A&M 2267Brooks F. McCabe, Collector, Papers A&M 2267Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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Two personal diaries of R.E. McCabe of Charleston, West Virginia, containing notes on trips to Europe (1924) and California (1937). On the California trip he briefly describes Kansas City, Boulder, Denver, Santa Fe, Taos, and Los Angeles, muses on real estate values, and notes oil rigs and pipelines. There is a short genealogy of the Hayward family. The diaries also include references to the Ward, Fleming, Brooks, and Watson families. Also includes photographs of members of the Ward, Fleming, Brooks, and Watson families.

Addendum of 2025 May 23 includes assorted pins and buttons from national and West Virginia political campaigns.

Addendum of 2025 August 13 includes the papers of the Isaac Noyes Smith I and Caroline Shrewsbury Quarrier Smith family, including Isaac Noyes Smith II's bible study teaching notes (1873-1876), various family scrapbooks (1882-1913), assorted correspondence and photographs (1905-1918), and more.

 Boulder (Colo.) California Charleston. Denver (Colo.) Europe Kansas City (Kan.) Los Angeles (Calif.) Santa Fe (N.M.) Taos (N.M.) Diaries and journals. Genealogy Petroleum industry and trade Travel accounts. McCabe, Brooks F., Jr., 1949- McCabe, Robert Emmett, Sr., 1883-1963 Brooks family Fleming family - Genealogy Fleming family Hayman family Hayward family Ward family Watson family - Genealogy Watson family