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C.R. Rector, Compiler, Papers

0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item (19 pages)
This is a history, "Westward Down the Ohio," relating highlights of Ohio River history, ca.1750-1880, in West Virginia. Subjects include early exploration, settlement, and transportation, especially the steamboat era. Mention is often made of events occurring in Parkersburg and its vicinity as being typical examples of the history of the Ohio Valley.
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C.R. Rector, Compiler, Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item (19 pages)

Rector, C. R., Compiler
This is a history, "Westward Down the Ohio," relating highlights of Ohio River history, ca.1750-1880, in West Virginia. Subjects include early exploration, settlement, and transportation, especially the steamboat era. Mention is often made of events occurring in Parkersburg and its vicinity as being typical examples of the history of the Ohio Valley.
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Fleming Family Papers, 1810/1943

5.8 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 2 1/2 in. (14 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 4 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1 item)

Business and personal papers, pamphlets, clippings, and photographs of Benjamin Fleming (1806-1891), and his son Thurston Worth (b.1846), relating to various business enterprises carried on by the family in Fairmont. These included a large trade in manufacturing, importing and selling hats and furs, general merchandising, fertilizer and hardwood sales.

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Fleming Family Papers, 1810/1943 5.8 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 2 1/2 in. (14 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 4 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1 item)

Fleming family

Business and personal papers, pamphlets, clippings, and photographs of Benjamin Fleming (1806-1891), and his son Thurston Worth (b.1846), relating to various business enterprises carried on by the family in Fairmont. These included a large trade in manufacturing, importing and selling hats and furs, general merchandising, fertilizer and hardwood sales.

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Joseph McKay Papers, 1897/1905

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)
Correspondence, bills, receipts, and other business papers of a Sistersville, West Virginia, oil developer and stockman pertaining to the development of the Sistersville oil fields, steamboat freighting on the Ohio River, and business activity in Sistersville.
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Joseph McKay Papers, 1897/1905 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

McKay, Joseph
Correspondence, bills, receipts, and other business papers of a Sistersville, West Virginia, oil developer and stockman pertaining to the development of the Sistersville oil fields, steamboat freighting on the Ohio River, and business activity in Sistersville.
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Lyman Stedman, Farmer and Politician, Diary, 1880/1885

0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Diary of Lyman Stedman (1824-1916), a farmer and former member of the House of Delegates, 1877, from Brown's Island, Hancock County. Entries concern farm operation, Republican political activities on the district and county level, comments on state and national organizations, floods on the Ohio River, steamboat and barge traffic, Hopedale School, Methodist Episcopal Church, railroad travel, circuses and fairs, taxes and land valuations, and Memorial Day.
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Lyman Stedman, Farmer and Politician, Diary, 1880/1885 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Stedman, Lyman
Diary of Lyman Stedman (1824-1916), a farmer and former member of the House of Delegates, 1877, from Brown's Island, Hancock County. Entries concern farm operation, Republican political activities on the district and county level, comments on state and national organizations, floods on the Ohio River, steamboat and barge traffic, Hopedale School, Methodist Episcopal Church, railroad travel, circuses and fairs, taxes and land valuations, and Memorial Day.
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Maria Schwald, Diary Regarding Cruise Along the Ohio River, 1935/1952

.01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Typescript of a diary kept by Maria Schwald chronicling her cruise on the Ohio River aboard the steamboat Gordon C. Greene, including her visits to Huntington, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati along the way. Schwald went on her trip in late July and travelled with "Two Pfisters, an Arnold, and two Schwalds", her relatives and close companions who were collectively nicknamed the "quintuplets". Typescript is bound with ribbon; a postcard depicting the Gordon C. Greene is pasted onto the second-to-last page.

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Maria Schwald, Diary Regarding Cruise Along the Ohio River, 1935/1952 .01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Schwald, Maria

Typescript of a diary kept by Maria Schwald chronicling her cruise on the Ohio River aboard the steamboat Gordon C. Greene, including her visits to Huntington, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati along the way. Schwald went on her trip in late July and travelled with "Two Pfisters, an Arnold, and two Schwalds", her relatives and close companions who were collectively nicknamed the "quintuplets". Typescript is bound with ribbon; a postcard depicting the Gordon C. Greene is pasted onto the second-to-last page.

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Ohio River Sheet Music and Other Material, 1845/1986

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (2 folders)
This collection contains photocopies of sheet music, photographs, and other material regarding music that was played on or associated with steamboats traveling the Ohio River in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Ohio River Sheet Music and Other Material, 1845/1986 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (2 folders)

This collection contains photocopies of sheet music, photographs, and other material regarding music that was played on or associated with steamboats traveling the Ohio River in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Ohio River Shipping Accounts, 1883/1884

.25 Linear Feet 3 volumes (3 in.)

Three ledgers containing accounts of the steamboat Sonoma, which operated on the Ohio River between Ravenswood and Marietta, Ohio, and intermediate points. The volumes contain listings of goods shipped, the shipper and destination, passenger lists and fares charged, and crew members' names, job listings, and rates of pay.

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Ohio River Shipping Accounts, 1883/1884 .25 Linear Feet 3 volumes (3 in.)

Three ledgers containing accounts of the steamboat Sonoma, which operated on the Ohio River between Ravenswood and Marietta, Ohio, and intermediate points. The volumes contain listings of goods shipped, the shipper and destination, passenger lists and fares charged, and crew members' names, job listings, and rates of pay.

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Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook regarding Ohio River History, 1855/1934

0.17 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.25 in., 1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.
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
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Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook regarding Ohio River History, 1855/1934 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
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Steamboats Records, 1877/1939

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

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.

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Steamboats Records, 1877/1939 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.

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Steamboats Records, 1883

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

The official logbook of a cargo vessel which traveled up and down the Ohio River between Marietta, Ohio and Ravenswood, W.Va. The log covers a three month period, October to December, 1883. The log records the stops that were made on each run, the kinds of items that were being transported, and to whom cargoes were delivered.

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Steamboats Records, 1883 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

The official logbook of a cargo vessel which traveled up and down the Ohio River between Marietta, Ohio and Ravenswood, W.Va. The log covers a three month period, October to December, 1883. The log records the stops that were made on each run, the kinds of items that were being transported, and to whom cargoes were delivered.

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