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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) Papers, 1888/1929

16.1 Linear Feet 16 ft. 1 1/2 in. (23 document cases, 5 in. each); (22 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (4 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)

Business, political, and official correspondence of the eleventh governor, 1901-1905, of West Virginia. Owner and editor of the State Journal, Parkersburg, 1881-1899, White was associated with many banking and manufacturing enterprises, and was tax commissioner of West Virginia in 1907 and 1908, collector of internal revenues in 1889, 1897, and 1921, and a Republican member of the legislature in 1926. Among the correspondents are G.W. Atkinson, Waitman T. Barbe, Calvin Coolidge, John J. Cornwell, H.G. Davis, Thomas B. Davis, W.M.O. Dawson, Alston G. Dayton, Davis Elkins, Stephen B. Elkins, Guy D. Goff, Howard M. Gore, M.A. Hanna, Henry D. Hatfield, William McKinley, A.W. Mellon, E.F. Morgan, H.C. Ogden, N.B. Scott, Hugh I. Shott, Joseph P. Smith, George C. Sturgiss, and I.C. White.

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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) Papers, 1888/1929 16.1 Linear Feet 16 ft. 1 1/2 in. (23 document cases, 5 in. each); (22 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (4 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)

White, Albert Blakeslee, 1856-1941

Business, political, and official correspondence of the eleventh governor, 1901-1905, of West Virginia. Owner and editor of the State Journal, Parkersburg, 1881-1899, White was associated with many banking and manufacturing enterprises, and was tax commissioner of West Virginia in 1907 and 1908, collector of internal revenues in 1889, 1897, and 1921, and a Republican member of the legislature in 1926. Among the correspondents are G.W. Atkinson, Waitman T. Barbe, Calvin Coolidge, John J. Cornwell, H.G. Davis, Thomas B. Davis, W.M.O. Dawson, Alston G. Dayton, Davis Elkins, Stephen B. Elkins, Guy D. Goff, Howard M. Gore, M.A. Hanna, Henry D. Hatfield, William McKinley, A.W. Mellon, E.F. Morgan, H.C. Ogden, N.B. Scott, Hugh I. Shott, Joseph P. Smith, George C. Sturgiss, and I.C. White.

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Cutright Family Genealogy Collection, 1887/1950

0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

The main part of this collection is comprised of obituaries clipped from Buckhannon, Clarksburg and Parkersburg newspapers, 1926-1939. Also 17 issues of Buckhannon and Clarksburg newspapers, 1917-1938; and the roto section of the Sunday Herald, Boston Mass., Aug 10, 1924 featuring reproductions of Civil War pictures in the Library of Congress, including several concerning WV. Some correspondence of Iva, Corrine, Allene, Mollie and Pearl Cutright, including a few letters from school friends, but mainly concerning D. A. R. activities. Items on the genealogy of the Coffman and Wolfe families, and notes on some early settlers in the vicinity of Buckhannon, including Carney, Westfall and Cutright families. Pamphlets on the 40th anniversary of Oklahoma City; Crossnore School, Crossnore, NC, and a handbook for the Exhibition Buildings of Williamsburg, VA, 1937.

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Cutright Family Genealogy Collection, 1887/1950 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Cutright, Iva and Allene Reed, Compilers

The main part of this collection is comprised of obituaries clipped from Buckhannon, Clarksburg and Parkersburg newspapers, 1926-1939. Also 17 issues of Buckhannon and Clarksburg newspapers, 1917-1938; and the roto section of the Sunday Herald, Boston Mass., Aug 10, 1924 featuring reproductions of Civil War pictures in the Library of Congress, including several concerning WV. Some correspondence of Iva, Corrine, Allene, Mollie and Pearl Cutright, including a few letters from school friends, but mainly concerning D. A. R. activities. Items on the genealogy of the Coffman and Wolfe families, and notes on some early settlers in the vicinity of Buckhannon, including Carney, Westfall and Cutright families. Pamphlets on the 40th anniversary of Oklahoma City; Crossnore School, Crossnore, NC, and a handbook for the Exhibition Buildings of Williamsburg, VA, 1937.

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Hardy County Papers, 1788/1941

0.4 Linear Feet 5 in. (1 document case)
A travel journal, ca. 1857; a diary, 1941; survey records, 1894-1896; account books, 1788-1811 - 1891-1894; county and parish tax levies, 1800; a book of geographic terms and facts kept by Susan I. Branson in 1836; and a Branson family record book. People mentioned include Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Places mentioned include: Cincinnati, Ohio; and, in West Virginia, Romney, Evansville, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coolville, Athens, Branch Mountain, Moorefield, Front Run Valley, Camp Branch Run, Sapling Lick Ridge, Hanging Rock Ridge, Little Ridge, Cacapon River, Kim's Run, Lost River, and South Branch Valley. Subject areas covered include family and women's history, cattle business in Hardy County, and business dealings between the South Branch Valley and Baltimore and other east coast cities.
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Hardy County Papers, 1788/1941 0.4 Linear Feet 5 in. (1 document case)

A travel journal, ca. 1857; a diary, 1941; survey records, 1894-1896; account books, 1788-1811 - 1891-1894; county and parish tax levies, 1800; a book of geographic terms and facts kept by Susan I. Branson in 1836; and a Branson family record book. People mentioned include Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Places mentioned include: Cincinnati, Ohio; and, in West Virginia, Romney, Evansville, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coolville, Athens, Branch Mountain, Moorefield, Front Run Valley, Camp Branch Run, Sapling Lick Ridge, Hanging Rock Ridge, Little Ridge, Cacapon River, Kim's Run, Lost River, and South Branch Valley. Subject areas covered include family and women's history, cattle business in Hardy County, and business dealings between the South Branch Valley and Baltimore and other east coast cities.
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Henry R. Kelly, Collector, Scrapbook, 1854/1955

0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Scrapbook of a Parkersburg postal clerk containing historical clippings on Wood County and World War II, and the scrapbook (1854-1921) of A.L. Collins which has statements from numerous Parkersburg mercantile houses, criminal reward notices, and a few legal papers.
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Henry R. Kelly, Collector, Scrapbook, 1854/1955 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Kelly, Henry R.
Scrapbook of a Parkersburg postal clerk containing historical clippings on Wood County and World War II, and the scrapbook (1854-1921) of A.L. Collins which has statements from numerous Parkersburg mercantile houses, criminal reward notices, and a few legal papers.
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J. H. Kelley, Physicians' Accounts, 1886/1906

0 Linear Feet Summary: 4 items
Four volumes titled "Physician's Visiting List," dated 1886, 1891, 1905, and 1906, for the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area. The 1891 copy contains a prescription written by J.H. Kelley, M.D. of Parkersburg, suggesting that all volumes were Kelley's. They contain numerous names, addresses, charges, and treatments, as well as other miscellaneous notes.
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J. H. Kelley, Physicians' Accounts, 1886/1906 0 Linear Feet Summary: 4 items

Kelley, J. H.
Four volumes titled "Physician's Visiting List," dated 1886, 1891, 1905, and 1906, for the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area. The 1891 copy contains a prescription written by J.H. Kelley, M.D. of Parkersburg, suggesting that all volumes were Kelley's. They contain numerous names, addresses, charges, and treatments, as well as other miscellaneous notes.
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Rathbone Family Papers, 1851/1958

0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (1 vol. and 2 folders), 1.75 in.)
Clippings concern Parkersburg local history and the development of Burning Springs and other oil fields in the Wood County area.
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Rathbone Family Papers, 1851/1958 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (1 vol. and 2 folders), 1.75 in.)

Rathbone family
Clippings concern Parkersburg local history and the development of Burning Springs and other oil fields in the Wood County area.
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Rector-Hiett-Hall Families Records, 1802/1913

0.08 Linear Feet 1 folder, 1 in.

Letters, deeds, wills, tax receipts, and miscellaneous papers, by or mentioning Enoch Rector, C.N. Ransom, the Garrard Family, Mary E. Avery, James Hiett, Samuel Heitt, Thomas Rector, J. Madison Jackson, Samuel and Josiah Halley, Joseph and Deborah Spencer, and Stephen C. Shaw. The papers deal mainly with land transactions and family affairs, including corn prices; building of Muskingum River; notes on preaching in Baptist churches in Richmond, Virginia, revivals, ministers' salaries; deaths in Parkersburg, and mention of a possible railroad to Parkersburg in 1844; list of materials and prices in building the Rector house; and a clipping on the Ohio River flood stages, 1810-1913.

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Rector-Hiett-Hall Families Records, 1802/1913 0.08 Linear Feet 1 folder, 1 in.

Rector-Hiett-Hall family.

Letters, deeds, wills, tax receipts, and miscellaneous papers, by or mentioning Enoch Rector, C.N. Ransom, the Garrard Family, Mary E. Avery, James Hiett, Samuel Heitt, Thomas Rector, J. Madison Jackson, Samuel and Josiah Halley, Joseph and Deborah Spencer, and Stephen C. Shaw. The papers deal mainly with land transactions and family affairs, including corn prices; building of Muskingum River; notes on preaching in Baptist churches in Richmond, Virginia, revivals, ministers' salaries; deaths in Parkersburg, and mention of a possible railroad to Parkersburg in 1844; list of materials and prices in building the Rector house; and a clipping on the Ohio River flood stages, 1810-1913.

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Rector-Hiett-Hall Families Records, 1855/1958

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

This collection includes a typescript entitled "Enoch Rector, his Fore-fathers and Descendants", by Thomas Rector (undated); a typescript entitled "The (Reynear) Hall Family," by D.B. Hall (1925); a short historical sketch of the First Baptist Church of Parkersburg, at which Enoch Rector was pastor (ca. 1958); and the family record from James Hiett's Bible. Also included are 12 photographs of members of these three related lines.

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Rector-Hiett-Hall Families Records, 1855/1958 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Rector-Hiett-Hall family.

This collection includes a typescript entitled "Enoch Rector, his Fore-fathers and Descendants", by Thomas Rector (undated); a typescript entitled "The (Reynear) Hall Family," by D.B. Hall (1925); a short historical sketch of the First Baptist Church of Parkersburg, at which Enoch Rector was pastor (ca. 1958); and the family record from James Hiett's Bible. Also included are 12 photographs of members of these three related lines.

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Steamboats Records, 1877/1939

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Letters of a West Virginia River Captain to his daughter, 1877-1885; papers of Captain Edward B. Cooper, 1879-1891, Master of the Steamer Sonoma operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg; bills of lading and miscellaneous papers, 1891-1930, 1955; log book of the Steamer Victor, 1932, operating out of Ashland, Kentucky for the Ashland Oil Company; and a log book of the Steamer Greenbrier, 1939, operating on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.

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Steamboats Records, 1877/1939 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Cooper, Edward B.

Letters of a West Virginia River Captain to his daughter, 1877-1885; papers of Captain Edward B. Cooper, 1879-1891, Master of the Steamer Sonoma operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg; bills of lading and miscellaneous papers, 1891-1930, 1955; log book of the Steamer Victor, 1932, operating out of Ashland, Kentucky for the Ashland Oil Company; and a log book of the Steamer Greenbrier, 1939, operating on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.

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United Daughters of the Confederacy, General Jenkins Chapter, Scrapbooks of Records, 1899/1972

1.25 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)
Record scrapbooks kept by Daisy Neptune, historian of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, General Jenkins chapter of Parkersburg. The five scrapbooks consists of material concerning the chapter's history and the lives of local Confederate veterans and their families. Included are the service records of individual soldiers, chapter applications containing much genealogical data, obituaries and death notices of veterans and family members, and news clippings of organization activities. Also included are applications for UDC "crosses of honor" and grave markers. One volume contains personal narratives by chapter members containing biographical sketches and family reminiscences of war-time experiences of both soldiers and civilians. Although primarily concerning the Parkersburg area, the volumes hold information dealing with all of West Virginia.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy, General Jenkins Chapter, Scrapbooks of Records, 1899/1972 1.25 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

United Daughters of the Confederacy. General Jenkins Chapter
Record scrapbooks kept by Daisy Neptune, historian of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, General Jenkins chapter of Parkersburg. The five scrapbooks consists of material concerning the chapter's history and the lives of local Confederate veterans and their families. Included are the service records of individual soldiers, chapter applications containing much genealogical data, obituaries and death notices of veterans and family members, and news clippings of organization activities. Also included are applications for UDC "crosses of honor" and grave markers. One volume contains personal narratives by chapter members containing biographical sketches and family reminiscences of war-time experiences of both soldiers and civilians. Although primarily concerning the Parkersburg area, the volumes hold information dealing with all of West Virginia.

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