Newspapers (in four folders): 1) a) Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1881/10, headlines, "The Nation's Loss", the assassination of President Garfield; b) Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1883/9, reports of the destruction of Rochester, New York by a tornado, 2) a) Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,1882/6, Decoration Day; b) Harper's Weekly,1885/8 headlines General Grant's funeral in New York, 3) a) Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, reports on the death of Vice President Thomas Hendricks after an illness; b) two fashion newspapers (incomplete), Revue De La Mode, 1881/9 (includes color fashion plates) and Butterick's Metropolitan Fashion, 1885/10, 4) Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1884/9.
- Containers:
- Box 54
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
- Parent restrictions:
- No special access restriction applies.
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