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0666: Susan And Geoff Eacker Collection, 1997, Marshall University Special Collections
0666: Susan And Geoff Eacker Collection, 1997, Marshall University Special Collections
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Susan and Geoff Eacker interviewed ten women banjo players throughout August to October 1997 in WV and eastern KY. Interviews include Kate Brett, Diane Jones, Jessica Bills, Lynne Davis (about Molly O’Day), Kim Johnson (including Wilson Douglas), Sylvia O’Brien, Helena Triplett, Pam Lund, Cari Norris, and Dora Mae Wagers. This collection includes ten cassette tapes with the interviews and ten folders of transcripts for each interview.
0656: Hugo Hart Herrenkohl Manuscript, Marshall University Special Collections
0656: Hugo Hart Herrenkohl Manuscript, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of a manuscript clipped in two parts: “From the Past” by Hugo Herrenkohl and a supplementary manuscript. The manuscripts cover Herrenkohl’s recollections of life in rural Cabell County in the early twentieth century, including genealogical material about the Herrenkohl and Blake families. Information about burial places is included.
0658: Louis A. Mobayed Photographs, 1927-1991, Marshall University Special Collections
0658: Louis A. Mobayed Photographs, 1927-1991, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists primarily of aerial photographs of Huntington taken on May 2, 1972 at 3500 feet. Other later additions to the collection, in significantly smaller amounts, include Huntington East High School memorabilia belonging to Richard S. Mobayed, unidentified group photographs, a photo of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company Plant, a limited amount of correspondence from Louis’ daughter Carole Eddins and son Richard S. Mobayed, programs from Louis’ Huntington High School reunions, and a diploma for Louella Hatfield from 1927.
To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Louis A. Mobayed Collection, 1927-1991 here.
0662: Smith Family Correspondence, 1857-1866, Marshall University Special Collections
0662: Smith Family Correspondence, 1857-1866, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of approximately fifty letters from members of the Smith family, located in Guyandotte, Virginia (or West Virginia, depending on the time), to Julia Sprague in Washington County, Ohio during the Civil War. The bulk of the letters are from Sallie P. Smith to Sprague, and many include their original envelope. Topics are focused on personal life and current affairs.
0664: Bertha Casto Diaries, 1934-1938, Marshall University Special Collections
0664: Bertha Casto Diaries, 1934-1938, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of three diaries describing the daily life of Bertha Casto, wife of physician Thomas Jefferson Casto, while living in Charleston, WV. Topics covered include daily life, especially domestic activities. The final entry was written by Thomas, documenting his wife’s death on January 29, 1938.
0665: Ellen Dorcas Harn Papers, 1871-1977, Marshall University Special Collections
0665: Ellen Dorcas Harn Papers, 1871-1977, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is composed of letters from friends and contemporaries of Ellen Dorcas Harn during her time in teaching in West Virginia and New York in 1871 and 1872. These primarily consist of letters from former students and friends at Marshall keeping her apprised of personal and school activities. Writers include Clayton Barton and Lucy Thompson.
0660: Matewan Development Center, Inc., 1989-1995, Marshall University Special Collections
0660: Matewan Development Center, Inc., 1989-1995, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of 105 oral histories conducted at the behest of the Matewan Development Center, Inc.. Oral histories are on cassette tapes and include transcripts of the oral histories and floppy disks with some of the transcripts saved on them. The oral histories focus on Matewan history, especially labor issues and conflicts surrounding the Matewan Massacre as well as customs and life in Matewan.
0651: Smith Family Papers, 1935-1942, Marshall University Special Collections
0651: Smith Family Papers, 1935-1942, Marshall University Special Collections
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Barboursville, W.Va. family. Papers consist of 4-H project books, activity records and printed items related to 4-H club work in Cabell County, West Virginia, performances by Elizabeth G. Smith and Walter F. Smith.
0663: Anna Lee Musgrave Tallman Collins Papers, 1909-1997, Marshall University Special Collections
0663: Anna Lee Musgrave Tallman Collins Papers, 1909-1997, Marshall University Special Collections
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Point Pleasant, West Virginia, resident. Papers relate to the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter NSDAR and local history materials about Mason Co., West Virginia, including black and white photographs of Mason County historical highway markers.
0653: Frances S. Hensley Papers, 1979-1983, Marshall University Special Collections
0653: Frances S. Hensley Papers, 1979-1983, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection contains materials related to the West Virginia White House Conference on Families held in 1980 and the Women’s Work Conference held in Huntington, West Virginia in 1983. WVWHC materials include conference schedules, rules, and planning materials for West Virginia’s participation in this initiative as well as materials related to publicity, testimony from scholars, newspaper and magazine articles about the conference and about families in American life, the history, goals, and suggested themes as supplied by the White House, as well as expectations for state activities. A large part of these materials are letters and documentation sent from the …
0661: Elizabeth Cometti Collection, 1861-1869, Marshall University Special Collections
0661: Elizabeth Cometti Collection, 1861-1869, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of a microfilm copy of items selected by Elizabeth Cometti about West Virginia taken from the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, specifically materials taken from the W. R. Redding Papers, 1861-1865 and the William Thomas Sutherlin Papers, 1842-1892. The Redding materials are from 1861 while Redding was stationed in Virginia, to his wife, Elizabeth M. Redding, in Randolph County, Ga.. He discusses camp life, troop movements and skirmishes, and conditions at home. Sutherlin materials date from 1868 to 1869 and may include correspondence and other papers relate to the varied business …
0655: Ensign Family Papers, 1804-1945, Marshall University Special Collections
0655: Ensign Family Papers, 1804-1945, Marshall University Special Collections
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The Ensign Family Papers (1804-1945) consist mostly of letters generated by Eli (1860's-1890's) or letters to him. The majority of letters written by Eli are to his wife (1870-1899) when he is on various trips or when she is visiting family in Connecticut.
Letters to Ely are mostly from his side of the family such as brothers Sidney (1859-1874) and Charles (1862-1871) or Ely’s grandmother Clarinda(?) Prentice (1857-1868). Business correspondence (1867-1902) is heaviest during the 1870's. One common writer of business correspondence to Ely was W.A. Burke (1870).
The letters to Mary Catherine (Walton) Ensign (not including Ely’s) are from …