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Articles 661 - 690 of 3798
Full-Text Articles in Public History
Morgan County - A Picture Album Book 2, W. Lynn Nickell
Morgan County - A Picture Album Book 2, W. Lynn Nickell
County Histories of Kentucky
Morgan County, Kentucky: A Picture Album Book 2 by W. Lynn Nickell published in 1998.
W.P.A. Stone Voting Houses: Period Of Significance, 1925-1949, Rowan County Historical Society.
W.P.A. Stone Voting Houses: Period Of Significance, 1925-1949, Rowan County Historical Society.
Rowan County Histories Collection
A history on the stone voting houses constructed by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression in Rowan County, Kentucky.
Post Offices Of Rowan County, Kentucky, Rowan County Historical Society.
Post Offices Of Rowan County, Kentucky, Rowan County Historical Society.
Rowan County Histories Collection
A collection of published articles and research on the history of post offices in Rowan County, Kentucky from 1856 to 1998.
Daniel Boone National Forest / The Licking River Region, Rowan County Historical Society.
Daniel Boone National Forest / The Licking River Region, Rowan County Historical Society.
Rowan County Histories Collection
A brief history and collection of publications on the history of Daniel Boone National Forest and the Licking River Region from 1934 to 1998.
0672: Anderson-Newcomb Company Photographs, 1895-1957, Marshall University Special Collections
0672: Anderson-Newcomb Company Photographs, 1895-1957, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of eight photographs and one backing board for a photograph from the Anderson-Newcomb Company. These photographs include one photo of the Valentine and Newcomb building, an interior shot from 1936, group shots from company picnics and outings, and other shots including a Huntington High School Group Photo, c. 1940s and a photo of the Nineteenth Annual Banquet, National Retail Dry Goods Association, 1930.
Kentucky Gateway-Buffalo Trace Area Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick
Kentucky Gateway-Buffalo Trace Area Post Offices, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
A historical survey of the 489 post offices of the Gateway and Buffalo Trace area of Kentucky.
0660: Matewan Development Center, Inc., 1989-1995, Marshall University Special Collections
0660: Matewan Development Center, Inc., 1989-1995, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
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.
0622: Critical Issues Committee Papers, 1971-1973, Marshall University Special Collections
0622: Critical Issues Committee Papers, 1971-1973, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection contains materials from the Critical Issues Committee between 1971 and 1973. Of interest are minutes and declarations covering topics including Marshall University and Huntington, WV town and gown issues, establishing vocational educational initiatives, the establishment of the Huntington Human Rights Commission, and library funding. Also included are two editions of a planning directory that contains information about regional agencies, organizations, and boards, including the purpose and accomplishments of groups.
0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection contains two scrapbooks and several loose photographs documenting Mark Freeman’s personal life and time in the United States Navy in the 1950s. The green scrapbook is composed entirely of unidentified and unlabeled photographs of Freeman’s navy service, mostly of photos taken from his ship. Other notable groups of photographs in the scrapbook include photographs of women and sights in Japan. The brown scrapbook is composed of family photographs (most labelled), photographs of Freeman in Spencer, West Virginia, in the 1960s working with the West Virginia Department of Employment Security, and additional photographs of Freeman’s time in the Navy, …
0620: Ms. W.A. Millard And Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924, Marshall University Special Collections
0620: Ms. W.A. Millard And Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection contains a manuscript by W.A. Millard and Allene Wilson titled “Farm Bureau Community History of Pea Ridge.” The manuscript includes information beyond history such as natural resources and community stories. This community was later incorporated in Huntington, West Virginia. Ms. W.A. Millard and Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924
Gossip, Happenings, Collections, Col. Leroy C. Hinton
Gossip, Happenings, Collections, Col. Leroy C. Hinton
Rowan County Histories Collection
Rowan County, Kentucky Gossip, Happenings, and Collections by Col. Leroy C. Hinton made in 1995. The collection has information starting from 1892 through 1945.
0612: Jim Comstock Collection, 1976, Marshall University Special Collections
0612: Jim Comstock Collection, 1976, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection is composed of three items: a signed letter to Jim Comstock by Marvin L. Stone, including a request from Comstock for stone to write about Marshall University and Page Pitt, the envelope the letter came in, and a handwritten reminiscence of Huntington in 1940-1945 by John Duncan titled, “We Polished Our Buttons,” which discusses Duncan’s experience in World War II as well as his memories of Huntington during that time.
Mccracken County - Paducah, John P. Dyson
Mccracken County - Paducah, John P. Dyson
County Histories of Kentucky
An article published by the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society on the naming of Paducah, Kentucky.
1880 Census, Rowan County Historical Society
1880 Census, Rowan County Historical Society
Rowan County Histories Collection
The 1880 census records of Rowan County, Kentucky transcribed by Mrs. Alice P. Reynolds.
1870 Census, Rowan County Historical Society
1870 Census, Rowan County Historical Society
Rowan County Histories Collection
The 1870 census records of Rowan County, Kentucky complied by Diane Grubb Sheffield in 1994.
Morgan County - Riding The Blue Goose With Stops At Wrigley And Lenox, W. Lynn Nickell
Morgan County - Riding The Blue Goose With Stops At Wrigley And Lenox, W. Lynn Nickell
County Histories of Kentucky
Riding the Blue Goose with Stops at Wrigley and Lenox: A Pictorial History of the Lenox and Morehead & North Fork Railroads in Kentucky by W. Lynn Nickell published in 1993.
Isaac Hall Murder Of 1868, Teri Pettit
Isaac Hall Murder Of 1868, Teri Pettit
Rowan County Histories Collection
A brief history of the murder trial of Isaac Hall in 1868 in Morgan County, Kentucky.
God's Helping Hand: United Methodist Mission, Reuel Buchanan
God's Helping Hand: United Methodist Mission, Reuel Buchanan
Rowan County Histories Collection
A history of the United Methodist Mountain Mission located in Jackson, Kentucky from 1943-1993.
Shelby County - Bicentennial Edition, Sentinel News
Shelby County - Bicentennial Edition, Sentinel News
County Histories of Kentucky
Bicentennial edition of the Sentinel News about the history of Shelby County, Kentucky published on October 7 1992.
0541: Huntington Jaycees Scrapbook, 1945-1946, Marshall University Special Collections
0541: Huntington Jaycees Scrapbook, 1945-1946, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection is composed of a scrapbook created by the Huntington, West Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce, or Jaycees, in application for the Geissenbier Award, an award of excellence distributed for exemplary community works. The scrapbook features the work conducted by the Jaycees on behalf of the war effort during World War II in Huntington, and includes photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, ephemera, and some hand drawn illustrations for the various areas in which the Jaycees did work.
Morgan County - The Last Train To Jackson, W. Lynn Nickell
Morgan County - The Last Train To Jackson, W. Lynn Nickell
County Histories of Kentucky
The Last Train to Jackson: A Pictorial History of Cannel City, Kentucky by W. Lynn Nickell published in 1991.
0529: John L. Allen Collection, 1784-1991, Marshall University Special Collections
0529: John L. Allen Collection, 1784-1991, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
Wheeling, West Virginia, lawyer. Papers consist of reproductions of deeds of property owned by George Washington and the will of Archibald McClean, all relating to property in what is now Ohio and Marshall Counties, West Virginia.
0538: Harry B. Matney Jr. Manuscript, 1991, Marshall University Special Collections
0538: Harry B. Matney Jr. Manuscript, 1991, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of a manuscript presented by Harry B. Matney, Jr. at the Fourth Annual Conference on West Virginia’s Black History in 1991. The manuscript, titled “The Livisay Family of Wayne County,” covers the Livisay family from 1860 until 1991, beginning with William Henry Livisay and Margaret Livisay.
0539: Cabell County Historic Landmark Commissions Survey, 1988, Marshall University Special Collections
0539: Cabell County Historic Landmark Commissions Survey, 1988, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of a bound survey of structures in the Ritter Park Historic District for the Historic Preservation Unit at the Department of Culture and History in Charleston, West Virginia. The survey covers the structures in the proposed historic district.
0537: Rick Baumgartner Papers, 1976-1979, Marshall University Special Collections
0537: Rick Baumgartner Papers, 1976-1979, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection is composed of clippings and copies of newspaper columns by Rick Baumgartner written for the Huntington Advertiser dealing with history of Huntington, West Virginia, families and local events. Many were later compiled into the booklet, "First Families of Huntington, West Virginia." The collection is composed of columns published between 1976 and 1979, the first box contains access copies of the columns while the second box contains the original clippings donated by Baumgartner.
0530: Robert L. Archer Papers, 1871-1896, Marshall University Special Collections
0530: Robert L. Archer Papers, 1871-1896, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection is composed of copies of Robert L. Archer’s manuscript titled “Chronicles of Early Huntington, 1871-1896” as well as materials related to it. The manuscript covers the history of Huntington during the time through vignettes featuring the C&O Railroad, other industry and transportation, and more. Also included is a short manuscript titled “Making the Constitution Safe for Democracy (Marbury vs. Madison)” which begins with the midnight appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court. Also included in the collection are notations by Doris C. Miller, author of “A Centennial History of Huntington, West Virginia, 1871-1971” that were found in …
Kentucky "Foreign" Post Office Names, Robert M. Rennick
Kentucky "Foreign" Post Office Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Kentucky post offices bearing the names of "foreign" places.
Kentucky "Number" Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Kentucky "Number" Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
An article by Robert M. Rennick titled, "Kentucky's "Number" Names."
Madison County - Berea Centennial, Berea Citizen
Madison County - Berea Centennial, Berea Citizen
County Histories of Kentucky
Centennial edition supplement to the Berea Citizen about the history of Berea College and Madison County, Kentucky published in 1990.
Pike County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Pike County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
County Histories of Kentucky
A book manuscript on the place names of Pike County, Kentucky written by Robert M. Rennick circa 1990.