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Ohio Valley Floods Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder

Newspaper clippings, picture-books, postcard albums, and government reports relating to floods along the Ohio River Valley especially at Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Parkersburg.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Philip Bagdon, Research Notes regarding Cass, West Virginia 1.54 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Bagdon, Philip V.
Notes compiled by Philip Bagdon which were used by Dr. Roy Clarkson to complete his history of the logging town of Cass entitled Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga. Bagdon's notes, composed of maps, tables and quotes from newspapers, correspondence and business records, are arranged chronologically and topically covering subjects important to the history of Cass, the Greenbrier River valley and east central West Virginia. Subjects mentioned are land purchases, timber appraisals, railroads, conservation and forest management, the lumber industry, and local social and economic development. Prominent names mentioned are Joseph K. Cass, James C. Lacey, John G. Luke, Edwin Mower, S. E. Slaymaker, E. P. Shaffer.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Bird Cook, Collector, Papers regarding the Civil War in Southern West Virginia 0.33 Linear Feet 4 in. (1 document case, 2.5 in.; 1 large flat storage box, 1.5 in.)

Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Papers mainly related to the Civil War in southern West Virginia, including correspondence, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, and other material. Highlights of the collection include material regarding Captain John V. Young of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry; Captain James S. Cassady of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry; Captain W.D. Thurmond and his company of Partisan Rangers; and the 8th and 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry units. The collection is organized into seven series, including: 1. Correspondence (1841-1888, undated); 2. Maps (1861-1935, undated); 3. Miscellaneous (1851-1867); 4. Photographs (undated); 5. Sketches (1898, undated); 6. Newspaper Clippings (1861-1938, undated); and 7. Muster Rolls (1864, undated).
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Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook regarding Ohio River History 0.17 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.25 in., 1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.

Thistle, Roy.
A scrapbook containing a brief history of Sistersville and the oil industry in Tyler and other counties and states; a stock certificate of the Sistersville & Salem Turnpike Company, 1853; bills of lading for Ohio and Muskingum River steamers, 1855-1934; and a list of steamboats operating on the Muskingum River, 1830-1890
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Scott-Palmer Family Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Scott-Palmer family.
Papers of Jewett Palmer, a Union Army officer, Mayor of Marietta (Ohio), and Republican official of Washington County (Ohio). Includes correspondence, daily journals, clipping scrapbooks, military records, genealogical and autobiographical notes, and printed materials. The papers regard the activities of Company B of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) and Company G of the 36th OVI. There are also papers of Palmer's wife, Saida Scott, who taught music. Addendum of 1996/09/23 contains a muster roll of Company G, 36th OVI, signed by Captain Jewett Palmer, for 10/31/1863 - 12/31/1863. See Scope and Content Note for more information.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Steamboats Records 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Cooper, Edward B.

Letters of a West Virginia River Captain to his daughter, 1877-1885; papers of Captain Edward B. Cooper, 1879-1891, Master of the Steamer Sonoma operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg; bills of lading and miscellaneous papers, 1891-1930, 1955; log book of the Steamer Victor, 1932, operating out of Ashland, Kentucky for the Ashland Oil Company; and a log book of the Steamer Greenbrier, 1939, operating on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Union Carbide Corporation, Hawk's Nest Project, Papers 7.08 Linear Feet 17 document cases, 5 in. each

Union Carbide Corporation. Hawk's Nest Project

Correspondence, memoranda, drafts, briefs, exhibits, reports, and newspaper clippings on the Federal Power Commission's licensing of Union Carbide Corporation's Hawk's Nest and Glenn Ferris power dam projects. Subjects include FPC hearings, history of navigability of the Kanawha River, efforts to dam the Kanawha River, the navigability of the New River, and the New-Kanawha Power Company. Correspondents include H.G. Davis, Russell A. Alger, Homer Adams Holt, Robert C. Byrd, and Jennings Randolph.

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Ward Engineering Company Archives and Manuscripts 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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West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Papers 2.82 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 9 3/4 in. (1 folder, 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 3 items, 0.1 in.); (19 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company

Correspondence and business records while the company was operating near the present site of Cass. Subjects and topics covered are the Blackwater Lumber Company, Condon-Lane Boom and Lumber Company, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Greenbrier River, logging, lumber agents, Martin-Lane and Company, railroads, J.L. Rumbarger Lumber Company, R.M. Sutton Company, Stearns Manufacturing Company, Saint Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, S.E. Slaymaker and Company, timberlands, West Spruce Lumber Company, and William Whitmer and Sons, Inc. Places mentioned include Greenbrier, Pocahontas, and Randolph counties; Green Bank, Horton, Cass, Piedmont, and Ronceverte (all in West Virginia); and Covington, Virginia. Correspondents include Joseph K. Cass, T.B. Davis, H.G. Davis, and P.I. Reed.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Woodbridge-Blennerhassett Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, typescript copies, 1.75 in.)

Woodbridge-Blennerhassett and Company
Correspondence and financial records of the firm of Dudley Woodbridge and Company of Marietta, Ohio, pertaining to Woodbridge's partnership with Harman Blennerhassett. Subjects include early Ohio River trade, transportation, and markets; Blennerhassett's financial misfortunes; the Burr conspiracy; and family and social affairs. Included in the collection are extracts from the Silas Brown letters in the Library of Congress relating to the Burr Conspiracy; and an unpublished manuscript by Josephine Phillips, "The Blennerhassett-Woodbridge Partnership: An Experiment in Chain Store Operation, 1798-1806.
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