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0021: Edith Miller Stephens Papers, 1867-1900, Marshall University Special Collections
0021: Edith Miller Stephens Papers, 1867-1900, Marshall University Special Collections
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Primarily correspondence between Edith Miller and her future husband, Benjamin Stephens. Also contains miscellaneous papers of Mrs. Stephens' father, Charles C. Miller, lifelong resident of Mason County, West Virginia.
0054: Aleshire Family Papers, 1862-1889, Marshall University Special Collections
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 …
0086: Ellsworth Vachel Bowers, 1887-1938, Marshall University Special Collections
0086: Ellsworth Vachel Bowers, 1887-1938, Marshall University Special Collections
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Former dean of Marshall College of Arts and Sciences (1939-1945); collection contains postcard albums with views of Ohio towns, a photograph album of Portsmouth, Ohio, scenes, notes, books, and a brief history of the Bowers family.