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Civil War Bounty Tax, Collection Document 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 2 pages (1 folder)

Document recording taxes collected in Monongalia County, West Virginia as "bounty money", beginning 1 February 1864. The document records the names of collectors, the townships they worked in, and the amount collected. The reverse of the document also records money borrowed from banks and interest owed. "Bounty money" was a payment in cash given to soldiers after they volunteered for military service.
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Clara Hough Diary 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Hough, Clara
Diary of Clara Hough of Morgantown, West Virginia, documenting Hough's social life and activities in 1877 when she was twenty years old. Topics include reading, sewing, skating, calling on friends, attending church, dances, playing croquet, events at West Virginia University (WVU), and news of friends and family. Also includes notes from 1876 on WVU letterhead bearing the name of Miss Mamie Hough.
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Clay Club of Morgantown, Membership Letter to William S. Archer 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1 page (1 folder)

Clay Club of Morgantown
Letter from the Committee of Correspondence of the "Clay Club of Morgantown" to the Honorable William S. Archer of Washington, D.C., dated 26 January 1844. The letter informs Archer that he had been elected an honorary member of the club. Letter was signed by Club members E. W. Tower, W. J. Willey, E. C. Wilson, Caleb Dorsey, and Francis Madera. "Clay Clubs" were a political organization supporting the campaign of Kentucky Senator Henry Clay for United States president.
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Cullen Martin, Student, West Virginia University Diploma, Textbooks, and Other Material 1.5 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 5 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Martin, Cullen Guile
Items belonging to civil engineer and West Virginian Cullen Guile Martin (1883-1930), including Martin's West Virginia University (WVU) diploma (1912); a card-mounted black and white photograph of Martin (ca. 1900); 14 picture postcards of Morgantown and Fairmont sent to Martin's sister Delsie Martin Coffman of Clarksburg, West Virginia (1907-1909); and 23 books that belonged to Martin (1891-1923). Books are mainly textbooks, likely used by Martin while at WVU, and include titles such as "Electric Power and Traction" (1907), "Latin Grammar (1895), "Practical Rhetoric" (1896), and "Meservey's Book-keeping, Single Entry" (which may be helpful for understanding 19th century financial ledgers) (1895), among others. A full list of books is included with the collection.
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David B. Reger, Geologist, Records 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm (36 vols.), 1.75 in. each)

Reger, David B. (David Bright), 1882-1958
Office files of a Morgantown, West Virginia, consulting geologist which include: monthly time sheets and record of jobs, 1934-1957; payroll books, 1939-1947; records of the production of natural gas in Ohio, 1931-1936; a volume pertaining to the Carl Reger estate; and an index to his notes.
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David Dial, Collector, Glass Plate Negatives of West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station Projects and Other Subjects 0.5 Linear Feet 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 1 flat storage box, 3 in.

West Virginia University

Glass plate negatives of West Virginia University Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station projects and other subjects. There are pictures of mostly crops, including potatoes and tobacco, and some of livestock. Other images include single plates of Morgantown, Woodburn Circle, a bridge, and of the "campus from the Station building". Related images can be found in Archives and Manuscripts (A&M) Collection No. 5027.

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Deakins Family Papers 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)

Deakins family

Additional Deakins family papers, consisting of correspondence, bond of conveyance, deeds, surveys and plats. [ALS] to Colonel Francis Deakin from John Compton, 1793, relative to surveys made by John Compton in 1792; bond of conveyance for land in Randolph County owned by Deakins heirs, 1809; five deeds for land owned by the Deakins family in Randolph and Preston counties W. Va., 1808-1885; 1848 deed from Francis Deakins to Northwestern Turnpike Co.; seven surveys and plats for lands in Preston, Tucker, Harrison and Upshur counties, largely owned by the Deakins family, 1788-1881.

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Deakins Family Papers and Surveying Compass 2.5 Linear Feet 2 ft. 6 1/4 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

Deakins family
Includes records from several generations of the Deakins family of Montgomery County, Maryland and north central West Virginia. William (1742-1798) and Francis (1739-1804) Deakins, among the first generation, were active as land speculators after the American Revolution, applying their skills as surveyors to leverage acquisition of western lands. From 1778 their activities are documented through deeds, agreements, surveys, plats, surveyors' field books, court papers, and letters related to land purchased in Harrison, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Tucker, and Upshur counties. Other papers concern Leonard M. Deakins (1747-1824) and his descendants. Of special significance in the collection is the compass used by Francis Deakins to survey the "Deakins Line" in 1787-1788, a north-south line separating western Maryland from (West) Virginia.
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Demain Family Papers 0.7 Linear Feet Summary: 7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Demain family
Miscellaneous business papers of Henry, E.R., and R.H. Demain, and the firm, Huston and Demain, contractors and builders, Morgantown.
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Dennis Bidwell, Collector, Memorabilia from Inaugural Season of West Virginia Black Bears Baseball Team .1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (composite flat storage box)

West Virginia Black Bears
Memorabilia from the inaugural season of the West Virginia Black Bears baseball team, including tickets, season schedules, photographs, promotional material, and two souvenir towels printed with the team logo. The West Virginia Black Bears are a Minor League Baseball team based in Morgantown, West Virginia. The team played their first season in 2015.
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