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George W. Johnson (1837-1902) Papers, 1860/1960 1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 scrapbooks, 2 in.)

Johnson, George, 1837-1902
Diaries, correspondence, notes, receipts, and newspaper clippings of a lumberman and stockman from Morgantown, West Virginia. Subjects include Johnson's agricultural activities, his extensive timber dealings in Monongalia County, and the rafting of logs to Pittsburgh and intermediate points on the Monongahela River.
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Georgia C. Price Genealogy Research Papers, 1804/1972 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Genealogy research material of Georgia Catharine Price (1867-1954, born in Monongalia County, West Virginia), granddaughter of West Virginia legislator William Price (1803-1881), and Earl L. Core. Includes typescript and original correspondence, genealogies, facsimiles of legal documents, and other material, mostly relating to the genealogy of various families, including Core, Haught, Price, and Tennant. Prominent locations include Greene County and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Monongalia County and Marion County, West Virginia. Much of the genealogical research seems to have been done for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). For folder-level contents, see scope and content note.
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Gordon, Dickinson, and Related Families of the Cheat Lake Area, Monongalia County Family Papers, 1915/1980 1.27 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3.25 in. (2 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (1 index card box, 5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 oversize folder, 0.25 in.)

Papers of the Dickinson, Gordon, and related families of the Cheat Lake area of Monongalia County, West Virginia. Includes series of Papers of Deborah Gordon, Miscellaneous, Genealogy Records, Pamphlet and Ledgers, Artifacts, and Oversize. Papers of Deborah Gordon includes "Order of Rainbow" material (ca. 1950s), and a scrapbook documenting West Virginia University athletic events (she was a cheerleader), travel, and special events. Genealogy Records includes information regarding William Norris of Cheat Neck (settled 1781); also includes information on George Baker, George Norris, Addison S. Vance, and the Sturgiss-Lincoln families. See scope and content note for details.
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Henry Baker Papers, 1851/1957 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Baker, Henry
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous printed items of a corporal in the Fourteenth [West] Virginia Volunteer Infantry (Union) and his two daughters, Mary Baker and Nell Baker Rightmire. Subjects include Monongalia County local history; Union troop movements in the vicinity of New Creek, June 1863; and local G.A.R. affairs. The collection also includes the Register and Order Book of Post No.5 (Morgantown), Department of West Virginia, G.A.R., 1878-1901.
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Howard Burton Lee (1879-1985) Papers, 1912/1964 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Lee, Howard Burton, 1879-1985
Correspondence and photographs used by Lee, who was a lawyer and attorney general of West Virginia, in the writing of his book, BLOODLETTING IN APPALACHIA, 1969, concerning the coalfields of West Virginia and the attempts by miners to unionize. The photographs show individuals, coal camps, mine guards, and scenes from the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek area in 1912-1913, Matewan, and Monongalia County during the 1925-1929 period. Correspondents include Gordon C. Felts, Coleman A. Hatfield, Henry D. Hatfield, Chapman Revercomb, and Walter R. Thurmond.
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James R. Moreland Papers, 1815/1957 60.6 Linear Feet Summary: 60 ft. 7 1/4 in. (134 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (30 ledgers, 4 ft. 6 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in)

Moreland, James R., 1879-1955

Business and personal papers of a Morgantown attorney and antiquarian. The boxed materials consist of legal papers, abstracts of titles and other items relating to Moreland's law practice; business and personal correspondence, records of Morgantown and Monongalia County corporations, including the Morgantown Hotel Company, Union Investment Company, Bank of Masontown, and the LaMar Coal Company.

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James S. Watson, Papers of a Monongalia County Resident, 1840/1980 .7 Linear Feet Summary: 7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 document case, 5 in.)

Papers of James S. Watson relating to the Watson and Jollife families. Watson served in Civil War and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Includes calling card, books, genealogical information, and photographs. See scope and content note for detailed information.
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Karen Haught, Compiler, Newspaper Clipping Notebooks Regarding Monongalia County, and Greene County, Pennsylvania, 1930/1983 0.75 Linear Feet Summary: 9 in. (1 records carton)

Haught, Karen
Three clippings notebooks compiled by Blacksville, West Virginia resident Karen Haught regarding primarily the history of Monongalia County, West Virginia and Greene County, Pennsylvania in the period ca. 1800 to 1980. Clippings were culled from local newspapers.
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League of Women Voters, Morgantown-Monongalia Branch, Records, 1947/2010 23.3 Linear Feet 23 ft. 4 in. (11 document cases, 5 in. each); (15 record cartons, 15 in. each)

League of Women Voters (U.S.). Morgantown-Monongalia Branch
Records of the League of Women Voters, Morgantown-Monongalia County, West Virginia. Includes membership lists, minutes, proposals, plans for conventions and environmental projects, and guides to government officials. See the scope and content note for detail.
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Lynn Hastings Monongalia County Schools and Local History (Typescript), 1864/1960 0.7 Linear Feet 7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Schools. Monongalia County Board of Education
"Monongalia County Schools and Local History, 1864-1960," compiled by Lynn Hastings, includes lists of various county and school officials, rosters of teachers and students, and organizational data of the school system.
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