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Her outgoing letters are not in this collection.  1915-1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes baptism, public attendance, penmanship, etc.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Ladwig family.  They document the professional and personal lives of medical and teaching professionals in West Virginia in the early twentieth century, includng Dr. Otto Ladwig (1875-1968), his wife Calora Hardway Ladwig (1882-1974), and Margaret and Gertrude Hardway, Calora's sisters.  The Ladwigs lived in Harrison and Randolph counties and were active in itinerant logging communities such as Evenwood.  There are correspondence, publications, deeds, certificates, and photos of the Ladwig and Hardway families.","There is also a large series of photographs documenting the service of Cornelia, the Ladwig's daughter, in the Red Cross during World War II, as well as letters to Cornelia during this period.","In addition to the Ladwigs and Hardways, the collection includes many photographs and postcards of students and schools including Broaddus College, Fairmont Normal School, secondary schools, and more. The papers also include materials on the community of Everwood, West Virginia and the lumber company there.","Many books of different genres and topics were separated to the book collection; a list of these books is available from a curator.","Includes correspondence, such as letters from patients, advertising from drug companies, and employment related letters. Also includes photographic portraits of Otto Ladwig, Calora Hardway (later Mrs. Ladwig), and the Hardway sisters.","Includes 13 items with manuscript notes by Dr. Otto Ladwig.  These items are apparently a record of appointments at his Evenwood practice; they are difficult to read.","Includes incoming letters, deeds, receipts, etc. Incoming letters to Margaret Hardway are literate and descriptive, depicting the professional and personal lives of teachers in West Virginia in the early twentieth century.","These records primarily document Otto Ladwig and activities of the Hardway sisters as teachers in West Virginia. Includes WV teaching certificates; \"pass\" certificates for Fairmont State College, and employment related correspondence. Photographs in this series are mostly student group portraits documenting Broaddus College, Lost Creek School, Sheets Mill School, Fairmont State Normal School, and unidentified schools in the early twentieth century.","Consists primarily of photographic documentation of Dr. Ladwig's family, and the lumber mill at Evenwood where Otto Ladwig was employed.  Also includes Evenwood related ephemera.","Includes 12 items, one of which is double-sized; subjects include various aspects of Lost Creek, Clarksburg, Gassaway, New Martinsville, Rainelle, Richwood, and a birds-eye view of Elkins.","Contains 5 items, including 2 student activity books, and 3 football schedules.","These papers include mostly incoming letters and photographs documenting Cornelia's service in the Red Cross during World War II.  Her outgoing letters are not in this collection.  1915-1945.","Includes baptism, public attendance, penmanship, etc."],"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_228254ac4e203cc06d6f32cf4ab2658d\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the \u003cem\u003eHinton Daily News\u003c/em\u003e (later the \u003cem\u003eHinton News\u003c/em\u003e). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5374#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5374","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5374","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5374","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5374","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_5374.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/204651","title_ssm":["Long/Trail Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records"],"title_tesim":["Long/Trail Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1870-2020s and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1870-2020s and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3762","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5374"],"text":["A\u0026M 3762","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5374","Long/Trail Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records","Avis (W. Va.)","Fayette County (W. Va.)","Green Sulphur Springs (W. Va.)","Greenbrier County (W. Va.)","Hinton (W. Va.)","Mercer County (W. Va.)","Monroe County (W. Va.)","New River Gorge (W. Va.)","New River (N.C.-W. Va.)","Pence Springs (W. Va.)","Raleigh County (W. Va.)","Sandstone (W. Va.)","Summers County (W. Va.)","Talcott (W. Va.)","Genealogies.","Schools","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the  Hinton Daily News  (later the  Hinton News ). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.","Records about Hinton include photos and documents related to businesses and buildings. Highlights includes documentation for the Hinton National Historic District nomination; photos, game programs, and other records related to Hinton High School and its sports teams, including football and basketball; and photos, clippings, and ephemera regarding the West Virginia Water Festival, including pageant contestants and winners.","Genealogy and family history materials include genealogy charts, narrative histories, oral histories, and photographs (historic and more recent) of families of southeastern West Virginia.","Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad materials document activities of the company primarily in Hinton and Summers County, but includes other regions as well. Materials include photographs, clippings, and other documents about trains, railroads, tunnels, and construction. Highlights include historical photographs of railroad buildings, engines, and company employees.","Geographical features are documented by photographs and other material related to the construction of Bluestone Dam, and to the history of the New River, New River Gorge National Park, and other area rivers such as the Greenbrier. There are also records related to bridges and bridge construction, as well as numerous archaeological records, including surveys, maps, and reports.","Summers County communities, including Avis, Greenbrier, Green Sulphur Springs, Pence Springs, Sandstone, and Talcott, are documented by photographs, maps, and other material. Schools and churches in these communities are documented by photographs, school newspapers, bulletins, and other records.","War-related material includes photographs, clippings, and other documents. Highlights include photos of Civil War veterans at reunions, and photos and clippings related to World War I and World War II, including parades and the transportation of troops on the C\u0026O Railroad.\n \nNote on Terminology in the Contents List:","Photographs are referred to as \"photos\", \"prints\", or the specific photo type (tintype, carte de visite [CDV], cabinet card, or mounted photo). Photographs can also be found, of course, through the term \"negatives\"; many negatives do not have corresponding prints.","For genealogical information, search for a specific family name, or more generally, search for the terms \"genealogy\" or \"family history\". Photographs or negatives of \"family members\" identify groups of photographs of numerous individuals who share the same last name (or related name).","The Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad can be both spelled out fully or abbreviated C\u0026O.","Clippings may also be noted as articles or newspapers.","Addendum of 2018/02/27 is located in box 110 through box 116. It includes material relating to Stephen D. Trail's personal career, the history of the Trail family, and the history of Summers County, W. Va. Types of records include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, publications, and other material.","\nAddendum of 2018/05/31 comprises box 117 through box 128.  This material was compiled by Fred Long, who worked at the Hinton Daily News. It includes records relating to Hinton, W. Va., Pence Springs resort and prison, and other subjects related to Greenbrier and Summers counties. Much of this material is foldered by topic; many of these topical folders contain clippings from the Hinton Daily News, as well as related material, such as photographs, publications, and correspondence, etc.","Addendum of 2018/07/03 comprises box 129 through box 131. This addendum includes materials relating to Stephen Trail's life and career, material relating to Summers County History, several issues of the Proceedings of the New River Symposium, bound transcriptions of the Summers County 1880 census and marriage records from 1871-1883, and two books: Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes by Ruth Woods Dayton, and A History of Greenbrier County by Otis K. Rice.","Addendum of 2024 September 18 (box 129, folder 36) includes a folder of assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.","Addendum of 2024 December 03 (box 132) includes prints of photographs taken by Philip Bagdon, photocopies of mounted photographs, and assorted printed ephemera regarding Summers County, WV, and other locations in the south West Virginia.","Addendum of 2025 February 10 (box 132) includes the Lower Greenbrier River Byway, Lowell Backway and Wolf Creek Backway Draft Corridor Management Plan and Alderson \"French the Friendly Lion\" and Riverwise Labyrinth pamphlets.","Addendum of 2025 September 19 (box 132) includes assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.","Hinton News, The Register-Herald, The Post-Report, The Monroe Watchman","\"People, Places, and Things\" column and article on Pipestem public water system.","Several issues of column entitled \"Anecdotes in Summers County,\" mostly discussing Hinton in the late 19th century.","Includes photocopy of book by Lively entitled \"Historical Summers County.\" Also includes clippings and drafts of articles relating to Summers County history.","One page article by Stephen Trail.","Includes two articles: \"The Battle at Rich Mountain\" by Kenneth L. Carvell, and \"The Kanawha Rebel Victory\" by Terry Lowry.","Includes articles on Civil War letters by Jeff Gammage and Fred Long, as well as four transcpritions of Civil War soldier letters copied by Fred Long.","Includes articles from several newspapers, including the Hinton Daily News, and magazines pertaining to Elvis, specifically his death and continuing legacy.","Includes one article entitled \"A History of Monroe County West Virginia\" by Oren F. Morton discussing the construction of Cook's Fort.","Two articles from the Hinton Daily News and one article in Wonderful West Virginia (August 1975).","Includes an article on the genealogy of the Keeney family, a photocopied map of western Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina from 1778, and a list of names taken from the Blaken Mill Road Cemetery in Alderson.","Includes entry from \"West Virginians in the Revolution\" on John and Peter Van Bibber, information on Samuel Gwinn, one page of notes from \"Pioneers and their Homes on Upper Kanawha,\" and two selections from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.\"","Photocopy of article by Roy Bird Cook entitled \"Virginia Frontier Defenses, 1719-1795\" publixhed in the West Virginia Blue Book, 1936.","Includes a pamphlet for \"Hatfields and MacCoys\" outdoor drama, a booklet titled \"The True Facts About the Famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud,\" and a newspaper clipping featuring a photo of a statue of Devil Anse Hatfield.","Two-page advertisement for the Hinton Daily News, including history of the paper, distribution information, and a list of distributors.","Includes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes 1970 student handbook and board meeting minutes.","Includes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes issues of the Dart, board meeting minutes, a list of the numbers of white, female students per school year (1880-1910), and a copy of the original deed for the school.","Includes photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Hinton High School.","Includes articles on the Hinton National Historic District, a booklet entitled \"Historic Hinton: Ready for the Future,\" and a folder of materials labeled \"Scenic Summers County in souther West Virginia.\"","Includes photocopies of photographs used as part of the Hinton Historic District Survey in 1983.","Includes mostly columns relating Hinton history. Also includes stories on the flood of 1940, John Henry, a train wreck in 1976, and other topics.","Includes three articles from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\" and an unidentified book on Pocahontas County discussing early Native American trails and trade networks.","Includes two articles (one by Fred Long) about \"Mad Anne\" Bailey, a woman soldier and Indian fighter during Lord Dunmore's War and the American War for Independence in Western Virginia.","Includes: Gray's New Map of Hinton (1876, reprint); map of summers county (1933, reprint); Washington's Cahin of Forts (undated, copied from a book); Archaeological Survey of New River Bluestone Reservoir (undated); Botetourt County, Virginia (1778, reprint); \"The Springs of Virginia and the Routes leading thereto\" (undated, reprint); Map of Hill Crest Cemetery (undated); Map of Section One of East Hill Cemetery (undated).","Includes: General Highway Map Augusta County (1973); Augusta County Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (1963); Map of the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike (1840, reprint); Map of Greenbrier County, W. Va. (1887, reprint); West Virginia Official Highway Map (ca. 1980); Map of Alleghany County Virginia (undated, reprint); Map of Augusta County Virginia (1886, reprint); \"The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of the Distances\" (1776, reprint); The Town of Staunton (1749, reprint); Augusta County (1777, reprint); Welcome to Lewisburg (ca. 1975); Lewisburg, W. Va. Historic Walking Tour (undated); Staunton Virginia (ca. 1960); Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia (1978); Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland (1755, reprint).","Includes notes on the First Christian Church of Hinton, black and white engravings of Hinton scenes, two historic West Virginia postcards, and an article on a large rock carved in 1814 in Beckley, W. Va., among other items.","Includes articles of incorporation and bylaws for The Pipestem Foundation, Inc., a map and brochure for the park, a newspaper article about the Old Time Mountain Music Festival, and a pamphlet by Earl L. Core discussing the history of the pipestem name and plant.","Includes a letter and photocopies of historical material sent to Fred Long relating to W.F. Echols, a C\u0026O railroad conductor in Huntington during the early 1900s.","Includes one photocopy of \"A Brief History of the Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, 1987\" by John W. Dumont.","Includes one copy of an official report addressing a train collision that occurred near Vaughn, Mississippi on April 30, 1900 involving Engineer J.L. (Casey) Jones. This incident later became a folk legend and was the subject of a popular ballad.","Subjects of photos include Hinton High School, John Henry statue, aerial images of Hinton and surrounding areas, unidentified construction photos, First National Bank, Bluestone Dam, Chessie Steam Special, a Hinton parade, the Bluestone Conference Center, Aunt Jane Williams, Low Gap Methodist Church, and a turn-of-the-century a group of men playing pool, among other subjects. Many of the photos are not identified or dated. Some are reprints.","Subjects of photos include Bluestone Dam, the James Graham House, Coney Island (Hinton), Bank of Alderson, Fred Long and wife, Cooper's Mill, and two turn-of-the-century school group photos.","Subjects of photos include Summers County Court House, City of Hinton Fire Department, the James Graham House, Swift and Company, James T. McCreery, the Hinton Hospital, New River, Roses Drug Store (Hinton), Green Sulphur Springs, Confederate monument, Hotel McCreery, Hill Top Cemetery, and Greenbrier School, among other subjects. All photos are reprints and many are unidentified.","One photo of Margaret C. Pennington, mother of Cynthia Pennington, at the Pearl Trail farm in Judson.","Includes six VHS tapes: \nTV News \nTree Work City \nHinton Streetscape \nSteve Trail, TV News, BOE Meeting \nTV News \nReed Ceremony, Nov. 27, '85; Street Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 21, '86","Documents regarding economic development program for Hinton.","Election campaign letter.","Letter regarding loan of two photographs.","Includes a business card and a thank you note for materials loaned by Trail.","List of photos.","One letter from Stephen Trail to Robert Maslowski, US Army Corps of Engineers.","Material regarding 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia; includes membership card, delegate ticket, etc.","Assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.","Assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.","Separated to the dvd / vhs / betacam collection:","  DVD and betacam copies of motion picture documentary of Hinton, West Virginia. Created in 1963 by the Area Redevelopment Agency of the U.S. government, it aimed to promote economic development in Hinton after the fading of the economy based upon steam railroads. (See items numbered 125 and 126 in the collection.)","  Separated to the book collection; forwarded to Curator of Books:","  Bragg, Melody.  Thurmond and Ghost Towns of the New River Gorge . Glen Jean, West Virginia: Gem Publications, ca. 1995.","  Daly, Dorothy.  The Dart, 1926, Volume VII . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class of Hinton High School, 1926.","Directory of Hinton, West Virginia . 1927.","  Enoch, Harry G.  Affair at Captina Creek . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Foster, Elizabeth Carroll.  Virginia Carrolls and Their Neighbors 1618-1800s . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Glen Jean Historical Society.  Dunloop Days: Glen Jean to Thurmond: Exciting Times and Precious Memories . Glen Jean, West Virginia: Glen Jean Historical Society, ca. 1989.","  Grafton, Emily.  West Virginia Adventure Guide to the Natural History of Blackwater Falls State Park . Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, 2002.","  Harsh, Sharon Wilmoth.  School Board Minutes, Enumeration Lists and Account Records, Barbour County, West Virginia: Township of Barker, 1870-1890; Independent District of Bellington, 1893-1899 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  Hatcher, Charles Silas.  Historical Genealogy of the Basham, Ellison, Hatcher, Lilly, Meadows, Pack, Walker, and Other Families . Princeton, West Virginia: Jake Forest Hatcher, 1980.","History of the Great Kanawha Valley, Volume I . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  Keller, Barbara, editor.  Summers County, West Virginia, Historical Society: Cemetery Book . Beckley, West Virginia: BJW Printing, 1996.","  Keller, Robert, editor.  Senior \"34\" . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1934.","  Kirk, Bert A., Harold Neely, and the Hinton Junior Chamber of Commerce, editors.  Hinton City Directory . White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: Sentinel Publishers, 1939.","  Lilly, Jack.  Historical Genealogy of the Lilly Family . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1977.","  Lilly, Jack.  Lilly Family History, 1566-1997 . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1997.","  Lilly, Jack.  Our Heritage: The Lilly Family, Vol. II . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1978.","  Long, Fred and Steve Trail.  Historic Pence Springs Resort . 1987.","  Marockie, Henry R.  School Laws of West Virginia: 1989 Edition . Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1990.","  McBride, W. Stephen, Kim Arbogast McBride, and Greg Adamson.  Frontier Forts in West Virginia: Historical and Archaeological Explorations . Edited by Lora A. Lamarre and Joanna L. Wilson. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2003.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1682-1690, Volume 7 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1690-1697, Volume 8 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1703-1710, Volume 10 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  McNeer, Sally Withrow.  Echoes of Summers . Undated.","  Miller, Hurley.  Once in a Lifetime . Raleigh: Pentland Press, 2000.","  Myers, Tom E.  Moccasin Trails of the French and Indian War: The Eastern Frontier War 1743-1758 . Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1995.","  Pemberton, Robert L.  A History of Pleasants County, West Virginia . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Peters, Okey Erwin, compiler.  Conrad Peters and Wife Clara Snidow . Paducah, Kentucky: Paducah Printing Co., 1954.","  Roles, Joe B.  Mary Janes's War: A Civil War Novel Based on a True Story . Annandale, Virginia: Joe B. Roles, 2002.","  Scott, Eugene.  Thurmond: Dodge City of West Virginia: Believe It or Not City . Beckley, West Virginia: Eugene Scott, undated.","  Senior Class of Hinton High School.  The Senior Handbook; 1935 . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1935.","  Shuff, Murray.  Stone Cliff, West Virginia: \"Life Along New River\", 1930-1938 . Beckley, West Virginia: Central Printing Company, 1984.","  Small, Sally, Louis Torres, Larry J. Reynolds, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center.  Thurmond Commercial Buildings: New River Gorge, National River, West Virginia . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.","  Stewart, Kathleen.  A Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an \"Other\" America . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.","  Sullivan, Ken.  Thurmond: A New River Community . Oak Hill, West Virginia: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, ca. 1989.","  Taylor, Sharon.  The Amazing Story of the Gwinns in America . Washington, D.C.: Halbert's, 1982.","  Trail, Stephen D. and Vandalia Consultants, Inc.  Bluestone Dam 50th Anniversary Commemorative Album 1949-1999 . Hinton, West Virginia: Fox Photographics, 1999.","  United States. National Park Service.  Denver Service Center. Development Concept Plan / Interpretive Prospectus: Thurmond, New River Gorge National River, West Virginia . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.","  United States. National Park Service.  Land Protection Plan: New River Gorge . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, 1984.","  Wardell, Patrick G., compiler.  Virginians and West Virginians, 1607-1870, Volume 1 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.","  Wilson, Goodridge.  Smyth County History and Traditions . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.","  Separated to closed collections:","  Baseball card of Jack Warhop, originally in box 79, folder 15.","Hinton High School Year Books, titled \"The Dart\", were separated to the book collection at the History Center.  Includes years 1924, 1925 (2 copies), 1936, 1940, 1954, 1955 (2 copies), 1956, 1957, and 1959.","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.","Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the  Hinton Daily News  (later the  Hinton News ). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company","Long, Frederick","Trail, Stephen D.","Bagdon, Philip V.","English \n.    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"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Long/Trail Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records, A\u0026amp;M 3762, 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], Long/Trail Southeastern West Virginia Historical Records, A\u0026M 3762, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHinton Daily News\u003c/emph\u003e (later the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHinton News\u003c/emph\u003e). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRecords about Hinton include photos and documents related to businesses and buildings. Highlights includes documentation for the Hinton National Historic District nomination; photos, game programs, and other records related to Hinton High School and its sports teams, including football and basketball; and photos, clippings, and ephemera regarding the West Virginia Water Festival, including pageant contestants and winners.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGenealogy and family history materials include genealogy charts, narrative histories, oral histories, and photographs (historic and more recent) of families of southeastern West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eChesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad materials document activities of the company primarily in Hinton and Summers County, but includes other regions as well. Materials include photographs, clippings, and other documents about trains, railroads, tunnels, and construction. Highlights include historical photographs of railroad buildings, engines, and company employees.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeographical features are documented by photographs and other material related to the construction of Bluestone Dam, and to the history of the New River, New River Gorge National Park, and other area rivers such as the Greenbrier. There are also records related to bridges and bridge construction, as well as numerous archaeological records, including surveys, maps, and reports.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSummers County communities, including Avis, Greenbrier, Green Sulphur Springs, Pence Springs, Sandstone, and Talcott, are documented by photographs, maps, and other material. Schools and churches in these communities are documented by photographs, school newspapers, bulletins, and other records.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWar-related material includes photographs, clippings, and other documents. Highlights include photos of Civil War veterans at reunions, and photos and clippings related to World War I and World War II, including parades and the transportation of troops on the C\u0026amp;O Railroad.\n \nNote on Terminology in the Contents List:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs are referred to as \"photos\", \"prints\", or the specific photo type (tintype, carte de visite [CDV], cabinet card, or mounted photo). Photographs can also be found, of course, through the term \"negatives\"; many negatives do not have corresponding prints.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor genealogical information, search for a specific family name, or more generally, search for the terms \"genealogy\" or \"family history\". Photographs or negatives of \"family members\" identify groups of photographs of numerous individuals who share the same last name (or related name).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad can be both spelled out fully or abbreviated C\u0026amp;O.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eClippings may also be noted as articles or newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2018/02/27 is located in box 110 through box 116. It includes material relating to Stephen D. Trail's personal career, the history of the Trail family, and the history of Summers County, W. Va. Types of records include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, publications, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/05/31 comprises box 117 through box 128.  This material was compiled by Fred Long, who worked at the Hinton Daily News. It includes records relating to Hinton, W. Va., Pence Springs resort and prison, and other subjects related to Greenbrier and Summers counties. Much of this material is foldered by topic; many of these topical folders contain clippings from the Hinton Daily News, as well as related material, such as photographs, publications, and correspondence, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2018/07/03 comprises box 129 through box 131. This addendum includes materials relating to Stephen Trail's life and career, material relating to Summers County History, several issues of the Proceedings of the New River Symposium, bound transcriptions of the Summers County 1880 census and marriage records from 1871-1883, and two books: Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes by Ruth Woods Dayton, and A History of Greenbrier County by Otis K. Rice.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2024 September 18 (box 129, folder 36) includes a folder of assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2024 December 03 (box 132) includes prints of photographs taken by Philip Bagdon, photocopies of mounted photographs, and assorted printed ephemera regarding Summers County, WV, and other locations in the south West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2025 February 10 (box 132) includes the Lower Greenbrier River Byway, Lowell Backway and Wolf Creek Backway Draft Corridor Management Plan and Alderson \"French the Friendly Lion\" and Riverwise Labyrinth pamphlets.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2025 September 19 (box 132) includes assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHinton News, The Register-Herald, The Post-Report, The Monroe Watchman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"People, Places, and Things\" column and article on Pipestem public water system.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral issues of column entitled \"Anecdotes in Summers County,\" mostly discussing Hinton in the late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photocopy of book by Lively entitled \"Historical Summers County.\" Also includes clippings and drafts of articles relating to Summers County history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne page article by Stephen Trail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two articles: \"The Battle at Rich Mountain\" by Kenneth L. Carvell, and \"The Kanawha Rebel Victory\" by Terry Lowry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles on Civil War letters by Jeff Gammage and Fred Long, as well as four transcpritions of Civil War soldier letters copied by Fred Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles from several newspapers, including the Hinton Daily News, and magazines pertaining to Elvis, specifically his death and continuing legacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one article entitled \"A History of Monroe County West Virginia\" by Oren F. Morton discussing the construction of Cook's Fort.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo articles from the Hinton Daily News and one article in Wonderful West Virginia (August 1975).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes an article on the genealogy of the Keeney family, a photocopied map of western Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina from 1778, and a list of names taken from the Blaken Mill Road Cemetery in Alderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes entry from \"West Virginians in the Revolution\" on John and Peter Van Bibber, information on Samuel Gwinn, one page of notes from \"Pioneers and their Homes on Upper Kanawha,\" and two selections from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopy of article by Roy Bird Cook entitled \"Virginia Frontier Defenses, 1719-1795\" publixhed in the West Virginia Blue Book, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a pamphlet for \"Hatfields and MacCoys\" outdoor drama, a booklet titled \"The True Facts About the Famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud,\" and a newspaper clipping featuring a photo of a statue of Devil Anse Hatfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo-page advertisement for the Hinton Daily News, including history of the paper, distribution information, and a list of distributors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes 1970 student handbook and board meeting minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes issues of the Dart, board meeting minutes, a list of the numbers of white, female students per school year (1880-1910), and a copy of the original deed for the school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Hinton High School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles on the Hinton National Historic District, a booklet entitled \"Historic Hinton: Ready for the Future,\" and a folder of materials labeled \"Scenic Summers County in souther West Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photocopies of photographs used as part of the Hinton Historic District Survey in 1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mostly columns relating Hinton history. Also includes stories on the flood of 1940, John Henry, a train wreck in 1976, and other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes three articles from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\" and an unidentified book on Pocahontas County discussing early Native American trails and trade networks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two articles (one by Fred Long) about \"Mad Anne\" Bailey, a woman soldier and Indian fighter during Lord Dunmore's War and the American War for Independence in Western Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes: Gray's New Map of Hinton (1876, reprint); map of summers county (1933, reprint); Washington's Cahin of Forts (undated, copied from a book); Archaeological Survey of New River Bluestone Reservoir (undated); Botetourt County, Virginia (1778, reprint); \"The Springs of Virginia and the Routes leading thereto\" (undated, reprint); Map of Hill Crest Cemetery (undated); Map of Section One of East Hill Cemetery (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes: General Highway Map Augusta County (1973); Augusta County Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (1963); Map of the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike (1840, reprint); Map of Greenbrier County, W. Va. (1887, reprint); West Virginia Official Highway Map (ca. 1980); Map of Alleghany County Virginia (undated, reprint); Map of Augusta County Virginia (1886, reprint); \"The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of the Distances\" (1776, reprint); The Town of Staunton (1749, reprint); Augusta County (1777, reprint); Welcome to Lewisburg (ca. 1975); Lewisburg, W. Va. Historic Walking Tour (undated); Staunton Virginia (ca. 1960); Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia (1978); Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland (1755, reprint).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes on the First Christian Church of Hinton, black and white engravings of Hinton scenes, two historic West Virginia postcards, and an article on a large rock carved in 1814 in Beckley, W. Va., among other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles of incorporation and bylaws for The Pipestem Foundation, Inc., a map and brochure for the park, a newspaper article about the Old Time Mountain Music Festival, and a pamphlet by Earl L. Core discussing the history of the pipestem name and plant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a letter and photocopies of historical material sent to Fred Long relating to W.F. Echols, a C\u0026amp;O railroad conductor in Huntington during the early 1900s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one photocopy of \"A Brief History of the Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, 1987\" by John W. Dumont.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one copy of an official report addressing a train collision that occurred near Vaughn, Mississippi on April 30, 1900 involving Engineer J.L. (Casey) Jones. This incident later became a folk legend and was the subject of a popular ballad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of photos include Hinton High School, John Henry statue, aerial images of Hinton and surrounding areas, unidentified construction photos, First National Bank, Bluestone Dam, Chessie Steam Special, a Hinton parade, the Bluestone Conference Center, Aunt Jane Williams, Low Gap Methodist Church, and a turn-of-the-century a group of men playing pool, among other subjects. Many of the photos are not identified or dated. Some are reprints.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of photos include Bluestone Dam, the James Graham House, Coney Island (Hinton), Bank of Alderson, Fred Long and wife, Cooper's Mill, and two turn-of-the-century school group photos.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of photos include Summers County Court House, City of Hinton Fire Department, the James Graham House, Swift and Company, James T. McCreery, the Hinton Hospital, New River, Roses Drug Store (Hinton), Green Sulphur Springs, Confederate monument, Hotel McCreery, Hill Top Cemetery, and Greenbrier School, among other subjects. All photos are reprints and many are unidentified.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne photo of Margaret C. Pennington, mother of Cynthia Pennington, at the Pearl Trail farm in Judson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes six VHS tapes:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nTV News\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nTree Work City\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHinton Streetscape\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSteve Trail, TV News, BOE Meeting\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nTV News\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReed Ceremony, Nov. 27, '85; Street Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 21, '86\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments regarding economic development program for Hinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElection campaign letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding loan of two photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a business card and a thank you note for materials loaned by Trail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of photos.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter from Stephen Trail to Robert Maslowski, US Army Corps of Engineers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial regarding 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia; includes membership card, delegate ticket, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAssorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAssorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the  Hinton Daily News  (later the  Hinton News ). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.","Records about Hinton include photos and documents related to businesses and buildings. Highlights includes documentation for the Hinton National Historic District nomination; photos, game programs, and other records related to Hinton High School and its sports teams, including football and basketball; and photos, clippings, and ephemera regarding the West Virginia Water Festival, including pageant contestants and winners.","Genealogy and family history materials include genealogy charts, narrative histories, oral histories, and photographs (historic and more recent) of families of southeastern West Virginia.","Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad materials document activities of the company primarily in Hinton and Summers County, but includes other regions as well. Materials include photographs, clippings, and other documents about trains, railroads, tunnels, and construction. Highlights include historical photographs of railroad buildings, engines, and company employees.","Geographical features are documented by photographs and other material related to the construction of Bluestone Dam, and to the history of the New River, New River Gorge National Park, and other area rivers such as the Greenbrier. There are also records related to bridges and bridge construction, as well as numerous archaeological records, including surveys, maps, and reports.","Summers County communities, including Avis, Greenbrier, Green Sulphur Springs, Pence Springs, Sandstone, and Talcott, are documented by photographs, maps, and other material. Schools and churches in these communities are documented by photographs, school newspapers, bulletins, and other records.","War-related material includes photographs, clippings, and other documents. Highlights include photos of Civil War veterans at reunions, and photos and clippings related to World War I and World War II, including parades and the transportation of troops on the C\u0026O Railroad.\n \nNote on Terminology in the Contents List:","Photographs are referred to as \"photos\", \"prints\", or the specific photo type (tintype, carte de visite [CDV], cabinet card, or mounted photo). Photographs can also be found, of course, through the term \"negatives\"; many negatives do not have corresponding prints.","For genealogical information, search for a specific family name, or more generally, search for the terms \"genealogy\" or \"family history\". Photographs or negatives of \"family members\" identify groups of photographs of numerous individuals who share the same last name (or related name).","The Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad can be both spelled out fully or abbreviated C\u0026O.","Clippings may also be noted as articles or newspapers.","Addendum of 2018/02/27 is located in box 110 through box 116. It includes material relating to Stephen D. Trail's personal career, the history of the Trail family, and the history of Summers County, W. Va. Types of records include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, publications, and other material.","\nAddendum of 2018/05/31 comprises box 117 through box 128.  This material was compiled by Fred Long, who worked at the Hinton Daily News. It includes records relating to Hinton, W. Va., Pence Springs resort and prison, and other subjects related to Greenbrier and Summers counties. Much of this material is foldered by topic; many of these topical folders contain clippings from the Hinton Daily News, as well as related material, such as photographs, publications, and correspondence, etc.","Addendum of 2018/07/03 comprises box 129 through box 131. This addendum includes materials relating to Stephen Trail's life and career, material relating to Summers County History, several issues of the Proceedings of the New River Symposium, bound transcriptions of the Summers County 1880 census and marriage records from 1871-1883, and two books: Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes by Ruth Woods Dayton, and A History of Greenbrier County by Otis K. Rice.","Addendum of 2024 September 18 (box 129, folder 36) includes a folder of assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.","Addendum of 2024 December 03 (box 132) includes prints of photographs taken by Philip Bagdon, photocopies of mounted photographs, and assorted printed ephemera regarding Summers County, WV, and other locations in the south West Virginia.","Addendum of 2025 February 10 (box 132) includes the Lower Greenbrier River Byway, Lowell Backway and Wolf Creek Backway Draft Corridor Management Plan and Alderson \"French the Friendly Lion\" and Riverwise Labyrinth pamphlets.","Addendum of 2025 September 19 (box 132) includes assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.","Hinton News, The Register-Herald, The Post-Report, The Monroe Watchman","\"People, Places, and Things\" column and article on Pipestem public water system.","Several issues of column entitled \"Anecdotes in Summers County,\" mostly discussing Hinton in the late 19th century.","Includes photocopy of book by Lively entitled \"Historical Summers County.\" Also includes clippings and drafts of articles relating to Summers County history.","One page article by Stephen Trail.","Includes two articles: \"The Battle at Rich Mountain\" by Kenneth L. Carvell, and \"The Kanawha Rebel Victory\" by Terry Lowry.","Includes articles on Civil War letters by Jeff Gammage and Fred Long, as well as four transcpritions of Civil War soldier letters copied by Fred Long.","Includes articles from several newspapers, including the Hinton Daily News, and magazines pertaining to Elvis, specifically his death and continuing legacy.","Includes one article entitled \"A History of Monroe County West Virginia\" by Oren F. Morton discussing the construction of Cook's Fort.","Two articles from the Hinton Daily News and one article in Wonderful West Virginia (August 1975).","Includes an article on the genealogy of the Keeney family, a photocopied map of western Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina from 1778, and a list of names taken from the Blaken Mill Road Cemetery in Alderson.","Includes entry from \"West Virginians in the Revolution\" on John and Peter Van Bibber, information on Samuel Gwinn, one page of notes from \"Pioneers and their Homes on Upper Kanawha,\" and two selections from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.\"","Photocopy of article by Roy Bird Cook entitled \"Virginia Frontier Defenses, 1719-1795\" publixhed in the West Virginia Blue Book, 1936.","Includes a pamphlet for \"Hatfields and MacCoys\" outdoor drama, a booklet titled \"The True Facts About the Famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud,\" and a newspaper clipping featuring a photo of a statue of Devil Anse Hatfield.","Two-page advertisement for the Hinton Daily News, including history of the paper, distribution information, and a list of distributors.","Includes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes 1970 student handbook and board meeting minutes.","Includes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes issues of the Dart, board meeting minutes, a list of the numbers of white, female students per school year (1880-1910), and a copy of the original deed for the school.","Includes photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Hinton High School.","Includes articles on the Hinton National Historic District, a booklet entitled \"Historic Hinton: Ready for the Future,\" and a folder of materials labeled \"Scenic Summers County in souther West Virginia.\"","Includes photocopies of photographs used as part of the Hinton Historic District Survey in 1983.","Includes mostly columns relating Hinton history. Also includes stories on the flood of 1940, John Henry, a train wreck in 1976, and other topics.","Includes three articles from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\" and an unidentified book on Pocahontas County discussing early Native American trails and trade networks.","Includes two articles (one by Fred Long) about \"Mad Anne\" Bailey, a woman soldier and Indian fighter during Lord Dunmore's War and the American War for Independence in Western Virginia.","Includes: Gray's New Map of Hinton (1876, reprint); map of summers county (1933, reprint); Washington's Cahin of Forts (undated, copied from a book); Archaeological Survey of New River Bluestone Reservoir (undated); Botetourt County, Virginia (1778, reprint); \"The Springs of Virginia and the Routes leading thereto\" (undated, reprint); Map of Hill Crest Cemetery (undated); Map of Section One of East Hill Cemetery (undated).","Includes: General Highway Map Augusta County (1973); Augusta County Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (1963); Map of the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike (1840, reprint); Map of Greenbrier County, W. Va. (1887, reprint); West Virginia Official Highway Map (ca. 1980); Map of Alleghany County Virginia (undated, reprint); Map of Augusta County Virginia (1886, reprint); \"The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of the Distances\" (1776, reprint); The Town of Staunton (1749, reprint); Augusta County (1777, reprint); Welcome to Lewisburg (ca. 1975); Lewisburg, W. Va. Historic Walking Tour (undated); Staunton Virginia (ca. 1960); Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia (1978); Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland (1755, reprint).","Includes notes on the First Christian Church of Hinton, black and white engravings of Hinton scenes, two historic West Virginia postcards, and an article on a large rock carved in 1814 in Beckley, W. Va., among other items.","Includes articles of incorporation and bylaws for The Pipestem Foundation, Inc., a map and brochure for the park, a newspaper article about the Old Time Mountain Music Festival, and a pamphlet by Earl L. Core discussing the history of the pipestem name and plant.","Includes a letter and photocopies of historical material sent to Fred Long relating to W.F. Echols, a C\u0026O railroad conductor in Huntington during the early 1900s.","Includes one photocopy of \"A Brief History of the Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, 1987\" by John W. Dumont.","Includes one copy of an official report addressing a train collision that occurred near Vaughn, Mississippi on April 30, 1900 involving Engineer J.L. (Casey) Jones. This incident later became a folk legend and was the subject of a popular ballad.","Subjects of photos include Hinton High School, John Henry statue, aerial images of Hinton and surrounding areas, unidentified construction photos, First National Bank, Bluestone Dam, Chessie Steam Special, a Hinton parade, the Bluestone Conference Center, Aunt Jane Williams, Low Gap Methodist Church, and a turn-of-the-century a group of men playing pool, among other subjects. Many of the photos are not identified or dated. Some are reprints.","Subjects of photos include Bluestone Dam, the James Graham House, Coney Island (Hinton), Bank of Alderson, Fred Long and wife, Cooper's Mill, and two turn-of-the-century school group photos.","Subjects of photos include Summers County Court House, City of Hinton Fire Department, the James Graham House, Swift and Company, James T. McCreery, the Hinton Hospital, New River, Roses Drug Store (Hinton), Green Sulphur Springs, Confederate monument, Hotel McCreery, Hill Top Cemetery, and Greenbrier School, among other subjects. All photos are reprints and many are unidentified.","One photo of Margaret C. Pennington, mother of Cynthia Pennington, at the Pearl Trail farm in Judson.","Includes six VHS tapes: \nTV News \nTree Work City \nHinton Streetscape \nSteve Trail, TV News, BOE Meeting \nTV News \nReed Ceremony, Nov. 27, '85; Street Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 21, '86","Documents regarding economic development program for Hinton.","Election campaign letter.","Letter regarding loan of two photographs.","Includes a business card and a thank you note for materials loaned by Trail.","List of photos.","One letter from Stephen Trail to Robert Maslowski, US Army Corps of Engineers.","Material regarding 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia; includes membership card, delegate ticket, etc.","Assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.","Assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeparated to the dvd / vhs / betacam collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  DVD and betacam copies of motion picture documentary of Hinton, West Virginia. Created in 1963 by the Area Redevelopment Agency of the U.S. government, it aimed to promote economic development in Hinton after the fading of the economy based upon steam railroads. (See items numbered 125 and 126 in the collection.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Separated to the book collection; forwarded to Curator of Books:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Bragg, Melody. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThurmond and Ghost Towns of the New River Gorge\u003c/title\u003e. Glen Jean, West Virginia: Gem Publications, ca. 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Daly, Dorothy. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Dart, 1926, Volume VII\u003c/title\u003e. Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class of Hinton High School, 1926.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDirectory of Hinton, West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. 1927.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Enoch, Harry G. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAffair at Captina Creek\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Foster, Elizabeth Carroll. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Carrolls and Their Neighbors 1618-1800s\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Glen Jean Historical Society. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDunloop Days: Glen Jean to Thurmond: Exciting Times and Precious Memories\u003c/title\u003e. Glen Jean, West Virginia: Glen Jean Historical Society, ca. 1989.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Grafton, Emily. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Adventure Guide to the Natural History of Blackwater Falls State Park\u003c/title\u003e. Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, 2002.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Harsh, Sharon Wilmoth. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSchool Board Minutes, Enumeration Lists and Account Records, Barbour County, West Virginia: Township of Barker, 1870-1890; Independent District of Bellington, 1893-1899\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Hatcher, Charles Silas. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistorical Genealogy of the Basham, Ellison, Hatcher, Lilly, Meadows, Pack, Walker, and Other Families\u003c/title\u003e. Princeton, West Virginia: Jake Forest Hatcher, 1980.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistory of the Great Kanawha Valley, Volume I\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Keller, Barbara, editor. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSummers County, West Virginia, Historical Society: Cemetery Book\u003c/title\u003e. Beckley, West Virginia: BJW Printing, 1996.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Keller, Robert, editor. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSenior \"34\"\u003c/title\u003e. Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Kirk, Bert A., Harold Neely, and the Hinton Junior Chamber of Commerce, editors. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHinton City Directory\u003c/title\u003e. White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: Sentinel Publishers, 1939.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Lilly, Jack. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistorical Genealogy of the Lilly Family\u003c/title\u003e. Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1977.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Lilly, Jack. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLilly Family History, 1566-1997\u003c/title\u003e. Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1997.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Lilly, Jack. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Heritage: The Lilly Family, Vol. II\u003c/title\u003e. Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1978.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Long, Fred and Steve Trail. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistoric Pence Springs Resort\u003c/title\u003e. 1987.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Marockie, Henry R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSchool Laws of West Virginia: 1989 Edition\u003c/title\u003e. Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1990.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McBride, W. Stephen, Kim Arbogast McBride, and Greg Adamson. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrontier Forts in West Virginia: Historical and Archaeological Explorations\u003c/title\u003e. Edited by Lora A. Lamarre and Joanna L. Wilson. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2003.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McKey, JoAnn Riley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAccomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1682-1690, Volume 7\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McKey, JoAnn Riley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAccomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1690-1697, Volume 8\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McKey, JoAnn Riley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAccomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1703-1710, Volume 10\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McNeer, Sally Withrow. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEchoes of Summers\u003c/title\u003e. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Miller, Hurley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOnce in a Lifetime\u003c/title\u003e. Raleigh: Pentland Press, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Myers, Tom E. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMoccasin Trails of the French and Indian War: The Eastern Frontier War 1743-1758\u003c/title\u003e. Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Pemberton, Robert L. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA History of Pleasants County, West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Peters, Okey Erwin, compiler. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eConrad Peters and Wife Clara Snidow\u003c/title\u003e. Paducah, Kentucky: Paducah Printing Co., 1954.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Roles, Joe B. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMary Janes's War: A Civil War Novel Based on a True Story\u003c/title\u003e. Annandale, Virginia: Joe B. Roles, 2002.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Scott, Eugene. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThurmond: Dodge City of West Virginia: Believe It or Not City\u003c/title\u003e. Beckley, West Virginia: Eugene Scott, undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Senior Class of Hinton High School. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Senior Handbook; 1935\u003c/title\u003e. Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1935.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Shuff, Murray. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eStone Cliff, West Virginia: \"Life Along New River\", 1930-1938\u003c/title\u003e. Beckley, West Virginia: Central Printing Company, 1984.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Small, Sally, Louis Torres, Larry J. Reynolds, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThurmond Commercial Buildings: New River Gorge, National River, West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Stewart, Kathleen. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an \"Other\" America\u003c/title\u003e. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Sullivan, Ken. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThurmond: A New River Community\u003c/title\u003e. Oak Hill, West Virginia: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, ca. 1989.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Taylor, Sharon. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Amazing Story of the Gwinns in America\u003c/title\u003e. Washington, D.C.: Halbert's, 1982.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Trail, Stephen D. and Vandalia Consultants, Inc. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBluestone Dam 50th Anniversary Commemorative Album 1949-1999\u003c/title\u003e. Hinton, West Virginia: Fox Photographics, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  United States. National Park Service. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDenver Service Center. Development Concept Plan / Interpretive Prospectus: Thurmond, New River Gorge National River, West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  United States. National Park Service. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLand Protection Plan: New River Gorge\u003c/title\u003e. Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, 1984.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Wardell, Patrick G., compiler. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginians and West Virginians, 1607-1870, Volume 1\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Wilson, Goodridge. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSmyth County History and Traditions\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Separated to closed collections:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Baseball card of Jack Warhop, originally in box 79, folder 15.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHinton High School Year Books, titled \"The Dart\", were separated to the book collection at the History Center.  Includes years 1924, 1925 (2 copies), 1936, 1940, 1954, 1955 (2 copies), 1956, 1957, and 1959.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials","Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Separated to the dvd / vhs / betacam collection:","  DVD and betacam copies of motion picture documentary of Hinton, West Virginia. Created in 1963 by the Area Redevelopment Agency of the U.S. government, it aimed to promote economic development in Hinton after the fading of the economy based upon steam railroads. (See items numbered 125 and 126 in the collection.)","  Separated to the book collection; forwarded to Curator of Books:","  Bragg, Melody.  Thurmond and Ghost Towns of the New River Gorge . Glen Jean, West Virginia: Gem Publications, ca. 1995.","  Daly, Dorothy.  The Dart, 1926, Volume VII . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class of Hinton High School, 1926.","Directory of Hinton, West Virginia . 1927.","  Enoch, Harry G.  Affair at Captina Creek . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Foster, Elizabeth Carroll.  Virginia Carrolls and Their Neighbors 1618-1800s . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Glen Jean Historical Society.  Dunloop Days: Glen Jean to Thurmond: Exciting Times and Precious Memories . Glen Jean, West Virginia: Glen Jean Historical Society, ca. 1989.","  Grafton, Emily.  West Virginia Adventure Guide to the Natural History of Blackwater Falls State Park . Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, 2002.","  Harsh, Sharon Wilmoth.  School Board Minutes, Enumeration Lists and Account Records, Barbour County, West Virginia: Township of Barker, 1870-1890; Independent District of Bellington, 1893-1899 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  Hatcher, Charles Silas.  Historical Genealogy of the Basham, Ellison, Hatcher, Lilly, Meadows, Pack, Walker, and Other Families . Princeton, West Virginia: Jake Forest Hatcher, 1980.","History of the Great Kanawha Valley, Volume I . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  Keller, Barbara, editor.  Summers County, West Virginia, Historical Society: Cemetery Book . Beckley, West Virginia: BJW Printing, 1996.","  Keller, Robert, editor.  Senior \"34\" . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1934.","  Kirk, Bert A., Harold Neely, and the Hinton Junior Chamber of Commerce, editors.  Hinton City Directory . White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: Sentinel Publishers, 1939.","  Lilly, Jack.  Historical Genealogy of the Lilly Family . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1977.","  Lilly, Jack.  Lilly Family History, 1566-1997 . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1997.","  Lilly, Jack.  Our Heritage: The Lilly Family, Vol. II . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1978.","  Long, Fred and Steve Trail.  Historic Pence Springs Resort . 1987.","  Marockie, Henry R.  School Laws of West Virginia: 1989 Edition . Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1990.","  McBride, W. Stephen, Kim Arbogast McBride, and Greg Adamson.  Frontier Forts in West Virginia: Historical and Archaeological Explorations . Edited by Lora A. Lamarre and Joanna L. Wilson. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2003.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1682-1690, Volume 7 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1690-1697, Volume 8 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1703-1710, Volume 10 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  McNeer, Sally Withrow.  Echoes of Summers . Undated.","  Miller, Hurley.  Once in a Lifetime . Raleigh: Pentland Press, 2000.","  Myers, Tom E.  Moccasin Trails of the French and Indian War: The Eastern Frontier War 1743-1758 . Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1995.","  Pemberton, Robert L.  A History of Pleasants County, West Virginia . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Peters, Okey Erwin, compiler.  Conrad Peters and Wife Clara Snidow . Paducah, Kentucky: Paducah Printing Co., 1954.","  Roles, Joe B.  Mary Janes's War: A Civil War Novel Based on a True Story . Annandale, Virginia: Joe B. Roles, 2002.","  Scott, Eugene.  Thurmond: Dodge City of West Virginia: Believe It or Not City . Beckley, West Virginia: Eugene Scott, undated.","  Senior Class of Hinton High School.  The Senior Handbook; 1935 . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1935.","  Shuff, Murray.  Stone Cliff, West Virginia: \"Life Along New River\", 1930-1938 . Beckley, West Virginia: Central Printing Company, 1984.","  Small, Sally, Louis Torres, Larry J. Reynolds, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center.  Thurmond Commercial Buildings: New River Gorge, National River, West Virginia . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.","  Stewart, Kathleen.  A Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an \"Other\" America . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.","  Sullivan, Ken.  Thurmond: A New River Community . Oak Hill, West Virginia: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, ca. 1989.","  Taylor, Sharon.  The Amazing Story of the Gwinns in America . Washington, D.C.: Halbert's, 1982.","  Trail, Stephen D. and Vandalia Consultants, Inc.  Bluestone Dam 50th Anniversary Commemorative Album 1949-1999 . Hinton, West Virginia: Fox Photographics, 1999.","  United States. National Park Service.  Denver Service Center. Development Concept Plan / Interpretive Prospectus: Thurmond, New River Gorge National River, West Virginia . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.","  United States. National Park Service.  Land Protection Plan: New River Gorge . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, 1984.","  Wardell, Patrick G., compiler.  Virginians and West Virginians, 1607-1870, Volume 1 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.","  Wilson, Goodridge.  Smyth County History and Traditions . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.","  Separated to closed collections:","  Baseball card of Jack Warhop, originally in box 79, folder 15.","Hinton High School Year Books, titled \"The Dart\", were separated to the book collection at the History Center.  Includes years 1924, 1925 (2 copies), 1936, 1940, 1954, 1955 (2 copies), 1956, 1957, and 1959."],"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_43a428a036329b8d08d80398402053d8\"\u003eRecords and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHinton Daily News\u003c/emph\u003e (later the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHinton News\u003c/emph\u003e). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the  Hinton Daily News  (later the  Hinton News ). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_93518063762d4bcef4eb8598eb8cce65\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Va.)","Fayette County (W. Va.)","Green Sulphur Springs (W. Va.)","Greenbrier County (W. Va.)","Hinton (W. Va.)","Mercer County (W. Va.)","Monroe County (W. Va.)","New River Gorge (W. Va.)","New River (N.C.-W. Va.)","Pence Springs (W. Va.)","Raleigh County (W. Va.)","Sandstone (W. Va.)","Summers County (W. Va.)","Talcott (W. Va.)","Genealogies.","Schools","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the  Hinton Daily News  (later the  Hinton News ). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.","Records about Hinton include photos and documents related to businesses and buildings. Highlights includes documentation for the Hinton National Historic District nomination; photos, game programs, and other records related to Hinton High School and its sports teams, including football and basketball; and photos, clippings, and ephemera regarding the West Virginia Water Festival, including pageant contestants and winners.","Genealogy and family history materials include genealogy charts, narrative histories, oral histories, and photographs (historic and more recent) of families of southeastern West Virginia.","Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad materials document activities of the company primarily in Hinton and Summers County, but includes other regions as well. Materials include photographs, clippings, and other documents about trains, railroads, tunnels, and construction. Highlights include historical photographs of railroad buildings, engines, and company employees.","Geographical features are documented by photographs and other material related to the construction of Bluestone Dam, and to the history of the New River, New River Gorge National Park, and other area rivers such as the Greenbrier. There are also records related to bridges and bridge construction, as well as numerous archaeological records, including surveys, maps, and reports.","Summers County communities, including Avis, Greenbrier, Green Sulphur Springs, Pence Springs, Sandstone, and Talcott, are documented by photographs, maps, and other material. Schools and churches in these communities are documented by photographs, school newspapers, bulletins, and other records.","War-related material includes photographs, clippings, and other documents. Highlights include photos of Civil War veterans at reunions, and photos and clippings related to World War I and World War II, including parades and the transportation of troops on the C\u0026O Railroad.\n \nNote on Terminology in the Contents List:","Photographs are referred to as \"photos\", \"prints\", or the specific photo type (tintype, carte de visite [CDV], cabinet card, or mounted photo). Photographs can also be found, of course, through the term \"negatives\"; many negatives do not have corresponding prints.","For genealogical information, search for a specific family name, or more generally, search for the terms \"genealogy\" or \"family history\". Photographs or negatives of \"family members\" identify groups of photographs of numerous individuals who share the same last name (or related name).","The Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad can be both spelled out fully or abbreviated C\u0026O.","Clippings may also be noted as articles or newspapers.","Addendum of 2018/02/27 is located in box 110 through box 116. It includes material relating to Stephen D. Trail's personal career, the history of the Trail family, and the history of Summers County, W. Va. Types of records include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, publications, and other material.","\nAddendum of 2018/05/31 comprises box 117 through box 128.  This material was compiled by Fred Long, who worked at the Hinton Daily News. It includes records relating to Hinton, W. Va., Pence Springs resort and prison, and other subjects related to Greenbrier and Summers counties. Much of this material is foldered by topic; many of these topical folders contain clippings from the Hinton Daily News, as well as related material, such as photographs, publications, and correspondence, etc.","Addendum of 2018/07/03 comprises box 129 through box 131. This addendum includes materials relating to Stephen Trail's life and career, material relating to Summers County History, several issues of the Proceedings of the New River Symposium, bound transcriptions of the Summers County 1880 census and marriage records from 1871-1883, and two books: Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes by Ruth Woods Dayton, and A History of Greenbrier County by Otis K. Rice.","Addendum of 2024 September 18 (box 129, folder 36) includes a folder of assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.","Addendum of 2024 December 03 (box 132) includes prints of photographs taken by Philip Bagdon, photocopies of mounted photographs, and assorted printed ephemera regarding Summers County, WV, and other locations in the south West Virginia.","Addendum of 2025 February 10 (box 132) includes the Lower Greenbrier River Byway, Lowell Backway and Wolf Creek Backway Draft Corridor Management Plan and Alderson \"French the Friendly Lion\" and Riverwise Labyrinth pamphlets.","Addendum of 2025 September 19 (box 132) includes assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.","Hinton News, The Register-Herald, The Post-Report, The Monroe Watchman","\"People, Places, and Things\" column and article on Pipestem public water system.","Several issues of column entitled \"Anecdotes in Summers County,\" mostly discussing Hinton in the late 19th century.","Includes photocopy of book by Lively entitled \"Historical Summers County.\" Also includes clippings and drafts of articles relating to Summers County history.","One page article by Stephen Trail.","Includes two articles: \"The Battle at Rich Mountain\" by Kenneth L. Carvell, and \"The Kanawha Rebel Victory\" by Terry Lowry.","Includes articles on Civil War letters by Jeff Gammage and Fred Long, as well as four transcpritions of Civil War soldier letters copied by Fred Long.","Includes articles from several newspapers, including the Hinton Daily News, and magazines pertaining to Elvis, specifically his death and continuing legacy.","Includes one article entitled \"A History of Monroe County West Virginia\" by Oren F. Morton discussing the construction of Cook's Fort.","Two articles from the Hinton Daily News and one article in Wonderful West Virginia (August 1975).","Includes an article on the genealogy of the Keeney family, a photocopied map of western Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina from 1778, and a list of names taken from the Blaken Mill Road Cemetery in Alderson.","Includes entry from \"West Virginians in the Revolution\" on John and Peter Van Bibber, information on Samuel Gwinn, one page of notes from \"Pioneers and their Homes on Upper Kanawha,\" and two selections from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.\"","Photocopy of article by Roy Bird Cook entitled \"Virginia Frontier Defenses, 1719-1795\" publixhed in the West Virginia Blue Book, 1936.","Includes a pamphlet for \"Hatfields and MacCoys\" outdoor drama, a booklet titled \"The True Facts About the Famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud,\" and a newspaper clipping featuring a photo of a statue of Devil Anse Hatfield.","Two-page advertisement for the Hinton Daily News, including history of the paper, distribution information, and a list of distributors.","Includes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes 1970 student handbook and board meeting minutes.","Includes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes issues of the Dart, board meeting minutes, a list of the numbers of white, female students per school year (1880-1910), and a copy of the original deed for the school.","Includes photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Hinton High School.","Includes articles on the Hinton National Historic District, a booklet entitled \"Historic Hinton: Ready for the Future,\" and a folder of materials labeled \"Scenic Summers County in souther West Virginia.\"","Includes photocopies of photographs used as part of the Hinton Historic District Survey in 1983.","Includes mostly columns relating Hinton history. Also includes stories on the flood of 1940, John Henry, a train wreck in 1976, and other topics.","Includes three articles from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\" and an unidentified book on Pocahontas County discussing early Native American trails and trade networks.","Includes two articles (one by Fred Long) about \"Mad Anne\" Bailey, a woman soldier and Indian fighter during Lord Dunmore's War and the American War for Independence in Western Virginia.","Includes: Gray's New Map of Hinton (1876, reprint); map of summers county (1933, reprint); Washington's Cahin of Forts (undated, copied from a book); Archaeological Survey of New River Bluestone Reservoir (undated); Botetourt County, Virginia (1778, reprint); \"The Springs of Virginia and the Routes leading thereto\" (undated, reprint); Map of Hill Crest Cemetery (undated); Map of Section One of East Hill Cemetery (undated).","Includes: General Highway Map Augusta County (1973); Augusta County Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (1963); Map of the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike (1840, reprint); Map of Greenbrier County, W. Va. (1887, reprint); West Virginia Official Highway Map (ca. 1980); Map of Alleghany County Virginia (undated, reprint); Map of Augusta County Virginia (1886, reprint); \"The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of the Distances\" (1776, reprint); The Town of Staunton (1749, reprint); Augusta County (1777, reprint); Welcome to Lewisburg (ca. 1975); Lewisburg, W. Va. Historic Walking Tour (undated); Staunton Virginia (ca. 1960); Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia (1978); Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland (1755, reprint).","Includes notes on the First Christian Church of Hinton, black and white engravings of Hinton scenes, two historic West Virginia postcards, and an article on a large rock carved in 1814 in Beckley, W. Va., among other items.","Includes articles of incorporation and bylaws for The Pipestem Foundation, Inc., a map and brochure for the park, a newspaper article about the Old Time Mountain Music Festival, and a pamphlet by Earl L. Core discussing the history of the pipestem name and plant.","Includes a letter and photocopies of historical material sent to Fred Long relating to W.F. Echols, a C\u0026O railroad conductor in Huntington during the early 1900s.","Includes one photocopy of \"A Brief History of the Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, 1987\" by John W. Dumont.","Includes one copy of an official report addressing a train collision that occurred near Vaughn, Mississippi on April 30, 1900 involving Engineer J.L. (Casey) Jones. This incident later became a folk legend and was the subject of a popular ballad.","Subjects of photos include Hinton High School, John Henry statue, aerial images of Hinton and surrounding areas, unidentified construction photos, First National Bank, Bluestone Dam, Chessie Steam Special, a Hinton parade, the Bluestone Conference Center, Aunt Jane Williams, Low Gap Methodist Church, and a turn-of-the-century a group of men playing pool, among other subjects. Many of the photos are not identified or dated. Some are reprints.","Subjects of photos include Bluestone Dam, the James Graham House, Coney Island (Hinton), Bank of Alderson, Fred Long and wife, Cooper's Mill, and two turn-of-the-century school group photos.","Subjects of photos include Summers County Court House, City of Hinton Fire Department, the James Graham House, Swift and Company, James T. McCreery, the Hinton Hospital, New River, Roses Drug Store (Hinton), Green Sulphur Springs, Confederate monument, Hotel McCreery, Hill Top Cemetery, and Greenbrier School, among other subjects. All photos are reprints and many are unidentified.","One photo of Margaret C. Pennington, mother of Cynthia Pennington, at the Pearl Trail farm in Judson.","Includes six VHS tapes: \nTV News \nTree Work City \nHinton Streetscape \nSteve Trail, TV News, BOE Meeting \nTV News \nReed Ceremony, Nov. 27, '85; Street Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 21, '86","Documents regarding economic development program for Hinton.","Election campaign letter.","Letter regarding loan of two photographs.","Includes a business card and a thank you note for materials loaned by Trail.","List of photos.","One letter from Stephen Trail to Robert Maslowski, US Army Corps of Engineers.","Material regarding 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia; includes membership card, delegate ticket, etc.","Assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.","Assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.","Separated to the dvd / vhs / betacam collection:","  DVD and betacam copies of motion picture documentary of Hinton, West Virginia. Created in 1963 by the Area Redevelopment Agency of the U.S. government, it aimed to promote economic development in Hinton after the fading of the economy based upon steam railroads. (See items numbered 125 and 126 in the collection.)","  Separated to the book collection; forwarded to Curator of Books:","  Bragg, Melody.  Thurmond and Ghost Towns of the New River Gorge . Glen Jean, West Virginia: Gem Publications, ca. 1995.","  Daly, Dorothy.  The Dart, 1926, Volume VII . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class of Hinton High School, 1926.","Directory of Hinton, West Virginia . 1927.","  Enoch, Harry G.  Affair at Captina Creek . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Foster, Elizabeth Carroll.  Virginia Carrolls and Their Neighbors 1618-1800s . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Glen Jean Historical Society.  Dunloop Days: Glen Jean to Thurmond: Exciting Times and Precious Memories . Glen Jean, West Virginia: Glen Jean Historical Society, ca. 1989.","  Grafton, Emily.  West Virginia Adventure Guide to the Natural History of Blackwater Falls State Park . Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, 2002.","  Harsh, Sharon Wilmoth.  School Board Minutes, Enumeration Lists and Account Records, Barbour County, West Virginia: Township of Barker, 1870-1890; Independent District of Bellington, 1893-1899 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  Hatcher, Charles Silas.  Historical Genealogy of the Basham, Ellison, Hatcher, Lilly, Meadows, Pack, Walker, and Other Families . Princeton, West Virginia: Jake Forest Hatcher, 1980.","History of the Great Kanawha Valley, Volume I . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  Keller, Barbara, editor.  Summers County, West Virginia, Historical Society: Cemetery Book . Beckley, West Virginia: BJW Printing, 1996.","  Keller, Robert, editor.  Senior \"34\" . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1934.","  Kirk, Bert A., Harold Neely, and the Hinton Junior Chamber of Commerce, editors.  Hinton City Directory . White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: Sentinel Publishers, 1939.","  Lilly, Jack.  Historical Genealogy of the Lilly Family . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1977.","  Lilly, Jack.  Lilly Family History, 1566-1997 . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1997.","  Lilly, Jack.  Our Heritage: The Lilly Family, Vol. II . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1978.","  Long, Fred and Steve Trail.  Historic Pence Springs Resort . 1987.","  Marockie, Henry R.  School Laws of West Virginia: 1989 Edition . Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1990.","  McBride, W. Stephen, Kim Arbogast McBride, and Greg Adamson.  Frontier Forts in West Virginia: Historical and Archaeological Explorations . Edited by Lora A. Lamarre and Joanna L. Wilson. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2003.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1682-1690, Volume 7 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1690-1697, Volume 8 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1703-1710, Volume 10 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  McNeer, Sally Withrow.  Echoes of Summers . Undated.","  Miller, Hurley.  Once in a Lifetime . Raleigh: Pentland Press, 2000.","  Myers, Tom E.  Moccasin Trails of the French and Indian War: The Eastern Frontier War 1743-1758 . Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1995.","  Pemberton, Robert L.  A History of Pleasants County, West Virginia . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Peters, Okey Erwin, compiler.  Conrad Peters and Wife Clara Snidow . Paducah, Kentucky: Paducah Printing Co., 1954.","  Roles, Joe B.  Mary Janes's War: A Civil War Novel Based on a True Story . Annandale, Virginia: Joe B. Roles, 2002.","  Scott, Eugene.  Thurmond: Dodge City of West Virginia: Believe It or Not City . Beckley, West Virginia: Eugene Scott, undated.","  Senior Class of Hinton High School.  The Senior Handbook; 1935 . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1935.","  Shuff, Murray.  Stone Cliff, West Virginia: \"Life Along New River\", 1930-1938 . Beckley, West Virginia: Central Printing Company, 1984.","  Small, Sally, Louis Torres, Larry J. Reynolds, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center.  Thurmond Commercial Buildings: New River Gorge, National River, West Virginia . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.","  Stewart, Kathleen.  A Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an \"Other\" America . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.","  Sullivan, Ken.  Thurmond: A New River Community . Oak Hill, West Virginia: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, ca. 1989.","  Taylor, Sharon.  The Amazing Story of the Gwinns in America . Washington, D.C.: Halbert's, 1982.","  Trail, Stephen D. and Vandalia Consultants, Inc.  Bluestone Dam 50th Anniversary Commemorative Album 1949-1999 . Hinton, West Virginia: Fox Photographics, 1999.","  United States. National Park Service.  Denver Service Center. Development Concept Plan / Interpretive Prospectus: Thurmond, New River Gorge National River, West Virginia . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.","  United States. National Park Service.  Land Protection Plan: New River Gorge . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, 1984.","  Wardell, Patrick G., compiler.  Virginians and West Virginians, 1607-1870, Volume 1 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.","  Wilson, Goodridge.  Smyth County History and Traditions . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.","  Separated to closed collections:","  Baseball card of Jack Warhop, originally in box 79, folder 15.","Hinton High School Year Books, titled \"The Dart\", were separated to the book collection at the History Center.  Includes years 1924, 1925 (2 copies), 1936, 1940, 1954, 1955 (2 copies), 1956, 1957, and 1959.","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.","Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the  Hinton Daily News  (later the  Hinton News ). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. 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The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRecords about Hinton include photos and documents related to businesses and buildings. Highlights includes documentation for the Hinton National Historic District nomination; photos, game programs, and other records related to Hinton High School and its sports teams, including football and basketball; and photos, clippings, and ephemera regarding the West Virginia Water Festival, including pageant contestants and winners.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGenealogy and family history materials include genealogy charts, narrative histories, oral histories, and photographs (historic and more recent) of families of southeastern West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eChesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad materials document activities of the company primarily in Hinton and Summers County, but includes other regions as well. Materials include photographs, clippings, and other documents about trains, railroads, tunnels, and construction. Highlights include historical photographs of railroad buildings, engines, and company employees.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeographical features are documented by photographs and other material related to the construction of Bluestone Dam, and to the history of the New River, New River Gorge National Park, and other area rivers such as the Greenbrier. There are also records related to bridges and bridge construction, as well as numerous archaeological records, including surveys, maps, and reports.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSummers County communities, including Avis, Greenbrier, Green Sulphur Springs, Pence Springs, Sandstone, and Talcott, are documented by photographs, maps, and other material. Schools and churches in these communities are documented by photographs, school newspapers, bulletins, and other records.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWar-related material includes photographs, clippings, and other documents. Highlights include photos of Civil War veterans at reunions, and photos and clippings related to World War I and World War II, including parades and the transportation of troops on the C\u0026amp;O Railroad.\n \nNote on Terminology in the Contents List:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs are referred to as \"photos\", \"prints\", or the specific photo type (tintype, carte de visite [CDV], cabinet card, or mounted photo). Photographs can also be found, of course, through the term \"negatives\"; many negatives do not have corresponding prints.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor genealogical information, search for a specific family name, or more generally, search for the terms \"genealogy\" or \"family history\". Photographs or negatives of \"family members\" identify groups of photographs of numerous individuals who share the same last name (or related name).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad can be both spelled out fully or abbreviated C\u0026amp;O.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eClippings may also be noted as articles or newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2018/02/27 is located in box 110 through box 116. It includes material relating to Stephen D. Trail's personal career, the history of the Trail family, and the history of Summers County, W. Va. Types of records include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, publications, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/05/31 comprises box 117 through box 128.  This material was compiled by Fred Long, who worked at the Hinton Daily News. It includes records relating to Hinton, W. Va., Pence Springs resort and prison, and other subjects related to Greenbrier and Summers counties. Much of this material is foldered by topic; many of these topical folders contain clippings from the Hinton Daily News, as well as related material, such as photographs, publications, and correspondence, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2018/07/03 comprises box 129 through box 131. This addendum includes materials relating to Stephen Trail's life and career, material relating to Summers County History, several issues of the Proceedings of the New River Symposium, bound transcriptions of the Summers County 1880 census and marriage records from 1871-1883, and two books: Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes by Ruth Woods Dayton, and A History of Greenbrier County by Otis K. Rice.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2024 September 18 (box 129, folder 36) includes a folder of assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2024 December 03 (box 132) includes prints of photographs taken by Philip Bagdon, photocopies of mounted photographs, and assorted printed ephemera regarding Summers County, WV, and other locations in the south West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2025 February 10 (box 132) includes the Lower Greenbrier River Byway, Lowell Backway and Wolf Creek Backway Draft Corridor Management Plan and Alderson \"French the Friendly Lion\" and Riverwise Labyrinth pamphlets.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddendum of 2025 September 19 (box 132) includes assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHinton News, The Register-Herald, The Post-Report, The Monroe Watchman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"People, Places, and Things\" column and article on Pipestem public water system.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral issues of column entitled \"Anecdotes in Summers County,\" mostly discussing Hinton in the late 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photocopy of book by Lively entitled \"Historical Summers County.\" Also includes clippings and drafts of articles relating to Summers County history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne page article by Stephen Trail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two articles: \"The Battle at Rich Mountain\" by Kenneth L. Carvell, and \"The Kanawha Rebel Victory\" by Terry Lowry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles on Civil War letters by Jeff Gammage and Fred Long, as well as four transcpritions of Civil War soldier letters copied by Fred Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles from several newspapers, including the Hinton Daily News, and magazines pertaining to Elvis, specifically his death and continuing legacy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one article entitled \"A History of Monroe County West Virginia\" by Oren F. Morton discussing the construction of Cook's Fort.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo articles from the Hinton Daily News and one article in Wonderful West Virginia (August 1975).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes an article on the genealogy of the Keeney family, a photocopied map of western Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina from 1778, and a list of names taken from the Blaken Mill Road Cemetery in Alderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes entry from \"West Virginians in the Revolution\" on John and Peter Van Bibber, information on Samuel Gwinn, one page of notes from \"Pioneers and their Homes on Upper Kanawha,\" and two selections from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopy of article by Roy Bird Cook entitled \"Virginia Frontier Defenses, 1719-1795\" publixhed in the West Virginia Blue Book, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a pamphlet for \"Hatfields and MacCoys\" outdoor drama, a booklet titled \"The True Facts About the Famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud,\" and a newspaper clipping featuring a photo of a statue of Devil Anse Hatfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo-page advertisement for the Hinton Daily News, including history of the paper, distribution information, and a list of distributors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes 1970 student handbook and board meeting minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes issues of the Dart, board meeting minutes, a list of the numbers of white, female students per school year (1880-1910), and a copy of the original deed for the school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Hinton High School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles on the Hinton National Historic District, a booklet entitled \"Historic Hinton: Ready for the Future,\" and a folder of materials labeled \"Scenic Summers County in souther West Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photocopies of photographs used as part of the Hinton Historic District Survey in 1983.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mostly columns relating Hinton history. Also includes stories on the flood of 1940, John Henry, a train wreck in 1976, and other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes three articles from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\" and an unidentified book on Pocahontas County discussing early Native American trails and trade networks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two articles (one by Fred Long) about \"Mad Anne\" Bailey, a woman soldier and Indian fighter during Lord Dunmore's War and the American War for Independence in Western Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes: Gray's New Map of Hinton (1876, reprint); map of summers county (1933, reprint); Washington's Cahin of Forts (undated, copied from a book); Archaeological Survey of New River Bluestone Reservoir (undated); Botetourt County, Virginia (1778, reprint); \"The Springs of Virginia and the Routes leading thereto\" (undated, reprint); Map of Hill Crest Cemetery (undated); Map of Section One of East Hill Cemetery (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes: General Highway Map Augusta County (1973); Augusta County Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (1963); Map of the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike (1840, reprint); Map of Greenbrier County, W. Va. (1887, reprint); West Virginia Official Highway Map (ca. 1980); Map of Alleghany County Virginia (undated, reprint); Map of Augusta County Virginia (1886, reprint); \"The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of the Distances\" (1776, reprint); The Town of Staunton (1749, reprint); Augusta County (1777, reprint); Welcome to Lewisburg (ca. 1975); Lewisburg, W. Va. Historic Walking Tour (undated); Staunton Virginia (ca. 1960); Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia (1978); Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland (1755, reprint).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes on the First Christian Church of Hinton, black and white engravings of Hinton scenes, two historic West Virginia postcards, and an article on a large rock carved in 1814 in Beckley, W. Va., among other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles of incorporation and bylaws for The Pipestem Foundation, Inc., a map and brochure for the park, a newspaper article about the Old Time Mountain Music Festival, and a pamphlet by Earl L. Core discussing the history of the pipestem name and plant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a letter and photocopies of historical material sent to Fred Long relating to W.F. Echols, a C\u0026amp;O railroad conductor in Huntington during the early 1900s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one photocopy of \"A Brief History of the Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, 1987\" by John W. Dumont.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one copy of an official report addressing a train collision that occurred near Vaughn, Mississippi on April 30, 1900 involving Engineer J.L. (Casey) Jones. This incident later became a folk legend and was the subject of a popular ballad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of photos include Hinton High School, John Henry statue, aerial images of Hinton and surrounding areas, unidentified construction photos, First National Bank, Bluestone Dam, Chessie Steam Special, a Hinton parade, the Bluestone Conference Center, Aunt Jane Williams, Low Gap Methodist Church, and a turn-of-the-century a group of men playing pool, among other subjects. Many of the photos are not identified or dated. Some are reprints.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of photos include Bluestone Dam, the James Graham House, Coney Island (Hinton), Bank of Alderson, Fred Long and wife, Cooper's Mill, and two turn-of-the-century school group photos.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of photos include Summers County Court House, City of Hinton Fire Department, the James Graham House, Swift and Company, James T. McCreery, the Hinton Hospital, New River, Roses Drug Store (Hinton), Green Sulphur Springs, Confederate monument, Hotel McCreery, Hill Top Cemetery, and Greenbrier School, among other subjects. All photos are reprints and many are unidentified.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne photo of Margaret C. Pennington, mother of Cynthia Pennington, at the Pearl Trail farm in Judson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes six VHS tapes:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nTV News\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nTree Work City\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHinton Streetscape\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSteve Trail, TV News, BOE Meeting\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nTV News\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReed Ceremony, Nov. 27, '85; Street Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 21, '86\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments regarding economic development program for Hinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElection campaign letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding loan of two photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a business card and a thank you note for materials loaned by Trail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of photos.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter from Stephen Trail to Robert Maslowski, US Army Corps of Engineers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial regarding 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia; includes membership card, delegate ticket, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAssorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAssorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the  Hinton Daily News  (later the  Hinton News ). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.","Records about Hinton include photos and documents related to businesses and buildings. Highlights includes documentation for the Hinton National Historic District nomination; photos, game programs, and other records related to Hinton High School and its sports teams, including football and basketball; and photos, clippings, and ephemera regarding the West Virginia Water Festival, including pageant contestants and winners.","Genealogy and family history materials include genealogy charts, narrative histories, oral histories, and photographs (historic and more recent) of families of southeastern West Virginia.","Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad materials document activities of the company primarily in Hinton and Summers County, but includes other regions as well. Materials include photographs, clippings, and other documents about trains, railroads, tunnels, and construction. Highlights include historical photographs of railroad buildings, engines, and company employees.","Geographical features are documented by photographs and other material related to the construction of Bluestone Dam, and to the history of the New River, New River Gorge National Park, and other area rivers such as the Greenbrier. There are also records related to bridges and bridge construction, as well as numerous archaeological records, including surveys, maps, and reports.","Summers County communities, including Avis, Greenbrier, Green Sulphur Springs, Pence Springs, Sandstone, and Talcott, are documented by photographs, maps, and other material. Schools and churches in these communities are documented by photographs, school newspapers, bulletins, and other records.","War-related material includes photographs, clippings, and other documents. Highlights include photos of Civil War veterans at reunions, and photos and clippings related to World War I and World War II, including parades and the transportation of troops on the C\u0026O Railroad.\n \nNote on Terminology in the Contents List:","Photographs are referred to as \"photos\", \"prints\", or the specific photo type (tintype, carte de visite [CDV], cabinet card, or mounted photo). Photographs can also be found, of course, through the term \"negatives\"; many negatives do not have corresponding prints.","For genealogical information, search for a specific family name, or more generally, search for the terms \"genealogy\" or \"family history\". Photographs or negatives of \"family members\" identify groups of photographs of numerous individuals who share the same last name (or related name).","The Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad can be both spelled out fully or abbreviated C\u0026O.","Clippings may also be noted as articles or newspapers.","Addendum of 2018/02/27 is located in box 110 through box 116. It includes material relating to Stephen D. Trail's personal career, the history of the Trail family, and the history of Summers County, W. Va. Types of records include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, publications, and other material.","\nAddendum of 2018/05/31 comprises box 117 through box 128.  This material was compiled by Fred Long, who worked at the Hinton Daily News. It includes records relating to Hinton, W. Va., Pence Springs resort and prison, and other subjects related to Greenbrier and Summers counties. Much of this material is foldered by topic; many of these topical folders contain clippings from the Hinton Daily News, as well as related material, such as photographs, publications, and correspondence, etc.","Addendum of 2018/07/03 comprises box 129 through box 131. This addendum includes materials relating to Stephen Trail's life and career, material relating to Summers County History, several issues of the Proceedings of the New River Symposium, bound transcriptions of the Summers County 1880 census and marriage records from 1871-1883, and two books: Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes by Ruth Woods Dayton, and A History of Greenbrier County by Otis K. Rice.","Addendum of 2024 September 18 (box 129, folder 36) includes a folder of assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.","Addendum of 2024 December 03 (box 132) includes prints of photographs taken by Philip Bagdon, photocopies of mounted photographs, and assorted printed ephemera regarding Summers County, WV, and other locations in the south West Virginia.","Addendum of 2025 February 10 (box 132) includes the Lower Greenbrier River Byway, Lowell Backway and Wolf Creek Backway Draft Corridor Management Plan and Alderson \"French the Friendly Lion\" and Riverwise Labyrinth pamphlets.","Addendum of 2025 September 19 (box 132) includes assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia.","Hinton News, The Register-Herald, The Post-Report, The Monroe Watchman","\"People, Places, and Things\" column and article on Pipestem public water system.","Several issues of column entitled \"Anecdotes in Summers County,\" mostly discussing Hinton in the late 19th century.","Includes photocopy of book by Lively entitled \"Historical Summers County.\" Also includes clippings and drafts of articles relating to Summers County history.","One page article by Stephen Trail.","Includes two articles: \"The Battle at Rich Mountain\" by Kenneth L. Carvell, and \"The Kanawha Rebel Victory\" by Terry Lowry.","Includes articles on Civil War letters by Jeff Gammage and Fred Long, as well as four transcpritions of Civil War soldier letters copied by Fred Long.","Includes articles from several newspapers, including the Hinton Daily News, and magazines pertaining to Elvis, specifically his death and continuing legacy.","Includes one article entitled \"A History of Monroe County West Virginia\" by Oren F. Morton discussing the construction of Cook's Fort.","Two articles from the Hinton Daily News and one article in Wonderful West Virginia (August 1975).","Includes an article on the genealogy of the Keeney family, a photocopied map of western Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina from 1778, and a list of names taken from the Blaken Mill Road Cemetery in Alderson.","Includes entry from \"West Virginians in the Revolution\" on John and Peter Van Bibber, information on Samuel Gwinn, one page of notes from \"Pioneers and their Homes on Upper Kanawha,\" and two selections from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.\"","Photocopy of article by Roy Bird Cook entitled \"Virginia Frontier Defenses, 1719-1795\" publixhed in the West Virginia Blue Book, 1936.","Includes a pamphlet for \"Hatfields and MacCoys\" outdoor drama, a booklet titled \"The True Facts About the Famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud,\" and a newspaper clipping featuring a photo of a statue of Devil Anse Hatfield.","Two-page advertisement for the Hinton Daily News, including history of the paper, distribution information, and a list of distributors.","Includes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes 1970 student handbook and board meeting minutes.","Includes copies of photographs and newspaper clippings about the school from its founding in 1896 onward. Articles report school's founding, fire at the school, and changes in superintendent, among other topics. Also includes issues of the Dart, board meeting minutes, a list of the numbers of white, female students per school year (1880-1910), and a copy of the original deed for the school.","Includes photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Hinton High School.","Includes articles on the Hinton National Historic District, a booklet entitled \"Historic Hinton: Ready for the Future,\" and a folder of materials labeled \"Scenic Summers County in souther West Virginia.\"","Includes photocopies of photographs used as part of the Hinton Historic District Survey in 1983.","Includes mostly columns relating Hinton history. Also includes stories on the flood of 1940, John Henry, a train wreck in 1976, and other topics.","Includes three articles from the \"West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\" and an unidentified book on Pocahontas County discussing early Native American trails and trade networks.","Includes two articles (one by Fred Long) about \"Mad Anne\" Bailey, a woman soldier and Indian fighter during Lord Dunmore's War and the American War for Independence in Western Virginia.","Includes: Gray's New Map of Hinton (1876, reprint); map of summers county (1933, reprint); Washington's Cahin of Forts (undated, copied from a book); Archaeological Survey of New River Bluestone Reservoir (undated); Botetourt County, Virginia (1778, reprint); \"The Springs of Virginia and the Routes leading thereto\" (undated, reprint); Map of Hill Crest Cemetery (undated); Map of Section One of East Hill Cemetery (undated).","Includes: General Highway Map Augusta County (1973); Augusta County Primary and Secondary Highway Systems (1963); Map of the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike (1840, reprint); Map of Greenbrier County, W. Va. (1887, reprint); West Virginia Official Highway Map (ca. 1980); Map of Alleghany County Virginia (undated, reprint); Map of Augusta County Virginia (1886, reprint); \"The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads and a Table of the Distances\" (1776, reprint); The Town of Staunton (1749, reprint); Augusta County (1777, reprint); Welcome to Lewisburg (ca. 1975); Lewisburg, W. Va. Historic Walking Tour (undated); Staunton Virginia (ca. 1960); Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia (1978); Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland (1755, reprint).","Includes notes on the First Christian Church of Hinton, black and white engravings of Hinton scenes, two historic West Virginia postcards, and an article on a large rock carved in 1814 in Beckley, W. Va., among other items.","Includes articles of incorporation and bylaws for The Pipestem Foundation, Inc., a map and brochure for the park, a newspaper article about the Old Time Mountain Music Festival, and a pamphlet by Earl L. Core discussing the history of the pipestem name and plant.","Includes a letter and photocopies of historical material sent to Fred Long relating to W.F. Echols, a C\u0026O railroad conductor in Huntington during the early 1900s.","Includes one photocopy of \"A Brief History of the Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia, 1987\" by John W. Dumont.","Includes one copy of an official report addressing a train collision that occurred near Vaughn, Mississippi on April 30, 1900 involving Engineer J.L. (Casey) Jones. This incident later became a folk legend and was the subject of a popular ballad.","Subjects of photos include Hinton High School, John Henry statue, aerial images of Hinton and surrounding areas, unidentified construction photos, First National Bank, Bluestone Dam, Chessie Steam Special, a Hinton parade, the Bluestone Conference Center, Aunt Jane Williams, Low Gap Methodist Church, and a turn-of-the-century a group of men playing pool, among other subjects. Many of the photos are not identified or dated. Some are reprints.","Subjects of photos include Bluestone Dam, the James Graham House, Coney Island (Hinton), Bank of Alderson, Fred Long and wife, Cooper's Mill, and two turn-of-the-century school group photos.","Subjects of photos include Summers County Court House, City of Hinton Fire Department, the James Graham House, Swift and Company, James T. McCreery, the Hinton Hospital, New River, Roses Drug Store (Hinton), Green Sulphur Springs, Confederate monument, Hotel McCreery, Hill Top Cemetery, and Greenbrier School, among other subjects. All photos are reprints and many are unidentified.","One photo of Margaret C. Pennington, mother of Cynthia Pennington, at the Pearl Trail farm in Judson.","Includes six VHS tapes: \nTV News \nTree Work City \nHinton Streetscape \nSteve Trail, TV News, BOE Meeting \nTV News \nReed Ceremony, Nov. 27, '85; Street Lighting Ceremony, Nov. 21, '86","Documents regarding economic development program for Hinton.","Election campaign letter.","Letter regarding loan of two photographs.","Includes a business card and a thank you note for materials loaned by Trail.","List of photos.","One letter from Stephen Trail to Robert Maslowski, US Army Corps of Engineers.","Material regarding 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia; includes membership card, delegate ticket, etc.","Assorted publications and printed ephemera regarding tourism in southeastern West Virginia and two county historical societies.","Assorted periodicals and other ephemera regarding Monroe County, WV, and other areas in southern West Virginia."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSeparated to the dvd / vhs / betacam collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  DVD and betacam copies of motion picture documentary of Hinton, West Virginia. Created in 1963 by the Area Redevelopment Agency of the U.S. government, it aimed to promote economic development in Hinton after the fading of the economy based upon steam railroads. (See items numbered 125 and 126 in the collection.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Separated to the book collection; forwarded to Curator of Books:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Bragg, Melody. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThurmond and Ghost Towns of the New River Gorge\u003c/title\u003e. Glen Jean, West Virginia: Gem Publications, ca. 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Daly, Dorothy. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Dart, 1926, Volume VII\u003c/title\u003e. Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class of Hinton High School, 1926.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDirectory of Hinton, West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. 1927.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Enoch, Harry G. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAffair at Captina Creek\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Foster, Elizabeth Carroll. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Carrolls and Their Neighbors 1618-1800s\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Glen Jean Historical Society. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDunloop Days: Glen Jean to Thurmond: Exciting Times and Precious Memories\u003c/title\u003e. Glen Jean, West Virginia: Glen Jean Historical Society, ca. 1989.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Grafton, Emily. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Adventure Guide to the Natural History of Blackwater Falls State Park\u003c/title\u003e. Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, 2002.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Harsh, Sharon Wilmoth. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSchool Board Minutes, Enumeration Lists and Account Records, Barbour County, West Virginia: Township of Barker, 1870-1890; Independent District of Bellington, 1893-1899\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Hatcher, Charles Silas. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistorical Genealogy of the Basham, Ellison, Hatcher, Lilly, Meadows, Pack, Walker, and Other Families\u003c/title\u003e. Princeton, West Virginia: Jake Forest Hatcher, 1980.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistory of the Great Kanawha Valley, Volume I\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Keller, Barbara, editor. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSummers County, West Virginia, Historical Society: Cemetery Book\u003c/title\u003e. Beckley, West Virginia: BJW Printing, 1996.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Keller, Robert, editor. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSenior \"34\"\u003c/title\u003e. Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Kirk, Bert A., Harold Neely, and the Hinton Junior Chamber of Commerce, editors. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHinton City Directory\u003c/title\u003e. White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: Sentinel Publishers, 1939.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Lilly, Jack. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistorical Genealogy of the Lilly Family\u003c/title\u003e. Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1977.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Lilly, Jack. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLilly Family History, 1566-1997\u003c/title\u003e. Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1997.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Lilly, Jack. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Heritage: The Lilly Family, Vol. II\u003c/title\u003e. Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1978.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Long, Fred and Steve Trail. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistoric Pence Springs Resort\u003c/title\u003e. 1987.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Marockie, Henry R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSchool Laws of West Virginia: 1989 Edition\u003c/title\u003e. Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1990.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McBride, W. Stephen, Kim Arbogast McBride, and Greg Adamson. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eFrontier Forts in West Virginia: Historical and Archaeological Explorations\u003c/title\u003e. Edited by Lora A. Lamarre and Joanna L. Wilson. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2003.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McKey, JoAnn Riley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAccomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1682-1690, Volume 7\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McKey, JoAnn Riley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAccomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1690-1697, Volume 8\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McKey, JoAnn Riley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eAccomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1703-1710, Volume 10\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  McNeer, Sally Withrow. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEchoes of Summers\u003c/title\u003e. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Miller, Hurley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOnce in a Lifetime\u003c/title\u003e. Raleigh: Pentland Press, 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Myers, Tom E. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMoccasin Trails of the French and Indian War: The Eastern Frontier War 1743-1758\u003c/title\u003e. Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1995.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Pemberton, Robert L. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA History of Pleasants County, West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Peters, Okey Erwin, compiler. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eConrad Peters and Wife Clara Snidow\u003c/title\u003e. Paducah, Kentucky: Paducah Printing Co., 1954.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Roles, Joe B. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMary Janes's War: A Civil War Novel Based on a True Story\u003c/title\u003e. Annandale, Virginia: Joe B. Roles, 2002.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Scott, Eugene. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThurmond: Dodge City of West Virginia: Believe It or Not City\u003c/title\u003e. Beckley, West Virginia: Eugene Scott, undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Senior Class of Hinton High School. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Senior Handbook; 1935\u003c/title\u003e. Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1935.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Shuff, Murray. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eStone Cliff, West Virginia: \"Life Along New River\", 1930-1938\u003c/title\u003e. Beckley, West Virginia: Central Printing Company, 1984.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Small, Sally, Louis Torres, Larry J. Reynolds, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThurmond Commercial Buildings: New River Gorge, National River, West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Stewart, Kathleen. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eA Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an \"Other\" America\u003c/title\u003e. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Sullivan, Ken. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThurmond: A New River Community\u003c/title\u003e. Oak Hill, West Virginia: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, ca. 1989.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Taylor, Sharon. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Amazing Story of the Gwinns in America\u003c/title\u003e. Washington, D.C.: Halbert's, 1982.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Trail, Stephen D. and Vandalia Consultants, Inc. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBluestone Dam 50th Anniversary Commemorative Album 1949-1999\u003c/title\u003e. Hinton, West Virginia: Fox Photographics, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  United States. National Park Service. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDenver Service Center. Development Concept Plan / Interpretive Prospectus: Thurmond, New River Gorge National River, West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  United States. National Park Service. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLand Protection Plan: New River Gorge\u003c/title\u003e. Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, 1984.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Wardell, Patrick G., compiler. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginians and West Virginians, 1607-1870, Volume 1\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Wilson, Goodridge. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSmyth County History and Traditions\u003c/title\u003e. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Separated to closed collections:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Baseball card of Jack Warhop, originally in box 79, folder 15.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHinton High School Year Books, titled \"The Dart\", were separated to the book collection at the History Center.  Includes years 1924, 1925 (2 copies), 1936, 1940, 1954, 1955 (2 copies), 1956, 1957, and 1959.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials","Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Separated to the dvd / vhs / betacam collection:","  DVD and betacam copies of motion picture documentary of Hinton, West Virginia. Created in 1963 by the Area Redevelopment Agency of the U.S. government, it aimed to promote economic development in Hinton after the fading of the economy based upon steam railroads. (See items numbered 125 and 126 in the collection.)","  Separated to the book collection; forwarded to Curator of Books:","  Bragg, Melody.  Thurmond and Ghost Towns of the New River Gorge . Glen Jean, West Virginia: Gem Publications, ca. 1995.","  Daly, Dorothy.  The Dart, 1926, Volume VII . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class of Hinton High School, 1926.","Directory of Hinton, West Virginia . 1927.","  Enoch, Harry G.  Affair at Captina Creek . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Foster, Elizabeth Carroll.  Virginia Carrolls and Their Neighbors 1618-1800s . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Glen Jean Historical Society.  Dunloop Days: Glen Jean to Thurmond: Exciting Times and Precious Memories . Glen Jean, West Virginia: Glen Jean Historical Society, ca. 1989.","  Grafton, Emily.  West Virginia Adventure Guide to the Natural History of Blackwater Falls State Park . Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, 2002.","  Harsh, Sharon Wilmoth.  School Board Minutes, Enumeration Lists and Account Records, Barbour County, West Virginia: Township of Barker, 1870-1890; Independent District of Bellington, 1893-1899 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  Hatcher, Charles Silas.  Historical Genealogy of the Basham, Ellison, Hatcher, Lilly, Meadows, Pack, Walker, and Other Families . Princeton, West Virginia: Jake Forest Hatcher, 1980.","History of the Great Kanawha Valley, Volume I . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  Keller, Barbara, editor.  Summers County, West Virginia, Historical Society: Cemetery Book . Beckley, West Virginia: BJW Printing, 1996.","  Keller, Robert, editor.  Senior \"34\" . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1934.","  Kirk, Bert A., Harold Neely, and the Hinton Junior Chamber of Commerce, editors.  Hinton City Directory . White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia: Sentinel Publishers, 1939.","  Lilly, Jack.  Historical Genealogy of the Lilly Family . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1977.","  Lilly, Jack.  Lilly Family History, 1566-1997 . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1997.","  Lilly, Jack.  Our Heritage: The Lilly Family, Vol. II . Canton, Ohio: Jack Lilly, 1978.","  Long, Fred and Steve Trail.  Historic Pence Springs Resort . 1987.","  Marockie, Henry R.  School Laws of West Virginia: 1989 Edition . Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1990.","  McBride, W. Stephen, Kim Arbogast McBride, and Greg Adamson.  Frontier Forts in West Virginia: Historical and Archaeological Explorations . Edited by Lora A. Lamarre and Joanna L. Wilson. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2003.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1682-1690, Volume 7 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1690-1697, Volume 8 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  McKey, JoAnn Riley.  Accomack County, Virginia: Court Order Abstracts; 1703-1710, Volume 10 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000.","  McNeer, Sally Withrow.  Echoes of Summers . Undated.","  Miller, Hurley.  Once in a Lifetime . Raleigh: Pentland Press, 2000.","  Myers, Tom E.  Moccasin Trails of the French and Indian War: The Eastern Frontier War 1743-1758 . Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1995.","  Pemberton, Robert L.  A History of Pleasants County, West Virginia . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.","  Peters, Okey Erwin, compiler.  Conrad Peters and Wife Clara Snidow . Paducah, Kentucky: Paducah Printing Co., 1954.","  Roles, Joe B.  Mary Janes's War: A Civil War Novel Based on a True Story . Annandale, Virginia: Joe B. Roles, 2002.","  Scott, Eugene.  Thurmond: Dodge City of West Virginia: Believe It or Not City . Beckley, West Virginia: Eugene Scott, undated.","  Senior Class of Hinton High School.  The Senior Handbook; 1935 . Hinton, West Virginia: Senior Class, Hinton High School, 1935.","  Shuff, Murray.  Stone Cliff, West Virginia: \"Life Along New River\", 1930-1938 . Beckley, West Virginia: Central Printing Company, 1984.","  Small, Sally, Louis Torres, Larry J. Reynolds, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center.  Thurmond Commercial Buildings: New River Gorge, National River, West Virginia . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.","  Stewart, Kathleen.  A Space on the Side of the Road: Cultural Poetics in an \"Other\" America . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996.","  Sullivan, Ken.  Thurmond: A New River Community . Oak Hill, West Virginia: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, ca. 1989.","  Taylor, Sharon.  The Amazing Story of the Gwinns in America . Washington, D.C.: Halbert's, 1982.","  Trail, Stephen D. and Vandalia Consultants, Inc.  Bluestone Dam 50th Anniversary Commemorative Album 1949-1999 . Hinton, West Virginia: Fox Photographics, 1999.","  United States. National Park Service.  Denver Service Center. Development Concept Plan / Interpretive Prospectus: Thurmond, New River Gorge National River, West Virginia . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1992.","  United States. National Park Service.  Land Protection Plan: New River Gorge . Denver, Colorado: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, 1984.","  Wardell, Patrick G., compiler.  Virginians and West Virginians, 1607-1870, Volume 1 . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.","  Wilson, Goodridge.  Smyth County History and Traditions . Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998.","  Separated to closed collections:","  Baseball card of Jack Warhop, originally in box 79, folder 15.","Hinton High School Year Books, titled \"The Dart\", were separated to the book collection at the History Center.  Includes years 1924, 1925 (2 copies), 1936, 1940, 1954, 1955 (2 copies), 1956, 1957, and 1959."],"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_43a428a036329b8d08d80398402053d8\"\u003eRecords and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHinton Daily News\u003c/emph\u003e (later the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHinton News\u003c/emph\u003e). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026amp;O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Records and photographs documenting the history of southeastern West Virginia compiled by Summers County residents Fred Long and Stephen Trail. Many of the items were collected by a local newspaper, the  Hinton Daily News  (later the  Hinton News ). The collection focuses on the history of Summers County and Hinton from the mid-1700s to 2012, as well as the history of other areas in southeastern Virginia and western Virginia. Subjects include the town of Hinton, Hinton High School and Summers County schools, genealogy and family history, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C\u0026O) Railroad, archaeological and geographical features, other Summers County communities, wars, and other topics. Materials include a large quantity of photographs and negatives along with clippings, printed materials, ephemera, oral histories, maps, motion pictures, sound recordings, typescripts, manuscripts, and other types of materials. Many items are facsimiles of photos, documents, and newspapers."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_93518063762d4bcef4eb8598eb8cce65\"\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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/"],"names_coll_ssim":["Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company","Long, Frederick","Trail, Stephen D.","Bagdon, Philip V."],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company"],"persname_ssim":["Long, Frederick","Trail, Stephen D.","Bagdon, Philip V."],"language_ssim":["English \n.    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There are also photocopies of primary sources of information supplementary to the White Day Creek book, including: letters and financial ledger of the Watson family (1820-1890); essay titled \"Smithtown Local History\" (1922); business ledger of George Washington Stevens, a cobbler (1890s); deeds and estate sale documents of William Morris (1854); grist mill business ledger of Sam Smith (1894); financial ledger and \"folk wisdom\" of Levi Devault (ca. 1875-1900); and the history of the Weaver family, including estate sale information (1854). The history of education in Marion County is documented in the photocopied \"1992 Dedication of the Snodgrass One-Room Schoolhouse Museum; October 30, 1992.\" (Original in Printed Ephemera Collection.) 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His weekly \"Notes\" column in the local papers contained large quantities of information on local history, county residents, genealogy, and the Civil War in Greenbrier County. He also served as the County Clerk and County Historian for Greenbrier. Zimmerman married Sallie R. Chockley (ca. 1859-March 16, 1931) on April 8, 1883. They had a son, Frank (b. ca. 1894), and a daughter, Edith (b. February 23, 1901). Edith married James A. Lett on September 11, 1920. She also engaged in historical and genealogical pursuits.","Thomas and Nancy Reynolds  were the parents of  Alexander W. Reynolds ,  Sallie (Sally) Reynolds Patton , and possibly Eliza S. Mathews. Sallie married William Patton and had a son, also named William, who died in 1870. Alexander and his wife, Mary, had a daughter named Sally who died of scarlet fever in 1852. They also had a son, Frank, and a grandson called Aleck.","Roy Bird Cook  (April 1, 1886 - November 21, 1961) was born in Lewis County, near Roanoke, WV. 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In the next few weeks, these new recruits found themselves in the war's first arena, a tactical struggle for control of the Confederacy's northwestern flank--the hills, rails, and rivers of what would soon become the nation's 35th state, West Virginia.","\nComposed of some of the war's earliest recruits, the 31st Virginia Infantry would see action under General Garnett, William L. \"Mudwall\" Jackson, Jones and Imboden, Stonewall Jackson, Jubal Early, and many more legendary Confederate commanders, at battles including Corrick's Ford, Cross Keys, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, New Market, and others. Approximately 57 of the 850 men who joined the regiment in 1861 witnessed Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.","\nA detailed history of the 31st Virginia by James Dell Cooke is available online. Researchers are also referred to John M. Ashcraft's '31st Virginia Infantry' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1988).","81, 858, 895, 1309, 1379, 1528, 1561","Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia.","\nSeries 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds.","\nSeries 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc.","\nSeries 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.","\nSpecific topics of Series 1 through 5 include: correspondence regarding the genealogy of families in West Virginia and Virginia, with a special focus on Greenbrier County (1881-1943); Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds' life and military career before and during the Civil War, as well as his post-War service in the Army of the Viceroy (Khedive) of Egypt (1835-1875 and undated); correspondence of Thomas H. Dennis, editor of the  Greenbrier Independent , regarding county affairs, politics, and local history (1899-1921); the Lewisburg Methodist Episcopal Church (1834-1843 and undated); the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, and other area schools (1827-1879 and undated); biographical sketches of area persons and families, such as the Alexander, Anderson, Burnside, Beirne, Caldwell, Crawford, Creigh, Erskine, Feamster, Mathews, McElhenney, McLaughlin, Nickell, Reynolds, Smith, Thompson, Van Bibber, and Welch families (1830-1937); and the history of Greenbrier County (1867-1940 and undated), among others.","\nSpecific topics of Series 6 through 8 include: the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate and Union units (1855-1938 and undated [bulk 1861-1865]); financial accounts of general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. (ca. 1853-1899); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated), among others.","\nSpecific topics of Series 9 include: students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); Greenbrier death records (undated); the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate units (1861-1864); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated).","\nMore information on the content of each series in this collection is available in the series-level records.","This series contains six subseries.","Includes correspondence regarding genealogy of families in Greenbrier County, including letters to Marcellus W. Zimmerman and his daughter Edith Lett (regarding Zimmerman's genealogy and history notes).","This subseries includes letters to and from Sallie Patton of Lewisburg, Nancy Reynolds, Granville Alderson, Frank Reynolds, S. B. Hern, I. W. Branham, and Thomas Reeves Ash. Subjects include family matters and the Civil War. Highlights include letters describing military action near Lewisburg (1862), Confederate military camps and officers (1862), and \"Yankee\" depredations in Lewisburg (1864). 14 items.","This subseries includes mainly letters written by Alexander W. Reynolds to his sister Sallie Patton. Topics include family matters, Reynolds' military work before the Civil War, Civil War related correspondence while Reynolds was an officer in the Confederate States Army, and Reynolds' experiences serving in the army of the Viceroy of Egypt.","This subseries includes military orders, vouchers, and correspondence related to Reynolds' time in the Confederate States Army.","This subseries includes letters to Dennis, who was a Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Superintendent of Greenbrier County Schools, Colonel in the Confederate Army, and editor of the  Greenbrier Independent . Correspondents include W.A. Truslow, Lucile Humphreys, John McNeel, J. Coleman Alderson, J.G. Stevens, and others. Subjects include county affairs, politics, and local history. Other items include invitations to the Louisiana Purchase Centennial and to the commencement of Morgantown (W.Va.) High School Class of 1914. Includes 8 items. Additional T.H. Dennis materials can be found in Series 8, Miscellany.","This subseries includes letters relating to genealogy, the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, etc.","Includes station reports, stewards' accounts, receipts, financial statements, member pledges, etc.","Includes notebooks of principals, which contain pupil lists, years attended, and name of parent or guardian (1827-1879 and undated). Also includes newspaper clippings on the history of Old Lewisburg Academy and other area schools. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 13 for additional alumni lists for the Old Lewisburg Academy, Lewisburg Female Institute, Greenbrier College for Women, etc.","This series includes personal and genealogical information about many individuals and families of Virginia and West Virginia. Please see the folder-level records for the complete list of names. Also included are images of prominent individuals (ca. 1916); images of unidentified Confederate veterans (undated); newspaper clippings of articles about Henry G. Davis, Stephen B. Elkins, and John H. Holt (1900-1915); and various materials relating to the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Additional genealogical and historical information can also be found in: Series 5, Zimmerman Collection -- History; Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 4; and Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 2.","This series includes manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding the history of Greenbrier County and some of its families. Topics include, among others: the formation of Greenbrier County (WV), Augusta County (VA), and Frederick County (VA); Washington landing on the Kanawha River; Jarrett's Fort; the Battle of Cedar Creek; old houses of Lewisburg; history of the Henning and Plumer families; West Virginia archaeology; and Alexander Welch's account of life as a colonial soldier at Valley Forge.","This series contains four subseries, which include:"," West Virginia; 1859-1938; box 3, folder 14-18;  \n 31st Virginia Infantry; 1855-1936 and undated (bulk 1861-1865); box 4, folder 1 through box 7, folder 28;  \n Other Virginia CSA Units; 1910-1932 and undated; box 7, folder 29 through box 8, folder 2; and  \n Clippings; 1927; box 8, folder 3-5.","This subseries includes military records related to military companies or organizations of West Virginia. Items include a roster of Morris Post #50 Grand Army of the Republic members, record books of the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays, information on companies formed before and after John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, etc. The Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays were Company A, 2nd West Virginia Regiment, organized July 21, 1877, Lewisburg, WV. For additional West Virginia military records, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 3-4.","This subseries includes Confederate army forms, correspondence, and manuscript notes pertaining to the 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. These records include official discharge papers for causes such as injury or age; pay vouchers; requisitions; conscript material; orders and circulars; Quartermaster's Stores invoices; receipts; court martial papers; lists of men absent without leave; etc. Requisitions were made through use of handwritten missives, Special Requisition forms, Requisition for Forage forms, etc. Items mentioned in requisition and receipt documents include stationary, food, clothing, horses, haversacks, tents, etc. Orders (both special and general orders, unless otherwise noted) and circulars cover a variety of topics, including troop movements, disabilities, furloughs, courts martial, etc. This subseries also includes an official document dated October 24, 1861, written by the commissioners of Camp Bartow, declaring that William P. Cooper was voted into the vacancy left in the Virginia state convention by the expulsion of John S. Carlile. Cooper was part of the 31st Virginia Infantry. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 1 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20."," For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, visit \"Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.\" (see link in Instances/Digital Objects).","For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, click here: Civil War - Documents of the 31st Regiment (CSA).","This subseries includes: typescript rosters of a variety of companies and batteries of Virginia Light Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry; correspondence regarding Confederate military units formed in West Virginia; and typescript records listing Confederate soldiers by county and regiment. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 2 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.","This subseries includes photocopies and original clippings of a series of articles on recollections of life during the Civil War by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which were printed in the   Weston Democrat   from January 7 to June 3, 1927.","This series includes day books, ledgers, pocket diaries, and scrapbooks. Accounting entries cover general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. Some items also include newspaper clippings about poultry, horticulture, fictional stories, etc. For additional account books, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 1 and box 15, folder 5.","This series includes printed and manuscript items such as: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the Civil War (ca. 1861-1865); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); handwritten lecture notes by T.H. Dennis on legal topics (1872-1873); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated). Many of the handwritten notes and some of the clippings bear handwritten page numbers and the words \"used\" or \"not used.\" For additional Civil War-related newspaper clippings, see Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 5. For additional materials related to T.H. Dennis, see Series 1, Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis.","This series includes lists of students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); account ledgers (1825-1891, undated); Greenbrier death records (undated); military records (ca. 1830s-1903); newspaper clippings (1861-1884, undated); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated). Many of the lists of students are written on the back sides of older ledger pages. This series also includes receipts, financial statements, and muster rolls for the 31st Virginia Infantry, as well as muster rolls from other Confederate units (1861-1864).","For additional military records, see Series 6, Military Records. For additional genealogical sketches, see Series 4, Zimmerman Collection -- Biographical and Genealogical Sketches. For additional account books and ledgers, see Series 7, Business Records. For additional materials related to the Old Lewisburg Academy and its offshoots, see Series 3, Zimmerman Collection -- Old Lewisburg Academy.","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.","Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. 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They had a son, Frank (b. ca. 1894), and a daughter, Edith (b. February 23, 1901). Edith married James A. Lett on September 11, 1920. She also engaged in historical and genealogical pursuits.","Thomas and Nancy Reynolds  were the parents of  Alexander W. Reynolds ,  Sallie (Sally) Reynolds Patton , and possibly Eliza S. Mathews. Sallie married William Patton and had a son, also named William, who died in 1870. Alexander and his wife, Mary, had a daughter named Sally who died of scarlet fever in 1852. They also had a son, Frank, and a grandson called Aleck.","Roy Bird Cook  (April 1, 1886 - November 21, 1961) was born in Lewis County, near Roanoke, WV. Cook was a pharmacist and prominent West Virginia historian. Cook wrote several books on the history of Lewis County and biographies of Stonewall Jackson and Alexander Scott Withers, and contributed historical articles to a wide variety of publications. He also collected Civil War and early West Virginia documents and memorabilia.","The 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment  was formed in the early weeks of the Civil War when Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered the recruitment of troops to protect railroad lines running through western Virginia's northern counties. On May 4, Lee appointed Colonel George Porterfield to assume command of these forces, which were being raised primarily in Taylor, Marion, Harrison, Monongalia, and Barbour Counties. In the next few weeks, these new recruits found themselves in the war's first arena, a tactical struggle for control of the Confederacy's northwestern flank--the hills, rails, and rivers of what would soon become the nation's 35th state, West Virginia.","\nComposed of some of the war's earliest recruits, the 31st Virginia Infantry would see action under General Garnett, William L. \"Mudwall\" Jackson, Jones and Imboden, Stonewall Jackson, Jubal Early, and many more legendary Confederate commanders, at battles including Corrick's Ford, Cross Keys, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, New Market, and others. Approximately 57 of the 850 men who joined the regiment in 1861 witnessed Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.","\nA detailed history of the 31st Virginia by James Dell Cooke is available online. Researchers are also referred to John M. Ashcraft's '31st Virginia Infantry' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. 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They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSeries 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSeries 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSpecific topics of Series 1 through 5 include: correspondence regarding the genealogy of families in West Virginia and Virginia, with a special focus on Greenbrier County (1881-1943); Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds' life and military career before and during the Civil War, as well as his post-War service in the Army of the Viceroy (Khedive) of Egypt (1835-1875 and undated); correspondence of Thomas H. Dennis, editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGreenbrier Independent\u003c/emph\u003e, regarding county affairs, politics, and local history (1899-1921); the Lewisburg Methodist Episcopal Church (1834-1843 and undated); the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, and other area schools (1827-1879 and undated); biographical sketches of area persons and families, such as the Alexander, Anderson, Burnside, Beirne, Caldwell, Crawford, Creigh, Erskine, Feamster, Mathews, McElhenney, McLaughlin, Nickell, Reynolds, Smith, Thompson, Van Bibber, and Welch families (1830-1937); and the history of Greenbrier County (1867-1940 and undated), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSpecific topics of Series 6 through 8 include: the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate and Union units (1855-1938 and undated [bulk 1861-1865]); financial accounts of general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. (ca. 1853-1899); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSpecific topics of Series 9 include: students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); Greenbrier death records (undated); the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate units (1861-1864); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMore information on the content of each series in this collection is available in the series-level records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains six subseries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence regarding genealogy of families in Greenbrier County, including letters to Marcellus W. Zimmerman and his daughter Edith Lett (regarding Zimmerman's genealogy and history notes).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes letters to and from Sallie Patton of Lewisburg, Nancy Reynolds, Granville Alderson, Frank Reynolds, S. B. Hern, I. W. Branham, and Thomas Reeves Ash. Subjects include family matters and the Civil War. Highlights include letters describing military action near Lewisburg (1862), Confederate military camps and officers (1862), and \"Yankee\" depredations in Lewisburg (1864). 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes mainly letters written by Alexander W. Reynolds to his sister Sallie Patton. Topics include family matters, Reynolds' military work before the Civil War, Civil War related correspondence while Reynolds was an officer in the Confederate States Army, and Reynolds' experiences serving in the army of the Viceroy of Egypt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes military orders, vouchers, and correspondence related to Reynolds' time in the Confederate States Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes letters to Dennis, who was a Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Superintendent of Greenbrier County Schools, Colonel in the Confederate Army, and editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGreenbrier Independent\u003c/emph\u003e. Correspondents include W.A. Truslow, Lucile Humphreys, John McNeel, J. Coleman Alderson, J.G. Stevens, and others. Subjects include county affairs, politics, and local history. Other items include invitations to the Louisiana Purchase Centennial and to the commencement of Morgantown (W.Va.) High School Class of 1914. Includes 8 items. Additional T.H. Dennis materials can be found in Series 8, Miscellany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes letters relating to genealogy, the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes station reports, stewards' accounts, receipts, financial statements, member pledges, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notebooks of principals, which contain pupil lists, years attended, and name of parent or guardian (1827-1879 and undated). Also includes newspaper clippings on the history of Old Lewisburg Academy and other area schools. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 13 for additional alumni lists for the Old Lewisburg Academy, Lewisburg Female Institute, Greenbrier College for Women, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes personal and genealogical information about many individuals and families of Virginia and West Virginia. Please see the folder-level records for the complete list of names. Also included are images of prominent individuals (ca. 1916); images of unidentified Confederate veterans (undated); newspaper clippings of articles about Henry G. Davis, Stephen B. Elkins, and John H. Holt (1900-1915); and various materials relating to the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Additional genealogical and historical information can also be found in: Series 5, Zimmerman Collection -- History; Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 4; and Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding the history of Greenbrier County and some of its families. Topics include, among others: the formation of Greenbrier County (WV), Augusta County (VA), and Frederick County (VA); Washington landing on the Kanawha River; Jarrett's Fort; the Battle of Cedar Creek; old houses of Lewisburg; history of the Henning and Plumer families; West Virginia archaeology; and Alexander Welch's account of life as a colonial soldier at Valley Forge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains four subseries, which include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e West Virginia; 1859-1938; box 3, folder 14-18; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n 31st Virginia Infantry; 1855-1936 and undated (bulk 1861-1865); box 4, folder 1 through box 7, folder 28; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Other Virginia CSA Units; 1910-1932 and undated; box 7, folder 29 through box 8, folder 2; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Clippings; 1927; box 8, folder 3-5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes military records related to military companies or organizations of West Virginia. Items include a roster of Morris Post #50 Grand Army of the Republic members, record books of the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays, information on companies formed before and after John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, etc. The Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays were Company A, 2nd West Virginia Regiment, organized July 21, 1877, Lewisburg, WV. For additional West Virginia military records, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 3-4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes Confederate army forms, correspondence, and manuscript notes pertaining to the 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. These records include official discharge papers for causes such as injury or age; pay vouchers; requisitions; conscript material; orders and circulars; Quartermaster's Stores invoices; receipts; court martial papers; lists of men absent without leave; etc. Requisitions were made through use of handwritten missives, Special Requisition forms, Requisition for Forage forms, etc. Items mentioned in requisition and receipt documents include stationary, food, clothing, horses, haversacks, tents, etc. Orders (both special and general orders, unless otherwise noted) and circulars cover a variety of topics, including troop movements, disabilities, furloughs, courts martial, etc. This subseries also includes an official document dated October 24, 1861, written by the commissioners of Camp Bartow, declaring that William P. Cooper was voted into the vacancy left in the Virginia state convention by the expulsion of John S. Carlile. Cooper was part of the 31st Virginia Infantry. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 1 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, visit \"Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.\" (see link in Instances/Digital Objects).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, click here: Civil War - Documents of the 31st Regiment (CSA).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes: typescript rosters of a variety of companies and batteries of Virginia Light Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry; correspondence regarding Confederate military units formed in West Virginia; and typescript records listing Confederate soldiers by county and regiment. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 2 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes photocopies and original clippings of a series of articles on recollections of life during the Civil War by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which were printed in the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e Weston Democrat\u003c/emph\u003e  from January 7 to June 3, 1927.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes day books, ledgers, pocket diaries, and scrapbooks. Accounting entries cover general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. Some items also include newspaper clippings about poultry, horticulture, fictional stories, etc. For additional account books, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 1 and box 15, folder 5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes printed and manuscript items such as: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the Civil War (ca. 1861-1865); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); handwritten lecture notes by T.H. Dennis on legal topics (1872-1873); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated). Many of the handwritten notes and some of the clippings bear handwritten page numbers and the words \"used\" or \"not used.\" For additional Civil War-related newspaper clippings, see Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 5. For additional materials related to T.H. Dennis, see Series 1, Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes lists of students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); account ledgers (1825-1891, undated); Greenbrier death records (undated); military records (ca. 1830s-1903); newspaper clippings (1861-1884, undated); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated). Many of the lists of students are written on the back sides of older ledger pages. This series also includes receipts, financial statements, and muster rolls for the 31st Virginia Infantry, as well as muster rolls from other Confederate units (1861-1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor additional military records, see Series 6, Military Records. For additional genealogical sketches, see Series 4, Zimmerman Collection -- Biographical and Genealogical Sketches. For additional account books and ledgers, see Series 7, Business Records. For additional materials related to the Old Lewisburg Academy and its offshoots, see Series 3, Zimmerman Collection -- Old Lewisburg Academy.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia.","\nSeries 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds.","\nSeries 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc.","\nSeries 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.","\nSpecific topics of Series 1 through 5 include: correspondence regarding the genealogy of families in West Virginia and Virginia, with a special focus on Greenbrier County (1881-1943); Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds' life and military career before and during the Civil War, as well as his post-War service in the Army of the Viceroy (Khedive) of Egypt (1835-1875 and undated); correspondence of Thomas H. Dennis, editor of the  Greenbrier Independent , regarding county affairs, politics, and local history (1899-1921); the Lewisburg Methodist Episcopal Church (1834-1843 and undated); the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, and other area schools (1827-1879 and undated); biographical sketches of area persons and families, such as the Alexander, Anderson, Burnside, Beirne, Caldwell, Crawford, Creigh, Erskine, Feamster, Mathews, McElhenney, McLaughlin, Nickell, Reynolds, Smith, Thompson, Van Bibber, and Welch families (1830-1937); and the history of Greenbrier County (1867-1940 and undated), among others.","\nSpecific topics of Series 6 through 8 include: the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate and Union units (1855-1938 and undated [bulk 1861-1865]); financial accounts of general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. (ca. 1853-1899); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated), among others.","\nSpecific topics of Series 9 include: students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); Greenbrier death records (undated); the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate units (1861-1864); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated).","\nMore information on the content of each series in this collection is available in the series-level records.","This series contains six subseries.","Includes correspondence regarding genealogy of families in Greenbrier County, including letters to Marcellus W. Zimmerman and his daughter Edith Lett (regarding Zimmerman's genealogy and history notes).","This subseries includes letters to and from Sallie Patton of Lewisburg, Nancy Reynolds, Granville Alderson, Frank Reynolds, S. B. Hern, I. W. Branham, and Thomas Reeves Ash. Subjects include family matters and the Civil War. Highlights include letters describing military action near Lewisburg (1862), Confederate military camps and officers (1862), and \"Yankee\" depredations in Lewisburg (1864). 14 items.","This subseries includes mainly letters written by Alexander W. Reynolds to his sister Sallie Patton. Topics include family matters, Reynolds' military work before the Civil War, Civil War related correspondence while Reynolds was an officer in the Confederate States Army, and Reynolds' experiences serving in the army of the Viceroy of Egypt.","This subseries includes military orders, vouchers, and correspondence related to Reynolds' time in the Confederate States Army.","This subseries includes letters to Dennis, who was a Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Superintendent of Greenbrier County Schools, Colonel in the Confederate Army, and editor of the  Greenbrier Independent . Correspondents include W.A. Truslow, Lucile Humphreys, John McNeel, J. Coleman Alderson, J.G. Stevens, and others. Subjects include county affairs, politics, and local history. Other items include invitations to the Louisiana Purchase Centennial and to the commencement of Morgantown (W.Va.) High School Class of 1914. Includes 8 items. Additional T.H. Dennis materials can be found in Series 8, Miscellany.","This subseries includes letters relating to genealogy, the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, etc.","Includes station reports, stewards' accounts, receipts, financial statements, member pledges, etc.","Includes notebooks of principals, which contain pupil lists, years attended, and name of parent or guardian (1827-1879 and undated). Also includes newspaper clippings on the history of Old Lewisburg Academy and other area schools. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 13 for additional alumni lists for the Old Lewisburg Academy, Lewisburg Female Institute, Greenbrier College for Women, etc.","This series includes personal and genealogical information about many individuals and families of Virginia and West Virginia. Please see the folder-level records for the complete list of names. Also included are images of prominent individuals (ca. 1916); images of unidentified Confederate veterans (undated); newspaper clippings of articles about Henry G. Davis, Stephen B. Elkins, and John H. Holt (1900-1915); and various materials relating to the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Additional genealogical and historical information can also be found in: Series 5, Zimmerman Collection -- History; Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 4; and Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 2.","This series includes manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding the history of Greenbrier County and some of its families. Topics include, among others: the formation of Greenbrier County (WV), Augusta County (VA), and Frederick County (VA); Washington landing on the Kanawha River; Jarrett's Fort; the Battle of Cedar Creek; old houses of Lewisburg; history of the Henning and Plumer families; West Virginia archaeology; and Alexander Welch's account of life as a colonial soldier at Valley Forge.","This series contains four subseries, which include:"," West Virginia; 1859-1938; box 3, folder 14-18;  \n 31st Virginia Infantry; 1855-1936 and undated (bulk 1861-1865); box 4, folder 1 through box 7, folder 28;  \n Other Virginia CSA Units; 1910-1932 and undated; box 7, folder 29 through box 8, folder 2; and  \n Clippings; 1927; box 8, folder 3-5.","This subseries includes military records related to military companies or organizations of West Virginia. Items include a roster of Morris Post #50 Grand Army of the Republic members, record books of the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays, information on companies formed before and after John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, etc. The Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays were Company A, 2nd West Virginia Regiment, organized July 21, 1877, Lewisburg, WV. For additional West Virginia military records, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 3-4.","This subseries includes Confederate army forms, correspondence, and manuscript notes pertaining to the 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. These records include official discharge papers for causes such as injury or age; pay vouchers; requisitions; conscript material; orders and circulars; Quartermaster's Stores invoices; receipts; court martial papers; lists of men absent without leave; etc. Requisitions were made through use of handwritten missives, Special Requisition forms, Requisition for Forage forms, etc. Items mentioned in requisition and receipt documents include stationary, food, clothing, horses, haversacks, tents, etc. Orders (both special and general orders, unless otherwise noted) and circulars cover a variety of topics, including troop movements, disabilities, furloughs, courts martial, etc. This subseries also includes an official document dated October 24, 1861, written by the commissioners of Camp Bartow, declaring that William P. Cooper was voted into the vacancy left in the Virginia state convention by the expulsion of John S. Carlile. Cooper was part of the 31st Virginia Infantry. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 1 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20."," For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, visit \"Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.\" (see link in Instances/Digital Objects).","For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, click here: Civil War - Documents of the 31st Regiment (CSA).","This subseries includes: typescript rosters of a variety of companies and batteries of Virginia Light Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry; correspondence regarding Confederate military units formed in West Virginia; and typescript records listing Confederate soldiers by county and regiment. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 2 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.","This subseries includes photocopies and original clippings of a series of articles on recollections of life during the Civil War by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which were printed in the   Weston Democrat   from January 7 to June 3, 1927.","This series includes day books, ledgers, pocket diaries, and scrapbooks. Accounting entries cover general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. Some items also include newspaper clippings about poultry, horticulture, fictional stories, etc. For additional account books, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 1 and box 15, folder 5.","This series includes printed and manuscript items such as: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the Civil War (ca. 1861-1865); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); handwritten lecture notes by T.H. Dennis on legal topics (1872-1873); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated). Many of the handwritten notes and some of the clippings bear handwritten page numbers and the words \"used\" or \"not used.\" For additional Civil War-related newspaper clippings, see Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 5. For additional materials related to T.H. Dennis, see Series 1, Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis.","This series includes lists of students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); account ledgers (1825-1891, undated); Greenbrier death records (undated); military records (ca. 1830s-1903); newspaper clippings (1861-1884, undated); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated). Many of the lists of students are written on the back sides of older ledger pages. This series also includes receipts, financial statements, and muster rolls for the 31st Virginia Infantry, as well as muster rolls from other Confederate units (1861-1864).","For additional military records, see Series 6, Military Records. For additional genealogical sketches, see Series 4, Zimmerman Collection -- Biographical and Genealogical Sketches. For additional account books and ledgers, see Series 7, Business Records. For additional materials related to the Old Lewisburg Academy and its offshoots, see Series 3, Zimmerman Collection -- Old Lewisburg Academy."],"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_28b726eee55d1b828e279ff5670d4d6d\"\u003eIncludes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc. Series 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc. Series 9 includes oversized material from earlier series."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_2f0db7f49c9923db46477ec806872619\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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His weekly \"Notes\" column in the local papers contained large quantities of information on local history, county residents, genealogy, and the Civil War in Greenbrier County. He also served as the County Clerk and County Historian for Greenbrier. Zimmerman married Sallie R. Chockley (ca. 1859-March 16, 1931) on April 8, 1883. They had a son, Frank (b. ca. 1894), and a daughter, Edith (b. February 23, 1901). Edith married James A. Lett on September 11, 1920. She also engaged in historical and genealogical pursuits.","Thomas and Nancy Reynolds  were the parents of  Alexander W. Reynolds ,  Sallie (Sally) Reynolds Patton , and possibly Eliza S. Mathews. Sallie married William Patton and had a son, also named William, who died in 1870. Alexander and his wife, Mary, had a daughter named Sally who died of scarlet fever in 1852. They also had a son, Frank, and a grandson called Aleck.","Roy Bird Cook  (April 1, 1886 - November 21, 1961) was born in Lewis County, near Roanoke, WV. Cook was a pharmacist and prominent West Virginia historian. Cook wrote several books on the history of Lewis County and biographies of Stonewall Jackson and Alexander Scott Withers, and contributed historical articles to a wide variety of publications. He also collected Civil War and early West Virginia documents and memorabilia.","The 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment  was formed in the early weeks of the Civil War when Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered the recruitment of troops to protect railroad lines running through western Virginia's northern counties. On May 4, Lee appointed Colonel George Porterfield to assume command of these forces, which were being raised primarily in Taylor, Marion, Harrison, Monongalia, and Barbour Counties. In the next few weeks, these new recruits found themselves in the war's first arena, a tactical struggle for control of the Confederacy's northwestern flank--the hills, rails, and rivers of what would soon become the nation's 35th state, West Virginia.","\nComposed of some of the war's earliest recruits, the 31st Virginia Infantry would see action under General Garnett, William L. \"Mudwall\" Jackson, Jones and Imboden, Stonewall Jackson, Jubal Early, and many more legendary Confederate commanders, at battles including Corrick's Ford, Cross Keys, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, New Market, and others. Approximately 57 of the 850 men who joined the regiment in 1861 witnessed Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.","\nA detailed history of the 31st Virginia by James Dell Cooke is available online. Researchers are also referred to John M. Ashcraft's '31st Virginia Infantry' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. 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They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc.","\nSeries 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.","\nSpecific topics of Series 1 through 5 include: correspondence regarding the genealogy of families in West Virginia and Virginia, with a special focus on Greenbrier County (1881-1943); Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds' life and military career before and during the Civil War, as well as his post-War service in the Army of the Viceroy (Khedive) of Egypt (1835-1875 and undated); correspondence of Thomas H. Dennis, editor of the  Greenbrier Independent , regarding county affairs, politics, and local history (1899-1921); the Lewisburg Methodist Episcopal Church (1834-1843 and undated); the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, and other area schools (1827-1879 and undated); biographical sketches of area persons and families, such as the Alexander, Anderson, Burnside, Beirne, Caldwell, Crawford, Creigh, Erskine, Feamster, Mathews, McElhenney, McLaughlin, Nickell, Reynolds, Smith, Thompson, Van Bibber, and Welch families (1830-1937); and the history of Greenbrier County (1867-1940 and undated), among others.","\nSpecific topics of Series 6 through 8 include: the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate and Union units (1855-1938 and undated [bulk 1861-1865]); financial accounts of general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. (ca. 1853-1899); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated), among others.","\nSpecific topics of Series 9 include: students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); Greenbrier death records (undated); the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate units (1861-1864); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated).","\nMore information on the content of each series in this collection is available in the series-level records.","This series contains six subseries.","Includes correspondence regarding genealogy of families in Greenbrier County, including letters to Marcellus W. Zimmerman and his daughter Edith Lett (regarding Zimmerman's genealogy and history notes).","This subseries includes letters to and from Sallie Patton of Lewisburg, Nancy Reynolds, Granville Alderson, Frank Reynolds, S. B. Hern, I. W. Branham, and Thomas Reeves Ash. Subjects include family matters and the Civil War. Highlights include letters describing military action near Lewisburg (1862), Confederate military camps and officers (1862), and \"Yankee\" depredations in Lewisburg (1864). 14 items.","This subseries includes mainly letters written by Alexander W. Reynolds to his sister Sallie Patton. Topics include family matters, Reynolds' military work before the Civil War, Civil War related correspondence while Reynolds was an officer in the Confederate States Army, and Reynolds' experiences serving in the army of the Viceroy of Egypt.","This subseries includes military orders, vouchers, and correspondence related to Reynolds' time in the Confederate States Army.","This subseries includes letters to Dennis, who was a Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Superintendent of Greenbrier County Schools, Colonel in the Confederate Army, and editor of the  Greenbrier Independent . Correspondents include W.A. Truslow, Lucile Humphreys, John McNeel, J. Coleman Alderson, J.G. Stevens, and others. Subjects include county affairs, politics, and local history. Other items include invitations to the Louisiana Purchase Centennial and to the commencement of Morgantown (W.Va.) High School Class of 1914. Includes 8 items. Additional T.H. Dennis materials can be found in Series 8, Miscellany.","This subseries includes letters relating to genealogy, the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, etc.","Includes station reports, stewards' accounts, receipts, financial statements, member pledges, etc.","Includes notebooks of principals, which contain pupil lists, years attended, and name of parent or guardian (1827-1879 and undated). Also includes newspaper clippings on the history of Old Lewisburg Academy and other area schools. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 13 for additional alumni lists for the Old Lewisburg Academy, Lewisburg Female Institute, Greenbrier College for Women, etc.","This series includes personal and genealogical information about many individuals and families of Virginia and West Virginia. Please see the folder-level records for the complete list of names. Also included are images of prominent individuals (ca. 1916); images of unidentified Confederate veterans (undated); newspaper clippings of articles about Henry G. Davis, Stephen B. Elkins, and John H. Holt (1900-1915); and various materials relating to the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Additional genealogical and historical information can also be found in: Series 5, Zimmerman Collection -- History; Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 4; and Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 2.","This series includes manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding the history of Greenbrier County and some of its families. Topics include, among others: the formation of Greenbrier County (WV), Augusta County (VA), and Frederick County (VA); Washington landing on the Kanawha River; Jarrett's Fort; the Battle of Cedar Creek; old houses of Lewisburg; history of the Henning and Plumer families; West Virginia archaeology; and Alexander Welch's account of life as a colonial soldier at Valley Forge.","This series contains four subseries, which include:"," West Virginia; 1859-1938; box 3, folder 14-18;  \n 31st Virginia Infantry; 1855-1936 and undated (bulk 1861-1865); box 4, folder 1 through box 7, folder 28;  \n Other Virginia CSA Units; 1910-1932 and undated; box 7, folder 29 through box 8, folder 2; and  \n Clippings; 1927; box 8, folder 3-5.","This subseries includes military records related to military companies or organizations of West Virginia. Items include a roster of Morris Post #50 Grand Army of the Republic members, record books of the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays, information on companies formed before and after John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, etc. The Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays were Company A, 2nd West Virginia Regiment, organized July 21, 1877, Lewisburg, WV. For additional West Virginia military records, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 3-4.","This subseries includes Confederate army forms, correspondence, and manuscript notes pertaining to the 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. These records include official discharge papers for causes such as injury or age; pay vouchers; requisitions; conscript material; orders and circulars; Quartermaster's Stores invoices; receipts; court martial papers; lists of men absent without leave; etc. Requisitions were made through use of handwritten missives, Special Requisition forms, Requisition for Forage forms, etc. Items mentioned in requisition and receipt documents include stationary, food, clothing, horses, haversacks, tents, etc. Orders (both special and general orders, unless otherwise noted) and circulars cover a variety of topics, including troop movements, disabilities, furloughs, courts martial, etc. This subseries also includes an official document dated October 24, 1861, written by the commissioners of Camp Bartow, declaring that William P. Cooper was voted into the vacancy left in the Virginia state convention by the expulsion of John S. Carlile. Cooper was part of the 31st Virginia Infantry. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 1 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20."," For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, visit \"Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.\" (see link in Instances/Digital Objects).","For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, click here: Civil War - Documents of the 31st Regiment (CSA).","This subseries includes: typescript rosters of a variety of companies and batteries of Virginia Light Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry; correspondence regarding Confederate military units formed in West Virginia; and typescript records listing Confederate soldiers by county and regiment. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 2 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.","This subseries includes photocopies and original clippings of a series of articles on recollections of life during the Civil War by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which were printed in the   Weston Democrat   from January 7 to June 3, 1927.","This series includes day books, ledgers, pocket diaries, and scrapbooks. Accounting entries cover general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. Some items also include newspaper clippings about poultry, horticulture, fictional stories, etc. For additional account books, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 1 and box 15, folder 5.","This series includes printed and manuscript items such as: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the Civil War (ca. 1861-1865); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); handwritten lecture notes by T.H. Dennis on legal topics (1872-1873); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated). Many of the handwritten notes and some of the clippings bear handwritten page numbers and the words \"used\" or \"not used.\" For additional Civil War-related newspaper clippings, see Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 5. For additional materials related to T.H. Dennis, see Series 1, Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis.","This series includes lists of students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); account ledgers (1825-1891, undated); Greenbrier death records (undated); military records (ca. 1830s-1903); newspaper clippings (1861-1884, undated); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated). Many of the lists of students are written on the back sides of older ledger pages. This series also includes receipts, financial statements, and muster rolls for the 31st Virginia Infantry, as well as muster rolls from other Confederate units (1861-1864).","For additional military records, see Series 6, Military Records. For additional genealogical sketches, see Series 4, Zimmerman Collection -- Biographical and Genealogical Sketches. For additional account books and ledgers, see Series 7, Business Records. For additional materials related to the Old Lewisburg Academy and its offshoots, see Series 3, Zimmerman Collection -- Old Lewisburg Academy.","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.","Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. 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They had a son, Frank (b. ca. 1894), and a daughter, Edith (b. February 23, 1901). Edith married James A. Lett on September 11, 1920. She also engaged in historical and genealogical pursuits.","Thomas and Nancy Reynolds  were the parents of  Alexander W. Reynolds ,  Sallie (Sally) Reynolds Patton , and possibly Eliza S. Mathews. Sallie married William Patton and had a son, also named William, who died in 1870. Alexander and his wife, Mary, had a daughter named Sally who died of scarlet fever in 1852. They also had a son, Frank, and a grandson called Aleck.","Roy Bird Cook  (April 1, 1886 - November 21, 1961) was born in Lewis County, near Roanoke, WV. Cook was a pharmacist and prominent West Virginia historian. Cook wrote several books on the history of Lewis County and biographies of Stonewall Jackson and Alexander Scott Withers, and contributed historical articles to a wide variety of publications. He also collected Civil War and early West Virginia documents and memorabilia.","The 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment  was formed in the early weeks of the Civil War when Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered the recruitment of troops to protect railroad lines running through western Virginia's northern counties. On May 4, Lee appointed Colonel George Porterfield to assume command of these forces, which were being raised primarily in Taylor, Marion, Harrison, Monongalia, and Barbour Counties. In the next few weeks, these new recruits found themselves in the war's first arena, a tactical struggle for control of the Confederacy's northwestern flank--the hills, rails, and rivers of what would soon become the nation's 35th state, West Virginia.","\nComposed of some of the war's earliest recruits, the 31st Virginia Infantry would see action under General Garnett, William L. \"Mudwall\" Jackson, Jones and Imboden, Stonewall Jackson, Jubal Early, and many more legendary Confederate commanders, at battles including Corrick's Ford, Cross Keys, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, New Market, and others. Approximately 57 of the 850 men who joined the regiment in 1861 witnessed Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.","\nA detailed history of the 31st Virginia by James Dell Cooke is available online. Researchers are also referred to John M. Ashcraft's '31st Virginia Infantry' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1988)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1528, 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], Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers, A\u0026M 1528, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e81, 858, 895, 1309, 1379, 1528, 1561\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["81, 858, 895, 1309, 1379, 1528, 1561"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIncludes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSeries 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSeries 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSeries 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSpecific topics of Series 1 through 5 include: correspondence regarding the genealogy of families in West Virginia and Virginia, with a special focus on Greenbrier County (1881-1943); Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds' life and military career before and during the Civil War, as well as his post-War service in the Army of the Viceroy (Khedive) of Egypt (1835-1875 and undated); correspondence of Thomas H. Dennis, editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGreenbrier Independent\u003c/emph\u003e, regarding county affairs, politics, and local history (1899-1921); the Lewisburg Methodist Episcopal Church (1834-1843 and undated); the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, and other area schools (1827-1879 and undated); biographical sketches of area persons and families, such as the Alexander, Anderson, Burnside, Beirne, Caldwell, Crawford, Creigh, Erskine, Feamster, Mathews, McElhenney, McLaughlin, Nickell, Reynolds, Smith, Thompson, Van Bibber, and Welch families (1830-1937); and the history of Greenbrier County (1867-1940 and undated), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSpecific topics of Series 6 through 8 include: the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate and Union units (1855-1938 and undated [bulk 1861-1865]); financial accounts of general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. (ca. 1853-1899); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSpecific topics of Series 9 include: students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); Greenbrier death records (undated); the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate units (1861-1864); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMore information on the content of each series in this collection is available in the series-level records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains six subseries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence regarding genealogy of families in Greenbrier County, including letters to Marcellus W. Zimmerman and his daughter Edith Lett (regarding Zimmerman's genealogy and history notes).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes letters to and from Sallie Patton of Lewisburg, Nancy Reynolds, Granville Alderson, Frank Reynolds, S. B. Hern, I. W. Branham, and Thomas Reeves Ash. Subjects include family matters and the Civil War. Highlights include letters describing military action near Lewisburg (1862), Confederate military camps and officers (1862), and \"Yankee\" depredations in Lewisburg (1864). 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes mainly letters written by Alexander W. Reynolds to his sister Sallie Patton. Topics include family matters, Reynolds' military work before the Civil War, Civil War related correspondence while Reynolds was an officer in the Confederate States Army, and Reynolds' experiences serving in the army of the Viceroy of Egypt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes military orders, vouchers, and correspondence related to Reynolds' time in the Confederate States Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes letters to Dennis, who was a Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Superintendent of Greenbrier County Schools, Colonel in the Confederate Army, and editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eGreenbrier Independent\u003c/emph\u003e. Correspondents include W.A. Truslow, Lucile Humphreys, John McNeel, J. Coleman Alderson, J.G. Stevens, and others. Subjects include county affairs, politics, and local history. Other items include invitations to the Louisiana Purchase Centennial and to the commencement of Morgantown (W.Va.) High School Class of 1914. Includes 8 items. Additional T.H. Dennis materials can be found in Series 8, Miscellany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes letters relating to genealogy, the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes station reports, stewards' accounts, receipts, financial statements, member pledges, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notebooks of principals, which contain pupil lists, years attended, and name of parent or guardian (1827-1879 and undated). Also includes newspaper clippings on the history of Old Lewisburg Academy and other area schools. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 13 for additional alumni lists for the Old Lewisburg Academy, Lewisburg Female Institute, Greenbrier College for Women, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes personal and genealogical information about many individuals and families of Virginia and West Virginia. Please see the folder-level records for the complete list of names. Also included are images of prominent individuals (ca. 1916); images of unidentified Confederate veterans (undated); newspaper clippings of articles about Henry G. Davis, Stephen B. Elkins, and John H. Holt (1900-1915); and various materials relating to the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Additional genealogical and historical information can also be found in: Series 5, Zimmerman Collection -- History; Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 4; and Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding the history of Greenbrier County and some of its families. Topics include, among others: the formation of Greenbrier County (WV), Augusta County (VA), and Frederick County (VA); Washington landing on the Kanawha River; Jarrett's Fort; the Battle of Cedar Creek; old houses of Lewisburg; history of the Henning and Plumer families; West Virginia archaeology; and Alexander Welch's account of life as a colonial soldier at Valley Forge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains four subseries, which include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e West Virginia; 1859-1938; box 3, folder 14-18; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n 31st Virginia Infantry; 1855-1936 and undated (bulk 1861-1865); box 4, folder 1 through box 7, folder 28; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Other Virginia CSA Units; 1910-1932 and undated; box 7, folder 29 through box 8, folder 2; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Clippings; 1927; box 8, folder 3-5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes military records related to military companies or organizations of West Virginia. Items include a roster of Morris Post #50 Grand Army of the Republic members, record books of the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays, information on companies formed before and after John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, etc. The Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays were Company A, 2nd West Virginia Regiment, organized July 21, 1877, Lewisburg, WV. For additional West Virginia military records, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 3-4.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes Confederate army forms, correspondence, and manuscript notes pertaining to the 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. These records include official discharge papers for causes such as injury or age; pay vouchers; requisitions; conscript material; orders and circulars; Quartermaster's Stores invoices; receipts; court martial papers; lists of men absent without leave; etc. Requisitions were made through use of handwritten missives, Special Requisition forms, Requisition for Forage forms, etc. Items mentioned in requisition and receipt documents include stationary, food, clothing, horses, haversacks, tents, etc. Orders (both special and general orders, unless otherwise noted) and circulars cover a variety of topics, including troop movements, disabilities, furloughs, courts martial, etc. This subseries also includes an official document dated October 24, 1861, written by the commissioners of Camp Bartow, declaring that William P. Cooper was voted into the vacancy left in the Virginia state convention by the expulsion of John S. Carlile. Cooper was part of the 31st Virginia Infantry. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 1 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, visit \"Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.\" (see link in Instances/Digital Objects).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, click here: Civil War - Documents of the 31st Regiment (CSA).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes: typescript rosters of a variety of companies and batteries of Virginia Light Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry; correspondence regarding Confederate military units formed in West Virginia; and typescript records listing Confederate soldiers by county and regiment. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 2 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes photocopies and original clippings of a series of articles on recollections of life during the Civil War by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which were printed in the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e Weston Democrat\u003c/emph\u003e  from January 7 to June 3, 1927.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes day books, ledgers, pocket diaries, and scrapbooks. Accounting entries cover general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. Some items also include newspaper clippings about poultry, horticulture, fictional stories, etc. For additional account books, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 1 and box 15, folder 5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes printed and manuscript items such as: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the Civil War (ca. 1861-1865); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); handwritten lecture notes by T.H. Dennis on legal topics (1872-1873); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated). Many of the handwritten notes and some of the clippings bear handwritten page numbers and the words \"used\" or \"not used.\" For additional Civil War-related newspaper clippings, see Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 5. For additional materials related to T.H. Dennis, see Series 1, Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes lists of students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); account ledgers (1825-1891, undated); Greenbrier death records (undated); military records (ca. 1830s-1903); newspaper clippings (1861-1884, undated); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated). Many of the lists of students are written on the back sides of older ledger pages. This series also includes receipts, financial statements, and muster rolls for the 31st Virginia Infantry, as well as muster rolls from other Confederate units (1861-1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor additional military records, see Series 6, Military Records. For additional genealogical sketches, see Series 4, Zimmerman Collection -- Biographical and Genealogical Sketches. For additional account books and ledgers, see Series 7, Business Records. For additional materials related to the Old Lewisburg Academy and its offshoots, see Series 3, Zimmerman Collection -- Old Lewisburg Academy.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia.","\nSeries 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds.","\nSeries 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc.","\nSeries 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.","\nSpecific topics of Series 1 through 5 include: correspondence regarding the genealogy of families in West Virginia and Virginia, with a special focus on Greenbrier County (1881-1943); Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds' life and military career before and during the Civil War, as well as his post-War service in the Army of the Viceroy (Khedive) of Egypt (1835-1875 and undated); correspondence of Thomas H. Dennis, editor of the  Greenbrier Independent , regarding county affairs, politics, and local history (1899-1921); the Lewisburg Methodist Episcopal Church (1834-1843 and undated); the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, and other area schools (1827-1879 and undated); biographical sketches of area persons and families, such as the Alexander, Anderson, Burnside, Beirne, Caldwell, Crawford, Creigh, Erskine, Feamster, Mathews, McElhenney, McLaughlin, Nickell, Reynolds, Smith, Thompson, Van Bibber, and Welch families (1830-1937); and the history of Greenbrier County (1867-1940 and undated), among others.","\nSpecific topics of Series 6 through 8 include: the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate and Union units (1855-1938 and undated [bulk 1861-1865]); financial accounts of general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. (ca. 1853-1899); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated), among others.","\nSpecific topics of Series 9 include: students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); Greenbrier death records (undated); the 31st Virginia Infantry and other Confederate units (1861-1864); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated).","\nMore information on the content of each series in this collection is available in the series-level records.","This series contains six subseries.","Includes correspondence regarding genealogy of families in Greenbrier County, including letters to Marcellus W. Zimmerman and his daughter Edith Lett (regarding Zimmerman's genealogy and history notes).","This subseries includes letters to and from Sallie Patton of Lewisburg, Nancy Reynolds, Granville Alderson, Frank Reynolds, S. B. Hern, I. W. Branham, and Thomas Reeves Ash. Subjects include family matters and the Civil War. Highlights include letters describing military action near Lewisburg (1862), Confederate military camps and officers (1862), and \"Yankee\" depredations in Lewisburg (1864). 14 items.","This subseries includes mainly letters written by Alexander W. Reynolds to his sister Sallie Patton. Topics include family matters, Reynolds' military work before the Civil War, Civil War related correspondence while Reynolds was an officer in the Confederate States Army, and Reynolds' experiences serving in the army of the Viceroy of Egypt.","This subseries includes military orders, vouchers, and correspondence related to Reynolds' time in the Confederate States Army.","This subseries includes letters to Dennis, who was a Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Superintendent of Greenbrier County Schools, Colonel in the Confederate Army, and editor of the  Greenbrier Independent . Correspondents include W.A. Truslow, Lucile Humphreys, John McNeel, J. Coleman Alderson, J.G. Stevens, and others. Subjects include county affairs, politics, and local history. Other items include invitations to the Louisiana Purchase Centennial and to the commencement of Morgantown (W.Va.) High School Class of 1914. Includes 8 items. Additional T.H. Dennis materials can be found in Series 8, Miscellany.","This subseries includes letters relating to genealogy, the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, etc.","Includes station reports, stewards' accounts, receipts, financial statements, member pledges, etc.","Includes notebooks of principals, which contain pupil lists, years attended, and name of parent or guardian (1827-1879 and undated). Also includes newspaper clippings on the history of Old Lewisburg Academy and other area schools. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 13 for additional alumni lists for the Old Lewisburg Academy, Lewisburg Female Institute, Greenbrier College for Women, etc.","This series includes personal and genealogical information about many individuals and families of Virginia and West Virginia. Please see the folder-level records for the complete list of names. Also included are images of prominent individuals (ca. 1916); images of unidentified Confederate veterans (undated); newspaper clippings of articles about Henry G. Davis, Stephen B. Elkins, and John H. Holt (1900-1915); and various materials relating to the history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County. Additional genealogical and historical information can also be found in: Series 5, Zimmerman Collection -- History; Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 4; and Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 2.","This series includes manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding the history of Greenbrier County and some of its families. Topics include, among others: the formation of Greenbrier County (WV), Augusta County (VA), and Frederick County (VA); Washington landing on the Kanawha River; Jarrett's Fort; the Battle of Cedar Creek; old houses of Lewisburg; history of the Henning and Plumer families; West Virginia archaeology; and Alexander Welch's account of life as a colonial soldier at Valley Forge.","This series contains four subseries, which include:"," West Virginia; 1859-1938; box 3, folder 14-18;  \n 31st Virginia Infantry; 1855-1936 and undated (bulk 1861-1865); box 4, folder 1 through box 7, folder 28;  \n Other Virginia CSA Units; 1910-1932 and undated; box 7, folder 29 through box 8, folder 2; and  \n Clippings; 1927; box 8, folder 3-5.","This subseries includes military records related to military companies or organizations of West Virginia. Items include a roster of Morris Post #50 Grand Army of the Republic members, record books of the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays, information on companies formed before and after John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, etc. The Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays were Company A, 2nd West Virginia Regiment, organized July 21, 1877, Lewisburg, WV. For additional West Virginia military records, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 3-4.","This subseries includes Confederate army forms, correspondence, and manuscript notes pertaining to the 31st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. These records include official discharge papers for causes such as injury or age; pay vouchers; requisitions; conscript material; orders and circulars; Quartermaster's Stores invoices; receipts; court martial papers; lists of men absent without leave; etc. Requisitions were made through use of handwritten missives, Special Requisition forms, Requisition for Forage forms, etc. Items mentioned in requisition and receipt documents include stationary, food, clothing, horses, haversacks, tents, etc. Orders (both special and general orders, unless otherwise noted) and circulars cover a variety of topics, including troop movements, disabilities, furloughs, courts martial, etc. This subseries also includes an official document dated October 24, 1861, written by the commissioners of Camp Bartow, declaring that William P. Cooper was voted into the vacancy left in the Virginia state convention by the expulsion of John S. Carlile. Cooper was part of the 31st Virginia Infantry. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 1 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20."," For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, visit \"Records of the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.\" (see link in Instances/Digital Objects).","For digitized documents of the 31st Virginia Infantry from another collection, click here: Civil War - Documents of the 31st Regiment (CSA).","This subseries includes: typescript rosters of a variety of companies and batteries of Virginia Light Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry; correspondence regarding Confederate military units formed in West Virginia; and typescript records listing Confederate soldiers by county and regiment. See also Series 9, Oversized, box 15, folder 2 and map cabinet 1, drawer 20.","This subseries includes photocopies and original clippings of a series of articles on recollections of life during the Civil War by Dr. Thomas Bland Camden, transcribed from original notes by Roy Bird Cook, which were printed in the   Weston Democrat   from January 7 to June 3, 1927.","This series includes day books, ledgers, pocket diaries, and scrapbooks. Accounting entries cover general merchandise, subscriptions, hotel maintenance and repair, etc. Some items also include newspaper clippings about poultry, horticulture, fictional stories, etc. For additional account books, see also Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 1 and box 15, folder 5.","This series includes printed and manuscript items such as: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the Civil War (ca. 1861-1865); ephemera related to West Virginia (1848-1922); handwritten lecture notes by T.H. Dennis on legal topics (1872-1873); and clippings and handwritten notes regarding the history, appearance, and growing of various flowers (1899-1936 and undated). Many of the handwritten notes and some of the clippings bear handwritten page numbers and the words \"used\" or \"not used.\" For additional Civil War-related newspaper clippings, see Series 9, Oversized, box 14, folder 5. For additional materials related to T.H. Dennis, see Series 1, Zimmerman Collection -- Correspondence -- Letters to Thomas H. Dennis.","This series includes lists of students of the Old Lewisburg Academy, the Lewisburg Female Institute, etc. (1853-1927); account ledgers (1825-1891, undated); Greenbrier death records (undated); military records (ca. 1830s-1903); newspaper clippings (1861-1884, undated); and genealogical sketches on various families (ca. 1886, undated). Many of the lists of students are written on the back sides of older ledger pages. This series also includes receipts, financial statements, and muster rolls for the 31st Virginia Infantry, as well as muster rolls from other Confederate units (1861-1864).","For additional military records, see Series 6, Military Records. For additional genealogical sketches, see Series 4, Zimmerman Collection -- Biographical and Genealogical Sketches. For additional account books and ledgers, see Series 7, Business Records. For additional materials related to the Old Lewisburg Academy and its offshoots, see Series 3, Zimmerman Collection -- Old Lewisburg Academy."],"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_28b726eee55d1b828e279ff5670d4d6d\"\u003eIncludes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc. Series 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc. Series 9 includes oversized material from earlier series."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_2f0db7f49c9923db46477ec806872619\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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