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0708: Clinton J. Teubert Scrapbooks, 1904-1958, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of three scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings about various events in Huntington, concert programs, photographs (mostly unidentified and of family), such ephemera as ticket stubs, postcards, and greeting cards, and monthly reports of his work at the post office. Topics covered in the clippings and ephemera include trains, Huntington history, images of women, and local news and obituaries. Most significant about the collection is the unique assortment and number of items present, capturing a snapshot of life in early to mid-twentieth century Huntington, West Virginia and America.

0710: Rawson Paige Birdwell, Sr. Scrapbook, 1926-1950, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of one scrapbook, containing clippings of images from magazines and newspapers of trains and photographs of trains, with photographs being in the significant minority. A note near the front of the scrapbook says it was created by Rawson and Paige Birdwell for the period 1926-1950.

0713: Marceline White Platania Collection, 1929-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of one scrapbook of clippings and photos and one folder of ephemera. The scrapbook includes extensive clippings and a limited number of photos of the 1937 flood in Huntington, West Virginia. Ephemera includes a copy of “The Belle of Barcelona: A Musical Comedy in Three Acts”, a 1929 program for said comedy at Huntington High School, and a ticket, pamphlet, clipping, and envelope about the 1976 American Freedom Train in Huntington.

0712: Creed Neff Papers, 1908-1915, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of five photographs and one manuscript. The photographs depict school children and members of the Guyandotte Methodist Episcopal Church around 1908-1915 while the manuscript consists of a copy of a handwritten manuscript, author unknown, about life in Guyandotte.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Creed Neff papers, 1908-1915 here.

0714: First Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Muster Roll, 1898-1899, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of one muster-out roll for the First Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Company K, by Captain Albert L. Haston, Co L, 1st Regiment of West Virginia volunteers from May 14, 1898-Feb 4, 1899.

0715: Zophar Dean Ramsdell Papers, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of copies of quartermaster reports for the 5th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry, including monthly property accounts, clothing, stationery, hospital supplies, ordnance materials, animal return and acquisitions, food and fuel receipts, issued supply registers, and correspondence. Due to the nature of copied materials, the legibility and completeness of materials can vary, but is overall high.

0716: Andrew Chafin Interview, 1972, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a 31 page transcript of an oral history recorded in 1977 about the Hatfield and McCoy feud as experienced by Andrew Chafin, great-nephew of Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield.

0707: Thomas Morgan Photographic Negatives, 1900-1940, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photos taken by Thomas Jefferson Morgan (1878-1946). Morgan was a native of Putnam County, West Virginia and a Morgantown, W. Va. commercial photographer. This collection includes both film and glass plate negatives from his studio.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Thomas Morgan Photographic Negatives, 1900-1940 here.

0709: Huntington League Of The Association Of Junior Leagues International Papers, 1929-1997, Marshall University Special Collections

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The records of the Huntington League of the Association of Junior Leagues International consist of newsletters, yearbooks, annual reports, program materials and other published materials, scrapbooks, and production books from the Junior Leagues's programs. The focus of the collection primarily covers the League's publications and papers from their programs and activities. The inclusive dates range from 1929 to 1997, however, most materials are from the 1950s through the 1970s. The Huntington League's children's theater papers begin ca. 1929 (Series IV), and the cookbook can be found in the publication "League Lines".