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0151: William B. Stanard Navigation Workbook, 1941-1943, Marshall University Special Collections

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Navigation workbooks kept during Mr. Stanard's years as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.

0150: Anonymous Manuscript, C. 1850-1860, Marshall University Special Collections

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Holograph manuscript of a debate about the evils of war.

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 …

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.

0111: Mcclelland Family Papers, 1870-1950, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists primarily of correspondence sent from William McClelland while he was in the air force describing his experiences while training and during World War II in the Pacific Theatre, specifically the Philippines. Letters to William from his family include those sent while he was missing in action and are emotionally fraught. Papers by Arthur and Myrtle include information on religious topics, such as pamphlets, notes, and more related to their participation in the Second Presbyterian Church of Huntington. Letters sent to and by the family after William’s declaration as missing in action and presumed death include information about …

0096: Nimrod Mason Papers, 1863-1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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Logan County, West Virginia, native. Includes a list of members of the Seventh West Virginia Cavalry, discharge papers, and commission papers signed by Arthur Boreman and Francis Pierpont, first governors of West Virginia.

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0025: Anna E. Bishop Papers, 1866-1941, Marshall University Special Collections

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Military papers, correspondence, financial papers, tax receipts, savings books of Huntington, West Virginia family.