Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Special access restriction applies.

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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers, A&M 3192, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
4.5 Linear Feet Summary: 4 ft. 6 in. (12 index card boxes, 4 1/2 in. each) [the boxes contain a total of 68 reels of microfilm]
Creator:
Perry, T. Tayloe
Abstract:
This microfilm version of the Thornton Tayloe Perry Collection held by the Virginia Historical Society contains historical material collected by Perry over a 30 year period. It concentrates upon western Virginia and West Virginia with particular emphasis upon the lower Shenandoah Valley and Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties of West Virginia. The microfilm was placed in the West Virginia Collection by the Virginia Historical Society under provisions of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers, A&M 3192, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
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/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Civil War -- War diaries
Civil War -- letters
Civil War - Virginia 17th Infantry.
Civil War battles - Kernstown.
Civil War battles - Piedmont.
Diaries - Civil War.
Names:
Rumseyan Society
Blackford family
Conklyn family
Cushwa family
Faulkner family
Hamilton family - Genealogy
Lupton family
Marmion family
Roller family
Shepard family - Genealogy
Shirley family
Wilson family
Wysong family
Alexander, Herbert Lee.
Bakewell, Theron Hervey.
Brooke, Robert.
Brown, John.
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
Campbell, Alexandar.
Carter, Watson.
Coalman, Daniel.
Cookus, Joseph Lambright.
Dewees, Daniel S.
Frame, Ann.
Goddard, Charles A.
Gordon, Sarah Morgan (Groff)
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926
Holsinger, Geo. B. (George Blackburn), 1857-1908
Hopping, Joseph H.
Hughes, Thomas
Lock, William S.
Lynch, Emma B.
Marshall, Vause Webb.
McCalla, John Moore, 1793-1873
McCown, Andrew R.
Moler, Nellie May (Hendricks)
Murray, J. Ogden (John Ogden), 1840-1921
Nadenbousch, John Quincy Adams, 1824-1892
Osburn, Franklin.
Perry, T. Tayloe
Powers, Alice B.
Ramer, George W.
Renner, I. N.
Smithson, Rumsey
Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888
Travers, William H.
Whaley, Kellian Van Rensalear, 1821-1876
Winslow, Benjamin.
Wood, Leonora.
Places:
Barbour County (W. Va.)
Brooke County (W. Va.)
Cabell County (W. Va.)
Calhoun County (W. Va.)
Fayette County (Pa.)
Greenbrier County (W. Va.)
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
Hardy County (W. Va.)
Harrison County (W. Va.)
Jefferson County.
Kanawha County (W. Va.)
Lincoln County (W. Va.)
Logan County.
Marshall County.
Mason County.
Monongalia County (W. Va.)
Monroe County (W. Va.)
Morgan County (W. Va.)
Ohio County (W. Va.)
Preston County (W. Va.)
Randolph County (W. Va.)
Roane County (W. Va.)
Upshur County (W. Va.)
Virginia
Volcano (W. Va.)
Wetzel County (W. Va.)
Wirt County (W. Va.)
Wood County (W. Va.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865