{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2","prev":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=1","next":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=3","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=4"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":2,"next_page":3,"prev_page":1,"total_pages":4,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":10,"total_count":32,"first_page?":false,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"vi_vi03861","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03861#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03861#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925, consist of 97 letters and postcards that were part of several cubic feet of papers left in the old Lunenburg courthouse by former Lunenburg County Clerk John L. Yates. The majority of the letters were written by Vladimir Sournin and document his relationship with Lura Royall and allude to their possible marriage. Sournin's letters document his chess career, his work with the United States Geological Survey as a cartographer, and his singing career. Sournin also discusses conducting a survey in the Panama Canal Zone and his subsequent lectures about the canal in the U.S. and Europe. One letter, dated March 1915, briefly mentions World War I. Information about Lura Royall's family and social life in Lunenburg County and Washington, D.C., can also be uncovered in the correspondence. Also included in the correspondence are copies of letters sent to Vladimir Sournin from photographer Joseph K. Dixon. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03861#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi03861","ead_ssi":"vi_vi03861","_root_":"vi_vi03861","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi03861","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi03861.xml","title_ssm":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"title_tesim":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"text":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925","1199407","Canals--Panama.","Cartography.","Chess.","Love-letters.","Panama Canal (Panama).","Correspondence.","Photographs.","Postcards.",".45 cu. ft. (1 box)","There are no restrictions.","Arranged chronologically.","Vladimir Sournin was born in 1875 into a military family in Mstislavl, Russia. In St. Petersburg, Russia, he became an expert chess player, sharpening his game under a world champion. While continuing his education in Paris, he became enamored of the American cause during the Spanish-American War and volunteered for the U.S. Army infantry. Afterwards he stayed in Washington, D.C., and began a career with the U.S. Geological Survey as a cartographer, eventually being recognized as one of the country's best draftsmen. He completed a well regarded survey of the Panama Canal Zone, then under construction, and was awarded a presidential medal for his work there.","After World War I, Sournin collaborated with General John J. \"Black Jack\" Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Force in The Great War, to create a map identifying Native Americans' contributions to the war effort. Famed American Indian photographer Joseph K. Dixon personally supervised the map project and department store magnate Rodman Wannamaker funded the effort.","Sournin made his mark in the American chess community. Considered to be a near-master player, he defeated a reigning world champion in 1908 and was a five-time Washington, D. C., Capital City Chess Club champion in the 1920s and 1930s.","Sournin also began a singing career in the 1920s as \"Vladimir Sournin, The Russian Baritone.\" He died in 1942 in Baltimore and is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery. He is still known in chess circles for his skills, and his matches are still studied.","Born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1879, Lura Royall had a 21-year teaching career in Lunenburg County until she was forced to retire in 1924 after contracting tuberculosis. Royall died in 1980 at the age of 101 and is buried in the Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery in Lunenburg County.","The relationship between Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin began in 1889 when he was in his early twenties and she was 19. The two carried on correspondence until 1925. Neither ever married.","The Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925, consist of 97 letters and postcards that were part of several cubic feet of papers left in the old Lunenburg courthouse by former Lunenburg County Clerk John L. Yates. The majority of the letters were written by Vladimir Sournin and document his relationship with Lura Royall and allude to their possible marriage. Sournin's letters document his chess career, his work with the United States Geological Survey as a cartographer, and his singing career. Sournin also discusses conducting a survey in the Panama Canal Zone and his subsequent lectures about the canal in the U.S. and Europe. One letter, dated March 1915, briefly mentions World War I. Information about Lura Royall's family and social life in Lunenburg County and Washington, D.C., can also be uncovered in the correspondence. Also included in the correspondence are copies of letters sent to Vladimir Sournin from photographer Joseph K. Dixon.","There are no restrictions.","Library of Virginia","Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court.","Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942).","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"collection_ssim":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1199407"],"unitid_tesim":["1199407"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"creator_ssim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942)."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creators_ssim":["Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942).","Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Lunenburg County."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Canals--Panama.","Cartography.","Chess.","Love-letters.","Panama Canal (Panama).","Correspondence.","Photographs.","Postcards."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Canals--Panama.","Cartography.","Chess.","Love-letters.","Panama Canal (Panama).","Correspondence.","Photographs.","Postcards."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":[".45 cu. ft. (1 box)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVladimir Sournin was born in 1875 into a military family in Mstislavl, Russia. In St. Petersburg, Russia, he became an expert chess player, sharpening his game under a world champion. While continuing his education in Paris, he became enamored of the American cause during the Spanish-American War and volunteered for the U.S. Army infantry. Afterwards he stayed in Washington, D.C., and began a career with the U.S. Geological Survey as a cartographer, eventually being recognized as one of the country's best draftsmen. He completed a well regarded survey of the Panama Canal Zone, then under construction, and was awarded a presidential medal for his work there.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAfter World War I, Sournin collaborated with General John J. \"Black Jack\" Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Force in The Great War, to create a map identifying Native Americans' contributions to the war effort. Famed American Indian photographer Joseph K. Dixon personally supervised the map project and department store magnate Rodman Wannamaker funded the effort. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSournin made his mark in the American chess community. Considered to be a near-master player, he defeated a reigning world champion in 1908 and was a five-time Washington, D. C., Capital City Chess Club champion in the 1920s and 1930s.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSournin also began a singing career in the 1920s as \"Vladimir Sournin, The Russian Baritone.\" He died in 1942 in Baltimore and is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery. He is still known in chess circles for his skills, and his matches are still studied.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eBorn in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1879, Lura Royall had a 21-year teaching career in Lunenburg County until she was forced to retire in 1924 after contracting tuberculosis. Royall died in 1980 at the age of 101 and is buried in the Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery in Lunenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin began in 1889 when he was in his early twenties and she was 19. The two carried on correspondence until 1925. Neither ever married.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Vladimir Sournin was born in 1875 into a military family in Mstislavl, Russia. In St. Petersburg, Russia, he became an expert chess player, sharpening his game under a world champion. While continuing his education in Paris, he became enamored of the American cause during the Spanish-American War and volunteered for the U.S. Army infantry. Afterwards he stayed in Washington, D.C., and began a career with the U.S. Geological Survey as a cartographer, eventually being recognized as one of the country's best draftsmen. He completed a well regarded survey of the Panama Canal Zone, then under construction, and was awarded a presidential medal for his work there.","After World War I, Sournin collaborated with General John J. \"Black Jack\" Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Force in The Great War, to create a map identifying Native Americans' contributions to the war effort. Famed American Indian photographer Joseph K. Dixon personally supervised the map project and department store magnate Rodman Wannamaker funded the effort.","Sournin made his mark in the American chess community. Considered to be a near-master player, he defeated a reigning world champion in 1908 and was a five-time Washington, D. C., Capital City Chess Club champion in the 1920s and 1930s.","Sournin also began a singing career in the 1920s as \"Vladimir Sournin, The Russian Baritone.\" He died in 1942 in Baltimore and is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery. He is still known in chess circles for his skills, and his matches are still studied.","Born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1879, Lura Royall had a 21-year teaching career in Lunenburg County until she was forced to retire in 1924 after contracting tuberculosis. Royall died in 1980 at the age of 101 and is buried in the Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery in Lunenburg County.","The relationship between Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin began in 1889 when he was in his early twenties and she was 19. The two carried on correspondence until 1925. Neither ever married."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, Lunenburg County (Va.) Clerk's Records, 1904-1925. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, Lunenburg County (Va.) Clerk's Records, 1904-1925. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925, consist of 97 letters and postcards that were part of several cubic feet of papers left in the old Lunenburg courthouse by former Lunenburg County Clerk John L. Yates. The majority of the letters were written by Vladimir Sournin and document his relationship with Lura Royall and allude to their possible marriage. Sournin's letters document his chess career, his work with the United States Geological Survey as a cartographer, and his singing career. Sournin also discusses conducting a survey in the Panama Canal Zone and his subsequent lectures about the canal in the U.S. and Europe. One letter, dated March 1915, briefly mentions World War I. Information about Lura Royall's family and social life in Lunenburg County and Washington, D.C., can also be uncovered in the correspondence. Also included in the correspondence are copies of letters sent to Vladimir Sournin from photographer Joseph K. Dixon.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925, consist of 97 letters and postcards that were part of several cubic feet of papers left in the old Lunenburg courthouse by former Lunenburg County Clerk John L. Yates. The majority of the letters were written by Vladimir Sournin and document his relationship with Lura Royall and allude to their possible marriage. Sournin's letters document his chess career, his work with the United States Geological Survey as a cartographer, and his singing career. Sournin also discusses conducting a survey in the Panama Canal Zone and his subsequent lectures about the canal in the U.S. and Europe. One letter, dated March 1915, briefly mentions World War I. Information about Lura Royall's family and social life in Lunenburg County and Washington, D.C., can also be uncovered in the correspondence. Also included in the correspondence are copies of letters sent to Vladimir Sournin from photographer Joseph K. Dixon."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"persname_ssim":["Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942)."],"names_ssim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court.","Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942)."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:26:10.758Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi03861","ead_ssi":"vi_vi03861","_root_":"vi_vi03861","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi03861","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi03861.xml","title_ssm":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"title_tesim":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"text":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925","1199407","Canals--Panama.","Cartography.","Chess.","Love-letters.","Panama Canal (Panama).","Correspondence.","Photographs.","Postcards.",".45 cu. ft. (1 box)","There are no restrictions.","Arranged chronologically.","Vladimir Sournin was born in 1875 into a military family in Mstislavl, Russia. In St. Petersburg, Russia, he became an expert chess player, sharpening his game under a world champion. While continuing his education in Paris, he became enamored of the American cause during the Spanish-American War and volunteered for the U.S. Army infantry. Afterwards he stayed in Washington, D.C., and began a career with the U.S. Geological Survey as a cartographer, eventually being recognized as one of the country's best draftsmen. He completed a well regarded survey of the Panama Canal Zone, then under construction, and was awarded a presidential medal for his work there.","After World War I, Sournin collaborated with General John J. \"Black Jack\" Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Force in The Great War, to create a map identifying Native Americans' contributions to the war effort. Famed American Indian photographer Joseph K. Dixon personally supervised the map project and department store magnate Rodman Wannamaker funded the effort.","Sournin made his mark in the American chess community. Considered to be a near-master player, he defeated a reigning world champion in 1908 and was a five-time Washington, D. C., Capital City Chess Club champion in the 1920s and 1930s.","Sournin also began a singing career in the 1920s as \"Vladimir Sournin, The Russian Baritone.\" He died in 1942 in Baltimore and is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery. He is still known in chess circles for his skills, and his matches are still studied.","Born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1879, Lura Royall had a 21-year teaching career in Lunenburg County until she was forced to retire in 1924 after contracting tuberculosis. Royall died in 1980 at the age of 101 and is buried in the Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery in Lunenburg County.","The relationship between Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin began in 1889 when he was in his early twenties and she was 19. The two carried on correspondence until 1925. Neither ever married.","The Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925, consist of 97 letters and postcards that were part of several cubic feet of papers left in the old Lunenburg courthouse by former Lunenburg County Clerk John L. Yates. The majority of the letters were written by Vladimir Sournin and document his relationship with Lura Royall and allude to their possible marriage. Sournin's letters document his chess career, his work with the United States Geological Survey as a cartographer, and his singing career. Sournin also discusses conducting a survey in the Panama Canal Zone and his subsequent lectures about the canal in the U.S. and Europe. One letter, dated March 1915, briefly mentions World War I. Information about Lura Royall's family and social life in Lunenburg County and Washington, D.C., can also be uncovered in the correspondence. Also included in the correspondence are copies of letters sent to Vladimir Sournin from photographer Joseph K. Dixon.","There are no restrictions.","Library of Virginia","Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court.","Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942).","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"collection_ssim":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["1199407"],"unitid_tesim":["1199407"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"creator_ssim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942)."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"creators_ssim":["Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942).","Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Lunenburg County."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Canals--Panama.","Cartography.","Chess.","Love-letters.","Panama Canal (Panama).","Correspondence.","Photographs.","Postcards."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Canals--Panama.","Cartography.","Chess.","Love-letters.","Panama Canal (Panama).","Correspondence.","Photographs.","Postcards."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":[".45 cu. ft. (1 box)"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVladimir Sournin was born in 1875 into a military family in Mstislavl, Russia. In St. Petersburg, Russia, he became an expert chess player, sharpening his game under a world champion. While continuing his education in Paris, he became enamored of the American cause during the Spanish-American War and volunteered for the U.S. Army infantry. Afterwards he stayed in Washington, D.C., and began a career with the U.S. Geological Survey as a cartographer, eventually being recognized as one of the country's best draftsmen. He completed a well regarded survey of the Panama Canal Zone, then under construction, and was awarded a presidential medal for his work there.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAfter World War I, Sournin collaborated with General John J. \"Black Jack\" Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Force in The Great War, to create a map identifying Native Americans' contributions to the war effort. Famed American Indian photographer Joseph K. Dixon personally supervised the map project and department store magnate Rodman Wannamaker funded the effort. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSournin made his mark in the American chess community. Considered to be a near-master player, he defeated a reigning world champion in 1908 and was a five-time Washington, D. C., Capital City Chess Club champion in the 1920s and 1930s.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSournin also began a singing career in the 1920s as \"Vladimir Sournin, The Russian Baritone.\" He died in 1942 in Baltimore and is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery. He is still known in chess circles for his skills, and his matches are still studied.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eBorn in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1879, Lura Royall had a 21-year teaching career in Lunenburg County until she was forced to retire in 1924 after contracting tuberculosis. Royall died in 1980 at the age of 101 and is buried in the Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery in Lunenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin began in 1889 when he was in his early twenties and she was 19. The two carried on correspondence until 1925. Neither ever married.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Vladimir Sournin was born in 1875 into a military family in Mstislavl, Russia. In St. Petersburg, Russia, he became an expert chess player, sharpening his game under a world champion. While continuing his education in Paris, he became enamored of the American cause during the Spanish-American War and volunteered for the U.S. Army infantry. Afterwards he stayed in Washington, D.C., and began a career with the U.S. Geological Survey as a cartographer, eventually being recognized as one of the country's best draftsmen. He completed a well regarded survey of the Panama Canal Zone, then under construction, and was awarded a presidential medal for his work there.","After World War I, Sournin collaborated with General John J. \"Black Jack\" Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Force in The Great War, to create a map identifying Native Americans' contributions to the war effort. Famed American Indian photographer Joseph K. Dixon personally supervised the map project and department store magnate Rodman Wannamaker funded the effort.","Sournin made his mark in the American chess community. Considered to be a near-master player, he defeated a reigning world champion in 1908 and was a five-time Washington, D. C., Capital City Chess Club champion in the 1920s and 1930s.","Sournin also began a singing career in the 1920s as \"Vladimir Sournin, The Russian Baritone.\" He died in 1942 in Baltimore and is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery. He is still known in chess circles for his skills, and his matches are still studied.","Born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1879, Lura Royall had a 21-year teaching career in Lunenburg County until she was forced to retire in 1924 after contracting tuberculosis. Royall died in 1980 at the age of 101 and is buried in the Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery in Lunenburg County.","The relationship between Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin began in 1889 when he was in his early twenties and she was 19. The two carried on correspondence until 1925. Neither ever married."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, Lunenburg County (Va.) Clerk's Records, 1904-1925. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, Lunenburg County (Va.) Clerk's Records, 1904-1925. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925, consist of 97 letters and postcards that were part of several cubic feet of papers left in the old Lunenburg courthouse by former Lunenburg County Clerk John L. Yates. The majority of the letters were written by Vladimir Sournin and document his relationship with Lura Royall and allude to their possible marriage. Sournin's letters document his chess career, his work with the United States Geological Survey as a cartographer, and his singing career. Sournin also discusses conducting a survey in the Panama Canal Zone and his subsequent lectures about the canal in the U.S. and Europe. One letter, dated March 1915, briefly mentions World War I. Information about Lura Royall's family and social life in Lunenburg County and Washington, D.C., can also be uncovered in the correspondence. Also included in the correspondence are copies of letters sent to Vladimir Sournin from photographer Joseph K. Dixon.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925, consist of 97 letters and postcards that were part of several cubic feet of papers left in the old Lunenburg courthouse by former Lunenburg County Clerk John L. Yates. The majority of the letters were written by Vladimir Sournin and document his relationship with Lura Royall and allude to their possible marriage. Sournin's letters document his chess career, his work with the United States Geological Survey as a cartographer, and his singing career. Sournin also discusses conducting a survey in the Panama Canal Zone and his subsequent lectures about the canal in the U.S. and Europe. One letter, dated March 1915, briefly mentions World War I. Information about Lura Royall's family and social life in Lunenburg County and Washington, D.C., can also be uncovered in the correspondence. Also included in the correspondence are copies of letters sent to Vladimir Sournin from photographer Joseph K. Dixon."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Location\"\u003eLibrary of Virginia\n\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Library of Virginia"],"corpname_ssim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court."],"persname_ssim":["Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942)."],"names_ssim":["Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court.","Royall, Lura (1879-1980).","Sournin, Vladimir (1875-1942)."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:26:10.758Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi03861"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Mathers, Max","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_365.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/194980","title_ssm":["Max Mathers Collection Papers"],"title_tesim":["Max Mathers Collection Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1821-1957"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1821-1957"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1821/1957"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957"],"text":["Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957","A\u0026M 2386","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/365","Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History","Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy","Account books","Broadsides.","Civil defense  -- West Virginia","Civil War - soldier's letters.","Diaries and journals.","Greeting cards","Korean Conflict.","Korean War, 1950-1953","Monongalia County - 175th anniversary celebration.","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- Photographs","Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Morgantown","Photographs.","Scrapbooks","Taxation","United States Army - 2nd Infantry Division - WW II and Korea.","West Virginia University - Armory.","West Virginia University - buildings.","West Virginia University - Student organizations.","West Virginia University  -- Students","West Virginia University  -- History -- World War, 1939-1945","Women authors -- Diaries","Women's letters and papers.","World War, 1939-1945 -- Monongalia County (W. Va.)","World War, 1939-1945","No special access restriction applies.","Separated to book collection:","Combat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville, Tenn: Battery Press, 1979. Print.","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.","Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s.","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)","DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family","Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957"],"collection_ssim":["Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 2386","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/365"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 2386","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/365"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History","Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy"],"geogname_ssim":["Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History","Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy"],"places_ssim":["Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History","Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy"],"creator_ssm":["Mathers, Max"],"creator_ssim":["Mathers, Max"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)"],"creator_famname_ssim":["DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family"],"creators_ssim":["Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill.","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)","DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family"],"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","Broadsides.","Civil defense  -- West Virginia","Civil War - soldier's letters.","Diaries and journals.","Greeting cards","Korean Conflict.","Korean War, 1950-1953","Monongalia County - 175th anniversary celebration.","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- Photographs","Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Morgantown","Photographs.","Scrapbooks","Taxation","United States Army - 2nd Infantry Division - WW II and Korea.","West Virginia University - Armory.","West Virginia University - buildings.","West Virginia University - Student organizations.","West Virginia University  -- Students","West Virginia University  -- History -- World War, 1939-1945","Women authors -- Diaries","Women's letters and papers.","World War, 1939-1945 -- Monongalia County (W. Va.)","World War, 1939-1945"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Account books","Broadsides.","Civil defense  -- West Virginia","Civil War - soldier's letters.","Diaries and journals.","Greeting cards","Korean Conflict.","Korean War, 1950-1953","Monongalia County - 175th anniversary celebration.","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- Photographs","Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Morgantown","Photographs.","Scrapbooks","Taxation","United States Army - 2nd Infantry Division - WW II and Korea.","West Virginia University - Armory.","West Virginia University - buildings.","West Virginia University - Student organizations.","West Virginia University  -- Students","West Virginia University  -- History -- World War, 1939-1945","Women authors -- Diaries","Women's letters and papers.","World War, 1939-1945 -- Monongalia County (W. Va.)","World War, 1939-1945"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["6.6 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 6 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)"],"extent_tesim":["6.6 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 6 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)"],"date_range_isim":[1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Max Mathers Collection Papers, A\u0026amp;M 2386, 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], Max Mathers Collection Papers, A\u0026M 2386, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeparated to book collection:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nCombat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville, Tenn: Battery Press, 1979. Print.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Separated to book collection:","Combat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville, Tenn: Battery Press, 1979. Print."],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_5cf44b73771d38fed4927099cd7c6259\"\u003eCorrespondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_fa0cee188e9cd3dbbcd40df16162855e\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)","DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","Mathers, Max","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill."],"famname_ssim":["DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family"],"persname_ssim":["Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill."],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)","DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family","Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:09:12.130Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_365.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/194980","title_ssm":["Max Mathers Collection Papers"],"title_tesim":["Max Mathers Collection Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1821-1957"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1821-1957"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1821/1957"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957"],"text":["Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957","A\u0026M 2386","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/365","Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History","Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy","Account books","Broadsides.","Civil defense  -- West Virginia","Civil War - soldier's letters.","Diaries and journals.","Greeting cards","Korean Conflict.","Korean War, 1950-1953","Monongalia County - 175th anniversary celebration.","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- Photographs","Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Morgantown","Photographs.","Scrapbooks","Taxation","United States Army - 2nd Infantry Division - WW II and Korea.","West Virginia University - Armory.","West Virginia University - buildings.","West Virginia University - Student organizations.","West Virginia University  -- Students","West Virginia University  -- History -- World War, 1939-1945","Women authors -- Diaries","Women's letters and papers.","World War, 1939-1945 -- Monongalia County (W. Va.)","World War, 1939-1945","No special access restriction applies.","Separated to book collection:","Combat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville, Tenn: Battery Press, 1979. Print.","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.","Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s.","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)","DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family","Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957"],"collection_ssim":["Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 2386","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/365"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 2386","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/365"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History","Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy"],"geogname_ssim":["Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History","Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy"],"places_ssim":["Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History","Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy"],"creator_ssm":["Mathers, Max"],"creator_ssim":["Mathers, Max"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)"],"creator_famname_ssim":["DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family"],"creators_ssim":["Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill.","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)","DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family"],"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","Broadsides.","Civil defense  -- West Virginia","Civil War - soldier's letters.","Diaries and journals.","Greeting cards","Korean Conflict.","Korean War, 1950-1953","Monongalia County - 175th anniversary celebration.","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- Photographs","Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Morgantown","Photographs.","Scrapbooks","Taxation","United States Army - 2nd Infantry Division - WW II and Korea.","West Virginia University - Armory.","West Virginia University - buildings.","West Virginia University - Student organizations.","West Virginia University  -- Students","West Virginia University  -- History -- World War, 1939-1945","Women authors -- Diaries","Women's letters and papers.","World War, 1939-1945 -- Monongalia County (W. Va.)","World War, 1939-1945"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Account books","Broadsides.","Civil defense  -- West Virginia","Civil War - soldier's letters.","Diaries and journals.","Greeting cards","Korean Conflict.","Korean War, 1950-1953","Monongalia County - 175th anniversary celebration.","Morgantown (W. Va.) -- Photographs","Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Morgantown","Photographs.","Scrapbooks","Taxation","United States Army - 2nd Infantry Division - WW II and Korea.","West Virginia University - Armory.","West Virginia University - buildings.","West Virginia University - Student organizations.","West Virginia University  -- Students","West Virginia University  -- History -- World War, 1939-1945","Women authors -- Diaries","Women's letters and papers.","World War, 1939-1945 -- Monongalia County (W. Va.)","World War, 1939-1945"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["6.6 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 6 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)"],"extent_tesim":["6.6 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 6 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)"],"date_range_isim":[1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Max Mathers Collection Papers, A\u0026amp;M 2386, 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], Max Mathers Collection Papers, A\u0026M 2386, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeparated to book collection:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nCombat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville, Tenn: Battery Press, 1979. Print.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Separated to book collection:","Combat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville, Tenn: Battery Press, 1979. Print."],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_5cf44b73771d38fed4927099cd7c6259\"\u003eCorrespondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_fa0cee188e9cd3dbbcd40df16162855e\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)","DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","Mathers, Max","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill."],"famname_ssim":["DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family"],"persname_ssim":["Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill."],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)","Morgantown Youth Center","Mount de Chantal Academy  (Wheeling, W. Va.)","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.","United States. Bureau of Selective Service","United States Selective Service System - WV.","Republican Party (W. Va.)","DeGant family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Genealogy","Mathers family - Photographs","Mather family","Morgan family - Genealogy","Morgan family","Mathers, Max","Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","Barrick, Milton Jr.","Barrick, William Mathers.","Mathers, Anna DeGant.","Mathers, E.L.","Mathers, Eugene L.","McGeorge, Henry D.","McGeorge, Nimrod H.","Morgan, Elijah.","Morgan, Elizabeth.","Morgan, Henry M.","Morgan, John R.","Morgan, Zackquill."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:09:12.130Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_365"}},{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","ead_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","_root_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","_nest_parent_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/ALEX/repositories_2_resources_162.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/162","title_ssm":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413)"],"title_tesim":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413)"],"unitdate_ssm":["2000"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["2000"],"normalized_date_ssm":["2000"],"normalized_title_ssm":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000"],"text":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000","MS413","Fire departments -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Fires -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Railroad trains.","Fire engines.","Fire departments -- Officials and employees.","Fire fighting equipment industry","Fire stations.","Train stations","Photographs.","Ashton \"Mike\" McKenney was a long time member of the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department, starting in 1940.  Later in his career, he worked as the historian for the AFD and wrote A History of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No. 1 of the Alexandria Fire Department (1788-1958). In 1956, Mike moved in with close friend Thomas Mills, Jr. and his family. He retired in 1972 from the Dulles International Airport Fire Department, and lived out his days with the Mills family in Colonial Beach where he was a charter member of the Colonial Yacht Club.","Thomas Mills III was a firefighter with the Alexandria Fire Department.  Both he and his father had a penchant for grabbing their camera while headed to a fire, in order to capture the efforts of the fire companies.  Tom also loved fire trucks and engines and documented that love with research and photographs, while both Mills and McKenney collected photos that documented the history of the AFD.","This collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000"],"collection_ssim":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS413"],"unitid_tesim":["MS413"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"creator_ssm":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966"],"creator_ssim":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966"],"creator_persname_ssim":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"creators_ssim":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Fire departments -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Fires -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Railroad trains.","Fire engines.","Fire departments -- Officials and employees.","Fire fighting equipment industry","Fire stations.","Train stations","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Fire departments -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Fires -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Railroad trains.","Fire engines.","Fire departments -- Officials and employees.","Fire fighting equipment industry","Fire stations.","Train stations","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3 Cubic Feet"],"extent_tesim":["3 Cubic Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographs."],"date_range_isim":[2000],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAshton \"Mike\" McKenney was a long time member of the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department, starting in 1940.  Later in his career, he worked as the historian for the AFD and wrote \u003ci\u003eA History of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No. 1 of the Alexandria Fire Department (1788-1958)\u003c/i\u003e. In 1956, Mike moved in with close friend Thomas Mills, Jr. and his family. He retired in 1972 from the Dulles International Airport Fire Department, and lived out his days with the Mills family in Colonial Beach where he was a charter member of the Colonial Yacht Club.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Mills III was a firefighter with the Alexandria Fire Department.  Both he and his father had a penchant for grabbing their camera while headed to a fire, in order to capture the efforts of the fire companies.  Tom also loved fire trucks and engines and documented that love with research and photographs, while both Mills and McKenney collected photos that documented the history of the AFD.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ashton \"Mike\" McKenney was a long time member of the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department, starting in 1940.  Later in his career, he worked as the historian for the AFD and wrote A History of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No. 1 of the Alexandria Fire Department (1788-1958). In 1956, Mike moved in with close friend Thomas Mills, Jr. and his family. He retired in 1972 from the Dulles International Airport Fire Department, and lived out his days with the Mills family in Colonial Beach where he was a charter member of the Colonial Yacht Club.","Thomas Mills III was a firefighter with the Alexandria Fire Department.  Both he and his father had a penchant for grabbing their camera while headed to a fire, in order to capture the efforts of the fire companies.  Tom also loved fire trucks and engines and documented that love with research and photographs, while both Mills and McKenney collected photos that documented the history of the AFD."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[item identification], McKenney-Mills Collection, MS413, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[item identification], McKenney-Mills Collection, MS413, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department."],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"persname_ssim":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925"],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":158,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:21:50.422Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","ead_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","_root_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","_nest_parent_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/ALEX/repositories_2_resources_162.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/162","title_ssm":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413)"],"title_tesim":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413)"],"unitdate_ssm":["2000"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["2000"],"normalized_date_ssm":["2000"],"normalized_title_ssm":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000"],"text":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000","MS413","Fire departments -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Fires -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Railroad trains.","Fire engines.","Fire departments -- Officials and employees.","Fire fighting equipment industry","Fire stations.","Train stations","Photographs.","Ashton \"Mike\" McKenney was a long time member of the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department, starting in 1940.  Later in his career, he worked as the historian for the AFD and wrote A History of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No. 1 of the Alexandria Fire Department (1788-1958). In 1956, Mike moved in with close friend Thomas Mills, Jr. and his family. He retired in 1972 from the Dulles International Airport Fire Department, and lived out his days with the Mills family in Colonial Beach where he was a charter member of the Colonial Yacht Club.","Thomas Mills III was a firefighter with the Alexandria Fire Department.  Both he and his father had a penchant for grabbing their camera while headed to a fire, in order to capture the efforts of the fire companies.  Tom also loved fire trucks and engines and documented that love with research and photographs, while both Mills and McKenney collected photos that documented the history of the AFD.","This collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000"],"collection_ssim":["McKenney-Mills Collection (MS413), 2000"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS413"],"unitid_tesim":["MS413"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"creator_ssm":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966"],"creator_ssim":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966"],"creator_persname_ssim":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"creators_ssim":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Fire departments -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Fires -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Railroad trains.","Fire engines.","Fire departments -- Officials and employees.","Fire fighting equipment industry","Fire stations.","Train stations","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Fire departments -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Fires -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Railroad trains.","Fire engines.","Fire departments -- Officials and employees.","Fire fighting equipment industry","Fire stations.","Train stations","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["3 Cubic Feet"],"extent_tesim":["3 Cubic Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographs."],"date_range_isim":[2000],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAshton \"Mike\" McKenney was a long time member of the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department, starting in 1940.  Later in his career, he worked as the historian for the AFD and wrote \u003ci\u003eA History of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No. 1 of the Alexandria Fire Department (1788-1958)\u003c/i\u003e. In 1956, Mike moved in with close friend Thomas Mills, Jr. and his family. He retired in 1972 from the Dulles International Airport Fire Department, and lived out his days with the Mills family in Colonial Beach where he was a charter member of the Colonial Yacht Club.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Mills III was a firefighter with the Alexandria Fire Department.  Both he and his father had a penchant for grabbing their camera while headed to a fire, in order to capture the efforts of the fire companies.  Tom also loved fire trucks and engines and documented that love with research and photographs, while both Mills and McKenney collected photos that documented the history of the AFD.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ashton \"Mike\" McKenney was a long time member of the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department, starting in 1940.  Later in his career, he worked as the historian for the AFD and wrote A History of the Relief Truck and Engine Company No. 1 of the Alexandria Fire Department (1788-1958). In 1956, Mike moved in with close friend Thomas Mills, Jr. and his family. He retired in 1972 from the Dulles International Airport Fire Department, and lived out his days with the Mills family in Colonial Beach where he was a charter member of the Colonial Yacht Club.","Thomas Mills III was a firefighter with the Alexandria Fire Department.  Both he and his father had a penchant for grabbing their camera while headed to a fire, in order to capture the efforts of the fire companies.  Tom also loved fire trucks and engines and documented that love with research and photographs, while both Mills and McKenney collected photos that documented the history of the AFD."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[item identification], McKenney-Mills Collection, MS413, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[item identification], McKenney-Mills Collection, MS413, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains research materials, ephemora, and photographs collected by or created by Mike McKenney, Thomas Mills Jr., and Thomas Mills III, that document the Alexandria Fire Department."],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"persname_ssim":["McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925"],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","McKenney, Ashton N. (Mike), 1921-2005","Mills, Thomas E., III (Thomas Edward), 1935-","Mills, Thomas E., Jr. (Thomas Edward), 1912-1999","Moore, C. Bennett (Charles Bennett), 1904-1966","Ogden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth William), 1884-1925"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":158,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:21:50.422Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_162"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Dahmer, Miles","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_1593.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195869","title_ssm":["Miles Dahmer Papers"],"title_tesim":["Miles Dahmer Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1791-1913"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1791-1913"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1791/1913"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913"],"text":["Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913","A\u0026M 3390","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1593","Kansas Territory - Grasshopper Falls.","Kansas Territory","Pendleton County (W. Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Civil War - militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Photographs.","Steamboats","Upper Tract.","Special access restriction applies.","Miles Dahmer was born 1825 April 10 and was raised in Upper Tract, Pendleton County, western Virginia. After settling briefly in Grasshopper Falls, Kansas around 1856-1857, he returned to western Virginia around 1858, and was appointed to serve the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia as a Major. He later served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry. He died on 1894 March 14 in Pendleton County, West Virginia. (See: Armstrong, Richard L. 25th Virginia Infantry and 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1990.).","Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.","There are 6 original documents (ca. 1861-1862) directly related to the service of Miles in the Civil War, including an order to muster troops to active duty (1861 April 29) and a \"morning report of officer of the day\" (1861 December 10) by Miles to General Jackson of the Army of the Valley. In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.","There are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)","There are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.","The collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.","Series include:\nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2) \nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a) \nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b) \nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4) \nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5) \nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6) \nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8) \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9) \nSeries 9. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Emily Harman and James Daughmer, 1857–1858 (Box 1, Folder 10) \nSeries 10. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Sallie Dahmer, 1874–1881 (Box 1, Folders 11-12) \nSeries 11. Ephemera, undated (Box 1, Folder 13) \nSeries 12. Legal Papers -- Miles Dahmer, 1854–1882 (Box 1, Folder 14) \nSeries 13. Legal Papers -- General, 1860–1875 (Box 1, Folder 15) \nSeries 14. Bills and Receipts -- Miles Dahmer, 1860s-1890s, undated (Box 1, Folders 16-20) \nSeries 15. Bills and Receipts -- Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1866–1887 (Box 1, Folder 20) \nSeries 16. Printed Material, 1830, 1879-1890, undated (Box 1, Folder 21) \nSeries 17. Photographs, ca. 1900-1915, 1993 (Box 1, Folders 22-23) \nSeries 18. Civil War Artifacts, ca. 1858-1862 (Boxes 2-5)","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.","Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Dahmer family","Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913"],"collection_ssim":["Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3390","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1593"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 3390","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1593"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Kansas Territory - Grasshopper Falls.","Kansas Territory","Pendleton County (W. Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"geogname_ssim":["Kansas Territory - Grasshopper Falls.","Kansas Territory","Pendleton County (W. Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"places_ssim":["Kansas Territory - Grasshopper Falls.","Kansas Territory","Pendleton County (W. Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"creator_ssm":["Dahmer, Miles"],"creator_ssim":["Dahmer, Miles"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Dahmer family"],"creators_ssim":["Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John.","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Dahmer family"],"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":["Civil War - militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Photographs.","Steamboats","Upper Tract."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Civil War - militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Photographs.","Steamboats","Upper Tract."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.4 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3.5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)"],"extent_tesim":["1.4 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3.5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)"],"date_range_isim":[1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSpecial access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Special access restriction applies."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMiles Dahmer was born 1825 April 10 and was raised in Upper Tract, Pendleton County, western Virginia. After settling briefly in Grasshopper Falls, Kansas around 1856-1857, he returned to western Virginia around 1858, and was appointed to serve the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia as a Major. He later served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry. He died on 1894 March 14 in Pendleton County, West Virginia. (See: Armstrong, Richard L. 25th Virginia Infantry and 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1990.).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Miles Dahmer was born 1825 April 10 and was raised in Upper Tract, Pendleton County, western Virginia. After settling briefly in Grasshopper Falls, Kansas around 1856-1857, he returned to western Virginia around 1858, and was appointed to serve the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia as a Major. He later served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry. He died on 1894 March 14 in Pendleton County, West Virginia. (See: Armstrong, Richard L. 25th Virginia Infantry and 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1990.)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Miles Dahmer Papers, A\u0026amp;M 3390, 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], Miles Dahmer Papers, A\u0026M 3390, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are 6 original documents (ca. 1861-1862) directly related to the service of Miles in the Civil War, including an order to muster troops to active duty (1861 April 29) and a \"morning report of officer of the day\" (1861 December 10) by Miles to General Jackson of the Army of the Valley. In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Emily Harman and James Daughmer, 1857–1858 (Box 1, Folder 10) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Sallie Dahmer, 1874–1881 (Box 1, Folders 11-12) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Ephemera, undated (Box 1, Folder 13) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Legal Papers -- Miles Dahmer, 1854–1882 (Box 1, Folder 14) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Legal Papers -- General, 1860–1875 (Box 1, Folder 15) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Bills and Receipts -- Miles Dahmer, 1860s-1890s, undated (Box 1, Folders 16-20) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Bills and Receipts -- Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1866–1887 (Box 1, Folder 20) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Printed Material, 1830, 1879-1890, undated (Box 1, Folder 21) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Photographs, ca. 1900-1915, 1993 (Box 1, Folders 22-23) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 18. Civil War Artifacts, ca. 1858-1862 (Boxes 2-5)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.","There are 6 original documents (ca. 1861-1862) directly related to the service of Miles in the Civil War, including an order to muster troops to active duty (1861 April 29) and a \"morning report of officer of the day\" (1861 December 10) by Miles to General Jackson of the Army of the Valley. In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.","There are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)","There are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.","The collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.","Series include:\nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2) \nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a) \nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b) \nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4) \nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5) \nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6) \nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8) \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9) \nSeries 9. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Emily Harman and James Daughmer, 1857–1858 (Box 1, Folder 10) \nSeries 10. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Sallie Dahmer, 1874–1881 (Box 1, Folders 11-12) \nSeries 11. Ephemera, undated (Box 1, Folder 13) \nSeries 12. Legal Papers -- Miles Dahmer, 1854–1882 (Box 1, Folder 14) \nSeries 13. Legal Papers -- General, 1860–1875 (Box 1, Folder 15) \nSeries 14. Bills and Receipts -- Miles Dahmer, 1860s-1890s, undated (Box 1, Folders 16-20) \nSeries 15. Bills and Receipts -- Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1866–1887 (Box 1, Folder 20) \nSeries 16. Printed Material, 1830, 1879-1890, undated (Box 1, Folder 21) \nSeries 17. Photographs, ca. 1900-1915, 1993 (Box 1, Folders 22-23) \nSeries 18. Civil War Artifacts, ca. 1858-1862 (Boxes 2-5)"],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_60fa694fe8923f589d9a9f480a2357f8\"\u003ePapers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_2c60f6eabe0cd7106208564844cec289\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"famname_ssim":["Dahmer family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Dahmer family","Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John."],"persname_ssim":["Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John."],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Dahmer family","Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":66,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:07:49.367Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_1593.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195869","title_ssm":["Miles Dahmer Papers"],"title_tesim":["Miles Dahmer Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1791-1913"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1791-1913"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1791/1913"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913"],"text":["Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913","A\u0026M 3390","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1593","Kansas Territory - Grasshopper Falls.","Kansas Territory","Pendleton County (W. Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Civil War - militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Photographs.","Steamboats","Upper Tract.","Special access restriction applies.","Miles Dahmer was born 1825 April 10 and was raised in Upper Tract, Pendleton County, western Virginia. After settling briefly in Grasshopper Falls, Kansas around 1856-1857, he returned to western Virginia around 1858, and was appointed to serve the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia as a Major. He later served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry. He died on 1894 March 14 in Pendleton County, West Virginia. (See: Armstrong, Richard L. 25th Virginia Infantry and 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1990.).","Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.","There are 6 original documents (ca. 1861-1862) directly related to the service of Miles in the Civil War, including an order to muster troops to active duty (1861 April 29) and a \"morning report of officer of the day\" (1861 December 10) by Miles to General Jackson of the Army of the Valley. In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.","There are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)","There are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.","The collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.","Series include:\nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2) \nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a) \nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b) \nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4) \nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5) \nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6) \nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8) \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9) \nSeries 9. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Emily Harman and James Daughmer, 1857–1858 (Box 1, Folder 10) \nSeries 10. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Sallie Dahmer, 1874–1881 (Box 1, Folders 11-12) \nSeries 11. Ephemera, undated (Box 1, Folder 13) \nSeries 12. Legal Papers -- Miles Dahmer, 1854–1882 (Box 1, Folder 14) \nSeries 13. Legal Papers -- General, 1860–1875 (Box 1, Folder 15) \nSeries 14. Bills and Receipts -- Miles Dahmer, 1860s-1890s, undated (Box 1, Folders 16-20) \nSeries 15. Bills and Receipts -- Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1866–1887 (Box 1, Folder 20) \nSeries 16. Printed Material, 1830, 1879-1890, undated (Box 1, Folder 21) \nSeries 17. Photographs, ca. 1900-1915, 1993 (Box 1, Folders 22-23) \nSeries 18. Civil War Artifacts, ca. 1858-1862 (Boxes 2-5)","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.","Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Dahmer family","Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913"],"collection_ssim":["Miles Dahmer Papers, 1791/1913"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3390","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1593"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 3390","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/1593"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Kansas Territory - Grasshopper Falls.","Kansas Territory","Pendleton County (W. Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"geogname_ssim":["Kansas Territory - Grasshopper Falls.","Kansas Territory","Pendleton County (W. Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"places_ssim":["Kansas Territory - Grasshopper Falls.","Kansas Territory","Pendleton County (W. Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"],"creator_ssm":["Dahmer, Miles"],"creator_ssim":["Dahmer, Miles"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Dahmer family"],"creators_ssim":["Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John.","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Dahmer family"],"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":["Civil War - militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Photographs.","Steamboats","Upper Tract."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Civil War - militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Militia - Virginia 46th Regiment.","Photographs.","Steamboats","Upper Tract."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.4 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3.5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)"],"extent_tesim":["1.4 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3.5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)"],"date_range_isim":[1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSpecial access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Special access restriction applies."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMiles Dahmer was born 1825 April 10 and was raised in Upper Tract, Pendleton County, western Virginia. After settling briefly in Grasshopper Falls, Kansas around 1856-1857, he returned to western Virginia around 1858, and was appointed to serve the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia as a Major. He later served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry. He died on 1894 March 14 in Pendleton County, West Virginia. (See: Armstrong, Richard L. 25th Virginia Infantry and 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1990.).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Miles Dahmer was born 1825 April 10 and was raised in Upper Tract, Pendleton County, western Virginia. After settling briefly in Grasshopper Falls, Kansas around 1856-1857, he returned to western Virginia around 1858, and was appointed to serve the 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia as a Major. He later served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry. He died on 1894 March 14 in Pendleton County, West Virginia. (See: Armstrong, Richard L. 25th Virginia Infantry and 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1990.)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Miles Dahmer Papers, A\u0026amp;M 3390, 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], Miles Dahmer Papers, A\u0026M 3390, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are 6 original documents (ca. 1861-1862) directly related to the service of Miles in the Civil War, including an order to muster troops to active duty (1861 April 29) and a \"morning report of officer of the day\" (1861 December 10) by Miles to General Jackson of the Army of the Valley. In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Emily Harman and James Daughmer, 1857–1858 (Box 1, Folder 10) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Sallie Dahmer, 1874–1881 (Box 1, Folders 11-12) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Ephemera, undated (Box 1, Folder 13) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Legal Papers -- Miles Dahmer, 1854–1882 (Box 1, Folder 14) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Legal Papers -- General, 1860–1875 (Box 1, Folder 15) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Bills and Receipts -- Miles Dahmer, 1860s-1890s, undated (Box 1, Folders 16-20) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Bills and Receipts -- Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1866–1887 (Box 1, Folder 20) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Printed Material, 1830, 1879-1890, undated (Box 1, Folder 21) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Photographs, ca. 1900-1915, 1993 (Box 1, Folders 22-23) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 18. Civil War Artifacts, ca. 1858-1862 (Boxes 2-5)\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.","There are 6 original documents (ca. 1861-1862) directly related to the service of Miles in the Civil War, including an order to muster troops to active duty (1861 April 29) and a \"morning report of officer of the day\" (1861 December 10) by Miles to General Jackson of the Army of the Valley. In addition, there is a notebook with very short and sporadic entries recording unit activities for a period during 1861.","There are also several letters from Miles to his aunts \"Phebe\" and \"Anna\" (1856-1857) regarding his experiences in traveling to the Kansas Territory (including steamboat travel), impressions of Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory (where he settled), and descriptions of Indigenous Americans, among other topics. (Though Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson County, was involved in the contest as to whether its political affairs should be controlled by the Pro-slavery or Free-state party in 1856-1857, there is no mention of this in the letters of Miles or others found in this collection.) Other letters include ones to Miles from his aunts (1857) regarding family and local news; letters from the Harmans (1857-1859), Miles' friends and neighbors in Grasshopper Falls, about local news; and letters from the Harmans (1865-1869) that discuss legal and financial matters pertaining to the disposition of Kansas land purchased by Miles, as well as opinions regarding the Confederacy and Dahmer's participation in the Civil War. (The Harmans had been acquaintances of Miles in Upper Tract, Virginia before moving to Kansas.)","There are miscellaneous financial and legal papers of the Dahmer family (1854-1891), including a 1791 deed to John Skidmore from Virginia Governor Beverley Randolph for land in Upper Tract, West Virginia. (This land was inherited by the Dahmer family.) There is also a 6' x 8' group portrait photograph, ca. 1900-1915, showing what appears to be a reunion of a Civil War Unit.","The collection also includes several artifacts used by Dahhmer during the Civil War.","Series include:\nSeries 1. Miscellaneous, 1840, 1995, undated (Box 1, Folders 1-2) \nSeries 2. Virginia Militia Documents, 1858, undated (Box 1, Folder 3a) \nSeries 3. Civil War Documents, 1861-1862, undated (Box 1, Folder 3b) \nSeries 4. Diaries, 1859-1861, 1884-1887 (Box 1, Folder 4) \nSeries 5. Outgoing Letters -- From Miles Dahmer to Aunts Juliana and Phoebe, 1856–1857 (Box 1, Folder 5) \nSeries 6. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer from Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1857, undated (Box 1, Folder 6) \nSeries 7. Incoming Letters -- To Miles Dahmer, 1854-1869, undated (Box 1, Folders 6-8) \nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Correspondence -- Miles Dahmer, 1886-1891, 1913 (Box 1, Folder 9) \nSeries 9. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Emily Harman and James Daughmer, 1857–1858 (Box 1, Folder 10) \nSeries 10. Incoming Letters -- To Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer from Sallie Dahmer, 1874–1881 (Box 1, Folders 11-12) \nSeries 11. Ephemera, undated (Box 1, Folder 13) \nSeries 12. Legal Papers -- Miles Dahmer, 1854–1882 (Box 1, Folder 14) \nSeries 13. Legal Papers -- General, 1860–1875 (Box 1, Folder 15) \nSeries 14. Bills and Receipts -- Miles Dahmer, 1860s-1890s, undated (Box 1, Folders 16-20) \nSeries 15. Bills and Receipts -- Phoebe and Juliana Dahmer, 1866–1887 (Box 1, Folder 20) \nSeries 16. Printed Material, 1830, 1879-1890, undated (Box 1, Folder 21) \nSeries 17. Photographs, ca. 1900-1915, 1993 (Box 1, Folders 22-23) \nSeries 18. Civil War Artifacts, ca. 1858-1862 (Boxes 2-5)"],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_60fa694fe8923f589d9a9f480a2357f8\"\u003ePapers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of the Dahmer family of Upper Tract, Pendleton County, WV, featuring the papers and artifacts of Miles Dahmer, who served the Confederacy in the 25th Virginia Infantry."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_2c60f6eabe0cd7106208564844cec289\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"famname_ssim":["Dahmer family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Dahmer family","Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John."],"persname_ssim":["Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John."],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Dahmer family","Dahmer, Miles","Skidmore, John."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":66,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:07:49.367Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_1593"}},{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the manuscripts and source notes for A Guide to Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's Home Town (1966) and Washington Walked Here (1970). The collection also holds several boxes of photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","ead_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","_root_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","_nest_parent_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/ALEX/repositories_2_resources_78.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/78","title_ssm":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156)"],"title_tesim":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156)"],"unitdate_ssm":["1966-1970"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1966-1970"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1966/1970"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970"],"text":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970","MS156","Alexandria (Va.) -- History","Photographs.","Box 1, Series I\n1 Index\n2 Alexandria History\n3 Ghost's and Legends\n4 Friendship Fire House\n5 Gunston Hall\n6 Gadsby's Tavern\n7 Christ Church\n8 Old Meeting House\n9 Apothecary Shop\n10 Pohick Church\n11 George Washington Masonic Memorial\n12 Arlington Mansion\n13 Ramsey House\n14 Flounder Houses\n15 Captain's Row\n16 Mount Vernon\n17 Woodlawn\n18 Strolling (various Alexandria establishments)\n19 Cameron Street (Fairfax \u0026 Lee Houses)\n20 Mr. Dudley of Newell-Cole\n21 Carlyle House\nSeries II\n22 Chapter I \"Introduction\"                                                                                                                                           \n23 Chapter II \"Plantation Neighbors\"\n24 Chapter III \"Birth of a Town\"\n25 Chapter IV \"Life in Early Alexandria\"\n26 Chapter V \"The American Revolutionary\nWar\"\n27 Chapter VI \"After the Revolution\"\n28 Chapter VII \"Alexandria in the District of\nColumbia\"\n29 Chapter VIII \"The Civil War (The War Between the States\"\n30 Chapter IX \"Reconstruction \u0026 Rehabilitation\"","Box 2, Series II\n1 Sources Code\n2 Notes on Years 1608-1694\n3 Notes on years 1707-1799\n4 Notes on years 1800-1932\n5 Miscellaneous items","Box 2, Series III\n6 Outline for Washington Walked Here\n7 Finished version of A Guide to Alexandria","Series IV\n8 Letters to and from Ms. Cornella Rose regarding the George Mason family","Series V\nPhotographs","Mollie Somerville was born in New York City in 1907. A graduate from Cornell and Columbia universities, she moved to Northern Virginia in 1936. Mrs. Somerville became the secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt during the first term of the Roosevelt presidency. She took dictation, typed letters, and did historical research for the first lady. Mrs. Somerville also became the historical researcher for the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1966 she published A Guide to Alexandria: Washington's Home Town. Since then she has written numerous articles and books, the most recent being the recently published Eleanor Roosevelt as I Knew Her.","This collection contains the manuscripts and source notes for A Guide\nto Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's Home Town (1966) and Washington Walked Here (1970).  The collection also holds several boxes of photographs.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970"],"collection_ssim":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS156"],"unitid_tesim":["MS156"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"geogname_ssm":["Alexandria (Va.) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Alexandria (Va.) -- History"],"places_ssim":["Alexandria (Va.) -- History"],"creator_ssm":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"creator_ssim":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"creators_ssim":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["2 Linear Feet 7 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["2 Linear Feet 7 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographs."],"date_range_isim":[1966,1967,1968,1969,1970],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBox 1, Series I\n1 Index\n2 Alexandria History\n3 Ghost's and Legends\n4 Friendship Fire House\n5 Gunston Hall\n6 Gadsby's Tavern\n7 Christ Church\n8 Old Meeting House\n9 Apothecary Shop\n10 Pohick Church\n11 George Washington Masonic Memorial\n12 Arlington Mansion\n13 Ramsey House\n14 Flounder Houses\n15 Captain's Row\n16 Mount Vernon\n17 Woodlawn\n18 Strolling (various Alexandria establishments)\n19 Cameron Street (Fairfax \u0026amp; Lee Houses)\n20 Mr. Dudley of Newell-Cole\n21 Carlyle House\nSeries II\n22 Chapter I \"Introduction\"                                                                                                                                           \n23 Chapter II \"Plantation Neighbors\"\n24 Chapter III \"Birth of a Town\"\n25 Chapter IV \"Life in Early Alexandria\"\n26 Chapter V \"The American Revolutionary\nWar\"\n27 Chapter VI \"After the Revolution\"\n28 Chapter VII \"Alexandria in the District of\nColumbia\"\n29 Chapter VIII \"The Civil War (The War Between the States\"\n30 Chapter IX \"Reconstruction \u0026amp; Rehabilitation\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 2, Series II\n1 Sources Code\n2 Notes on Years 1608-1694\n3 Notes on years 1707-1799\n4 Notes on years 1800-1932\n5 Miscellaneous items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 2, Series III\n6 Outline for Washington Walked Here\n7 Finished version of A Guide to Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV\n8 Letters to and from Ms. Cornella Rose regarding the George Mason family\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V\nPhotographs\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Box 1, Series I\n1 Index\n2 Alexandria History\n3 Ghost's and Legends\n4 Friendship Fire House\n5 Gunston Hall\n6 Gadsby's Tavern\n7 Christ Church\n8 Old Meeting House\n9 Apothecary Shop\n10 Pohick Church\n11 George Washington Masonic Memorial\n12 Arlington Mansion\n13 Ramsey House\n14 Flounder Houses\n15 Captain's Row\n16 Mount Vernon\n17 Woodlawn\n18 Strolling (various Alexandria establishments)\n19 Cameron Street (Fairfax \u0026 Lee Houses)\n20 Mr. Dudley of Newell-Cole\n21 Carlyle House\nSeries II\n22 Chapter I \"Introduction\"                                                                                                                                           \n23 Chapter II \"Plantation Neighbors\"\n24 Chapter III \"Birth of a Town\"\n25 Chapter IV \"Life in Early Alexandria\"\n26 Chapter V \"The American Revolutionary\nWar\"\n27 Chapter VI \"After the Revolution\"\n28 Chapter VII \"Alexandria in the District of\nColumbia\"\n29 Chapter VIII \"The Civil War (The War Between the States\"\n30 Chapter IX \"Reconstruction \u0026 Rehabilitation\"","Box 2, Series II\n1 Sources Code\n2 Notes on Years 1608-1694\n3 Notes on years 1707-1799\n4 Notes on years 1800-1932\n5 Miscellaneous items","Box 2, Series III\n6 Outline for Washington Walked Here\n7 Finished version of A Guide to Alexandria","Series IV\n8 Letters to and from Ms. Cornella Rose regarding the George Mason family","Series V\nPhotographs"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMollie Somerville was born in New York City in 1907. A graduate from Cornell and Columbia universities, she moved to Northern Virginia in 1936. Mrs. Somerville became the secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt during the first term of the Roosevelt presidency. She took dictation, typed letters, and did historical research for the first lady. Mrs. Somerville also became the historical researcher for the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1966 she published A Guide to Alexandria: Washington's Home Town. Since then she has written numerous articles and books, the most recent being the recently published Eleanor Roosevelt as I Knew Her.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mollie Somerville was born in New York City in 1907. A graduate from Cornell and Columbia universities, she moved to Northern Virginia in 1936. Mrs. Somerville became the secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt during the first term of the Roosevelt presidency. She took dictation, typed letters, and did historical research for the first lady. Mrs. Somerville also became the historical researcher for the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1966 she published A Guide to Alexandria: Washington's Home Town. Since then she has written numerous articles and books, the most recent being the recently published Eleanor Roosevelt as I Knew Her."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMollie Somerville Collection, MS156, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Mollie Somerville Collection, MS156, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the manuscripts and source notes for A Guide\nto Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's Home Town (1966) and Washington Walked Here (1970).  The collection also holds several boxes of photographs.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Content Description"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the manuscripts and source notes for A Guide\nto Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's Home Town (1966) and Washington Walked Here (1970).  The collection also holds several boxes of photographs."],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"persname_ssim":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:22:04.515Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","ead_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","_root_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","_nest_parent_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/ALEX/repositories_2_resources_78.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/78","title_ssm":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156)"],"title_tesim":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156)"],"unitdate_ssm":["1966-1970"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1966-1970"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1966/1970"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970"],"text":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970","MS156","Alexandria (Va.) -- History","Photographs.","Box 1, Series I\n1 Index\n2 Alexandria History\n3 Ghost's and Legends\n4 Friendship Fire House\n5 Gunston Hall\n6 Gadsby's Tavern\n7 Christ Church\n8 Old Meeting House\n9 Apothecary Shop\n10 Pohick Church\n11 George Washington Masonic Memorial\n12 Arlington Mansion\n13 Ramsey House\n14 Flounder Houses\n15 Captain's Row\n16 Mount Vernon\n17 Woodlawn\n18 Strolling (various Alexandria establishments)\n19 Cameron Street (Fairfax \u0026 Lee Houses)\n20 Mr. Dudley of Newell-Cole\n21 Carlyle House\nSeries II\n22 Chapter I \"Introduction\"                                                                                                                                           \n23 Chapter II \"Plantation Neighbors\"\n24 Chapter III \"Birth of a Town\"\n25 Chapter IV \"Life in Early Alexandria\"\n26 Chapter V \"The American Revolutionary\nWar\"\n27 Chapter VI \"After the Revolution\"\n28 Chapter VII \"Alexandria in the District of\nColumbia\"\n29 Chapter VIII \"The Civil War (The War Between the States\"\n30 Chapter IX \"Reconstruction \u0026 Rehabilitation\"","Box 2, Series II\n1 Sources Code\n2 Notes on Years 1608-1694\n3 Notes on years 1707-1799\n4 Notes on years 1800-1932\n5 Miscellaneous items","Box 2, Series III\n6 Outline for Washington Walked Here\n7 Finished version of A Guide to Alexandria","Series IV\n8 Letters to and from Ms. Cornella Rose regarding the George Mason family","Series V\nPhotographs","Mollie Somerville was born in New York City in 1907. A graduate from Cornell and Columbia universities, she moved to Northern Virginia in 1936. Mrs. Somerville became the secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt during the first term of the Roosevelt presidency. She took dictation, typed letters, and did historical research for the first lady. Mrs. Somerville also became the historical researcher for the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1966 she published A Guide to Alexandria: Washington's Home Town. Since then she has written numerous articles and books, the most recent being the recently published Eleanor Roosevelt as I Knew Her.","This collection contains the manuscripts and source notes for A Guide\nto Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's Home Town (1966) and Washington Walked Here (1970).  The collection also holds several boxes of photographs.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970"],"collection_ssim":["Mollie Somerville Collection (MS156), 1966/1970"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS156"],"unitid_tesim":["MS156"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"geogname_ssm":["Alexandria (Va.) -- History"],"geogname_ssim":["Alexandria (Va.) -- History"],"places_ssim":["Alexandria (Va.) -- History"],"creator_ssm":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"creator_ssim":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"creators_ssim":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["2 Linear Feet 7 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["2 Linear Feet 7 boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographs."],"date_range_isim":[1966,1967,1968,1969,1970],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBox 1, Series I\n1 Index\n2 Alexandria History\n3 Ghost's and Legends\n4 Friendship Fire House\n5 Gunston Hall\n6 Gadsby's Tavern\n7 Christ Church\n8 Old Meeting House\n9 Apothecary Shop\n10 Pohick Church\n11 George Washington Masonic Memorial\n12 Arlington Mansion\n13 Ramsey House\n14 Flounder Houses\n15 Captain's Row\n16 Mount Vernon\n17 Woodlawn\n18 Strolling (various Alexandria establishments)\n19 Cameron Street (Fairfax \u0026amp; Lee Houses)\n20 Mr. Dudley of Newell-Cole\n21 Carlyle House\nSeries II\n22 Chapter I \"Introduction\"                                                                                                                                           \n23 Chapter II \"Plantation Neighbors\"\n24 Chapter III \"Birth of a Town\"\n25 Chapter IV \"Life in Early Alexandria\"\n26 Chapter V \"The American Revolutionary\nWar\"\n27 Chapter VI \"After the Revolution\"\n28 Chapter VII \"Alexandria in the District of\nColumbia\"\n29 Chapter VIII \"The Civil War (The War Between the States\"\n30 Chapter IX \"Reconstruction \u0026amp; Rehabilitation\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 2, Series II\n1 Sources Code\n2 Notes on Years 1608-1694\n3 Notes on years 1707-1799\n4 Notes on years 1800-1932\n5 Miscellaneous items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 2, Series III\n6 Outline for Washington Walked Here\n7 Finished version of A Guide to Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV\n8 Letters to and from Ms. Cornella Rose regarding the George Mason family\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries V\nPhotographs\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Box 1, Series I\n1 Index\n2 Alexandria History\n3 Ghost's and Legends\n4 Friendship Fire House\n5 Gunston Hall\n6 Gadsby's Tavern\n7 Christ Church\n8 Old Meeting House\n9 Apothecary Shop\n10 Pohick Church\n11 George Washington Masonic Memorial\n12 Arlington Mansion\n13 Ramsey House\n14 Flounder Houses\n15 Captain's Row\n16 Mount Vernon\n17 Woodlawn\n18 Strolling (various Alexandria establishments)\n19 Cameron Street (Fairfax \u0026 Lee Houses)\n20 Mr. Dudley of Newell-Cole\n21 Carlyle House\nSeries II\n22 Chapter I \"Introduction\"                                                                                                                                           \n23 Chapter II \"Plantation Neighbors\"\n24 Chapter III \"Birth of a Town\"\n25 Chapter IV \"Life in Early Alexandria\"\n26 Chapter V \"The American Revolutionary\nWar\"\n27 Chapter VI \"After the Revolution\"\n28 Chapter VII \"Alexandria in the District of\nColumbia\"\n29 Chapter VIII \"The Civil War (The War Between the States\"\n30 Chapter IX \"Reconstruction \u0026 Rehabilitation\"","Box 2, Series II\n1 Sources Code\n2 Notes on Years 1608-1694\n3 Notes on years 1707-1799\n4 Notes on years 1800-1932\n5 Miscellaneous items","Box 2, Series III\n6 Outline for Washington Walked Here\n7 Finished version of A Guide to Alexandria","Series IV\n8 Letters to and from Ms. Cornella Rose regarding the George Mason family","Series V\nPhotographs"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMollie Somerville was born in New York City in 1907. A graduate from Cornell and Columbia universities, she moved to Northern Virginia in 1936. Mrs. Somerville became the secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt during the first term of the Roosevelt presidency. She took dictation, typed letters, and did historical research for the first lady. Mrs. Somerville also became the historical researcher for the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1966 she published A Guide to Alexandria: Washington's Home Town. Since then she has written numerous articles and books, the most recent being the recently published Eleanor Roosevelt as I Knew Her.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mollie Somerville was born in New York City in 1907. A graduate from Cornell and Columbia universities, she moved to Northern Virginia in 1936. Mrs. Somerville became the secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt during the first term of the Roosevelt presidency. She took dictation, typed letters, and did historical research for the first lady. Mrs. Somerville also became the historical researcher for the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1966 she published A Guide to Alexandria: Washington's Home Town. Since then she has written numerous articles and books, the most recent being the recently published Eleanor Roosevelt as I Knew Her."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMollie Somerville Collection, MS156, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Mollie Somerville Collection, MS156, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains the manuscripts and source notes for A Guide\nto Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's Home Town (1966) and Washington Walked Here (1970).  The collection also holds several boxes of photographs.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Content Description"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains the manuscripts and source notes for A Guide\nto Alexandria: Alexandria, Virginia, George Washington's Home Town (1966) and Washington Walked Here (1970).  The collection also holds several boxes of photographs."],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"persname_ssim":["Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Somerville, Mollie, 1907-2009"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:22:04.515Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_78"}},{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","ead_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","_root_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","_nest_parent_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/ALEX/repositories_2_resources_165.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/165","title_ssm":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035)"],"title_tesim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035)"],"unitdate_ssm":["1947-1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1947-1980"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1947/1980"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"text":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980","MS035","Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs.","Nicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.","Colasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor.","This collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"collection_ssim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS035"],"unitid_tesim":["MS035"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"creators_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":[".23 Cubic Feet 1 box"],"extent_tesim":[".23 Cubic Feet 1 box"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographs."],"date_range_isim":[1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Nicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.","Colasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[item identification], Nicholas Colasanto Collection, MS035, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[item identification], Nicholas Colasanto Collection, MS035, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera."],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"persname_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"names_coll_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":6,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:21:50.422Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","ead_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","_root_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","_nest_parent_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/ALEX/repositories_2_resources_165.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/165","title_ssm":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035)"],"title_tesim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035)"],"unitdate_ssm":["1947-1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1947-1980"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1947/1980"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"text":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980","MS035","Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs.","Nicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.","Colasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor.","This collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"collection_ssim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS035"],"unitid_tesim":["MS035"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"creators_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":[".23 Cubic Feet 1 box"],"extent_tesim":[".23 Cubic Feet 1 box"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographs."],"date_range_isim":[1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Nicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.","Colasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[item identification], Nicholas Colasanto Collection, MS035, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[item identification], Nicholas Colasanto Collection, MS035, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera."],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"persname_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"names_coll_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":6,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:21:50.422Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165"}},{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165_c06","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Photos, 1947/1980","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165_c06#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains several photos of Colasanto and unidentified friends and colleagues.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165_c06","ref_ssm":["vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165_c06"],"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165_c06","ead_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","_root_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","_nest_parent_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","parent_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","parent_ssim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165"],"title_filing_ssi":"Photos","title_ssm":["Photos"],"title_tesim":["Photos"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Photos, 1947/1980"],"text":["Photos, 1947/1980","Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980","box 1","folder 6","Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983","Photographs.","This folder contains several photos of Colasanto and unidentified friends and colleagues."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1947/1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1947-1980"],"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":6,"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"collection_ssim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"containers_ssim":["box 1","folder 6"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"persname_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"names_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Photographs."],"date_range_isim":[1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains several photos of Colasanto and unidentified friends and colleagues.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This folder contains several photos of Colasanto and unidentified friends and colleagues."],"_nest_path_":"/components#5","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:21:50.422Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","ead_ssi":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","_root_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","_nest_parent_":"vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/ALEX/repositories_2_resources_165.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/165","title_ssm":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035)"],"title_tesim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035)"],"unitdate_ssm":["1947-1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1947-1980"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1947/1980"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"text":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980","MS035","Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs.","Nicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.","Colasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor.","This collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera.","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"collection_ssim":["Nicholas Colasanto Collection (MS035), 1947/1980"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MS035"],"unitid_tesim":["MS035"],"repository_ssm":["Alexandria Library"],"repository_ssim":["Alexandria Library"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"creators_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983","Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Politics and culture -- United States.","Politicians.","Lawyers.","Politicians -- Virginia -- Alexandria","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":[".23 Cubic Feet 1 box"],"extent_tesim":[".23 Cubic Feet 1 box"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographs."],"date_range_isim":[1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Nicholas \"Nick\" Colasanto was born May 21, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut. After attending law school for 2 years at Fordham University, he moved to Alexandria in 1930, finished his law degree at National University law school, and began playing semi-professional football in the city.  He practiced law and even served as Alexandria City Manager from 1947-1949, until 1963 when he began making his primary income in real estate.  He also begain eyeing politics around this time.","Colasanto served 4 terms in the Alexandria City Council.  One of his joys was performing marriages and loved giving advice to couples.  In one year, he married 800 newlyweds.  During his time in Alexandria, he was active in the Alexandria Lions Club, the Salvation Army, the Sons of Italy, and several other charitable organizations. Colasanto died on February 8, 1983 and is buried in St. Mary's in Alexandria.  Colasanto park in Alexandria is named in his honor."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[item identification], Nicholas Colasanto Collection, MS035, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[item identification], Nicholas Colasanto Collection, MS035, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection contains letters, political memorabilia, several programs from various organizations, personal photos, and other miscellaneous ephemera."],"corpname_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library"],"persname_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"names_coll_ssim":["Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"names_ssim":["Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library","Colasanto, Nicholas A. (Nicholas Anthony), 1904-1983"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":6,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:21:50.422Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vaallhs_repositories_2_resources_165_c06"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCollection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, mostly of Anna MacLane Battelle, her husband, William G. Battelle, and their son, James (Box 3). Family scrapbooks include personal photographs of Ted Spears and others and related ephemera (Box 4). Photographs of Ted Spears pertain to his college years at WVU and other events. Artifacts include family bibles and a lock of hair (Box 1), children's gloves, eyeglasses, earrings, and a ring (Box 3), and a safe deposit metal lock box (Box 6). A portrait of Ted Spears's great-grandfather, William G. Battelle, is included (Box 5).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_3358.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/206127","title_ssm":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection"],"title_tesim":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1848-2001, undated","1860-1950"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1848-2001, undated"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1860-1950"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950"],"text":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950","A\u0026M 4042","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/3358","Family histories.","Scrapbooks","Photographs.","Photography of families","Genealogy","Statehood politics -- West Virginia","tintypes (photographs)","Daguerreotypes (photographs)","ambrotypes (photographs)","No special access restriction applies.","This collection features a variety of family relatives and ancestors of Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr. Among them are members of the Spears, MacLane, Mendel, and Battelle families. His parents were Ralph Edwin Spears (Sr.) (1893-1954) and Clerimond Mendel (1893-1995), whose parents were Margaret Battelle (1860-1939) and Harry J. Mendel (1858-1920).  Margaret Battelle's parents were William G. Battelle (1835-1869) and Anna A. MacLane (1836-1893). Ted Spears's great-great-grandfather was Cornelius Battelle (1807-1897), a prominent Ohio minister and brother of Gordon Battelle (1814-1862), who was a Methodist minister and Civil War chaplain, abolitionist, and a leader in the statehood of West Virginia.  The Battelle Memorial Institute was established in the 1920s by Gordon Battelle (1883-1923), grandson and his namesake.","Collection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, mostly of Anna MacLane Battelle, her husband, William G. Battelle, and their son, James (Box 3). Family scrapbooks include personal photographs of Ted Spears and others and related ephemera (Box 4). Photographs of Ted Spears pertain to his college years at WVU and other events. Artifacts include family bibles and a lock of hair (Box 1), children's gloves, eyeglasses, earrings, and a ring (Box 3), and a safe deposit metal lock box (Box 6). A portrait of Ted Spears's great-grandfather, William G. Battelle, is included (Box 5).","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family","Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950"],"collection_ssim":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 4042","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/3358"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 4042","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/3358"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_ssm":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"creator_ssim":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family"],"creators_ssim":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family"],"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."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift from Spears, Ralph Edwin \"Ted\", Jr., 2014/08/14"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Family histories.","Scrapbooks","Photographs.","Photography of families","Genealogy","Statehood politics -- West Virginia","tintypes (photographs)","Daguerreotypes (photographs)","ambrotypes (photographs)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Family histories.","Scrapbooks","Photographs.","Photography of families","Genealogy","Statehood politics -- West Virginia","tintypes (photographs)","Daguerreotypes (photographs)","ambrotypes (photographs)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.88 Linear Feet 2 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 2 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 large flat storage box, 3 in."],"extent_tesim":["1.88 Linear Feet 2 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 2 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 large flat storage box, 3 in."],"genreform_ssim":["tintypes (photographs)","Daguerreotypes (photographs)","ambrotypes (photographs)"],"date_range_isim":[1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection features a variety of family relatives and ancestors of Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr. Among them are members of the Spears, MacLane, Mendel, and Battelle families. His parents were Ralph Edwin Spears (Sr.) (1893-1954) and Clerimond Mendel (1893-1995), whose parents were Margaret Battelle (1860-1939) and Harry J. Mendel (1858-1920).  Margaret Battelle's parents were William G. Battelle (1835-1869) and Anna A. MacLane (1836-1893). Ted Spears's great-great-grandfather was Cornelius Battelle (1807-1897), a prominent Ohio minister and brother of Gordon Battelle (1814-1862), who was a Methodist minister and Civil War chaplain, abolitionist, and a leader in the statehood of West Virginia.  The Battelle Memorial Institute was established in the 1920s by Gordon Battelle (1883-1923), grandson and his namesake.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["This collection features a variety of family relatives and ancestors of Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr. Among them are members of the Spears, MacLane, Mendel, and Battelle families. His parents were Ralph Edwin Spears (Sr.) (1893-1954) and Clerimond Mendel (1893-1995), whose parents were Margaret Battelle (1860-1939) and Harry J. Mendel (1858-1920).  Margaret Battelle's parents were William G. Battelle (1835-1869) and Anna A. MacLane (1836-1893). Ted Spears's great-great-grandfather was Cornelius Battelle (1807-1897), a prominent Ohio minister and brother of Gordon Battelle (1814-1862), who was a Methodist minister and Civil War chaplain, abolitionist, and a leader in the statehood of West Virginia.  The Battelle Memorial Institute was established in the 1920s by Gordon Battelle (1883-1923), grandson and his namesake."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, A\u0026amp;M 4042, 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], Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, A\u0026M 4042, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, mostly of Anna MacLane Battelle, her husband, William G. Battelle, and their son, James (Box 3). Family scrapbooks include personal photographs of Ted Spears and others and related ephemera (Box 4). Photographs of Ted Spears pertain to his college years at WVU and other events. Artifacts include family bibles and a lock of hair (Box 1), children's gloves, eyeglasses, earrings, and a ring (Box 3), and a safe deposit metal lock box (Box 6). A portrait of Ted Spears's great-grandfather, William G. Battelle, is included (Box 5).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Collection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, mostly of Anna MacLane Battelle, her husband, William G. Battelle, and their son, James (Box 3). Family scrapbooks include personal photographs of Ted Spears and others and related ephemera (Box 4). Photographs of Ted Spears pertain to his college years at WVU and other events. Artifacts include family bibles and a lock of hair (Box 1), children's gloves, eyeglasses, earrings, and a ring (Box 3), and a safe deposit metal lock box (Box 6). A portrait of Ted Spears's great-grandfather, William G. Battelle, is included (Box 5)."],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_8eacddc43e07ecbd85b3f7b3eae178f0\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"famname_ssim":["Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family","Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"persname_ssim":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family","Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:09:12.130Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_3358.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/206127","title_ssm":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection"],"title_tesim":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1848-2001, undated","1860-1950"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1848-2001, undated"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1860-1950"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950"],"text":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950","A\u0026M 4042","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/3358","Family histories.","Scrapbooks","Photographs.","Photography of families","Genealogy","Statehood politics -- West Virginia","tintypes (photographs)","Daguerreotypes (photographs)","ambrotypes (photographs)","No special access restriction applies.","This collection features a variety of family relatives and ancestors of Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr. Among them are members of the Spears, MacLane, Mendel, and Battelle families. His parents were Ralph Edwin Spears (Sr.) (1893-1954) and Clerimond Mendel (1893-1995), whose parents were Margaret Battelle (1860-1939) and Harry J. Mendel (1858-1920).  Margaret Battelle's parents were William G. Battelle (1835-1869) and Anna A. MacLane (1836-1893). Ted Spears's great-great-grandfather was Cornelius Battelle (1807-1897), a prominent Ohio minister and brother of Gordon Battelle (1814-1862), who was a Methodist minister and Civil War chaplain, abolitionist, and a leader in the statehood of West Virginia.  The Battelle Memorial Institute was established in the 1920s by Gordon Battelle (1883-1923), grandson and his namesake.","Collection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, mostly of Anna MacLane Battelle, her husband, William G. Battelle, and their son, James (Box 3). Family scrapbooks include personal photographs of Ted Spears and others and related ephemera (Box 4). Photographs of Ted Spears pertain to his college years at WVU and other events. Artifacts include family bibles and a lock of hair (Box 1), children's gloves, eyeglasses, earrings, and a ring (Box 3), and a safe deposit metal lock box (Box 6). A portrait of Ted Spears's great-grandfather, William G. Battelle, is included (Box 5).","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family","Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950"],"collection_ssim":["Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/1950"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 4042","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/3358"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 4042","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/3358"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_ssm":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"creator_ssim":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family"],"creators_ssim":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family"],"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."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift from Spears, Ralph Edwin \"Ted\", Jr., 2014/08/14"],"access_subjects_ssim":["Family histories.","Scrapbooks","Photographs.","Photography of families","Genealogy","Statehood politics -- West Virginia","tintypes (photographs)","Daguerreotypes (photographs)","ambrotypes (photographs)"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Family histories.","Scrapbooks","Photographs.","Photography of families","Genealogy","Statehood politics -- West Virginia","tintypes (photographs)","Daguerreotypes (photographs)","ambrotypes (photographs)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["1.88 Linear Feet 2 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 2 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 large flat storage box, 3 in."],"extent_tesim":["1.88 Linear Feet 2 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 2 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 large flat storage box, 3 in."],"genreform_ssim":["tintypes (photographs)","Daguerreotypes (photographs)","ambrotypes (photographs)"],"date_range_isim":[1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection features a variety of family relatives and ancestors of Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr. Among them are members of the Spears, MacLane, Mendel, and Battelle families. His parents were Ralph Edwin Spears (Sr.) (1893-1954) and Clerimond Mendel (1893-1995), whose parents were Margaret Battelle (1860-1939) and Harry J. Mendel (1858-1920).  Margaret Battelle's parents were William G. Battelle (1835-1869) and Anna A. MacLane (1836-1893). Ted Spears's great-great-grandfather was Cornelius Battelle (1807-1897), a prominent Ohio minister and brother of Gordon Battelle (1814-1862), who was a Methodist minister and Civil War chaplain, abolitionist, and a leader in the statehood of West Virginia.  The Battelle Memorial Institute was established in the 1920s by Gordon Battelle (1883-1923), grandson and his namesake.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["This collection features a variety of family relatives and ancestors of Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr. Among them are members of the Spears, MacLane, Mendel, and Battelle families. His parents were Ralph Edwin Spears (Sr.) (1893-1954) and Clerimond Mendel (1893-1995), whose parents were Margaret Battelle (1860-1939) and Harry J. Mendel (1858-1920).  Margaret Battelle's parents were William G. Battelle (1835-1869) and Anna A. MacLane (1836-1893). Ted Spears's great-great-grandfather was Cornelius Battelle (1807-1897), a prominent Ohio minister and brother of Gordon Battelle (1814-1862), who was a Methodist minister and Civil War chaplain, abolitionist, and a leader in the statehood of West Virginia.  The Battelle Memorial Institute was established in the 1920s by Gordon Battelle (1883-1923), grandson and his namesake."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, A\u0026amp;M 4042, 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], Ralph Edwin \"Ted\" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, A\u0026M 4042, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, mostly of Anna MacLane Battelle, her husband, William G. Battelle, and their son, James (Box 3). Family scrapbooks include personal photographs of Ted Spears and others and related ephemera (Box 4). Photographs of Ted Spears pertain to his college years at WVU and other events. Artifacts include family bibles and a lock of hair (Box 1), children's gloves, eyeglasses, earrings, and a ring (Box 3), and a safe deposit metal lock box (Box 6). A portrait of Ted Spears's great-grandfather, William G. Battelle, is included (Box 5).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Collection of the Battelle, MacLane, Mendel, and Spears families from southern Ohio and north-central West Virginia (including Wheeling and Morgantown), comprised of genealogy, records, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and more. Collection includes family genealogy and records (Box 1), individual carte de visites, cabinet cards, and assorted family photographs and newspaper article clippings (Box 1-2). Additional photographs include several cased family photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes, mostly of Anna MacLane Battelle, her husband, William G. Battelle, and their son, James (Box 3). Family scrapbooks include personal photographs of Ted Spears and others and related ephemera (Box 4). Photographs of Ted Spears pertain to his college years at WVU and other events. Artifacts include family bibles and a lock of hair (Box 1), children's gloves, eyeglasses, earrings, and a ring (Box 3), and a safe deposit metal lock box (Box 6). A portrait of Ted Spears's great-grandfather, William G. Battelle, is included (Box 5)."],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_8eacddc43e07ecbd85b3f7b3eae178f0\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"famname_ssim":["Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family","Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"persname_ssim":["Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Battelle family","MacLane family","Mendel family","Spears family","Spears, Ralph Edwin, Jr. (1919-2014)"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:09:12.130Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3358"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Album of 39 portraits (black and white, and color) taken by Ray Stoker (1895-1975), a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia. The majority of the photographs are portraits of Stoker's wife; other subjects include other women, children, animals, and the artist himself. Please see \"Historical Note\" for further information regarding Stoker.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_2260.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196328","title_ssm":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs"],"title_tesim":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs"],"unitdate_ssm":["1920-1950"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1920-1950"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1920/1950"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950"],"text":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950","A\u0026M 3811","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/2260","Fairmont (W. Va.)","Photographers","Photographs.","No special access restrictions apply.","Ray(mond) Stoker was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stoker served in the army during World War I and afterwards studied art and photography. He married Gwineviere \"Gwen\" Utteridge and the family moved to Fairmont, West Virginia in the early 1920s. Stoker spent the next thirty years as one of Fairmont's leading artistic figures. Stoker left Fairmont in 1957, traveling around Europe and returning to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he died in 1975.","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.","Album of 39 portraits (black and white, and color) taken by Ray Stoker (1895-1975), a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia. The majority of the photographs are portraits of Stoker's wife; other subjects include other women, children, animals, and the artist himself. Please see \"Historical Note\" for further information regarding Stoker.","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Stoker, Raymond.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950"],"collection_ssim":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3811","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/2260"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 3811","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/2260"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Fairmont (W. Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Fairmont (W. Va.)"],"places_ssim":["Fairmont (W. Va.)"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Stoker, Raymond."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creators_ssim":["Stoker, Raymond.","West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"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":["Photographers","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Photographers","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)"],"extent_tesim":["0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restrictions apply.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restrictions apply."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRay(mond) Stoker was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stoker served in the army during World War I and afterwards studied art and photography. He married Gwineviere \"Gwen\" Utteridge and the family moved to Fairmont, West Virginia in the early 1920s. Stoker spent the next thirty years as one of Fairmont's leading artistic figures. Stoker left Fairmont in 1957, traveling around Europe and returning to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he died in 1975.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ray(mond) Stoker was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stoker served in the army during World War I and afterwards studied art and photography. He married Gwineviere \"Gwen\" Utteridge and the family moved to Fairmont, West Virginia in the early 1920s. Stoker spent the next thirty years as one of Fairmont's leading artistic figures. Stoker left Fairmont in 1957, traveling around Europe and returning to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he died in 1975."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, A\u0026amp;M 3811, 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], Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, A\u0026M 3811, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_985e0e5215eca1f101b740e0afae9a08\"\u003eAlbum of 39 portraits (black and white, and color) taken by Ray Stoker (1895-1975), a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia. The majority of the photographs are portraits of Stoker's wife; other subjects include other women, children, animals, and the artist himself. Please see \"Historical Note\" for further information regarding Stoker.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Album of 39 portraits (black and white, and color) taken by Ray Stoker (1895-1975), a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia. The majority of the photographs are portraits of Stoker's wife; other subjects include other women, children, animals, and the artist himself. Please see \"Historical Note\" for further information regarding Stoker."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_c8813b2d6be11ab377541eb88f5b5a6f\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"persname_ssim":["Stoker, Raymond."],"names_coll_ssim":["Stoker, Raymond."],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Stoker, Raymond."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:08:12.086Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_2260.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196328","title_ssm":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs"],"title_tesim":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs"],"unitdate_ssm":["1920-1950"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1920-1950"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1920/1950"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950"],"text":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950","A\u0026M 3811","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/2260","Fairmont (W. Va.)","Photographers","Photographs.","No special access restrictions apply.","Ray(mond) Stoker was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stoker served in the army during World War I and afterwards studied art and photography. He married Gwineviere \"Gwen\" Utteridge and the family moved to Fairmont, West Virginia in the early 1920s. Stoker spent the next thirty years as one of Fairmont's leading artistic figures. Stoker left Fairmont in 1957, traveling around Europe and returning to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he died in 1975.","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.","Album of 39 portraits (black and white, and color) taken by Ray Stoker (1895-1975), a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia. The majority of the photographs are portraits of Stoker's wife; other subjects include other women, children, animals, and the artist himself. Please see \"Historical Note\" for further information regarding Stoker.","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Stoker, Raymond.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950"],"collection_ssim":["Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, 1920/1950"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3811","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/2260"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 3811","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/2260"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Fairmont (W. Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Fairmont (W. Va.)"],"places_ssim":["Fairmont (W. Va.)"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Stoker, Raymond."],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creators_ssim":["Stoker, Raymond.","West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"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":["Photographers","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Photographers","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)"],"extent_tesim":["0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restrictions apply.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restrictions apply."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRay(mond) Stoker was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stoker served in the army during World War I and afterwards studied art and photography. He married Gwineviere \"Gwen\" Utteridge and the family moved to Fairmont, West Virginia in the early 1920s. Stoker spent the next thirty years as one of Fairmont's leading artistic figures. Stoker left Fairmont in 1957, traveling around Europe and returning to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he died in 1975.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Ray(mond) Stoker was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stoker served in the army during World War I and afterwards studied art and photography. He married Gwineviere \"Gwen\" Utteridge and the family moved to Fairmont, West Virginia in the early 1920s. Stoker spent the next thirty years as one of Fairmont's leading artistic figures. Stoker left Fairmont in 1957, traveling around Europe and returning to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he died in 1975."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, A\u0026amp;M 3811, 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], Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, A\u0026M 3811, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_985e0e5215eca1f101b740e0afae9a08\"\u003eAlbum of 39 portraits (black and white, and color) taken by Ray Stoker (1895-1975), a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia. The majority of the photographs are portraits of Stoker's wife; other subjects include other women, children, animals, and the artist himself. Please see \"Historical Note\" for further information regarding Stoker.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Album of 39 portraits (black and white, and color) taken by Ray Stoker (1895-1975), a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia. The majority of the photographs are portraits of Stoker's wife; other subjects include other women, children, animals, and the artist himself. Please see \"Historical Note\" for further information regarding Stoker."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_c8813b2d6be11ab377541eb88f5b5a6f\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"persname_ssim":["Stoker, Raymond."],"names_coll_ssim":["Stoker, Raymond."],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Stoker, Raymond."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:08:12.086Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_2260"}},{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Rigg Family","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Papers and pictures relating to the James Rigg family, including genealogical charts, a photograph of the Kanawha Falls Hotel, and typescript copies of letters dated 1845-1854 written in Moniteau County, Missouri, and at Kanawha Falls. Subjects covered include migration to California and Missouri and family news of marriages, births, and deaths.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_5717.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198854","title_ssm":["Rigg Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Rigg Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["ca. 1900-1968"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["ca. 1900-1968"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1900/1968"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968"],"text":["Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968","A\u0026M 1979","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5717","California","Kanawha Falls.","Missouri","Birth, marriage, and death records.","Genealogy","Hotels","Photographs.","No special access restriction applies.","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.","Papers and pictures relating to the James Rigg family, including genealogical charts, a photograph of the Kanawha Falls Hotel, and typescript copies of letters dated 1845-1854 written in Moniteau County, Missouri, and at Kanawha Falls. Subjects covered include migration to California and Missouri and family news of marriages, births, and deaths.","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel","Rigg Family","Rigg, James family.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968"],"collection_ssim":["Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 1979","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5717"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 1979","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5717"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["California","Kanawha Falls.","Missouri"],"geogname_ssim":["California","Kanawha Falls.","Missouri"],"places_ssim":["California","Kanawha Falls.","Missouri"],"creator_ssm":["Rigg Family"],"creator_ssim":["Rigg Family"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Rigg Family","Rigg, James family."],"creators_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel","Rigg Family","Rigg, James family."],"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":["Birth, marriage, and death records.","Genealogy","Hotels","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Birth, marriage, and death records.","Genealogy","Hotels","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)"],"extent_tesim":["0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)"],"date_range_isim":[1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rigg Family Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1979, 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], Rigg Family Papers, A\u0026M 1979, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_3a9005769809c8f3989ee5a0a0442ca3\"\u003ePapers and pictures relating to the James Rigg family, including genealogical charts, a photograph of the Kanawha Falls Hotel, and typescript copies of letters dated 1845-1854 written in Moniteau County, Missouri, and at Kanawha Falls. Subjects covered include migration to California and Missouri and family news of marriages, births, and deaths.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers and pictures relating to the James Rigg family, including genealogical charts, a photograph of the Kanawha Falls Hotel, and typescript copies of letters dated 1845-1854 written in Moniteau County, Missouri, and at Kanawha Falls. Subjects covered include migration to California and Missouri and family news of marriages, births, and deaths."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_4410c4ad5ac0b18574547709599b56f4\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel"],"names_coll_ssim":["Kanawha Falls Hotel","Rigg, James family."],"famname_ssim":["Rigg Family","Rigg, James family."],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel","Rigg Family","Rigg, James family."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:10:37.874Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_5717.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198854","title_ssm":["Rigg Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Rigg Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["ca. 1900-1968"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["ca. 1900-1968"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1900/1968"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968"],"text":["Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968","A\u0026M 1979","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5717","California","Kanawha Falls.","Missouri","Birth, marriage, and death records.","Genealogy","Hotels","Photographs.","No special access restriction applies.","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.","Papers and pictures relating to the James Rigg family, including genealogical charts, a photograph of the Kanawha Falls Hotel, and typescript copies of letters dated 1845-1854 written in Moniteau County, Missouri, and at Kanawha Falls. Subjects covered include migration to California and Missouri and family news of marriages, births, and deaths.","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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel","Rigg Family","Rigg, James family.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968"],"collection_ssim":["Rigg Family Papers, 1900/1968"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 1979","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5717"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 1979","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5717"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["California","Kanawha Falls.","Missouri"],"geogname_ssim":["California","Kanawha Falls.","Missouri"],"places_ssim":["California","Kanawha Falls.","Missouri"],"creator_ssm":["Rigg Family"],"creator_ssim":["Rigg Family"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Rigg Family","Rigg, James family."],"creators_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel","Rigg Family","Rigg, James family."],"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":["Birth, marriage, and death records.","Genealogy","Hotels","Photographs."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Birth, marriage, and death records.","Genealogy","Hotels","Photographs."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)"],"extent_tesim":["0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)"],"date_range_isim":[1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo special access restriction applies.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["No special access restriction applies."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rigg Family Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1979, 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], Rigg Family Papers, A\u0026M 1979, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"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. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_3a9005769809c8f3989ee5a0a0442ca3\"\u003ePapers and pictures relating to the James Rigg family, including genealogical charts, a photograph of the Kanawha Falls Hotel, and typescript copies of letters dated 1845-1854 written in Moniteau County, Missouri, and at Kanawha Falls. Subjects covered include migration to California and Missouri and family news of marriages, births, and deaths.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers and pictures relating to the James Rigg family, including genealogical charts, a photograph of the Kanawha Falls Hotel, and typescript copies of letters dated 1845-1854 written in Moniteau County, Missouri, and at Kanawha Falls. Subjects covered include migration to California and Missouri and family news of marriages, births, and deaths."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_4410c4ad5ac0b18574547709599b56f4\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["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: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel"],"names_coll_ssim":["Kanawha Falls Hotel","Rigg, James family."],"famname_ssim":["Rigg Family","Rigg, James family."],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Kanawha Falls Hotel","Rigg Family","Rigg, James family."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T23:10:37.874Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5717"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Alexandria Library","value":"Alexandria Library","hits":8},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Alexandria+Library"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Hampden-Sydney College","value":"Hampden-Sydney College","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Hampden-Sydney+College"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Library of Virginia","value":"Library of Virginia","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=Library+of+Virginia"}},{"attributes":{"label":"West Virginia and Regional History Center","value":"West Virginia and Regional History Center","hits":20},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=West+Virginia+and+Regional+History+Center"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs."}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"1975 Campus Construction Proposal with Associated Photos, 1975","value":"1975 Campus Construction Proposal with Associated Photos, 1975","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=1975+Campus+Construction+Proposal+with+Associated+Photos%2C+1975"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexandria Gazette I (MS331), 1942/1996","value":"Alexandria Gazette I (MS331), 1942/1996","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Alexandria+Gazette+I+%28MS331%29%2C+1942%2F1996"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Ashton McKenney Photo Collection (MS327), 1910/2005","value":"Ashton McKenney Photo Collection (MS327), 1910/2005","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Ashton+McKenney+Photo+Collection+%28MS327%29%2C+1910%2F2005"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Beckley Chamber of Commerce, Publisher, Photographic Prospectus of Beckley, 1930/1939","value":"Beckley Chamber of Commerce, Publisher, Photographic Prospectus of Beckley, 1930/1939","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Beckley+Chamber+of+Commerce%2C+Publisher%2C+Photographic+Prospectus+of+Beckley%2C+1930%2F1939"}},{"attributes":{"label":"David H. Sutton, Compiler, Photographs Regarding Helvetia, West Virginia, 1880/2000, bulk 1900/1920","value":"David H. Sutton, Compiler, Photographs Regarding Helvetia, West Virginia, 1880/2000, bulk 1900/1920","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=David+H.+Sutton%2C+Compiler%2C+Photographs+Regarding+Helvetia%2C+West+Virginia%2C+1880%2F2000%2C+bulk+1900%2F1920"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Dougan Family Photographs, 1890/1930","value":"Dougan Family Photographs, 1890/1930","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Dougan+Family+Photographs%2C+1890%2F1930"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Elmer W. Prince, Papers of a Morgantown Resident and City Official, 1905/1967","value":"Elmer W. Prince, Papers of a Morgantown Resident and City Official, 1905/1967","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Elmer+W.+Prince%2C+Papers+of+a+Morgantown+Resident+and+City+Official%2C+1905%2F1967"}},{"attributes":{"label":"G.P. Gardner, Three Ambrotypes, 1847/1865","value":"G.P. Gardner, Three Ambrotypes, 1847/1865","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=G.P.+Gardner%2C+Three+Ambrotypes%2C+1847%2F1865"}},{"attributes":{"label":"John S. Simms Family Papers, 1870/1948","value":"John S. Simms Family Papers, 1870/1948","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=John+S.+Simms+Family+Papers%2C+1870%2F1948"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Loeb Photography Collection (MS363), 1888/1941","value":"Loeb Photography Collection (MS363), 1888/1941","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Loeb+Photography+Collection+%28MS363%29%2C+1888%2F1941"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925","value":"Lura Royall and Vladimir Sournin Correspondence, 1904-1925","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Lura+Royall+and+Vladimir+Sournin+Correspondence%2C+1904-1925"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs."}},{"type":"facet","id":"date_range_isim","attributes":{"label":"Date range","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"1791","value":"1791","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1791"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1792","value":"1792","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1792"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1793","value":"1793","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1793"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1794","value":"1794","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1794"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1795","value":"1795","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1795"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1796","value":"1796","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1796"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1797","value":"1797","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1797"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1798","value":"1798","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1798"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1799","value":"1799","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1799"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1800","value":"1800","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1800"}},{"attributes":{"label":"1801","value":"1801","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1801"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/date_range_isim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs."}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Aull, William J.","value":"Aull, William J.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Aull%2C+William+J."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Beckley Chamber of Commerce","value":"Beckley Chamber of Commerce","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Beckley+Chamber+of+Commerce"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Brinkmeier, Theodore","value":"Brinkmeier, Theodore","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Brinkmeier%2C+Theodore"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Dahmer, Miles","value":"Dahmer, Miles","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Dahmer%2C+Miles"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Dailey, Virginia","value":"Dailey, Virginia","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Dailey%2C+Virginia"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Dougan, Lucy","value":"Dougan, Lucy","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Dougan%2C+Lucy"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Gardner, G.P.","value":"Gardner, G.P.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Gardner%2C+G.P."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Hampden-Sydney College","value":"Hampden-Sydney College","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Hampden-Sydney+College"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Hatfield, Robert, Photographer","value":"Hatfield, Robert, Photographer","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Hatfield%2C+Robert%2C+Photographer"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Loeb, Morris, 1878-1969","value":"Loeb, Morris, 1878-1969","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Loeb%2C+Morris%2C+1878-1969"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court","value":"Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Lunenburg+County+%28Va.%29+Circuit+Court"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/creator_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs."}},{"type":"facet","id":"names_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Names","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Aegerter family","value":"Aegerter family","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Aegerter+family"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Anderegg family","value":"Anderegg family","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Anderegg+family"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Asper family","value":"Asper family","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Asper+family"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Atlantic Research Corporation","value":"Atlantic Research Corporation","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Atlantic+Research+Corporation"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Aull, William J.","value":"Aull, William J.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Aull%2C+William+J."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Ball, George H.","value":"Ball, George H.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Ball%2C+George+H."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","value":"Barrick, George Milton, Jr.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Barrick%2C+George+Milton%2C+Jr."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","value":"Barrick, Margaret Mathers.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Barrick%2C+Margaret+Mathers."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Barrick, Milton Jr.","value":"Barrick, Milton Jr.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Barrick%2C+Milton+Jr."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Barrick, William Mathers.","value":"Barrick, William Mathers.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Barrick%2C+William+Mathers."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Battelle family","value":"Battelle family","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Battelle+family"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/names_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs."}},{"type":"facet","id":"geogname_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Places","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Alexandria (Va.)","value":"Alexandria (Va.)","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Alexandria+%28Va.%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexandria (Va.) -- History","value":"Alexandria (Va.) -- History","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Alexandria+%28Va.%29+--+History"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Beckley (W. Va.)","value":"Beckley (W. Va.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Beckley+%28W.+Va.%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"California","value":"California","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=California"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Churches","value":"Churches","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Churches"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Fairmont (W. Va.)","value":"Fairmont (W. Va.)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Fairmont+%28W.+Va.%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"France","value":"France","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=France"}},{"attributes":{"label":"George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria, VA)","value":"George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria, VA)","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=George+Washington+Masonic+National+Memorial+%28Alexandria%2C+VA%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Germany","value":"Germany","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Germany"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Hampden-Sydney College","value":"Hampden-Sydney College","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Hampden-Sydney+College"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)","value":"Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Bplaces%5D%5B%5D=Harpers+Ferry+%28W.+Va.%29"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/geogname_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs."}},{"type":"facet","id":"access_subjects_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Subjects","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Abstracts of title.","value":"Abstracts of title.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Abstracts+of+title."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account books","value":"Account books","hits":4},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Account books.","value":"Account books.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Account+books."}},{"attributes":{"label":"African Americans  -- Appalachian Region","value":"African Americans  -- Appalachian Region","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+Americans++--+Appalachian+Region"}},{"attributes":{"label":"African Americans  -- Education (Higher)","value":"African Americans  -- Education (Higher)","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+Americans++--+Education+%28Higher%29"}},{"attributes":{"label":"African Americans  -- Education -- West Virginia","value":"African Americans  -- Education -- West Virginia","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+Americans++--+Education+--+West+Virginia"}},{"attributes":{"label":"African Americans - Schools for Freedmen.","value":"African Americans - Schools for Freedmen.","hits":2},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+Americans+-+Schools+for+Freedmen."}},{"attributes":{"label":"African Americans -- Segregation -- West Virginia","value":"African Americans -- Segregation -- West Virginia","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=African+Americans+--+Segregation+--+West+Virginia"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Agreements.","value":"Agreements.","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Agreements."}},{"attributes":{"label":"Agriculture   -- West Virginia","value":"Agriculture   -- West Virginia","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Agriculture+++--+West+Virginia"}},{"attributes":{"label":"Alexandria (Va.). Library","value":"Alexandria (Va.). Library","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Alexandria+%28Va.%29.+Library"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/access_subjects_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs."}},{"type":"facet","id":"level_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Level","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Collection","value":"Collection","hits":31},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection"}},{"attributes":{"label":"File","value":"File","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=File"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/level_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs."}},{"type":"search_field","id":"all_fields","attributes":{"label":"All Fields"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026search_field=all_fields"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"keyword","attributes":{"label":"Keyword"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026search_field=keyword"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"name","attributes":{"label":"Name"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026search_field=name"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"place","attributes":{"label":"Place"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026search_field=place"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"subject","attributes":{"label":"Subject"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026search_field=subject"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"title","attributes":{"label":"Title"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026search_field=title"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"container","attributes":{"label":"Container"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026search_field=container"}},{"type":"search_field","id":"identifier","attributes":{"label":"Identifier"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026search_field=identifier"}},{"type":"sort","id":"score desc, title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"relevance"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026sort=score+desc%2C+title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"date (ascending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026sort=date_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"date_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"date (descending)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026sort=date_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"creator (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026sort=creator_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"creator_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"creator (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026sort=creator_sort+desc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort asc","attributes":{"label":"title (A-Z)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026sort=title_sort+asc"}},{"type":"sort","id":"title_sort desc","attributes":{"label":"title (Z-A)"},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Photographs.\u0026page=2\u0026sort=title_sort+desc"}}]}