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J. R. Caldwell, Cow Herd Books 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (2 volumes)

J.R. Caldwell of Wheeling, West Virginia, bought and bred cows in the early 20th century. Two herd books describe cows that Caldwell bred or owned from 1916 to 1923. Books document color markings, sires and dams, birth dates, names, buyers, and prices of cows.
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J. S. Algeo, An Unpublished History of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, Typed Document 0 Linear Feet Summary: 155 pages

Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
An unpublished history of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company compiled by J.S. Algeo, completed in 1956. In 1885 this firm originated in Wellsburg, West Virginia, as the Hazel Glass Company and established, later, plants at Clarksburg, Grafton, Wheeling, and Washington, Pennsylvania.
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Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Confederacy Supporters in Wheeling 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (1 record carton)

Research papers compiled by history professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf regarding his study of people who supported the Confederacy in Wheeling, (West) Virginia in 1861. Includes manuscript research notes and facsimiles of documents regarding prisoners of war; traitors; legislative petitions (topics include transportation, education, banking, temperance, and property); military service (including the Shriver Grays, a Confederate unit organized in Wheeling in 1861); religion; black newspapers and history; labor and socialism; and court records (includes marriages and naturalizations). Also includes material related to a class Dr. Fones-Wolf taught on these subjects.
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Margaret Brennan, Collector, Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Wheeling and Other Material .01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Brennan, Margaret

Program for Rededication of Soldiers and Sailors Monument at West Virginia Independence Hall; there is also a brochure by Wheeling Heritage regarding the Monument (2019). There is also a keychain and medallion commemorating the 100th Anniversary (1919-2019) of American Legion Post No. 1 in Wheeling.

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Melville Davisson Post (1871-1930) Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930

Correspondence of writer Melville Davisson Post with Louis E. Schrader, a Wheeling court reporter who edited, typed, and often forwarded Post's manuscripts to the publisher. These letters are primarily instructions for Schrader and concern Post's legal writings as well as his detective stories.

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National Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, Incorporation Certificate 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item

National Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Incorporation certificate issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to National Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. The Wheeling based company was authorized as a foreign corporation to operate in Pennsylvania with an office in Washington.
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Ohio County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers 384.71 Linear Feet Summary: 384 ft. 8.52 in. (38 reels of microfilm, 0.75 in. each); (730 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each); (595 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 document case, 2.5 in.); (12 record cartons 15 in. each); (1 oversized record carton, 17 in.); (47 record books, 102 in. total)

Ohio County Court
County court and public records consisting primarily of court dockets and records relating to these court proceedings, including order, execution, minute, and fee books. There are also various public records, including land records, birth, marriage, and death, estate settlement, and naturalizations. There are a small number of private papers of businesses involved in court cases.
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Ohio Valley Floods Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder

Newspaper clippings, picture-books, postcard albums, and government reports relating to floods along the Ohio River Valley especially at Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Parkersburg.
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Parkersburg Town Council Journals 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (4 vols.), 1.75 in.)

Parkersburg Town Council
Aside from routine municipal affairs these journals contain material on the development of internal improvements in the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area like the Wheeling-Parkersburg struggle for the western terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the development of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, and the demands for various river improvements. There are also a few references to Civil War military activities and the development of the oil industry in the Wood County area. Mayors mentioned include C.S. Despard, John J. Jackson, and Peter G. VanWinkle.
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Peter Garnall, Letter regarding Election 0 Linear Feet Summary: 2 pages

Garnall, Peter.
ALS from Peter Garnall of Wheeling to his nephew Mordecai Garnall of Pensacola, FL. Garnall writes extensively about the upcoming election of 1840 in which Gen. Harrison and the Whigs are expected to sweep to victory with a majority that "will exceed that of Gen. Jackson in his palmiest days." He is even expected to carry the home state, New York, of his opponent, Van Buren, with 15,000 votes. Mentions that the Wheeling area is strong in its support of Harrison and that there have been mass political meetings on the scale of several thousands.
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