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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 255 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I worked longer on this book than on any I've written. Eleven years off and on I worked on this book.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, clipped corner, chipped and soiled, but sound. ","ANDY FINDS A WAY. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1961. 92 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969.  Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise fine. ","THE BEATINEST BOY.  Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1953. 110 pages. Eleventh printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"The Beatinest Boy was real -- very real.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","BEYOND DARK HILLS: A PERSONAL STORY. With six decorations by Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. 399 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"You had a time getting this one -- a really scarce book.\" Cloth, ex-lib, card pocket pasted in back, book spine torn, worn, and repaired with tape, title page secured with tape, end papers and various pages stained and/or soiled. ","CLEARING IN THE SKY \u0026 OTHER STORIES. Woodcuts by Stanley Rice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 262 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1967, \"This is a book hard to come by but Naomi Deane found it for you. ... So from the green hills of Appalachia, green clouds of leaves now rustling in the winds of May, we send you this and our warmest personal greetings to a fellow teacher and a friend.\" Cloth, end papers stained, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, well worn and soiled, but sound. Letter from Naomi Deane Stuart (Mrs. Jesse Stuart) dated May 22, 1967 enclosed. ","COME GENTLE SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 282 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"fellow teacher, friend, a girl from the Appalachian hills -- your background is my background.\"  Cloth covers and end papers stained at top and at bottom from tape residue, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, also stained from tape residue, and slightly soiled, but otherwise sound. ","COME TO MY TOMORROWLAND. Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1971.  195 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"I hope there will be a tomorrowland for all wildlife.\" Very fine hardcover, with dust jacket, very fine. ","COME BACK TO THE FARM. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 246 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1971, \"How wonderful it is to sign this first edition for you.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","DAUGHTER OF THE LEGEND. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 249 pages. First edition. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. ","DAWN OF REMEMBERED SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972.  179 pages. First edition? Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1972, \"I know you love people but I wonder if you will love the things that crawl, run (on two legs and four) and fly.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","FORETASTE OF GLORY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You were in Blakesburg this afternoon and you walked where these people ran ...\" Fine cloth, with label pasted on inscribed end paper, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, chipped, clipped corner, extensively repaired with tape. ","GOD'S ODDLING: THE STORY OF MICK STUART, MY FATHER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Third printing. 266 pages. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You are now where my father lived, where he walked and talked and he loved this land. I wish you could have met him.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, showing mild wear. ","THE GOOD SPIRIT OF LAUREL RIDGE.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 263 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You visited Laurel Ridge yesterday -- the land where Old Op once lived and loved.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped and slightly worn, fine. ","HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, large portion at bottom of front missing, corners worn. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" ","HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" ","HEAD O' W-HOLLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1936. 342 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, August 1971, \"You, certainly a friend of first dimension to go out and buy my old books and collect me. I'll tell you this is a rare one and a scarce one. It's really a pleasure to special autograph this for you.\" Cloth covers with minor wear and some soiling, but spine and pasted-down end papers badly stained apparently from bookbinder's glue, one inch tear in front flyleaf end paper. ","HIE TO THE HUNTERS. New York: Whittlesey House, 1950. 265 pages. Eleventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped at corners, otherwise fine. ","HOLD APRIL: NEW POEMS. Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 114 pages. Second printing.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"It is so nice to see you again and to sign Hold April for you. But we can't hold April.\" Very Fine hardcover, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. ","A JESSE STUART READER: STORIES AND POEMS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JESSE STUART.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 342 pages. Decorative cloth, very fine. ","KENTUCKY IS MY LAND. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. 95 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"... a rare book ... most difficult to find. Very few copies of this book were printed in the first place.\" Cloth, stained on front end papers and eight various pages, otherwise near fine. ","THE LAND BEYOND THE RIVER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. 380 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"W-Hollow is really beautiful now.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. ","LOST SANDSTONES AND LONELY SKIES AND OTHER ESSAYS. [Danbury, CT], Archer Editions Press, 1979. 176 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the Jesse Stuart family album.  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982. Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1934. 361 pages.  Fourth printing, December 1942. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"This book was our meeting at Shepherd College ... From Shepherd College to W-Hollow, you are with us tonight.\" Cloth, fine, end papers and edges stained. ","MONGREL METTLE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DOG. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 201 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"you are in the spot in this old living room ... where I wrote this book.\" Cloth, covers and end papers stained, spine faded, sound, pages clean. ","MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1968, \"Who recommended J. S. to Mrs. Scott.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. ","MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1967, \"I think of you often. You away from our hills. You a native of these hills. You who fights for us.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MY LAND HAS A VOICE. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.  243 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MY WORLD. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1975. 95, [1] pages  (The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf)  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982, \"Thank you for coming to see us again.\" Decorative cloth, very fine. ","OLD BEN. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 92 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1970.  Hardcover, very fine, illustrated covers, no dust jacket. ","A PENNY'S WORTH OF CHARACTER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, a division of McGraw-Hill, 1954. 61, [2] pages. Ninth printing. Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"If I had but one of my junior books to sign for you, I would select and sign this one for you.\" Very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, trimmed at bottom, but sound and clean. ","PLOWSHARE IN HEAVEN: STORIES BY JESSE STUART. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 273 pages. Seventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, production flaw on back, otherwise fine. ","RED MULE. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1955. 124 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Mayan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Red Mule was real -- a neighbor and friend.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, small stain, minor wear. ","A RIDE WITH HUEY THE ENGINEER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. 92, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Huey will never pull this train again over the countryside in our part of Kentucky.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, severely trimmed at top, otherwise fine. ","THE RIGHTFUL OWNER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 110 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, slight wear, otherwise fine. ","SAVE EVERY LAMB. Illustrations by Jean George. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 278 pages. First edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, minor shelf wear, but fine plus. ","SEVEN BY JESSE. Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 42 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1970, \"With love and Christmas best wishes from your friends in W-Hollow.\" Wrappers, very fine. ","SHORT STORIES FOR DISCUSSION. Edited by Albert K. Ridout, Jesse Stuart. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. 489 pages. Includes \"How I Write My Short Stories\" by Jesse Stuart, as well as one short story each by Stuart and his daughter, Jessica Jane Stuart. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Very fine cloth, decorative cover. ","SPLIT CHERRY TREE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT. By Jessie [sic] Stuart, dramatized by Dem and Janet Polachek. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1967. 24 pages. Two copies, both signed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 4 and April 1968. Wrappers, very fine. ","TALES FROM THE PLUM GROVE HILLS. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Kenneth Gould, October 7th, 1946, \"This book will be published Oct 21st.\" Also inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, October 1970, \"to think you have the copy I signed for an editor who used to accept my poems and stories for Scholastic Magazine.\" Cloth, foxing on covers and end papers, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, soiled and chipped. ","TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Cloth, good, but sound. ","TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. 303 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Cloth covers faded and stained, showing some wear, front hinge loosened, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, creased, chipped, and torn. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club News reprint about Jesse Stuart and this book. ","THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. DRAMATIZED BY REGINALD LAWRENCE. FROM THE BOOK BY JESSE STUART. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1958. 107 pages. Wrappers, fine plus. ","THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958, ca. 1949. 293 pages. With a new preface by the author. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I think this is one of your favorites of my books and I am glad it is.\" Cloth, lower third of back cover water-stained, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, lower half of back wrinkled and discolored from moisture. ","TIM: A STORY. Cincinnati: Kentucky Writers' Guild, Harvest Press, [1968?].  34 pages.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"Upon this wonderful occasion, your visiting us, take this little memento with you.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. ","TO TEACH, TO LOVE. New York: World Publishing, 1970. First printing. 317 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1969, and signed with a juvenile flourish by Conrad Stuart Juergensmeyer, Jesse Stuart's grandson. Hardcover, shelf bump at bottom of back cover, otherwise fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. ","TREES OF HEAVEN. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943, ca. 1940. 340 pages. Fourth printing. Distributed by E. P. Dutton, New York. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You've been over the scenes of this book. These people used to live here.\"  Cloth, long scratch from top to bottom of back cover, bottom edges bumped and worn, large stain on top of leaves, near spine, that has soaked into paper and affected nearly every page. With dust jacket, large chips at all outside corners, clipped corner, soiled. ","THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS.  Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, inside corner creased, otherwise very fine. ","THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS. Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. ","THE YEAR OF MY REBIRTH. Illustrations by Barry Martin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 342 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"This book was lived -- and passages in this book you've spoken about here.\" Hardcover, fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. ","PUBLICATIONS ABOUT JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","Blair, Everetta Love. JESSE STUART: HIS LIFE AND WORKS. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1967.) 288 pages. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ","Clarke, Mary Washington. JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1968.) 240 pages. First edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, Nov. 26, 1969. ","Foster, Ruel E. JESSE STUART. (New York: Twayne Publishers, ca. 1968.) 168 pages. (Twayne's United States Authors Series, 140) Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1969 June 16. ","Hall, Wade. \"THE TRUTH IS FUNNY\": A STUDY OF JESSE STUART'S HUMOR. (Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 75 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970. ","LAND OF THE HONEY-COLORED WIND: JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY: A RESOURCE BOOK. Selected and edited by Jerry A. Herndon. (Morehead, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., ca. 1981. 168 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1982 July 27. ","THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1965?]) [28] pages, illus. Paperback. Two copies, both inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1966 March 30 and 1967 January 21. ","THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1967?]) [31] pages, illus. Revised edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 July 24. ","Pennington, Lee. THE DARK HILLS OF JESSE STUART: A CONSIDERATION OF SYMBOLISM AND VISION IN THE NOVELS OF JESSE STUART. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Harvest Press, The Kentucky Writers Guild, ca. 1967.) 166 pages, illus. Second printing. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 October 7. ","W-HOLLOW COOKBOOK. Compiled by Glennis Stuart Liles. With the assistance of Betty Stuart Baird. Edited by Chuck D. Charles. Second edition. (Ashland, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1990.) 306 pages, illus. Hardcover. ","W-HOLLOW HARVEST. (Cincinnati: Jesse Stuart Exchange) published monthly \nvol. 1, no. 1 (January 1967) - vol. 1, no. 12 (December 1967) \n_______. (Cincinnati: The Kentucky Writers' Guild) published 10 times per year \nvol. II, no. 4 (April 1968) - vol. II, no. 5 (May 1968) \nvol. II, no. 9 (September 1968) - vol. II, no. 10 (October 1968)","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE AND JANE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Murray, Ky.: Murray State University, 1969.) 144 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded and revised. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 September 27. ","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MAY, 1960 - MAY, 1965. Reprinted from The Register of The Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 63, Number 4, October 1965, pages 349-370. ","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. With essays by Roland Carter, Lawrence Edwards, H. H. Kroll, E. H. Smith, and Jesse Stuart. (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960.) 74 pages. Paperback. ","BOOKS BY JANE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","EYES OF THE MOLE. Sauk City, Wisc.: Stanton \u0026 Lee, 1967. 48 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.  Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 25. ","GIDEON'S CHILDREN. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1976. 283 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","LAND OF THE FOX. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1975. 154 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","PASSERMAN'S HOLLOW. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1974. 141 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","YELLOWHAWK. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1973. 178 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1973 April 21. ","BOOKS COLLECTED BY MARYAN DAHMER SEPARATED TO THE REGULAR CIRCULATING COLLECTION (All books hardcover with dust jacket, unless otherwise indicated.):","Adkins, Jan. A STORM WITHOUT RAIN. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. ","Bellow, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. New York: Viking Press, 1970. ","BEST OF 'HILLBILLY': A PRIZE-WINNING COLLECTION OF 100-PROOF WRITING FROM JIM COMSTOCK'S WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLY (\"A PAPER FOR PEOPLE WHO \nCAN'T READ, EDITED BY AN EDITOR WHO CAN'T EDIT\"). Compiled \u0026 edited by Otto Whittaker. Anderson, S.C.: Droke House, 1968. (Signed by Jim Comstock) ","BEST FROM THE FARMERS' ALMANAC. Edited by Ray Geiger. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. (No dust jacket) ","Buck, Pearl S. THE LIVING REED: A NOVEL. New York: John Day, 1963. ","Buck, Pearl S. A BRIDGE FOR PASSING. New York: John Day, 1962. ","Campbell, Harry Modean, and Ruel E. Foster. ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS: AMERICAN NOVELIST.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. (Inscribed by Ruel E. Foster) ","Case, Carlton B. STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES: HUMOROUS AND LIVELY DOINGS OF OUR BOYS \"OVER THERE\". Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing, 1918. Cover title: Stories from the trenches: funny tales the soldiers tell. (paperback) ","Caudill, Harry M. NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS: A BIOGRAPHY OF A DEPRESSED AREA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. ","Cheng, Nien. LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. (paperback) ","Cooper, James Fenimore. THE SPY. Illustrated by William P. Crouse. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1936. ","Cozzens, James Gould. CHILDREN AND OTHERS. New York: Harcourt, Brace, \u0026 World, 1964. ","Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. New York: Pocket Books, 1953, first printing 1952. \"Cardinal Edition.\" (Signed by the author.) (Paperback, no dust jacket) ","Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. [Nashville]: The Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, 1965, ca. 1942. (Inscribed by the author.) ","Ferber, Edna. SHOW BOAT, SO BIG, CIMARRON: THREE LIVING NOVELS OF AMERICAN LIFE. Garden City: Doubleday, [1958?]. ","Ferraro, Geraldine A. FERRARO: MY STORY. With Linda Bird Francke. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1985. ","Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, AND OTHER WRITINGS. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Frederick W. Hilles. New York: The Modern Library, 1955. ","Heckman, Hazel. ISLAND IN THE SOUND. Drawings by Helen Hiatt. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967. ","Hoffman, Frederick J. WILLIAM FAULKNER. New Haven, Conn.: College \u0026 University Press, 1961. (Twayne's United States Authors Series) (paperback) ","Huizinga, Johan. THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES: A STUDY OF THE FORMS OF LIFE, THOUGH AND ART IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES. Garden City: Doubleday Anchor, 1956. (paperback) ","Lockridge, Ross. RAINTREE COUNTY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. ","Massie, Robert K. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. ","Nabokov, Vladimir. THE EYE. New York: Phaedra, 1965. ","Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Signed by the author.) ","Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Paperback) (Signed by the author's daughter.) ","QUESTION OF HENRY JAMES: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS. Edited by F. W. Dupee. New York: Henry Holt, 1945. ","Roosevelt, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. New York: Harper \u0026 Brothers, 1949. ","Rushdie, Salman. THE SATANIC VERSES. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. ","Salmon, Arthur L. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN: CHAPTERS ON HUMAN LIFE. Chicago: Forbes \u0026 Company, 1915, ca. 1913. (No dust jacket) ","Terrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. ","Terrill, Ross. FLOWERS ON AN IRON TREE: FIVE CITIES OF CHINA. Boston: Little Brown, 1975. ","Terrill, Ross. MAO: A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Harper \u0026 Row, 1980. ","Terrill, Ross. THE WHITE-BONED DEMON: A BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME MAO ZEDONG. New York: William Morrow, 1984. ","Terrill, Ross. CHINA IN OUR TIME: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FROM THE COMMUNIST VICTORY TO TIANANMEN SQUARE AND BEYOND. New York: Simon \u0026 Schuster, 1992. ","Thomas, Dylan. UNDER MILK WOOD: A PLAY FOR VOICES. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. London: J. M. Dent \u0026 Sons, 1955, ca. 1954. ","Thoreau, Henry David. WALDEN. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane. New York: Bramhall House, 1951. ","WALT WHITMAN'S NEW YORK: FROM MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. Edited by Henry M. Christman. New York: Macmillan, 1963. ","Waltari, Mika. THE EGYPTIAN: A NOVEL. Translated by Naomi Walford. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. ","WAR POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WAR POETRY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Edited by Oscar Williams. New York: John Day, 1945. ","Whitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. First Borzoi edition. With a preface by Bernard Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. ","Wolfe, Thomas. MANNERHOUSE: A PLAY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS. New York: Harper \u0026 Brothers, 1948. (no dust jacket) ","Wolfe, Thomas. YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1942. (no dust jacket) ","Wolfe, Thomas. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. ","Wolfe, Thomas. OF TIME AND THE RIVER: A LEGEND OF MAN'S HUNGER IN HIS YOUTH. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1944. ","Wolfe, Thomas. A STONE, A LEAF, A DOOR: POEMS. Selected and arranged in verse by John S. Barnes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. (No dust jacket) ","Wright, Austin Tappan. ISLANDIA. New York: Farrar \u0026 Rinehart, 1942. (No dust jacket) ","Young, Barbara. THIS MAN FROM LEBANON: A STUDY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, ca. 1945.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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There are over 90 letters from Stuart to Dahmer, dating from 1966 to 1976, which discuss travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. The collection also includes a large number of Stuart's books, many of which are first editions inscribed to Dahmer, as well as publications by his daughter Jane Stuart. Jesse Hilton Stuart was born on August 8, 1906 in Greenup County, Kentucky. He published over 2000 poems and over 60 books, writing primarily about Appalachian life in poems, novels, children's books, autobiographical works, and short stories. He received several prestigious accolades for his work, including the highest award for poetry in America, the Fellowship for the Academy of American Poets. Stuart spent the majority of his life in his hometown of Greenup and remained deeply devoted to his Appalachian roots until he died on 17 Feburary 1984.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1. Clippings, 1966–1976 (box 1) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Newsletters, 1967–1975 (box 1) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Incoming Letters, 1966-1982 (boxes 1-2) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Subjects, 1950-1966, undated (box 2) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Writings by Jesse Stuart, 1965–1982 (boxes 3-4) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Writings about Jesse Stuart, 1957–1980 (box 4) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Broadside, undated (box 4)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Jesse Stuart's writings, reviews of his work, and his life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains issues of three newsletters: \"Jefferson Community College Bulletin,\" \"The Alicia Patterson Foundation,\" and \"Pegasus.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains 143 mailed items, including letters, greeting cards, pamphlets, etc. 114 items are from Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 96 of which are letters regarding travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. With the letter of 1967 January 22 are five photos of Stuart with a postman who is delivering him coconuts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes assorted correspondence, tests, photographs, and other material sorted by subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains journals and magazines with short stories, poetry, and essays on teaching, Robert Burns, travel in Greece, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains not only magazines and newspapers including advertisements for and reviews of Jesse Stuart's writings but also one biographical article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains one broadside of a poem by Jesse Stuart, \"Kentucky Is My Land,\" with an illustration by Orville Carroll.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Letters, books, clippings, biographical and literary articles, and other papers regarding Appalachian poet and author, Jesse Stuart, gathered by family friend, Maryan Dahmer. There are over 90 letters from Stuart to Dahmer, dating from 1966 to 1976, which discuss travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. The collection also includes a large number of Stuart's books, many of which are first editions inscribed to Dahmer, as well as publications by his daughter Jane Stuart. Jesse Hilton Stuart was born on August 8, 1906 in Greenup County, Kentucky. He published over 2000 poems and over 60 books, writing primarily about Appalachian life in poems, novels, children's books, autobiographical works, and short stories. He received several prestigious accolades for his work, including the highest award for poetry in America, the Fellowship for the Academy of American Poets. Stuart spent the majority of his life in his hometown of Greenup and remained deeply devoted to his Appalachian roots until he died on 17 Feburary 1984.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Clippings, 1966–1976 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Newsletters, 1967–1975 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Incoming Letters, 1966-1982 (boxes 1-2)  \nSeries 3. Subjects, 1950-1966, undated (box 2)  \nSeries 4. Writings by Jesse Stuart, 1965–1982 (boxes 3-4)  \nSeries 5. Writings about Jesse Stuart, 1957–1980 (box 4)  \nSeries 6. Broadside, undated (box 4)","This series contains newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Jesse Stuart's writings, reviews of his work, and his life.","This series contains issues of three newsletters: \"Jefferson Community College Bulletin,\" \"The Alicia Patterson Foundation,\" and \"Pegasus.\"","This series contains 143 mailed items, including letters, greeting cards, pamphlets, etc. 114 items are from Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 96 of which are letters regarding travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. With the letter of 1967 January 22 are five photos of Stuart with a postman who is delivering him coconuts.","This series includes assorted correspondence, tests, photographs, and other material sorted by subject.","This series contains journals and magazines with short stories, poetry, and essays on teaching, Robert Burns, travel in Greece, etc.","This series contains not only magazines and newspapers including advertisements for and reviews of Jesse Stuart's writings but also one biographical article.","This series contains one broadside of a poem by Jesse Stuart, \"Kentucky Is My Land,\" with an illustration by Orville Carroll."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eBOOKS BY JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eALBUM OF DESTINY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 255 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I worked longer on this book than on any I've written. Eleven years off and on I worked on this book.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, clipped corner, chipped and soiled, but sound. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eANDY FINDS A WAY. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1961. 92 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969.  Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE BEATINEST BOY.  Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1953. 110 pages. Eleventh printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"The Beatinest Boy was real -- very real.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBEYOND DARK HILLS: A PERSONAL STORY. With six decorations by Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. 399 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"You had a time getting this one -- a really scarce book.\" Cloth, ex-lib, card pocket pasted in back, book spine torn, worn, and repaired with tape, title page secured with tape, end papers and various pages stained and/or soiled. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCLEARING IN THE SKY \u0026amp; OTHER STORIES. Woodcuts by Stanley Rice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 262 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1967, \"This is a book hard to come by but Naomi Deane found it for you. ... So from the green hills of Appalachia, green clouds of leaves now rustling in the winds of May, we send you this and our warmest personal greetings to a fellow teacher and a friend.\" Cloth, end papers stained, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, well worn and soiled, but sound. Letter from Naomi Deane Stuart (Mrs. Jesse Stuart) dated May 22, 1967 enclosed. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCOME GENTLE SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 282 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"fellow teacher, friend, a girl from the Appalachian hills -- your background is my background.\"  Cloth covers and end papers stained at top and at bottom from tape residue, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, also stained from tape residue, and slightly soiled, but otherwise sound. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCOME TO MY TOMORROWLAND. Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1971.  195 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"I hope there will be a tomorrowland for all wildlife.\" Very fine hardcover, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCOME BACK TO THE FARM. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 246 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1971, \"How wonderful it is to sign this first edition for you.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDAUGHTER OF THE LEGEND. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 249 pages. First edition. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDAWN OF REMEMBERED SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972.  179 pages. First edition? Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1972, \"I know you love people but I wonder if you will love the things that crawl, run (on two legs and four) and fly.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFORETASTE OF GLORY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You were in Blakesburg this afternoon and you walked where these people ran ...\" Fine cloth, with label pasted on inscribed end paper, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, chipped, clipped corner, extensively repaired with tape. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGOD'S ODDLING: THE STORY OF MICK STUART, MY FATHER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Third printing. 266 pages. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You are now where my father lived, where he walked and talked and he loved this land. I wish you could have met him.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, showing mild wear. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE GOOD SPIRIT OF LAUREL RIDGE.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 263 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You visited Laurel Ridge yesterday -- the land where Old Op once lived and loved.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped and slightly worn, fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, large portion at bottom of front missing, corners worn. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHEAD O' W-HOLLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1936. 342 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, August 1971, \"You, certainly a friend of first dimension to go out and buy my old books and collect me. I'll tell you this is a rare one and a scarce one. It's really a pleasure to special autograph this for you.\" Cloth covers with minor wear and some soiling, but spine and pasted-down end papers badly stained apparently from bookbinder's glue, one inch tear in front flyleaf end paper. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHIE TO THE HUNTERS. New York: Whittlesey House, 1950. 265 pages. Eleventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped at corners, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHOLD APRIL: NEW POEMS. Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 114 pages. Second printing.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"It is so nice to see you again and to sign Hold April for you. But we can't hold April.\" Very Fine hardcover, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA JESSE STUART READER: STORIES AND POEMS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JESSE STUART.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 342 pages. Decorative cloth, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKENTUCKY IS MY LAND. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. 95 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"... a rare book ... most difficult to find. Very few copies of this book were printed in the first place.\" Cloth, stained on front end papers and eight various pages, otherwise near fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE LAND BEYOND THE RIVER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. 380 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"W-Hollow is really beautiful now.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLOST SANDSTONES AND LONELY SKIES AND OTHER ESSAYS. [Danbury, CT], Archer Editions Press, 1979. 176 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the Jesse Stuart family album.  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982. Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1934. 361 pages.  Fourth printing, December 1942. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"This book was our meeting at Shepherd College ... From Shepherd College to W-Hollow, you are with us tonight.\" Cloth, fine, end papers and edges stained. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMONGREL METTLE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DOG. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 201 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"you are in the spot in this old living room ... where I wrote this book.\" Cloth, covers and end papers stained, spine faded, sound, pages clean. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1968, \"Who recommended J. S. to Mrs. Scott.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1967, \"I think of you often. You away from our hills. You a native of these hills. You who fights for us.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMY LAND HAS A VOICE. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.  243 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMY WORLD. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1975. 95, [1] pages  (The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf)  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982, \"Thank you for coming to see us again.\" Decorative cloth, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOLD BEN. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 92 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1970.  Hardcover, very fine, illustrated covers, no dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA PENNY'S WORTH OF CHARACTER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, a division of McGraw-Hill, 1954. 61, [2] pages. Ninth printing. Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"If I had but one of my junior books to sign for you, I would select and sign this one for you.\" Very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, trimmed at bottom, but sound and clean. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePLOWSHARE IN HEAVEN: STORIES BY JESSE STUART. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 273 pages. Seventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, production flaw on back, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRED MULE. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1955. 124 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Mayan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Red Mule was real -- a neighbor and friend.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, small stain, minor wear. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA RIDE WITH HUEY THE ENGINEER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. 92, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Huey will never pull this train again over the countryside in our part of Kentucky.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, severely trimmed at top, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE RIGHTFUL OWNER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 110 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, slight wear, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSAVE EVERY LAMB. Illustrations by Jean George. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 278 pages. First edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, minor shelf wear, but fine plus. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSEVEN BY JESSE. Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 42 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1970, \"With love and Christmas best wishes from your friends in W-Hollow.\" Wrappers, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSHORT STORIES FOR DISCUSSION. Edited by Albert K. Ridout, Jesse Stuart. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. 489 pages. Includes \"How I Write My Short Stories\" by Jesse Stuart, as well as one short story each by Stuart and his daughter, Jessica Jane Stuart. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Very fine cloth, decorative cover. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSPLIT CHERRY TREE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT. By Jessie [sic] Stuart, dramatized by Dem and Janet Polachek. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1967. 24 pages. Two copies, both signed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 4 and April 1968. Wrappers, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTALES FROM THE PLUM GROVE HILLS. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Kenneth Gould, October 7th, 1946, \"This book will be published Oct 21st.\" Also inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, October 1970, \"to think you have the copy I signed for an editor who used to accept my poems and stories for Scholastic Magazine.\" Cloth, foxing on covers and end papers, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, soiled and chipped. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Cloth, good, but sound. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. 303 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Cloth covers faded and stained, showing some wear, front hinge loosened, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, creased, chipped, and torn. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club News reprint about Jesse Stuart and this book. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. DRAMATIZED BY REGINALD LAWRENCE. FROM THE BOOK BY JESSE STUART. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1958. 107 pages. Wrappers, fine plus. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958, ca. 1949. 293 pages. With a new preface by the author. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I think this is one of your favorites of my books and I am glad it is.\" Cloth, lower third of back cover water-stained, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, lower half of back wrinkled and discolored from moisture. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTIM: A STORY. Cincinnati: Kentucky Writers' Guild, Harvest Press, [1968?].  34 pages.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"Upon this wonderful occasion, your visiting us, take this little memento with you.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTO TEACH, TO LOVE. New York: World Publishing, 1970. First printing. 317 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1969, and signed with a juvenile flourish by Conrad Stuart Juergensmeyer, Jesse Stuart's grandson. Hardcover, shelf bump at bottom of back cover, otherwise fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTREES OF HEAVEN. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943, ca. 1940. 340 pages. Fourth printing. Distributed by E. P. Dutton, New York. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You've been over the scenes of this book. These people used to live here.\"  Cloth, long scratch from top to bottom of back cover, bottom edges bumped and worn, large stain on top of leaves, near spine, that has soaked into paper and affected nearly every page. With dust jacket, large chips at all outside corners, clipped corner, soiled. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS.  Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, inside corner creased, otherwise very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS. Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE YEAR OF MY REBIRTH. Illustrations by Barry Martin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 342 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"This book was lived -- and passages in this book you've spoken about here.\" Hardcover, fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003ePUBLICATIONS ABOUT JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBlair, Everetta Love. JESSE STUART: HIS LIFE AND WORKS. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1967.) 288 pages. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eClarke, Mary Washington. JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1968.) 240 pages. First edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, Nov. 26, 1969. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Ruel E. JESSE STUART. (New York: Twayne Publishers, ca. 1968.) 168 pages. (Twayne's United States Authors Series, 140) Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1969 June 16. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHall, Wade. \"THE TRUTH IS FUNNY\": A STUDY OF JESSE STUART'S HUMOR. (Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 75 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLAND OF THE HONEY-COLORED WIND: JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY: A RESOURCE BOOK. Selected and edited by Jerry A. Herndon. (Morehead, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., ca. 1981. 168 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1982 July 27. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1965?]) [28] pages, illus. Paperback. Two copies, both inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1966 March 30 and 1967 January 21. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1967?]) [31] pages, illus. Revised edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 July 24. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePennington, Lee. THE DARK HILLS OF JESSE STUART: A CONSIDERATION OF SYMBOLISM AND VISION IN THE NOVELS OF JESSE STUART. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Harvest Press, The Kentucky Writers Guild, ca. 1967.) 166 pages, illus. Second printing. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 October 7. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eW-HOLLOW COOKBOOK. Compiled by Glennis Stuart Liles. With the assistance of Betty Stuart Baird. Edited by Chuck D. Charles. Second edition. (Ashland, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1990.) 306 pages, illus. Hardcover. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eW-HOLLOW HARVEST. (Cincinnati: Jesse Stuart Exchange) published monthly\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nvol. 1, no. 1 (January 1967) - vol. 1, no. 12 (December 1967)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n_______. (Cincinnati: The Kentucky Writers' Guild) published 10 times per year\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nvol. II, no. 4 (April 1968) - vol. II, no. 5 (May 1968)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nvol. II, no. 9 (September 1968) - vol. II, no. 10 (October 1968)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWoodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE AND JANE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Murray, Ky.: Murray State University, 1969.) 144 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded and revised. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 September 27. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWoodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MAY, 1960 - MAY, 1965. Reprinted from The Register of The Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 63, Number 4, October 1965, pages 349-370. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWoodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. With essays by Roland Carter, Lawrence Edwards, H. H. Kroll, E. H. Smith, and Jesse Stuart. (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960.) 74 pages. Paperback. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eBOOKS BY JANE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEYES OF THE MOLE. Sauk City, Wisc.: Stanton \u0026amp; Lee, 1967. 48 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.  Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 25. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGIDEON'S CHILDREN. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1976. 283 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLAND OF THE FOX. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1975. 154 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePASSERMAN'S HOLLOW. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1974. 141 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYELLOWHAWK. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1973. 178 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1973 April 21. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eBOOKS COLLECTED BY MARYAN DAHMER SEPARATED TO THE REGULAR CIRCULATING COLLECTION (All books hardcover with dust jacket, unless otherwise indicated.):\u003c/title\u003e \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdkins, Jan. A STORM WITHOUT RAIN. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBellow, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. New York: Viking Press, 1970. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBEST OF 'HILLBILLY': A PRIZE-WINNING COLLECTION OF 100-PROOF WRITING FROM JIM COMSTOCK'S WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLY (\"A PAPER FOR PEOPLE WHO \nCAN'T READ, EDITED BY AN EDITOR WHO CAN'T EDIT\"). Compiled \u0026amp; edited by Otto Whittaker. Anderson, S.C.: Droke House, 1968. (Signed by Jim Comstock) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBEST FROM THE FARMERS' ALMANAC. Edited by Ray Geiger. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. (No dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBuck, Pearl S. THE LIVING REED: A NOVEL. New York: John Day, 1963. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBuck, Pearl S. A BRIDGE FOR PASSING. New York: John Day, 1962. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCampbell, Harry Modean, and Ruel E. Foster. ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS: AMERICAN NOVELIST.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. (Inscribed by Ruel E. Foster) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCase, Carlton B. STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES: HUMOROUS AND LIVELY DOINGS OF OUR BOYS \"OVER THERE\". Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing, 1918. Cover title: Stories from the trenches: funny tales the soldiers tell. (paperback) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCaudill, Harry M. NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS: A BIOGRAPHY OF A DEPRESSED AREA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCheng, Nien. LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. (paperback) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCooper, James Fenimore. THE SPY. Illustrated by William P. Crouse. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1936. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCozzens, James Gould. CHILDREN AND OTHERS. New York: Harcourt, Brace, \u0026amp; World, 1964. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCrabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. New York: Pocket Books, 1953, first printing 1952. \"Cardinal Edition.\" (Signed by the author.) (Paperback, no dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCrabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. [Nashville]: The Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, 1965, ca. 1942. (Inscribed by the author.) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFerber, Edna. SHOW BOAT, SO BIG, CIMARRON: THREE LIVING NOVELS OF AMERICAN LIFE. Garden City: Doubleday, [1958?]. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFerraro, Geraldine A. FERRARO: MY STORY. With Linda Bird Francke. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1985. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGoldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, AND OTHER WRITINGS. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Frederick W. Hilles. New York: The Modern Library, 1955. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHeckman, Hazel. ISLAND IN THE SOUND. Drawings by Helen Hiatt. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHoffman, Frederick J. WILLIAM FAULKNER. New Haven, Conn.: College \u0026amp; University Press, 1961. (Twayne's United States Authors Series) (paperback) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHuizinga, Johan. THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES: A STUDY OF THE FORMS OF LIFE, THOUGH AND ART IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES. Garden City: Doubleday Anchor, 1956. (paperback) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLockridge, Ross. RAINTREE COUNTY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMassie, Robert K. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNabokov, Vladimir. THE EYE. New York: Phaedra, 1965. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Signed by the author.) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Paperback) (Signed by the author's daughter.) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eQUESTION OF HENRY JAMES: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS. Edited by F. W. Dupee. New York: Henry Holt, 1945. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRoosevelt, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. New York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1949. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRushdie, Salman. THE SATANIC VERSES. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSalmon, Arthur L. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN: CHAPTERS ON HUMAN LIFE. Chicago: Forbes \u0026amp; Company, 1915, ca. 1913. (No dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. FLOWERS ON AN IRON TREE: FIVE CITIES OF CHINA. Boston: Little Brown, 1975. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. MAO: A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Harper \u0026amp; Row, 1980. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. THE WHITE-BONED DEMON: A BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME MAO ZEDONG. New York: William Morrow, 1984. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. CHINA IN OUR TIME: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FROM THE COMMUNIST VICTORY TO TIANANMEN SQUARE AND BEYOND. New York: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 1992. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas, Dylan. UNDER MILK WOOD: A PLAY FOR VOICES. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. London: J. M. Dent \u0026amp; Sons, 1955, ca. 1954. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThoreau, Henry David. WALDEN. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane. New York: Bramhall House, 1951. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWALT WHITMAN'S NEW YORK: FROM MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. Edited by Henry M. Christman. New York: Macmillan, 1963. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWaltari, Mika. THE EGYPTIAN: A NOVEL. Translated by Naomi Walford. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWAR POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WAR POETRY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Edited by Oscar Williams. New York: John Day, 1945. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. First Borzoi edition. With a preface by Bernard Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. MANNERHOUSE: A PLAY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS. New York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1948. (no dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1942. (no dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. OF TIME AND THE RIVER: A LEGEND OF MAN'S HUNGER IN HIS YOUTH. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1944. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. A STONE, A LEAF, A DOOR: POEMS. Selected and arranged in verse by John S. Barnes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. (No dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWright, Austin Tappan. ISLANDIA. New York: Farrar \u0026amp; Rinehart, 1942. (No dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYoung, Barbara. THIS MAN FROM LEBANON: A STUDY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, ca. 1945.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["BOOKS BY JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","ALBUM OF DESTINY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 255 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I worked longer on this book than on any I've written. Eleven years off and on I worked on this book.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, clipped corner, chipped and soiled, but sound. ","ANDY FINDS A WAY. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1961. 92 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969.  Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise fine. ","THE BEATINEST BOY.  Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1953. 110 pages. Eleventh printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"The Beatinest Boy was real -- very real.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","BEYOND DARK HILLS: A PERSONAL STORY. With six decorations by Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. 399 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"You had a time getting this one -- a really scarce book.\" Cloth, ex-lib, card pocket pasted in back, book spine torn, worn, and repaired with tape, title page secured with tape, end papers and various pages stained and/or soiled. ","CLEARING IN THE SKY \u0026 OTHER STORIES. Woodcuts by Stanley Rice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 262 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1967, \"This is a book hard to come by but Naomi Deane found it for you. ... So from the green hills of Appalachia, green clouds of leaves now rustling in the winds of May, we send you this and our warmest personal greetings to a fellow teacher and a friend.\" Cloth, end papers stained, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, well worn and soiled, but sound. Letter from Naomi Deane Stuart (Mrs. Jesse Stuart) dated May 22, 1967 enclosed. ","COME GENTLE SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 282 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"fellow teacher, friend, a girl from the Appalachian hills -- your background is my background.\"  Cloth covers and end papers stained at top and at bottom from tape residue, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, also stained from tape residue, and slightly soiled, but otherwise sound. ","COME TO MY TOMORROWLAND. Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1971.  195 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"I hope there will be a tomorrowland for all wildlife.\" Very fine hardcover, with dust jacket, very fine. ","COME BACK TO THE FARM. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 246 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1971, \"How wonderful it is to sign this first edition for you.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","DAUGHTER OF THE LEGEND. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 249 pages. First edition. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. ","DAWN OF REMEMBERED SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972.  179 pages. First edition? Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1972, \"I know you love people but I wonder if you will love the things that crawl, run (on two legs and four) and fly.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","FORETASTE OF GLORY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You were in Blakesburg this afternoon and you walked where these people ran ...\" Fine cloth, with label pasted on inscribed end paper, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, chipped, clipped corner, extensively repaired with tape. ","GOD'S ODDLING: THE STORY OF MICK STUART, MY FATHER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Third printing. 266 pages. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You are now where my father lived, where he walked and talked and he loved this land. I wish you could have met him.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, showing mild wear. ","THE GOOD SPIRIT OF LAUREL RIDGE.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 263 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You visited Laurel Ridge yesterday -- the land where Old Op once lived and loved.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped and slightly worn, fine. ","HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, large portion at bottom of front missing, corners worn. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" ","HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" ","HEAD O' W-HOLLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1936. 342 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, August 1971, \"You, certainly a friend of first dimension to go out and buy my old books and collect me. I'll tell you this is a rare one and a scarce one. It's really a pleasure to special autograph this for you.\" Cloth covers with minor wear and some soiling, but spine and pasted-down end papers badly stained apparently from bookbinder's glue, one inch tear in front flyleaf end paper. ","HIE TO THE HUNTERS. New York: Whittlesey House, 1950. 265 pages. Eleventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped at corners, otherwise fine. ","HOLD APRIL: NEW POEMS. Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 114 pages. Second printing.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"It is so nice to see you again and to sign Hold April for you. But we can't hold April.\" Very Fine hardcover, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. ","A JESSE STUART READER: STORIES AND POEMS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JESSE STUART.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 342 pages. Decorative cloth, very fine. ","KENTUCKY IS MY LAND. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. 95 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"... a rare book ... most difficult to find. Very few copies of this book were printed in the first place.\" Cloth, stained on front end papers and eight various pages, otherwise near fine. ","THE LAND BEYOND THE RIVER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. 380 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"W-Hollow is really beautiful now.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. ","LOST SANDSTONES AND LONELY SKIES AND OTHER ESSAYS. [Danbury, CT], Archer Editions Press, 1979. 176 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the Jesse Stuart family album.  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982. Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1934. 361 pages.  Fourth printing, December 1942. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"This book was our meeting at Shepherd College ... From Shepherd College to W-Hollow, you are with us tonight.\" Cloth, fine, end papers and edges stained. ","MONGREL METTLE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DOG. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 201 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"you are in the spot in this old living room ... where I wrote this book.\" Cloth, covers and end papers stained, spine faded, sound, pages clean. ","MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1968, \"Who recommended J. S. to Mrs. Scott.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. ","MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1967, \"I think of you often. You away from our hills. You a native of these hills. You who fights for us.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MY LAND HAS A VOICE. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.  243 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MY WORLD. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1975. 95, [1] pages  (The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf)  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982, \"Thank you for coming to see us again.\" Decorative cloth, very fine. ","OLD BEN. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 92 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1970.  Hardcover, very fine, illustrated covers, no dust jacket. ","A PENNY'S WORTH OF CHARACTER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, a division of McGraw-Hill, 1954. 61, [2] pages. Ninth printing. Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"If I had but one of my junior books to sign for you, I would select and sign this one for you.\" Very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, trimmed at bottom, but sound and clean. ","PLOWSHARE IN HEAVEN: STORIES BY JESSE STUART. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 273 pages. Seventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, production flaw on back, otherwise fine. ","RED MULE. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1955. 124 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Mayan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Red Mule was real -- a neighbor and friend.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, small stain, minor wear. ","A RIDE WITH HUEY THE ENGINEER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. 92, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Huey will never pull this train again over the countryside in our part of Kentucky.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, severely trimmed at top, otherwise fine. ","THE RIGHTFUL OWNER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 110 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, slight wear, otherwise fine. ","SAVE EVERY LAMB. Illustrations by Jean George. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 278 pages. First edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, minor shelf wear, but fine plus. ","SEVEN BY JESSE. Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 42 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1970, \"With love and Christmas best wishes from your friends in W-Hollow.\" Wrappers, very fine. ","SHORT STORIES FOR DISCUSSION. Edited by Albert K. Ridout, Jesse Stuart. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. 489 pages. Includes \"How I Write My Short Stories\" by Jesse Stuart, as well as one short story each by Stuart and his daughter, Jessica Jane Stuart. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Very fine cloth, decorative cover. ","SPLIT CHERRY TREE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT. By Jessie [sic] Stuart, dramatized by Dem and Janet Polachek. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1967. 24 pages. Two copies, both signed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 4 and April 1968. Wrappers, very fine. ","TALES FROM THE PLUM GROVE HILLS. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Kenneth Gould, October 7th, 1946, \"This book will be published Oct 21st.\" Also inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, October 1970, \"to think you have the copy I signed for an editor who used to accept my poems and stories for Scholastic Magazine.\" Cloth, foxing on covers and end papers, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, soiled and chipped. ","TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Cloth, good, but sound. ","TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. 303 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Cloth covers faded and stained, showing some wear, front hinge loosened, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, creased, chipped, and torn. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club News reprint about Jesse Stuart and this book. ","THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. DRAMATIZED BY REGINALD LAWRENCE. FROM THE BOOK BY JESSE STUART. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1958. 107 pages. Wrappers, fine plus. ","THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958, ca. 1949. 293 pages. With a new preface by the author. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I think this is one of your favorites of my books and I am glad it is.\" Cloth, lower third of back cover water-stained, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, lower half of back wrinkled and discolored from moisture. ","TIM: A STORY. Cincinnati: Kentucky Writers' Guild, Harvest Press, [1968?].  34 pages.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"Upon this wonderful occasion, your visiting us, take this little memento with you.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. ","TO TEACH, TO LOVE. New York: World Publishing, 1970. First printing. 317 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1969, and signed with a juvenile flourish by Conrad Stuart Juergensmeyer, Jesse Stuart's grandson. Hardcover, shelf bump at bottom of back cover, otherwise fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. ","TREES OF HEAVEN. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943, ca. 1940. 340 pages. Fourth printing. Distributed by E. P. Dutton, New York. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You've been over the scenes of this book. These people used to live here.\"  Cloth, long scratch from top to bottom of back cover, bottom edges bumped and worn, large stain on top of leaves, near spine, that has soaked into paper and affected nearly every page. With dust jacket, large chips at all outside corners, clipped corner, soiled. ","THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS.  Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, inside corner creased, otherwise very fine. ","THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS. Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. ","THE YEAR OF MY REBIRTH. Illustrations by Barry Martin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 342 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"This book was lived -- and passages in this book you've spoken about here.\" Hardcover, fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. ","PUBLICATIONS ABOUT JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","Blair, Everetta Love. JESSE STUART: HIS LIFE AND WORKS. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1967.) 288 pages. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ","Clarke, Mary Washington. JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1968.) 240 pages. First edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, Nov. 26, 1969. ","Foster, Ruel E. JESSE STUART. (New York: Twayne Publishers, ca. 1968.) 168 pages. (Twayne's United States Authors Series, 140) Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1969 June 16. ","Hall, Wade. \"THE TRUTH IS FUNNY\": A STUDY OF JESSE STUART'S HUMOR. (Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 75 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970. ","LAND OF THE HONEY-COLORED WIND: JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY: A RESOURCE BOOK. Selected and edited by Jerry A. Herndon. (Morehead, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., ca. 1981. 168 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1982 July 27. ","THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1965?]) [28] pages, illus. Paperback. Two copies, both inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1966 March 30 and 1967 January 21. ","THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1967?]) [31] pages, illus. Revised edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 July 24. ","Pennington, Lee. THE DARK HILLS OF JESSE STUART: A CONSIDERATION OF SYMBOLISM AND VISION IN THE NOVELS OF JESSE STUART. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Harvest Press, The Kentucky Writers Guild, ca. 1967.) 166 pages, illus. Second printing. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 October 7. ","W-HOLLOW COOKBOOK. Compiled by Glennis Stuart Liles. With the assistance of Betty Stuart Baird. Edited by Chuck D. Charles. Second edition. (Ashland, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1990.) 306 pages, illus. Hardcover. ","W-HOLLOW HARVEST. (Cincinnati: Jesse Stuart Exchange) published monthly \nvol. 1, no. 1 (January 1967) - vol. 1, no. 12 (December 1967) \n_______. (Cincinnati: The Kentucky Writers' Guild) published 10 times per year \nvol. II, no. 4 (April 1968) - vol. II, no. 5 (May 1968) \nvol. II, no. 9 (September 1968) - vol. II, no. 10 (October 1968)","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE AND JANE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Murray, Ky.: Murray State University, 1969.) 144 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded and revised. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 September 27. ","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MAY, 1960 - MAY, 1965. Reprinted from The Register of The Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 63, Number 4, October 1965, pages 349-370. ","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. With essays by Roland Carter, Lawrence Edwards, H. H. Kroll, E. H. Smith, and Jesse Stuart. (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960.) 74 pages. Paperback. ","BOOKS BY JANE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","EYES OF THE MOLE. Sauk City, Wisc.: Stanton \u0026 Lee, 1967. 48 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.  Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 25. ","GIDEON'S CHILDREN. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1976. 283 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","LAND OF THE FOX. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1975. 154 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","PASSERMAN'S HOLLOW. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1974. 141 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","YELLOWHAWK. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1973. 178 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1973 April 21. ","BOOKS COLLECTED BY MARYAN DAHMER SEPARATED TO THE REGULAR CIRCULATING COLLECTION (All books hardcover with dust jacket, unless otherwise indicated.):","Adkins, Jan. A STORM WITHOUT RAIN. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. ","Bellow, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. New York: Viking Press, 1970. ","BEST OF 'HILLBILLY': A PRIZE-WINNING COLLECTION OF 100-PROOF WRITING FROM JIM COMSTOCK'S WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLY (\"A PAPER FOR PEOPLE WHO \nCAN'T READ, EDITED BY AN EDITOR WHO CAN'T EDIT\"). Compiled \u0026 edited by Otto Whittaker. Anderson, S.C.: Droke House, 1968. (Signed by Jim Comstock) ","BEST FROM THE FARMERS' ALMANAC. Edited by Ray Geiger. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. (No dust jacket) ","Buck, Pearl S. THE LIVING REED: A NOVEL. New York: John Day, 1963. ","Buck, Pearl S. A BRIDGE FOR PASSING. New York: John Day, 1962. ","Campbell, Harry Modean, and Ruel E. Foster. ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS: AMERICAN NOVELIST.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. (Inscribed by Ruel E. Foster) ","Case, Carlton B. STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES: HUMOROUS AND LIVELY DOINGS OF OUR BOYS \"OVER THERE\". Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing, 1918. Cover title: Stories from the trenches: funny tales the soldiers tell. (paperback) ","Caudill, Harry M. NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS: A BIOGRAPHY OF A DEPRESSED AREA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. ","Cheng, Nien. LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. (paperback) ","Cooper, James Fenimore. THE SPY. Illustrated by William P. Crouse. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1936. ","Cozzens, James Gould. CHILDREN AND OTHERS. New York: Harcourt, Brace, \u0026 World, 1964. ","Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. New York: Pocket Books, 1953, first printing 1952. \"Cardinal Edition.\" (Signed by the author.) (Paperback, no dust jacket) ","Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. [Nashville]: The Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, 1965, ca. 1942. (Inscribed by the author.) ","Ferber, Edna. SHOW BOAT, SO BIG, CIMARRON: THREE LIVING NOVELS OF AMERICAN LIFE. Garden City: Doubleday, [1958?]. ","Ferraro, Geraldine A. FERRARO: MY STORY. With Linda Bird Francke. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1985. ","Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, AND OTHER WRITINGS. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Frederick W. Hilles. New York: The Modern Library, 1955. ","Heckman, Hazel. ISLAND IN THE SOUND. Drawings by Helen Hiatt. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967. ","Hoffman, Frederick J. WILLIAM FAULKNER. New Haven, Conn.: College \u0026 University Press, 1961. (Twayne's United States Authors Series) (paperback) ","Huizinga, Johan. THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES: A STUDY OF THE FORMS OF LIFE, THOUGH AND ART IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES. Garden City: Doubleday Anchor, 1956. (paperback) ","Lockridge, Ross. RAINTREE COUNTY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. ","Massie, Robert K. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. ","Nabokov, Vladimir. THE EYE. New York: Phaedra, 1965. ","Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Signed by the author.) ","Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Paperback) (Signed by the author's daughter.) ","QUESTION OF HENRY JAMES: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS. Edited by F. W. Dupee. New York: Henry Holt, 1945. ","Roosevelt, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. New York: Harper \u0026 Brothers, 1949. ","Rushdie, Salman. THE SATANIC VERSES. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. ","Salmon, Arthur L. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN: CHAPTERS ON HUMAN LIFE. Chicago: Forbes \u0026 Company, 1915, ca. 1913. (No dust jacket) ","Terrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. ","Terrill, Ross. FLOWERS ON AN IRON TREE: FIVE CITIES OF CHINA. Boston: Little Brown, 1975. ","Terrill, Ross. MAO: A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Harper \u0026 Row, 1980. ","Terrill, Ross. THE WHITE-BONED DEMON: A BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME MAO ZEDONG. New York: William Morrow, 1984. ","Terrill, Ross. CHINA IN OUR TIME: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FROM THE COMMUNIST VICTORY TO TIANANMEN SQUARE AND BEYOND. New York: Simon \u0026 Schuster, 1992. ","Thomas, Dylan. UNDER MILK WOOD: A PLAY FOR VOICES. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. London: J. M. Dent \u0026 Sons, 1955, ca. 1954. ","Thoreau, Henry David. WALDEN. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane. New York: Bramhall House, 1951. ","WALT WHITMAN'S NEW YORK: FROM MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. Edited by Henry M. Christman. New York: Macmillan, 1963. ","Waltari, Mika. THE EGYPTIAN: A NOVEL. Translated by Naomi Walford. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. ","WAR POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WAR POETRY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Edited by Oscar Williams. New York: John Day, 1945. ","Whitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. First Borzoi edition. With a preface by Bernard Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. ","Wolfe, Thomas. MANNERHOUSE: A PLAY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS. New York: Harper \u0026 Brothers, 1948. (no dust jacket) ","Wolfe, Thomas. YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1942. (no dust jacket) ","Wolfe, Thomas. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. ","Wolfe, Thomas. OF TIME AND THE RIVER: A LEGEND OF MAN'S HUNGER IN HIS YOUTH. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1944. ","Wolfe, Thomas. A STONE, A LEAF, A DOOR: POEMS. Selected and arranged in verse by John S. Barnes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. (No dust jacket) ","Wright, Austin Tappan. ISLANDIA. New York: Farrar \u0026 Rinehart, 1942. (No dust jacket) ","Young, Barbara. THIS MAN FROM LEBANON: A STUDY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, ca. 1945."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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There are over 90 letters from Stuart to Dahmer, dating from 1966 to 1976, which discuss travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. The collection also includes a large number of Stuart's books, many of which are first editions inscribed to Dahmer, as well as publications by his daughter Jane Stuart. Jesse Hilton Stuart was born on August 8, 1906 in Greenup County, Kentucky. He published over 2000 poems and over 60 books, writing primarily about Appalachian life in poems, novels, children's books, autobiographical works, and short stories. He received several prestigious accolades for his work, including the highest award for poetry in America, the Fellowship for the Academy of American Poets. Stuart spent the majority of his life in his hometown of Greenup and remained deeply devoted to his Appalachian roots until he died on 17 Feburary 1984.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Clippings, 1966–1976 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Newsletters, 1967–1975 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Incoming Letters, 1966-1982 (boxes 1-2)  \nSeries 3. Subjects, 1950-1966, undated (box 2)  \nSeries 4. Writings by Jesse Stuart, 1965–1982 (boxes 3-4)  \nSeries 5. Writings about Jesse Stuart, 1957–1980 (box 4)  \nSeries 6. Broadside, undated (box 4)","This series contains newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Jesse Stuart's writings, reviews of his work, and his life.","This series contains issues of three newsletters: \"Jefferson Community College Bulletin,\" \"The Alicia Patterson Foundation,\" and \"Pegasus.\"","This series contains 143 mailed items, including letters, greeting cards, pamphlets, etc. 114 items are from Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 96 of which are letters regarding travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. With the letter of 1967 January 22 are five photos of Stuart with a postman who is delivering him coconuts.","This series includes assorted correspondence, tests, photographs, and other material sorted by subject.","This series contains journals and magazines with short stories, poetry, and essays on teaching, Robert Burns, travel in Greece, etc.","This series contains not only magazines and newspapers including advertisements for and reviews of Jesse Stuart's writings but also one biographical article.","This series contains one broadside of a poem by Jesse Stuart, \"Kentucky Is My Land,\" with an illustration by Orville Carroll.","BOOKS BY JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","ALBUM OF DESTINY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 255 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I worked longer on this book than on any I've written. Eleven years off and on I worked on this book.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, clipped corner, chipped and soiled, but sound. ","ANDY FINDS A WAY. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1961. 92 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969.  Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise fine. ","THE BEATINEST BOY.  Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1953. 110 pages. Eleventh printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"The Beatinest Boy was real -- very real.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","BEYOND DARK HILLS: A PERSONAL STORY. With six decorations by Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. 399 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"You had a time getting this one -- a really scarce book.\" Cloth, ex-lib, card pocket pasted in back, book spine torn, worn, and repaired with tape, title page secured with tape, end papers and various pages stained and/or soiled. ","CLEARING IN THE SKY \u0026 OTHER STORIES. Woodcuts by Stanley Rice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 262 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1967, \"This is a book hard to come by but Naomi Deane found it for you. ... So from the green hills of Appalachia, green clouds of leaves now rustling in the winds of May, we send you this and our warmest personal greetings to a fellow teacher and a friend.\" Cloth, end papers stained, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, well worn and soiled, but sound. Letter from Naomi Deane Stuart (Mrs. Jesse Stuart) dated May 22, 1967 enclosed. ","COME GENTLE SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 282 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"fellow teacher, friend, a girl from the Appalachian hills -- your background is my background.\"  Cloth covers and end papers stained at top and at bottom from tape residue, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, also stained from tape residue, and slightly soiled, but otherwise sound. ","COME TO MY TOMORROWLAND. Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1971.  195 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"I hope there will be a tomorrowland for all wildlife.\" Very fine hardcover, with dust jacket, very fine. ","COME BACK TO THE FARM. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 246 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1971, \"How wonderful it is to sign this first edition for you.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","DAUGHTER OF THE LEGEND. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 249 pages. First edition. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. ","DAWN OF REMEMBERED SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972.  179 pages. First edition? Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1972, \"I know you love people but I wonder if you will love the things that crawl, run (on two legs and four) and fly.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","FORETASTE OF GLORY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You were in Blakesburg this afternoon and you walked where these people ran ...\" Fine cloth, with label pasted on inscribed end paper, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, chipped, clipped corner, extensively repaired with tape. ","GOD'S ODDLING: THE STORY OF MICK STUART, MY FATHER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Third printing. 266 pages. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You are now where my father lived, where he walked and talked and he loved this land. I wish you could have met him.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, showing mild wear. ","THE GOOD SPIRIT OF LAUREL RIDGE.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 263 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You visited Laurel Ridge yesterday -- the land where Old Op once lived and loved.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped and slightly worn, fine. ","HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, large portion at bottom of front missing, corners worn. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" ","HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" ","HEAD O' W-HOLLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1936. 342 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, August 1971, \"You, certainly a friend of first dimension to go out and buy my old books and collect me. I'll tell you this is a rare one and a scarce one. It's really a pleasure to special autograph this for you.\" Cloth covers with minor wear and some soiling, but spine and pasted-down end papers badly stained apparently from bookbinder's glue, one inch tear in front flyleaf end paper. ","HIE TO THE HUNTERS. New York: Whittlesey House, 1950. 265 pages. Eleventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped at corners, otherwise fine. ","HOLD APRIL: NEW POEMS. Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 114 pages. Second printing.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"It is so nice to see you again and to sign Hold April for you. But we can't hold April.\" Very Fine hardcover, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. ","A JESSE STUART READER: STORIES AND POEMS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JESSE STUART.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 342 pages. Decorative cloth, very fine. ","KENTUCKY IS MY LAND. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. 95 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"... a rare book ... most difficult to find. Very few copies of this book were printed in the first place.\" Cloth, stained on front end papers and eight various pages, otherwise near fine. ","THE LAND BEYOND THE RIVER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. 380 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"W-Hollow is really beautiful now.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. ","LOST SANDSTONES AND LONELY SKIES AND OTHER ESSAYS. [Danbury, CT], Archer Editions Press, 1979. 176 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the Jesse Stuart family album.  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982. Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1934. 361 pages.  Fourth printing, December 1942. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"This book was our meeting at Shepherd College ... From Shepherd College to W-Hollow, you are with us tonight.\" Cloth, fine, end papers and edges stained. ","MONGREL METTLE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DOG. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 201 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"you are in the spot in this old living room ... where I wrote this book.\" Cloth, covers and end papers stained, spine faded, sound, pages clean. ","MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1968, \"Who recommended J. S. to Mrs. Scott.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. ","MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1967, \"I think of you often. You away from our hills. You a native of these hills. You who fights for us.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MY LAND HAS A VOICE. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.  243 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MY WORLD. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1975. 95, [1] pages  (The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf)  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982, \"Thank you for coming to see us again.\" Decorative cloth, very fine. ","OLD BEN. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 92 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1970.  Hardcover, very fine, illustrated covers, no dust jacket. ","A PENNY'S WORTH OF CHARACTER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, a division of McGraw-Hill, 1954. 61, [2] pages. Ninth printing. Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"If I had but one of my junior books to sign for you, I would select and sign this one for you.\" Very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, trimmed at bottom, but sound and clean. ","PLOWSHARE IN HEAVEN: STORIES BY JESSE STUART. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 273 pages. Seventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, production flaw on back, otherwise fine. ","RED MULE. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1955. 124 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Mayan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Red Mule was real -- a neighbor and friend.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, small stain, minor wear. ","A RIDE WITH HUEY THE ENGINEER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. 92, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Huey will never pull this train again over the countryside in our part of Kentucky.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, severely trimmed at top, otherwise fine. ","THE RIGHTFUL OWNER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 110 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, slight wear, otherwise fine. ","SAVE EVERY LAMB. Illustrations by Jean George. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 278 pages. First edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, minor shelf wear, but fine plus. ","SEVEN BY JESSE. Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 42 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1970, \"With love and Christmas best wishes from your friends in W-Hollow.\" Wrappers, very fine. ","SHORT STORIES FOR DISCUSSION. Edited by Albert K. Ridout, Jesse Stuart. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. 489 pages. Includes \"How I Write My Short Stories\" by Jesse Stuart, as well as one short story each by Stuart and his daughter, Jessica Jane Stuart. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Very fine cloth, decorative cover. ","SPLIT CHERRY TREE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT. By Jessie [sic] Stuart, dramatized by Dem and Janet Polachek. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1967. 24 pages. Two copies, both signed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 4 and April 1968. Wrappers, very fine. ","TALES FROM THE PLUM GROVE HILLS. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Kenneth Gould, October 7th, 1946, \"This book will be published Oct 21st.\" Also inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, October 1970, \"to think you have the copy I signed for an editor who used to accept my poems and stories for Scholastic Magazine.\" Cloth, foxing on covers and end papers, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, soiled and chipped. ","TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Cloth, good, but sound. ","TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. 303 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Cloth covers faded and stained, showing some wear, front hinge loosened, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, creased, chipped, and torn. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club News reprint about Jesse Stuart and this book. ","THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. DRAMATIZED BY REGINALD LAWRENCE. FROM THE BOOK BY JESSE STUART. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1958. 107 pages. Wrappers, fine plus. ","THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958, ca. 1949. 293 pages. With a new preface by the author. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I think this is one of your favorites of my books and I am glad it is.\" Cloth, lower third of back cover water-stained, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, lower half of back wrinkled and discolored from moisture. ","TIM: A STORY. Cincinnati: Kentucky Writers' Guild, Harvest Press, [1968?].  34 pages.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"Upon this wonderful occasion, your visiting us, take this little memento with you.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. ","TO TEACH, TO LOVE. New York: World Publishing, 1970. First printing. 317 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1969, and signed with a juvenile flourish by Conrad Stuart Juergensmeyer, Jesse Stuart's grandson. Hardcover, shelf bump at bottom of back cover, otherwise fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. ","TREES OF HEAVEN. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943, ca. 1940. 340 pages. Fourth printing. Distributed by E. P. Dutton, New York. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You've been over the scenes of this book. These people used to live here.\"  Cloth, long scratch from top to bottom of back cover, bottom edges bumped and worn, large stain on top of leaves, near spine, that has soaked into paper and affected nearly every page. With dust jacket, large chips at all outside corners, clipped corner, soiled. ","THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS.  Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, inside corner creased, otherwise very fine. ","THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS. Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. ","THE YEAR OF MY REBIRTH. Illustrations by Barry Martin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 342 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"This book was lived -- and passages in this book you've spoken about here.\" Hardcover, fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. ","PUBLICATIONS ABOUT JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","Blair, Everetta Love. JESSE STUART: HIS LIFE AND WORKS. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1967.) 288 pages. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ","Clarke, Mary Washington. JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1968.) 240 pages. First edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, Nov. 26, 1969. ","Foster, Ruel E. JESSE STUART. (New York: Twayne Publishers, ca. 1968.) 168 pages. (Twayne's United States Authors Series, 140) Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1969 June 16. ","Hall, Wade. \"THE TRUTH IS FUNNY\": A STUDY OF JESSE STUART'S HUMOR. (Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 75 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970. ","LAND OF THE HONEY-COLORED WIND: JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY: A RESOURCE BOOK. Selected and edited by Jerry A. Herndon. (Morehead, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., ca. 1981. 168 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1982 July 27. ","THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1965?]) [28] pages, illus. Paperback. Two copies, both inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1966 March 30 and 1967 January 21. ","THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1967?]) [31] pages, illus. Revised edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 July 24. ","Pennington, Lee. THE DARK HILLS OF JESSE STUART: A CONSIDERATION OF SYMBOLISM AND VISION IN THE NOVELS OF JESSE STUART. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Harvest Press, The Kentucky Writers Guild, ca. 1967.) 166 pages, illus. Second printing. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 October 7. ","W-HOLLOW COOKBOOK. Compiled by Glennis Stuart Liles. With the assistance of Betty Stuart Baird. Edited by Chuck D. Charles. Second edition. (Ashland, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1990.) 306 pages, illus. Hardcover. ","W-HOLLOW HARVEST. (Cincinnati: Jesse Stuart Exchange) published monthly \nvol. 1, no. 1 (January 1967) - vol. 1, no. 12 (December 1967) \n_______. (Cincinnati: The Kentucky Writers' Guild) published 10 times per year \nvol. II, no. 4 (April 1968) - vol. II, no. 5 (May 1968) \nvol. II, no. 9 (September 1968) - vol. II, no. 10 (October 1968)","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE AND JANE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Murray, Ky.: Murray State University, 1969.) 144 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded and revised. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 September 27. ","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MAY, 1960 - MAY, 1965. Reprinted from The Register of The Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 63, Number 4, October 1965, pages 349-370. ","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. With essays by Roland Carter, Lawrence Edwards, H. H. Kroll, E. H. Smith, and Jesse Stuart. (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960.) 74 pages. Paperback. ","BOOKS BY JANE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","EYES OF THE MOLE. Sauk City, Wisc.: Stanton \u0026 Lee, 1967. 48 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.  Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 25. ","GIDEON'S CHILDREN. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1976. 283 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","LAND OF THE FOX. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1975. 154 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","PASSERMAN'S HOLLOW. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1974. 141 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","YELLOWHAWK. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1973. 178 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1973 April 21. ","BOOKS COLLECTED BY MARYAN DAHMER SEPARATED TO THE REGULAR CIRCULATING COLLECTION (All books hardcover with dust jacket, unless otherwise indicated.):","Adkins, Jan. A STORM WITHOUT RAIN. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. ","Bellow, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. New York: Viking Press, 1970. ","BEST OF 'HILLBILLY': A PRIZE-WINNING COLLECTION OF 100-PROOF WRITING FROM JIM COMSTOCK'S WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLY (\"A PAPER FOR PEOPLE WHO \nCAN'T READ, EDITED BY AN EDITOR WHO CAN'T EDIT\"). Compiled \u0026 edited by Otto Whittaker. Anderson, S.C.: Droke House, 1968. (Signed by Jim Comstock) ","BEST FROM THE FARMERS' ALMANAC. Edited by Ray Geiger. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. (No dust jacket) ","Buck, Pearl S. THE LIVING REED: A NOVEL. New York: John Day, 1963. ","Buck, Pearl S. A BRIDGE FOR PASSING. New York: John Day, 1962. ","Campbell, Harry Modean, and Ruel E. Foster. ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS: AMERICAN NOVELIST.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. (Inscribed by Ruel E. Foster) ","Case, Carlton B. STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES: HUMOROUS AND LIVELY DOINGS OF OUR BOYS \"OVER THERE\". Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing, 1918. Cover title: Stories from the trenches: funny tales the soldiers tell. (paperback) ","Caudill, Harry M. NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS: A BIOGRAPHY OF A DEPRESSED AREA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. ","Cheng, Nien. LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. (paperback) ","Cooper, James Fenimore. THE SPY. Illustrated by William P. Crouse. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1936. ","Cozzens, James Gould. CHILDREN AND OTHERS. New York: Harcourt, Brace, \u0026 World, 1964. ","Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. New York: Pocket Books, 1953, first printing 1952. \"Cardinal Edition.\" (Signed by the author.) (Paperback, no dust jacket) ","Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. [Nashville]: The Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, 1965, ca. 1942. (Inscribed by the author.) ","Ferber, Edna. SHOW BOAT, SO BIG, CIMARRON: THREE LIVING NOVELS OF AMERICAN LIFE. Garden City: Doubleday, [1958?]. ","Ferraro, Geraldine A. FERRARO: MY STORY. With Linda Bird Francke. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1985. ","Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, AND OTHER WRITINGS. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Frederick W. Hilles. New York: The Modern Library, 1955. ","Heckman, Hazel. ISLAND IN THE SOUND. Drawings by Helen Hiatt. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967. ","Hoffman, Frederick J. WILLIAM FAULKNER. New Haven, Conn.: College \u0026 University Press, 1961. (Twayne's United States Authors Series) (paperback) ","Huizinga, Johan. THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES: A STUDY OF THE FORMS OF LIFE, THOUGH AND ART IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES. Garden City: Doubleday Anchor, 1956. (paperback) ","Lockridge, Ross. RAINTREE COUNTY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. ","Massie, Robert K. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. ","Nabokov, Vladimir. THE EYE. New York: Phaedra, 1965. ","Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Signed by the author.) ","Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Paperback) (Signed by the author's daughter.) ","QUESTION OF HENRY JAMES: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS. Edited by F. W. Dupee. New York: Henry Holt, 1945. ","Roosevelt, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. New York: Harper \u0026 Brothers, 1949. ","Rushdie, Salman. THE SATANIC VERSES. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. ","Salmon, Arthur L. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN: CHAPTERS ON HUMAN LIFE. Chicago: Forbes \u0026 Company, 1915, ca. 1913. (No dust jacket) ","Terrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. ","Terrill, Ross. FLOWERS ON AN IRON TREE: FIVE CITIES OF CHINA. Boston: Little Brown, 1975. ","Terrill, Ross. MAO: A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Harper \u0026 Row, 1980. ","Terrill, Ross. THE WHITE-BONED DEMON: A BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME MAO ZEDONG. New York: William Morrow, 1984. ","Terrill, Ross. CHINA IN OUR TIME: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FROM THE COMMUNIST VICTORY TO TIANANMEN SQUARE AND BEYOND. New York: Simon \u0026 Schuster, 1992. ","Thomas, Dylan. UNDER MILK WOOD: A PLAY FOR VOICES. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. London: J. M. Dent \u0026 Sons, 1955, ca. 1954. ","Thoreau, Henry David. WALDEN. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane. New York: Bramhall House, 1951. ","WALT WHITMAN'S NEW YORK: FROM MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. Edited by Henry M. Christman. New York: Macmillan, 1963. ","Waltari, Mika. THE EGYPTIAN: A NOVEL. Translated by Naomi Walford. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. ","WAR POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WAR POETRY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Edited by Oscar Williams. New York: John Day, 1945. ","Whitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. First Borzoi edition. With a preface by Bernard Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. ","Wolfe, Thomas. MANNERHOUSE: A PLAY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS. New York: Harper \u0026 Brothers, 1948. (no dust jacket) ","Wolfe, Thomas. YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1942. (no dust jacket) ","Wolfe, Thomas. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. ","Wolfe, Thomas. OF TIME AND THE RIVER: A LEGEND OF MAN'S HUNGER IN HIS YOUTH. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1944. ","Wolfe, Thomas. A STONE, A LEAF, A DOOR: POEMS. Selected and arranged in verse by John S. Barnes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. (No dust jacket) ","Wright, Austin Tappan. ISLANDIA. New York: Farrar \u0026 Rinehart, 1942. (No dust jacket) ","Young, Barbara. THIS MAN FROM LEBANON: A STUDY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, ca. 1945.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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There are over 90 letters from Stuart to Dahmer, dating from 1966 to 1976, which discuss travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. The collection also includes a large number of Stuart's books, many of which are first editions inscribed to Dahmer, as well as publications by his daughter Jane Stuart. Jesse Hilton Stuart was born on August 8, 1906 in Greenup County, Kentucky. He published over 2000 poems and over 60 books, writing primarily about Appalachian life in poems, novels, children's books, autobiographical works, and short stories. He received several prestigious accolades for his work, including the highest award for poetry in America, the Fellowship for the Academy of American Poets. Stuart spent the majority of his life in his hometown of Greenup and remained deeply devoted to his Appalachian roots until he died on 17 Feburary 1984.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1. Clippings, 1966–1976 (box 1) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Newsletters, 1967–1975 (box 1) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Incoming Letters, 1966-1982 (boxes 1-2) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Subjects, 1950-1966, undated (box 2) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Writings by Jesse Stuart, 1965–1982 (boxes 3-4) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Writings about Jesse Stuart, 1957–1980 (box 4) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. 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There are over 90 letters from Stuart to Dahmer, dating from 1966 to 1976, which discuss travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. The collection also includes a large number of Stuart's books, many of which are first editions inscribed to Dahmer, as well as publications by his daughter Jane Stuart. Jesse Hilton Stuart was born on August 8, 1906 in Greenup County, Kentucky. He published over 2000 poems and over 60 books, writing primarily about Appalachian life in poems, novels, children's books, autobiographical works, and short stories. He received several prestigious accolades for his work, including the highest award for poetry in America, the Fellowship for the Academy of American Poets. Stuart spent the majority of his life in his hometown of Greenup and remained deeply devoted to his Appalachian roots until he died on 17 Feburary 1984.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Clippings, 1966–1976 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Newsletters, 1967–1975 (box 1)  \nSeries 2. Incoming Letters, 1966-1982 (boxes 1-2)  \nSeries 3. Subjects, 1950-1966, undated (box 2)  \nSeries 4. Writings by Jesse Stuart, 1965–1982 (boxes 3-4)  \nSeries 5. Writings about Jesse Stuart, 1957–1980 (box 4)  \nSeries 6. Broadside, undated (box 4)","This series contains newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Jesse Stuart's writings, reviews of his work, and his life.","This series contains issues of three newsletters: \"Jefferson Community College Bulletin,\" \"The Alicia Patterson Foundation,\" and \"Pegasus.\"","This series contains 143 mailed items, including letters, greeting cards, pamphlets, etc. 114 items are from Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 96 of which are letters regarding travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. With the letter of 1967 January 22 are five photos of Stuart with a postman who is delivering him coconuts.","This series includes assorted correspondence, tests, photographs, and other material sorted by subject.","This series contains journals and magazines with short stories, poetry, and essays on teaching, Robert Burns, travel in Greece, etc.","This series contains not only magazines and newspapers including advertisements for and reviews of Jesse Stuart's writings but also one biographical article.","This series contains one broadside of a poem by Jesse Stuart, \"Kentucky Is My Land,\" with an illustration by Orville Carroll."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eBOOKS BY JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eALBUM OF DESTINY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 255 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I worked longer on this book than on any I've written. Eleven years off and on I worked on this book.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, clipped corner, chipped and soiled, but sound. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eANDY FINDS A WAY. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1961. 92 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969.  Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE BEATINEST BOY.  Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1953. 110 pages. Eleventh printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"The Beatinest Boy was real -- very real.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBEYOND DARK HILLS: A PERSONAL STORY. With six decorations by Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. 399 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"You had a time getting this one -- a really scarce book.\" Cloth, ex-lib, card pocket pasted in back, book spine torn, worn, and repaired with tape, title page secured with tape, end papers and various pages stained and/or soiled. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCLEARING IN THE SKY \u0026amp; OTHER STORIES. Woodcuts by Stanley Rice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 262 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1967, \"This is a book hard to come by but Naomi Deane found it for you. ... So from the green hills of Appalachia, green clouds of leaves now rustling in the winds of May, we send you this and our warmest personal greetings to a fellow teacher and a friend.\" Cloth, end papers stained, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, well worn and soiled, but sound. Letter from Naomi Deane Stuart (Mrs. Jesse Stuart) dated May 22, 1967 enclosed. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCOME GENTLE SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 282 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"fellow teacher, friend, a girl from the Appalachian hills -- your background is my background.\"  Cloth covers and end papers stained at top and at bottom from tape residue, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, also stained from tape residue, and slightly soiled, but otherwise sound. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCOME TO MY TOMORROWLAND. Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1971.  195 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"I hope there will be a tomorrowland for all wildlife.\" Very fine hardcover, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCOME BACK TO THE FARM. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 246 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1971, \"How wonderful it is to sign this first edition for you.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDAUGHTER OF THE LEGEND. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 249 pages. First edition. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDAWN OF REMEMBERED SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972.  179 pages. First edition? Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1972, \"I know you love people but I wonder if you will love the things that crawl, run (on two legs and four) and fly.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFORETASTE OF GLORY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You were in Blakesburg this afternoon and you walked where these people ran ...\" Fine cloth, with label pasted on inscribed end paper, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, chipped, clipped corner, extensively repaired with tape. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGOD'S ODDLING: THE STORY OF MICK STUART, MY FATHER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Third printing. 266 pages. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You are now where my father lived, where he walked and talked and he loved this land. I wish you could have met him.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, showing mild wear. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE GOOD SPIRIT OF LAUREL RIDGE.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 263 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You visited Laurel Ridge yesterday -- the land where Old Op once lived and loved.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped and slightly worn, fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, large portion at bottom of front missing, corners worn. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHEAD O' W-HOLLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1936. 342 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, August 1971, \"You, certainly a friend of first dimension to go out and buy my old books and collect me. I'll tell you this is a rare one and a scarce one. It's really a pleasure to special autograph this for you.\" Cloth covers with minor wear and some soiling, but spine and pasted-down end papers badly stained apparently from bookbinder's glue, one inch tear in front flyleaf end paper. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHIE TO THE HUNTERS. New York: Whittlesey House, 1950. 265 pages. Eleventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped at corners, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHOLD APRIL: NEW POEMS. Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 114 pages. Second printing.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"It is so nice to see you again and to sign Hold April for you. But we can't hold April.\" Very Fine hardcover, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA JESSE STUART READER: STORIES AND POEMS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JESSE STUART.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 342 pages. Decorative cloth, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKENTUCKY IS MY LAND. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. 95 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"... a rare book ... most difficult to find. Very few copies of this book were printed in the first place.\" Cloth, stained on front end papers and eight various pages, otherwise near fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE LAND BEYOND THE RIVER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. 380 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"W-Hollow is really beautiful now.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLOST SANDSTONES AND LONELY SKIES AND OTHER ESSAYS. [Danbury, CT], Archer Editions Press, 1979. 176 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the Jesse Stuart family album.  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982. Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1934. 361 pages.  Fourth printing, December 1942. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"This book was our meeting at Shepherd College ... From Shepherd College to W-Hollow, you are with us tonight.\" Cloth, fine, end papers and edges stained. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMONGREL METTLE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DOG. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 201 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"you are in the spot in this old living room ... where I wrote this book.\" Cloth, covers and end papers stained, spine faded, sound, pages clean. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1968, \"Who recommended J. S. to Mrs. Scott.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1967, \"I think of you often. You away from our hills. You a native of these hills. You who fights for us.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMY LAND HAS A VOICE. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.  243 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMY WORLD. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1975. 95, [1] pages  (The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf)  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982, \"Thank you for coming to see us again.\" Decorative cloth, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOLD BEN. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 92 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1970.  Hardcover, very fine, illustrated covers, no dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA PENNY'S WORTH OF CHARACTER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, a division of McGraw-Hill, 1954. 61, [2] pages. Ninth printing. Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"If I had but one of my junior books to sign for you, I would select and sign this one for you.\" Very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, trimmed at bottom, but sound and clean. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePLOWSHARE IN HEAVEN: STORIES BY JESSE STUART. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 273 pages. Seventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, production flaw on back, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRED MULE. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1955. 124 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Mayan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Red Mule was real -- a neighbor and friend.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, small stain, minor wear. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA RIDE WITH HUEY THE ENGINEER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. 92, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Huey will never pull this train again over the countryside in our part of Kentucky.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, severely trimmed at top, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE RIGHTFUL OWNER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 110 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, slight wear, otherwise fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSAVE EVERY LAMB. Illustrations by Jean George. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 278 pages. First edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, minor shelf wear, but fine plus. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSEVEN BY JESSE. Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 42 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1970, \"With love and Christmas best wishes from your friends in W-Hollow.\" Wrappers, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSHORT STORIES FOR DISCUSSION. Edited by Albert K. Ridout, Jesse Stuart. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. 489 pages. Includes \"How I Write My Short Stories\" by Jesse Stuart, as well as one short story each by Stuart and his daughter, Jessica Jane Stuart. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Very fine cloth, decorative cover. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSPLIT CHERRY TREE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT. By Jessie [sic] Stuart, dramatized by Dem and Janet Polachek. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1967. 24 pages. Two copies, both signed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 4 and April 1968. Wrappers, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTALES FROM THE PLUM GROVE HILLS. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Kenneth Gould, October 7th, 1946, \"This book will be published Oct 21st.\" Also inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, October 1970, \"to think you have the copy I signed for an editor who used to accept my poems and stories for Scholastic Magazine.\" Cloth, foxing on covers and end papers, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, soiled and chipped. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Cloth, good, but sound. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. 303 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Cloth covers faded and stained, showing some wear, front hinge loosened, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, creased, chipped, and torn. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club News reprint about Jesse Stuart and this book. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. DRAMATIZED BY REGINALD LAWRENCE. FROM THE BOOK BY JESSE STUART. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1958. 107 pages. Wrappers, fine plus. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958, ca. 1949. 293 pages. With a new preface by the author. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I think this is one of your favorites of my books and I am glad it is.\" Cloth, lower third of back cover water-stained, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, lower half of back wrinkled and discolored from moisture. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTIM: A STORY. Cincinnati: Kentucky Writers' Guild, Harvest Press, [1968?].  34 pages.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"Upon this wonderful occasion, your visiting us, take this little memento with you.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTO TEACH, TO LOVE. New York: World Publishing, 1970. First printing. 317 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1969, and signed with a juvenile flourish by Conrad Stuart Juergensmeyer, Jesse Stuart's grandson. Hardcover, shelf bump at bottom of back cover, otherwise fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTREES OF HEAVEN. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943, ca. 1940. 340 pages. Fourth printing. Distributed by E. P. Dutton, New York. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You've been over the scenes of this book. These people used to live here.\"  Cloth, long scratch from top to bottom of back cover, bottom edges bumped and worn, large stain on top of leaves, near spine, that has soaked into paper and affected nearly every page. With dust jacket, large chips at all outside corners, clipped corner, soiled. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS.  Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, inside corner creased, otherwise very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS. Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE YEAR OF MY REBIRTH. Illustrations by Barry Martin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 342 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"This book was lived -- and passages in this book you've spoken about here.\" Hardcover, fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003ePUBLICATIONS ABOUT JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBlair, Everetta Love. JESSE STUART: HIS LIFE AND WORKS. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1967.) 288 pages. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eClarke, Mary Washington. JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1968.) 240 pages. First edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, Nov. 26, 1969. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFoster, Ruel E. JESSE STUART. (New York: Twayne Publishers, ca. 1968.) 168 pages. (Twayne's United States Authors Series, 140) Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1969 June 16. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHall, Wade. \"THE TRUTH IS FUNNY\": A STUDY OF JESSE STUART'S HUMOR. (Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 75 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLAND OF THE HONEY-COLORED WIND: JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY: A RESOURCE BOOK. Selected and edited by Jerry A. Herndon. (Morehead, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., ca. 1981. 168 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1982 July 27. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1965?]) [28] pages, illus. Paperback. Two copies, both inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1966 March 30 and 1967 January 21. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTHE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1967?]) [31] pages, illus. Revised edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 July 24. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePennington, Lee. THE DARK HILLS OF JESSE STUART: A CONSIDERATION OF SYMBOLISM AND VISION IN THE NOVELS OF JESSE STUART. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Harvest Press, The Kentucky Writers Guild, ca. 1967.) 166 pages, illus. Second printing. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 October 7. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eW-HOLLOW COOKBOOK. Compiled by Glennis Stuart Liles. With the assistance of Betty Stuart Baird. Edited by Chuck D. Charles. Second edition. (Ashland, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1990.) 306 pages, illus. Hardcover. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eW-HOLLOW HARVEST. (Cincinnati: Jesse Stuart Exchange) published monthly\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nvol. 1, no. 1 (January 1967) - vol. 1, no. 12 (December 1967)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n_______. (Cincinnati: The Kentucky Writers' Guild) published 10 times per year\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nvol. II, no. 4 (April 1968) - vol. II, no. 5 (May 1968)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nvol. II, no. 9 (September 1968) - vol. II, no. 10 (October 1968)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWoodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE AND JANE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Murray, Ky.: Murray State University, 1969.) 144 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded and revised. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 September 27. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWoodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MAY, 1960 - MAY, 1965. Reprinted from The Register of The Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 63, Number 4, October 1965, pages 349-370. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWoodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. With essays by Roland Carter, Lawrence Edwards, H. H. Kroll, E. H. Smith, and Jesse Stuart. (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960.) 74 pages. Paperback. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eBOOKS BY JANE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEYES OF THE MOLE. Sauk City, Wisc.: Stanton \u0026amp; Lee, 1967. 48 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.  Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 25. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGIDEON'S CHILDREN. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1976. 283 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLAND OF THE FOX. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1975. 154 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePASSERMAN'S HOLLOW. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1974. 141 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYELLOWHAWK. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1973. 178 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1973 April 21. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003eBOOKS COLLECTED BY MARYAN DAHMER SEPARATED TO THE REGULAR CIRCULATING COLLECTION (All books hardcover with dust jacket, unless otherwise indicated.):\u003c/title\u003e \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdkins, Jan. A STORM WITHOUT RAIN. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBellow, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. New York: Viking Press, 1970. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBEST OF 'HILLBILLY': A PRIZE-WINNING COLLECTION OF 100-PROOF WRITING FROM JIM COMSTOCK'S WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLY (\"A PAPER FOR PEOPLE WHO \nCAN'T READ, EDITED BY AN EDITOR WHO CAN'T EDIT\"). Compiled \u0026amp; edited by Otto Whittaker. Anderson, S.C.: Droke House, 1968. (Signed by Jim Comstock) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBEST FROM THE FARMERS' ALMANAC. Edited by Ray Geiger. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. (No dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBuck, Pearl S. THE LIVING REED: A NOVEL. New York: John Day, 1963. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBuck, Pearl S. A BRIDGE FOR PASSING. New York: John Day, 1962. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCampbell, Harry Modean, and Ruel E. Foster. ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS: AMERICAN NOVELIST.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. (Inscribed by Ruel E. Foster) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCase, Carlton B. STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES: HUMOROUS AND LIVELY DOINGS OF OUR BOYS \"OVER THERE\". Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing, 1918. Cover title: Stories from the trenches: funny tales the soldiers tell. (paperback) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCaudill, Harry M. NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS: A BIOGRAPHY OF A DEPRESSED AREA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCheng, Nien. LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. (paperback) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCooper, James Fenimore. THE SPY. Illustrated by William P. Crouse. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1936. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCozzens, James Gould. CHILDREN AND OTHERS. New York: Harcourt, Brace, \u0026amp; World, 1964. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCrabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. New York: Pocket Books, 1953, first printing 1952. \"Cardinal Edition.\" (Signed by the author.) (Paperback, no dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCrabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. [Nashville]: The Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, 1965, ca. 1942. (Inscribed by the author.) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFerber, Edna. SHOW BOAT, SO BIG, CIMARRON: THREE LIVING NOVELS OF AMERICAN LIFE. Garden City: Doubleday, [1958?]. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFerraro, Geraldine A. FERRARO: MY STORY. With Linda Bird Francke. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1985. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGoldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, AND OTHER WRITINGS. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Frederick W. Hilles. New York: The Modern Library, 1955. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHeckman, Hazel. ISLAND IN THE SOUND. Drawings by Helen Hiatt. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHoffman, Frederick J. WILLIAM FAULKNER. New Haven, Conn.: College \u0026amp; University Press, 1961. (Twayne's United States Authors Series) (paperback) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHuizinga, Johan. THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES: A STUDY OF THE FORMS OF LIFE, THOUGH AND ART IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES. Garden City: Doubleday Anchor, 1956. (paperback) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLockridge, Ross. RAINTREE COUNTY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMassie, Robert K. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNabokov, Vladimir. THE EYE. New York: Phaedra, 1965. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Signed by the author.) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Paperback) (Signed by the author's daughter.) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eQUESTION OF HENRY JAMES: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS. Edited by F. W. Dupee. New York: Henry Holt, 1945. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRoosevelt, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. New York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1949. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRushdie, Salman. THE SATANIC VERSES. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSalmon, Arthur L. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN: CHAPTERS ON HUMAN LIFE. Chicago: Forbes \u0026amp; Company, 1915, ca. 1913. (No dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. FLOWERS ON AN IRON TREE: FIVE CITIES OF CHINA. Boston: Little Brown, 1975. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. MAO: A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Harper \u0026amp; Row, 1980. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. THE WHITE-BONED DEMON: A BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME MAO ZEDONG. New York: William Morrow, 1984. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTerrill, Ross. CHINA IN OUR TIME: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FROM THE COMMUNIST VICTORY TO TIANANMEN SQUARE AND BEYOND. New York: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 1992. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas, Dylan. UNDER MILK WOOD: A PLAY FOR VOICES. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. London: J. M. Dent \u0026amp; Sons, 1955, ca. 1954. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThoreau, Henry David. WALDEN. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane. New York: Bramhall House, 1951. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWALT WHITMAN'S NEW YORK: FROM MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. Edited by Henry M. Christman. New York: Macmillan, 1963. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWaltari, Mika. THE EGYPTIAN: A NOVEL. Translated by Naomi Walford. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWAR POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WAR POETRY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Edited by Oscar Williams. New York: John Day, 1945. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. First Borzoi edition. With a preface by Bernard Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. MANNERHOUSE: A PLAY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS. New York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1948. (no dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1942. (no dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. OF TIME AND THE RIVER: A LEGEND OF MAN'S HUNGER IN HIS YOUTH. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1944. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWolfe, Thomas. A STONE, A LEAF, A DOOR: POEMS. Selected and arranged in verse by John S. Barnes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. (No dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWright, Austin Tappan. ISLANDIA. New York: Farrar \u0026amp; Rinehart, 1942. (No dust jacket) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYoung, Barbara. THIS MAN FROM LEBANON: A STUDY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, ca. 1945.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["BOOKS BY JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","ALBUM OF DESTINY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 255 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I worked longer on this book than on any I've written. Eleven years off and on I worked on this book.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, clipped corner, chipped and soiled, but sound. ","ANDY FINDS A WAY. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1961. 92 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969.  Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise fine. ","THE BEATINEST BOY.  Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1953. 110 pages. Eleventh printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"The Beatinest Boy was real -- very real.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","BEYOND DARK HILLS: A PERSONAL STORY. With six decorations by Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. 399 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"You had a time getting this one -- a really scarce book.\" Cloth, ex-lib, card pocket pasted in back, book spine torn, worn, and repaired with tape, title page secured with tape, end papers and various pages stained and/or soiled. ","CLEARING IN THE SKY \u0026 OTHER STORIES. Woodcuts by Stanley Rice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 262 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1967, \"This is a book hard to come by but Naomi Deane found it for you. ... So from the green hills of Appalachia, green clouds of leaves now rustling in the winds of May, we send you this and our warmest personal greetings to a fellow teacher and a friend.\" Cloth, end papers stained, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, well worn and soiled, but sound. Letter from Naomi Deane Stuart (Mrs. Jesse Stuart) dated May 22, 1967 enclosed. ","COME GENTLE SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 282 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"fellow teacher, friend, a girl from the Appalachian hills -- your background is my background.\"  Cloth covers and end papers stained at top and at bottom from tape residue, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, also stained from tape residue, and slightly soiled, but otherwise sound. ","COME TO MY TOMORROWLAND. Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1971.  195 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"I hope there will be a tomorrowland for all wildlife.\" Very fine hardcover, with dust jacket, very fine. ","COME BACK TO THE FARM. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 246 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1971, \"How wonderful it is to sign this first edition for you.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","DAUGHTER OF THE LEGEND. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 249 pages. First edition. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. ","DAWN OF REMEMBERED SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972.  179 pages. First edition? Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1972, \"I know you love people but I wonder if you will love the things that crawl, run (on two legs and four) and fly.\" Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","FORETASTE OF GLORY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You were in Blakesburg this afternoon and you walked where these people ran ...\" Fine cloth, with label pasted on inscribed end paper, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, chipped, clipped corner, extensively repaired with tape. ","GOD'S ODDLING: THE STORY OF MICK STUART, MY FATHER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Third printing. 266 pages. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You are now where my father lived, where he walked and talked and he loved this land. I wish you could have met him.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, showing mild wear. ","THE GOOD SPIRIT OF LAUREL RIDGE.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 263 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You visited Laurel Ridge yesterday -- the land where Old Op once lived and loved.\" Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped and slightly worn, fine. ","HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, large portion at bottom of front missing, corners worn. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" ","HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. Dust jacket: \"Jesse Stuart's First Book.\" ","HEAD O' W-HOLLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1936. 342 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, August 1971, \"You, certainly a friend of first dimension to go out and buy my old books and collect me. I'll tell you this is a rare one and a scarce one. It's really a pleasure to special autograph this for you.\" Cloth covers with minor wear and some soiling, but spine and pasted-down end papers badly stained apparently from bookbinder's glue, one inch tear in front flyleaf end paper. ","HIE TO THE HUNTERS. New York: Whittlesey House, 1950. 265 pages. Eleventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped at corners, otherwise fine. ","HOLD APRIL: NEW POEMS. Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 114 pages. Second printing.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"It is so nice to see you again and to sign Hold April for you. But we can't hold April.\" Very Fine hardcover, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. ","A JESSE STUART READER: STORIES AND POEMS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JESSE STUART.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 342 pages. Decorative cloth, very fine. ","KENTUCKY IS MY LAND. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. 95 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"... a rare book ... most difficult to find. Very few copies of this book were printed in the first place.\" Cloth, stained on front end papers and eight various pages, otherwise near fine. ","THE LAND BEYOND THE RIVER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. 380 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, \"W-Hollow is really beautiful now.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. ","LOST SANDSTONES AND LONELY SKIES AND OTHER ESSAYS. [Danbury, CT], Archer Editions Press, 1979. 176 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the Jesse Stuart family album.  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982. Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1934. 361 pages.  Fourth printing, December 1942. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"This book was our meeting at Shepherd College ... From Shepherd College to W-Hollow, you are with us tonight.\" Cloth, fine, end papers and edges stained. ","MONGREL METTLE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DOG. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 201 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"you are in the spot in this old living room ... where I wrote this book.\" Cloth, covers and end papers stained, spine faded, sound, pages clean. ","MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1968, \"Who recommended J. S. to Mrs. Scott.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, fine. ","MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1967, \"I think of you often. You away from our hills. You a native of these hills. You who fights for us.\" Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MY LAND HAS A VOICE. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.  243 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine. ","MY WORLD. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1975. 95, [1] pages  (The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf)  \"Library of Jesse Stuart\" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982, \"Thank you for coming to see us again.\" Decorative cloth, very fine. ","OLD BEN. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 92 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1970.  Hardcover, very fine, illustrated covers, no dust jacket. ","A PENNY'S WORTH OF CHARACTER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, a division of McGraw-Hill, 1954. 61, [2] pages. Ninth printing. Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"If I had but one of my junior books to sign for you, I would select and sign this one for you.\" Very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, trimmed at bottom, but sound and clean. ","PLOWSHARE IN HEAVEN: STORIES BY JESSE STUART. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 273 pages. Seventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, production flaw on back, otherwise fine. ","RED MULE. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1955. 124 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Mayan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Red Mule was real -- a neighbor and friend.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, small stain, minor wear. ","A RIDE WITH HUEY THE ENGINEER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. 92, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"Huey will never pull this train again over the countryside in our part of Kentucky.\" Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, severely trimmed at top, otherwise fine. ","THE RIGHTFUL OWNER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 110 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, slight wear, otherwise fine. ","SAVE EVERY LAMB. Illustrations by Jean George. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 278 pages. First edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, minor shelf wear, but fine plus. ","SEVEN BY JESSE. Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 42 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1970, \"With love and Christmas best wishes from your friends in W-Hollow.\" Wrappers, very fine. ","SHORT STORIES FOR DISCUSSION. Edited by Albert K. Ridout, Jesse Stuart. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. 489 pages. Includes \"How I Write My Short Stories\" by Jesse Stuart, as well as one short story each by Stuart and his daughter, Jessica Jane Stuart. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Very fine cloth, decorative cover. ","SPLIT CHERRY TREE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT. By Jessie [sic] Stuart, dramatized by Dem and Janet Polachek. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1967. 24 pages. Two copies, both signed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 4 and April 1968. Wrappers, very fine. ","TALES FROM THE PLUM GROVE HILLS. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Kenneth Gould, October 7th, 1946, \"This book will be published Oct 21st.\" Also inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, October 1970, \"to think you have the copy I signed for an editor who used to accept my poems and stories for Scholastic Magazine.\" Cloth, foxing on covers and end papers, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, soiled and chipped. ","TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Cloth, good, but sound. ","TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. 303 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Cloth covers faded and stained, showing some wear, front hinge loosened, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, creased, chipped, and torn. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club News reprint about Jesse Stuart and this book. ","THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. DRAMATIZED BY REGINALD LAWRENCE. FROM THE BOOK BY JESSE STUART. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1958. 107 pages. Wrappers, fine plus. ","THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958, ca. 1949. 293 pages. With a new preface by the author. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"I think this is one of your favorites of my books and I am glad it is.\" Cloth, lower third of back cover water-stained, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, lower half of back wrinkled and discolored from moisture. ","TIM: A STORY. Cincinnati: Kentucky Writers' Guild, Harvest Press, [1968?].  34 pages.  Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"Upon this wonderful occasion, your visiting us, take this little memento with you.\" Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine. ","TO TEACH, TO LOVE. New York: World Publishing, 1970. First printing. 317 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1969, and signed with a juvenile flourish by Conrad Stuart Juergensmeyer, Jesse Stuart's grandson. Hardcover, shelf bump at bottom of back cover, otherwise fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. ","TREES OF HEAVEN. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943, ca. 1940. 340 pages. Fourth printing. Distributed by E. P. Dutton, New York. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, \"You've been over the scenes of this book. These people used to live here.\"  Cloth, long scratch from top to bottom of back cover, bottom edges bumped and worn, large stain on top of leaves, near spine, that has soaked into paper and affected nearly every page. With dust jacket, large chips at all outside corners, clipped corner, soiled. ","THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS.  Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, inside corner creased, otherwise very fine. ","THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS. Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine. ","THE YEAR OF MY REBIRTH. Illustrations by Barry Martin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 342 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, \"This book was lived -- and passages in this book you've spoken about here.\" Hardcover, fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus. ","PUBLICATIONS ABOUT JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","Blair, Everetta Love. JESSE STUART: HIS LIFE AND WORKS. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1967.) 288 pages. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ","Clarke, Mary Washington. JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1968.) 240 pages. First edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, Nov. 26, 1969. ","Foster, Ruel E. JESSE STUART. (New York: Twayne Publishers, ca. 1968.) 168 pages. (Twayne's United States Authors Series, 140) Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1969 June 16. ","Hall, Wade. \"THE TRUTH IS FUNNY\": A STUDY OF JESSE STUART'S HUMOR. (Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 75 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970. ","LAND OF THE HONEY-COLORED WIND: JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY: A RESOURCE BOOK. Selected and edited by Jerry A. Herndon. (Morehead, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., ca. 1981. 168 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1982 July 27. ","THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1965?]) [28] pages, illus. Paperback. Two copies, both inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1966 March 30 and 1967 January 21. ","THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1967?]) [31] pages, illus. Revised edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 July 24. ","Pennington, Lee. THE DARK HILLS OF JESSE STUART: A CONSIDERATION OF SYMBOLISM AND VISION IN THE NOVELS OF JESSE STUART. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Harvest Press, The Kentucky Writers Guild, ca. 1967.) 166 pages, illus. Second printing. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 October 7. ","W-HOLLOW COOKBOOK. Compiled by Glennis Stuart Liles. With the assistance of Betty Stuart Baird. Edited by Chuck D. Charles. Second edition. (Ashland, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1990.) 306 pages, illus. Hardcover. ","W-HOLLOW HARVEST. (Cincinnati: Jesse Stuart Exchange) published monthly \nvol. 1, no. 1 (January 1967) - vol. 1, no. 12 (December 1967) \n_______. (Cincinnati: The Kentucky Writers' Guild) published 10 times per year \nvol. II, no. 4 (April 1968) - vol. II, no. 5 (May 1968) \nvol. II, no. 9 (September 1968) - vol. II, no. 10 (October 1968)","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE AND JANE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Murray, Ky.: Murray State University, 1969.) 144 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded and revised. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 September 27. ","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MAY, 1960 - MAY, 1965. Reprinted from The Register of The Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 63, Number 4, October 1965, pages 349-370. ","Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. With essays by Roland Carter, Lawrence Edwards, H. H. Kroll, E. H. Smith, and Jesse Stuart. (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960.) 74 pages. Paperback. ","BOOKS BY JANE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:","EYES OF THE MOLE. Sauk City, Wisc.: Stanton \u0026 Lee, 1967. 48 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.  Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 25. ","GIDEON'S CHILDREN. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1976. 283 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","LAND OF THE FOX. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1975. 154 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","PASSERMAN'S HOLLOW. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1974. 141 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. ","YELLOWHAWK. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1973. 178 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1973 April 21. ","BOOKS COLLECTED BY MARYAN DAHMER SEPARATED TO THE REGULAR CIRCULATING COLLECTION (All books hardcover with dust jacket, unless otherwise indicated.):","Adkins, Jan. A STORM WITHOUT RAIN. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. ","Bellow, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. New York: Viking Press, 1970. ","BEST OF 'HILLBILLY': A PRIZE-WINNING COLLECTION OF 100-PROOF WRITING FROM JIM COMSTOCK'S WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLY (\"A PAPER FOR PEOPLE WHO \nCAN'T READ, EDITED BY AN EDITOR WHO CAN'T EDIT\"). Compiled \u0026 edited by Otto Whittaker. Anderson, S.C.: Droke House, 1968. (Signed by Jim Comstock) ","BEST FROM THE FARMERS' ALMANAC. Edited by Ray Geiger. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. (No dust jacket) ","Buck, Pearl S. THE LIVING REED: A NOVEL. New York: John Day, 1963. ","Buck, Pearl S. A BRIDGE FOR PASSING. New York: John Day, 1962. ","Campbell, Harry Modean, and Ruel E. Foster. ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS: AMERICAN NOVELIST.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. (Inscribed by Ruel E. Foster) ","Case, Carlton B. STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES: HUMOROUS AND LIVELY DOINGS OF OUR BOYS \"OVER THERE\". Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing, 1918. Cover title: Stories from the trenches: funny tales the soldiers tell. (paperback) ","Caudill, Harry M. NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS: A BIOGRAPHY OF A DEPRESSED AREA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. ","Cheng, Nien. LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. (paperback) ","Cooper, James Fenimore. THE SPY. Illustrated by William P. Crouse. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1936. ","Cozzens, James Gould. CHILDREN AND OTHERS. New York: Harcourt, Brace, \u0026 World, 1964. ","Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. New York: Pocket Books, 1953, first printing 1952. \"Cardinal Edition.\" (Signed by the author.) (Paperback, no dust jacket) ","Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. [Nashville]: The Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, 1965, ca. 1942. (Inscribed by the author.) ","Ferber, Edna. SHOW BOAT, SO BIG, CIMARRON: THREE LIVING NOVELS OF AMERICAN LIFE. Garden City: Doubleday, [1958?]. ","Ferraro, Geraldine A. FERRARO: MY STORY. With Linda Bird Francke. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1985. ","Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, AND OTHER WRITINGS. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Frederick W. Hilles. New York: The Modern Library, 1955. ","Heckman, Hazel. ISLAND IN THE SOUND. Drawings by Helen Hiatt. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967. ","Hoffman, Frederick J. WILLIAM FAULKNER. New Haven, Conn.: College \u0026 University Press, 1961. (Twayne's United States Authors Series) (paperback) ","Huizinga, Johan. THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES: A STUDY OF THE FORMS OF LIFE, THOUGH AND ART IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES. Garden City: Doubleday Anchor, 1956. (paperback) ","Lockridge, Ross. RAINTREE COUNTY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. ","Massie, Robert K. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA. New York: Atheneum, 1968. ","Nabokov, Vladimir. THE EYE. New York: Phaedra, 1965. ","Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Signed by the author.) ","Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Paperback) (Signed by the author's daughter.) ","QUESTION OF HENRY JAMES: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS. Edited by F. W. Dupee. New York: Henry Holt, 1945. ","Roosevelt, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. New York: Harper \u0026 Brothers, 1949. ","Rushdie, Salman. THE SATANIC VERSES. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. ","Salmon, Arthur L. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN: CHAPTERS ON HUMAN LIFE. Chicago: Forbes \u0026 Company, 1915, ca. 1913. (No dust jacket) ","Terrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. ","Terrill, Ross. FLOWERS ON AN IRON TREE: FIVE CITIES OF CHINA. Boston: Little Brown, 1975. ","Terrill, Ross. MAO: A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Harper \u0026 Row, 1980. ","Terrill, Ross. THE WHITE-BONED DEMON: A BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME MAO ZEDONG. New York: William Morrow, 1984. ","Terrill, Ross. CHINA IN OUR TIME: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FROM THE COMMUNIST VICTORY TO TIANANMEN SQUARE AND BEYOND. New York: Simon \u0026 Schuster, 1992. ","Thomas, Dylan. UNDER MILK WOOD: A PLAY FOR VOICES. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. London: J. M. Dent \u0026 Sons, 1955, ca. 1954. ","Thoreau, Henry David. WALDEN. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane. New York: Bramhall House, 1951. ","WALT WHITMAN'S NEW YORK: FROM MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. Edited by Henry M. Christman. New York: Macmillan, 1963. ","Waltari, Mika. THE EGYPTIAN: A NOVEL. Translated by Naomi Walford. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. ","WAR POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WAR POETRY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Edited by Oscar Williams. New York: John Day, 1945. ","Whitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. First Borzoi edition. With a preface by Bernard Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. ","Wolfe, Thomas. MANNERHOUSE: A PLAY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS. New York: Harper \u0026 Brothers, 1948. (no dust jacket) ","Wolfe, Thomas. YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1942. (no dust jacket) ","Wolfe, Thomas. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. ","Wolfe, Thomas. OF TIME AND THE RIVER: A LEGEND OF MAN'S HUNGER IN HIS YOUTH. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1944. ","Wolfe, Thomas. A STONE, A LEAF, A DOOR: POEMS. Selected and arranged in verse by John S. Barnes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. (No dust jacket) ","Wright, Austin Tappan. ISLANDIA. New York: Farrar \u0026 Rinehart, 1942. (No dust jacket) ","Young, Barbara. THIS MAN FROM LEBANON: A STUDY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, ca. 1945."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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The scrapbooks include clippings from newspapers, magazines, journals, and books; published and unpublished poems, articles, and short stories; critical reviews; letters to Stuart; personal writings; programs; schedules; contracts; stamps and postmarks; telegrams; and tear sheets. 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He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the  Nicholas County News Leader  (originally  News Letter ) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the  Nicholas County News Leader  combined with  Nicholas Republican ; in 1984, it became the  Richwood News Leader . Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly  West Virginia Hillbilly  with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the  Hillbilly  in 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the  Hillbilly . In 1992, he sold the  Hillbilly  to Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the  Hillbilly  ceased publication.","Comstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including  Pa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy , a 50-volume  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled  Best of Hillbilly . He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree.","Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. 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For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","Series 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2. \nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8. \nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5. \nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17. \nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25. \nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72. \nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81. \nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82. \nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82. \nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82. \nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85. \nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91. \nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92. \nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12. \nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104. \nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109. \nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.","Addendum of 2013/05  includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:","Series 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.* \nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.* \nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146. \nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.* \nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150. \nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2. \nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook. \nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers. \nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157. \nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10. \nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.","*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.","This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).","This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties.   Highlights include:  items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12);  a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13);  letters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and  two letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15)."," Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.","Highlights of this subseries include:  four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War;  seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War;  a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier;  seven Booker T. Washington letters;  two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and  a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.","This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.  Highlights include:  bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);  papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);  a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);  a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and  legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).","Lucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.","This series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of  Burning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see  Burning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel,  Burning Springs  (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book  Warning in Appalachia  (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.","This series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.","Thistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.","Inventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.","The Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.","A. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.","J.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.","In the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.","In 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.","These volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.","Anthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.","The Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).","At the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.","Jacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.","This volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.","George C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.","This is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.","This consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.","Moses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.","Harry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.","This ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.","John Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.","This series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.","  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled  Wheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969  (1969?).","  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of  The Searchlight , a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of  The Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance  (published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and  Mountaineer Spirit , a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).","  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of  The Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews  (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's  On Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory  (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026 Co., 1891);  Naval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944  (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of  Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge  (undated).","  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's  The Incomparable Don Chafin  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).","  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's  Facts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.","  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include  Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office  (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus  (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's  The World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026 O H-8 Versus N \u0026 W Class A  (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Historical Society, 1986).","  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence, and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  \n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others);  rejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26);  biographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47);  Larry Maynor, journalist for the  Charleston Daily Mail  (box 29);  the sale and ultimate demise of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (boxes 31 and 72);  the University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60);  [Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46);  Pearl S. Buck (box 33 and others);  Billy Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36);  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36);  Otto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on  The Best of the Hillbilly  (boxes 37 and 65);  the  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia  (box 40);  Comstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as  News Leader  or  West Virginia Hillbilly  subscriptions (boxes 41-42);  Comstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42);  Comstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the  West Virginia Hillbilly  which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43);  writers, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62);  writings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49);  Comstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56);  the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and  News Leader , including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116);  Eck Bozeman (box 57);  Comstock's pocket diaries (box 57);  Comstock's naval service during World War II (box 60);  H.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and  historical research material, possibly for the  Encyclopedia  (box 72)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.","This series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize."," Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):"," Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\"  Box 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026 Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026 Kenna Home; C\u0026CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\"  Box 81; Unlabeled canister.  Box 81; Canister label: \"1949\"  Box 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable)  Box 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)","This series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.","This series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s."," Reel 1 Contents Notes:  Records of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862.  National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs.  March 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs."," Reel 2 Contents Notes:  Payroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.","This series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.","This series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.","This series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.","This series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.","This series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area;  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia ; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. ","\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. ","\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874","This series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder."," Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.","This series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock."," Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated)."," Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material."," Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated)."," Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).","This series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.","This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118."," Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated)."," Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?)."," Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349."," Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items."," Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965)."," Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV."," Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991);  Hillbilly  transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated)."," Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).","This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  card from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the  Hillbilly  (undated) (box 119);  Comstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127);  the University of Hard Knocks (box 128);  photocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and  material regarding Comstock's work on the  Hillbilly , the  News Leader , and the  West Virginia Encyclopedia  (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned."," *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.","Please note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The  News Leader  morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The  News Leader  morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The  Hillbilly  morgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.","This series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material.  Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.","This series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.","This series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).","This series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.","This series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material."," Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the  West Virginia Hillbilly  Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the  Hillbilly  (1950-1976, undated), and pages from  Harper's Weekly  (1861-1866)."," Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated)."," Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders."," Additional cirkut photos include:  Loose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929);  Loose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929);  Loose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929);  Loose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933)."," Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).","This series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.","Mostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s.","Separated to A\u0026M collections:","Various autographed items have been moved to A\u0026M 435.","Account book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026 William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.","Account book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.","Account book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.","Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:","Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438","Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439","Burnett, Nancy S.  Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History  (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).","Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:","West Virginia Odd Fellow , 1919, Charleston (1 item)","West Virginia State Weekly , 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)","Exponent , 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)","Oros , 1927, Moundsville (1 item)","Pedagogue's Pastime , 1885, Moundsville (3 items)","Princeton Observer , 1950 (1 item)","Searchlight , Summersville (32 items)","West Virginia Farm Journal , 1872, Union (1 item)","Church Calendar , 1917, Wheeling (1 item)","Church News , 1892, Wheeling (1 item)","English Lutheran , 1900, Wheeling (1 item)","Musical Monthly , 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)","The Saturday Review , 1912 August 10, Wheeling","State Fair News , 1910, Wheeling (1 item)","William's Courier , undated, Wheeling (1 item)","Valley News Echo , Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper","Haney's Journal , 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)","Our Southern Home , 1893 November, Hamlet, NC","Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:","Donnelly, Shirley.  Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.  Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.","Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks.  Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.","Norton, Andre.  Catseye . London: Gollancz, 1974.","Deacon, William A.  The Four Jameses . Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.","Haslip, Joan.  Catherine the Great: A Biography . New York: Putnam, 1977.","Separated to the Maps Collection:","Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777","Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia","Sistersville, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia","Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia","Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia","Mannington, West Virginia","Morgantown, West Virginia","Clarksburg, West Virginia","Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia","Grafton, West Virginia","Cairo, West Virginia","Cameron, West Virginia","Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia","Moundsville, West Virginia","New Martinsville, West Virginia","Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia","Pennsboro, West Virginia","Salem, West Virginia","St. Mary's, West Virginia","Wellsburg, West Virginia","Buckhannon, West Virginia","Weston, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia","View of Parsons, West Virginia","Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia","Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia","Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia","West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island","Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.","The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.  Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.","Sheet music separated to A\u0026M 723, Sheet Music:","Americans, Together.","Back to West Virginia.","Battle of Port Royal.","Brave Boys Are They.","Canoeing on the Kanawha.","Capt. Linch March.","Cherry.","Cotton Field Dance.","Down in the Lonely Dell.","Dynamite Twist.","Fair West Virginia.","Fire Fly Polka.","Glory Hallelujah.","Going Back to West Virginia.","Home Alone in West Virginia.","I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.","Imagine Me.","In Flanders' Fields.","I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.","J'aime Mon Amour.","Just Before the Battle, Mother.","Kingdom Coming.","La Violette de Carafa.","Love and Devotion.","Memory's Dream.","Men of West Augusta.","Mountain Land West Virginia.","On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!","Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.","Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.","Something Tells Me You're the Girl.","Song of a Woman.","Sweet Kitty Wells.","The Ballad of Oakland.","The Battle Cry of Freedom.","The Last Hope.","The Self Service Chain Store.","The Sunny Hours of Childhood.","The Vacant Chair.","The West Virginia Singer.","There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.","Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.","We Are Mountaineers.","West Virginia.","West Virginia! And My Home.","West Virginia University Songs.","What a Lovely Day!","Who Will Care For Mother Now?","Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.","William Tell Overture.","Willie My Brave.","Transferred to A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","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","Bleakmor, Gallaher \u0026 Ansbrutz","First National Bank of Fairmont","Grand Army of the Republic","Harry Hood \u0026 Company","St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church  (Charleston, W. Va.)","Thistle \u0026 Cox","University of Hard Knocks.","Wheeling Gas Company","Comstock, Jim (James Franklin), 1911-1996","Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937","Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894","Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831","Breckstein, A. H.","Brown, John, 1800-1859","Brown, William G.  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Please contact the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center for more information.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. \u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Box 93 cannot be retrieved for use at this time. Please contact the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center for more information.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLucy Elizabeth Prichard\u003c/emph\u003e (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLouis Eckert Reed\u003c/emph\u003e (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJames Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock\u003c/emph\u003e was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eClarksburg Telegram\u003c/emph\u003e. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas County News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e (originally \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Letter\u003c/emph\u003e) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas County News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e combined with \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas Republican\u003c/emph\u003e; in 1984, it became the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRichwood News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e. Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003ein 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e. In 1992, he sold the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003eto Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003eceased publication.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eComstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy\u003c/emph\u003e, a 50-volume \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e, and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBest of Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e. He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lucy Elizabeth Prichard  (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.","Louis Eckert Reed  (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for  Atlantic Monthly .","James Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock  was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the  Clarksburg Telegram . He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the  Nicholas County News Leader  (originally  News Letter ) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the  Nicholas County News Leader  combined with  Nicholas Republican ; in 1984, it became the  Richwood News Leader . Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly  West Virginia Hillbilly  with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the  Hillbilly  in 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the  Hillbilly . In 1992, he sold the  Hillbilly  to Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the  Hillbilly  ceased publication.","Comstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including  Pa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy , a 50-volume  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled  Best of Hillbilly . He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 2600, 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], Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers, A\u0026M 2600, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAn addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2013/05\u003c/emph\u003e includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e Highlights include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eitems relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eletters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003etwo letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of this subseries include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003efour letters from soldiers in the Mexican War; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eseventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eseven Booker T. Washington letters; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003etwo letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eHighlights include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ebills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003epapers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003elegal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery\u003c/emph\u003e, initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery\u003c/emph\u003e, by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs\u003c/emph\u003e (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWarning in Appalachia\u003c/emph\u003e (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969\u003c/emph\u003e (1969?).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Searchlight\u003c/emph\u003e, a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance \u003c/emph\u003e(published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMountaineer Spirit\u003c/emph\u003e, a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews\u003c/emph\u003e (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOn Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory\u003c/emph\u003e (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026amp; Co., 1891); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNaval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944\u003c/emph\u003e (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePapers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge\u003c/emph\u003e (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Incomparable Don Chafin\u003c/emph\u003e (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan\u003c/emph\u003e (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRules of Practice in the United States Patent Office\u003c/emph\u003e (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLittle Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus\u003c/emph\u003e (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026amp; O H-8 Versus N \u0026amp; W Class A\u003c/emph\u003e (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Historical Society, 1986).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence, and \"HB\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics and items of interest include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003erejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ebiographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLarry Maynor, journalist for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCharleston Daily Mail\u003c/emph\u003e (box 29); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe sale and ultimate demise of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 31 and 72); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e[Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePearl S. Buck (box 33 and others); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBilly Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eOtto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Best of the Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 37 and 65); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e (box 40); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e or \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e subscriptions (boxes 41-42); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ewriters, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ewritings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEck Bozeman (box 57); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's pocket diaries (box 57); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's naval service during World War II (box 60); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eH.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ehistorical research material, possibly for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEncyclopedia \u003c/emph\u003e(box 72).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026amp; Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026amp;O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026amp; Kenna Home; C\u0026amp;CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Unlabeled canister. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"1949\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reel 1 Contents Notes: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eRecords of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNational Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eMarch 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reel 2 Contents Notes: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePayroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area; \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003etransparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence and \"HB\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics and items of interest include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ecard from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003e(undated) (box 119); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe University of Hard Knocks (box 128); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ephotocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ematerial regarding Comstock's work on the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, and the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph\u003e *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph\u003ePlease note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003emorgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003ePlease note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003e(1950-1976, undated), and pages from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/emph\u003e (1861-1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional cirkut photos include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.","Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).","An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","Series 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2. \nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8. \nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5. \nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17. \nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25. \nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72. \nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81. \nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82. \nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82. \nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82. \nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85. \nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91. \nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92. \nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12. \nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104. \nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109. \nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.","Addendum of 2013/05  includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:","Series 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.* \nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.* \nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146. \nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.* \nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150. \nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2. \nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook. \nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers. \nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157. \nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10. \nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.","*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.","This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).","This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties.   Highlights include:  items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12);  a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13);  letters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and  two letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15)."," Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.","Highlights of this subseries include:  four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War;  seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War;  a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier;  seven Booker T. Washington letters;  two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and  a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.","This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.  Highlights include:  bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);  papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);  a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);  a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and  legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).","Lucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.","This series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of  Burning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see  Burning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel,  Burning Springs  (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book  Warning in Appalachia  (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.","This series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.","Thistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.","Inventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.","The Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.","A. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.","J.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.","In the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.","In 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.","These volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.","Anthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.","The Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).","At the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.","Jacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.","This volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.","George C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.","This is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.","This consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.","Moses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.","Harry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.","This ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.","John Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.","This series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.","  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled  Wheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969  (1969?).","  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of  The Searchlight , a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of  The Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance  (published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and  Mountaineer Spirit , a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).","  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of  The Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews  (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's  On Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory  (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026 Co., 1891);  Naval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944  (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of  Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge  (undated).","  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's  The Incomparable Don Chafin  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).","  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's  Facts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.","  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include  Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office  (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus  (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's  The World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026 O H-8 Versus N \u0026 W Class A  (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Historical Society, 1986).","  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence, and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  \n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others);  rejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26);  biographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47);  Larry Maynor, journalist for the  Charleston Daily Mail  (box 29);  the sale and ultimate demise of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (boxes 31 and 72);  the University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60);  [Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46);  Pearl S. Buck (box 33 and others);  Billy Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36);  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36);  Otto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on  The Best of the Hillbilly  (boxes 37 and 65);  the  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia  (box 40);  Comstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as  News Leader  or  West Virginia Hillbilly  subscriptions (boxes 41-42);  Comstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42);  Comstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the  West Virginia Hillbilly  which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43);  writers, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62);  writings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49);  Comstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56);  the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and  News Leader , including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116);  Eck Bozeman (box 57);  Comstock's pocket diaries (box 57);  Comstock's naval service during World War II (box 60);  H.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and  historical research material, possibly for the  Encyclopedia  (box 72)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.","This series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize."," Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):"," Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\"  Box 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026 Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026 Kenna Home; C\u0026CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\"  Box 81; Unlabeled canister.  Box 81; Canister label: \"1949\"  Box 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable)  Box 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)","This series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.","This series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s."," Reel 1 Contents Notes:  Records of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862.  National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs.  March 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs."," Reel 2 Contents Notes:  Payroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.","This series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.","This series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.","This series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.","This series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.","This series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area;  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia ; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. ","\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. ","\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874","This series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder."," Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.","This series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock."," Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated)."," Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material."," Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated)."," Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).","This series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.","This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118."," Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated)."," Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?)."," Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349."," Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items."," Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965)."," Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV."," Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991);  Hillbilly  transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated)."," Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).","This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  card from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the  Hillbilly  (undated) (box 119);  Comstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127);  the University of Hard Knocks (box 128);  photocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and  material regarding Comstock's work on the  Hillbilly , the  News Leader , and the  West Virginia Encyclopedia  (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned."," *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.","Please note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The  News Leader  morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The  News Leader  morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The  Hillbilly  morgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.","This series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material.  Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.","This series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.","This series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).","This series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.","This series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material."," Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the  West Virginia Hillbilly  Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the  Hillbilly  (1950-1976, undated), and pages from  Harper's Weekly  (1861-1866)."," Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated)."," Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders."," Additional cirkut photos include:  Loose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929);  Loose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929);  Loose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929);  Loose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933)."," Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).","This series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.","Mostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to A\u0026amp;M collections:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVarious autographed items have been moved to A\u0026amp;M 435.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026amp; William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBurnett, Nancy S. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSlovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History\u003c/title\u003e (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Odd Fellow\u003c/title\u003e, 1919, Charleston (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia State Weekly\u003c/title\u003e, 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eExponent\u003c/title\u003e, 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOros\u003c/title\u003e, 1927, Moundsville (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePedagogue's Pastime\u003c/title\u003e, 1885, Moundsville (3 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePrinceton Observer\u003c/title\u003e, 1950 (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSearchlight\u003c/title\u003e, Summersville (32 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Farm Journal\u003c/title\u003e, 1872, Union (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChurch Calendar\u003c/title\u003e, 1917, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChurch News\u003c/title\u003e, 1892, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEnglish Lutheran\u003c/title\u003e, 1900, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMusical Monthly\u003c/title\u003e, 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Saturday Review\u003c/title\u003e, 1912 August 10, Wheeling\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eState Fair News\u003c/title\u003e, 1910, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWilliam's Courier\u003c/title\u003e, undated, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eValley News Echo\u003c/title\u003e, Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHaney's Journal\u003c/title\u003e, 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Southern Home\u003c/title\u003e, 1893 November, Hamlet, NC\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBooks separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDonnelly, Shirley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eYesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.\u003c/title\u003e Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eKeepsake Stories of the Ozarks.\u003c/title\u003e Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNorton, Andre. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCatseye\u003c/title\u003e. London: Gollancz, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDeacon, William A. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Four Jameses\u003c/title\u003e. Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHaslip, Joan. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCatherine the Great: A Biography\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Putnam, 1977.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to the Maps Collection:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSistersville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eElkins, Randolph County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFairmont and Palatine, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMannington, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMorgantown, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eClarksburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Tucker County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGrafton, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCairo, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCameron, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMoundsville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNew Martinsville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eParkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePennsboro, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSalem, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSt. Mary's, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWellsburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBuckhannon, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWeston, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eView of Parsons, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of Bluefield, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of Keystone, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNote: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.\u003c/emph\u003e Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSheet music separated to A\u0026amp;M 723, Sheet Music:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAmericans, Together.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBack to West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBattle of Port Royal.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrave Boys Are They.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCanoeing on the Kanawha.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Linch March.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCherry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCotton Field Dance.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDown in the Lonely Dell.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDynamite Twist.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFair West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFire Fly Polka.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGlory Hallelujah.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGoing Back to West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHome Alone in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI Have Something Sweet to Tell You.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eImagine Me.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn Flanders' Fields.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ'aime Mon Amour.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJust Before the Battle, Mother.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKingdom Coming.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLa Violette de Carafa.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLove and Devotion.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMemory's Dream.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMen of West Augusta.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMountain Land West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOur Grateful Heart Save Singing.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSomething Tells Me You're the Girl.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSong of a Woman.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSweet Kitty Wells.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Ballad of Oakland.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Battle Cry of Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Last Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Self Service Chain Store.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Sunny Hours of Childhood.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Vacant Chair.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe West Virginia Singer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe Are Mountaineers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia! And My Home.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia University Songs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhat a Lovely Day!\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWho Will Care For Mother Now?\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWild and Wonderful West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Tell Overture.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWillie My Brave.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eTransferred to A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:\u003c/emph\u003e Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Separated to A\u0026M collections:","Various autographed items have been moved to A\u0026M 435.","Account book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026 William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.","Account book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.","Account book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.","Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:","Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438","Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439","Burnett, Nancy S.  Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History  (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).","Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:","West Virginia Odd Fellow , 1919, Charleston (1 item)","West Virginia State Weekly , 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)","Exponent , 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)","Oros , 1927, Moundsville (1 item)","Pedagogue's Pastime , 1885, Moundsville (3 items)","Princeton Observer , 1950 (1 item)","Searchlight , Summersville (32 items)","West Virginia Farm Journal , 1872, Union (1 item)","Church Calendar , 1917, Wheeling (1 item)","Church News , 1892, Wheeling (1 item)","English Lutheran , 1900, Wheeling (1 item)","Musical Monthly , 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)","The Saturday Review , 1912 August 10, Wheeling","State Fair News , 1910, Wheeling (1 item)","William's Courier , undated, Wheeling (1 item)","Valley News Echo , Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper","Haney's Journal , 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)","Our Southern Home , 1893 November, Hamlet, NC","Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:","Donnelly, Shirley.  Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.  Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.","Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks.  Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.","Norton, Andre.  Catseye . London: Gollancz, 1974.","Deacon, William A.  The Four Jameses . Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.","Haslip, Joan.  Catherine the Great: A Biography . New York: Putnam, 1977.","Separated to the Maps Collection:","Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777","Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia","Sistersville, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia","Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia","Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia","Mannington, West Virginia","Morgantown, West Virginia","Clarksburg, West Virginia","Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia","Grafton, West Virginia","Cairo, West Virginia","Cameron, West Virginia","Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia","Moundsville, West Virginia","New Martinsville, West Virginia","Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia","Pennsboro, West Virginia","Salem, West Virginia","St. Mary's, West Virginia","Wellsburg, West Virginia","Buckhannon, West Virginia","Weston, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia","View of Parsons, West Virginia","Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia","Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia","Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia","West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island","Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.","The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.  Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.","Sheet music separated to A\u0026M 723, Sheet Music:","Americans, Together.","Back to West Virginia.","Battle of Port Royal.","Brave Boys Are They.","Canoeing on the Kanawha.","Capt. Linch March.","Cherry.","Cotton Field Dance.","Down in the Lonely Dell.","Dynamite Twist.","Fair West Virginia.","Fire Fly Polka.","Glory Hallelujah.","Going Back to West Virginia.","Home Alone in West Virginia.","I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.","Imagine Me.","In Flanders' Fields.","I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.","J'aime Mon Amour.","Just Before the Battle, Mother.","Kingdom Coming.","La Violette de Carafa.","Love and Devotion.","Memory's Dream.","Men of West Augusta.","Mountain Land West Virginia.","On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!","Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.","Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.","Something Tells Me You're the Girl.","Song of a Woman.","Sweet Kitty Wells.","The Ballad of Oakland.","The Battle Cry of Freedom.","The Last Hope.","The Self Service Chain Store.","The Sunny Hours of Childhood.","The Vacant Chair.","The West Virginia Singer.","There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.","Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.","We Are Mountaineers.","West Virginia.","West Virginia! And My Home.","West Virginia University Songs.","What a Lovely Day!","Who Will Care For Mother Now?","Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.","William Tell Overture.","Willie My Brave.","Transferred to A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)"],"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_65d6b5a9a55c1158201a2641c226d229\"\u003ePapers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_41b33a00fb61928ece3953eb9c83a996\"\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":["Bleakmor, Gallaher \u0026 Ansbrutz","First National Bank of Fairmont","Grand Army of the Republic","Harry Hood \u0026 Company","St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church  (Charleston, W. Va.)","Thistle \u0026 Cox","University of Hard Knocks.","Wheeling Gas Company","Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937","Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894","Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831","Breckstein, A. H.","Brown, John, 1800-1859","Brown, William G.  (William Gay), 1800-1884","Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973","Byrd, Robert C.","Chapline, Moses.","Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910","Comstock, Jim (James Franklin), 1911-1996","Cushwa, Barnet.","Eagle, Henry F.","Gans, George C.","Gans, Mrs. Samuel C.","Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806","Gehr, Daniel.","Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998","Hornbrook, Jacob.","Humphrey, Hubert H. 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(Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978","Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900","Maynor, Larry.","Monroe, James, 1758-1831","Norona, Delf, 1895-1974","Prichard, Lucy, 1876-1964.","Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998","Reed, Louis","Shock, J.C.","Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984","Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915","Weaver, James M.","Zidn, Anthony."],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":514,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-10T07:10:52.276Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5370","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5370","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5370","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5370","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_5370.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198658","title_ssm":["Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers"],"title_tesim":["Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1650-1671, 1717-2003, undated","ca. 1850-1995"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["ca. 1850-1995"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1650-1671, 1717-2003, undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 2600","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5370"],"text":["A\u0026M 2600","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5370","Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers","Berkeley County (W. Va.)","Fairmont (W. Va.)","Marshall County (W. Va.)","Pennsylvania","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Wheeling (W. Va.)","Banks and banking","General stores","Glass manufacture","Mexican War, 1846-1848","Newspapers.","Political campaigns","Propaganda, Soviet","Whiskey decanters","Box 93 cannot be retrieved for use at this time. Please contact the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center for more information.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Lucy Elizabeth Prichard  (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.","Louis Eckert Reed  (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for  Atlantic Monthly .","James Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock  was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the  Clarksburg Telegram . He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the  Nicholas County News Leader  (originally  News Letter ) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the  Nicholas County News Leader  combined with  Nicholas Republican ; in 1984, it became the  Richwood News Leader . Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly  West Virginia Hillbilly  with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the  Hillbilly  in 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the  Hillbilly . In 1992, he sold the  Hillbilly  to Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the  Hillbilly  ceased publication.","Comstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including  Pa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy , a 50-volume  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled  Best of Hillbilly . He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree.","Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.","Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).","An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","Series 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2. \nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8. \nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5. \nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17. \nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25. \nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72. \nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81. \nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82. \nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82. \nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82. \nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85. \nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91. \nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92. \nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12. \nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104. \nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109. \nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.","Addendum of 2013/05  includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:","Series 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.* \nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.* \nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146. \nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.* \nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150. \nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2. \nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook. \nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers. \nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157. \nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10. \nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.","*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.","This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).","This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties.   Highlights include:  items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12);  a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13);  letters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and  two letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15)."," Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.","Highlights of this subseries include:  four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War;  seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War;  a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier;  seven Booker T. Washington letters;  two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and  a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.","This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.  Highlights include:  bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);  papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);  a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);  a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and  legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).","Lucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.","This series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of  Burning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see  Burning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel,  Burning Springs  (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book  Warning in Appalachia  (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.","This series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.","Thistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.","Inventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.","The Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.","A. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.","J.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.","In the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.","In 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.","These volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.","Anthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.","The Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).","At the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.","Jacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.","This volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.","George C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.","This is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.","This consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.","Moses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.","Harry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.","This ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.","John Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.","This series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.","  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled  Wheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969  (1969?).","  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of  The Searchlight , a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of  The Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance  (published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and  Mountaineer Spirit , a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).","  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of  The Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews  (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's  On Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory  (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026 Co., 1891);  Naval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944  (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of  Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge  (undated).","  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's  The Incomparable Don Chafin  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).","  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's  Facts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.","  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include  Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office  (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus  (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's  The World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026 O H-8 Versus N \u0026 W Class A  (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Historical Society, 1986).","  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence, and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  \n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others);  rejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26);  biographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47);  Larry Maynor, journalist for the  Charleston Daily Mail  (box 29);  the sale and ultimate demise of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (boxes 31 and 72);  the University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60);  [Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46);  Pearl S. Buck (box 33 and others);  Billy Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36);  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36);  Otto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on  The Best of the Hillbilly  (boxes 37 and 65);  the  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia  (box 40);  Comstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as  News Leader  or  West Virginia Hillbilly  subscriptions (boxes 41-42);  Comstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42);  Comstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the  West Virginia Hillbilly  which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43);  writers, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62);  writings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49);  Comstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56);  the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and  News Leader , including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116);  Eck Bozeman (box 57);  Comstock's pocket diaries (box 57);  Comstock's naval service during World War II (box 60);  H.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and  historical research material, possibly for the  Encyclopedia  (box 72)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.","This series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize."," Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):"," Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\"  Box 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026 Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026 Kenna Home; C\u0026CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\"  Box 81; Unlabeled canister.  Box 81; Canister label: \"1949\"  Box 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable)  Box 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)","This series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.","This series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s."," Reel 1 Contents Notes:  Records of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862.  National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs.  March 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs."," Reel 2 Contents Notes:  Payroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.","This series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.","This series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.","This series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.","This series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.","This series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area;  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia ; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. ","\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. ","\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874","This series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder."," Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.","This series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock."," Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated)."," Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material."," Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated)."," Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).","This series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.","This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118."," Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated)."," Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?)."," Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349."," Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items."," Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965)."," Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV."," Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991);  Hillbilly  transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated)."," Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).","This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  card from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the  Hillbilly  (undated) (box 119);  Comstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127);  the University of Hard Knocks (box 128);  photocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and  material regarding Comstock's work on the  Hillbilly , the  News Leader , and the  West Virginia Encyclopedia  (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned."," *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.","Please note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The  News Leader  morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The  News Leader  morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The  Hillbilly  morgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.","This series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material.  Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.","This series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.","This series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).","This series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.","This series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material."," Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the  West Virginia Hillbilly  Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the  Hillbilly  (1950-1976, undated), and pages from  Harper's Weekly  (1861-1866)."," Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated)."," Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders."," Additional cirkut photos include:  Loose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929);  Loose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929);  Loose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929);  Loose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933)."," Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).","This series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.","Mostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s.","Separated to A\u0026M collections:","Various autographed items have been moved to A\u0026M 435.","Account book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026 William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.","Account book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.","Account book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.","Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:","Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438","Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439","Burnett, Nancy S.  Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History  (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).","Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:","West Virginia Odd Fellow , 1919, Charleston (1 item)","West Virginia State Weekly , 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)","Exponent , 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)","Oros , 1927, Moundsville (1 item)","Pedagogue's Pastime , 1885, Moundsville (3 items)","Princeton Observer , 1950 (1 item)","Searchlight , Summersville (32 items)","West Virginia Farm Journal , 1872, Union (1 item)","Church Calendar , 1917, Wheeling (1 item)","Church News , 1892, Wheeling (1 item)","English Lutheran , 1900, Wheeling (1 item)","Musical Monthly , 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)","The Saturday Review , 1912 August 10, Wheeling","State Fair News , 1910, Wheeling (1 item)","William's Courier , undated, Wheeling (1 item)","Valley News Echo , Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper","Haney's Journal , 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)","Our Southern Home , 1893 November, Hamlet, NC","Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:","Donnelly, Shirley.  Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.  Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.","Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks.  Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.","Norton, Andre.  Catseye . London: Gollancz, 1974.","Deacon, William A.  The Four Jameses . Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.","Haslip, Joan.  Catherine the Great: A Biography . New York: Putnam, 1977.","Separated to the Maps Collection:","Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777","Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia","Sistersville, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia","Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia","Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia","Mannington, West Virginia","Morgantown, West Virginia","Clarksburg, West Virginia","Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia","Grafton, West Virginia","Cairo, West Virginia","Cameron, West Virginia","Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia","Moundsville, West Virginia","New Martinsville, West Virginia","Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia","Pennsboro, West Virginia","Salem, West Virginia","St. Mary's, West Virginia","Wellsburg, West Virginia","Buckhannon, West Virginia","Weston, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia","View of Parsons, West Virginia","Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia","Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia","Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia","West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island","Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.","The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.  Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.","Sheet music separated to A\u0026M 723, Sheet Music:","Americans, Together.","Back to West Virginia.","Battle of Port Royal.","Brave Boys Are They.","Canoeing on the Kanawha.","Capt. Linch March.","Cherry.","Cotton Field Dance.","Down in the Lonely Dell.","Dynamite Twist.","Fair West Virginia.","Fire Fly Polka.","Glory Hallelujah.","Going Back to West Virginia.","Home Alone in West Virginia.","I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.","Imagine Me.","In Flanders' Fields.","I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.","J'aime Mon Amour.","Just Before the Battle, Mother.","Kingdom Coming.","La Violette de Carafa.","Love and Devotion.","Memory's Dream.","Men of West Augusta.","Mountain Land West Virginia.","On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!","Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.","Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.","Something Tells Me You're the Girl.","Song of a Woman.","Sweet Kitty Wells.","The Ballad of Oakland.","The Battle Cry of Freedom.","The Last Hope.","The Self Service Chain Store.","The Sunny Hours of Childhood.","The Vacant Chair.","The West Virginia Singer.","There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.","Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.","We Are Mountaineers.","West Virginia.","West Virginia! And My Home.","West Virginia University Songs.","What a Lovely Day!","Who Will Care For Mother Now?","Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.","William Tell Overture.","Willie My Brave.","Transferred to A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","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","Bleakmor, Gallaher \u0026 Ansbrutz","First National Bank of Fairmont","Grand Army of the Republic","Harry Hood \u0026 Company","St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church  (Charleston, W. Va.)","Thistle \u0026 Cox","University of Hard Knocks.","Wheeling Gas Company","Comstock, Jim (James Franklin), 1911-1996","Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937","Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894","Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831","Breckstein, A. H.","Brown, John, 1800-1859","Brown, William G.  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Please contact the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center for more information.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. \u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Box 93 cannot be retrieved for use at this time. Please contact the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center for more information.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLucy Elizabeth Prichard\u003c/emph\u003e (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLouis Eckert Reed\u003c/emph\u003e (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJames Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock\u003c/emph\u003e was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eClarksburg Telegram\u003c/emph\u003e. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas County News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e (originally \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Letter\u003c/emph\u003e) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas County News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e combined with \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas Republican\u003c/emph\u003e; in 1984, it became the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRichwood News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e. Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003ein 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e. In 1992, he sold the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003eto Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003eceased publication.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eComstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy\u003c/emph\u003e, a 50-volume \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e, and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBest of Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e. He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lucy Elizabeth Prichard  (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.","Louis Eckert Reed  (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for  Atlantic Monthly .","James Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock  was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the  Clarksburg Telegram . He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the  Nicholas County News Leader  (originally  News Letter ) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the  Nicholas County News Leader  combined with  Nicholas Republican ; in 1984, it became the  Richwood News Leader . Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly  West Virginia Hillbilly  with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the  Hillbilly  in 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the  Hillbilly . In 1992, he sold the  Hillbilly  to Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the  Hillbilly  ceased publication.","Comstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including  Pa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy , a 50-volume  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled  Best of Hillbilly . He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 2600, 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], Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers, A\u0026M 2600, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAn addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2013/05\u003c/emph\u003e includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e Highlights include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eitems relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eletters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003etwo letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of this subseries include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003efour letters from soldiers in the Mexican War; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eseventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eseven Booker T. Washington letters; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003etwo letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eHighlights include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ebills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003epapers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003elegal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery\u003c/emph\u003e, initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery\u003c/emph\u003e, by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs\u003c/emph\u003e (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWarning in Appalachia\u003c/emph\u003e (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969\u003c/emph\u003e (1969?).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Searchlight\u003c/emph\u003e, a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance \u003c/emph\u003e(published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMountaineer Spirit\u003c/emph\u003e, a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews\u003c/emph\u003e (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOn Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory\u003c/emph\u003e (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026amp; Co., 1891); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNaval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944\u003c/emph\u003e (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePapers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge\u003c/emph\u003e (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Incomparable Don Chafin\u003c/emph\u003e (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan\u003c/emph\u003e (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRules of Practice in the United States Patent Office\u003c/emph\u003e (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLittle Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus\u003c/emph\u003e (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026amp; O H-8 Versus N \u0026amp; W Class A\u003c/emph\u003e (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Historical Society, 1986).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence, and \"HB\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics and items of interest include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003erejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ebiographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLarry Maynor, journalist for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCharleston Daily Mail\u003c/emph\u003e (box 29); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe sale and ultimate demise of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 31 and 72); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e[Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePearl S. Buck (box 33 and others); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBilly Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eOtto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Best of the Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 37 and 65); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e (box 40); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e or \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e subscriptions (boxes 41-42); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ewriters, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ewritings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEck Bozeman (box 57); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's pocket diaries (box 57); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's naval service during World War II (box 60); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eH.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ehistorical research material, possibly for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEncyclopedia \u003c/emph\u003e(box 72).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026amp; Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026amp;O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026amp; Kenna Home; C\u0026amp;CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Unlabeled canister. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"1949\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reel 1 Contents Notes: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eRecords of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNational Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eMarch 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reel 2 Contents Notes: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePayroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area; \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003etransparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence and \"HB\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics and items of interest include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ecard from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003e(undated) (box 119); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe University of Hard Knocks (box 128); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ephotocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ematerial regarding Comstock's work on the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, and the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph\u003e *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph\u003ePlease note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003emorgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003ePlease note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003e(1950-1976, undated), and pages from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/emph\u003e (1861-1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional cirkut photos include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.","Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).","An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","Series 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2. \nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8. \nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5. \nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17. \nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25. \nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72. \nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81. \nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82. \nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82. \nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82. \nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85. \nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91. \nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92. \nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12. \nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104. \nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109. \nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.","Addendum of 2013/05  includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:","Series 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.* \nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.* \nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146. \nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.* \nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150. \nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2. \nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook. \nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers. \nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157. \nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10. \nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.","*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.","This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).","This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties.   Highlights include:  items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12);  a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13);  letters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and  two letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15)."," Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.","Highlights of this subseries include:  four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War;  seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War;  a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier;  seven Booker T. Washington letters;  two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and  a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.","This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.  Highlights include:  bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);  papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);  a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);  a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and  legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).","Lucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.","This series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of  Burning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see  Burning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel,  Burning Springs  (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book  Warning in Appalachia  (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.","This series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.","Thistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.","Inventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.","The Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.","A. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.","J.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.","In the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.","In 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.","These volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.","Anthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.","The Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).","At the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.","Jacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.","This volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.","George C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.","This is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.","This consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.","Moses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.","Harry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.","This ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.","John Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.","This series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.","  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled  Wheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969  (1969?).","  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of  The Searchlight , a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of  The Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance  (published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and  Mountaineer Spirit , a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).","  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of  The Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews  (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's  On Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory  (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026 Co., 1891);  Naval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944  (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of  Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge  (undated).","  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's  The Incomparable Don Chafin  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).","  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's  Facts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.","  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include  Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office  (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus  (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's  The World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026 O H-8 Versus N \u0026 W Class A  (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Historical Society, 1986).","  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence, and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  \n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others);  rejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26);  biographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47);  Larry Maynor, journalist for the  Charleston Daily Mail  (box 29);  the sale and ultimate demise of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (boxes 31 and 72);  the University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60);  [Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46);  Pearl S. Buck (box 33 and others);  Billy Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36);  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36);  Otto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on  The Best of the Hillbilly  (boxes 37 and 65);  the  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia  (box 40);  Comstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as  News Leader  or  West Virginia Hillbilly  subscriptions (boxes 41-42);  Comstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42);  Comstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the  West Virginia Hillbilly  which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43);  writers, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62);  writings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49);  Comstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56);  the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and  News Leader , including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116);  Eck Bozeman (box 57);  Comstock's pocket diaries (box 57);  Comstock's naval service during World War II (box 60);  H.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and  historical research material, possibly for the  Encyclopedia  (box 72)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.","This series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize."," Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):"," Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\"  Box 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026 Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026 Kenna Home; C\u0026CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\"  Box 81; Unlabeled canister.  Box 81; Canister label: \"1949\"  Box 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable)  Box 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)","This series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.","This series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s."," Reel 1 Contents Notes:  Records of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862.  National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs.  March 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs."," Reel 2 Contents Notes:  Payroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.","This series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.","This series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.","This series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.","This series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.","This series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area;  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia ; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. ","\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. ","\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874","This series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder."," Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.","This series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock."," Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated)."," Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material."," Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated)."," Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).","This series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.","This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118."," Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated)."," Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?)."," Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349."," Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items."," Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965)."," Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV."," Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991);  Hillbilly  transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated)."," Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).","This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  card from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the  Hillbilly  (undated) (box 119);  Comstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127);  the University of Hard Knocks (box 128);  photocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and  material regarding Comstock's work on the  Hillbilly , the  News Leader , and the  West Virginia Encyclopedia  (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned."," *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.","Please note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The  News Leader  morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The  News Leader  morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The  Hillbilly  morgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.","This series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material.  Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.","This series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.","This series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).","This series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.","This series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material."," Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the  West Virginia Hillbilly  Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the  Hillbilly  (1950-1976, undated), and pages from  Harper's Weekly  (1861-1866)."," Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated)."," Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders."," Additional cirkut photos include:  Loose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929);  Loose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929);  Loose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929);  Loose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933)."," Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).","This series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.","Mostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to A\u0026amp;M collections:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVarious autographed items have been moved to A\u0026amp;M 435.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026amp; William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBurnett, Nancy S. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSlovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History\u003c/title\u003e (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Odd Fellow\u003c/title\u003e, 1919, Charleston (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia State Weekly\u003c/title\u003e, 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eExponent\u003c/title\u003e, 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOros\u003c/title\u003e, 1927, Moundsville (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePedagogue's Pastime\u003c/title\u003e, 1885, Moundsville (3 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePrinceton Observer\u003c/title\u003e, 1950 (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSearchlight\u003c/title\u003e, Summersville (32 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Farm Journal\u003c/title\u003e, 1872, Union (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChurch Calendar\u003c/title\u003e, 1917, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChurch News\u003c/title\u003e, 1892, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEnglish Lutheran\u003c/title\u003e, 1900, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMusical Monthly\u003c/title\u003e, 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Saturday Review\u003c/title\u003e, 1912 August 10, Wheeling\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eState Fair News\u003c/title\u003e, 1910, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWilliam's Courier\u003c/title\u003e, undated, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eValley News Echo\u003c/title\u003e, Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHaney's Journal\u003c/title\u003e, 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Southern Home\u003c/title\u003e, 1893 November, Hamlet, NC\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBooks separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDonnelly, Shirley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eYesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.\u003c/title\u003e Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eKeepsake Stories of the Ozarks.\u003c/title\u003e Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNorton, Andre. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCatseye\u003c/title\u003e. London: Gollancz, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDeacon, William A. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Four Jameses\u003c/title\u003e. Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHaslip, Joan. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCatherine the Great: A Biography\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Putnam, 1977.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to the Maps Collection:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSistersville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eElkins, Randolph County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFairmont and Palatine, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMannington, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMorgantown, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eClarksburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Tucker County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGrafton, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCairo, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCameron, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMoundsville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNew Martinsville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eParkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePennsboro, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSalem, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSt. Mary's, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWellsburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBuckhannon, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWeston, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eView of Parsons, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of Bluefield, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of Keystone, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNote: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.\u003c/emph\u003e Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSheet music separated to A\u0026amp;M 723, Sheet Music:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAmericans, Together.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBack to West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBattle of Port Royal.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrave Boys Are They.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCanoeing on the Kanawha.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Linch March.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCherry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCotton Field Dance.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDown in the Lonely Dell.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDynamite Twist.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFair West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFire Fly Polka.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGlory Hallelujah.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGoing Back to West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHome Alone in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI Have Something Sweet to Tell You.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eImagine Me.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn Flanders' Fields.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ'aime Mon Amour.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJust Before the Battle, Mother.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKingdom Coming.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLa Violette de Carafa.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLove and Devotion.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMemory's Dream.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMen of West Augusta.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMountain Land West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOur Grateful Heart Save Singing.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSomething Tells Me You're the Girl.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSong of a Woman.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSweet Kitty Wells.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Ballad of Oakland.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Battle Cry of Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Last Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Self Service Chain Store.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Sunny Hours of Childhood.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Vacant Chair.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe West Virginia Singer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe Are Mountaineers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia! And My Home.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia University Songs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhat a Lovely Day!\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWho Will Care For Mother Now?\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWild and Wonderful West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Tell Overture.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWillie My Brave.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eTransferred to A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:\u003c/emph\u003e Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. 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Papers.","Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:","Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438","Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439","Burnett, Nancy S.  Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History  (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).","Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:","West Virginia Odd Fellow , 1919, Charleston (1 item)","West Virginia State Weekly , 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)","Exponent , 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)","Oros , 1927, Moundsville (1 item)","Pedagogue's Pastime , 1885, Moundsville (3 items)","Princeton Observer , 1950 (1 item)","Searchlight , Summersville (32 items)","West Virginia Farm Journal , 1872, Union (1 item)","Church Calendar , 1917, Wheeling (1 item)","Church News , 1892, Wheeling (1 item)","English Lutheran , 1900, Wheeling (1 item)","Musical Monthly , 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)","The Saturday Review , 1912 August 10, Wheeling","State Fair News , 1910, Wheeling (1 item)","William's Courier , undated, Wheeling (1 item)","Valley News Echo , Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper","Haney's Journal , 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)","Our Southern Home , 1893 November, Hamlet, NC","Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:","Donnelly, Shirley.  Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.  Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.","Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks.  Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.","Norton, Andre.  Catseye . London: Gollancz, 1974.","Deacon, William A.  The Four Jameses . Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.","Haslip, Joan.  Catherine the Great: A Biography . New York: Putnam, 1977.","Separated to the Maps Collection:","Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777","Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia","Sistersville, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia","Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia","Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia","Mannington, West Virginia","Morgantown, West Virginia","Clarksburg, West Virginia","Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia","Grafton, West Virginia","Cairo, West Virginia","Cameron, West Virginia","Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia","Moundsville, West Virginia","New Martinsville, West Virginia","Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia","Pennsboro, West Virginia","Salem, West Virginia","St. Mary's, West Virginia","Wellsburg, West Virginia","Buckhannon, West Virginia","Weston, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia","View of Parsons, West Virginia","Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia","Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia","Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia","West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island","Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.","The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.  Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.","Sheet music separated to A\u0026M 723, Sheet Music:","Americans, Together.","Back to West Virginia.","Battle of Port Royal.","Brave Boys Are They.","Canoeing on the Kanawha.","Capt. Linch March.","Cherry.","Cotton Field Dance.","Down in the Lonely Dell.","Dynamite Twist.","Fair West Virginia.","Fire Fly Polka.","Glory Hallelujah.","Going Back to West Virginia.","Home Alone in West Virginia.","I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.","Imagine Me.","In Flanders' Fields.","I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.","J'aime Mon Amour.","Just Before the Battle, Mother.","Kingdom Coming.","La Violette de Carafa.","Love and Devotion.","Memory's Dream.","Men of West Augusta.","Mountain Land West Virginia.","On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!","Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.","Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.","Something Tells Me You're the Girl.","Song of a Woman.","Sweet Kitty Wells.","The Ballad of Oakland.","The Battle Cry of Freedom.","The Last Hope.","The Self Service Chain Store.","The Sunny Hours of Childhood.","The Vacant Chair.","The West Virginia Singer.","There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.","Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.","We Are Mountaineers.","West Virginia.","West Virginia! And My Home.","West Virginia University Songs.","What a Lovely Day!","Who Will Care For Mother Now?","Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.","William Tell Overture.","Willie My Brave.","Transferred to A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). 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Stuart also comments freely regarding canonic authors like Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner, among others.","There are also records regarding Foster's book on Stuart (including correspondence with his publisher, reviews, and royalty statements), clippings of miscellaneous articles by Stuart, two poem typescripts, a copy of his Guggenheim Fellowship application, postcards (blank) of his home and of the Jesse Stuart Lodge, and a photographic portrait from approximately 1968-1969.","There is a typescript of \"The Life and Passion of a Sea Island Man\" by Esau Lanier, 1969.","Oversize material includes clippings regarding Jesse Stuart, 1970-1977, and a sound recording of poetry by Vachel Lindsay recited by his son Nicholas Cave Lindsay on Caedmon Records, TC 1216, undated.","West Virginia folk culture photographs filed in Photograph Subject Files: Portraits - Folk Musicians - Gainer, Patrick; Portraits - Folk Musicians - Foster Collection; Folk Festivals - Glenville Folk Festival - Foster Collection.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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