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Brown and Parsons Families Papers 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (2 documents cases, 2 1/2 in. each)

Papers of the Brown, Parsons, and other West Virginia families and residents. Includes correspondence sent to J. Slidell Brown, a Democratic state senator from Elkins (1916-1935); announcements and programs for reunions of the Brown family of Preston County (1913-1930); a deed and copies of maps of land in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania (1846-1893, undated); financial documents, mainly tax receipts, of the Lilley family of Mercer County (1873-1910); correspondence sent to members of the Reckart family of Preston County (1910-1928); financial documents of W. G. Cambric of Harrison County (1895-1921); wedding announcements and other event invitations (ca. 1890-1920); holiday cards (ca. 1900); and other material.
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Richard Duez, Collector, Photographs of Northern West Virginia 0.02 Linear Feet 0.25 in. (1 folder) 30.35 Gigabytes 1017 .jpg, .png, and .tif files

Digital files of photographs collected by Richard Duez of images of subjects located mostly in northern West Virginia, although there are some items featuring subjects located in Charleston and other places in the state. Locations include Clarksburg, Elkins, Fairmont, Mannington, Parkersburg, St. Marys, etc. Subjects include city views, street scenes, buildings, businesses, and transportation, among others.
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Stephen B. Elkins Papers 9.52 Linear Feet 9 ft. 6 1/4 in. (15 document cases, 5 in.); (8 large flat box cases, 3.5 in.); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3.5 in); (1 large flat storage box, 1.5 in); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in,); (1 reel of microfilm and 1 partial reel of microfilm shared with A&M 0591, 1.75 in. each) This collection shares a microfilm reel with another collection, A&M 0591. The extent of that reel is record in this collection, not A&M 0591.

Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911
Stephen Benton Elkins (b. 1841) represented West Virginia in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1895-1911. Prior to his Senate service, Elkins served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a captain in the Kansas Militia. He practiced law in the Territory of New Mexico in 1864 and served as a member of the Territorial House of Representatives, 1864-1865. He was the district attorney for the Territory from 1866-1867, and the United States district attorney for the Territory from 1867-1870. Around 1890, he founded and moved to the city of Elkins, WV. President Benjamin Harrison appointed him Secretary of War, 1891-1893. He died during his third Senate term in 1911 in Washington, DC. The Stephen B. Elkins collection includes speeches, maps, reports, photographs and other materials related to his political, business, and family affairs.
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Sutton Critchfield Papers regarding the Mountain State Forest Festival, the Upper Monongahela Valley Association, and Other Material 0.33 Linear Feet 4 in. (1 document case, 2.5 in.; 1 flat storage box, 1.5 in.)

Papers regarding the Mountain State Forest Festival (Elkins) and the Upper Monongahela Valley Association. Includes clippings, news releases, letters, publications, and newspapers pertaining to the Forest Festival, and the involvement of the Upper Monongahela Valley Association in the Festival, during the years 1933 to 1941. Topics discussed include the coal and glass industry, rural electrification, and the representation of West Virginia industry at the Festival.

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Victorian Photo Album Photographs 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 9 in. x 12 in. x 4.5 in. 0.74 Gigabytes 8 .mts files

Martin, Alfred E.
Victorian photo album (with exterior of faded dark burgundy cloth and tarnished gold-toned bas-relief ornaments) with built-in music box containing cartes-de-visites, cabinet cards, postcards, tintypes, and two negatives. Includes individual and family group portraits. Subjects of photographs are unidentified, except for postcard portrait of Pastor J.O. Patterson of Main Street Church of Christ in Elkins, West Virginia. Photographers are identified on some of the card mounts, including Loar and Company of Grafton; Von Allmen of Elkins; Nestor of Elkins; Arcade Studio of Akron, Ohio; Fad Foto Company of Gallipolis, Ohio; and Stanton Photo Company of Springfield, Ohio. The collection also includes the calling card of Jackson J. Triplett and two gift tags illustrated with roses and doves. Digital material includes recordings of the music box.
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Whetsell Collection, Historical Records regarding West Virginia 31.25 Linear Feet 30 ft. 7 1/2 in. (24 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 box of glass plate negatives)

Whetsell, Robert C.
Historical records collected by Elkins, West Virginia resident Robert C. Whetsell. Includes mostly records of the Baldwin-Chandlee supply company (supplying equipment to regional timber companies, etc.), including predominantly invoices, and also correspondence and ledgers (boxes 1-21, 1907-1925). There are also: papers of M.M. Smith, an Elkins businessman, regarding the estate of A.W. Smith (box 22, ca. 1863-1892); Randolph County Court dockets documenting the court of Justice J.L. Ligget (box 23, 1918-1919); three ledgers of the Inter-Mountain Coal and Lumber Company (box 24, 1936-1953); papers of J.H. Elder, an Elkins businessman (box 25, ca. 1907-1954); and glass plate negatives by Pittsenberger, a photographer, of scenes of the Pendleton County, West Virginia communities of Brandywine and Sugar Grove (ca. 1905-1920).
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Works Progress Administration, West Virginia Publications 1.5 Linear Feet 1 ft. 5 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

West Virginia related publications of the Work Progress Administration, mainly consisting of Inventories of the County Archives of West Virginia prepared by The Historical Records Survey Division of Women's and Professional Projects, as well as inventories of federal archives in West Virginia, church archives, public vital statistics, and calendars of letters and papers. Also includes two folk studies of counties by the West Virginia Writers' Program. The Historical Records Survey was a project of the Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States. Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives. Please see "Scope and Content Note" for further information.
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