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Gravely and Moore Studio, Photography Business in Charleston, Negatives, 1860/1969, bulk 1930/1945 14.79 Linear Feet 32 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 index card box, 15 in.; 1 document case, 2.5 in (box 25a)

Gravely and Moore Studio
Negatives and other material from the Gravely and Moore Studio of Charleston, West Virginia. The majority of items within the collection are cellulose acetate negatives; the collection also includes glass plate negatives, prints, two photograph albums, and other material, as well as a card catalog documenting business transactions with customers. The collection is organized into customer project files as established by the Studio; the contents of these files are stored in envelopes usually containing one or two negatives, but they can contain up to a dozen or more. There are approximately 3,500 customer project files containing an estimated 11,000 items, most of which are negatives. The majority of photographs within the collection are portraits of individual adults. Other subjects include portraits of children; group photographs; businesses and advertising; members of the military; civil servants; civic organizations; missionaries; and aerial photographs, among others.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hart Papers I and II, 1847/1934 4.00 Linear Feet

Hart, John, 1860-1937

Papers, 1847-1934, including correspondence, essays, articles, and poems by John Hart, a Richmond book seller and poems, short stories, and a novel by his wife, Katherine M. Hart. The papers of John Hart include letters concerning the sale of books and two letters by James Branch Cabell. The collection includes diplomas and certificates awarded by the University of Virginia to his [father ?] John Hart of Louisa County, Va.

  1. College of William and Mary

Jacob H. Gerbrick, Photographer, Records, 1857/1974 5.9 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. 11 in. (10 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 records carton, 15 in.); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

Gerbrick, Jacob H.
The photographs and negatives of the Gerbrick Studio of Martinsburg whose most prominent proprietor was Jacob H. Gerbrick. There are group and individual portraits as well as pictures of business and industry, modes of transportation, schools, churches, residences, clubs and organizations, and social events. These photographs reflect life in Martinsburg and the extreme Eastern panhandle, including unique events such as strikes or floods, annual events such as festivals and parades, and everyday occurrences of the inhabitants. There are also images of the apple industry, Gerbrick family, Shepherd College, and Storer College.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

James R. Moreland Papers, 1904/1940 3.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 4 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each)

Moreland, James R., 1879-1955
Papers, photos, pamphlets and postcards of a prominent Morgantown attorney, financier and businessman, James Rogers Moreland. Included are drafts of books and articles by James R. Moreland about local and family history, in particular "Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountains" and "My Father Another Country Lawyer." There are family histories and records about the Finnicum, Hawthorne, Huston, Lewis, Lyle, Moreland and Rogers families. There are also many items of World War I that especially pertain to Morgantown. Included among these is information about the Morgantown Militia Reserve and the Military Training Camps Association. Among other papers collected by Moreland are the records and a history of the Bank of Monongahela Valley, the papers of the Mercersburg Academy, the Rotary, Sons of the Revolution, and the WVU Kappa Alpha fraternity.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Burns Murphy, Compiler, Genealogy of Murphy and Related Families, 1890/1988 2.5 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 6 in. (2 records cartons, 15 in. each)

Murphy, John Burns.
Three volumes of genealogical compilations of family group sheet forms of the Murphy family and allied families by John Burns Murphy (b. July 5, 1914-d. November 24, 1992). There are three separate name indexes, one for each volume, and 12 captioned photos of the William and Hester Murphy family of Moatsville, Barbour Co., WV, 1770-1988, 1 1/2 ft. Other families mentioned most often in the index are Allen, Amos, Anderson, Anon, Arnett, Ashcraft, Bailey, Baker, Ball, Barnes, Barr, Bartlett, Baughman, Bennett, Benson, Blake, Boggess, Bolyard, Booth, Boyles, Brady, Brown, Bryan, Campbell, Canfield, Carpenter, Coffman, Cole, Copenhaver, Corder, Cox, Crim, Crites, Cross, Cunningham, Davis, Davisson, Digman, Duckworth, Duncan, Dye, Edgell, Ellifritt, Elliot, Ellison, Ellyson, Eneix, Farence, Felton, Ferguson, Flowers, Forman, Fortney, Freeman, Friend, Gainer, Gall, Gatrell, Glasscock, Glover, Godwin, Griffin, Gum, Haddix, Hall, Haller, Hannah, Harbert, Hart, Harvey, Hathaway, Hawker, Hawkins, Heldreth, Hess, Hoffman, Holbert, Huey, Huffman, Hustead, Ice, Isner, Jackson, James, Jefferies, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Keller, Kelly, Kennedy, Kittle, Knotts, Laulis, Lawson, Leach, Linville, Long, Looman, Lyons, Markley, Marple, Marsh, Martin, Mason, Matthews, McDaniel, McGee, McIntire, McIntosh, McVicker, Minear, Mitchell, Moats, Moore, Mouser, Nay, Nestor, Nutter, Odle, Ogden, O'Neal, Phillips, Pigott, Poe, Poling, Price, Pritchard, Proudfoot, Rector, Reed, Rice, Richardson, Rittenhouse, Robbins, Robey, Robinson, Rogers, Rusk, Saffell, Sanders, Sandy, Sayre, Shaffer, Shanabarger, Sharp, Shaver, Shaw, Shinn, Shreve, Simons Sinsel, Stansberry, Stark, Stemple, Stewart, Stickel, Straight, Stump, Sturm, Swiger, Swisher, Switzer, Talbott, Talkington, Taylor, Tetrick, Tharp, Thompson, Tibbs, Van Scoy, Wadsworth, Wass, Watson, Weaver, Webb, White, Whiteman, Whitman, Williams, Williamson, Wilmoth, Wilson, Woodford, Wright, Wyer, Zinn. Materials cover the years 1770-1988.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jolliff Family Papers, 1878/1954 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (photocopies and originals)

Jolliff Family

Collection consists of photographs, publications, letters, and newspaper clippings regarding the Jolliff and Watson families. Jolliff family history is highlighted in photocopies of the publication, Family Record and Genealogy of the Jolliff Family, From the Year 1760 to 1878 Inclusive by Oliver P. Jolliff and James S. Watson (1878). A photocopy of the Journal of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Encampment, Department of West Virginia, Grand Army of the Republic, Wheeling, West Virginia, May 19th, 20th and 21st, 1908 (pages 26-28 only) includes a memoir and photograph of James S. Watson. Family obituaries from the 1930s and 1940s from the Morgantown and Fairmont areas comprise most of the photocopied newspaper clippings. Most photographs are unidentified, undated portraits from Morgantown photography studios (Protzman, Rogers, and Morgan) and are most likely portraits of Jolliff and Watson family members. Two identified photographs are of students and teacher(s) from the Uffington, West Virginia Public School House (1907), and a group in front of Watson Rock (named for the Watson family) Monongah, West Virginia (ca. 1900-1910). Other items of interest include a West Virginia University commencement announcement (1937), an invitation to the dedication of the WVU Agricultural Experiment Station (1894), a Fairmont Normal School program (1893), an advertising card titled, Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge (undated), and a postcard depicting the Balanced Rock near Elkins, West Virginia (1909).

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Marshall Fishwick Research Collection on Michael Miley, 1879/1951 2 Files

Fishwick, Marshall William

The collection consists of research material compiled by Dr. Marshall W. Fishwick on Michael Miley and his developments in color photography. Items of interest include Fishwick's article on Miley published in American Quarterly, a 1904 cabinet card of Michael Miley by his son, Henry, three cabinet cards of the early interior of Lee Chapel, the Colonnade, and VMI's front gates, correspondences between Henry Miley and Fishwick, and copies of several original Miley photographs.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Patrick Ward Gainer (1904-1981), Collector, Papers and Folk Music Recordings, 1890/1981 18.08 Linear Feet 39 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 records carton, 15 in.; 4 microfilm boxes, 1.75 in. each 25.4 Gigabytes 203 .wav files and 28 .mp3 files

Gainer, Patrick W.

Archives of an eminent folklorist and professor of English at West Virginia University. Manuscripts include field folklore collections, lecture notes, book manuscripts, correspondence, student papers, and folksong arrangements. There are also materials regarding Gainer's position as director of South Atlantic USO activities during World War II and a journal of a folksong collecting trip to Ireland in 1961. Also two hundred and ninety-three audio tapes containing vocal and instrumental folk music, folklore and oral history, recorded in West Virginia and in Scotland and Ireland. Nearly half of the material is performed by Gainer himself. The collection also includes news clippings relating to folklore and Gainer's career, as well as a variety of photographs, film clips, and personal awards and memorabilia.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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