Mrs. Louise Morris, 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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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mrs. Louise Morris, Collector, Papers, A&M 1808, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.81 Linear Feet Summary: 9 3/4 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Creator:
Morris, Mrs. Louise.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mrs. Louise Morris, Collector, Papers, A&M 1808, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Materials Collected by Mrs. Louise Morris, genealogist and authority on local history. The collection includes a notebook kept by J. H. Wherry, a student at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1859; a genealogy of the DeVaul, Haun, [F]ast families of Marion and Monongalia counties, 1817-1957; an essay on "Immigration" by George Whitham, 1896, favoring immigration restriction because of the increased number coming from " the Latin races of southeastern Europe;" land surveys from dead books, 1827-1933, mostly in Monongalia County: and a scrapbook of pictures, early 20th century, including WVU buildings (Martin Hall, the old library, The Drill Field area), Raven Rocks at Uffington, the Cheat River and Cooper's Rocks, Cascades on Deckers Creek, Oak Park near Masontown, White Rocks in Marion County in 1912, and numerous unidentified people.

Microfilm includes (1) "An Old Timer Remembers, Early Days of Green County, Pa., [1850-1925];" (2) "People Living in the Neighborhood of the Fairview Church, Clinton District of Monongalia Co., W. Va., from June 1845 to 1900," including Halls, Baileys, Austins, Millers, Shuttlesworths, Lanhams, Joliffe's and related families; (3) "The History of Halleck Community, Monongalia County, W. Va., [1830-1917]," by Elijah MoRae; notes on the genealogy of the Morris, Baker, Le V[e]lle, Bunner, Keister-Jenkins, Chadwick, Lewellen families; and (5) "Roster of the 1st W. Va. Vol. Infantry, Spanish-American War, 1898," (including also certain W. Va. Civil War companies: 1st W. Va. Calvary, Company A; 3rd W. Va. Cavalry, Companies C and D; 6th W. Va., Calvary, Company A; 7th W. Va., Infantry, Company E; 14th W. Va. Infantry, Companies C and [I]; 17th W. Va. Infantry, Company E; 1st W. Va. Lt. Arty., Battery F; Monongalians serving in other organizations and Monongalians serving the Confederacy)

There is history and genealogy of Helmick, Ryan, and McNemar families.

Xerox copy of a newspaper clipping scrapbook for the period 1910-1940 includes articles on P.J Crogan, P.G. Cutlip, S. O. Davis, Solomon Day, the Hacker family, Hacker's Valley, Joseph H. Huldeman, newspaper columns by L.V. Keck; Simon Kenton, Kern's Fort (Revolutionary War), Old Preston County Courthouse, Rawley Lucas, Mrs. Caroline B. Rinehart, Robinson's Run, old water mills, and William M. and Mary Jane Wilson.

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:
Churches -- Fairview Church
Church buildings
Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort.
Genealogy
Immigration.
Mills and mill-work
Preston County Courthouse.
Revolutionary War.
Spanish-American War, 1898
Surveyors and surveying.
Jefferson College, Pa.
West Virginia University - buildings - Martin Hall.
West Virginia University - buildings - Main Library.
West Virginia University - Drill Field
Raven Rocks
Deckers Creek
Halleck Community
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Infantry.
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Infantry. Company A
Civil War - West Virginia 3rd Cavalry
Civil War - West Virginia 6th Cavalry, Company A.
Civil War - West Virginia 7th Volunteer Infantry.
Civil War - West Virginia 14th Infantry.
Civil War - West Virginia 17th Infantry.
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Light Artillery.
Confederate soldiers - Monongalia County
Names:
West Virginia University
Austin family
Bailey family
Baker family
Bunner family
Chadwick family
Hacker family
Hall family
Keister-Jenkins family.
Lanham family
LeVelle family
McNemar family
Miller family
Morris family
Ryan family
Shuttleworth family
DeVaul family
Hahn family
Fast/Fass/Faust family.
Jolliffe family
Morris family
Lewellen family
Helmick family
Crogan, Patrick J., 1856-1949
Day, Solomon.
Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836
Morris, Mrs. Louise.
Wherry, J.H.
Whitham, George.
MoRae, Elijah
Cutlip, P. G.
David, S. O.
Huldeman, Joseph H.
Keck, L.V.
Lucas, Rawley
Rinehart, Caroline B.
Wilson, William M.
Wilson, Mary Jane
Places:
Greene County (Pa.)
Hacker Valley.
Kern's Fort.
Marion County (W. Va.)
Monongalia County (W. Va.)
Robinson's Run.
Uffington.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.)
Coopers Rock State Forest (W. Va.)
White Rocks -- Marion County (W. Va.)
Clinton District, Monongalia County.
Robinson's Run.