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0383: Goodykoontz For Senator Club Roster, C. 1910-1925, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a ledger containing a list of members of the Huntington Goodykoontz for Senator Club. Listed are 100 names, addresses, and telephone numbers of club members. The ledger is blank with the exception of three pages containing the previously mentioned information. Also included is a proof sheet of newspaper from the Beckley Post-Herald from November 1, 1960.

A note in the collection states that the volume was found in the Okey P. Keadle Papers at an unstated location.

0367: Huntington, W.Va. East High School Scrapbook, 1964, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by the students of Huntington East High School in honor of the retirement of Wendell Cornetet, principal. The scrapbook includes programs, signatures, and testimonial letters from teachers, students and alumni.

0328: Huntington Committee For Unicef, 1974-1981, Marshall University Special Collections

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Minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial papers, and inventory sheets for the local committee of the United Nations Children's Fund.

0335: Wpby-Tv “The Comstock Load” Script, 1980, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of scripts for five WPBY programs. Each program is divided into tapes. Program one is composed of three tapes, while programs two through four are composed of two, and program five is composed of three. These tapes are transcripts of televised conversations with Jim Comstock in 1980, where Comstock speaks with the host “Dick” about subjects relevant to West Virginia, including poetry, politics, his lived experiences, and history.

0326: Lorenza Edgar Shanholtzer Papers, 1895-1947, Marshall University Special Collections

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School teacher, Hampshire County, West Virginia. Primarily teachers' attendance records from several rural schools in Hampshire County, 1895-1930. Some correspondence, bank statements, ephemera, and printed material.

0331: The Woman’S Club Of Kenova Scrapbook, 1908-1971, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of one scrapbook containing pasted in yearbooks containing the yearly theme, member directories, and events for the Woman’s Club of Kenova, West Virginia from its start in 1908 until 1971.

0332: Jane Boedeker Shepherd Papers, 1937-1982, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Jane Shepherd Papers consist of letters, contracts, printed programs, newspaper clippings, school papers and photographs, all related to her career as a mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. Printed programs of her performances between 1935 and 1979 comprise the bulk of the collection.

Other items relating to her professional singing career include a scrapbook and newspaper clippings of reviews, publicity material and photographs. Notes from classes, certificates and a transcript reflect her years as a student, from 1935 until 1946, at William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri; the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; and the Juilliard School of Music. The papers also contain …

0330: Ruth Katherine Jones Papers, 1927-1937, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbooks and personal papers of Marshall alumna Ruth Katherine Jones, a 1924 Marshall College graduate who was active as a makeup artist for the Community Players and other Marshall theatre productions in the 1930s. Some items related to plastic surgery.

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 …

0338: Jake Bomar Papers, 1978-1982, Marshall University Special Collections

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Bomar was a former resident of Huntington, W.Va. Papers consist of photographic reproductions of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials, some annotated by Bomar, related to his volunteer work.

0325: Huntington, West Virginia Woman's Club Records, 1900-1986, Marshall University Special Collections

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Women's civic and cultural organization. Includes minutes of the Music Department (1922-1964) and historian's reports to 1986 as well as photographs, newspaper clippings and yearbooks.

0346: Depositions Of Survivors Of Buffalo Creek Flood, Dennis Prince Et Al., Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection consists of the depositions of the 552 survivors of the Buffalo Creek Flood in 1972, plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Pittston Coal Company, filed in the U. S. District Court, Southern West Virginia, Huntington, West Virginia.

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 …

0336: Henry Bott Journal, 1825-1908, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a unique mixed used scrapbook, journal, and commonplace book. The base book is a published volume about school systems in Pennsylvania in 1881. The author, Henry Bott, pasted in ten multi-page reminiscences on the following topics: “School in York County [PA] in Country Schools ¾ of a Century Ago [Circa 1825]”, “Turnpikes in Olden Times [before railroads]”, “The Old Homestead”, “Seven Valley: Among the Graves of the Departed”, “Progress in Church Work”, “When the Writer Saw the Meteors Fall [1833]”, “A Wanderer”, “A Short History of the Borough of Seven Valley”, “Before the Days of Postage …

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.

0314: Emma Childress Papers, 1904-1945, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of an eclectic mix of materials collected by Childers throughout her professional career. They include a 1904 letter from Principal Corbly regarding an institution not accepting Childress’ teaching certificate, a pamphlet entitled “Flood Views of Huntington, W.Va.” [1913], a 1930 Marshall commencement program, a newspaper clipping about the death of Knute Rockne, official programs for the National Education Association from 1911 and 1936, a 1928 Marshall College Directory, a program for the Huntington Women’s Club’s Freiburg Passion Play, and the envelope the collection was received in.

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.

0319: Burlington Macedonia Church (Ohio) Records, 1884-1897, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains a copy of the church’s minute book from 1884-1896, containing information about church and other affairs relevant to the African American community. Given that this is a copy, the degree of legibility can vary depending on the page.

0312: Frances Conner Papers, 1927-1928, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings related to Marshall College and Huntington High School events in 1927-1928, but also includes several calling cards/graduation cards, a Christmas note, an invitation to a Harlequin Club semi-formal dance, and three photographs, one of a marching band and two others of a woman holding flowers at a sporting event.

0293: Alfred Ainger Letter, 1891, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of a letter from Alfred Ainger to William Ince regarding potentially taking up a post at Oxford beginning Michaelmas 1892.

0316: R. Lloyd Beck Papers, 1934-1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings about Robert Lloyd Beck and his wife Ruth Myers Beck while they were living in Huntington, West Virginia. Newspaper clippings about Robert relate to his work as a philosophy professor while newspaper clippings about Ruth primarily relate to her work in the Faculty Wives Club. Also present in the collection is a 1939 commencement program, a program for a 1965 Marshall University Theatre production of A Streetcar Named Desire, and a November 10, 1950 letter to Robert Beck from fellow professor James B. Shouse regarding a philosophy paper or project in progress by …

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.

0309: James K. Jeffrey Collection, 1868-1928, Marshall University Special Collections

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This is an artificial collection of materials purchased or found by James Jeffrey behind a wall panel in a Huntington, WV apartment. The series of letters was found behind said wall panel and the financial ledger was purchased from Lilley’s Bookshop in Parkersburg, WV.

The letters are broken down as follows:

“Ima Turdlet (?)” to “The Right Hon. Mr. E. C. Hatfield Esq”, undated. This is a scathing seven-page letter regarding the breakup or divorce of the writer’s relationship with Hatfield.

Reba Ann to J. Alden Goodno on August 15, 1926 about her experience in 4-H Camp in Ona, WV. …

0318: Henry B. Morgan Letters, 1891-1892, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains copies of two letters written by Morgan possibly to his cousin Lydia in 1891 and 1892 related to family matters, including daily life, farming, and marriage. Also included is the envelope for the 1892 letter addressed to James J. Casey of Huntington, WV. Other materials in the collection are copies of Ivory Soap advertisements, possibly an envelope that contained the letters. Given that these materials are copies, legibility varies.

Oral History Interview: John Sherman Cooper, John Sherman Cooper

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

In OH64-208, Senator John Sherman Cooper discusses his childhood, his education, community life, his political career, his legal career as a circuit judge, running for governor of Kentucky, his military career during World War II, the Marshall Plan, Congress, NATO, the United Nations, Communism, the Vietnam War, and serving as Ambassador to East Germany. He also discusses various political figures including Alban Barkley, Happy Chandler, chief Justice Frederick Vinson, Harry Truman, Joseph McCarthy, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy (and his assassination), and Barry Goldwater.

In OH64-208A, Cooper discusses the Vietnam War in depth. The interview also includes sections …

0270: West Virginia International Women's Year Coordinating Committee Records, 1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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Given the collection’s small size, the decision was made to keep the collection’s original order as found and not divide into series. Broader thematic content of the collection includes state level financial and treasurer’s papers organizing the conference as well as financial documents submitted to receive reimbursement from the IWY grant funds appropriated by Congress. Additional state materials include correspondence to and from the Treasurer for WV IWY, Betsy McCreight, publicity materials and brochures, reports, and financial material related to delegates attending the national conference.

Box 3 includes materials for the national IWY Conference, including manuals, publicity materials, and publications.

0284: John C. Edwards Ledgers, 1936-1948, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of two account books for John C. Edwards, Huntington engineer, spanning June 1936-July 1948. The books cover every expenditure, including, clothes, rent, dues, entertainment, and incoming salary for this twelve year period.

Special collections material is obtained from many sources and is intended primarily for research and educational purposes. Certain works may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not governed by the department. It is up to the researcher to verify that they have permission to use these materials for publication or other activities.

0247: Huntington Civic League Records, 1946-1978, Marshall University Special Collections

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Local affiliate of the General Federation of Women's Clubs; promoted civic activities and advancement of the social and educational culture of its members until disbanded in 1978. Includes scrapbooks, minutes, correspondence and yearbooks.

0287: Joseph Hallock Papers, 1857-1891, Marshall University Special Collections

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Catskill, NY resident. Papers consist of diaries, 1857-1891; ledgers; miscellaneous writings; one volume entitled "Joseph Hallock's Justice Courts and Referee Register Beginning April 10, 1861."

0250: Elijah Beeman Letters, 1861-1862, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photoreproduction of typescript. Letters to various family members describe Civil War campaigns in Virginia and West Virginia, treatment of illnesses in camp and solider life in general. Member Co. A, 12th Ohio Volunteers.