Jim Costa, Collector, Glass Plate Negatives of Hinton

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:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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], Jim Costa, Collector, Glass Plate Negatives of Hinton, A&M 3784, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.7 Linear Feet 7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)
Abstract:
Glass plate negatives (forty-three items) documenting subjects in the area of Hinton, Avis, and Bellepoint, West Virginia. Includes pictures of the Hinton family (patriarch and matriarch were Silas Hinton and Mary Jane Charlton) and their associates. Other subjects include the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, children in a carriage, a mill, and members of a baseball team, among others. Thirty-nine of these have been digitized; the rest were either poor quality or blank.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jim Costa, Collector, Glass Plate Negatives of Hinton, A&M 3784, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Acquisition information:
Gift from Costa, Jim, 2011/06/03
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

Places:
Summers County (W. Va.)