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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Date range 1783

The Thirty Fifth State, Manuscript and Galley, 1609/1960 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Manuscript and Galley proof of The Thirty Fifth State, a history of the state of West Virginia by Drs. Festus P. Summers and Elizabeth Cometti of WVU department of History. Includes a discussion of the state during its settlement, during the Civil War, after the Civil War, and in recent years. Seven items pertaining to the preparation of the book added to 1 box 9/212/1972.
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Thomas Ray Dille Papers, 1774/1939 0.7 Linear Feet Summary: 7 1/2 in. (2 ledgers)

Dille, Thomas Ray

Four notebooks of Col. John Evans family history prepared by Thomas Ray Dille; (maps of voting districts in Monongalia County) papers of the Monongalia County Historical Society; and copies of the constitution and charter of the York County (Pa.) Historical Society

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Thomas Ray Dille Papers, 1774/1939 7.33 Linear Feet Summary: 7 ft. 4 in. (10 document cases, 5 in. each); (10 ledgers, 17 in.); (12 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Dille, Thomas Ray

Gift of the brothers and sisters of Thomas Ray Dille, lawyer, historian, and genealogist of Morgantown W.Va. This collection contains the family histories of the Dille, David Evans, and John Evans families, as well as the Ray, Stewart, McFarland, and Tennant families.

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Thomas Ray Dille Papers, 1781/1948 54.9 Linear Feet Summary: 54 ft. 11 in. (121 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (2 ledgers, 5 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

Dille, Thomas Ray

Papers of a Morgantown attorney, genealogist, and antiquarian. There are several series of office files relating to Dille's law practice, and extensive correspondence regarding his historical and genealogical studies. Families for which there are genealogical compilations include Dille, Ray, Stewart, McFarland, Tennant, David Evans, and John Evans. Monongalia County birth and death records; cemetery readings; copies of wills and indexes of will books; names in real estate and appraisement books; Monongalia Academy and Woodburn Female Seminary ledgers, 1858; correspondence; legal papers; newspaper clippings; family papers; and an account book of J.R. Moore, 1837. Collection also contains papers on the West Virginia Historical Society, Morgantown and Wheeling Railroad, Sons of the Revolution and the Evansdale Corporation. Also includes some personal correspondence received by Dille, like mailed promotional/advertising booklets and copies of "The Mohawk Magazine."

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Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers, 1732/1965 4.5 Linear Feet Summary: 4 ft. 6 in. (12 index card boxes, 4 1/2 in. each) [the boxes contain a total of 68 reels of microfilm]

Perry, T. Tayloe
This microfilm version of the Thornton Tayloe Perry Collection held by the Virginia Historical Society contains historical material collected by Perry over a 30 year period. It concentrates upon western Virginia and West Virginia with particular emphasis upon the lower Shenandoah Valley and Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties of West Virginia. The microfilm was placed in the West Virginia Collection by the Virginia Historical Society under provisions of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant.
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Van Hall, Historian, Microfilm Collection of Tax Records for Virginia Counties and Other Material, 1757/1966, bulk 1757/1865 1.3 Linear Feet 1 ft. 4 in. (4 flat storage boxes, 4 in. each)

Hall, Van Beck

Van Beck Hall, a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, collected these records to support his research for a forthcoming book The Political Economy of Virginia, 1790-1830 [as of October 2019]. The majority of the records are on 57 reels of microfilm and contain land tax and personal property tax records for southeastern and central Virginia counties (1771-1861). Examples of counties include Caroline, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Prince George, and Stafford, among others. Miscellaneous records on 5 reels of microfilm include a report from the Virginia Library Board (1916-1917), lists of state and county officials (1780-1865), records of arms delivered (1792-1798), tobacco inspections (1795-1813), insurance declarations (1796-1821), and a doctoral dissertation about Maine's separation from Massachusetts (1966). Additionally, 3 reels of microfilm contain the Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1776-1832) and 8 reels of microfilm contain the Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1790-1831).

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Van Meter Family Papers, 1775/1849 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 oversize folder)

Van Meter family

Deeds, and parchment grants for land in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, 1775-1849, signed by governors of Virginia, beginning with Edmund Randolph; and one photostat account of Jacob Van Meter with Jacob and John Clower showing the cost of constructing the Van Meter home in Hampshire County, 1842-1845.

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Van Syckel Family Land Indentures, 1783/1813 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 6 items (1 oversize folder)

Van Sickle family
Six land indentures on parchment for tracts of land in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, deeded to members of the Van Syckle/Van Syckel family. They are dated 1783, 1793, 1796, 1806, 1810, and 1813.
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