A&M 1338Anita Buchanan Speers, Historian, Papers, ca. 1916-1957 A&M 1338Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:44:16 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Anita Buchanan Speers, Historian, Papers Speers, Anita Buchanan. A&M 1338 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/4583 17.75 Linear Feet Summary: 17 ft. 9 in. (42 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.) ca. 1916-1957 Correspondence, typescripts, notes, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a local historian and promoter of patriotic societies from Berkeley Springs. Many of the papers pertain to the local history of the eastern panhandle. Subjects include the town of Bath (Berkeley Springs); James Rumsey; George Washington; Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother); Washington Bicentennial; National Flag Day; D.A.R.; and American Indian Day. One of the clippings scrapbooks includes a photo of West Virginia Governor William G. Conley with Key to Bath, West Virginia (ca. 1929-1933), and another scrapbook contains an announcement for a meeting of the "equal suffrage club" on 25 August 1915. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center English Conditions Governing Access

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Berkeley County (W. Va.) Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) Jefferson County. Morgan County (W. Va.) Native American Heritage Day Inventors and inventions. Flag Day Indians of North America Revolutionary War. Washington Bicentennial. Women's history -- 1900-1929 Women's history -- 1929-1950 Women's history -- 1951-present Daughters of the American Revolution Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792 Speers, Anita Buchanan. Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 Washington, George, 1732-1799