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0841: Mary Lois Garrett Collection, 1941-1954, Marshall University Special Collections
0841: Mary Lois Garrett Collection, 1941-1954, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection spans the years 1941-1954, with the bulk of the research covering the years 1950-1954. File contents were maintained in the way in which they were originally received, but folders have been arranged in a more chronological order. Some notes are entirely handwritten, while logs and records consist of typed templates which have been filled-in by hand. Notes contain illustrations of birds and nests, graphs of bird activity during observance, and descriptions of bird behavior. Nesting logs have mostly been filled out by Mary Lois Garrett, but other authors contributed, including Twila Hessin, Ruth Geib, and an unspecified ornithology …
0795: Dr. Robert P. Alexander Collection, 1880-2000, Marshall University Special Collections
0795: Dr. Robert P. Alexander Collection, 1880-2000, Marshall University Special Collections
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Dr. Robert P. Alexander graduated from Marshall University in 1959. After graduating, Dr. Alexander was hired by Marshall University and traveled to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia to recruit prospective students. It was here he became interested in the town of Cass, WV. In 1969, Dr. Alexander completed his doctorate and became a professor of management and marketing. Dr. Alexander was also the Dean of Marshall University’s College of Business and also served sixteen years on Huntington, WV’s city council. In 1975 Dr. Alexander returned to Cass and created a living history of both the town and timbering industry …
0784: L. D. Fowler Papers, 1900-1920, Marshall University Special Collections
0784: L. D. Fowler Papers, 1900-1920, Marshall University Special Collections
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The papers in this collection are both the professional and personal records of L.D. Fowler from 1900-1920 while working out of Durbin, WV. As an employee of the Pocahontas Tanning Company, L.D. Fowler’s business papers relate primarily to timber and the acquisition of bark associated with the tanning process. Among the type of materials included in the collection are correspondences (i.e. letters, telegraphs, and postcards), well-documented business transactions with a wide range of business partners, business cards, diaries, maps, popular culture items (calendars, etc.), and materials related to legal issues and political affiliations. This collection is divided into two overarching …
0419: John Warren Papers, 1960-1970, Marshall University Special Collections
0419: John Warren Papers, 1960-1970, Marshall University Special Collections
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Graduate school dean and botany professor, Marshall University. Papers relate to botanical research in Latin America and contain reprints of articles; several personal items.
0344: Durbin Mercantile Company Records, 1904, Marshall University Special Collections
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.
0470: Huntington [W.Va.] Council Of Garden Clubs, 1978, Marshall University Special Collections
0470: Huntington [W.Va.] Council Of Garden Clubs, 1978, Marshall University Special Collections
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Huntington civic and horticultural group. Scrapbooks depict an award-winning Council garden show (two volumes); include photographs and newspaper clippings as well as a written report from the Driftwood Garden Club on a conservation project.
0082: Paul N. Musgrave Papers, 1930-1974, Marshall University Special Collections
0082: Paul N. Musgrave Papers, 1930-1974, Marshall University Special Collections
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Former principal of Jenkins Laboratory School, professor of education. Papers consist of correspondence with botanists in the U. S. Department of Agriculture concerning his problems with growing amaryllis; color charts; and weather diaries.
0005: Charles P. T. Moore Papers, 1861-1886, Marshall University Special Collections
0005: Charles P. T. Moore Papers, 1861-1886, Marshall University Special Collections
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Judge of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Papers are primarily legal documents or letters concerning legal matters. Includes an invoice of articles received from J. A. Kline for use in the General Hospital at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, by the Second Virginia Cavalry. ACCESSION 558; addendum to ACCESSION 5 contains items found in home and consists primarily of printed material related to farming; includes receipts, correspondence, and other holographic items.
0052: Jenkins Family Papers, 1860-1989, Marshall University Special Collections
0052: Jenkins Family Papers, 1860-1989, Marshall University Special Collections
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Unsigned speech on agriculture by Albert Gallatin Jenkins and items relating to daughter Margaret comprise most of the collection. Includes photographs of General Jenkins and the Homestead at Greenbottom, West Virginia, a letter from Margaret Jenkins to the students of the Upper Greenbottom School (1934) and also newspaper clippings about the controversial use of the home site by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.