Robinson Family Manuscripts
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
- Restrictions:
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No special access restriction applies.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robinson Family Manuscripts, A&M 2662, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 0.75 Linear Feet Summary: 9 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)
- Creator:
- Robinson family
- Abstract:
- Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor County, West Virginia, from relatives and friends. Subjects discussed include housekeeping, fashions, farming, schools, religion, and the Civil War from both the Confederate and Union perspectives. There are frequent, specific references to the political and military state-of-affairs in the upper Ohio Valley region.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robinson Family Manuscripts, A&M 2662, 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:
- Baltimore Infirmary -- Baltimore (Md.)
Civil War -- Camps and camp life
Civil War -- Confederate soldiers
Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers
Civil War -- Description
Civil War -- Forts
Civil War -- letters
Civil War - Songs and poems.
Civil War - troop movements.
Civil War - Union soldiers.
Civil War - Union sympathizers.
Civil War - Virginia 25th Cavalry.
Civil War - Virginia 26th Cavalry.
Civil War - Virginia 40th Cavalry Battalion.
Education
Farms and farming.
Hospitals and hospital records.
Land - Civil War disruptions.
McGuires Tunnel.
Medicine
Poetry.
Politics and government.
Preachers.
Religion. SEE ALSO Churches.
Rivers and river valleys.
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
Slaves and slavery.
Women -- Roles in society
Women's letters and papers.
Women - Names:
- Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute
Ohio River Salt Company (Middleport, Oh.)
Ohio River Valley Railroad Company
Robinson family
Ison, Willey Owens.
Robinson, Eleanor.
Robinson, Hannah P.
Robinson, Helen M.
Robinson, James M.
Robinson, John A.
Robinson, William Johnson. - Places:
- Batesville (Va.)
Fetterman (W. Va.)
Frankfort (Mineral County, W. Va.)
Grafton.
Granville (W. Va.)
Kingwood (W. Va.)
Martinsburg (W. Va.)
Moundsville (W. Va.)
New Milton (W. Va.)
Ohio River Valley
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
Patterson's Creek (W. Va.)
Taylor County (W. Va.)
Wheeling (W. Va.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865