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Delf Norona, Collector, Postal History, 1873/1875

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Copies of two items relating to early post office history in West Virginia: 1) "Synopsis of Postal Laws and Regulations" compiled by John H. Zevely; 2) "Post Office Bulletin" for January 1875, Vol. IX, No. 1, published in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Delf Norona, Collector, Postal History, 1873/1875 0 Linear Feet Summary: 2 items

Norona, Delf, 1895-1974
Copies of two items relating to early post office history in West Virginia: 1) "Synopsis of Postal Laws and Regulations" compiled by John H. Zevely; 2) "Post Office Bulletin" for January 1875, Vol. IX, No. 1, published in Wheeling, West Virginia.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Delf Norona, Historian, Correspondence, 1945/1957

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)
Correspondence to and from Delf Norona, a local historian, archeologist, and philatelist of Moundsville. Most of the correspondence concerns the "Horn Papers", their publication and eventual discrediting as a historical hoax perpetrated by W. F. Horn. Supposedly based upon authentic eighteenth-century diaries, court records and maps, the Horn Papers was a collection of transcripts about the early settlement of the Ohio Valley. Norona, as an authority on the frontier era, was initially impressed and worked with the Greene County (Pa.) Historical Society to get the transcripts published. He then later served on the investigating committee sponsored by the Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia, which proved the transcripts to be fraudulent. There are also letters concerning the West Virginia Historical Society, of which Norona served several terms as president. Among the prominent correspondents are Carl Bridenbaugh, Lawrence Henry Gipson, and Arthur Pierce Middleton.
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Delf Norona, Historian, Correspondence, 1945/1957 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)

Norona, Delf, 1895-1974
Correspondence to and from Delf Norona, a local historian, archeologist, and philatelist of Moundsville. Most of the correspondence concerns the "Horn Papers", their publication and eventual discrediting as a historical hoax perpetrated by W. F. Horn. Supposedly based upon authentic eighteenth-century diaries, court records and maps, the Horn Papers was a collection of transcripts about the early settlement of the Ohio Valley. Norona, as an authority on the frontier era, was initially impressed and worked with the Greene County (Pa.) Historical Society to get the transcripts published. He then later served on the investigating committee sponsored by the Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia, which proved the transcripts to be fraudulent. There are also letters concerning the West Virginia Historical Society, of which Norona served several terms as president. Among the prominent correspondents are Carl Bridenbaugh, Lawrence Henry Gipson, and Arthur Pierce Middleton.

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