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Subjects of the various items include sale and survey of land; schools, churches, estates, comment on and description of agriculture, social and economic conditions in Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, Morgantown, Fairmont, and Wheeling, WV, and Ireland; westward migration [1849]; gold mining, enslaved Africans; and business and family affairs.","Correspondents include C.J. Cox, James and Louisa Creegan; Bridget Flinn; Creed Haymond; Archbishop John Hughes; James D. Lamb; Harrison Low; William Macdonnell; Asa Squires; W.O. Tarleton; Zephaniah, Mary L., Sophia, Mary G., Delia, \u0026 Benjamin H. Watson; and A. M. Wheeler. Persons receiving correspondence, mentioned, or commented on, and persons or organizations, parties to various business or legal papers include Abraham and Muriel Brookbank; Orestus A. Brownsun; Matthew Campbell; Cornelius B. 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[Cincinnati], OH and St. Louis, MO; description of cathedral in St. Louis; mention of St. Patrick's church; comment on Keokuk; disturbance at Nauvoo and comment on the temple; comparison of Iowa to Virginia; and family news and friends.","Subjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Burlington, IA by boat (name of steamboat given); Cincinnati, OH (comment on Catholic churches, museum); Andrew Jackson (comment on A.J.'s role in the Battle of New Orleans, LA); Louisville, KY (comparison to Cincinnati); St. Louis, MO (comment on business as compared to Cincinnati); stage coach travel; Nauvoo (comment on the Mormon temple); Burlington, IA (comment on size in comparison to Morgantown, VA [now WV]); description of farm (wheat growing on prairie land, description of soil); and family news (Harrison and James mentioned regarding their business).","Subjects include: travel -- comment on members of party going to California; number of miles traveled per day; camp and traveling routine; comment on sickness of wagon train people; number of wagons; estimate of time it will take to reach California; and prices of supplies.","Subjects include: the church -- NY vice (answer to letter from Watson calling the Bishop's attention to the vice prevailing in New York City); suggests pecuniary aid to the church to combat the problem would be welcome; comment on large number of immigrants arriving in city daily and difficulty \"to preserve them intact, poverty and many other causes conspiring to their destruction;\" and hope to remedy this condition in part by erection of Magdalen Asylum.","Subjects include: politics; \"Know Nothings\" -- the Irish in America -- Catholic Church; intolerance of Americans for the Irish as a class; opinion of the conduct of Irishmen; opinion on the platform of the Know Nothings; comment on hostility of political parties to Catholics; dislike of Brownson's action on the Know Nothings, his extremes in upholding the Catholic Church; and intention of not supporting the Whigs if they identify with the Know Nothings: \"...the American people as a Nation are the most entensely [sic] intolerant of all people under the sun...\"","Subjects include: Catholic Church and the Know Nothings; comment on Steele being refused membership by the Know Nothings in Fairmont, VA [now WV]; opinion on Catholicism and Protestantism and persecution of the Catholic Church; opinion on Brownson's article; comment on the foreign populations, the industrious labor class, and wish they would come as fast as steamers can bring them; the American people who are ruled by their prejudices maltreating and abusing the privileges of the foreigner; prejudice against the Catholic Church adversely affecting the business affairs of the Catholic; and advises silence rather [than] ineffectual efforts to remedy the situation, trusting that the \"Church must and will triumph as she has ever done.\"","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Subjects of the various items include sale and survey of land; schools, churches, estates, comment on and description of agriculture, social and economic conditions in Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, Morgantown, Fairmont, and Wheeling, WV, and Ireland; westward migration [1849]; gold mining, enslaved Africans; and business and family affairs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include C.J. Cox, James and Louisa Creegan; Bridget Flinn; Creed Haymond; Archbishop John Hughes; James D. Lamb; Harrison Low; William Macdonnell; Asa Squires; W.O. Tarleton; Zephaniah, Mary L., Sophia, Mary G., Delia, \u0026amp; Benjamin H. Watson; and A. M. Wheeler. Persons receiving correspondence, mentioned, or commented on, and persons or organizations, parties to various business or legal papers include Abraham and Muriel Brookbank; Orestus A. Brownsun; Matthew Campbell; Cornelius B. Carney; Isaac and William Collins, Susanna Cook; Joseph Cunningham; Thomas Dison; Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Co.; Peter Flinn; Thomas Fowler; Abraham \u0026amp; Jacob S. Hayden; W. C. Haymond; Jeremiah Highfield; Martin Hurley; Basil Patterson; George W. Paris; Joseph and Charles Peach; Benjamin Reader; Margaret Reeves; Richard Smith; Thomas G. Steele; James Eliazor; and Azariah, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Sarah, James, Ann, Dent, Thomas, Henry, and Louisa Watson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Keokuk, IA by boat, Keokuk to Burlington, IA by stage; traveling conditions; comment on Cinn. 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Subjects of the various items include sale and survey of land; schools, churches, estates, comment on and description of agriculture, social and economic conditions in Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, Morgantown, Fairmont, and Wheeling, WV, and Ireland; westward migration [1849]; gold mining, enslaved Africans; and business and family affairs.","Correspondents include C.J. Cox, James and Louisa Creegan; Bridget Flinn; Creed Haymond; Archbishop John Hughes; James D. Lamb; Harrison Low; William Macdonnell; Asa Squires; W.O. Tarleton; Zephaniah, Mary L., Sophia, Mary G., Delia, \u0026 Benjamin H. Watson; and A. M. Wheeler. Persons receiving correspondence, mentioned, or commented on, and persons or organizations, parties to various business or legal papers include Abraham and Muriel Brookbank; Orestus A. Brownsun; Matthew Campbell; Cornelius B. Carney; Isaac and William Collins, Susanna Cook; Joseph Cunningham; Thomas Dison; Fairmont and Palatine Bridge Co.; Peter Flinn; Thomas Fowler; Abraham \u0026 Jacob S. Hayden; W. C. Haymond; Jeremiah Highfield; Martin Hurley; Basil Patterson; George W. Paris; Joseph and Charles Peach; Benjamin Reader; Margaret Reeves; Richard Smith; Thomas G. Steele; James Eliazor; and Azariah, Zachariah, Elizabeth, Sarah, James, Ann, Dent, Thomas, Henry, and Louisa Watson.","Subjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Keokuk, IA by boat, Keokuk to Burlington, IA by stage; traveling conditions; comment on Cinn. [Cincinnati], OH and St. Louis, MO; description of cathedral in St. Louis; mention of St. Patrick's church; comment on Keokuk; disturbance at Nauvoo and comment on the temple; comparison of Iowa to Virginia; and family news and friends.","Subjects include: Travel -- Wheeling, VA [now WV] to Burlington, IA by boat (name of steamboat given); Cincinnati, OH (comment on Catholic churches, museum); Andrew Jackson (comment on A.J.'s role in the Battle of New Orleans, LA); Louisville, KY (comparison to Cincinnati); St. Louis, MO (comment on business as compared to Cincinnati); stage coach travel; Nauvoo (comment on the Mormon temple); Burlington, IA (comment on size in comparison to Morgantown, VA [now WV]); description of farm (wheat growing on prairie land, description of soil); and family news (Harrison and James mentioned regarding their business).","Subjects include: travel -- comment on members of party going to California; number of miles traveled per day; camp and traveling routine; comment on sickness of wagon train people; number of wagons; estimate of time it will take to reach California; and prices of supplies.","Subjects include: the church -- NY vice (answer to letter from Watson calling the Bishop's attention to the vice prevailing in New York City); suggests pecuniary aid to the church to combat the problem would be welcome; comment on large number of immigrants arriving in city daily and difficulty \"to preserve them intact, poverty and many other causes conspiring to their destruction;\" and hope to remedy this condition in part by erection of Magdalen Asylum.","Subjects include: politics; \"Know Nothings\" -- the Irish in America -- Catholic Church; intolerance of Americans for the Irish as a class; opinion of the conduct of Irishmen; opinion on the platform of the Know Nothings; comment on hostility of political parties to Catholics; dislike of Brownson's action on the Know Nothings, his extremes in upholding the Catholic Church; and intention of not supporting the Whigs if they identify with the Know Nothings: \"...the American people as a Nation are the most entensely [sic] intolerant of all people under the sun...\"","Subjects include: Catholic Church and the Know Nothings; comment on Steele being refused membership by the Know Nothings in Fairmont, VA [now WV]; opinion on Catholicism and Protestantism and persecution of the Catholic Church; opinion on Brownson's article; comment on the foreign populations, the industrious labor class, and wish they would come as fast as steamers can bring them; the American people who are ruled by their prejudices maltreating and abusing the privileges of the foreigner; prejudice against the Catholic Church adversely affecting the business affairs of the Catholic; and advises silence rather [than] ineffectual efforts to remedy the situation, trusting that the \"Church must and will triumph as she has ever done.\""],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5798#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Moreland, William A., 1916-1986","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5798#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Addendum of 2010/10/29 includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs. Addenda of 2011/03/21 and 2011/06/20 include papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. Addendum of 2014/06/12 includes some papers and many artifacts. Addendum of 2016/07/27 includes drawings of properties in Monongalia County and political campaign and other material. See \"Scope and Content Note\" for details. Addendum of 2017/05/22 contains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970. There are additional addenda.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5798#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5798","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5798","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5798","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_5798","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_5798.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198885","title_ssm":["William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material"],"title_tesim":["William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material"],"unitdate_ssm":["1824-2008"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1824-2008"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 2032","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5798"],"text":["A\u0026M 2032","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5798","William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Churches  -- Morgantown First Presbyterian","Coal mining.","Democratic National Convention of 1924.","Elections","Family histories.","Genealogy","Labor","Literature -- Societies, etc","Morgantown - Newspapers.","Morgantown - schools.","Frontier and pioneer life","Political campaigns","Politics - Western Virginia.","Politics and government.","Scrapbooks","Universities and colleges","World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945","Special access restriction applies.","William A. Moreland was born in 1916 to James R. and Ethel (Finnicum) Moreland of Morgantown, West Virginia. Moreland served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later became a lawyer. He served as a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates from Monongalia County from 1951 until 1958. He then served as the West Virginia State Senator from the 14th District from 1959 until 1982.","Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Also includes material documenting his WWII service, including transporting troops by train on the home front, and service in Japan and the Philippines. The collection includes photographs and certificates from various organizations received during his career.","Addendum of 2010/10/29  includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs (including photos of his father, James Moreland). (ca. 1900-1965; 7 1/2 in.)","Addendum of 2011/03/21  includes papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Genealogy (1898-1948, undated), News Clippings (1898-1945, undated), Photographs (ca. 1860-1942, undated), Historical Narratives (1939, 1942), James R. Moreland Papers (1899-1945, undated), Joseph Moreland Papers (1898-1913, undated), Scrapbook (1897-1950), Miscellaneous (1868, undated), and Photo Album (ca. 1855-1875). (ca. 1855-1950; 1 ft. 7 in.)","The photo album (3 in. x 4 in. x 5 in.) contains 40 cartes de visite (CDVs) and 1 tintype.","Locations of photographers identified on the cards in the album include:  \nBaltimore, MD \nBrownsville, PA \nFrederick, MD \nIndiana, PA \nMorgantown, WV \nWheeling, WV","Some portraits in the album are identified. Names include:  \nDavis Bowens \nJane Bowens \nElisha M. Hagans \nAnnie Hagans \nReverend Martin (in Brownsville?)  \nMrs. Martin (in Brownsville?)  \nJohn Bowie \nEliza Bowie \nJames A. Brown (in Baltimore?)  \nJohn A. Dille (in Morgantown?)  \nRachel Boyce","Addendum of 2011/06/20  includes papers of William A. Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Historical Information; West Virginia University; 1924 Democratic National Convention; Ethel Finnicum Moreland; Morgantown African-American History; Brown Family Papers; Publications; Newspapers and News Clippings; Artifacts, Oversize; and Photographs. There is also unsorted material. (1824-1984; 4 ft. 9 in.)","Historical Information; 1877-1902; box 19. Contains short biographical sketches of Joseph Moreland and James R. Moreland, as well as a scrapbook and two legal documents related to the history of the Moreland family.","West Virginia University; 1869-1900; box 19. Includes records related to Joseph Moreland's term as a regent of the University (1882-1894), James R. Moreland's service with the University Cadet Corps (1896-1900), WVU's 28th annual commencement (1895-06-12), and other material.","1924 Democratic National Convention; 1924; box 19. Includes ephemera, such as an I.D. card, membership cards, a pass to Coney Island, etc. relating to Ethel Finnicum Moreland's travel to New York City as the West Virginia delegate to the Democratic National Convention.","Ethel Finnicum Moreland; 1901, 1920-1924; box 19. Papers of Ethel Finnicum Moreland, wife of James R. Moreland, including school records and material related to her political activities.","Morgantown African-American History; 1934-3-28; box 19. Includes a newspaper article concerning the death of William Stewart, a Morgantown resident and former slave. Stewart had worked for the Moreland family for nearly two decades. This series also includes an undated photograph of Stewart.","Brown Family Papers; 1824-1891; box 19. Papers of the Brown family of northern (West) Virginia, who were ancestors and relatives of the Morelands. Series contains legal documents and correspondence, including three letters (1854-1856) written from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.","Publications; 1860-1981; box 19. Contains pamphlets, programs, handbills, and other publications, including a program for a competition between the Columbian and Monongalian Literary Societies of the Monongalia Academy (1860), a handbill by Joseph Moreland addressed \"To the Voters of Monongalia County\"; (1869), and two copies of the program for the \"Sword Presentation to Captain F.E. Chadwick\" (1899), among other items.","Newspapers and News Clippings; 1875, 1890, 1984; boxes 19 and 22. Contains an issue of The Herald (Kingwood, WV) dated 1875-10-30; an issue of the Weekly Post (Morgantown, WV) dated 1875-11-6; an issue of The New Dominion dated 1890-5-17; a 1984 article about Joseph Moreland written by Earl L. Core; and various news clippings from unidentified sources.","Artifacts; ca. 1830s; box 19. Hair clippings of two Moreland ancestors, with identifications written by James R. Moreland.","Oversize; 1898-1901; box 20. Documents related to James R. Moreland's service with the West Virginia University Cadet Corp as well as his presence at the inauguration of President William McKinley","Photographs; ca. 1850-1980; boxes 21-24. Includes ambrotypes, tintypes, CDVs, card mounted prints, black and white prints, newspaper print blocks, and negatives. Subjects include individual and group portraits of Moreland family members and photographs relating to the professional activities of William A. Moreland, James R. Moreland, Joseph Moreland, and others. The majority of photographs are identified. Items of interest within this series include a hand-painted tintype, a group photograph of West Virginia University cadet officers, including James R. Moreland (ca. 1900), four cased and one uncased ambrotypes, and an engraved steel plate. Two of the ambrotypes are identified; one is labeled \"Aunt Mary McNab\" and the other Sarah Suter.","Unsorted material; ca. 1860-1970; boxes 25-26. Unsorted material contains papers of William Moreland, James R. Moreland, and Joseph Moreland, including genealogical information concerning the Moreland family; typescripts concerning West Virginia history and other subjects; personal and professional correspondence; newspapers and news clippings; and publications.","Addendum of 2014/06/12  papers and artifacts of the Moreland family. (ca. 1824-1950; 12 ft. 11 1/2 in.)","box 27; biography of Joseph Moreland by James Moreland","box 28; wooden stocking stretchers, bed warmer, spectacles (worn by Eleanor Brown Moreland), gravy boat (1824), and 2 Tiffany (steak) knifes","box 29; 2 (handmade) blankets that feature blue and white design","box 30; baby clothes (for William A. Moreland), white garments","box 31; \"Ruth's wedding gown, veil, slip\" (for wedding between Ruth Moreland and William A. Moreland)","box 32; a few photos, marriage license, matches, photo in frame of Ethel F. Moreland (1903), photo of Moreland home (ca. 1900-1910), WWII belt buckle, 2 small books published in Morgantown (1942), and other material","box 33; 3 quilts, 1 identified with creator (\"EBM\" or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 34; 2 WWII military jackets with slacks","box 35; purple dress with sash and hat (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 36; grey dress with belt, lilac dress, black beaded shawl (?), short white lace jacket","box 37; black Victorian dress (?) (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 38; 2 crayon portraits, 2 photos, prints, WWII scrapbook page","box 39; folded flag (that had been draped over coffin of William A. Moreland)","box 40; genealogy charts of the Moreland family","box 41; folder 1; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland and World War II subjects; ca. 1940s","box 41; folder 2; Newspaper clippings about Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) wrestling and sports (from cigarette tin); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 3; Cigarette tin; undated","box 41; folder 4; West Virginia University Corps of Cadets certificates and military papers (regarding William A. Moreland); ca. 1936-1939","box 41; folder 4; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Programs; 1937","box 41; folder 4; Photographs of students (group portraits); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 5; Photograph of woman, possibly Eleanor \"Nell\" Moreland; undated","box 41; folder 5; Letter from John Laird to Alex Smith and receipts concerning real estate of John Suter, 1819","box 41; folder 5; West Virginia University Commencement program; 1940","box 41; folder 5; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Program; 1937","box 41; folder 5; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletic letter; undated, ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 5; Honeymoon Isle, Florida postcard, other materials; ca. 1940","box 41; folder 6; Photographs of William A. Moreland, World War II airplanes, other subjects, ca. 1940s","box 41; folder 6; Photograph of Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) sports team (group portrait) including William A. Moreland; ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 6; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland, including group portrait of sports team","box 41; folder 7; William A. Moreland correspondence related to military reserves service; 1939-1940","box 41; folder 7; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletics program and materials; ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 7; National Collegiate Wrestling Championships Program; 1937","box 41; folder 7; Negative of building; ca. 1930s-1940s","box 41; folder 8; Postcards (12 items; non-West Virginia subjects; includes birthplace of William Jennings Bryan); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 9; Romeo and Juliet dance card from Dixie Ball (see box 43 for dance card pencils); 1940","box 41; folder 10; \"Morgantown Centennial with Addresses and Papers, 1795-1885\" (book); 1902","box 41; folder 11; \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: With Short Biographical Sketches of its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers and Lay Leaders\" by James R. Moreland (book); 1938","box 42; folders 1-19; World War II era correspondence and letters of William A. Moreland (Includes letters written by William A. Moreland about his wartime service within the United States at Camp Perry, Ohio, Camp Harrison, Indiana, and others. Also includes Moreland's letters during his service in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Japan, mostly written to his wife Ruth. Also includes some letters written by Donald R. Roberts, Moreland's brother-in-law, from his wartime service in North Africa and Europe); 1938-1945","box 42; folder 20; German postcards from Donald R. Roberts (9 items); 1945","box 43; oversized; folder 1; The New Dominion Post, Illustrated Edition newspaper; undated","box 43; oversized; folder 2; Wizard of Oz movie premiere program from Grauman's Chinese Theater; 1939","box 43; oversized; folder 3; Pictorial History of XIV Corps during World War II; undated","box 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifact, West Virginia Football ribbon; undated","box 43, oversized, unfoldered; Artifact, Mercersburg Academy patch; undated, ca. 1930s","box 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifacts, Military buttons and insignia, dance card pencils (see box 41, folder 9 for dance card); undated, ca. 1930s-1940s","unboxed; large wooden clothes pin","unboxed; trunk with belts and WWII wooden desk signs inside","Addendum of 2016/07/27; ca. 1890-2008; boxes 44-45","box 44; unfoldered; political campaign materials and other material regarding William A. Moreland, including stickers, matchbooks, clippings, photographs, and artifacts including a WWII dog tag and lapel insignia; 1934-2008, undated","box 45; oversized; unfoldered; drawings of properties, some with oil and gas holdings marked, and housing developments in Monongalia County, as well as rubbings of headstones and notes regarding cemeteries; ca. 1890-1980 Addendum of 2017/05/22; 1933-1970; box 46 \nContains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970.\n Addendum of 2017/10/06; 1899-1947; box 47 \nbox 47; unfoldered; scrapbook kept by James Moreland titled \"My Immediate Family\"; 1899-1947\n \nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown\"; 1902\n \nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Karux\", yearbook of the Mercerburg Academy; 1934\n \nbox 47; folder 1; Photographs previously attached to yearbook; ca. 1934\n \nbox 47; folder 2; Issue of \"The Mercersburg News\"; 1934","Books:","\nCallahan, James Morton. History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia. Morgantown, W. Va. [Morgantown Printing and Binding Co.], 1926.","\nLambert, Oscar Doane. West Virginia, Its People and Its Progress, Volume 2, Biographical. Charleston, West Virginia: Historical Record Association, [1958].","\nCallahan, James Morton, History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia","\nMorgantown (W. Va.), Committee of Arrangement. The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown, 1785-100-1885: With Addresses and Papers. Morgantown, West Virginia: Committee of Arrangements, 1902.","\nWest Virginia University, Public History Option. Morgantown: A Bicentennial History. Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society, 1985.","\nPeriodical:","\nWest Virginia Review Magazine, October, 1936.","\nFrom addendum 2011/06/20:","Bulletin No. 3 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia . 1921.","Bulletin No. 7 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia . Parkersburg, West Virginia: The School Printing Company, 1925.","\nHaymond, Henry.  Historical Reference to Prickett's Fort and its Defenders with Incidents of Border Warfare in the Monongahela Valley and Ceremonies at Unveiling of Monument Marking Site of Prickett's Fort, Erected in 1774, including Brief Sketches of Major William Haymond and the ancestors of the Morgan and Prickett Families .","History of Dunlap's Creek Academy . Brownsville, Pennsylvania: Press of the Clipper-Moniter, 1908.","\nLatimer, Ira S., John C. Ludlum, R.C. Tucker, and James C. Welden, editors.  West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey: Its Accomplishments and Outlook . Volume XXIII. 1963.","\nMoreland, James R.  The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works . ca. 1940.","\nMoreland, James R.  The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works . Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society.","\nMoreland, James R.  The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia with Short Biographical Sketches of Its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers, and Lay Leaders . Morgantown, West Virginia: First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, 1938.","\nMoreland, Joseph.  Morgantown, Its Practical Jokes; Its Thrice Told Tales; Legends, Ghost Stories, Exaggerations, Doings and Sayings, Marvelous and Incredible, Its Fun, Wit, Humor, \u0026c . Morgantown, West Virginia: New Dominion Steam Printing House, 1885. [two copies]","West Virginia Antiquities Commission Annual Report 1973 . 1973.","West Virginia Manual of the Legislature Session of 1915 . Charleston, West Virginia: Tribune Printing Co., 1915.","Woman's Edition of The New Dominion . Morgantown, West Virginia: The New Dominion, 1896.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Addendum of 2010/10/29 includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs. Addenda of 2011/03/21 and 2011/06/20 include papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. Addendum of 2014/06/12 includes some papers and many artifacts. Addendum of 2016/07/27 includes drawings of properties in Monongalia County and political campaign and other material. See \"Scope and Content Note\" for details.  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The collection includes photographs and certificates from various organizations received during his career.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2010/10/29\u003c/emph\u003e includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs (including photos of his father, James Moreland). (ca. 1900-1965; 7 1/2 in.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2011/03/21\u003c/emph\u003e includes papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Genealogy (1898-1948, undated), News Clippings (1898-1945, undated), Photographs (ca. 1860-1942, undated), Historical Narratives (1939, 1942), James R. Moreland Papers (1899-1945, undated), Joseph Moreland Papers (1898-1913, undated), Scrapbook (1897-1950), Miscellaneous (1868, undated), and Photo Album (ca. 1855-1875). (ca. 1855-1950; 1 ft. 7 in.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe photo album (3 in. x 4 in. x 5 in.) contains 40 cartes de visite (CDVs) and 1 tintype.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLocations of photographers identified on the cards in the album include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBaltimore, MD\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBrownsville, PA\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFrederick, MD\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIndiana, PA\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMorgantown, WV\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWheeling, WV\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSome portraits in the album are identified. Names include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDavis Bowens\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJane Bowens\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nElisha M. Hagans\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAnnie Hagans\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReverend Martin (in Brownsville?) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMrs. Martin (in Brownsville?) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn Bowie\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEliza Bowie\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJames A. Brown (in Baltimore?) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn A. Dille (in Morgantown?) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRachel Boyce\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2011/06/20\u003c/emph\u003e includes papers of William A. Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Historical Information; West Virginia University; 1924 Democratic National Convention; Ethel Finnicum Moreland; Morgantown African-American History; Brown Family Papers; Publications; Newspapers and News Clippings; Artifacts, Oversize; and Photographs. There is also unsorted material. (1824-1984; 4 ft. 9 in.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHistorical Information; 1877-1902; box 19. Contains short biographical sketches of Joseph Moreland and James R. Moreland, as well as a scrapbook and two legal documents related to the history of the Moreland family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia University; 1869-1900; box 19. Includes records related to Joseph Moreland's term as a regent of the University (1882-1894), James R. Moreland's service with the University Cadet Corps (1896-1900), WVU's 28th annual commencement (1895-06-12), and other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention; 1924; box 19. Includes ephemera, such as an I.D. card, membership cards, a pass to Coney Island, etc. relating to Ethel Finnicum Moreland's travel to New York City as the West Virginia delegate to the Democratic National Convention.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEthel Finnicum Moreland; 1901, 1920-1924; box 19. Papers of Ethel Finnicum Moreland, wife of James R. Moreland, including school records and material related to her political activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMorgantown African-American History; 1934-3-28; box 19. Includes a newspaper article concerning the death of William Stewart, a Morgantown resident and former slave. Stewart had worked for the Moreland family for nearly two decades. This series also includes an undated photograph of Stewart.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrown Family Papers; 1824-1891; box 19. Papers of the Brown family of northern (West) Virginia, who were ancestors and relatives of the Morelands. Series contains legal documents and correspondence, including three letters (1854-1856) written from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePublications; 1860-1981; box 19. Contains pamphlets, programs, handbills, and other publications, including a program for a competition between the Columbian and Monongalian Literary Societies of the Monongalia Academy (1860), a handbill by Joseph Moreland addressed \"To the Voters of Monongalia County\"; (1869), and two copies of the program for the \"Sword Presentation to Captain F.E. Chadwick\" (1899), among other items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNewspapers and News Clippings; 1875, 1890, 1984; boxes 19 and 22. Contains an issue of The Herald (Kingwood, WV) dated 1875-10-30; an issue of the Weekly Post (Morgantown, WV) dated 1875-11-6; an issue of The New Dominion dated 1890-5-17; a 1984 article about Joseph Moreland written by Earl L. Core; and various news clippings from unidentified sources.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArtifacts; ca. 1830s; box 19. Hair clippings of two Moreland ancestors, with identifications written by James R. Moreland.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOversize; 1898-1901; box 20. Documents related to James R. Moreland's service with the West Virginia University Cadet Corp as well as his presence at the inauguration of President William McKinley\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs; ca. 1850-1980; boxes 21-24. Includes ambrotypes, tintypes, CDVs, card mounted prints, black and white prints, newspaper print blocks, and negatives. Subjects include individual and group portraits of Moreland family members and photographs relating to the professional activities of William A. Moreland, James R. Moreland, Joseph Moreland, and others. The majority of photographs are identified. Items of interest within this series include a hand-painted tintype, a group photograph of West Virginia University cadet officers, including James R. Moreland (ca. 1900), four cased and one uncased ambrotypes, and an engraved steel plate. Two of the ambrotypes are identified; one is labeled \"Aunt Mary McNab\" and the other Sarah Suter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUnsorted material; ca. 1860-1970; boxes 25-26. Unsorted material contains papers of William Moreland, James R. Moreland, and Joseph Moreland, including genealogical information concerning the Moreland family; typescripts concerning West Virginia history and other subjects; personal and professional correspondence; newspapers and news clippings; and publications.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2014/06/12\u003c/emph\u003e papers and artifacts of the Moreland family. (ca. 1824-1950; 12 ft. 11 1/2 in.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 27; biography of Joseph Moreland by James Moreland\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 28; wooden stocking stretchers, bed warmer, spectacles (worn by Eleanor Brown Moreland), gravy boat (1824), and 2 Tiffany (steak) knifes\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 29; 2 (handmade) blankets that feature blue and white design\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 30; baby clothes (for William A. Moreland), white garments\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 31; \"Ruth's wedding gown, veil, slip\" (for wedding between Ruth Moreland and William A. Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 32; a few photos, marriage license, matches, photo in frame of Ethel F. Moreland (1903), photo of Moreland home (ca. 1900-1910), WWII belt buckle, 2 small books published in Morgantown (1942), and other material\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 33; 3 quilts, 1 identified with creator (\"EBM\" or Eleanor Brown Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 34; 2 WWII military jackets with slacks\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 35; purple dress with sash and hat (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 36; grey dress with belt, lilac dress, black beaded shawl (?), short white lace jacket\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 37; black Victorian dress (?) (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 38; 2 crayon portraits, 2 photos, prints, WWII scrapbook page\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 39; folded flag (that had been draped over coffin of William A. Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 40; genealogy charts of the Moreland family\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 1; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland and World War II subjects; ca. 1940s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 2; Newspaper clippings about Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) wrestling and sports (from cigarette tin); ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 3; Cigarette tin; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 4; West Virginia University Corps of Cadets certificates and military papers (regarding William A. Moreland); ca. 1936-1939\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 4; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Programs; 1937\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 4; Photographs of students (group portraits); ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; Photograph of woman, possibly Eleanor \"Nell\" Moreland; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; Letter from John Laird to Alex Smith and receipts concerning real estate of John Suter, 1819\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; West Virginia University Commencement program; 1940\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Program; 1937\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletic letter; undated, ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; Honeymoon Isle, Florida postcard, other materials; ca. 1940\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 6; Photographs of William A. Moreland, World War II airplanes, other subjects, ca. 1940s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 6; Photograph of Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) sports team (group portrait) including William A. Moreland; ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 6; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland, including group portrait of sports team\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 7; William A. Moreland correspondence related to military reserves service; 1939-1940\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 7; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletics program and materials; ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 7; National Collegiate Wrestling Championships Program; 1937\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 7; Negative of building; ca. 1930s-1940s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 8; Postcards (12 items; non-West Virginia subjects; includes birthplace of William Jennings Bryan); ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 9; Romeo and Juliet dance card from Dixie Ball (see box 43 for dance card pencils); 1940\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 10; \"Morgantown Centennial with Addresses and Papers, 1795-1885\" (book); 1902\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 11; \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: With Short Biographical Sketches of its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers and Lay Leaders\" by James R. Moreland (book); 1938\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 42; folders 1-19; World War II era correspondence and letters of William A. Moreland (Includes letters written by William A. Moreland about his wartime service within the United States at Camp Perry, Ohio, Camp Harrison, Indiana, and others. Also includes Moreland's letters during his service in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Japan, mostly written to his wife Ruth. Also includes some letters written by Donald R. Roberts, Moreland's brother-in-law, from his wartime service in North Africa and Europe); 1938-1945\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 42; folder 20; German postcards from Donald R. Roberts (9 items); 1945\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; folder 1; The New Dominion Post, Illustrated Edition newspaper; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; folder 2; Wizard of Oz movie premiere program from Grauman's Chinese Theater; 1939\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; folder 3; Pictorial History of XIV Corps during World War II; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifact, West Virginia Football ribbon; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43, oversized, unfoldered; Artifact, Mercersburg Academy patch; undated, ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifacts, Military buttons and insignia, dance card pencils (see box 41, folder 9 for dance card); undated, ca. 1930s-1940s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eunboxed; large wooden clothes pin\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eunboxed; trunk with belts and WWII wooden desk signs inside\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2016/07/27; ca. 1890-2008; boxes 44-45\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 44; unfoldered; political campaign materials and other material regarding William A. Moreland, including stickers, matchbooks, clippings, photographs, and artifacts including a WWII dog tag and lapel insignia; 1934-2008, undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 45; oversized; unfoldered; drawings of properties, some with oil and gas holdings marked, and housing developments in Monongalia County, as well as rubbings of headstones and notes regarding cemeteries; ca. 1890-1980\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2017/05/22; 1933-1970; box 46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nContains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970.\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2017/10/06; 1899-1947; box 47\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; unfoldered; scrapbook kept by James Moreland titled \"My Immediate Family\"; 1899-1947\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown\"; 1902\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Karux\", yearbook of the Mercerburg Academy; 1934\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; folder 1; Photographs previously attached to yearbook; ca. 1934\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; folder 2; Issue of \"The Mercersburg News\"; 1934\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Also includes material documenting his WWII service, including transporting troops by train on the home front, and service in Japan and the Philippines. The collection includes photographs and certificates from various organizations received during his career.","Addendum of 2010/10/29  includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs (including photos of his father, James Moreland). (ca. 1900-1965; 7 1/2 in.)","Addendum of 2011/03/21  includes papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Genealogy (1898-1948, undated), News Clippings (1898-1945, undated), Photographs (ca. 1860-1942, undated), Historical Narratives (1939, 1942), James R. Moreland Papers (1899-1945, undated), Joseph Moreland Papers (1898-1913, undated), Scrapbook (1897-1950), Miscellaneous (1868, undated), and Photo Album (ca. 1855-1875). (ca. 1855-1950; 1 ft. 7 in.)","The photo album (3 in. x 4 in. x 5 in.) contains 40 cartes de visite (CDVs) and 1 tintype.","Locations of photographers identified on the cards in the album include:  \nBaltimore, MD \nBrownsville, PA \nFrederick, MD \nIndiana, PA \nMorgantown, WV \nWheeling, WV","Some portraits in the album are identified. Names include:  \nDavis Bowens \nJane Bowens \nElisha M. Hagans \nAnnie Hagans \nReverend Martin (in Brownsville?)  \nMrs. Martin (in Brownsville?)  \nJohn Bowie \nEliza Bowie \nJames A. Brown (in Baltimore?)  \nJohn A. Dille (in Morgantown?)  \nRachel Boyce","Addendum of 2011/06/20  includes papers of William A. Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Historical Information; West Virginia University; 1924 Democratic National Convention; Ethel Finnicum Moreland; Morgantown African-American History; Brown Family Papers; Publications; Newspapers and News Clippings; Artifacts, Oversize; and Photographs. There is also unsorted material. (1824-1984; 4 ft. 9 in.)","Historical Information; 1877-1902; box 19. Contains short biographical sketches of Joseph Moreland and James R. Moreland, as well as a scrapbook and two legal documents related to the history of the Moreland family.","West Virginia University; 1869-1900; box 19. Includes records related to Joseph Moreland's term as a regent of the University (1882-1894), James R. Moreland's service with the University Cadet Corps (1896-1900), WVU's 28th annual commencement (1895-06-12), and other material.","1924 Democratic National Convention; 1924; box 19. Includes ephemera, such as an I.D. card, membership cards, a pass to Coney Island, etc. relating to Ethel Finnicum Moreland's travel to New York City as the West Virginia delegate to the Democratic National Convention.","Ethel Finnicum Moreland; 1901, 1920-1924; box 19. Papers of Ethel Finnicum Moreland, wife of James R. Moreland, including school records and material related to her political activities.","Morgantown African-American History; 1934-3-28; box 19. Includes a newspaper article concerning the death of William Stewart, a Morgantown resident and former slave. Stewart had worked for the Moreland family for nearly two decades. This series also includes an undated photograph of Stewart.","Brown Family Papers; 1824-1891; box 19. Papers of the Brown family of northern (West) Virginia, who were ancestors and relatives of the Morelands. Series contains legal documents and correspondence, including three letters (1854-1856) written from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.","Publications; 1860-1981; box 19. Contains pamphlets, programs, handbills, and other publications, including a program for a competition between the Columbian and Monongalian Literary Societies of the Monongalia Academy (1860), a handbill by Joseph Moreland addressed \"To the Voters of Monongalia County\"; (1869), and two copies of the program for the \"Sword Presentation to Captain F.E. Chadwick\" (1899), among other items.","Newspapers and News Clippings; 1875, 1890, 1984; boxes 19 and 22. Contains an issue of The Herald (Kingwood, WV) dated 1875-10-30; an issue of the Weekly Post (Morgantown, WV) dated 1875-11-6; an issue of The New Dominion dated 1890-5-17; a 1984 article about Joseph Moreland written by Earl L. Core; and various news clippings from unidentified sources.","Artifacts; ca. 1830s; box 19. Hair clippings of two Moreland ancestors, with identifications written by James R. Moreland.","Oversize; 1898-1901; box 20. Documents related to James R. Moreland's service with the West Virginia University Cadet Corp as well as his presence at the inauguration of President William McKinley","Photographs; ca. 1850-1980; boxes 21-24. Includes ambrotypes, tintypes, CDVs, card mounted prints, black and white prints, newspaper print blocks, and negatives. Subjects include individual and group portraits of Moreland family members and photographs relating to the professional activities of William A. Moreland, James R. Moreland, Joseph Moreland, and others. The majority of photographs are identified. Items of interest within this series include a hand-painted tintype, a group photograph of West Virginia University cadet officers, including James R. Moreland (ca. 1900), four cased and one uncased ambrotypes, and an engraved steel plate. Two of the ambrotypes are identified; one is labeled \"Aunt Mary McNab\" and the other Sarah Suter.","Unsorted material; ca. 1860-1970; boxes 25-26. Unsorted material contains papers of William Moreland, James R. Moreland, and Joseph Moreland, including genealogical information concerning the Moreland family; typescripts concerning West Virginia history and other subjects; personal and professional correspondence; newspapers and news clippings; and publications.","Addendum of 2014/06/12  papers and artifacts of the Moreland family. (ca. 1824-1950; 12 ft. 11 1/2 in.)","box 27; biography of Joseph Moreland by James Moreland","box 28; wooden stocking stretchers, bed warmer, spectacles (worn by Eleanor Brown Moreland), gravy boat (1824), and 2 Tiffany (steak) knifes","box 29; 2 (handmade) blankets that feature blue and white design","box 30; baby clothes (for William A. Moreland), white garments","box 31; \"Ruth's wedding gown, veil, slip\" (for wedding between Ruth Moreland and William A. Moreland)","box 32; a few photos, marriage license, matches, photo in frame of Ethel F. Moreland (1903), photo of Moreland home (ca. 1900-1910), WWII belt buckle, 2 small books published in Morgantown (1942), and other material","box 33; 3 quilts, 1 identified with creator (\"EBM\" or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 34; 2 WWII military jackets with slacks","box 35; purple dress with sash and hat (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 36; grey dress with belt, lilac dress, black beaded shawl (?), short white lace jacket","box 37; black Victorian dress (?) (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 38; 2 crayon portraits, 2 photos, prints, WWII scrapbook page","box 39; folded flag (that had been draped over coffin of William A. Moreland)","box 40; genealogy charts of the Moreland family","box 41; folder 1; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland and World War II subjects; ca. 1940s","box 41; folder 2; Newspaper clippings about Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) wrestling and sports (from cigarette tin); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 3; Cigarette tin; undated","box 41; folder 4; West Virginia University Corps of Cadets certificates and military papers (regarding William A. Moreland); ca. 1936-1939","box 41; folder 4; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Programs; 1937","box 41; folder 4; Photographs of students (group portraits); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 5; Photograph of woman, possibly Eleanor \"Nell\" Moreland; undated","box 41; folder 5; Letter from John Laird to Alex Smith and receipts concerning real estate of John Suter, 1819","box 41; folder 5; West Virginia University Commencement program; 1940","box 41; folder 5; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Program; 1937","box 41; folder 5; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletic letter; undated, ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 5; Honeymoon Isle, Florida postcard, other materials; ca. 1940","box 41; folder 6; Photographs of William A. Moreland, World War II airplanes, other subjects, ca. 1940s","box 41; folder 6; Photograph of Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) sports team (group portrait) including William A. Moreland; ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 6; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland, including group portrait of sports team","box 41; folder 7; William A. Moreland correspondence related to military reserves service; 1939-1940","box 41; folder 7; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletics program and materials; ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 7; National Collegiate Wrestling Championships Program; 1937","box 41; folder 7; Negative of building; ca. 1930s-1940s","box 41; folder 8; Postcards (12 items; non-West Virginia subjects; includes birthplace of William Jennings Bryan); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 9; Romeo and Juliet dance card from Dixie Ball (see box 43 for dance card pencils); 1940","box 41; folder 10; \"Morgantown Centennial with Addresses and Papers, 1795-1885\" (book); 1902","box 41; folder 11; \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: With Short Biographical Sketches of its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers and Lay Leaders\" by James R. Moreland (book); 1938","box 42; folders 1-19; World War II era correspondence and letters of William A. Moreland (Includes letters written by William A. Moreland about his wartime service within the United States at Camp Perry, Ohio, Camp Harrison, Indiana, and others. Also includes Moreland's letters during his service in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Japan, mostly written to his wife Ruth. Also includes some letters written by Donald R. Roberts, Moreland's brother-in-law, from his wartime service in North Africa and Europe); 1938-1945","box 42; folder 20; German postcards from Donald R. Roberts (9 items); 1945","box 43; oversized; folder 1; The New Dominion Post, Illustrated Edition newspaper; undated","box 43; oversized; folder 2; Wizard of Oz movie premiere program from Grauman's Chinese Theater; 1939","box 43; oversized; folder 3; Pictorial History of XIV Corps during World War II; undated","box 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifact, West Virginia Football ribbon; undated","box 43, oversized, unfoldered; Artifact, Mercersburg Academy patch; undated, ca. 1930s","box 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifacts, Military buttons and insignia, dance card pencils (see box 41, folder 9 for dance card); undated, ca. 1930s-1940s","unboxed; large wooden clothes pin","unboxed; trunk with belts and WWII wooden desk signs inside","Addendum of 2016/07/27; ca. 1890-2008; boxes 44-45","box 44; unfoldered; political campaign materials and other material regarding William A. Moreland, including stickers, matchbooks, clippings, photographs, and artifacts including a WWII dog tag and lapel insignia; 1934-2008, undated","box 45; oversized; unfoldered; drawings of properties, some with oil and gas holdings marked, and housing developments in Monongalia County, as well as rubbings of headstones and notes regarding cemeteries; ca. 1890-1980 Addendum of 2017/05/22; 1933-1970; box 46 \nContains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970.\n Addendum of 2017/10/06; 1899-1947; box 47 \nbox 47; unfoldered; scrapbook kept by James Moreland titled \"My Immediate Family\"; 1899-1947\n \nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown\"; 1902\n \nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Karux\", yearbook of the Mercerburg Academy; 1934\n \nbox 47; folder 1; Photographs previously attached to yearbook; ca. 1934\n \nbox 47; folder 2; Issue of \"The Mercersburg News\"; 1934"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBooks:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nCallahan, James Morton. History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia. Morgantown, W. Va. [Morgantown Printing and Binding Co.], 1926.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nLambert, Oscar Doane. West Virginia, Its People and Its Progress, Volume 2, Biographical. Charleston, West Virginia: Historical Record Association, [1958].\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nCallahan, James Morton, History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMorgantown (W. Va.), Committee of Arrangement. The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown, 1785-100-1885: With Addresses and Papers. Morgantown, West Virginia: Committee of Arrangements, 1902.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nWest Virginia University, Public History Option. Morgantown: A Bicentennial History. Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society, 1985.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nPeriodical:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nWest Virginia Review Magazine, October, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nFrom addendum 2011/06/20:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBulletin No. 3 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. 1921.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBulletin No. 7 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Parkersburg, West Virginia: The School Printing Company, 1925.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nHaymond, Henry. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistorical Reference to Prickett's Fort and its Defenders with Incidents of Border Warfare in the Monongahela Valley and Ceremonies at Unveiling of Monument Marking Site of Prickett's Fort, Erected in 1774, including Brief Sketches of Major William Haymond and the ancestors of the Morgan and Prickett Families\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistory of Dunlap's Creek Academy\u003c/title\u003e. Brownsville, Pennsylvania: Press of the Clipper-Moniter, 1908.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nLatimer, Ira S., John C. Ludlum, R.C. Tucker, and James C. Welden, editors. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Geological and Economic Survey: Its Accomplishments and Outlook\u003c/title\u003e. Volume XXIII. 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMoreland, James R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works\u003c/title\u003e. ca. 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMoreland, James R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works\u003c/title\u003e. Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMoreland, James R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia with Short Biographical Sketches of Its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers, and Lay Leaders\u003c/title\u003e. Morgantown, West Virginia: First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, 1938.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMoreland, Joseph. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMorgantown, Its Practical Jokes; Its Thrice Told Tales; Legends, Ghost Stories, Exaggerations, Doings and Sayings, Marvelous and Incredible, Its Fun, Wit, Humor, \u0026amp;c\u003c/title\u003e. Morgantown, West Virginia: New Dominion Steam Printing House, 1885. [two copies]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Antiquities Commission Annual Report 1973\u003c/title\u003e. 1973.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Manual of the Legislature Session of 1915\u003c/title\u003e. Charleston, West Virginia: Tribune Printing Co., 1915.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWoman's Edition of The New Dominion\u003c/title\u003e. Morgantown, West Virginia: The New Dominion, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Books:","\nCallahan, James Morton. History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia. Morgantown, W. Va. [Morgantown Printing and Binding Co.], 1926.","\nLambert, Oscar Doane. West Virginia, Its People and Its Progress, Volume 2, Biographical. Charleston, West Virginia: Historical Record Association, [1958].","\nCallahan, James Morton, History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia","\nMorgantown (W. Va.), Committee of Arrangement. The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown, 1785-100-1885: With Addresses and Papers. Morgantown, West Virginia: Committee of Arrangements, 1902.","\nWest Virginia University, Public History Option. Morgantown: A Bicentennial History. Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society, 1985.","\nPeriodical:","\nWest Virginia Review Magazine, October, 1936.","\nFrom addendum 2011/06/20:","Bulletin No. 3 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia . 1921.","Bulletin No. 7 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia . Parkersburg, West Virginia: The School Printing Company, 1925.","\nHaymond, Henry.  Historical Reference to Prickett's Fort and its Defenders with Incidents of Border Warfare in the Monongahela Valley and Ceremonies at Unveiling of Monument Marking Site of Prickett's Fort, Erected in 1774, including Brief Sketches of Major William Haymond and the ancestors of the Morgan and Prickett Families .","History of Dunlap's Creek Academy . Brownsville, Pennsylvania: Press of the Clipper-Moniter, 1908.","\nLatimer, Ira S., John C. Ludlum, R.C. Tucker, and James C. Welden, editors.  West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey: Its Accomplishments and Outlook . Volume XXIII. 1963.","\nMoreland, James R.  The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works . ca. 1940.","\nMoreland, James R.  The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works . Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society.","\nMoreland, James R.  The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia with Short Biographical Sketches of Its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers, and Lay Leaders . Morgantown, West Virginia: First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, 1938.","\nMoreland, Joseph.  Morgantown, Its Practical Jokes; Its Thrice Told Tales; Legends, Ghost Stories, Exaggerations, Doings and Sayings, Marvelous and Incredible, Its Fun, Wit, Humor, \u0026c . Morgantown, West Virginia: New Dominion Steam Printing House, 1885. [two copies]","West Virginia Antiquities Commission Annual Report 1973 . 1973.","West Virginia Manual of the Legislature Session of 1915 . Charleston, West Virginia: Tribune Printing Co., 1915.","Woman's Edition of The New Dominion . Morgantown, West Virginia: The New Dominion, 1896."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Addendum of 2010/10/29 includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs. Addenda of 2011/03/21 and 2011/06/20 include papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. Addendum of 2014/06/12 includes some papers and many artifacts. Addendum of 2016/07/27 includes drawings of properties in Monongalia County and political campaign and other material. See \"Scope and Content Note\" for details.  Addendum of 2017/05/22 contains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970.  There are additional addenda.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. 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Va.)","Churches  -- Morgantown First Presbyterian","Coal mining.","Democratic National Convention of 1924.","Elections","Family histories.","Genealogy","Labor","Literature -- Societies, etc","Morgantown - Newspapers.","Morgantown - schools.","Frontier and pioneer life","Political campaigns","Politics - Western Virginia.","Politics and government.","Scrapbooks","Universities and colleges","World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945","Special access restriction applies.","William A. Moreland was born in 1916 to James R. and Ethel (Finnicum) Moreland of Morgantown, West Virginia. Moreland served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later became a lawyer. He served as a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates from Monongalia County from 1951 until 1958. He then served as the West Virginia State Senator from the 14th District from 1959 until 1982.","Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Also includes material documenting his WWII service, including transporting troops by train on the home front, and service in Japan and the Philippines. The collection includes photographs and certificates from various organizations received during his career.","Addendum of 2010/10/29  includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs (including photos of his father, James Moreland). (ca. 1900-1965; 7 1/2 in.)","Addendum of 2011/03/21  includes papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Genealogy (1898-1948, undated), News Clippings (1898-1945, undated), Photographs (ca. 1860-1942, undated), Historical Narratives (1939, 1942), James R. Moreland Papers (1899-1945, undated), Joseph Moreland Papers (1898-1913, undated), Scrapbook (1897-1950), Miscellaneous (1868, undated), and Photo Album (ca. 1855-1875). (ca. 1855-1950; 1 ft. 7 in.)","The photo album (3 in. x 4 in. x 5 in.) contains 40 cartes de visite (CDVs) and 1 tintype.","Locations of photographers identified on the cards in the album include:  \nBaltimore, MD \nBrownsville, PA \nFrederick, MD \nIndiana, PA \nMorgantown, WV \nWheeling, WV","Some portraits in the album are identified. Names include:  \nDavis Bowens \nJane Bowens \nElisha M. Hagans \nAnnie Hagans \nReverend Martin (in Brownsville?)  \nMrs. Martin (in Brownsville?)  \nJohn Bowie \nEliza Bowie \nJames A. Brown (in Baltimore?)  \nJohn A. Dille (in Morgantown?)  \nRachel Boyce","Addendum of 2011/06/20  includes papers of William A. Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Historical Information; West Virginia University; 1924 Democratic National Convention; Ethel Finnicum Moreland; Morgantown African-American History; Brown Family Papers; Publications; Newspapers and News Clippings; Artifacts, Oversize; and Photographs. There is also unsorted material. (1824-1984; 4 ft. 9 in.)","Historical Information; 1877-1902; box 19. Contains short biographical sketches of Joseph Moreland and James R. Moreland, as well as a scrapbook and two legal documents related to the history of the Moreland family.","West Virginia University; 1869-1900; box 19. Includes records related to Joseph Moreland's term as a regent of the University (1882-1894), James R. Moreland's service with the University Cadet Corps (1896-1900), WVU's 28th annual commencement (1895-06-12), and other material.","1924 Democratic National Convention; 1924; box 19. Includes ephemera, such as an I.D. card, membership cards, a pass to Coney Island, etc. relating to Ethel Finnicum Moreland's travel to New York City as the West Virginia delegate to the Democratic National Convention.","Ethel Finnicum Moreland; 1901, 1920-1924; box 19. Papers of Ethel Finnicum Moreland, wife of James R. Moreland, including school records and material related to her political activities.","Morgantown African-American History; 1934-3-28; box 19. Includes a newspaper article concerning the death of William Stewart, a Morgantown resident and former slave. Stewart had worked for the Moreland family for nearly two decades. This series also includes an undated photograph of Stewart.","Brown Family Papers; 1824-1891; box 19. Papers of the Brown family of northern (West) Virginia, who were ancestors and relatives of the Morelands. Series contains legal documents and correspondence, including three letters (1854-1856) written from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.","Publications; 1860-1981; box 19. Contains pamphlets, programs, handbills, and other publications, including a program for a competition between the Columbian and Monongalian Literary Societies of the Monongalia Academy (1860), a handbill by Joseph Moreland addressed \"To the Voters of Monongalia County\"; (1869), and two copies of the program for the \"Sword Presentation to Captain F.E. Chadwick\" (1899), among other items.","Newspapers and News Clippings; 1875, 1890, 1984; boxes 19 and 22. Contains an issue of The Herald (Kingwood, WV) dated 1875-10-30; an issue of the Weekly Post (Morgantown, WV) dated 1875-11-6; an issue of The New Dominion dated 1890-5-17; a 1984 article about Joseph Moreland written by Earl L. Core; and various news clippings from unidentified sources.","Artifacts; ca. 1830s; box 19. Hair clippings of two Moreland ancestors, with identifications written by James R. Moreland.","Oversize; 1898-1901; box 20. Documents related to James R. Moreland's service with the West Virginia University Cadet Corp as well as his presence at the inauguration of President William McKinley","Photographs; ca. 1850-1980; boxes 21-24. Includes ambrotypes, tintypes, CDVs, card mounted prints, black and white prints, newspaper print blocks, and negatives. Subjects include individual and group portraits of Moreland family members and photographs relating to the professional activities of William A. Moreland, James R. Moreland, Joseph Moreland, and others. The majority of photographs are identified. Items of interest within this series include a hand-painted tintype, a group photograph of West Virginia University cadet officers, including James R. Moreland (ca. 1900), four cased and one uncased ambrotypes, and an engraved steel plate. Two of the ambrotypes are identified; one is labeled \"Aunt Mary McNab\" and the other Sarah Suter.","Unsorted material; ca. 1860-1970; boxes 25-26. Unsorted material contains papers of William Moreland, James R. Moreland, and Joseph Moreland, including genealogical information concerning the Moreland family; typescripts concerning West Virginia history and other subjects; personal and professional correspondence; newspapers and news clippings; and publications.","Addendum of 2014/06/12  papers and artifacts of the Moreland family. (ca. 1824-1950; 12 ft. 11 1/2 in.)","box 27; biography of Joseph Moreland by James Moreland","box 28; wooden stocking stretchers, bed warmer, spectacles (worn by Eleanor Brown Moreland), gravy boat (1824), and 2 Tiffany (steak) knifes","box 29; 2 (handmade) blankets that feature blue and white design","box 30; baby clothes (for William A. Moreland), white garments","box 31; \"Ruth's wedding gown, veil, slip\" (for wedding between Ruth Moreland and William A. Moreland)","box 32; a few photos, marriage license, matches, photo in frame of Ethel F. Moreland (1903), photo of Moreland home (ca. 1900-1910), WWII belt buckle, 2 small books published in Morgantown (1942), and other material","box 33; 3 quilts, 1 identified with creator (\"EBM\" or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 34; 2 WWII military jackets with slacks","box 35; purple dress with sash and hat (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 36; grey dress with belt, lilac dress, black beaded shawl (?), short white lace jacket","box 37; black Victorian dress (?) (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 38; 2 crayon portraits, 2 photos, prints, WWII scrapbook page","box 39; folded flag (that had been draped over coffin of William A. Moreland)","box 40; genealogy charts of the Moreland family","box 41; folder 1; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland and World War II subjects; ca. 1940s","box 41; folder 2; Newspaper clippings about Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) wrestling and sports (from cigarette tin); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 3; Cigarette tin; undated","box 41; folder 4; West Virginia University Corps of Cadets certificates and military papers (regarding William A. Moreland); ca. 1936-1939","box 41; folder 4; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Programs; 1937","box 41; folder 4; Photographs of students (group portraits); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 5; Photograph of woman, possibly Eleanor \"Nell\" Moreland; undated","box 41; folder 5; Letter from John Laird to Alex Smith and receipts concerning real estate of John Suter, 1819","box 41; folder 5; West Virginia University Commencement program; 1940","box 41; folder 5; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Program; 1937","box 41; folder 5; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletic letter; undated, ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 5; Honeymoon Isle, Florida postcard, other materials; ca. 1940","box 41; folder 6; Photographs of William A. Moreland, World War II airplanes, other subjects, ca. 1940s","box 41; folder 6; Photograph of Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) sports team (group portrait) including William A. Moreland; ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 6; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland, including group portrait of sports team","box 41; folder 7; William A. Moreland correspondence related to military reserves service; 1939-1940","box 41; folder 7; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletics program and materials; ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 7; National Collegiate Wrestling Championships Program; 1937","box 41; folder 7; Negative of building; ca. 1930s-1940s","box 41; folder 8; Postcards (12 items; non-West Virginia subjects; includes birthplace of William Jennings Bryan); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 9; Romeo and Juliet dance card from Dixie Ball (see box 43 for dance card pencils); 1940","box 41; folder 10; \"Morgantown Centennial with Addresses and Papers, 1795-1885\" (book); 1902","box 41; folder 11; \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: With Short Biographical Sketches of its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers and Lay Leaders\" by James R. Moreland (book); 1938","box 42; folders 1-19; World War II era correspondence and letters of William A. Moreland (Includes letters written by William A. Moreland about his wartime service within the United States at Camp Perry, Ohio, Camp Harrison, Indiana, and others. Also includes Moreland's letters during his service in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Japan, mostly written to his wife Ruth. Also includes some letters written by Donald R. Roberts, Moreland's brother-in-law, from his wartime service in North Africa and Europe); 1938-1945","box 42; folder 20; German postcards from Donald R. Roberts (9 items); 1945","box 43; oversized; folder 1; The New Dominion Post, Illustrated Edition newspaper; undated","box 43; oversized; folder 2; Wizard of Oz movie premiere program from Grauman's Chinese Theater; 1939","box 43; oversized; folder 3; Pictorial History of XIV Corps during World War II; undated","box 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifact, West Virginia Football ribbon; undated","box 43, oversized, unfoldered; Artifact, Mercersburg Academy patch; undated, ca. 1930s","box 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifacts, Military buttons and insignia, dance card pencils (see box 41, folder 9 for dance card); undated, ca. 1930s-1940s","unboxed; large wooden clothes pin","unboxed; trunk with belts and WWII wooden desk signs inside","Addendum of 2016/07/27; ca. 1890-2008; boxes 44-45","box 44; unfoldered; political campaign materials and other material regarding William A. Moreland, including stickers, matchbooks, clippings, photographs, and artifacts including a WWII dog tag and lapel insignia; 1934-2008, undated","box 45; oversized; unfoldered; drawings of properties, some with oil and gas holdings marked, and housing developments in Monongalia County, as well as rubbings of headstones and notes regarding cemeteries; ca. 1890-1980 Addendum of 2017/05/22; 1933-1970; box 46 \nContains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970.\n Addendum of 2017/10/06; 1899-1947; box 47 \nbox 47; unfoldered; scrapbook kept by James Moreland titled \"My Immediate Family\"; 1899-1947\n \nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown\"; 1902\n \nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Karux\", yearbook of the Mercerburg Academy; 1934\n \nbox 47; folder 1; Photographs previously attached to yearbook; ca. 1934\n \nbox 47; folder 2; Issue of \"The Mercersburg News\"; 1934","Books:","\nCallahan, James Morton. History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia. Morgantown, W. Va. [Morgantown Printing and Binding Co.], 1926.","\nLambert, Oscar Doane. West Virginia, Its People and Its Progress, Volume 2, Biographical. Charleston, West Virginia: Historical Record Association, [1958].","\nCallahan, James Morton, History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia","\nMorgantown (W. Va.), Committee of Arrangement. The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown, 1785-100-1885: With Addresses and Papers. Morgantown, West Virginia: Committee of Arrangements, 1902.","\nWest Virginia University, Public History Option. Morgantown: A Bicentennial History. Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society, 1985.","\nPeriodical:","\nWest Virginia Review Magazine, October, 1936.","\nFrom addendum 2011/06/20:","Bulletin No. 3 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia . 1921.","Bulletin No. 7 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia . Parkersburg, West Virginia: The School Printing Company, 1925.","\nHaymond, Henry.  Historical Reference to Prickett's Fort and its Defenders with Incidents of Border Warfare in the Monongahela Valley and Ceremonies at Unveiling of Monument Marking Site of Prickett's Fort, Erected in 1774, including Brief Sketches of Major William Haymond and the ancestors of the Morgan and Prickett Families .","History of Dunlap's Creek Academy . Brownsville, Pennsylvania: Press of the Clipper-Moniter, 1908.","\nLatimer, Ira S., John C. Ludlum, R.C. Tucker, and James C. Welden, editors.  West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey: Its Accomplishments and Outlook . Volume XXIII. 1963.","\nMoreland, James R.  The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works . ca. 1940.","\nMoreland, James R.  The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works . Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society.","\nMoreland, James R.  The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia with Short Biographical Sketches of Its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers, and Lay Leaders . Morgantown, West Virginia: First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, 1938.","\nMoreland, Joseph.  Morgantown, Its Practical Jokes; Its Thrice Told Tales; Legends, Ghost Stories, Exaggerations, Doings and Sayings, Marvelous and Incredible, Its Fun, Wit, Humor, \u0026c . Morgantown, West Virginia: New Dominion Steam Printing House, 1885. [two copies]","West Virginia Antiquities Commission Annual Report 1973 . 1973.","West Virginia Manual of the Legislature Session of 1915 . Charleston, West Virginia: Tribune Printing Co., 1915.","Woman's Edition of The New Dominion . Morgantown, West Virginia: The New Dominion, 1896.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Addendum of 2010/10/29 includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs. Addenda of 2011/03/21 and 2011/06/20 include papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. Addendum of 2014/06/12 includes some papers and many artifacts. Addendum of 2016/07/27 includes drawings of properties in Monongalia County and political campaign and other material. See \"Scope and Content Note\" for details.  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Moreland was born in 1916 to James R. and Ethel (Finnicum) Moreland of Morgantown, West Virginia. Moreland served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later became a lawyer. He served as a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates from Monongalia County from 1951 until 1958. He then served as the West Virginia State Senator from the 14th District from 1959 until 1982.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["William A. Moreland was born in 1916 to James R. and Ethel (Finnicum) Moreland of Morgantown, West Virginia. Moreland served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later became a lawyer. He served as a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates from Monongalia County from 1951 until 1958. He then served as the West Virginia State Senator from the 14th District from 1959 until 1982."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material, A\u0026amp;M 2032, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material, A\u0026M 2032, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Also includes material documenting his WWII service, including transporting troops by train on the home front, and service in Japan and the Philippines. The collection includes photographs and certificates from various organizations received during his career.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2010/10/29\u003c/emph\u003e includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs (including photos of his father, James Moreland). (ca. 1900-1965; 7 1/2 in.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2011/03/21\u003c/emph\u003e includes papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Genealogy (1898-1948, undated), News Clippings (1898-1945, undated), Photographs (ca. 1860-1942, undated), Historical Narratives (1939, 1942), James R. Moreland Papers (1899-1945, undated), Joseph Moreland Papers (1898-1913, undated), Scrapbook (1897-1950), Miscellaneous (1868, undated), and Photo Album (ca. 1855-1875). (ca. 1855-1950; 1 ft. 7 in.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe photo album (3 in. x 4 in. x 5 in.) contains 40 cartes de visite (CDVs) and 1 tintype.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLocations of photographers identified on the cards in the album include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBaltimore, MD\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBrownsville, PA\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFrederick, MD\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nIndiana, PA\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMorgantown, WV\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWheeling, WV\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSome portraits in the album are identified. Names include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDavis Bowens\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJane Bowens\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nElisha M. Hagans\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAnnie Hagans\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReverend Martin (in Brownsville?) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMrs. Martin (in Brownsville?) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn Bowie\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEliza Bowie\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJames A. Brown (in Baltimore?) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn A. Dille (in Morgantown?) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRachel Boyce\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2011/06/20\u003c/emph\u003e includes papers of William A. Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Historical Information; West Virginia University; 1924 Democratic National Convention; Ethel Finnicum Moreland; Morgantown African-American History; Brown Family Papers; Publications; Newspapers and News Clippings; Artifacts, Oversize; and Photographs. There is also unsorted material. (1824-1984; 4 ft. 9 in.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHistorical Information; 1877-1902; box 19. Contains short biographical sketches of Joseph Moreland and James R. Moreland, as well as a scrapbook and two legal documents related to the history of the Moreland family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia University; 1869-1900; box 19. Includes records related to Joseph Moreland's term as a regent of the University (1882-1894), James R. Moreland's service with the University Cadet Corps (1896-1900), WVU's 28th annual commencement (1895-06-12), and other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention; 1924; box 19. Includes ephemera, such as an I.D. card, membership cards, a pass to Coney Island, etc. relating to Ethel Finnicum Moreland's travel to New York City as the West Virginia delegate to the Democratic National Convention.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEthel Finnicum Moreland; 1901, 1920-1924; box 19. Papers of Ethel Finnicum Moreland, wife of James R. Moreland, including school records and material related to her political activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMorgantown African-American History; 1934-3-28; box 19. Includes a newspaper article concerning the death of William Stewart, a Morgantown resident and former slave. Stewart had worked for the Moreland family for nearly two decades. This series also includes an undated photograph of Stewart.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrown Family Papers; 1824-1891; box 19. Papers of the Brown family of northern (West) Virginia, who were ancestors and relatives of the Morelands. Series contains legal documents and correspondence, including three letters (1854-1856) written from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePublications; 1860-1981; box 19. Contains pamphlets, programs, handbills, and other publications, including a program for a competition between the Columbian and Monongalian Literary Societies of the Monongalia Academy (1860), a handbill by Joseph Moreland addressed \"To the Voters of Monongalia County\"; (1869), and two copies of the program for the \"Sword Presentation to Captain F.E. Chadwick\" (1899), among other items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNewspapers and News Clippings; 1875, 1890, 1984; boxes 19 and 22. Contains an issue of The Herald (Kingwood, WV) dated 1875-10-30; an issue of the Weekly Post (Morgantown, WV) dated 1875-11-6; an issue of The New Dominion dated 1890-5-17; a 1984 article about Joseph Moreland written by Earl L. Core; and various news clippings from unidentified sources.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArtifacts; ca. 1830s; box 19. Hair clippings of two Moreland ancestors, with identifications written by James R. Moreland.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOversize; 1898-1901; box 20. Documents related to James R. Moreland's service with the West Virginia University Cadet Corp as well as his presence at the inauguration of President William McKinley\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs; ca. 1850-1980; boxes 21-24. Includes ambrotypes, tintypes, CDVs, card mounted prints, black and white prints, newspaper print blocks, and negatives. Subjects include individual and group portraits of Moreland family members and photographs relating to the professional activities of William A. Moreland, James R. Moreland, Joseph Moreland, and others. The majority of photographs are identified. Items of interest within this series include a hand-painted tintype, a group photograph of West Virginia University cadet officers, including James R. Moreland (ca. 1900), four cased and one uncased ambrotypes, and an engraved steel plate. Two of the ambrotypes are identified; one is labeled \"Aunt Mary McNab\" and the other Sarah Suter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eUnsorted material; ca. 1860-1970; boxes 25-26. Unsorted material contains papers of William Moreland, James R. Moreland, and Joseph Moreland, including genealogical information concerning the Moreland family; typescripts concerning West Virginia history and other subjects; personal and professional correspondence; newspapers and news clippings; and publications.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2014/06/12\u003c/emph\u003e papers and artifacts of the Moreland family. (ca. 1824-1950; 12 ft. 11 1/2 in.)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 27; biography of Joseph Moreland by James Moreland\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 28; wooden stocking stretchers, bed warmer, spectacles (worn by Eleanor Brown Moreland), gravy boat (1824), and 2 Tiffany (steak) knifes\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 29; 2 (handmade) blankets that feature blue and white design\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 30; baby clothes (for William A. Moreland), white garments\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 31; \"Ruth's wedding gown, veil, slip\" (for wedding between Ruth Moreland and William A. Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 32; a few photos, marriage license, matches, photo in frame of Ethel F. Moreland (1903), photo of Moreland home (ca. 1900-1910), WWII belt buckle, 2 small books published in Morgantown (1942), and other material\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 33; 3 quilts, 1 identified with creator (\"EBM\" or Eleanor Brown Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 34; 2 WWII military jackets with slacks\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 35; purple dress with sash and hat (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 36; grey dress with belt, lilac dress, black beaded shawl (?), short white lace jacket\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 37; black Victorian dress (?) (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 38; 2 crayon portraits, 2 photos, prints, WWII scrapbook page\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 39; folded flag (that had been draped over coffin of William A. Moreland)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 40; genealogy charts of the Moreland family\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 1; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland and World War II subjects; ca. 1940s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 2; Newspaper clippings about Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) wrestling and sports (from cigarette tin); ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 3; Cigarette tin; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 4; West Virginia University Corps of Cadets certificates and military papers (regarding William A. Moreland); ca. 1936-1939\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 4; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Programs; 1937\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 4; Photographs of students (group portraits); ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; Photograph of woman, possibly Eleanor \"Nell\" Moreland; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; Letter from John Laird to Alex Smith and receipts concerning real estate of John Suter, 1819\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; West Virginia University Commencement program; 1940\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Program; 1937\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletic letter; undated, ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 5; Honeymoon Isle, Florida postcard, other materials; ca. 1940\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 6; Photographs of William A. Moreland, World War II airplanes, other subjects, ca. 1940s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 6; Photograph of Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) sports team (group portrait) including William A. Moreland; ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 6; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland, including group portrait of sports team\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 7; William A. Moreland correspondence related to military reserves service; 1939-1940\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 7; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletics program and materials; ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 7; National Collegiate Wrestling Championships Program; 1937\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 7; Negative of building; ca. 1930s-1940s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 8; Postcards (12 items; non-West Virginia subjects; includes birthplace of William Jennings Bryan); ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 9; Romeo and Juliet dance card from Dixie Ball (see box 43 for dance card pencils); 1940\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 10; \"Morgantown Centennial with Addresses and Papers, 1795-1885\" (book); 1902\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 41; folder 11; \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: With Short Biographical Sketches of its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers and Lay Leaders\" by James R. Moreland (book); 1938\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 42; folders 1-19; World War II era correspondence and letters of William A. Moreland (Includes letters written by William A. Moreland about his wartime service within the United States at Camp Perry, Ohio, Camp Harrison, Indiana, and others. Also includes Moreland's letters during his service in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Japan, mostly written to his wife Ruth. Also includes some letters written by Donald R. Roberts, Moreland's brother-in-law, from his wartime service in North Africa and Europe); 1938-1945\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 42; folder 20; German postcards from Donald R. Roberts (9 items); 1945\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; folder 1; The New Dominion Post, Illustrated Edition newspaper; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; folder 2; Wizard of Oz movie premiere program from Grauman's Chinese Theater; 1939\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; folder 3; Pictorial History of XIV Corps during World War II; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifact, West Virginia Football ribbon; undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43, oversized, unfoldered; Artifact, Mercersburg Academy patch; undated, ca. 1930s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifacts, Military buttons and insignia, dance card pencils (see box 41, folder 9 for dance card); undated, ca. 1930s-1940s\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eunboxed; large wooden clothes pin\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eunboxed; trunk with belts and WWII wooden desk signs inside\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2016/07/27; ca. 1890-2008; boxes 44-45\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 44; unfoldered; political campaign materials and other material regarding William A. Moreland, including stickers, matchbooks, clippings, photographs, and artifacts including a WWII dog tag and lapel insignia; 1934-2008, undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebox 45; oversized; unfoldered; drawings of properties, some with oil and gas holdings marked, and housing developments in Monongalia County, as well as rubbings of headstones and notes regarding cemeteries; ca. 1890-1980\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2017/05/22; 1933-1970; box 46\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nContains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970.\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2017/10/06; 1899-1947; box 47\u003c/emph\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; unfoldered; scrapbook kept by James Moreland titled \"My Immediate Family\"; 1899-1947\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown\"; 1902\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Karux\", yearbook of the Mercerburg Academy; 1934\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; folder 1; Photographs previously attached to yearbook; ca. 1934\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nbox 47; folder 2; Issue of \"The Mercersburg News\"; 1934\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Also includes material documenting his WWII service, including transporting troops by train on the home front, and service in Japan and the Philippines. The collection includes photographs and certificates from various organizations received during his career.","Addendum of 2010/10/29  includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs (including photos of his father, James Moreland). (ca. 1900-1965; 7 1/2 in.)","Addendum of 2011/03/21  includes papers of William Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Genealogy (1898-1948, undated), News Clippings (1898-1945, undated), Photographs (ca. 1860-1942, undated), Historical Narratives (1939, 1942), James R. Moreland Papers (1899-1945, undated), Joseph Moreland Papers (1898-1913, undated), Scrapbook (1897-1950), Miscellaneous (1868, undated), and Photo Album (ca. 1855-1875). (ca. 1855-1950; 1 ft. 7 in.)","The photo album (3 in. x 4 in. x 5 in.) contains 40 cartes de visite (CDVs) and 1 tintype.","Locations of photographers identified on the cards in the album include:  \nBaltimore, MD \nBrownsville, PA \nFrederick, MD \nIndiana, PA \nMorgantown, WV \nWheeling, WV","Some portraits in the album are identified. Names include:  \nDavis Bowens \nJane Bowens \nElisha M. Hagans \nAnnie Hagans \nReverend Martin (in Brownsville?)  \nMrs. Martin (in Brownsville?)  \nJohn Bowie \nEliza Bowie \nJames A. Brown (in Baltimore?)  \nJohn A. Dille (in Morgantown?)  \nRachel Boyce","Addendum of 2011/06/20  includes papers of William A. Moreland, and papers of his father and grandfather, James R. Moreland and Joseph Moreland. There are series of Historical Information; West Virginia University; 1924 Democratic National Convention; Ethel Finnicum Moreland; Morgantown African-American History; Brown Family Papers; Publications; Newspapers and News Clippings; Artifacts, Oversize; and Photographs. There is also unsorted material. (1824-1984; 4 ft. 9 in.)","Historical Information; 1877-1902; box 19. Contains short biographical sketches of Joseph Moreland and James R. Moreland, as well as a scrapbook and two legal documents related to the history of the Moreland family.","West Virginia University; 1869-1900; box 19. Includes records related to Joseph Moreland's term as a regent of the University (1882-1894), James R. Moreland's service with the University Cadet Corps (1896-1900), WVU's 28th annual commencement (1895-06-12), and other material.","1924 Democratic National Convention; 1924; box 19. Includes ephemera, such as an I.D. card, membership cards, a pass to Coney Island, etc. relating to Ethel Finnicum Moreland's travel to New York City as the West Virginia delegate to the Democratic National Convention.","Ethel Finnicum Moreland; 1901, 1920-1924; box 19. Papers of Ethel Finnicum Moreland, wife of James R. Moreland, including school records and material related to her political activities.","Morgantown African-American History; 1934-3-28; box 19. Includes a newspaper article concerning the death of William Stewart, a Morgantown resident and former slave. Stewart had worked for the Moreland family for nearly two decades. This series also includes an undated photograph of Stewart.","Brown Family Papers; 1824-1891; box 19. Papers of the Brown family of northern (West) Virginia, who were ancestors and relatives of the Morelands. Series contains legal documents and correspondence, including three letters (1854-1856) written from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.","Publications; 1860-1981; box 19. Contains pamphlets, programs, handbills, and other publications, including a program for a competition between the Columbian and Monongalian Literary Societies of the Monongalia Academy (1860), a handbill by Joseph Moreland addressed \"To the Voters of Monongalia County\"; (1869), and two copies of the program for the \"Sword Presentation to Captain F.E. Chadwick\" (1899), among other items.","Newspapers and News Clippings; 1875, 1890, 1984; boxes 19 and 22. Contains an issue of The Herald (Kingwood, WV) dated 1875-10-30; an issue of the Weekly Post (Morgantown, WV) dated 1875-11-6; an issue of The New Dominion dated 1890-5-17; a 1984 article about Joseph Moreland written by Earl L. Core; and various news clippings from unidentified sources.","Artifacts; ca. 1830s; box 19. Hair clippings of two Moreland ancestors, with identifications written by James R. Moreland.","Oversize; 1898-1901; box 20. Documents related to James R. Moreland's service with the West Virginia University Cadet Corp as well as his presence at the inauguration of President William McKinley","Photographs; ca. 1850-1980; boxes 21-24. Includes ambrotypes, tintypes, CDVs, card mounted prints, black and white prints, newspaper print blocks, and negatives. Subjects include individual and group portraits of Moreland family members and photographs relating to the professional activities of William A. Moreland, James R. Moreland, Joseph Moreland, and others. The majority of photographs are identified. Items of interest within this series include a hand-painted tintype, a group photograph of West Virginia University cadet officers, including James R. Moreland (ca. 1900), four cased and one uncased ambrotypes, and an engraved steel plate. Two of the ambrotypes are identified; one is labeled \"Aunt Mary McNab\" and the other Sarah Suter.","Unsorted material; ca. 1860-1970; boxes 25-26. Unsorted material contains papers of William Moreland, James R. Moreland, and Joseph Moreland, including genealogical information concerning the Moreland family; typescripts concerning West Virginia history and other subjects; personal and professional correspondence; newspapers and news clippings; and publications.","Addendum of 2014/06/12  papers and artifacts of the Moreland family. (ca. 1824-1950; 12 ft. 11 1/2 in.)","box 27; biography of Joseph Moreland by James Moreland","box 28; wooden stocking stretchers, bed warmer, spectacles (worn by Eleanor Brown Moreland), gravy boat (1824), and 2 Tiffany (steak) knifes","box 29; 2 (handmade) blankets that feature blue and white design","box 30; baby clothes (for William A. Moreland), white garments","box 31; \"Ruth's wedding gown, veil, slip\" (for wedding between Ruth Moreland and William A. Moreland)","box 32; a few photos, marriage license, matches, photo in frame of Ethel F. Moreland (1903), photo of Moreland home (ca. 1900-1910), WWII belt buckle, 2 small books published in Morgantown (1942), and other material","box 33; 3 quilts, 1 identified with creator (\"EBM\" or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 34; 2 WWII military jackets with slacks","box 35; purple dress with sash and hat (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 36; grey dress with belt, lilac dress, black beaded shawl (?), short white lace jacket","box 37; black Victorian dress (?) (EBM? or Eleanor Brown Moreland)","box 38; 2 crayon portraits, 2 photos, prints, WWII scrapbook page","box 39; folded flag (that had been draped over coffin of William A. Moreland)","box 40; genealogy charts of the Moreland family","box 41; folder 1; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland and World War II subjects; ca. 1940s","box 41; folder 2; Newspaper clippings about Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) wrestling and sports (from cigarette tin); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 3; Cigarette tin; undated","box 41; folder 4; West Virginia University Corps of Cadets certificates and military papers (regarding William A. Moreland); ca. 1936-1939","box 41; folder 4; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Programs; 1937","box 41; folder 4; Photographs of students (group portraits); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 5; Photograph of woman, possibly Eleanor \"Nell\" Moreland; undated","box 41; folder 5; Letter from John Laird to Alex Smith and receipts concerning real estate of John Suter, 1819","box 41; folder 5; West Virginia University Commencement program; 1940","box 41; folder 5; National Collegiate Wrestling Championship Program; 1937","box 41; folder 5; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletic letter; undated, ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 5; Honeymoon Isle, Florida postcard, other materials; ca. 1940","box 41; folder 6; Photographs of William A. Moreland, World War II airplanes, other subjects, ca. 1940s","box 41; folder 6; Photograph of Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) sports team (group portrait) including William A. Moreland; ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 6; Photographs and negatives of William A. Moreland, including group portrait of sports team","box 41; folder 7; William A. Moreland correspondence related to military reserves service; 1939-1940","box 41; folder 7; Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania) athletics program and materials; ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 7; National Collegiate Wrestling Championships Program; 1937","box 41; folder 7; Negative of building; ca. 1930s-1940s","box 41; folder 8; Postcards (12 items; non-West Virginia subjects; includes birthplace of William Jennings Bryan); ca. 1930s","box 41; folder 9; Romeo and Juliet dance card from Dixie Ball (see box 43 for dance card pencils); 1940","box 41; folder 10; \"Morgantown Centennial with Addresses and Papers, 1795-1885\" (book); 1902","box 41; folder 11; \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: With Short Biographical Sketches of its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers and Lay Leaders\" by James R. Moreland (book); 1938","box 42; folders 1-19; World War II era correspondence and letters of William A. Moreland (Includes letters written by William A. Moreland about his wartime service within the United States at Camp Perry, Ohio, Camp Harrison, Indiana, and others. Also includes Moreland's letters during his service in the Philippines, New Guinea, and Japan, mostly written to his wife Ruth. Also includes some letters written by Donald R. Roberts, Moreland's brother-in-law, from his wartime service in North Africa and Europe); 1938-1945","box 42; folder 20; German postcards from Donald R. Roberts (9 items); 1945","box 43; oversized; folder 1; The New Dominion Post, Illustrated Edition newspaper; undated","box 43; oversized; folder 2; Wizard of Oz movie premiere program from Grauman's Chinese Theater; 1939","box 43; oversized; folder 3; Pictorial History of XIV Corps during World War II; undated","box 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifact, West Virginia Football ribbon; undated","box 43, oversized, unfoldered; Artifact, Mercersburg Academy patch; undated, ca. 1930s","box 43; oversized; unfoldered; Artifacts, Military buttons and insignia, dance card pencils (see box 41, folder 9 for dance card); undated, ca. 1930s-1940s","unboxed; large wooden clothes pin","unboxed; trunk with belts and WWII wooden desk signs inside","Addendum of 2016/07/27; ca. 1890-2008; boxes 44-45","box 44; unfoldered; political campaign materials and other material regarding William A. Moreland, including stickers, matchbooks, clippings, photographs, and artifacts including a WWII dog tag and lapel insignia; 1934-2008, undated","box 45; oversized; unfoldered; drawings of properties, some with oil and gas holdings marked, and housing developments in Monongalia County, as well as rubbings of headstones and notes regarding cemeteries; ca. 1890-1980 Addendum of 2017/05/22; 1933-1970; box 46 \nContains two scrapbooks of clippings documenting Moreland from 1933-1970.\n Addendum of 2017/10/06; 1899-1947; box 47 \nbox 47; unfoldered; scrapbook kept by James Moreland titled \"My Immediate Family\"; 1899-1947\n \nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Centennial Celebration of the Founding of Morgantown\"; 1902\n \nbox 47; unfoldered; William Moreland's copy of \"The Karux\", yearbook of the Mercerburg Academy; 1934\n \nbox 47; folder 1; Photographs previously attached to yearbook; ca. 1934\n \nbox 47; folder 2; Issue of \"The Mercersburg News\"; 1934"],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBooks:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nCallahan, James Morton. 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Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society, 1985.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nPeriodical:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nWest Virginia Review Magazine, October, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nFrom addendum 2011/06/20:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBulletin No. 3 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. 1921.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eBulletin No. 7 Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e. Parkersburg, West Virginia: The School Printing Company, 1925.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nHaymond, Henry. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistorical Reference to Prickett's Fort and its Defenders with Incidents of Border Warfare in the Monongahela Valley and Ceremonies at Unveiling of Monument Marking Site of Prickett's Fort, Erected in 1774, including Brief Sketches of Major William Haymond and the ancestors of the Morgan and Prickett Families\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHistory of Dunlap's Creek Academy\u003c/title\u003e. Brownsville, Pennsylvania: Press of the Clipper-Moniter, 1908.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nLatimer, Ira S., John C. Ludlum, R.C. Tucker, and James C. Welden, editors. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Geological and Economic Survey: Its Accomplishments and Outlook\u003c/title\u003e. Volume XXIII. 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMoreland, James R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works\u003c/title\u003e. ca. 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMoreland, James R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works\u003c/title\u003e. Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMoreland, James R. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia with Short Biographical Sketches of Its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers, and Lay Leaders\u003c/title\u003e. Morgantown, West Virginia: First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, 1938.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMoreland, Joseph. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMorgantown, Its Practical Jokes; Its Thrice Told Tales; Legends, Ghost Stories, Exaggerations, Doings and Sayings, Marvelous and Incredible, Its Fun, Wit, Humor, \u0026amp;c\u003c/title\u003e. 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Historical Reference to Prickett's Fort and its Defenders with Incidents of Border Warfare in the Monongahela Valley and Ceremonies at Unveiling of Monument Marking Site of Prickett's Fort, Erected in 1774, including Brief Sketches of Major William Haymond and the ancestors of the Morgan and Prickett Families .","History of Dunlap's Creek Academy . Brownsville, Pennsylvania: Press of the Clipper-Moniter, 1908.","\nLatimer, Ira S., John C. Ludlum, R.C. Tucker, and James C. Welden, editors.  West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey: Its Accomplishments and Outlook . Volume XXIII. 1963.","\nMoreland, James R.  The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works . ca. 1940.","\nMoreland, James R.  The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works . Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society.","\nMoreland, James R.  The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia with Short Biographical Sketches of Its Pastors, Missionaries, Ministers, and Lay Leaders . Morgantown, West Virginia: First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, 1938.","\nMoreland, Joseph.  Morgantown, Its Practical Jokes; Its Thrice Told Tales; Legends, Ghost Stories, Exaggerations, Doings and Sayings, Marvelous and Incredible, Its Fun, Wit, Humor, \u0026c . Morgantown, West Virginia: New Dominion Steam Printing House, 1885. [two copies]","West Virginia Antiquities Commission Annual Report 1973 . 1973.","West Virginia Manual of the Legislature Session of 1915 . Charleston, West Virginia: Tribune Printing Co., 1915.","Woman's Edition of The New Dominion . Morgantown, West Virginia: The New Dominion, 1896."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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The collection also includes papers of O'Brien's father, Emmett J., a member of the state's first Constitutional Convention; letters from O'Brien's brother, Lieutenant A.L. O'Brien, 1874-1887, a West Point graduate serving at forts Assinniboine, Belknap, and Spokane in the Montana Territory and Washington State; letters of Henry M. White, O'Brien's brother-in-law, and a lawyer with the Immigration Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission; a diary of a trip to Texas in 1907; and genealogical records of the Joseph Hall, William Norris, O'Brien, and Jacob Reger families. Subjects include West Virginia Wildlife League; Methodism in Upshur County; an expedition in pursuit of Sitting Bull; the Rush Holt contested election of 1934; the McAdoo-Smith contest of 1924; the Townsendites; presidential election of 1936; state politics; pioneer history of West Virginia; and the Vandalia Company.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Correspondence, business and legal papers, notebooks, speeches, historical essays, genealogical records, clippings, and printed material of a Buckhannon lawyer, state jurist, member of Congress (1927-1929), and West Virginia Secretary of State (1933-1948). The collection also includes papers of O'Brien's father, Emmett J., a member of the state's first Constitutional Convention; letters from O'Brien's brother, Lieutenant A.L. O'Brien, 1874-1887, a West Point graduate serving at forts Assinniboine, Belknap, and Spokane in the Montana Territory and Washington State; letters of Henry M. 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Subjects include West Virginia Wildlife League; Methodism in Upshur County; an expedition in pursuit of Sitting Bull; the Rush Holt contested election of 1934; the McAdoo-Smith contest of 1924; the Townsendites; presidential election of 1936; state politics; pioneer history of West Virginia; and the Vandalia Company.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Correspondence, business and legal papers, notebooks, speeches, historical essays, genealogical records, clippings, and printed material of a Buckhannon lawyer, state jurist, member of Congress (1927-1929), and West Virginia Secretary of State (1933-1948). The collection also includes papers of O'Brien's father, Emmett J., a member of the state's first Constitutional Convention; letters from O'Brien's brother, Lieutenant A.L. O'Brien, 1874-1887, a West Point graduate serving at forts Assinniboine, Belknap, and Spokane in the Montana Territory and Washington State; letters of Henry M. 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The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. 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Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.","Subjects found in collection:","Ships and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132","Transportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124","Harmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25","Land values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131","Bank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98","This series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.","Letters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026 Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.","Subjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026 Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.","Subjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.","Subjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026 Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026 Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026G. Trotter \u0026 Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.","Subjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026 Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026 Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.","Subjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026 Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.","Unsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.","Subjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026 Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.","Subjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.","A few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.","This series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.","This series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).","This series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. Dates are 1861-1864 and 1863 respectively.","This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge's General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder.","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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Woodbridge Mercantile Company","American Colonization Society","Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company","Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary","Meadville Seminary","Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)","Ohio Company.","Ohio University","United States. Congress. 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Woodbridge began the business, which included trade up and down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to Kentucky and points in between. George M. Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. 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Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.","Subjects found in collection:","Ships and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132","Transportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124","Harmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25","Land values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131","Bank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98","This series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.","Letters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026 Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.","Subjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026 Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.","Subjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.","Subjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026 Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026 Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026G. Trotter \u0026 Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.","Subjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026 Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026 Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.","Subjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026 Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.","Unsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.","Subjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026 Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.","Subjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.","A few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.","This series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.","This series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).","This series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. Dates are 1861-1864 and 1863 respectively.","This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge's General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_97a19b48b0865b933e413ce17c6b47ab\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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SEE ALSO Schools.","Fur trade","General stores","Justices of the peace","Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor","Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine.","Missionaries","Frontier and pioneer life","Politics and government.","Rivers and river valleys.","Salt industry and trade","Schools. SEE ALSO Academies","Slaves and slavery.","Transportation","Unions.","Universities and colleges","No special access restriction applies.","These are the records of the Woodbridge Mercantile Company and related businesses operated in Marietta, Ohio from the years 1743 to 1882. Woodbridge began the business, which included trade up and down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to Kentucky and points in between. George M. Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.","Subjects found in collection:","Ships and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132","Transportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124","Harmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25","Land values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131","Bank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98","This series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.","Letters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026 Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.","Subjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026 Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.","Subjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.","Subjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026 Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026 Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026G. Trotter \u0026 Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.","Subjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026 Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026 Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.","Subjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026 Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.","Unsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.","Subjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026 Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.","Subjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.","A few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.","This series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.","This series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).","This series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. Dates are 1861-1864 and 1863 respectively.","This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge's General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder.","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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Woodbridge Mercantile Company","American Colonization Society","Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company","Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary","Meadville Seminary","Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)","Ohio Company.","Ohio University","United States. Congress. 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Woodbridge began the business, which included trade up and down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to Kentucky and points in between. George M. Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubjects found in collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShips and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLand values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026amp; Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026amp; Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026amp; Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026amp; Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026amp;G. Trotter \u0026amp; Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026amp; Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026amp; Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026amp; Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026amp; Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. 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This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["These are the records of the Woodbridge Mercantile Company and related businesses operated in Marietta, Ohio from the years 1743 to 1882. Woodbridge began the business, which included trade up and down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to Kentucky and points in between. George M. Woodbridge's business dealt in real estate, and so indicates the growth of the area west of Marietta. The growth of river trade and the types of goods traded are described extensively in the collection. Other topics include aspects of life in the early nineteenth century Ohio River Valley, real estate, and other business concerns. Prominent names in the collection include D. Woodbridge, George M. Woodbridge, and Harmon Blennerhasset.","Subjects found in collection:","Ships and shipbuilding – Volumes 1, 6, 8, 14, 31, 37, 53, 132","Transportation of goods, overland and by river (Ohio and Muskingum) – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 123, 124","Harmon Blennerhasset and Blennerhasset Island – Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25","Land values and transaction of land – Volumes 56, 79, 81, 89, 131","Bank of Marietta – Volumes 2, 6, 9, 98","This series includes volumes 1-10, which are letter books dating from 1801 to 1836. These books contain copies of correspondence mostly regarding business matters of Woodbridge Mercantile Company. Subjects discussed include goods traded, ship building, river traffic and overland transportation of goods, impact of the War of 1812, Blennerhasset Island, purchases of stock in local banks, and land sales.","Letters signed D. Woodbridge, Jr. and D. Woodbridge and Co. Includes 52 letters to Harman Blennerhassett re. company business, goods ordered, and ship building, launching, and voyages. Cargo mentioned includes skins, hemp, ginseng, and pork taken in trade and purchased for sale in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Also, letters to James Converse, Joseph F. Munro, Mrs. Mary Jourdan (Philadelphia agent for Woodbridge \u0026 Co.), James Backus, William Woodbridge, Joseph Clarke, Jacob Burnet, John Daman, Andrew and John Oliphant, R. Caldwell, and Capt. William Latimer. Subjects include purchasing and selling various goods, shipbuilding, ropewalk business in Marietta, river traffic, instructions to agents, and Sciota Salt Works.","Subjects include dissolution of D. Woodbridge \u0026 Co. partnership, purchase and sale of goods, transportation by wagon and riverboats, salt received on commission from Donnally and Steele (Kanawha Salt Works), transactions on Ohio Company lands, ropewalk in Marietta, purchase of shares in Pittsburgh manufaturing company, settlement of Col. George Morgan estate, transactions involving sugar and cotton in New Orleans and Kentucky, riverboat accidents and loss of cargo, effects of war on emigration to Ohio, the shortage of labor, Ohio banks, purchase of stock in a Canal company, and barge building in Marietta. Correspondents include: Moses Dillon, Jeffry Price, Sen. John Lambert, John Tilford, James Mountain, Harmon Blennerhassett, George Morgan, Philip Doddridge, Capt. Daniel Greene, Jonathan Buitteau, Benjamin Morgan, and Thomas Butler. Locations include: Philadelphia, Nashville, Cincinnati, Charleston, Lexington, Zanesville, and New Orleans.","Subjects include fur trade with London and French merchants, purcahse and sale of ginseng and other products, and re. conduct of storage and commission business. Names include: Thomas Morgan, Samuel Murdock, Thomas L. Pierce, Sevil Scovil and Co., John Barr, and L. Barber. Places named include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Lexington, New York, St. Louis, and London.","Subjects include currency exchange, shipping conditions, marketing information, rental of Blennerhassett Island, and mercantile business. Names and firms: Moses Dillon, James W. Biddle \u0026 Co., Steele, Donnally \u0026 Steele, Thomas Baker, S.\u0026G. Trotter \u0026 Co., and Gelman and Ammidon. Places named include: Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky.","Subjects include routine business letters, the Lucy Backus Woodbridge estate, family correspondence, resignation of William Woodbridge from Congress, rental of Blennerhassett Island. Business firms mentioned: Benjamin J. Gilman, W. Wilson \u0026 Co., Robert Fulton, R. J. Meigs, Clarissa Backus, J. W. Biddle \u0026 Co., and John Sproule. Places of business include: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Frankfort, Lexington, Washington D.C., Zanesville, Chillicothe, Detroit, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg.","Subjects include purchase of bank stock, estate of Lucy Backus Woodbridge, currency exchange, steamboat building, and family and business affairs. Correspondents include: Jesse B. Thomas, Benjamin Reeder, E. Buckingham Jr. \u0026 Co., Elihu Chauncey, Henry Strong, Daniel Converse, Joseph Willard, Sam A. Wescott, and Henry Northrup. Places addressed: Washington D.C., Norwich, Lexington, Philadelphia, Pitssburgh, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Frankfort, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Zanesville, and Cincinnati.","Unsigned letters, mainly from Pt. Harman, ordering goods for the D. Woodbridge Store. Also some letters concerning tobacco, ginseng, dried fruit, skins, beeswax, rags, feathers, and other products shipped to eastern markets for sale.","Subjects: principally rountine business correspondence, but also includes letters to Wheeling seeking wool. Names of steamboats and captains are mentioned in various letters. Names of persons and companies addressed: J.J. Jackson, Luther Edgerton, Jones, Tyson \u0026 Co., W. Palmer, and D.T. Chambers. Letters addressed to: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Sistersville, Wheeling, Louisville, Pt. Harman, Salem Ripley, and McConnelsville.","Subjects: family affairs, religion, William Woodbridge's office as U.S. Judge in Michigan, Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Co., stock in Bank of the U.S. and other banks, the Morganza Tract in Pennsylvania, churches, missionary societies,Collegiate Institute, property in Marietta, and business opportunities. Correspondents include: Lewis Cass, Thomas McKennan, Waterman Palmer, Thomas Morgan, Rev. R.H. Bishop, William Holyoke, Rev. Artemus Ballard, Joseph Gales, and Rev. James Laurie.","A few letters dated at Pittsburgh to merchants and business houses in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. Also includes a cash book spanning Jan. 1834 to Oct. 1836.","This series includes volumes 11-89. These are all daybooks (blotters) from 1788-1862. Subjects included concern river boats, Harmon Blennerhasset, transactions with various firms, goods traded, land warrants, and land sales.","This series contains record books other than daybooks, including volumes 90-128, 137, 138, and 141-145. Volumes 90-128 are records of the Woodbridge Company; volumes 137-138 are the records of the Greene Company; and volumes 142-145 are the records of the F.B. Loomis Company. Many of these contain the same sort of information as the day books, in a similar format. Years covered are 1743-1854. Types of books include invoice books, ledgers, cash books, inventory, warehouse books, memorandum books, sale books, receipt books, account books, and alphabetical indexes (volume 141).","This series contains only volumes 139-140. These are pension claim books of George M. Woodbridge during the Civil War. Dates are 1861-1864 and 1863 respectively.","This series consists of volumes 129-136, which are miscellaneous collections of George M. Woodbridge. Dates run from 1779 to 1882, but most items concern the later time period. Items included are blank notes from G.M. Woodbridge's General Agency and Land Office; Justice of the Peace Accounts, listing notes, cash payments, unsettled notes, etc.; Woodbridge Autobiographical memo, including a sampling of materials found elsewhere in the collection; a prescription book; a newspaper scrapbook compiled in the 1870s; another scrapbook, containing mostly religious material; a U.S. Internal Revenue List of the Several Collection Districts (1870); and an old manuscript book containing copies of anecdotes, stories, diary excerpts, and poems written by George M. Woodbridge. This last includes such titles as \"Marietta in 1804 or 1805,\" \"The Blennerhassets,\" \"Ships and Steamboats,\" and \"Steamboats Built at Marietta.\" There are 34 such writings in the manuscript book."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Letter and account books, clipping scrapbooks, and miscellaneous family papers of a pioneer, Ohio Valley, general merchandise firm founded by Dudley Woodbridge, Sr., at Marietta, Ohio, and operating under various names for a period of more than sixty years. The collection also includes the account books of Daniel, Richard, and John Greene, 1808-1844; account books of F.B. Loomis, 1842-1844; a medicinal formulary book; the estate records of John Brody; records of a pension and bounty land claims agency operated by George M. Woodbridge, 1861-1864; and justice of the peace accounts, 1832-1863. Subjects include the development of river markets, transportation, and the livestock industry in the early Ohio Valley; fur trade and commerce with England and Europe; the Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Kanawha and Sciota salt works; Ohio Company lands; Woodbridge-Harman Blennerhassett partnership; ginseng trade; Wheeling Cotton Manufacturing Company; ropewalk and shipbuilding in Marietta; military land warrants; estate of George Morgan; career of William Woodbridge, United States senator and governor of Michigan; pioneer education; Meadville Seminary; Ohio University; Miami University; Marietta Collegiate Institute; Belpre, Ohio; American Catholic missions; early history of Marietta; the American Colonization Society; Washington County Colonization Society; churches; Washington County Tract Society; recruiting in Marietta during the Civil War; impact of the War of 1812 on westward migration and labor; and Woodbridge family affairs. Letters are addressed to merchants in London, France, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Charleston (West Virginia), Lexington and Louisville (Kentucky), Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Washington, Detroit, and Baltimore. Correspondents include Lewis Cass, Philip Doddridge, and Benjamin Reeder."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_97a19b48b0865b933e413ce17c6b47ab\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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