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William Darling, Jr. Family Genealogy Research Material, 1785/2014

.01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)
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Collected genealogical materials of William Darling, Jr. (1756?-1825), son of William Darling and Sophia Sodowski (or Sofia Sadowski); also includes some information on his brother Robert Darling (1753-1837). Includes family tree information, land grants, a transcribed will, and other items. All items are computer printouts or facsimiles.

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William Darling, Jr. Family Genealogy Research Material, 1785/2014 .01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)

William D. Barns, Collector, Papers, 1842/1995, bulk 1940/1985

306.1 Linear Feet 306 ft. 1 1/4 in. (224 record cartons, 15 in. each); (56 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 record carton, 17 in.); (3 flat large storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 folder, 1/4 in.)
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Dr. William D. Barns (1917-1991) was a professor of history at West Virginia University from 1940 to 1985. His fields of specialization were American agriculture and labor history, West Virginia and regional history, American economic history, and the United States since 1860. The material has been divided into three main sections of archives, books, and periodicals, and described to the box level. The contents of this collection were created or collected by Dr. William D. Barns and Mrs. Doretha Barns from the 1920s to 1995. The majority of the material pertains to the academic career of Dr. Barns. Mrs. Barns continued to collect material until 1995. Two large series that relate specifically to Mrs. Barns are the League of Women Voters and Mrs. Doretha Barns. In addition, she contributed to the series on the Federal Government, Miscellaneous, Pacifism, and Society of Friends.
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William D. Barns, Collector, Papers, 1842/1995, bulk 1940/1985 306.1 Linear Feet 306 ft. 1 1/4 in. (224 record cartons, 15 in. each); (56 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 record carton, 17 in.); (3 flat large storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 folder, 1/4 in.)

William D. North Papers, 1808/1886

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.
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Records of the North family of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia, including mostly the papers of William D. North. Includes land survey for Hugh Davison (1808), financial records of William D. North (1842-1856), miscellaneous papers of William D. North (1831-1886), land records of the North and Gill families (1815, 1848, 1849), Gill estate sale record (1841), deed between Elizabeth Ward and Nancy Holmes of Berkeley County (1857), and division of land between James Burwell and Walter Burwell (n.d.). Includes tuition fee records by William D. North for "District No. 17" in Jefferson County, including a listing of students (1851).
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William D. North Papers, 1808/1886 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

William D. Wintz, Collector, Papers, 1789/1960

0 Linear Feet Summary: 9 items
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A survey for a plot of land in Greenbrier County dated 1789, a map showing coalfields in the Kanawha Valley dated 1867, genealogies of the Chapman and McGlathlen families, and letters from M.M. Neely, Arthur Capper, and Walter F. George.
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William D. Wintz, Collector, Papers, 1789/1960 0 Linear Feet Summary: 9 items

William Earle Rumsey, Entomologist and Photographer, Papers, 1806/1961, bulk 1880/1937

7.75 Linear Feet (10 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 1 records carton, 15 in.; 5 card file boxes, 4.5 in. each; 2 oversize folders)
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Papers of William Rumsey, WVU Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist and photographer. Initial acquisition includes correspondence from a friend at Cornell University, Rumsey's student essays and diaries (1880-1925) and family photographs. There are also glass plate negatives, and lantern slides of West Virginia University subjects, and other subjects as well.

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William Earle Rumsey, Entomologist and Photographer, Papers, 1806/1961, bulk 1880/1937 7.75 Linear Feet (10 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 1 records carton, 15 in.; 5 card file boxes, 4.5 in. each; 2 oversize folders)

William E. Brooks (1875-1960), Collector, Papers, 1825/1944

5.1 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)
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Civil War materials collected by Dr. Brooks in writing his biographies of Grant and Lee. Included are pamphlets, scrapbooks, newspapers, photographs, and originals and copies of soldiers' letters, journals, and military reports. There are typed copies of a journal, 3 November-2 December 1863, of a civilian observer in Tennessee, who was at Grant's headquarters at the Battle of Chattanooga; letters, 1861-1864, of William Ludwig, a private in the Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Fayette, Kanawha, and Cabell counties; Confederate officers' reports on the action around Beverly in July 1863; and a Union soldier's letter of 9 May 1863, describing the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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William E. Brooks (1875-1960), Collector, Papers, 1825/1944 5.1 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)

William E. Cupp Papers, 1839/1948

1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)
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Business records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers of the Cupp family, including Will E. Cupp, Mary J. Cupp, and Marie Cupp Nestor, of St. George, Tucker County, West Virginia. Included are Tucker County court fee books, 1856-1898, and personal and general store account books, 1897-1933.
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William E. Cupp Papers, 1839/1948 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

William E. Wiatt Account Book, 1856/1881

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Account book of William E. Wiatt kept in Gloucester and Mathews counties, Virginia containing accounts, 1861-1874. Includes a record of books lent to soldiers of the 26th Virginia Infantry Regiment August 1862-September 1863 and of marriages, 1856-1881, performed by Wiatt mostly in King and Queen, Gloucester and Mathews counties. There is a list, 1869-1870, of students in his school in Gloucester County and his accounts indicate that he also worked as a land surveyor.

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William E. Wiatt Account Book, 1856/1881 1.00 Linear Feet

William Ewin Papers, 1784/1877

4.2 Linear Feet 4 ft. 2 1/4 in. (10 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)
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Several thousand pieces mounted in bound volumes. Ewin, whose home was in St. George, Tucker County, was a land speculator who owned and developed large holdings in Barbour, Preston, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. He was a surveyor and surveying instrument maker in Baltimore Maryland, from about 1835 to 1850 and was a member of the West Virginia State Senate, 1879-1881.
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William Ewin Papers, 1784/1877 4.2 Linear Feet 4 ft. 2 1/4 in. (10 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

William Foutz Account Books, 1855/1878

.5 Linear Feet 9 items
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This collection is a daybook and ledger accounts of flour sales.

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William Foutz Account Books, 1855/1878 .5 Linear Feet 9 items

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