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Also a few folders of correspondence and receipts in\n Series III concerns the company's decision to invest their\n modest profits in the redesign and renovation of their\n permanent business location at 214 East Clay Street.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAside from the records' obvious worth as an economic\n research resource, the collection also helps to document the\n social effect of the Southern Aid Society on the black\n community in Richmond's Jackson Ward district and in other\n Virginia and Mid-Atlantic black communities. Employee and\n employment records and ledgers in Series II provide evidence\n of company hiring practices, the demographic make-up of the\n Southern Aid Society of Virginia staff, and evidence of\n agents' work ethics, earning power, spending habits, and even\n religious affiliation. Policyholder records and correspondence\n in Series IV contain social characteristics and demographic\n data for the larger black community from 1894-1914. 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The types\n of material found in those five series are minutes, ledgers,\n correspondence, claims, policies, invoices, receipts,\n applications, manuals, lists, registers, annual statements,\n and memorabilia.","This material provides the researcher with an invaluable\n resource regarding the ongoing corporate affairs of the\n premier African-American insurance company in the United\n States. Executive committee meeting minutes ledgers in Series\n I document the monthly decision-making process of the company\n think-tank for much of the period between 1910-1934 and for a\n smaller period between 1954-1958. In Series III annual\n statements spanning from 1906-1929 record the monetary growth\n of the company from the time of the business' name change to\n the Great Depression. Also in Series III company financial\n records help fill the years missed by the annual statements by\n detailing the financial dynamics of this prosperous insurance\n business. Series III also includes correspondence and invoices\n that trace some of the stock and bond investments made by the\n company. Also a few folders of correspondence and receipts in\n Series III concerns the company's decision to invest their\n modest profits in the redesign and renovation of their\n permanent business location at 214 East Clay Street.","Aside from the records' obvious worth as an economic\n research resource, the collection also helps to document the\n social effect of the Southern Aid Society on the black\n community in Richmond's Jackson Ward district and in other\n Virginia and Mid-Atlantic black communities. Employee and\n employment records and ledgers in Series II provide evidence\n of company hiring practices, the demographic make-up of the\n Southern Aid Society of Virginia staff, and evidence of\n agents' work ethics, earning power, spending habits, and even\n religious affiliation. Policyholder records and correspondence\n in Series IV contain social characteristics and demographic\n data for the larger black community from 1894-1914. The entire\n collection of ledgers and other papers authenticates not only\n the rise of entrepreneurial insurance enterprise in Virginia\n but the development of a financially self-supporting black\n community first in Richmond and then throughout the\n Mid-Atlantic United States."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eBusiness Records\n Collection, Acc. 36805\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["Business Records\n Collection, Acc. 36805"],"names_coll_ssim":["Second Baptist Church of Richmond\n (Va.)","Southern Aid and Insurance Company of Virginia\n (Richmond, Va.)"],"names_ssim":["Southern Aid Society of Virginia","Second Baptist Church of Richmond\n (Va.)","Southern Aid and Insurance Company of Virginia\n (Richmond, Va.)"],"corpname_ssim":["Southern Aid Society of Virginia","Second Baptist Church of Richmond\n (Va.)","Southern Aid and Insurance Company of Virginia\n (Richmond, Va.)"],"total_component_count_is":125,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:40:14.560Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00003","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00003","_root_":"vi_vi00003","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00003","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00003.xml","title_ssm":["Records of the Southern Aid Society of Virginia, \n \n 1893-1977"],"title_tesim":["Records of the Southern Aid Society of Virginia, \n \n 1893-1977"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["36805"],"text":["36805","Records of the Southern Aid Society of Virginia, \n \n 1893-1977","Richmond (Va.)--History--19th\n century.","Richmond (Va.)--History--20th\n century.","Insurance agents--Virginia--19th\n century.","Insurance agents--Virginia--20th\n century.","Insurance claims--Virginia- -20th\n century.","Insurance companies--Virginia--Richmond--19th\n century.","Insurance companies--Virginia-- Richmond--20th\n century.","Insurance policies--Virginia--19th\n century.","Insurance policies--Virginia-- 20th\n century.","Annual reports.","Business records--\n Virginia.","Corporate minutes.","Employees' manuals.","Insurance claims.","Insurance policies.","Insurance records.","Ledgers.","Letters\n (correspondence)","65 cubic feet (67 boxes)","Organized into the following series: I: Executive Committee\n Meeting Minutes. II. Employee Records. III. Financial and\n Investment Account Records and Correspondence. IV.\n Policyholder Records and Correspondence. V. Memorabilia\n Miscellaneous.","In early 1893, a handful of men in Richmond, Virginia\n organized the Southern Aid and Insurance Company in an effort\n both to furnish adequate and affordable insurance protection\n to African-Americans and to promote jobs for unemployed black\n youth. Chartered on February 25, 1893, Southern Aid and\n Insurance was the United States' first black owned and\n operated insurance company. The company founders chose Z.D.\n Lewis (1859-1926), pastor of the Second Baptist Church of\n Richmond, to head the corporation and R. Louis Brown as vice\n president. The other founding officers and board members were\n W.G. Carter, Charles Johnson, Jr., W.A. Payne, John E. Taylor,\n and W.R. Coots.","While the founding members had the insight to realize the\n possibilities of an insurance society for African-Americans,\n the business initially lacked the spectacular features of the\n highly popular fraternal orders and morally established church\n societies of the 1890's and early 20th century. After nearly a\n decade of slow growth and moderate profits, company leaders\n acted to reverse the stagnant business trends and modest cash\n influx. They replaced the company president Armistead\n Washington, a local fraternal order organizer and sympathizer,\n with prominent Hanover County banker and businessman, A.D.\n Price. Under Price's leadership the Southern Aid and Insurance\n Company became the Southern Aid Society of Virginia, Inc., a\n move intended to exploit the popularity of fraternal orders\n and beneficial societies. With a new president and a new name,\n the company eventually prospered and expanded with infant\n branches in other Virginia towns. By 1937 the company employed\n more than 300 black men and women in branches in Virginia and\n Washington, D.C.","Despite its prominence as the first African-American\n insurance company, few have written about the Southern Aid\n Society of Virginia or its members after 1940. While some\n studies highlight the business' place in local Richmond\n history or its position as an entrepreneurial endeavor during\n the period of the beneficial societies and fraternal orders,\n no comprehensive study of the Southern Aid Society of Virginia\n exists. Little also was written in the late 1980's when the\n company's building at 214 E. Clay Street (and presumably the\n Southern Aid Society of Virginia itself) was bought by the\n Atlanta Life Insurance Company.","The Southern Aid Society of Virginia business records\n contain 67 boxes of material ranging from 1893-1977 and arranged\n in five series. Series I consists of executive committee\n meeting minutes; Series II is employee records; Series III is\n financial account records and correspondence; Series IV\n contains policyholder records and correspondence; and Series V\n consists of memorabilia and miscellaneous material. The types\n of material found in those five series are minutes, ledgers,\n correspondence, claims, policies, invoices, receipts,\n applications, manuals, lists, registers, annual statements,\n and memorabilia.","This material provides the researcher with an invaluable\n resource regarding the ongoing corporate affairs of the\n premier African-American insurance company in the United\n States. Executive committee meeting minutes ledgers in Series\n I document the monthly decision-making process of the company\n think-tank for much of the period between 1910-1934 and for a\n smaller period between 1954-1958. In Series III annual\n statements spanning from 1906-1929 record the monetary growth\n of the company from the time of the business' name change to\n the Great Depression. Also in Series III company financial\n records help fill the years missed by the annual statements by\n detailing the financial dynamics of this prosperous insurance\n business. Series III also includes correspondence and invoices\n that trace some of the stock and bond investments made by the\n company. Also a few folders of correspondence and receipts in\n Series III concerns the company's decision to invest their\n modest profits in the redesign and renovation of their\n permanent business location at 214 East Clay Street.","Aside from the records' obvious worth as an economic\n research resource, the collection also helps to document the\n social effect of the Southern Aid Society on the black\n community in Richmond's Jackson Ward district and in other\n Virginia and Mid-Atlantic black communities. Employee and\n employment records and ledgers in Series II provide evidence\n of company hiring practices, the demographic make-up of the\n Southern Aid Society of Virginia staff, and evidence of\n agents' work ethics, earning power, spending habits, and even\n religious affiliation. Policyholder records and correspondence\n in Series IV contain social characteristics and demographic\n data for the larger black community from 1894-1914. The entire\n collection of ledgers and other papers authenticates not only\n the rise of entrepreneurial insurance enterprise in Virginia\n but the development of a financially self-supporting black\n community first in Richmond and then throughout the\n Mid-Atlantic United States.","Business Records\n Collection, Acc. 36805","Southern Aid Society of Virginia","Second Baptist Church of Richmond\n (Va.)","Southern Aid and Insurance Company of Virginia\n (Richmond, Va.)"],"unitid_tesim":["36805"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Records of the Southern Aid Society of Virginia, \n \n 1893-1977"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records of the Southern Aid Society of Virginia, \n \n 1893-1977"],"collection_ssim":["Records of the Southern Aid Society of Virginia, \n \n 1893-1977"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"geogname_ssm":["Richmond (Va.)--History--19th\n century.","Richmond (Va.)--History--20th\n century."],"geogname_ssim":["Richmond (Va.)--History--19th\n century.","Richmond (Va.)--History--20th\n century."],"creator_ssm":["Southern Aid Society of Virginia"],"creator_ssim":["Southern Aid Society of Virginia"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Southern Aid Society of Virginia"],"creators_ssim":["Southern Aid Society of Virginia"],"places_ssim":["Richmond (Va.)--History--19th\n century.","Richmond (Va.)--History--20th\n century."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift of Atlanta Life Insurance, 216 East Clay Street,\n Richmond, Virginia 23219 on 13 September 1999."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Insurance agents--Virginia--19th\n century.","Insurance agents--Virginia--20th\n century.","Insurance claims--Virginia- -20th\n century.","Insurance companies--Virginia--Richmond--19th\n century.","Insurance companies--Virginia-- Richmond--20th\n century.","Insurance policies--Virginia--19th\n century.","Insurance policies--Virginia-- 20th\n century.","Annual reports.","Business records--\n Virginia.","Corporate minutes.","Employees' manuals.","Insurance claims.","Insurance policies.","Insurance records.","Ledgers.","Letters\n (correspondence)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Insurance agents--Virginia--19th\n century.","Insurance agents--Virginia--20th\n century.","Insurance claims--Virginia- -20th\n century.","Insurance companies--Virginia--Richmond--19th\n century.","Insurance companies--Virginia-- Richmond--20th\n century.","Insurance policies--Virginia--19th\n century.","Insurance policies--Virginia-- 20th\n century.","Annual reports.","Business records--\n Virginia.","Corporate minutes.","Employees' manuals.","Insurance claims.","Insurance policies.","Insurance records.","Ledgers.","Letters\n (correspondence)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["65 cubic feet (67 boxes)"],"genreform_ssim":["Annual reports.","Business records--\n Virginia.","Corporate minutes.","Employees' manuals.","Insurance claims.","Insurance policies.","Insurance records.","Ledgers.","Letters\n (correspondence)"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOrganized into the following series: I: Executive Committee\n Meeting Minutes. 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In Series III annual\n statements spanning from 1906-1929 record the monetary growth\n of the company from the time of the business' name change to\n the Great Depression. Also in Series III company financial\n records help fill the years missed by the annual statements by\n detailing the financial dynamics of this prosperous insurance\n business. Series III also includes correspondence and invoices\n that trace some of the stock and bond investments made by the\n company. Also a few folders of correspondence and receipts in\n Series III concerns the company's decision to invest their\n modest profits in the redesign and renovation of their\n permanent business location at 214 East Clay Street.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAside from the records' obvious worth as an economic\n research resource, the collection also helps to document the\n social effect of the Southern Aid Society on the black\n community in Richmond's Jackson Ward district and in other\n Virginia and Mid-Atlantic black communities. Employee and\n employment records and ledgers in Series II provide evidence\n of company hiring practices, the demographic make-up of the\n Southern Aid Society of Virginia staff, and evidence of\n agents' work ethics, earning power, spending habits, and even\n religious affiliation. Policyholder records and correspondence\n in Series IV contain social characteristics and demographic\n data for the larger black community from 1894-1914. 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Series III also includes correspondence and invoices\n that trace some of the stock and bond investments made by the\n company. Also a few folders of correspondence and receipts in\n Series III concerns the company's decision to invest their\n modest profits in the redesign and renovation of their\n permanent business location at 214 East Clay Street.","Aside from the records' obvious worth as an economic\n research resource, the collection also helps to document the\n social effect of the Southern Aid Society on the black\n community in Richmond's Jackson Ward district and in other\n Virginia and Mid-Atlantic black communities. Employee and\n employment records and ledgers in Series II provide evidence\n of company hiring practices, the demographic make-up of the\n Southern Aid Society of Virginia staff, and evidence of\n agents' work ethics, earning power, spending habits, and even\n religious affiliation. Policyholder records and correspondence\n in Series IV contain social characteristics and demographic\n data for the larger black community from 1894-1914. 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The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil War, the Episcopal church, secession of Virginia, Virginia Loyalty Oath, women's diaries, and women's letters and papers. 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Va.)","Town of Bath, West Virginia - Berkeley Springs.","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking.","Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking.","Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs.","Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.","Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association.","Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation.","Banks and banking","Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry","Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry","Bibles","Blueprints","Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia","Bowling","Poetry -- Nannie S. 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Johnson Insurance Agency.","Land - deeds and grants.","Land Plat.","Lawyers - letters and papers.","Ledgers.","Libraries - Morgan County Library.","Magazines.","Freemasons","Morgan County - Circuit Court.","Morgan County Library - Libraries.","Music - Sheet music.","Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry.","Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation - Glass Sand Industry.","Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman","Political factions - Civil War.","Politics - Secession of Virginia.","Politics and government.","Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.","Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad Company.","Rhodes scholarships","Rock Gap Coal and Mining Company - Stocks.","Scrapbooks","Secession of Virginia - Politics.","Business correspondence","No special access restriction applies.","missing; 2011/04/15; mrr","\nseries 2, box 47, folder 13","\n--","archives and manuscripts; photographs / postcards / prints / etc.","This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil War, the Episcopal church, secession of Virginia, Virginia Loyalty Oath, women's diaries, and women's letters and papers. A notable item in the collection is the diary of Anne Doyne Wolff Strother, wife of artist and writer David Hunter Strother, documenting a trip with husband and daughter Emily to New Orleans in 1857 (S2/Box 67, folder 1a).","Series include:","Series 1. J. Hammond Siler, Jr. (ca. 1848-1968), boxes S1/Box 1-S1/Box 50 \nSeries 2. J. Hammond Siler, Sr. (ca. 1848-1968), boxes S2/Box 1-S2/Box 89 \nSeries 3. Jessie Castleman Siler (ca. 1848-1968), boxes S3/Box 1-S3/Box 2 \nSeries 4. A.C. Hammond (ca. 1848-1968), boxes S4/Box 1-S4/Box 4 \nSeries 5. Ann R. Castleman (ca. 1848-1968), boxes S5/Box 1-S5/Box 2 \nSeries 6. Photographs (ca. 1848-1968), box S6/Box 1 \nSeries 7. Wrapped Packages (ca. 1848-1968), Wrapped Packages 1-26 \nSeries 8. Oversize Material (ca. 1848-1968), box S8/Box 1","This series includes the personal and business papers and correspondence of J. Hammond Siler, Jr. and his career with the Federal Bank Reserve of Richmond, VA. Also included are records of various regional and national banking conferences and assorted printed material.","This series includes the personal and legal correspondence and papers of J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and his career as a lawyer in West Virginia. Also included are assorted deeds, ledgers, and pamphlets on various legal and religious topics.","This series includes the personal correspondence of Jessie Castleman Siler, wife of J. Hammond Siler, Sr. Also included is material regarding the Red Cross.","This series includes the personal correspondence of A.C. Hammond. Also included are material regarding Hammond's finances and assorted legal papers.","This series includes the personal correspondence and financial papers of Ann R. Castleman. 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SEE ALSO Academies","Teachers' letters and papers.","Universities and colleges","Women -- Education","Women's history -- 1850-1899","Women's history -- 1900-1929","Women's history -- 1929-1950","Women's history -- 1951-present","World War, 1914-1918 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1914-1918","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","Storer College of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War with the purpose of educating former slaves who were now facing the world with few skills and no education. It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.","Although there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.","The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.","\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.","Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.","In addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.","[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]","1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621","Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.","The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:","Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers) \nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers) \nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers) \nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container) \nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers). \nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container) \nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container) \nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container) \nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container) \nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers) \nSeries 11. 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This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.","This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.","This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.","This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.","This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. McDonald, concerning Storer College's female students.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Executive Committee, including minutes and other material.","This series contains the minutes of the Woman's Commission of Storer College regarding the creation of the commission, and its responsibilities, fundraising activities, and accomplishments, among other topics.","This series contains copies of the charter and by-laws of Storer College, including amendments and the proposed by-laws of the Storer College Trustees. Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.","This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.","This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.","This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.","This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.","This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.","This series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.","This series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.","This series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.","This series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160).","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Storer College","National Association for the Advancement of Colored People","New England Free Will Baptist Association","United States. Veterans Administration","Ball, George H.","Brewster, J.M.","Curtis, Silas, 1804-","Day, George T.","Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869","McDonald, Henry Temple, 1872-1951","Stewart, I.D.","English \n. 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Va.)","West Virginia -- Race relations"],"creator_ssm":["Storer College"],"creator_ssim":["Storer College"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Storer College"],"creators_ssim":["Storer College"],"places_ssim":["Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)","Jefferson County (W. Va.)","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)","West Virginia -- Race relations"],"access_terms_ssm":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Account books","African Americans -- Education (Higher)","African Americans - Schools for Freedmen.","African Americans -- Segregation -- West Virginia","African Americans -- Appalachian Region","Brown, John -- Fort-Museum","Builders and contractors.","Baptists","Education","Ephemera.","Freedmen's Schools.","Jefferson County - Schools.","Ledgers.","Missionaries","Newspapers.","Photographs.","Schools - Jefferson County.","Schools. 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SEE ALSO Academies","Teachers' letters and papers.","Universities and colleges","Women -- Education","Women's history -- 1850-1899","Women's history -- 1900-1929","Women's history -- 1929-1950","Women's history -- 1951-present","World War, 1914-1918 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1914-1918"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["87.58 Linear Feet (160 document cases, 5 in. each; 28 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 7 record cartons, 15 in. each; 4 notecard boxes, 5 in. each; 2 notecard boxes, 4.5 in. each; 5 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each; 4 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1.5 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 small artifact box, 1.5 in.; 1 oversize folder, 0.25 in.; 1 reel microfilm, 1.75 in.)"],"extent_tesim":["87.58 Linear Feet (160 document cases, 5 in. each; 28 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 7 record cartons, 15 in. each; 4 notecard boxes, 5 in. each; 2 notecard boxes, 4.5 in. each; 5 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each; 4 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1.5 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 small artifact box, 1.5 in.; 1 oversize folder, 0.25 in.; 1 reel microfilm, 1.75 in.)"],"date_range_isim":[1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eStorer College of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War with the purpose of educating former slaves who were now facing the world with few skills and no education. It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlthough there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThough Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Storer College of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War with the purpose of educating former slaves who were now facing the world with few skills and no education. It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.","Although there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.","The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.","\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.","Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.","In addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.","[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Storer College Administrative and Operational Records, A\u0026amp;M 1322, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Storer College Administrative and Operational Records, A\u0026M 1322, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into eighteen series, including:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers).\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. 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Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. 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Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.","The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:","Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers) \nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers) \nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers) \nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container) \nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers). \nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container) \nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container) \nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container) \nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container) \nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers) \nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers) \nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers) \nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers) \nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container) \nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers) \nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers) \nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container) \nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)","This series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.","This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.","This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.","This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.","This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. McDonald, concerning Storer College's female students.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Executive Committee, including minutes and other material.","This series contains the minutes of the Woman's Commission of Storer College regarding the creation of the commission, and its responsibilities, fundraising activities, and accomplishments, among other topics.","This series contains copies of the charter and by-laws of Storer College, including amendments and the proposed by-laws of the Storer College Trustees. Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.","This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.","This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.","This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.","This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.","This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.","This series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.","This series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.","This series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.","This series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.","Although there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.","The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.","\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.","Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.","In addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.","[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]","1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621","Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.","The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:","Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers) \nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers) \nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers) \nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container) \nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers). \nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container) \nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container) \nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container) \nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container) \nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers) \nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers) \nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers) \nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers) \nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container) \nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers) \nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers) \nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container) \nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)","This series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.","This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.","This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.","This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.","This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. McDonald, concerning Storer College's female students.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Executive Committee, including minutes and other material.","This series contains the minutes of the Woman's Commission of Storer College regarding the creation of the commission, and its responsibilities, fundraising activities, and accomplishments, among other topics.","This series contains copies of the charter and by-laws of Storer College, including amendments and the proposed by-laws of the Storer College Trustees. Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.","This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.","This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.","This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.","This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.","This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. 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Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.","The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.","\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.","Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. 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Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. 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Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.","The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:","Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers) \nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers) \nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers) \nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container) \nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers). \nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container) \nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container) \nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container) \nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container) \nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers) \nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers) \nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers) \nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers) \nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container) \nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers) \nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers) \nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container) \nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)","This series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.","This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.","This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.","This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.","This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. McDonald, concerning Storer College's female students.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Executive Committee, including minutes and other material.","This series contains the minutes of the Woman's Commission of Storer College regarding the creation of the commission, and its responsibilities, fundraising activities, and accomplishments, among other topics.","This series contains copies of the charter and by-laws of Storer College, including amendments and the proposed by-laws of the Storer College Trustees. Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.","This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.","This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.","This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.","This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.","This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.","This series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.","This series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.","This series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.","This series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5372#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5372","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5372","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5372","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5372","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_5372.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198660","title_ssm":["Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers"],"title_tesim":["Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1708-1997"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1708-1997"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3230","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5372"],"text":["A\u0026M 3230","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5372","Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers","Alleghany County (Va.)","Boone County (W. Va.)","Braxton County (W. Va.)","Calhoun County (W. Va.) ","Clarksburg (W. Va.)","Doddridge County (W. Va.)","Gilmer County (W. Va.)","Hampshire County (W. Va.)","Hardy County (W. Va.)","Harrison County (W. Va.)","Kanawha County (W. Va.)","Lewis County.","Marion County (W. Va.)","Mason County (W. Va.)","Mineral County (W. Va.)","Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Nicholas County (W. Va.)","Pleasants County (W. Va.)","Preston County (W. Va.)","Randolph County (W. Va.)","Ritchie County (W. Va.)","Roane County (W. Va.)","Taylor County (W. Va.)","Tucker County (W. Va.)","Tyler County (W. Va.)","Upshur County (W. Va.)","Wetzel County (W. Va.)","Wirt County (W. Va.)","Wood County (W. Va.)","Calhoun County (W. Va.) -- Genealogy","Account books","Bibles","Birth certificates","Birth, marriage, and death records.","Cemeteries and cemetery readings","Court records - Harrison County.","Death records.","Deeds and leases.","Diaries and journals.","Estates and estate settlements.","Family histories.","Genealogists' letters and papers.","Genealogy","Harrison County - Early families.","Historical Records Survey (U.S.)","Ledgers.","Marriage records","Taxation","Business correspondence","No special access restriction applies.","W. Guy Tetrick (3 January 1883-15 July 1956) was a native of Harrison County, West Virginia. As a young man, he moved to Clarksburg, serving as deputy county clerk, then later as county clerk and in various other civil positions. Tetrick was one of the founders, and later the manager, of the local newspaper the \"Clarksburg Exponent\". He was also involved in a number of other local businesses. Tetrick maintained a lifetime interest in genealogy and local history, the result of which was this collection, perhaps the most comprehensive private family history collection ever compiled for West Virginia. Tetrick was also a founding member of the George Rogers Clark chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.","\n Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. (23 August 1911-30 December 1995) was the oldest of W. Guy Tetrick's four children. He attended West Virginia University, graduating in 1934. He was a retired lieutenant colonel from the Army Corps of Engineers and was owner and operator of Mineral Property Management. He shared his father's interest in history and genealogy.","\n A dedication ceremony for the collection was held on 20 September 1997. Copies of the program from this ceremony can be found in the Subject Series, box 6, folder 8C.","Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.","This series consists of thirteen notebooks containing historic records relating to the West Virginia Cemetery Survey, including volumes 1-10, 14 and an index for cemeteries in Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur, and Wetzel Counties, and for cemeteries of unknown location.","Contains correspondence and related material between W. Guy Tetrick, members of the Sons of the American Revolution, and other correspondents. The series contains letters, annual chapter reports, membership lists, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, bulletins, and material regarding family histories. Correspondents include the National Sons of the American Revolution, Franklin Burdette (Secretary of West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution), the George Rogers Clark Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Margaret Anne Tetrick, Amy R. Anderson, the West Virginia Auditor's Office, the Upper Monongahela Valley Association, and the Caldwell Telephone Company. This series also includes correspondence regarding the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution, organized alphabetically.","This series mainly consists of the correspondence of W. Guy Tetrick, organized alphabetically by correspondent, as well as related material including clippings, legal and financial documents, pamphlets, programs, telegrams, drafts of newspaper articles, a photograph of Henry N. Tetrick, and other material. Correspondents include the Exponent Corporation; Clarksburg Trust Company; C.M. Bailey; the Boise Placer Company; W.M. Morgan; Everett F. Moore; George H. Smith; D. J. Carter; and the Clinchfield Coal Company. Subjects of the correspondence include Tetrick's business dealings, family histories, and information regarding the property of Virginia A. Tetrick.","Contains nine diaries kept by W. Guy Tetrick. Most diary entries briefly describe daily events and activities; entries also describe weather conditions, places where Tetrick stayed, and financial information.","Contains material regarding genealogy and family history collected by W. Guy Tetrick. The majority of the material in the series concerns the history of various West Virginia families. The series also contains a Harrison County Clerk's property book, birth certificates, letters, maps, news clippings, pamphlets, and other material.","This series consists of ledgers containing genealogical and related information. The majority of this material regards families from north central West Virginia. There are wills, vital statistics, church and parish records, cemetery records, inventories and appraisals, property taxes, documents regarding land ownership, and other material. There are also Harrison County records and W. Guy Tetrick's notes.","This series consists of notebooks containing family genealogies and family histories, particularly those of north central West Virginia families. Also included within this series are census records; cemetery records; birth, marriage, and death records; and other material."," Most of the Genealogy Notebooks series was previously microfilmed and made accessible as A\u0026M 1306. There is also an index to material that was not microfilmed. Please refer to the control folder of this collection for a name index to post-microfilm insertions to the Genealogy Notebooks series.","Contains material regarding the historical and genealogical research performed by W. Guy Tetrick and others. Family histories compose the majority of the material within this series. Other material within the series includes correspondence, notebooks of information organized by county, West Virginia newspapers and news clippings, miscellaneous publications, posters, and material regarding W. Guy Tetrick, including letters and financial information.","Contains newspapers and news clippings collected by W. Guy Tetrick and others. Articles are mainly taken from West Virginia newspapers and concern historical subjects, mostly state and local history.","Contains obituaries, as well as photocopies of clippings, notices, and miscellaneous material.","Contains publications, including books, pamphlets, periodicals, newsletters, and other material. Items in this series mainly regard subjects of national, state, and local history, particularly West Virginia subjects and history. This series also contains two bibles and an epistle dedicatory.","Contains material related to the Sons of the American Revolution, including administrative and organizational documents, correspondence, and material relating to history and genealogy. The administrative and organizational material includes applications for membership, documents regarding the processing of applications, membership kits, pamphlets and other material regarding the application process. It also includes programs, pamphlets and other material regarding state, annual, and other meetings, as well as governing documents of the Sons of the American Revolution including its constitution, by-laws, and proposed amendments. This material also includes financial documents including treasurer's reports, an account book, checks, deposit tickets, financial statements, bills, tax forms, and other material. It also includes annual chapter reports, membership lists, minutes, memoranda, and other miscellaneous material. Correspondence within this series includes communications between members of the Sons of the American Revolution, its chapters, and outside parties such as the state government of West Virginia. It also includes miscellaneous correspondence. The material relating to history and genealogy within this series includes a history of the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution; news clippings and other material regarding state history; supporting material for membership application, including birth, marriage, and death records; family histories; and material regarding Revolutionary War soldiers.","Contains Civil War Research Material (1929-1980), consisting of news clippings regarding Civil War history, typescript copies of muster rolls and other lists of soldiers, correspondence regarding Tetrick's research; and other material; property records (1891-1903) including hand written descriptions of agreements that indicate lot coordinates; two typescript copies of Monongalia District Court Records (1789); and typescript copies of volumes 1 through 9 of the Harrison County Minute Books (1792-1809).","Contains material regarding W. Guy Tetrick, including correspondence, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, and a diary, among other items. Corporate correspondents include the West Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution; the Central West Virginia Coal Producers Association; the Reserve Officers Association; the Harrison County Historical Society; the Historic Record Association; the Baltimore Office Supply Company; and H.E. Harris and Company Postage Stamps and Philatelic Supplies. Personal correspondents include Cleveland M. Bailey; J.S. Freeman, mayor of Rivesville, West Virginia; Harley Kilgore, Criminal Court of Raleigh County; Corliss F. Randolph, Seven Day Baptist Historical Society; and Lee Stern of the Stern Brothers Stock Farm. Financial records include income tax forms and reports, an account book, and bills, among other items.","The Tetrick collection included numerous books and journals, and about 1,800 of them were added to the Libraries' collections. The vast majority of them were about genealogy, family history, and local history of West Virginia and neighboring states. In the WVU Libraries instance of WorldCat, a keyword search on \"Tetrick\" limited by location to \"West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center\" will retrieve titles from his Collection that were placed in the Rare Book Room, as well as works he authored. Other separated titles can be found by examining a list located in the Subject series, located in box 6, folders 8B-8C. A special bookplate was attached in all volumes from the Tetrick collection.","\n Unboxed item nos. 275-291 (Maryland Historical Magazine vol. XX no. 2 and vol. XXI nos. 1-4, 8-10, 12-20) were forwarded to the rare book librarian in August 2004 and are currently available in the West Virginia Collection under call number 975.2 M368.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Guy Tetrick (3 January 1883-15 July 1956) was a native of Harrison County, West Virginia. As a young man, he moved to Clarksburg, serving as deputy county clerk, then later as county clerk and in various other civil positions. Tetrick was one of the founders, and later the manager, of the local newspaper the \"Clarksburg Exponent\". He was also involved in a number of other local businesses. Tetrick maintained a lifetime interest in genealogy and local history, the result of which was this collection, perhaps the most comprehensive private family history collection ever compiled for West Virginia. Tetrick was also a founding member of the George Rogers Clark chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. (23 August 1911-30 December 1995) was the oldest of W. Guy Tetrick's four children. He attended West Virginia University, graduating in 1934. 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Correspondents include the National Sons of the American Revolution, Franklin Burdette (Secretary of West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution), the George Rogers Clark Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Margaret Anne Tetrick, Amy R. Anderson, the West Virginia Auditor's Office, the Upper Monongahela Valley Association, and the Caldwell Telephone Company. This series also includes correspondence regarding the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution, organized alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series mainly consists of the correspondence of W. Guy Tetrick, organized alphabetically by correspondent, as well as related material including clippings, legal and financial documents, pamphlets, programs, telegrams, drafts of newspaper articles, a photograph of Henry N. Tetrick, and other material. Correspondents include the Exponent Corporation; Clarksburg Trust Company; C.M. Bailey; the Boise Placer Company; W.M. Morgan; Everett F. Moore; George H. 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Guy Tetrick, including correspondence, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, and a diary, among other items. Corporate correspondents include the West Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution; the Central West Virginia Coal Producers Association; the Reserve Officers Association; the Harrison County Historical Society; the Historic Record Association; the Baltimore Office Supply Company; and H.E. Harris and Company Postage Stamps and Philatelic Supplies. Personal correspondents include Cleveland M. Bailey; J.S. Freeman, mayor of Rivesville, West Virginia; Harley Kilgore, Criminal Court of Raleigh County; Corliss F. Randolph, Seven Day Baptist Historical Society; and Lee Stern of the Stern Brothers Stock Farm. 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It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.","This series consists of thirteen notebooks containing historic records relating to the West Virginia Cemetery Survey, including volumes 1-10, 14 and an index for cemeteries in Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur, and Wetzel Counties, and for cemeteries of unknown location.","Contains correspondence and related material between W. Guy Tetrick, members of the Sons of the American Revolution, and other correspondents. The series contains letters, annual chapter reports, membership lists, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, bulletins, and material regarding family histories. Correspondents include the National Sons of the American Revolution, Franklin Burdette (Secretary of West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution), the George Rogers Clark Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Margaret Anne Tetrick, Amy R. Anderson, the West Virginia Auditor's Office, the Upper Monongahela Valley Association, and the Caldwell Telephone Company. This series also includes correspondence regarding the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution, organized alphabetically.","This series mainly consists of the correspondence of W. Guy Tetrick, organized alphabetically by correspondent, as well as related material including clippings, legal and financial documents, pamphlets, programs, telegrams, drafts of newspaper articles, a photograph of Henry N. Tetrick, and other material. Correspondents include the Exponent Corporation; Clarksburg Trust Company; C.M. Bailey; the Boise Placer Company; W.M. Morgan; Everett F. Moore; George H. Smith; D. J. 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There are wills, vital statistics, church and parish records, cemetery records, inventories and appraisals, property taxes, documents regarding land ownership, and other material. There are also Harrison County records and W. Guy Tetrick's notes.","This series consists of notebooks containing family genealogies and family histories, particularly those of north central West Virginia families. Also included within this series are census records; cemetery records; birth, marriage, and death records; and other material."," Most of the Genealogy Notebooks series was previously microfilmed and made accessible as A\u0026M 1306. There is also an index to material that was not microfilmed. Please refer to the control folder of this collection for a name index to post-microfilm insertions to the Genealogy Notebooks series.","Contains material regarding the historical and genealogical research performed by W. Guy Tetrick and others. 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Correspondence within this series includes communications between members of the Sons of the American Revolution, its chapters, and outside parties such as the state government of West Virginia. It also includes miscellaneous correspondence. The material relating to history and genealogy within this series includes a history of the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution; news clippings and other material regarding state history; supporting material for membership application, including birth, marriage, and death records; family histories; and material regarding Revolutionary War soldiers.","Contains Civil War Research Material (1929-1980), consisting of news clippings regarding Civil War history, typescript copies of muster rolls and other lists of soldiers, correspondence regarding Tetrick's research; and other material; property records (1891-1903) including hand written descriptions of agreements that indicate lot coordinates; two typescript copies of Monongalia District Court Records (1789); and typescript copies of volumes 1 through 9 of the Harrison County Minute Books (1792-1809).","Contains material regarding W. Guy Tetrick, including correspondence, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, and a diary, among other items. Corporate correspondents include the West Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution; the Central West Virginia Coal Producers Association; the Reserve Officers Association; the Harrison County Historical Society; the Historic Record Association; the Baltimore Office Supply Company; and H.E. Harris and Company Postage Stamps and Philatelic Supplies. Personal correspondents include Cleveland M. Bailey; J.S. Freeman, mayor of Rivesville, West Virginia; Harley Kilgore, Criminal Court of Raleigh County; Corliss F. Randolph, Seven Day Baptist Historical Society; and Lee Stern of the Stern Brothers Stock Farm. 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A special bookplate was attached in all volumes from the Tetrick collection.","\n Unboxed item nos. 275-291 (Maryland Historical Magazine vol. XX no. 2 and vol. XXI nos. 1-4, 8-10, 12-20) were forwarded to the rare book librarian in August 2004 and are currently available in the West Virginia Collection under call number 975.2 M368."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Guy Tetrick, including correspondence, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, and a diary, among other items. Corporate correspondents include the West Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution; the Central West Virginia Coal Producers Association; the Reserve Officers Association; the Harrison County Historical Society; the Historic Record Association; the Baltimore Office Supply Company; and H.E. Harris and Company Postage Stamps and Philatelic Supplies. Personal correspondents include Cleveland M. Bailey; J.S. Freeman, mayor of Rivesville, West Virginia; Harley Kilgore, Criminal Court of Raleigh County; Corliss F. Randolph, Seven Day Baptist Historical Society; and Lee Stern of the Stern Brothers Stock Farm. 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