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0382: Macdonald Family Papers, 1513-1972, Marshall University Special Collections

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Family group sheets of a Logan County, West Virginia family; includes Fortner, Yaeger, and allied families.

0380: Mary Burnside Reynolds Papers, 1861-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection contains primarily genealogical notes on the Burnside, and Fulton families. The Burnside family especially is the largest series in the collection and takes up more than half the size. Ms. Reynolds researched and collected prominent documents of members of the Burnside family including a diary, newspaper clippings, articles, and books. Ms. Reynolds also collected an extensive amount of records of her ancestors including census records, war records, and records from the families’ origins in Great Britain. She also collected various materials relating to her interests including items relating to steamboats and British history and ancestry. Several scrapbooks are …

0372: Clara Jefferson Caldwell Scrapbook, 1939-1954, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photoreproductions of original in possession of donor. Record book of Cabell County family records information about the Caudwell, Jefferson, and Winters families, household accounts (1946-1954); livestock records; death in the Lesage area, 1901-1954; events at Oak Hill, Mt. Carmel, and Z. Warner I.B. Churches.

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.

0356: Francis L. Mcculloch Manuscript, 1777-1981, Marshall University Special Collections

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"The family of Thomas Kincaid Jr. of Mason county, W.Va" a manuscript revision of an earlier work.

0354: Wyn Esselborn Typescript, 1981, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photoreproduction (very poor) of typescript article "Finding John Marshall", concerning the Marshall Family, Marshall, Virginia, and the Marshall home in Richmond, Virginia.

0343: Peaco Family Scrapbook, C. 1880 - 1946, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection includes one scrapbook that is mostly composed of newspaper clippings about firemen, firefighting, other local events and local history in Huntington, WV. Less represented in the scrapbook are postcards of fire stations and state capitols from around the United States, a cloth reading “U.S. Registered June 5th, 1917” to signify that Lyle Peaco registered for the draft, two unidentified tintypes, photographs of members of the fire department, other photographs of unidentified people, ephemera such as licenses related to Lyle Peaco, business cards, a court document requesting Peaco to attend, a Barnum Club ribbon, a warrant for the arrest …

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 …

0298: Mary Thomas Price Scrapbook, 1936-1971, Marshall University

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This collection is composed of a scrapbook created between 1936 and 1947, containing ephemera related to births, graduations, church and other events, as well as extensive news clippings covering current events, deaths, and subjects related to topics Thomas cared about. Notable in the scrapbook is a cyanotype of the interior of a home possibly from the 1880s or 1890s.

0320: Adkins Family Bible Records, 1818-1915, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of copies of the front matter from the Adkins Family Bible, containing birth, death, and marriage records for members of the Adkins family. Legibility is limited given then the nature of the copies.

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.

0302: Arvil Ernest Harris Papers, 1925-1965, Marshall University Special Collections

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Marshall University dean of the graduate school; educator. Papers include dissertation, certificates, family history, personal papers, and files related to service on the Huntington, West Virginia, City Council.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Arvil Ernest Harris Papers, 1925-1965 here.

0295: Stemple Family Papers, 1831-1949, Marshall University

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This collection includes a handwritten and typed manuscript regarding birth, death, and marriage records for members of the Stemple, Kelley, Goff, Badgett, and Conley families.

0310: Ball Family Genealogy, 1765-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a copy of a manuscript delineating the Ball family genealogy beginning with John Ball (1765-1825) in Culpeper, Virginia and Kanawha, Virginia. Included are scanned newspaper clippings, photographs, ephemera, and a note regarding Ball descendants’ eligibility for DAR and SAR.

0313: Bowling Family Genealogy, 1866-1957, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a copy of a manuscript written by Sarah Brewster Bowling for her son Oscar telling a history of events of the family for the last thirty years. Also included is genealogical information for early family members, beginning with George Washington Bowling.

0308: Louise Bailey Collection, 1859-1937, Marshall University Special Collections

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This is an artificial collection of materials collected by Louise Bailey. The collection includes a scanned copy of an 1859 will of John Branch and a financial ledger spanning the dates 1923-1937 belonging to G. A. Bailey. The material contained in the ledger is extensive, relating to cash received monthly, and convers approximately 200 pages. The will is only marginally legible given that it is a copy.

0252: Sayre Family Papers, 1929, Marshall University Special Collections

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Typescript history of Sayre family in Long Island, New York; obituary of Drs. Reginald Hall Sayre and John Stanford Sayre.

0255: Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers, 1890-1972, Marshall University Special Collections

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Personal and family papers comprise a large portion of this collection. Miss Enslow collected numerous newspaper and magazine clippings on a variety of subjects, especially those dealing with socially prominent individuals on the local, national, and international levels. Too, she saved many items of correspondence between members of her family. Magazines, booklets, scrapbooks, and books are also included in this part of the collection. Most notable among the books is the Kelly Family Bible, which belonged to her maternal ancestors.

Copies of many of her columns and articles are included, along with other items relating to her career as a …

0262: Walker Family Bible Records, 1814-1944, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of copies of the front matter from the Walker Family Bible, containing birth and death records for members of the Walker, Swann, and Ullom Families.

0265: David O. Ryan Collection, 1872-1900, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists of two volumes of Logan County, West Virginia vital records. The first volume contains Logan County births, 1872-1900 while the second volume contains primarily Logan County Marriages for 1872-1900. The Marriages volume also contains Logan County Wills and Inventories, Etc., 1873-1900, Logan County Deaths, 1872-1873-1885, as well as limited family bible records for the Dingess family.

0288: Riley G. Baumgardner Manuscript, 1592-1926, Marshall University Special Collections

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Consists of the genealogical manuscript, “Maternal Ancestors of Nora Mac (Baumgardner) Gebhardt.”

0289: Francis Mcculloch Family Records, 1639-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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Manuscript titled `The Family of Isaac Lemaster of Mason County, West Virginia.' Includes marriages into Love, Meeks, Eekard, and Barnett families.

0281: Collins Family Papers, 1878-1920, Marshall University Special Collections

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Newark, Ohio, family. Papers consist of a diary kept by Louise Scheidler Collins (1878-1884); letters to Louise and Aimee Collins; deeds and certificates.

0266: Everard Meynell Letters, 1923(?), Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists of two letters by Everard Meynell to a Wilma (no last name) in Belmont, San Mateo County, California. The letters include comments on the sale of “The Letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell, with annotations thereto, 1896-1907”, and gives news of the family. The letters were found in a copy of said book.

0274: Thornburg Family Papers, 1889-1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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Pioneer Cabell County, West Virginia, family. Primarily papers of Charles William Thornburg (1866-1960); personal account book (1889-1891), death certificate and newspaper clippings.

0279: Francis L. Mcculloch Typescript, University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a copy of “The Family of Thomas Kincade of Mason County, West Virginia” manuscript by Francis L. McCulloch in 1979. It is an annotated lineage of Thomas Kincade’s descendants.

0282: Lawrence Corbly Papers, 1890, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains objects belonging to Lawrence J. Corbly that would commonly be found on a desk. These materials appear to have been collected during Corbly’s European travels, especially in Switzerland and Germany. This collection absorbed accession 0272, the folder labelled “Corbly Family”. This folder contains a 1979 manuscript sent to Marshall President Robert B. Hayes regarding Lawrence J. Corbly’s ancestors. Also included is a manuscript possibly by Agnes Corbly Kiger (niece of Lawrence Corbly) regarding the “Corbly’s as She Knew Them”, Andrew Lynn Corbly and Miranda Moore Corbly.

0236: Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Fred Lambert Collection consists primarily of notebooks containing information on families and local history of Cabell and Wayne Counties, West Virginia. Included are cemetery readings, copies of deeds, wills, indentures, newspaper articles, research notes and notes of interviews conducted by Mr. Lambert of Cabell County residents. Material on Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Kanawha, and Boone Counties is also included.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964 here.

0238: Dr. Margaret Ballard Papers, 1968-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of collected newspaper clippings and articles printed about Ballard during her life and at the time of her death by Elizabeth Czompo. Also included in the collection is a letter from Ballard to Czompo regarding Ballard’s interest in genealogy and history.

0280: Homer Gebhardt Papers, 1547-1966, Marshall University Special Collections

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Genealogical material on Wilson, Baumgardner, Halsey families of Cabell County, West Virginia and Wythe County, Virginia. Collection contains three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to Marshall University activities and athletics.