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0854: Isaac H. Mitchell Biographical Sketch Collection, Marshall University Special Collections
0854: Isaac H. Mitchell Biographical Sketch Collection, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of the research done by Scott Lemley and Rod Pell on Isaac Mitchell’s life and genealogy, including his descendants, in order for Mitchell to be memorialized by the Huntington Police Department in 2013. The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of email correspondence between Lemley and Bob Mitchell and Michelle Shypkoski (both descendants of Isaac Mitchell), printed genealogies, and two copies of the memoirs of William Clare Mitchell, a descendant who moved to Idaho. Also included are the HPD Memorial Application, copied photographs of Isaac Mitchell’s grave and other family members, copied and transcribed newspaper …
0756: Emmons' Photograph Collection, 1885, Marshall University Special Collections
0756: Emmons' Photograph Collection, 1885, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of two photographs of the Emmons family home located in Huntington, West Virginia. The home is no longer extant; the Hospice of Huntington is located where it once stood.
0537: Rick Baumgartner Papers, 1976-1979, Marshall University Special Collections
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.
0327: William B. Newcomb Papers, 1865-1980, Marshall University Special Collections
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 …