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0409: Preston Cave Papers, 1937-1967, Marshall University Special Collections

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Collector for Internal Revenue Service, West Virginia. division; Huntington, West Virginia resident. Papers consist of certificates for training sessions, newspapers clippings, a letter of appointment and a photograph.

0406: Harvey Family Papers, 1897-1958, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, family. Includes material related to business interests of Thomas Harvey, correspondence, school papers, teaching materials of Marshall College English professor Helen Brandebury Harvey, and photographs, as well as extensive letters to their daughter Ida during WWII.

0408: James Tull And Lela White Richardson Papers, 1919-1972, Marshall University Special Collections

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Certificates and photographs of Marshall University sociology professor and wife. Several grade books; scrapbook of clippings and photo album. Oversized Items.

0410: Revella E. Hughes Papers, 1895-1984, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection of Revella E. Hughes papers consists of photo reproductions of the pages of her press book pertaining to her career in New York and on tour. Original pressbook located in the Moorland-Springarn Research Center, Howard University. Later accession includes holograph arrangements for the organ; research papers written while a graduate student at Northwestern University, where Dr. Hughes earned a Masters of Music degree in 1942. Newspaper clippings comprise the bulk of the collection. Also included are programs and announcements of concerts, recitals, and other musical events in which Miss Hughes participated. The newspaper clippings and programs encompass the …

0412: Nsdar Genealogical Records, 1985-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection contains a compilation of genealogy and local history materials created or copied by NSDAR members while conducting chapter activities. Materials are primarily focused on Wood and Wayne County deeds, birth, death, and will data, but also includes family Bible records submitted by NSDAR chapter members throughout the state of West Virginia in addition to miscellaneous county records, include deeds, will abstracts, and cemetery records, from around the state.

0413: Mason Co., W. Va. Court Records, 1805-1890, Marshall University Special Collections

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Assorted records of the county and circuit courts discarded when the old courthouse was razed, ca. 1955. Included are estate appraisals, school house plans, wolf scalp claims and oaths of allegiance. Also included in this collection is accession 0473, composed of photo reproduction of marriages, 1806-1850, and the Register of Free Negroes, 1838-1860.

0414: Theodosia Kirkland Hamlet Papers, 1940-1975, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, club woman and parliamentarian. Papers include material relating to her service on the boards of the Woman's Club, the Huntington Symphony Association, the Huntington Galleries, and the Marshall University Artists Series.

0417: Estelle "Bill" Belanger Papers, 1946-1984, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, journalist and chronicler of arts and cultural affairs. Collection includes scrapbooks of clippings of her articles, columns, and reviews of books and plays.

0416: William Vinson Papers, 1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photoreproductions of family group sheets compiled by William Jarrell Vinson: "James Vinson and Rhoda Sperry Vinson family : their descendents and related families." Genealogy related to Wayne and Cabell Counties, West Virginia, and Lawrence and Boyd Counties, Kentucky. Related families include Ratcliff and Wilson.

0418: Whittaker-Glanville Family Papers, 1856-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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Papers consist primarily of diaries, newspaper clippings, correspondence, genealogies and photographs of five families: the Glanville-Carter families of St. Louis, Mo.; the Whittakers of Preble County, Ohio; Dorothy Whittaker Atkins of Huntington, West Virginia.; and the Heacocks of Bucks County, Penna.

A significant part of the collection are the diaries of Annie Heacock, a teacher at the Penn School for freed slaves in Beaufort, South Carolina, 1864-1869. Other diaries include the Civil War diary of John Whittaker, a surgeon in the 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

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0475: Nancy Murray Mann Papers, 1914-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Nancy Murray Mann papers consist of correspondences, speeches in various paper formats, newspaper clippings, government publications, photographs, copies of Mann’s passport, land deeds, and research notes from Ben Riley, a Marshall University graduate student from 1983-1985. The focus of the collection primarily covers Mann’s political and social activities, particularly her political involvement during the 1928 presidential campaign for Herbert Hoover and her subsequent work during his administration. Several of her letters are addressed to President Hoover; however almost of the responses come from his secretary Lawrence Richey. The inclusive dates range from 1914 - 1985, however most materials consist …

0423: Ancestor Chart, 1872, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of two pages entitled, “How many ancestors have you?” and contains a list of ancestors (one for each generation and when they were born or died), what rulers in England ruled while each ancestor lived, and how many ancestors you would have each generation for twenty-four generations. The pages were found in William S. Appleton’s “Memorials of the Cranes of Chilton” published in Cambridge in 1868. The pages are undated, and the date is approximated based on the book the pages were found in.

0424: Naaman Jackson Letters, 1932-1942, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of two letters addressed to Naaman Jackson. The one from W. H. T. Squires, author of “Land of Decision”, in 1932, discusses Jackson’s purchase of “Land of Decision”. The 1942 letter is from the Vice President of the Commercial Credit Company, Inc., Commercial Bankers in Baltimore, Maryland, and discusses new loan programs created as a result of World War II.

0425: Cabell County, W.Va. Medical Society Records, 1951, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of correspondence between Okey L. Patteson (governor of West Virginia) and Lawrence B. Gang during 1951 regarding the proposed location of West Virginia’s first medical school. Lawrence B. Gang, a leading member of the Cabell County Medical Society, advocated for Huntington and his correspondence features reports and attached supporting his stance. Also included in the collection is a final report entitled, “Report by Okey L. Patteson Concerning the Location of the Medical School for Doctors, Dentists, and Nurses in the State of West Virginia”, with the conclusion of the report being that Morgantown was the most suitable …

0411: Huntington Audubon Society Scrapbooks, 1940-1980, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of two scrapbooks, one entitled the Huntington Bird Club, 1940-1969 and another titled, Huntington Tri-State Audubon Society, 1969-[1980]. The scrapbooks contain primarily clippings related to club events, but also contain constitutions and rules, correspondence, programs, yearbooks, newsletters, and ephemera related to the group.

0421: Benjamin Ronk Papers, 1862-1907, Marshall University Special Collections

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Sergeant, 7th West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers in the Civil War. Typed transcript of diary and pension papers issued to mother at death of subject in army hospital, 1864.