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0053: John Gibson Papers, 1842-1887, Marshall University Special Collections

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Description of a tour of Karlee Cave in India in 1842; letters from a British soldier stationed in India in 1843 and from Grover Cleveland thanking Mr. Gibson for the gift of a paperweight (1887).

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.