries of emigrant ancestor Joseph Gill, a civil engineer in England and in Cabell County, West Virginia.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Gill Family Papers, 1807-1988 here.

0423: Ancestor Chart, 1872, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of two pages entitled, “How many ancestors have you?” and contains a list of ancestors (one for each generation and when they were born or died), what rulers in England ruled while each ancestor lived, and how many ancestors you would have each generation for twenty-four generations. The pages were found in William S. Appleton’s “Memorials of the Cranes of Chilton” published in Cambridge in 1868. The pages are undated, and the date is approximated based on the book the pages were found in.

0404: Gwinn Family Papers, 1926, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington Family. Papers consist almost entirely of ephemera from European tour of 1926, including customs lists, maps, etc. A photograph of the Tri- Sigma dance at Marshall in 1928 was placed in Archives.

0349: Jennie Petrie Emmons Diary, 1929, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of one volume entitled, “All About Going Abroad: With Maps and A Handy Travel Diary” by Harry A. Franck, 1927. The front leaf indicates that the book was presented from Jennie to Minnie in honor of their trip abroad documented in the volume. The volume contains a diary section that is filled with entries ranging in date from June 22 to July 29, 1929. The entries cover western Europe and document what the Emmons did during their time abroad, as well as some historical background on the places where they traveled.

0369: Donna Musa Scrapbooks, 1933-1941, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of twelve scrapbooks found by the donor at an estate sale near Wheeling, West Virginia. These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings grouped into various subject categories concerning Germany's advance in Europe. Groups include political cartoons, map, and articles by several columnists, including David Lawrence, Westbrook Pegler, and Dorothy Thompson. The “Youngstown Vindicator and the Youngstown Telegram” seem to be the newspapers.

0282: Lawrence Corbly Papers, 1890, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains objects belonging to Lawrence J. Corbly that would commonly be found on a desk. These materials appear to have been collected during Corbly’s European travels, especially in Switzerland and Germany. This collection absorbed accession 0272, the folder labelled “Corbly Family”. This folder contains a 1979 manuscript sent to Marshall President Robert B. Hayes regarding Lawrence J. Corbly’s ancestors. Also included is a manuscript possibly by Agnes Corbly Kiger (niece of Lawrence Corbly) regarding the “Corbly’s as She Knew Them”, Andrew Lynn Corbly and Miranda Moore Corbly.

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.

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.

0246: W. Macknight Manuscript, 1848, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a portfolio bound, fold out genealogical table of English rulers from Egbert to Victoria on nine folded paper panels. Elaborately decorated with pen and ink lettering and colored coats of arms and flags, the lineage breaks down by epoch and line such as Saxon, Danish, Saxon Line Restored, and Norman, etc. The inside of the portfolio reads “Mrs. Ed. J. Greenwalt, City”.