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0549: Byron T. Morris Papers, 1775-1989, Marshall University Special Collections

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Wayne County, West Virginia, resident, newspaper columnist. Collection consists of correspondence, family histories, some primary sources, and a collection of newspapers, 1775-1880's. Also part of the gift were books, genealogy materials, and bound volumes of the Wayne County News. Also contains numerous clippings written by Evelyn Scyphers Jackson about Boyd County Kentucky families.

0551: William Dusenberry Papers, 1843-1903, Marshall University Special Collections

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Diary and letters of William Dusenberry of Barboursville, Cabell County, [West] Virginia, transcribed and annotated by Carrie Eldridge from a holograph transcript by Fred Lambert.

0553: Emilie Friedericke Muller Lowe Manuscript, 1751-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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Entitled "War Bride of West Virginia," collection contains documents, photographs, and typescript reminiscences related to Mrs. Lowe's immigration to the United States as a German war bride in 1948 as well as genealogical material on her German ancestry.

0555: Cyrus Family Genealogy, 1740-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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Family group sheets and histories of Cabell and Wayne County, West Virginia families. Contents: Bk. 1. Descendants of Jesse Cyrus and Frances Smith -- Bk. 2. Descendants of Rev. John Newman -- Bk. 3. Descendants of Reuben Thacker 1765-1870 -- Bk. 4. Descendants of Alexander & Phoebe (Cyrus) Hazlett -- Bk. 5. Descendants of John and Elizabeth (Vaughan) Smith.

0547: Morrow Family Papers, 1775-1938, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection is divided into two series: Series I: Special Commission on Boundaries, Tacna-Arica Arbitration Papers and Series II: Morrow Family Personal Papers.

The first series pertains the 1922 request by Chile and Peru for the United States to arbitrate their land dispute over the provinces of Tacna, Arica, and Tarata. Jay Johnson Morrow was the chairman of the special commission arbitrating the boundary dispute between Chile and Peru from 1925 to 1929. Collection materials include historic maps and treaties, copies of geological surveys, field reports, annexation documents, and reports of arbitration meetings. This series includes materials in Spanish.

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