Harper Family of Pendleton County, Photographs and Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
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.

Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

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], Harper Family of Pendleton County, Photographs and Papers, A&M 4281, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
1.6 Linear Feet 1 ft. 7 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 4 in.) and 0.0002 Gigabytes 2 .pdf and .docx files
Creator:
Harper family
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harper Family of Pendleton County, Photographs and Papers, A&M 4281, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs of the Harper Family of Pendleton County. Also includes a small amount of genealogical and manuscript material. Photo formats include cartes de visite, tintypes, cabinet cards, mounted photos, prints, and photo postcards. Subjects include the Charles Skidmore Harper Family, the Jacob Conrad Harper and Susan McDonald Harper Family, additional Harper family members, and members of associated families, including the Carr, Cooper, Daniels, Harman, Harrison, and Montoney families. Addendum of January 2018 (box 1, folders 20-25, and box 2) includes mostly photographs of various family members, including the families of Amby Harper, Jacob C. Harper, Susanna Skidmore, and Dr. E.A. Harper, as well as a few family trees. Addendum also includes material pertaining to Brandon Fuller, a WVU graduate (1951) and a Harper family descendant.

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/
Physical facet:
These files have been printed and added to folder 1.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Places:
Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History