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0341: U.S. Adjutant General Records On Microfilm, 1877, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of eleven reels of microfilm purchased from the National Archives catalogue of microfilmed government records. The reel title is as follows: “Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General Main Series, 1871-1880”. The material on the reels was originally taken from the following government record group: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, Record Group 94. The reels are reel numbers 347-357. This collection consists of microfilm copies of papers, primarily letters and enclosures, reports, and other files, relating to the military operations of U.S. troops in connection with railroad labor disputes in West Virginia, …

0342: U.S. Adjutant General Records On Microfilm, 1875-1877, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of six reels of microfilm purchased from the National Archives catalogue of microfilmed government records. The reel title is as follows: “Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General Main Series, 1871-1880”. The material on the reels was originally taken from the following government record group: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, Record Group 94. The reels are reel numbers 238, 264, 271, 273, 314, 388. Reel 238 concerns papers relating to military expeditions against the Sioux Indians in the Big Horn, Powder River, and Yellowstone River areas, Nov. 1875 - July 1876. Reel …

0325: Huntington, West Virginia Women's Club Records, 1900-1986, Marshall University Special Collections

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Women's civic and cultural organization. Includes minutes of the Music Department (1922-1964) and historian's reports to 1986 as well as photographs, newspaper clippings and yearbooks.

0326: Lorenza Edgar Shanholtzer Papers, 1895-1947, Marshall University Special Collections

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School teacher, Hampshire County, West Virginia. Primarily teachers' attendance records from several rural schools in Hampshire County, 1895-1930. Some correspondence, bank statements, ephemera, and printed material.

0328: Huntington Committee For Unicef, 1974-1981, Marshall University Special Collections

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Minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial papers, and inventory sheets for the local committee of the United Nations Children's Fund.

0332: Jane Boedeker Shepherd Papers, 1937-1982, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Jane Shepherd Papers consist of letters, contracts, printed programs, newspaper clippings, school papers and photographs, all related to her career as a mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. Printed programs of her performances between 1935 and 1979 comprise the bulk of the collection.

Other items relating to her professional singing career include a scrapbook and newspaper clippings of reviews, publicity material and photographs. Notes from classes, certificates and a transcript reflect her years as a student, from 1935 until 1946, at William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri; the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; and the Juilliard School of Music. The papers also contain …

0334: West Virginia Conference, Latter Day Saints Records, 1881-1900, Marshall University Special Collections

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Photo-reproductions of original holograph; minutes of conference, 1886-1890; baptisms, 1881-1891; "Names of Saints and Friends of the South West Va Conference" 1900 ( includes county-by-county list for southern West Virginia).

0338: Jake Bomar Papers, 1978-1982, Marshall University Special Collections

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Bomar was a former resident of Huntington, W.Va. Papers consist of photographic reproductions of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials, some annotated by Bomar, related to his volunteer work.

0344: Durbin Mercantile Company Records, 1904, Marshall University Special Collections

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Pocahontas County, West Virginia business. Collection consists of day books, cash books, inventories of merchandise; and petty cash books. Sales of coal, flour and feed.

0354: Wyn Esselborn Typescript, 1981, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photoreproduction (very poor) of typescript article "Finding John Marshall", concerning the Marshall Family, Marshall, Virginia, and the Marshall home in Richmond, Virginia.

0346: Depositions Of Survivors Of Buffalo Creek Flood, Dennis Prince Et Al., Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists of the depositions of the 552 survivors of the Buffalo Creek Flood in 1972, plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Pittston Coal Company, filed in the U. S. District Court, Southern West Virginia, Huntington, West Virginia.

0327: William B. Newcomb Papers, 1865-1980, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of materials compiled by William B. Newcomb for family and local history research. All of the materials are copies of original materials or manuscripts written by or about Newcomb regarding family and local history. Notable items in this collection include a microfilm copy of an 1865 diary kept by Margaret Emily Cox, a copy of an autograph album kept by Cox, publications by William B. Newcomb about his family, research about Newcomb’s grandfather William Barkla, copies of photographs, ephemera, and research about the C & O Railroad (including a copy of the periodical “Headlight”), Margaret Neuhaus, and …

0341: U.S. Adjutant General Records On Microfilm, 1877, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of eleven reels of microfilm purchased from the National Archives catalogue of microfilmed government records. The reel title is as follows: “Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General Main Series, 1871-1880”. The material on the reels was originally taken from the following government record group: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, Record Group 94. The reels are reel numbers 347-357. This collection consists of microfilm copies of papers, primarily letters and enclosures, reports, and other files, relating to the military operations of U.S. troops in connection with railroad labor disputes in West Virginia, …

0335: Wpby-Tv “The Comstock Load” Script, 1980, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of scripts for five WPBY programs. Each program is divided into tapes. Program one is composed of three tapes, while programs two through four are composed of two, and program five is composed of three. These tapes are transcripts of televised conversations with Jim Comstock in 1980, where Comstock speaks with the host “Dick” about subjects relevant to West Virginia, including poetry, politics, his lived experiences, and history.

0339: U.S. Department Of War Records On Microfilm, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of one reel of microfilm purchased from the National Archives catalogue of microfilmed government records. The reel title is as follows: Brief Histories of U.S. Army Commands (Army Posts) and Descriptions of Their Records. The material on the reel was originally taken from the following government record group: Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920, Record Group 393.

0336: Henry Bott Journal, 1825-1908, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a unique mixed used scrapbook, journal, and commonplace book. The base book is a published volume about school systems in Pennsylvania in 1881. The author, Henry Bott, pasted in ten multi-page reminiscences on the following topics: “School in York County [PA] in Country Schools ¾ of a Century Ago [Circa 1825]”, “Turnpikes in Olden Times [before railroads]”, “The Old Homestead”, “Seven Valley: Among the Graves of the Departed”, “Progress in Church Work”, “When the Writer Saw the Meteors Fall [1833]”, “A Wanderer”, “A Short History of the Borough of Seven Valley”, “Before the Days of Postage …

0340: U.S. Department Of War Records On Microfilm, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of eight reels of microfilm purchased from the National Archives catalogue of microfilmed government records. The reel title is as follows: “Historical Information Relating To Military Posts And Other Installations Ca. 1700-1900”. The material on the reel was originally taken from the following government record group: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, Record Group 94. All scope and content information was taken from the stub record on the National Archives microfilm catalog by searching for the M661 publication number here: https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.sweSWECmd=Start&SWEHo=eservices.archives.gov

“On the eight rolls of this microfilm publication is reproduced the 27-volume “Outline Index …

0342: U.S. Adjutant General Records On Microfilm, 1875-1877, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of six reels of microfilm purchased from the National Archives catalogue of microfilmed government records. The reel title is as follows: “Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General Main Series, 1871-1880”. The material on the reels was originally taken from the following government record group: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, Record Group 94. The reels are reel numbers 238, 264, 271, 273, 314, 388. Reel 238 concerns papers relating to military expeditions against the Sioux Indians in the Big Horn, Powder River, and Yellowstone River areas, Nov. 1875 - July 1876. Reel …

0345: John F. Holohan Diary, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is a copy of a manuscript of “Civil War Diary of John Frederic Holahan: April 19, 1861-April 9, 1865” published in 1972 by John Frederic Holahan and Ann Mary Holahan Roach Anderson and Ruth Ann Meadows. This collection contains the transcribed diary alongside notes from the authors as well as transcribed entries from the diary.

The original diary is held in the collection of Shorter College, per the Georgia Civil War Manuscript Collections: An Annotated Bibliography by David H. Slay. The stub description they have for the diary is as follows: “This diary, April 19, 1861 – April …

0343: Peaco Family Scrapbook, C. 1880 - 1946, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection includes one scrapbook that is mostly composed of newspaper clippings about firemen, firefighting, other local events and local history in Huntington, WV. Less represented in the scrapbook are postcards of fire stations and state capitols from around the United States, a cloth reading “U.S. Registered June 5th, 1917” to signify that Lyle Peaco registered for the draft, two unidentified tintypes, photographs of members of the fire department, other photographs of unidentified people, ephemera such as licenses related to Lyle Peaco, business cards, a court document requesting Peaco to attend, a Barnum Club ribbon, a warrant for the arrest …

0331: The Woman’S Club Of Kenova Scrapbook, 1908-1971, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of one scrapbook containing pasted in yearbooks containing the yearly theme, member directories, and events for the Woman’s Club of Kenova, West Virginia from its start in 1908 until 1971.

0330: Ruth Katherine Jones Papers, 1927-1937, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbooks and personal papers of Marshall alumna Ruth Katherine Jones, a 1924 Marshall College graduate who was active as a makeup artist for the Community Players and other Marshall theatre productions in the 1930s. Some items related to plastic surgery.