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Surveyor's equipment, including compass, two rulers or protractors, and metal cable, owned by Samuel Jackson, a successful entrepreneur of western Pennsylvania. One of the rulers, bearing engravings of the initials "GW" and the year "1781", is thought to be a gift from George Washington to Samuel Jackson. The survey cable could be from the middle 19th century. For additional biographical information regarding Samuel Jackson, consult the historical note for this collection; for provenance information regarding the compass, see the Newsletter of the West Virginia and Regional History Collection, Volume 25, No. 2, Spring 2010 (a copy is filed in the control folder for this collection).

Papers of Louis Bush Swisher and Mildred Lorraine (King) Swisher, friends who attended WVU in the late 1920s and married upon graduation in 1929. Includes genealogical information (collected ca. 1940s-1990s) regarding the Swisher, Bush, Jackson, Stalnaker, and Watson families, as well as five portraits of family members (ca. 1890-1910), most having dimensions of 16" x 20" (including Jacob Jackson, Pamelia Watson Jackson, Jacob Hamilton Bush, Beverly Cecelia Jackson Bush, and Louis Bush Swisher). There is also a considerable amount of WVU memorabilia from the late 1920s (apparently from Louis Bush Swisher, on evidence of annotations) including dance cards (14 items), football badges (4 items, one of which includes a small, attached three-dimensional football), and a student activity book for second semester, 1925-1926. Also present are digital copies of three land grants from Patrick Henry to Meshack Sexton from 1785 and 1786 in Frederick County, Virginia; one indenture between Jonathan Wright and Meshack Sexton from 1794; and one land grant from James Monroe to John Baylor Armistead from 1801.

Mainly papers of Samuel T. Tolbert, a onetime constable of Lewis County and postmaster at Frenchton, who operated a general store and acted as agent and surveyor for out-of-state landowners. Included are the papers of Zadock Lanham, J.S. Wilson, John L. Jacob, and W.C. Tolbert. There are surveys, legal papers, correspondence, and lottery certificates from Ohio and Delaware, and Democratic state and county election tickets. Correspondents include Lewis Maxwell, J.M. Bennett, and F.H. Pierpont.

Three ledger books of Pruntytown and Grafton inns, covering the period 1757-1887. The family names of the owners seem to be Clayton and Fenton. Ledger book #1: 1757-1887; Ledger book #2: 1852-54; Ledger book #3: 1852-53. The bindings are in poor condition. See inventory folder for notes on contents.

Xeroxed copies of THE RISE OF THE TEMPLES (rev. 3rd ed.) by Albert R. Temple and Danny D. Smith (Cincinnati) n.d.; birth certificate for Elza Rastus Anderson (1871); marriage certificate of Sarah Temple; photo (5 x 3 1/2 in.) of William Temple Anderson and Lavina Masters Anderson.