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0285: E. Wesley Woodruff Letter, 1967, Marshall University Special Collections

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Clergyman. Letter to Reverence Charles Stater of Huntington, West Virginia commenting on the content of Woodruff's book, Christ the `Alpha and Omega' and its goal to "trace the 'Foreknowledge' of God in his planned outcome of this Earth Planet and mankind upon it."

0217: Henry A. Wise Letters, 1855, Marshall University Special Collections

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Two letters (photoreproductions) written by Governor Henry A Wise of Virginia to E.W. McComas; one dated May 1, 1855; one dated September 10, 1855.

0235: David Cunningham Papers, 1858-1963, Marshall University Special Collections

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Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, native and captain in Company B, 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Diaries cover 1862 and 1863, mention Antietam and Vicksburg campaigns, as well as activities in West Virginia. Also includes tax receipts for Harrison County, Ohio, 1858-1863.

0221: Ruth Winters Odell Papers, 1931-1978, Marshall University Special Collections

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Cabell County, West Virginia, resident. Papers include Rector family genealogy, photographs and papers relating to Mrs. Odell's work with the Cabell County Farm Bureau, including membership lists and minutes of meetings, and a letter from William Utterback of Marshall College.

0242: Delta Theta Tau. Beta Pi Chapter, Huntington, Wv Scrapbook, 1926-1932, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbook of sorority activites containing history of founding of local chapter, lists of members, pledges, etc. Found in effects of Lena Hurt, founding member. Folders contain loose items found in scrapbook.

0243: Mary Willison Papers, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photo-reproduction of poem about White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia titled, "The Old White" as well as other papers related to writing.

0225: Julius Fischbach Papers, 1955-1978, Marshall University Special Collections

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Manuscripts of two books by Huntington, West Virginia, native: "Talks for Children on Christian Ideals" and "Children's Sermons in Stories."

0280: Homer Gebhardt Papers, 1547-1966, Marshall University Special Collections

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Genealogical material on Wilson, Baumgardner, Halsey families of Cabell County, West Virginia and Wythe County, Virginia. Collection contains three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to Marshall University activities and athletics.

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.

0470: Huntington [W.Va.] Council Of Garden Clubs, 1978, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington civic and horticultural group. Scrapbooks depict an award-winning Council garden show (two volumes); include photographs and newspaper clippings as well as a written report from the Driftwood Garden Club on a conservation project.

0213: Joseph Frye Orderly Book, 1795-1778, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a microfilm copy of an orderly book kept by Sgt. Erastus Harris of Medway, Mass. Harris recorded orders while at Castle Island (Boston) and Fort Cumberland (Nova Scotia) under the command of Joseph Frye and Brig. Gen. Timothy Ruggles as a member of Frye's regiment of Mass. Provincials during the French and Indian War (1759-60), and while stationed with the 1st Massachusetts Regiment of Guards under the command of Col. Jonathan Reed from Apr.-June 1778.

0215: Chicago, Parkersburg, And Norfolk Railroad Of Virginia Records, 1887, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a ledger in which the only contents are the incorporation papers of the Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad of Virginia signed by Isaac Scott, G. B. Gibbens, and S. F. Shaw of West Virginia, and W. M. Morse and W. W. Lucas of Ohio and Covington, Virginia.

0219: Walter S. Mccutchen Papers, 1878, Marshall University Special Collections

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The original accession record states that the collection contains a diploma from Marshall College State Normal School and holograph copy of speech delivered at commencement on July 5, 1878. The speech copy is present, but the diploma was unable to be located at the time of finding aid creation.

0224: Milton Newman Discharge Paper, 1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains the discharge paper for Milton Newman from Company C, 3rd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers.

0231: Keysner-Whiting Manuscript, 1947, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains seven poems written by Blanche and Clay regarding human feelings and emotions and World War II related poetry. These poems were potentially taken from “Sea to Sea in Song” (1961), “Time of Singing”, and the American Poetry League Bulletin (undated).

0230: Gill Family Typescript, 1947, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a typescript titled “Notes on the Origin and History of the Gill Family” collected at the 1947 Gill family annual meeting.

0232: Butler Family Papers, 1590-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains information about the Butler family and Crossman family, including a series of newspaper articles about Austin Butler and the Butler family. Also included is genealogical information about the Butler and Crossman families and correspondence by Robert Chapman with the WV Department of Archives and History about his ancestors’ service in the Civil War.

0233: Aaron Gatchell Letter, 1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a letter written by Aaron Gatchel on April 18, 1865 in Petersburg, Virginia to his brother David in Urichsville, Ohio. The letter describes an engagement at Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia; gives losses of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Company B; and comments on Lincoln's assassination. A transcript of the letter is included in the collection.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Aaron Gatchell Letter here.

0237: Vernon Sharp Collection, 1973-1980, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a compilation of papers related to the life of Vernon Sharp, including reminisces by his wife, including a discussion of the 1937 flood and the Depression, and a paper about him written by his granddaughter. Also included is a newspaper article about the fiftieth anniversary of his business.

0239: Arthur Shade Jones Diary And Letter, 1936, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of “Warner’s Calendar of Medical History, 1936, for the Use of the Medical Profession” which features historical medical professional profiles, conversions and medical illustrations, and advertisements for medicines. The diary itself is only sporadically populated with a couple dozen short entries throughout the year. Also present in the collection is a letter of thanks for Shade’s presentation to the WV Federation of Women’s Clubs, Capital District [Charleston, WV] on the work of the Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children, a project of the Capital District Clubs

0240: Oswald Blaine Stewart Collection, 1941-1942, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a scrapbook of German language newspapers documenting conflicts and military operations in World War II.

0244: John F. Hill Letter, 1947, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a single letter to Miss Bernice Wright, mathematics professor at Marshall College, from a student expressing his appreciation of her skill and patience and wishing that Marshall was a university so that he could continue to study there. This letter was found in Edwin S. Crawley's " Analytic geometry", rev. ed. Crofts, 1929. The name, "Hackney" was on the front endpaper.

0214: Virgie Giles Papers, 1932-1959, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a minute book for the Parkersburg Colored Civic Welfare League covering the period from 1932-1934, a letter of thanks from a League-funded college student in Florida with 1932 minutes on the back, Virgie Giles membership card to the Ohio Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, an invitation to a charity ball, and a card announcing the opening of Giles’ “La Giles Beauty Parlor” in Parkersburg.

0238: Dr. Margaret Ballard Papers, 1968-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of collected newspaper clippings and articles printed about Ballard during her life and at the time of her death by Elizabeth Czompo. Also included in the collection is a letter from Ballard to Czompo regarding Ballard’s interest in genealogy and history.

0236: Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Fred Lambert Collection consists primarily of notebooks containing information on families and local history of Cabell and Wayne Counties, West Virginia. Included are cemetery readings, copies of deeds, wills, indentures, newspaper articles, research notes and notes of interviews conducted by Mr. Lambert of Cabell County residents. Material on Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Kanawha, and Boone Counties is also included.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964 here.

0212: Parsons-Ensign Family Papers, 1899-1988, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia family. Papers include items relating to Mrs. Bromley's music career, the Huntington Symphony Orchestra, early childhood mementoes, as well as minutes of the Huntington, West Virginia, First Congregational Church Missionary Society, 1905-1916. A later addition includes the personal papers of Janet Parsons Ensign (Mrs. Darwin A.).

0241: William Tweel Papers, 1920-1978, Marshall University Special Collections

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Contains arrangements of popular music by Tweel in his orchestra. Also contains two research papers written while a graduate student at Marshall University: " Bill Tweel and his society music", for the Music Department; and "Samuel Finley Breese Morse", for the Art Department.

0210: Beatrice Malcom Ruffner Papers, 1940, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photographic reproductions of original documents, including copies of D.A.R. lineage papers, family histories, and genealogical research. Family names include Ruffner, Hull, Gaines, Ankrom.