Greenland Thompson Federer, Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Other Material

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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
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

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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.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Greenland Thompson Federer, Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Other Material, A&M 3651, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)
Creator:
Federer Family
Abstract:
Papers of Greenland Thompson Federer and family. Box 1 includes 1) General (3 letters to G.T. Federer, including letter from sister with words to "Battalion Hymn" dating from 1917 during World War I [WWI]; and pamphlet regarding history of Consolidation Coal Company in northern West Virginia, undated); 2) Artifact (cap with "Federer's Market" label, undated); and 3) Photographs (6 items, including WWI material). There are also two scrapbooks, including clippings regarding infant care from 1921-1922, and music appreciation from 1930. Box 2 includes oversize certificate from the Fairmont Normal School (1915) and photo portrait of Morgantown Masonic Lodge members (ca. 1920-1930). There is also an addendum of G.T. Federer papers. For details see scope and content note.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Greenland Thompson Federer, Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Other Material, A&M 3651, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Greenland Thompson Federer and family.

Box 1 includes:

1) General (3 letters to G.T. Federer, including letter from sister with words to "Battalion Hymn" dating from 1917 during World War I [WWI]; and pamphlet regarding history of Consolidation Coal Company in northern West Virginia, undated);

2) Artifact (cap with "Federer's Market" label, undated)

3) Photographs (6 items, including WWI Morgantown draftees group portrait; WWI portrait of G.T. Federer; railroad steam engine at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910-1920; and sternwheeler "Sam Barnum", ca. 1910-1920.

There are also two scrapbooks (loose in the box) created by Thora Federer, including an extensive collection of clippings and notes regarding infant care from 1921-1922, and clippings regarding music appreciation from 1930.

Box 2 includes two oversize items:

1) framed certificate of proficiency awarded to G.T. Federer by the Fairmont Normal School in 1915; and

2) photographic portrait of Morgantown Masonic Lodge members, ca. 1920-1930.

Addendum of 2011/01/18 includes G.T. Federer legislative records (ca. 1924-1926), group portrait photographs (ca. 1920-1930), and other material. (ca. 1920-1930; 5 in.)

West Virginia legislative records in this addendum include campaign cards; legislative manual; extensive set of handbills, pamphlets, and letters for lobbying a child labor amendment; correspondence, including letter by lawyer Frank Weaver lobbying coal interests in Monongalia County (folder 6); and sampling of Senate bills and the Senate Journal.

Group portrait photos, some including students, are shot by Grafton, West Virginia photographers, most with only Clara Beatrice Federer identified; there is one photo of the interior of a shoe store.

Other material includes one issue of "The West Virginia Woman Voter" (which includes an article on the child labor amendment), Volume 2, No. 10 (February 1925; folder 2); and two issues of "The Morgantown Post" (28 and 29 May 1924; in a flat storage box).

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:
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