Max Mathers Collection 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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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], Max Mathers Collection Papers, A&M 2386, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
6.6 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 6 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)
Creator:
Mathers, Max
Abstract:
Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Max Mathers Collection Papers, A&M 2386, 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:
Account books
Broadsides.
Civil defense -- West Virginia
Civil War - soldier's letters.
Diaries and journals.
Greeting cards
Korean Conflict.
Korean War, 1950-1953
Monongalia County - 175th anniversary celebration.
Morgantown (W. Va.) -- Photographs
Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Morgantown
Photographs.
Scrapbooks
Taxation
United States Army - 2nd Infantry Division - WW II and Korea.
West Virginia University - Armory.
West Virginia University - buildings.
West Virginia University - Student organizations.
West Virginia University -- Students
West Virginia University -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
Women authors -- Diaries
Women's letters and papers.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Monongalia County (W. Va.)
World War, 1939-1945
Names:
Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter (Morgantown, W. Va.)
Monongalia Historical Society (Morgantown, W. Va.)
Morgantown Youth Center
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Sons of the American Revolution - West Virginia Society.
United States. Bureau of Selective Service
United States Selective Service System - WV.
Republican Party (W. Va.)
DeGant family - Genealogy
Mathers family - Genealogy
Mathers family - Photographs
Mather family
Morgan family - Genealogy
Morgan family
Barrick, George Milton, Jr.
Barrick, Margaret Mathers.
Barrick, Milton Jr.
Barrick, William Mathers.
Mathers, Anna DeGant.
Mathers, E.L.
Mathers, Eugene L.
Mathers, Max
McGeorge, Henry D.
McGeorge, Nimrod H.
Morgan, Elijah.
Morgan, Elizabeth.
Morgan, Henry M.
Morgan, John R.
Morgan, Zackquill.
Places:
Monongalia County (W. Va.)
Morgantown (W. Va.)
Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History
Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Mount de Chantal Academy