<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197121">A&amp;M 0722</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Monongalia Historical Society Records <num>A&amp;M 0722</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-06-18 13:31:54 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">5.8 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 5 ft. 9 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1827/1935" type="inclusive">1827-1935</unitdate>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Monongalia Historical Society Records, A&amp;M 0722, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>722, 1060, 1310</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>Records regarding the history of Monongalia County, West Virginia.</p><p>Boxes 1-14 contain: clippings and miscellaneous printed materials relating to Monongalia county history; genealogical compilations and correspondence relating to the genealogy of Monongalia county families, prepared by Thomas Ray Dille; business correspondence of the society, 1924-1927; correspondence and records of the West Virginia Historical Society, ca. 1925-1931; miscellaneous court records, family letters and other manuscripts relating to Monongalia County, ca. 1827-1910; and various Civil Works Administration forms and records for Monongalia County, 1933-1935. Included are photographs and miscellaneous issues of newspapers.</p><p>Box 15 contains artifacts:  a United States Flag with 46 stars (ca. 1908-1912) and a "spoon from the kit of Hauk, M.D. [sic] used by him during [the] Crimean War" (ca. 1853-1856).</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81024914" source="lcsh">Monongalia County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063919" source="lcsh">Morgantown (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040989" source="lcsh">Education</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001651" source="lcsh">Genealogy</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Monongalia County - court records.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Monongalia County - families.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Monongalia County - schools.</subject>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010150625" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84029416" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">United States. Federal Civil Works Administration</corpname>
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    <persname source="ingest">Dille, Thomas Ray</persname>
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