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0221: Ruth Winters Odell Papers, 1931-1978, Marshall University Special Collections

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Cabell County, West Virginia, resident. Papers include Rector family genealogy, photographs and papers relating to Mrs. Odell's work with the Cabell County Farm Bureau, including membership lists and minutes of meetings, and a letter from William Utterback of Marshall College.

0230: Gill Family Typescript, 1947, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a typescript titled “Notes on the Origin and History of the Gill Family” collected at the 1947 Gill family annual meeting.

0210: Beatrice Malcom Ruffner Papers, 1940, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photographic reproductions of original documents, including copies of D.A.R. lineage papers, family histories, and genealogical research. Family names include Ruffner, Hull, Gaines, Ankrom.

0232: Butler Family Papers, 1590-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains information about the Butler family and Crossman family, including a series of newspaper articles about Austin Butler and the Butler family. Also included is genealogical information about the Butler and Crossman families and correspondence by Robert Chapman with the WV Department of Archives and History about his ancestors’ service in the Civil War.

0192: Mason-Jackson County Census And Marriage Records, 1806-1906, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of abstracts of county records, including marriage and census records from Jackson and Mason Counties in what was once Virginia and is now West Virginia. The Mason County marriages book also contains lists of undertakers and doctors in the county until 1906.

0196: Mason County, Wv Death Records, 1833-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains twelve volumes of death records for Mason County collected from various sources. The time period covered is 1833-1928 and inconsistently between 1981 and 1994.

0195: Stephenson Family Scrapbook, 1888-1972, Marshall University Special Collections

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The original scope and content listed in the accession record is as follows: Xerox only: Contains items concerning the Sammel family, as well as autographs of literary figures and an autograph letter signed by Jefferson Davis. The above description is listed because the current contents of the collection have expanded and changed without documentation as to those changes. The collection is currently composed of the following:

•Scrapbook of Parkersburg Sentinel Clippings, (1909-1914)

The contained clippings appear random, but a random sampling produced the following topics: local news (especially related to elections and city council), Stephenson family topics, and miscellaneous clippings …

0171: Logan County Vital Statistics, 1853-1860, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of transcriptions of Logan County, West Virginia birth, marriage, and death records for the years 1853-1860.

0178: Brooks Family Records, 1971, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a bound typescript entitled 'Family records of the Brooks family' of Wyoming County, West Virginia, including information about the Cook and Canterbury families. The typescript includes not only standard genealogical information, but biographical information about the Brooks family members as well. Also included in the collection is a one-page typed transcription of an 1850 letter by Richard Brooks regarding personal and religious affairs.

0180: Rill Wilson Talbott Papers, 1947-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains two “Treasured Memories” funeral books for Mary Margaret Talbott Wilson and Virginia Dare Wilson and genealogical and other papers. The genealogical and other papers contains an assortment of material including the leather cover and family record pages of Wilson and Talbott family bible, a copy of a section of the Huntington Advertiser from May 30, 1973 regarding the golden anniversary of Mary Bertha and William T. Bess, sheets recording births and deaths for the Talbott and Wilson families, records from the family bible of Waitman E. Wilson, a brochure from the opening of America’s Exposition in 1963, …

0197: Homer C. Mccoy Papers, 1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains letters, both duplicate and original, written by Homer C. McCoy to Mrs. R. L. Stark discussing the difficulty of obtaining a copy of Ragland's History of Logan County. Also included is a note to the manuscripts librarian thanking him for use of the books. Also included is an incomplete bibliography of the Hatfield and McCoy feud.

0172: Mckinney Family Bible Records, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection is composed of four pages taken from the McKinney family bible. The pages outline a short service record for Thomas, a list of children and their dates of birth and marriage, and abbreviated lineages for Thomas and Marie.

0190: Greer Family Papers, 1960-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Greer family papers contains one folder of compiled materials related to John Greer (1753-1846) and his descendants. These materials include an English 103 paper by Kenneth Reffeitt on “Uncle Charlie” [Charlie Greer], a transcription (no original included) of an 1895 speech given by Jasper Greer about the history of the Civil War, a program for the dedication of the John Greer Marker by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and genealogy notes on the family beginning with John Greer.

0166: Carder Family Papers, 1942-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of the Carder family papers created primarily during WWII. The collection is principally composed of letters sent between various members of the Carder family, chiefly to and from Ancel, during his enlistment as a Marine in WWII. Another bulk portion of the collection is composed of greeting cards mailed for various occasions to Orton and Chloie, remembrance cards that were collected by Orton of his congregation, and religious materials related to marriages and baptisms conducted by Orton as well as his participation in WV Methodist organizational activities for the Fourth Street Church in Huntington. Also included …

0058: Wayne Methodist Church History, 1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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Typed copy of the history of the Wayne (W.VA.) Methodist Church, with additional remarks by Reverand W.L. Bias.

0134: Clendenning Family Papers, 1850-1955, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists primarily of two groups of letters. The first group were written by Arminda Holiday Clendenning of Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio, to her sister Ann Holliday Winder of Iowa, from 1850 until 1867. She writes of local and family news, life in the country, and later, as a young married woman, of her family and her husband’s business. Several letters mention travels and migrations of family and friends to the West.

The second group of letters were written by Robert Joseph Clendenning, grandson of Arminda Clendenning, to his family during the FirstWorld War. He describes his life in …

0168: George Hechler Correspondence, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is primarily composed of letters from George Hechler to his sister Kate Hechler during his service in the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. The letters discuss George’s experience in the Civil War, covering camp life at Parkersburg and Summersville, to the battlefields of Lewisburg, Antietam, Chickamauga and others. All letters include typescript transcriptions of the text in separate folders, and one letter includes a piece of printed ephemera as an enclosure. Also included in this collection are three Civil War era envelopes kept by Kate, a single letter to Kate from Jacob Salat regarding her …

0218: Ellison Family Papers, 1888-1951, Marshall University Special Collections

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The folder contains a condolence letter about the death of M.A. Ellison, a 1954 letter by John Q. Hutchinson about Ellison family history, newspaper clippings about the Ellisons, and personally reminisces from an unnamed person in 1939. Also included is a four page typescript entitled “Biographical Sketches of the Love Family”, possibly written by Enoch L. Ellison as it is written on the back of his letterhead.

0183: Elizabeth Bostwick Typescript, 1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a term paper written for a course on Appalachian Culture. The paper, entitled, `The influence of German settlers on the pioneer period of Pendleton County' includes maps, and a fold-out family tree of the Henkel family.

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.

0193: Bishop Family Records, 1832-1895, Marshall University Special Collections

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Newspaper clippings and family records of an Illinois family.

0102: Lorene Enochs Dunlap Papers, 1917-1971, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbooks and photographs of Cabell County, West Virginia, family from near Milton; bulk of correspondence dates from the First World War and 1935-1945.

0100: Brown Family Papers, 1864-1934, Marshall University Special Collections

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The "Family Records of the Brown Family" is a photoreproduction of a typewritten manuscript (carbon copy) in the possession of George F. Brown of Pineville, West Virginia. It contains genealogies of the Durnall family, the Wallace family of Illinois, the Frazier and Ferrel family of Ohio and West Virginia, and the Fritts family of Nebraska. A lengthy section is devoted to the Brown family which settled in western Pennsylvania, the northern panhandle of West Virginia, and Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. Also included is a list of the descendants of William Brown and Hannah Milligan, and a biography of Frank …

0118: Jane Adams Dingess Papers, 1906-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, clubwoman and educator. Papers consist primarily of scrapbooks of school days at Huntington High School, West Virginia University, and Washington and Lee University; also included are resource materials related to conservation and social studies and items concerning the Junior League, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames, and garden club activities. Photographs of Italy in WWI, papers from the Marshall University plan crash in 1970, extensive newspaper clippings from circ WWII and conservation resource material.

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0088: Ethel Simmons Papers, 1925-1962, Marshall University Special Collections

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia, resident. Contains lineage papers, newspaper clippings, and other items relating to the Daughters of the American Revolution; photographs, and Mason County, West Virginia marriage records, 1850-1874.

0099: Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection, 1880-1973, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Vertical Files consist of a variety of topics related to the Huntington, Ohio, and Kentucky regions of the United States. The collection covers the time period from the 1880s to the time of the Cabell-Wayne Historical Society's closure in 1974. The boxes were arranged in alphabetical order based on topic.

The bulk of the vertical file collection relates to activities, events, buildings, and personalities of the Cabell County, West Virginia tri-state area of southwestern West Virginia, southeastern Ohio, and eastern Kentucky. The collection includes material related to the Civil War, railroads and transportation in West Virginia, …

0111: Mcclelland Family Papers, 1870-1950, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists primarily of correspondence sent from William McClelland while he was in the air force describing his experiences while training and during World War II in the Pacific Theatre, specifically the Philippines. Letters to William from his family include those sent while he was missing in action and are emotionally fraught. Papers by Arthur and Myrtle include information on religious topics, such as pamphlets, notes, and more related to their participation in the Second Presbyterian Church of Huntington. Letters sent to and by the family after William’s declaration as missing in action and presumed death include information about …

0145: Gerardstown Presbyterian Church Papers, 1796-1893, Marshall University Special Collections

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Records of the Gerardstown Presbyterian Chruch in Gerardstown West Virginia. Copies of documents pertaining to the history of the church: deed, indentures, minutes, and membership lists.

0089: Ora Patterson Biddle Papers, 1913-1968, Marshall University Special Collections

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Member of the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter NSDAR, local, state and national officer. Contains correspondence, programs, yearbooks, newspaper clippings concerning the Daughters of the American Revolution on the local, state, and national levels. Also newspaper clippings and papers concerning the local history of Mason County and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

0144: Howard B. Grant Papers, 1934, Marshall University Special Collections

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Mimeographed copy of "The Presbyterian Church at Philippi, West Virginia" a brief history of the Barbour County church; includes a church membership list with genealogical notes.