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0467: Berlin Basil Chapman Papers, 1942-1980, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1987

0467: Berlin Basil Chapman Papers, 1942-1980, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection primarily consists of publications by or contributed to by Berlin Basil Chapman. These publications relate to his interests in West Virginia and Oklahoma history, as well as Chapman genealogy. Also included are photographs of Webster Springs High School Alumni and newsclippings about various speeches given by Chapman. Notable in the collection is a microfilm copy of a manuscript titled “Teaching Soldiers American History Under Direction of the War Department, 1943-1944” Secret Papers Revealed, 1978.


0366: Anna M. Love Papers, 1816-1977, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1982

0366: Anna M. Love Papers, 1816-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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Collection centers primarily on the papers of Daniel Love, pioneer settler of Cabell County, W. Va. and consists of notes, receipts, and memoranda pertaining to the settlement of the estate of his father-in-law, John Chadwick of Kentucky. Another major portion of the collection consists of correspondence to Anna M. Love concerning family genealogy in the 1960s.


0296: Greer Family Papers, 1864-1912, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1980

0296: Greer Family Papers, 1864-1912, Marshall University Special Collections

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Mason County, West Virginia, family. Papers include genealogy of the descendants of John Greer, tax receipts, correspondence, and papers of Hugh Jasper Greer, delegate to West Virginia legislature, 1895.


0114: Sigfus Olafson Compiled Genealogical Records, 1820-1880, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1975

0114: Sigfus Olafson Compiled Genealogical Records, 1820-1880, Marshall University Special Collections

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Records consist of West Virginia census records: Cabell County, 1820, 1850; Boone County, 1860, 1870, 1880; Logan County, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880; and Wyoming County, 1850. Also Cabell County tax lists, marriages, 1809-1851, and maps.