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0537: Rick Baumgartner Papers, 1976-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of clippings and copies of newspaper columns by Rick Baumgartner written for the Huntington Advertiser dealing with history of Huntington, West Virginia, families and local events. Many were later compiled into the booklet, "First Families of Huntington, West Virginia." The collection is composed of columns published between 1976 and 1979, the first box contains access copies of the columns while the second box contains the original clippings donated by Baumgartner.

0533: Hubbard Family Papers, 1702-1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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Genealogy of Dearborn County, Indiana, and Grayson County, Kentucky family and reminiscences of the 7th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War, at the battles of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Bull Run, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Antietam, and the Wilderness Campaign.

0538: Harry B. Matney Jr. Manuscript, 1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a manuscript presented by Harry B. Matney, Jr. at the Fourth Annual Conference on West Virginia’s Black History in 1991. The manuscript, titled “The Livisay Family of Wayne County,” covers the Livisay family from 1860 until 1991, beginning with William Henry Livisay and Margaret Livisay.

0536: Hines Family Papers, 1898-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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Papers of physician Oscar Taylor Hines and family include Hines's letters to his father B. W. Hines and to his mother-in-law Genevieve Winkers of Richmond while Hines was in medical school in Richmond, VA, 1897-1898. Also contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and other letters relating to the family in Wayne County and Huntington, West Virginia. Includes a prescription book from 1932-1934.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Hines Family Papers, 1898-1976 here.