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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Moses Farnsworth Papers, 1821/1899

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Correspondence, receipts, tax receipts, itemized accounts, agreements, summons, certificates of assessment, an inventory of an estate, witness certificates, a list of witnesses, a transcript of court notes, and other business papers of Moses Farnsworth, a Justice of the Peace of the Troy District, Gilmer County, W.Va.

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Moses Farnsworth Papers, 1821/1899 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Farnsworth, Moses

Correspondence, receipts, tax receipts, itemized accounts, agreements, summons, certificates of assessment, an inventory of an estate, witness certificates, a list of witnesses, a transcript of court notes, and other business papers of Moses Farnsworth, a Justice of the Peace of the Troy District, Gilmer County, W.Va.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Siler Family Papers, 1848/1968

66.6 Linear Feet Summary: 66 ft. 7 in. (149 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (2 oversize folders, 2 in.); (25 wrapped packages, 3 ft. 8 in.)

This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil War, the Episcopal church, secession of Virginia, Virginia Loyalty Oath, women's diaries, and women's letters and papers. A notable item in the collection is the diary of Anne Doyne Wolff Strother, wife of artist and writer David Hunter Strother, documenting a trip with husband and daughter Emily to New Orleans in 1857 (S2/Box 67, folder 1a).

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Siler Family Papers, 1848/1968 66.6 Linear Feet Summary: 66 ft. 7 in. (149 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (2 oversize folders, 2 in.); (25 wrapped packages, 3 ft. 8 in.)

Seiler family

This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil War, the Episcopal church, secession of Virginia, Virginia Loyalty Oath, women's diaries, and women's letters and papers. A notable item in the collection is the diary of Anne Doyne Wolff Strother, wife of artist and writer David Hunter Strother, documenting a trip with husband and daughter Emily to New Orleans in 1857 (S2/Box 67, folder 1a).

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Stevens Coal Company Records, 1891/1907

1.75 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 9 in. (11 unboxed ledgers, 17 1/2 in.); (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
Acme, West Virginia, company which consisted of the Empire, Acme, and Keystone mines, and also had an interest in railroads. The collection contains a letter-book, payrolls, time-books, and coal shipment records. The letter-book has correspondence between T.F. Garrison and John J. Shouk of the Shouk-Garrison Coal Co. Payroll records include deductions from wages for rent, smithing, doctor, and company store accounts.
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Stevens Coal Company Records, 1891/1907 1.75 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 9 in. (11 unboxed ledgers, 17 1/2 in.); (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Stevens Coal Company
Acme, West Virginia, company which consisted of the Empire, Acme, and Keystone mines, and also had an interest in railroads. The collection contains a letter-book, payrolls, time-books, and coal shipment records. The letter-book has correspondence between T.F. Garrison and John J. Shouk of the Shouk-Garrison Coal Co. Payroll records include deductions from wages for rent, smithing, doctor, and company store accounts.
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Ward Engineering Company Archives and Manuscripts, 1871/1977

82.2 Linear Feet 82 ft. 2 in. (178 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 folder, 0.25 in.); (1 ledger, 1 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1 in.); (map cabinets, 80 in.)

Records of a Charleston, West Virginia, business which introduced to the western waters of the United States a new design of towboat whose essential features were water-tube boilers, multiple-expansion engines, and screw propulsion; thus replacing the traditional paddle wheel towboats that navigated the Ohio and Mississippi river systems. Charles Ward (1841-1915), a British engineer, who emigrated to Charleston in 1871, founded the industry and designed these new boats. This collection consists of business correspondence, U.S. Government business papers, company financial papers, compensation files, deeds, contracts, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, charts, catalogs, information on ships, blueprints, maps, patents, biographical information, and more.

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Ward Engineering Company Archives and Manuscripts, 1871/1977 82.2 Linear Feet 82 ft. 2 in. (178 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 folder, 0.25 in.); (1 ledger, 1 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1 in.); (map cabinets, 80 in.)

Ward Engineering Company

Records of a Charleston, West Virginia, business which introduced to the western waters of the United States a new design of towboat whose essential features were water-tube boilers, multiple-expansion engines, and screw propulsion; thus replacing the traditional paddle wheel towboats that navigated the Ohio and Mississippi river systems. Charles Ward (1841-1915), a British engineer, who emigrated to Charleston in 1871, founded the industry and designed these new boats. This collection consists of business correspondence, U.S. Government business papers, company financial papers, compensation files, deeds, contracts, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, charts, catalogs, information on ships, blueprints, maps, patents, biographical information, and more.

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William Milo Barnum (1856-1926) Papers, 1882/1899

0.58 Linear Feet Summary: 7 in. (4 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
Correspondence (including 6 volumes of letter books) relating to firms in which Barnum was an executive, including the Henrico Coal Co. and Kanawha Improvement Co., West Virginia, National Mining Co. and Wells Farm Land and Mining Co., New York. The collection documents mining and railroad promotion in Appalachia and the eastern midwest states. The collection was formerly part of the records of the Pacific Coast Coal and Oil Co. of which Barnum was chairman of the Board of Directors (ca.1900-1911). Unpublished inventory and guide available at University of Washington Libraries. (Originals at University of Washington Libraries.)
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William Milo Barnum (1856-1926) Papers, 1882/1899 0.58 Linear Feet Summary: 7 in. (4 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Barnum, William Milo (1856-1926)
Correspondence (including 6 volumes of letter books) relating to firms in which Barnum was an executive, including the Henrico Coal Co. and Kanawha Improvement Co., West Virginia, National Mining Co. and Wells Farm Land and Mining Co., New York. The collection documents mining and railroad promotion in Appalachia and the eastern midwest states. The collection was formerly part of the records of the Pacific Coast Coal and Oil Co. of which Barnum was chairman of the Board of Directors (ca.1900-1911). Unpublished inventory and guide available at University of Washington Libraries. (Originals at University of Washington Libraries.)
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers, 1708/1997

131.6 Linear Feet 131 ft. 7 in. (41 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 oversize record carton, 18 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (274 unboxed ledgers and notebooks, 78 ft. 7 in.)
Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.
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Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers, 1708/1997 131.6 Linear Feet 131 ft. 7 in. (41 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 oversize record carton, 18 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (274 unboxed ledgers and notebooks, 78 ft. 7 in.)

Tetrick, Willis Guy, Jr., 1911-1995
Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.

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