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This addendum contains photographs of Kubach, his family, and others, letters in English and German, artifacts and certificates (most of which are related to Freemasonry or Masonry), and other material. The photographs (ca. 1875-1920s, undated) include cartes de visite, cabinet cards, cased photographs, mounted photographs, and loose paper photographs. This addendum also includes a 1914 Charlestonian Charleston High School yearbook owned by Oscar C. Kubach, Jr. that was also signed by most of the graduating class, Oscar C. Kubach, Jr.'s 1919 certificate to practice law in West Virginia, Chesapeake and Ohio railway train cards, business cards, and a hand-drawn map of Stone Cliff, WV.

This series includes material pertaining to Kubach's work with mining companies in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, business transactions, and personal matters, such as the death of Kubach's first wife, Clara, and the choice of hospitals for surgery. Several letters in this series (folder 2, 1914-1939) pertain to Kubach's son Oscar C. Kubach, Jr. and his time at the University of Indiana. A section of this series (folder 3) is written wholly in German; no translations are available. The final folder in this series consists of Xerox copies of the letters in the first two folders. An index of the correspondence is also available.

This series includes four books. Two of these are Kubach's account books, one personal and one business. Another is a small personal notebook with various measurements and accounting notes. The final book is a World War II military edition of "Japanese Phrase-Book for Beginners and Tourists" compiled by Arthur Rose-Innes published by the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 at the Headquarters of the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Presidio of San Francisco, CA; this book was likely owned by Kubach's son Oscar C. Kubach, Jr..

This series includes bills, checks, and receipts pertaining to Kubach's business interests as well as several of Kubach's personal bills and receipts. The bills and receipts include orders for stamped envelopes, shirts, a surgery at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, WV, and work done by employees and contractors. The checks are primarily from J. M. Shuman & Co., A. H. Thomas, Wm. W. Muir & Co., and Joseph Wolf, all from Shamokin, PA.

This series includes a carte de visite, a tintype, mounted photographs, loose paper photographs, and a postcard (15 photographs in all).

This series includes envelopes from correspondence and orders/receipts. The correspondence envelopes (ca. 1880-1939, undated) likely correspond to those letters in Series 1. The order and receipt envelopes (1877-1898) are labeled by their past contents with recordkeeping and payment notes written on each one in pencil. The origins of most of these envelopes are unknown, but several are labeled as Stirling Colliery, Henry Clay Colliery.