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Four volumes titled "Physician's Visiting List," dated 1886, 1891, 1905, and 1906, for the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area. The 1891 copy contains a prescription written by J.H. Kelley, M.D. of Parkersburg, suggesting that all volumes were Kelley's. They contain numerous names, addresses, charges, and treatments, as well as other miscellaneous notes.

Records of marriages, 1816-1867, performed by the Reverend William Welch, Mineral County, West Virginia; Civil War typescripts, including "Capture of Generals Kelly and Crook," by Capt. Jesse C. McNeill, and "Capture of a Railroad Train," by John T. Peerce. There are scrapbooks on South Branch Valley history, and account books for grain, carding, and other activities in Morgantown. There are also clippings and photographs.

A Brief History of Methodism in Kingwood and Vicinity from the Earliest Times to March, 1874, by W.C. Snodgrass. Also a typed Baptismal Record, dating between 1852 and 1896, listing dates and places of birth, parents' names, and officiating ministers.

Church record, 1852-1896, listing baptisms, marriages, probationers, members and various classes; quarterly conference records, 1899-1903, 1917-1920; church ledgers, 1910-1936; the minutes of the Women's Home Missionary Society, 1914-1937; and "A Brief History of Methodism in Kingwood and Vicinity from Our Earliest Times to March, 1874," by W.C. Snodgrass.

Correspondence between Martin and his daughter concerning marriages, births, deaths, and murders. There are also letters regarding property in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

Papers of the McIlroy family, early residents of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, including correspondence of John and Joseph McIlroy, newspaper clippings, birth register from the family Bible, and a list of volunteers for the "Home Guard" of Jackson and Barree townships.

Photocopies of family bible records of Morgan County, West Virginia. Records contain dates of births, marriages, and deaths. Family names include Allemong, Ambrose, Bohrer, Breakall, Brown, Buck, Caldwell, Catlett, Combs, Cross, Custer, Dawson, Duckwall, Eppinger, Fearnow, Fredman, Fritzman, Grove, Harmon, Herriott, Hofe, Hook, Hovermale, Hunter, Huth, Lawyer, Lutman, Martin, McKee, Michael, Miller, Munson, Newbraugh, Rankin, Ruppenthal, Shade, Shipley, Shockey, Stotler, Swaim, Tyson, Waugh, Widmyer, and Wisner. These were copied from records of the Morgan County Historical and Genealogical Society. The dates of records copied range from 1816-1980. The records were compiled in 1985 by Kathern Allemong and Jessie Hunter for a Daughters of the American Revolution project. In 2015, the records were re-organized for ease of research by Nancy Edwards and Nancy Largent. The collection was originally organized in a three-ring binder; it has been re-arranged into folders with each item numbered to retain original order.

Records, including minutes of the quarterly conference and the Epworth League; lists of church members and probationers; and papers and records relating to baptisms, marriages, and pastors.

Record book of a Grant County, West Virginia, church organized by settlers sometime prior to 1791. These records, which are almost entirely in German, list baptisms, membership, confirmations, deaths, and births. (For typescript English translations, see Historical Records Survey, Grant County, Box 33.).