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0837: Cora P. Teel Mintner Research Papers, 2010, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a photocopy of a 1916 Mintner Homes Corporation Catalog and research notes compiled by Ms. Teel during her research for the following article cited here: Teel, Cora P. "Minter Homes." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 20 October 2010. Web. 16 August 2017. https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2001

0826: Carlton D. "Buck" Weaver Map Collection, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of 33 early American maps documenting the Trans-Allegheny region between 1631 and 1881 collected by Carlton D. Weaver. Sizes, formats, and printing processes vary greatly. Of particular note are maps featuring railroads and coal. Maps numbered 12 and 13 are high-quality reproductions; the others are original.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Carlton D. "Buck" Weaver Map Collection here.

0829: John Mckernan Collection, Marshall University Special Collections

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The John McKernan Collection contains mostly published materials that John McKernan collected related to his own poetry. There are a limited number of non-McKernan publications that he saved.

0802: Kay Wildman Collection, 1900-2006, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Kay Wildman Collection explores the history of music in Huntington, WV. This collection consists of oral histories, photographs, newspaper clippings, and research materials. In most of the oral histories you will find a copy of the interview on a CD and a typed outline of the interview. A diary by Robert Grant, a member of numerous musical groups in Huntington, can also be found in this collection. This diary covers the period of time Grant was a student at Marshall University with some additional entries that go beyond that period of time.

0701: William Lemaster Trial Transcript, 1993, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of copies of the twelve volume court transcript for the case of the State of Ohio vs. William Lemaster, case no. 92-CR-61 in the court of common pleas. Lemaster was accused and convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Jeff Halley and his son Jeff Halley, Jr. The court transcript includes jury selection, exhibits, and testimony.

0485: Burlington Presbyterian Church Records, 1826-1828, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of eleven pages copied from the Burlington Presbyterian Church record book containing the “Record of the Establishment Proceedings of the Presbyterian Church of Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio.” The text includes a list of members, minutes and notes, and a list of baptisms between 1826 and 1828. It also includes copies of a more modern photograph of the church added later and a copy of a typed page about the Kanawha Presbytery, First Presbyterian Church in Huntington, West Virginia. Due to the fact that all pages are copies, legibility can vary.

0323: Marguerite Neekamp-Stein Papers, 1913-1939, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of musical scores, programs, music indexes, an autobiographical sketch, personal notes and poetry, and a yearbook from the New England Conservatory of Music collected by Neekamp-Stein throughout her time as a music teacher and given to Kay Wildman during Wildman’s research on music history in Huntington.

0304: Eunice Vaughan Collection, 1908-1968, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of pamphlets, papers, and other materials related to Vaughn’s practice of teaching in West Virginia. This includes books, pamphlets, and schedules related to the West Virginia Teachers’ Institute, an 1864 primer, handwriting workbooks, and other ephemera. Other materials include a 1920 almanac, an 1897 Farm and Home newspaper, religious programs and pamphlets, two postcards from students, tour books from the Chicago and New York World’s Fair in 1933 and 1939 respectively, and Washington D.C.

0259: Dwayne J. Scarberry Papers, 1924-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains duplicates of a term paper writtern by Scarberry for a course at Milton High School on the topic of The Prichard School a private orphanage in Cabell County, West Virginia. Also included are scans of pamphlets and photographs used in his research.

0264: Claren Martin Peoples Papers, 1940-1943, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists of two copies of Peoples’ 1941 M.A. in Music Education thesis for The Ohio State University, radio transcripts intended to teach rural school children about music through patriotic songs, and three sets of sheet music related to Marshall, Huntington High School, and West Virginia.

0134: Clendenning Family Papers, 1850-1955, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists primarily of two groups of letters. The first group were written by Arminda Holiday Clendenning of Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio, to her sister Ann Holliday Winder of Iowa, from 1850 until 1867. She writes of local and family news, life in the country, and later, as a young married woman, of her family and her husband’s business. Several letters mention travels and migrations of family and friends to the West.

The second group of letters were written by Robert Joseph Clendenning, grandson of Arminda Clendenning, to his family during the FirstWorld War. He describes his life in …

0099: Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection, 1880-1973, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Vertical Files consist of a variety of topics related to the Huntington, Ohio, and Kentucky regions of the United States. The collection covers the time period from the 1880s to the time of the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society's closure in 1974. The boxes were arranged in alphabetical order based on topic.

The bulk of the vertical file collection relates to activities, events, buildings, and personalities of the Cabell County, West Virginia tri-state area of southwestern West Virginia, southeastern Ohio, and eastern Kentucky. The collection includes material related to the Civil War, railroads and transportation in West Virginia, …

0102: Lorene Enochs Dunlap Papers, 1917-1971, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbooks and photographs of Cabell County, West Virginia, family from near Milton; bulk of correspondence dates from the First World War and 1935-1945.

0122: Huntington, Wv Phi Beta Kappa Associates, 1927-1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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Correspondence, minutes of meetings, membership lists, financial reports and pamphlets related to an attempt to establish a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Marshall College.

0073: Harmon Blennerhasset Papers, 1764-1831, Marshall University Special Collections

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Journals, correspondence, and financial and legal papers of Harman Blennerhasset and his role in the Aaron Burr conspiracy of 1806.

0087: Campbell-Staats Family Papers, 1875-1925, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Campbell-Staats collection consists of two separate series of information. The first series is comprised of the Jennie Ratliff Campbell papers. These papers consist mainly of personal correspondence to Miss Ratliff dating from 1875-1888. The majority of these letter were from two particular individuals, R. G. Drysdale and W. S. Livengood, and concerned everyday occurrence and mutual acquaintances. The remainder of the series is made up of samples from her schoolwork, songs she had copied, business correspondence, and a book of poetry given to her by her fiancee, C. W. Campbell.

The second series is comprised of the Campbell-Staats family …

0089: Ora Patterson Biddle Papers, 1913-1968, Marshall University Special Collections

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Member of the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter NSDAR, local, state and national officer. Contains correspondence, programs, yearbooks, newspaper clippings concerning the Daughters of the American Revolution on the local, state, and national levels. Also newspaper clippings and papers concerning the local history of Mason County and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

0147: Almetta P. Gay Records, 1929, Marshall University Special Collections

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Copy of cemetery markings at the Evangelical and Lutheran St. Peter's Cemetery, Raymond Cemetery, and Wheeler Cemetery, all near Bruceton Mills, Preston County, West Virginia.

0067: C. C. Henking Collection, 1795-1861, Marshall University Special Collections

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The C. C. Henking Collection consists of land patents, deeds, titles, abstracts of titles, and indentures dating from 1795 to 1861. Also included are tax receipts, maps, notes and certificates. Many of the documents are in French. They are of particular interest to this region because all of the properties are located in what is now the state of West Virginia. In addition to the register, a more complete description of the contents of each folder will be found in the box.

0085: Lexington, Kentucky Clinic, 1928, Marshall University Special Collections

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Contains daily list of names of patients and notes on their treatment, 1920s.

0028: John L. Hawkins Letters, 1928-1929, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, resident. Included are manuscript of a history of West Virginia compiled from secondary sources and oral tradition, personal reminiscences of 'Devil Anse' Hatfield, poetry, and personal papers. Correspondence between John L. Hawkins and Franklin D. Roosevelt, concerning the National Democratic Convention of 1932.

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 …

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.

0072: Draper Manuscript Collection, 1838-1891, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Draper manuscripts are composed of many thousands of items in 486 volumes. They relate chiefly to the area between the Mississippi River on the west and the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, especially the frontier region during the period 1755-1815, and consist of original papers collected by Lyman C. Draper and transcripts and notes made by him. Included are Draper’s partially completed life of Daniel Boone, and his unpublished histories of "Border Forays" and "Mecklenburg Declarations". There are series of papers of or relating to Daniel Boone, Joseph Brant, David Brodhead, George Rogers Clark, William …

0153: W. G. Owen Papers, Marshall University Special Collections

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Undated description of Charleston, West Virginia, by the state research editor for the Federal Writers' Project number 402.

0198: Virginia D. Dober Typescript, 1961, Marshall University Special Collections

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Copy of `Mary Draper Ingles captivity, or the incredible escape of Mary Draper Ingles from the Shawnee Indians in 1755.' On title page: Ohio Valley Folk Research Project/ The Ross County Society/ Chillicothe, Ohio. 1961// Ohio Valley Fold Publications... New Series No. 65/ 5th folk publication in 1961.