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0632: Dolores Imogene Dowling Papers, 1942-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, civic leader; Second World War veteran. Papers consist primarily of Dowling’s scrapbooks and memorabilia related to her service as an army nurse with the 1st Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) unit; included are photocopies of certificates and letters related to her civic activities and election to the Huntington Hall of Fame.

0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia, teacher. Papers consist primarily of letters written to Mrs. Rayburn from West Virginia state legislators regarding her lobbying efforts to raise teacher retirement benefits. Includes material related to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, and local history of Point Pleasant and Mason Co., West Virginia.

0639: Huntington Homemakers Papers, 1957-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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African-American extension homemakers’ group of Huntington, West Virginia Papers consist of programs of events, correspondence, certificates, photographs, club rosters and newspaper clippings.

0609: Association Of Southern Women For The Prevention Of Lynching Records [Microfilm], 1930-1942, Marshall University Special Collections

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The papers of the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching include correspondence, reports, pamphlets, legislative materials, and meeting minutes that trace the Association’s activities to address the problem of lynching of African Americans through public education rather than federal government intervention. Each format is not divided neatly into series and is available on multiple reels. Also in the collection is a guide covering in more detail what content is on reel, titled, The Commission on Interracial Cooperation papers, 1919-1944 and the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching papers, 1930-1942 : a guide to the …

0598: Marcia Myers Collection, 1895-1993, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection primarily documents Marcia Myers’ research into female Presbyterian missionaries in Appalachia, particularly West Virginia. Significant in the collection is the correspondence of Helen Desbrow, stationed in Raleigh Co., West Virginia, to her family in New Jersey, regarding her work in the Home Mission between 1922 and 1935, central to Myers’ thesis on female Presbyterian missionaries in Appalachia submitted for her M.Div at Princeton University. Correspondence by Hugh J. May and Frances H. Pindar are directly in response to Myers’ request for information on the same topic, and the Helen Disbrow correspondence was gifted possibly from Disbrow herself. Other …

0575: Women's Club Of Huntington, 1961-1993, Marshall University Special Collections

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Programs, newspaper clippings, photographs and scrapbook pages concerning a Young People's Concert series of sponsored by local civic group.

0572: Velva Morrison Sharp, 1937-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, W.Va., homemaker. Diaries recount her daily life as a wife and mother, assisting her husband in his business.

0556: Huntington Humane Society Scrapbook, 1951-1953, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of a scrapbook containing clippings related to the activities of the Huntington Humane Society, including adoption events, announcements in the newspaper, and more. Also included in a folder in the front of the scrapbook is an adoption application and bylaws by the Women’s Board to the organization.

0546: High School Bowl Questions, 1985-1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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Questions used in the local Hi-Q, or High School Bowl, competition televised locally using area high schools as contestants Dr. Cusick was a coordinator.

0545: Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Chapter Records, 1953-2002, Marshall University Special Collections

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Women educators' honorary society; papers consist primarily of membership forms; some reports and correspondence relating to membership.

0553: Emilie Friedericke Muller Lowe Manuscript, 1751-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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Entitled "War Bride of West Virginia," collection contains documents, photographs, and typescript reminiscences related to Mrs. Lowe's immigration to the United States as a German war bride in 1948 as well as genealogical material on her German ancestry.

0535: Southern Women And Their Families In The 19th Century [Microfilm], 1694-1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Collection consists of microfilm copies of selected collections at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill’s Southern Historical Collection and the Virginia Historical Society related to southern women and their families during the nineteenth century. Topics relate to women in the South and include descriptions of plantation and family life, domestic relations, and travel, and formats include diaries, correspondence, and other papers. Given the unique and diverse nature of the materials on microfilm, the collections are unable to be completely described in the finding aid alone. The …

0534: Huntington League Of Women Voters, 1950-1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbook and files of various community projects undertaken by this civic group.

0528: Rick Whisman Collection, 1862-1935, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, resident. Collection includes a Civil War letter by Charles Sayre; legal papers from the law offices of Brown & Brown in Boyd County, KY, and oversized photographs depicting the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of 1812 Society grapples in Washington, D.C. as well as printed material.

0515: Ladies Monument Association Of Point Pleasant, W.Va., 1860, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photocopy of minutes of two meetings of the association formed to erect a monument to militia men who fell at the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774.

0519: Harriet Bagg Loomis Diary, 1855-1919, Marshall University Special Collections

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West Springfield, Massachusetts, resident, whose diary describes her journey to Huntington, West Virginia, in 1874, to visit her uncle. Describes the newly-established town.

0524: Laura Rogers White Papers, 1880, Marshall University Special Collections

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Miss White was an architect in Ashland, KY and founding member of the Huntington Branch American Association of University Women. Document is a photoreproduction of a holographic biographical sketch written ca. 1880.

0527: Marti Carelli-Gilbert Manuscript, 1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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Manuscript of "Halftime," a book by Ms. Carelli-Gilbert, widow of Al Carelli, describing their marriage and how the family coped with his death. Carelli, a coach, was travelling with the Marshall University football team that died in the 1970 airplane crash.

0522: Ancella Bickley Collection, 1908-1947, Marshall University Special Collections

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West Virginia educator. Papers consist primarily of programs of events related to African-Americans in West Virginia, especially Douglass High School in Huntington, West Virginia.

0525: Doris C. Miller Papers, 1915-1989, Marshall University Special Collections

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Doris Copley Miller was a Huntington, West Virginia poet, newspaperwoman, and local historian. Papers include her work in draft and printed form and correspondence, notably the Jesse Stuart letters. It also contains poetry submissions from other friends and the public as well as working files from her years as religion, education and poetry editor at the Huntington Publishing Company. In addition to her newspaper columns, she also conducted genealogical research.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Doris C. Miller Papers, 1915-1989 here.

0500: Nancy Voiers Whear Papers, 1985-1988, Marshall University Special Collections

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Bulk of papers consist of biographical sketches, notes, and files for “History-Making Women of Huntington,” a research project funded by the West Virginia Humanities Foundation; approximately 75 women were identified for inclusion. Also includes Mrs. Whear’s files from the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Committee.

0492: Delta Kappa Gamma Psi Chapter, Huntington, W.Va., Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbooks of a professional organization for women educators, Huntington, West Virginia chapter.

0491: Carrie Eldridge Combined Collection, 1678-2014, Marshall University Special Collections

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Carrie Eldridge is a genealogical researcher in Chesapeake, Ohio. This collection contains photocopies of many county record books of the Appalachian areas of West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, ranging from the American Revolution until the early twentieth century. It also contains her personal research files on topics related to slavery and the Underground Railroad in Ohio and West Virginia as well as local history topics such as church and family histories.

0493: Revella E. Hughes Papers, 1895-1987, Marshall University Special Collections

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This addendum to the Revella E. Hughes papers consists of correspondence, professional papers, photographs, holograph music manuscripts, notebooks, plaques, certificates, photographs, and audio cassette tapes. Also included are programs and announcements of concerts, recitals, and other musical events in which Miss Hughes participated. The newspaper clippings and programs encompass the range of Miss Hughes' performing career, from 1909, at Hartshorn and Memorial College in Richmond, Virginia, until her final appearances in West Virginia in 1985 and 1986.

Printed and manuscript musical arrangements comprise the bulk of the collection. Correspondence, primarily from 1970 until 1986, includes letters from the Marble Collegiate …

0505: Webb/Swann Family Records, 1780-1945, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection contains of two manuscripts bound together, “George Webb Family Deeds Recorded in States of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia” and “Family Bible of Benjamin Franklin Swann, Louisa Jane Hatfield Swann”. These manuscripts were copied by Marion S. McCullough and Helen B. Webb, both members of the Westmoreland Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. They former manuscript contains transcriptions of six deed records while the latter contains four pages of birth, marriage, death, and other family bible records. An index is included.

0503: Westmoreland Chapter Nsdar Records, 1988, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains the original draft and working papers for the publication, "Wayne County, West Virginia, cemeteries, vol. 1”, published by the Westmoreland Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Working papers include information, inventories, and directions for cemeteries in Wayne County.

0452: Pauline Fairfax Plaques, 1984 And 1986, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, public school teacher; member of Carter G. Woodson Memorial Committee. This collection is composed of two plaques, one from the First Baptist Church of Huntington on March 31, 1984, and the second from the Black History Month Committee at Marshall in 1986. The bulk of Mrs. Fairfax' papers went to West Virginia State College, Institute, West Virginia.

0453: 1860 Census Of Lewis Co., W.Va., Marshall University Special Collections

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Original of records presented to the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Library by Martha Metz and Linda Camp of the Blennerhasset Chapter NSDAR, Parkersburg, West Virginia

0465: Nsdar James Wood Chapter Typescript, 1964, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection includes transcriptions of the markers found in the Williamstown Cemetery in Williamstown, West Virginia for the dates 1858 to 1924. An index of names is included. This project was undertaken by the James Wood Chapter of the National Society for the Daughters of the American Revolution, located in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

0428: Berkeley Co., W.Va. Typescript, 1777-1816, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photoreproduction of an original typescript (carbon copy) located in the genealogical library of National society Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C. Originally donated 1934.