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William A. Alexander Papers 0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Alexander, William Arbuckle, 1816-1885
The papers of William A. Alexander, farmer, businessman, West Virginia State Senator (1871-1872), and local public office holder in Mason and Putnam Counties. The collection includes receipts, ledger sheets documenting accounts, correspondence, deeds, contracts, court papers, wills, election notices for the Virginia State Agricultural Society (1860), and a stockholder's ticket for the West Virginia State Agricultural Society (undated). There is also election literature (1 item) campaigning against the Know-Nothing Party in the 1855 Virginia Gubernatorial race; minutes of the October 22, 1849 meeting of the Putnam County School Commissioners regarding the financing of "commission schools [public schools] for poor children"; and operating directions and purchase warranty pertaining to the McSherry Grain Drill (ca. 1871). The collection also includes correspondence (6 items) regarding the Washington family property in Jefferson County (1869-1878).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

William Allen Butler family papers (and related Terry, Collins families) 8.5 Cubic Feet 17 document boxes, oversize folders and enclosures

This collection depicts the family lives of three prominent New England families, the Butler, Collins, and Terry families from 1808 to 1920 consisting of 8.5 cubic feet, (17 document boxes). Their correspondence, genealogy, photographs, and journals compile a historical collection, vast in size and informative of American life in the nineteenth century.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

William A. Moreland, Collector, Papers 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 24 items (1 folder, 13 items); (1 oversize folder, 11 items)

Moreland, William A., 1916-1986
Papers of Alexander Smith and George W. Brown. The Smith papers are letters and receipts, 1794-1814, and include a letter from N. Suter commenting on a naval battle of the War of 1812, current prices, government, and business conditions and receipts for the payment for slaves. The Brown letters, 1870-1886, concern a gift to West Virginia University, marriage, and payment of land taxes. Correspondents or persons mentioned include Alexander Martin and John W. Mason. Receipts, 1881-1894, are for taxes paid by the Brown, Miller and Co. Also included are certificates of appointment and commissions, 1858-1921, for Virginia Militia, Quartermaster General and Adjutant General of the state of West Virginia, the Collector of Internal Revenue, the U.S. Army Officers' Reserve Corps, the National Guard, and a membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material 24.8 Linear Feet Summary: 24 ft. 10 in. (22 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (4 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 6 in.); (5 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (4 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (3 small flat storage boxes, 1 1/2 in. each); (1 newspaper box, 3 in.); (1 card index box 4 1/2 in.); (1 flag box, 23 in.); (1 roll storage box, 6 in.); (1 steamer trunk, 30 in.); (1 large wooden clothes pin, 27 in.)

Moreland, William A., 1916-1986
Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Addendum of 2010/10/29 includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs. Addenda of 2011/03/21 and 2011/06/20 include papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. Addendum of 2014/06/12 includes some papers and many artifacts. Addendum of 2016/07/27 includes drawings of properties in Monongalia County and political campaign and other material. See "Scope and Content Note" for details. Addendum of 2017/05/22 contains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970. There are additional addenda.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

William and Anne Fleming Family papers 9.5 Linear Feet four boxes, five oversize folders, one account volume 1 Reels 1 microfilm reel. Contains index.

Baxter, Anne Christian Fleming

This collection contains papers created by or related to William and Anne Fleming and several family members on Anne's side, including her parents, Israel and Elizabeth, and her brother, William.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

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