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Bowman Collection Papers, 1885/1906 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Bowman, F.E., Collector

This collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial papers, a ledger, scrapbooks, advertising cards, brochures and photographs of the Preston County, West Virginia, area. The letters in the collection are between members of the Brown and Morgan families of Kingwood, Albright, and Reedsville and of New Interest, Randolph County. The principal correspondents are J. Slidell Brown, Ben L. Brown, Etta Brown, Daisy May Morgan, and Harriet Y.C. Morgan and a friend of the families, John A.F. Martin.

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Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers, 1840/1955 1.3 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 4 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 1 in.)

Pierce, Carleton Custer.
Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal mining, public utilities, oil, timber, gas, fruit growing, and other business activities. Correspondents include William G. Conley, William M.O. Dawson, Davis Elkins, William E. Glasscock, Walter S. Hallanan, Lewis B. Hershey, Homer A. Holt, Harley M. Kilgore, J. Howard McGrath, Edward Martin, Clarence W. Meadows, E.F. Morgan, Matthew M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, Chapman Revercomb, and Howard Sutherland. This collection also includes the business and legal papers, ca.1840-1890, of James H. Carroll, Kingwood attorney and editor of the PRESTON COUNTY HERALD.? Subjects include the presidential elections of 1856 and 1884 in West Virginia.? Other papers relate to Kingwood and area mercantile firms, and the operation of the PRESTON COUNTY JOURNAL, 1891-1894; and a circulation record of Preston County newspapers, 1889-1897. Correspondents include Gideon D. Camden and Henry G. Davis.
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Charles N. Brown Medical Journal, 1894/1905 0.15 Linear Feet 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Brown, Charles N.
Medical journal of Dr. Charles N. Brown, a Preston County doctor and son of Dr. Ashford Brown. Entries include date of visit, patient's name, services rendered, and payment received. Some entries include case notes. There are also notes on how to cultivate ginseng.
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Fairfax-Warman Family Papers, 1811/1933 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Fairfax-Warman family
Papers of the Fairfax and Warman families of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Morgantown, and Kingwood. There are letters (1811-1874) to Elizabeth Fairfax from family members and friends; papers (1840-1851) of William Warman; papers on the settlement of the John Fairfax estate; a manuscript census book of Preston County for 1830; and an account book (1857-1872) of F.B.F. Fairfax. A few advertising circulars, 1866-1931, are included, as well as clippings on Morgantown and Monongalia County, 1868-1933.
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George W. Fairfax Papers, 1806/1885 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Fairfax, George W.

Legal papers and business receipts, notes, and accounts of a Preston County sheriff and entrepreneur who operated a tannery and a sawmill. Fairfax was also a Colonel in the Virginia Militia and served as deputy sheriff of Monongalia County about 1854.

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George W. Fairfax Papers, 1832/1898 0.44 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/4 in. (3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Fairfax, George W.

These papers include receipts; promissory notes; legal papers; articles of agreement; indentures and miscellaneous correspondence. The bound volumes include legal tax records; land surveys; merchandise account books and ledgers. The papers deal principally with Monongalia and Preston county subjects.

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Harrison Hagans (1796-1867) Papers, 1810/1895 12 Linear Feet 12 ft. (22 document cases, 5 in. each); (6 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (4 small flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (3 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

Hagans, Harrison (1796-1867)
Papers of the Hagans family of Preston County, West Virginia, including Harrison, Elisha, George M., Henry C., John Marshall, Zer Hagans, and others. There are letters, invoices, account books, advertisements, and other business records pertaining to family business enterprises including several general merchandise stores and outlets in western Pennsylvania and Maryland, and at Brandonville, Kingwood, Greenville, and Palatine, West Virginia. There are several postal records from Harrison Hagans' twenty years as postmaster, 1822-1841, at Brandonville, and magistrate papers and deeds, most regarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There are also financial records documenting Hagans' tenure as president of the Greenville Mining and Manufacturing Company which produced iron in Preston County in the 1830s. Other information records Hagans' interests in: county roads, schools, churches, government and politics; the Preston Telegraph Company; a fulling mill, 1827; and a linseed oil mill, 1842. There are Hagan patents for a washing and wringing machine (1845), and working models of mowing and threshing machines. There is a volume of minutes of the quarterly conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1834-1859, and 1861 Wheeling Convention papers regarding a new state government, and Civil War letters from family and friends.
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Jacob Guseman (1786-1878) Records, 1836/1930 1.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 2 in. ( 7 unboxed ledgers)

Guseman, Jacob (1786-1878)
Ledgers and daybooks of Jacob Guseman, a Preston County entrepreneur who operated a general merchandise store, a fulling mill, sawmill, gristmill, and other manufactories at Muddy Creek.
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Morrison, Gross and Company, Records, 1917/1950 16.4 Linear Feet Summary: 16 ft. 5 1/4 in. (30 document cases, 5 in. each); (16 ledgers, 3 ft. 11 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

Morrison, Gross and Company
Office correspondence, financial records, and account books of Morrison, Gross and Company, Rowlesburg and Southern Railroad Company, Woodford Lumber Company, and Keystone Manufacturing Company, in Preston and Randolph counties.
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Papers regarding Early Settlers of Aurora in Preston County, 1788/1943, bulk 1820/1916 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case), 1 oversize folder (.1 in)

Account books, and legal, business, and personal papers of some early settlers at Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia. There are records of a tannery, blacksmith shop, a general merchandise store, and a sawmill, as well as deeds and subscription lists for the Lutheran and German Reformed churches. Also included in the papers are land surveys, wills, deeds, plats, school notebooks, tax receipts, and other items.

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