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0268: Gilmer: The Birth Of A County Typescript, 1940, Marshall University Special Collections

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Anonymous history of Gilmer County, West Virginia, describing the formation of the county and the move of the county seat from DeKalb to Glenville.

0291: Thelma Morrison Matthews Papers, 1935, Marshall University Special Collections

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"A brief history of Salt Rock two-room elementary school" compiled by Mrs. Matthews, principal of Salt Rock school. Includes histories of the Salt Rock Community and of Walnut Grove and Palestine schools.

0276: Harlow Warren Papers, 1880-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains papers relating to Harlow’s work on “Beckley, U.S.A.”. They include photographs of people and places around Beckley (both identified and unidentified), mock-ups of front matter for the never completed fourth volume of “Beckley, U.S.A.”, printed materials and ephemera related to Beckley institutions or history.

Other materials include personal papers consisting of short form fiction snippets, a newspaper clipping file related to “Beckley, U.S.A.” and Beckley history, correspondence related to the donation of the collection, and genealogical materials.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Harlow Warren Papers, 1880-1979 here.

0260: Alice Blondina Carder Sauer Papers, 1855-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is split into two series: Carder and Sauer family materials as well as materials related to Alice’s work in the Point Pleasant Chapter of the WVDAR. Some materials, such as the newspaper clippings and to a lesser extent correspondence, are mixed DAR and family materials. In box order, the collection contains the following:

Newspaper clippings cover subjects related to the Carder and Sauer family as well as Alice’s participation in the NSDAR. NSDAR participation focuses on the coordination of local and state events surround the bicentennial of the Battle of Point Pleasant as well as local history events. …

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.

0237: Vernon Sharp Collection, 1973-1980, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a compilation of papers related to the life of Vernon Sharp, including reminisces by his wife, including a discussion of the 1937 flood and the Depression, and a paper about him written by his granddaughter. Also included is a newspaper article about the fiftieth anniversary of his business.

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.

0286: Leslie W. Self Papers, 1900-1908, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, W. Va. resident, graduate of Marshall Business College. Papers consist of textbook from the college, diploma, and photographs of Guyandotte River bridge and groups.

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0215: Chicago, Parkersburg, And Norfolk Railroad Of Virginia Records, 1887, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a ledger in which the only contents are the incorporation papers of the Chicago, Parkersburg, and Norfolk Railroad of Virginia signed by Isaac Scott, G. B. Gibbens, and S. F. Shaw of West Virginia, and W. M. Morse and W. W. Lucas of Ohio and Covington, Virginia.

0200: Russell Barker Title, 1869, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of a single framed item, a land title granting 67 acres of land to Russell Barker signed by West Virginia’s first Governor, Arthur I. Boreman in 1869.

0175: Wayne County, Wv School Commissioner's Report, 1860, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of two forms regarding the information of indigent children in order to cover their tuition and school books to attend school in Wayne County during 1860.

0185: David Kraybill Papers, 1834-1963, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection has been divided into three series: diaries, research material, and other historical material.

The diaries series is composed of 57 years of diaries by Kraybill recording everything from the weather to his professional life. They encompass time he spent in Wheeling, WV, parts of Pennsylvania, and living in Huntington, WV since 1945.

The research material series is composed of copies of papers read at various West Virginia history meetings, copies of primary source documents, and other papers written or collected by Kraybill in pursuit of his interest in local history.

The other historical materials series is composed of …

0205: Alfred Perkins Rockwell Letter, 1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of only one letter. In it, Rockwell discusses Wheeling, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh and coal towns more generally. The letter is addressed to future wife Kate and describes Wheeling, West Virginia, as `dingy, dirty, smoky and busy.' He discusses his travel plans and search for a place to establish a home.

0181: Lillian Morrison Pyle Papers, 1917-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of letters and postcards to Lillian from her brothers Donald and Darrell while they served and trained for WWI. Included in the collection are Lillian’s personal papers during her high school and early college years, such as programs, yearbooks, student publications, and grade reports. Also included are collected publications, clippings, and ephemera related to her brothers’ service in WWI.

It is uncertain how the folder of Clendenning letters written during WWI were added to the collection, but they are from Robert Clendenning (serving in the war) to his father on the home front.

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 …

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.

0124: Savage Grant Abstracts, 1754-1841, Marshall University Special Collections

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Typescript copies of the original grant listing original patentees; decrees and reports entered in the Superior Court of Chancery in Staunton, Virginia, 1817-1841, concerning the sale of lots and resurveying the original grant.

0135: L. Marie White Papers, 1870-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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Assistant Registrar and assistant to the director of alumni affairs at Marshall University. Papers consist of lists of graduates of Marshall College, newspaper clippings, and her notes, drafts and manuscript for her booklet, `Metamorphose of Old Main,' and an unpublished history of the Albert Gallatin Jenkins Laboratory School at Marshall College.

0128: U.S. District Court, Southern District Of Wv, Charleston Division Papers, 1836-1886, Marshall University Special Collections

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Documents pertain to the suit of Charles Gay and others against the White Sulphur Springs Company: depositions by W. B. Calwell (1880), interest coupons payable by the White Sulphur Springs Company (1861), bonds issued by Jeremiah Morton, president of the company. Also papers concerning the Ohio Central Railroad Company.

0133: Clarence Darrow Letter, Marshall University Special Collections

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Letter by Clarence Darrow commenting on his book Farmington and on the town of Kinsman, Ohio, where Mr. Darrow spent his childhood. Original located in the Kinsman Free Public Library, Kinsman, Ohio, 44428

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 …

0165: Mason County, West Virginia Census Records, 1810-1840, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains census records for 1810, 1820, and 1840 for Mason County, Virginia (later West Virginia) transcribed by Mrs. Owen Crickard. The 1840 census includes heads of household only.

0132: James Nelson Land Title, 1868, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of a land title for fifty acres in Boone County, West Virginia, signed by Governor Arthur I. Boreman.

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.

0117: Neal Family Papers, 1864-1957, Marshall University Special Collections

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Papers include diaries of Dr. Will Neal, Huntington, West Virginia, physician and member of Congress; diaries describe teaching school in Kentucky and Ohio in the 1890's, and life in Rome Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. Scrapbooks describing the career of Richard Nixon comprise the bulk of the collection.

0107: Ali Nawrouzi Typescript, 1975, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Change in Marshall University Organizational Structure, a research paper, written for Public Administration.

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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0093: Wallace Garfield Hayner Papers, 1933-1973, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, W. Va. insurance agent; papers consist of his correspondence and personal papers. Included are a manuscript of a history of West Virginia compiled from secondary sources and oral tradition, personal reminiscences of `Devil Anse' Hatfield, poetry, and personal papers.

0076: Confederate States Of America, Army, Medical Department, 1862-1864, Marshall University Special Collections

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Register/copybook of letters and orders of Hospital number four, Army of the New River, medical director Dr. John A. Hunter, with hospitals in Pearisburg, VA., Dublin Depot, VA., Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Va, Red Sulpur Springs and Union, (West), Va. as well as the copybook of Will Jennings, medical director of the Department of Southwestern Virginia. Volumes contain copies of letters and orders sent and received. The register for Hospital number four also contains lists of patients.

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, …