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Start Over Date range 1984 Places Tucker County (W. Va.)

Brooke Family Papers 1.81 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft., 9.75 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 in.); (1 artifact box, 3 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Brooks family
Correspondence, clippings, biographical sketches, photographs, artifacts, and other items relating to the family of St. George Tucker Brooke (1844-1914), a professor at West Virginia University College of Law, 1878-1909. Correspondence includes business and personal letters to and from St. George Tucker Brooke and Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, a Rhodes Scholar and Shakespearean authority at Yale; letters between Francis (Frank) Brooke to Mrs. Mary Brooke while he served in the U.S. and France during World War I (1918-1919); and letters from James Harold in Ireland to his son James in New York (ca. 1870). Other items include a surveyor's call book for Tucker County (1856-1857), which includes notes on the Tucker-Randolph County boundary; "A Narrative of My Life: for My Family," 1763-1849 by Judge Francis T. Brooke; a manuscript recipe book (1814); and microfilmed copy of typescript "Autobiography of St. George Tucker Brooke, Written for His Children" (reel 3). More detail about collection contents can be found in the control folder.
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Linda Cooper, Environmentalist, Canaan Valley Papers 27.9 Linear Feet Summary: 27 ft. 11 in. (22 records cartons, 15 in.; 1 document case, 5 in.)

Cooper Elkinton, Linda

These records document Linda Cooper's efforts to preserve the environment of Canaan Valley, WV, and to establish a National Wildlife Refuge there. These include reports, brochures, and other material regarding the development and creation of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, correspondence, memoranda, and other material regarding the construction and development of the Davis Pumped Storage Project (a hydroelectric energy storage facility), and newspaper articles, newsletters, correspondence, essays, and other material regarding the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and other conservation efforts and organizations in West Virginia. Also included are maps of the proposed Refuge and several slide shows from presentations on the Davis Pumped Storage Project, the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, and other similar projects.

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Maxwell Family Papers 10.1 Linear Feet Summary: 10 ft. 1/2 in. (20 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 wrapped scrapbooks, 1 in. each); (1 wrapped diary, 2 1/2 in.); (wrapped galley proofs, 1 in. ); (wrapped diplomas, 2 items); (3 wrapped ledgers, 1 in. each); (1 card file box, 4 in.) 0.01 Gigabytes 1 .pdf file

Maxwell family
Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing in Morgantown, Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., which is extensive for the period of World War I and which contains notes on the diary of Rufus Maxwell (1855-1907). See scope and content note for more detail.
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Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Business and Family Papers 5.75 Linear Feet 5 ft. 8 1/2 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 3 items)

Business records and family papers of the Thompson family of Canaan Valley, WV. Includes genealogical information, correspondence, historical narratives, photographs, ephemera, currency, printed materials, business records, artifacts, and other material. See Scope and Content note for more information.
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Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers 131.6 Linear Feet 131 ft. 7 in. (41 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 oversize record carton, 18 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (274 unboxed ledgers and notebooks, 78 ft. 7 in.)

Tetrick, Willis Guy, Jr., 1911-1995
Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.
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