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John Rogers (1786-1864) Papers 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Rogers, John, 1786-1864

Letters to and from John Rogers of Morgantown concerning his business affairs; subjects of the letters include the Morgantown Bridge Company, building an academy in Morgantown, the North West Turnpike, stage routes between Morgantown and Uniontown, salt, wool, carding, the purchase of machinery for the manufacture of woolen goods, plow points, and negroes. Correspondents include John Hoye, J. M. Mason, George Calmes, John R. Cooke, George White, J. A. Stein, and G. Faber and Sons.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Kanawha County Relief Administration, Records 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Kanawha County Relief Administration
Three volumes of typescript material containing correspondence, minutes of meetings, photographs, maps, charts, tables, blueprints, and reports concerning projects and their costs planned and completed by Civil Works Administration.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Minter Homes Corporation Records 5 Linear Feet 5 ft. (4 record cartons, 15 in. each)

Minter Homes Corporation

Records of Minter Homes Corporation of Huntington, West Virginia, regarding the company's building of prefabricated structures. The collection documents early construction projects of Minter Homes (1923-1932), including homes, schools, and churches, among other community buildings, for miners, steel workers, and support staff of several coal, chemical, and steel corporations in the Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic Regions. Among the companies Minter Homes contracted with were Bethlehem Steel, DuPont Rayon, Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Company, and U.S. Coal and Coke. Includes contracts, blue prints, correspondence, invoices, estimates, and specification statements. There are records of a project contracted by the United States War Department with Minter Homes (1930) for the building of Nurses Quarters at Fort Meade, Maryland. The collection also contains a folder of material pertaining to the history of Minter Homes, including correspondence, advertisements, and articles (Box 1, Folder 1).

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Samuel R. Jenkins (b. 1870) Diaries and Photographs 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Jenkins, Samuel R. (b. 1870)
Eighteen diaries, 1890-1934, of Samuel R. Jenkins, a civil engineer from Grafton. There are lengthy entries for the period, 1890-1892, when Jenkins was a student at West Virginia University. He did surveys and supervised construction work in various parts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, read widely, and commented on works of Henry George, John W. Draper, and John Fiske. There are photographs of Jenkins and of an engineering job done by him for the American Bridge Company at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, in 1902. There is also a student laboratory manual containing direction for a course of experiments in chemistry.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Storer College Administrative and Operational Records 87.58 Linear Feet (160 document cases, 5 in. each; 28 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 7 record cartons, 15 in. each; 4 notecard boxes, 5 in. each; 2 notecard boxes, 4.5 in. each; 5 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each; 4 large flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1.5 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 small artifact box, 1.5 in.; 1 oversize folder, 0.25 in.; 1 reel microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Storer College

Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thoney Pietro, Contractor, Papers 5.77 Linear Feet 5 ft. 9.25 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2.5 in.); (1 records carton, 15 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 1.5 in. each); (1 roll, 5 in.); (5 oversize folders, 0.75 in.)

Pietro, Thoney, 1877-1972
Personal letters, business correspondence, account and time books, and Sons of Italy papers of Thoney Pietro, a member of the Morgantown contracting company of Pietro Brothers. An addendum (2004 January) includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers and historical documentation of Morgantown, WV. Notable are the map and blue print of the Pietro Castle grounds (later the Good Counsel Friary). Another addendum (2013 January) includes an accounting ledger, financial documents, legal papers (some involving a dispute with a Franciscan monastery, circa 1950), and blueprints (1911-1917, 1941-1954). See Scope and Content Note and Historical Note for more details and additional addenda. For additional Pietro family and business papers, see A&M 2768.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia State Buildings Records 2.3 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 4 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.)

West Virginia. Various Government Sources
Blueprints, correspondence, contractors' accounts, photographs, and other papers for buildings at West Virginia University, Marshall College, Glenville State Normal School, West Liberty State Normal School, New River State School, and other institutions.
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