Catherine C. Burke, Collector, Business Letterheads, Postcards, and Other Material regarding Clarksburg, WV

Access and use

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
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Catherine C. Burke, Collector, Business Letterheads, Postcards, And Other Material Regarding Clarksburg, W. Va., A&M 3572, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.08 Linear Feet 1 in. (3 folders)
Creator:
Burke, Catherine Custer
Abstract:
Collection of material related to Clarksburg and Bridgeport, West Virginia. Includes 1) public records, including court appointments, summons, and a case (12 items, 1804-1852); 2) advertising card for Mme. Ulman's Parlors (1 item, ca. 1910-1920); 3) letterheads for businesses and services, including agricultural supplies, automobile repair shops, banks, restaurants, etc. (89 items, ca. 1900-1930); 4) postcards (39 regular postcards, 8 small ones, ca. 1910-1930); and 5) copy of newspaper titled "Harrison County Whig, And Western Virginia Advertiser" (1 item; 8-3-1843). For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this collection's four digit call number (otherwise known as an a&m number).
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Catherine C. Burke, Collector, Business Letterheads, Postcards, And Other Material Regarding Clarksburg, W. Va., A&M 3572, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of material related to Clarksburg and Bridgeport, West Virginia, including:

1) Public records, including court appointments, summons, and a case (12 items, 1804-1852).

Public records includes several manuscripts regarding the Thomas Jonathan Jackson ("Stonewall") family of Harrison County, including government appointments, court papers, and letters (1802-1834). There is also a request for a writ from Waitman Willey of Morgantown to the Clerk of Supreme Court of Law in Harrison County referencing Nathan Goff, a prominent businessman and banker in Harrison County (undated).

2) Advertising card for Mme. Ulman's Parlors (1 item, ca. 1910-1920).

3) Letterheads for businesses and services, including agricultural supplies, amusements (billiards, motion pictures, theaters, vaudeville), automobile repair shops, banks, beauty parlors, clothes, contractors, food manufacturing (candy, macaroni, and flour mill), greenhouse, grocers, hardware, home furnishings, jewelers, laundry, pharmacies, photography studios, and restaurants (89 items, ca. 1900-1930).

4) Postcards of Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad depot, banks, bird's eye views, buildings, churches, hospitals, industry, (chemical, glass, pottery, tin), schools, and streets (39 regular postcards, 8 small ones, ca. 1910-1930).

5) Newspaper entitled "Harrison County Whig, And Western Virginia Advertiser" (1 item; 8-3-1843).

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