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Richard H. Ralston, Sr., Collector, Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Ralston, Richard H.
Correspondence of William A. Harrison, a Clarksburg lawyer, assistant federal district attorney, member of the Virginia Assembly, and judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; most letters are from members of the family to Mrs. Anna Robertson Harrison. Subjects include construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; Civil War loyalty Oaths, Camp Chase land purchases, and road building. There are also grade school attendance certificates and notes concerning the Lunatic Asylum West of the Allegheny Mountains and Weston State Hospital.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers 5.5 Linear Feet 5 ft. 6 in. (10 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (3 oversize folders, 1 in.)

Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook. They include military records and clippings regarding West Virginia units, the Confederate 31st Virginia Infantry, and other Confederate units from Virginia; there are also business and miscellaneous records, including ledgers, clippings, research notes, etc. Series 9 includes oversized material from earlier series.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

R.S. Rudd (b.1846) Records 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm (4 vols.), 1.75 in. each)

Rudd, R. S.
Diaries, accounts, and statistical records of a schoolteacher from Montgomery and Campbell counties, Virginia, and Monroe County, West Virginia. These records list the schools in which Rudd taught, the homes where he boarded, and his friends and acquaintances. The records also cover his employment with the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Central Depot, Virginia, and with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at Allegheny Station. The third volume is a guest register of the White Sulphur Springs Hotel (The Greenbrier), 1860-1861, 1867-1868, and contains entries for James Buchanan, Winfield Scott, Robert E. Lee, and other nineteenth century notables.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers 156.21 Linear Feet 156 ft. 2 1/2 in. (360 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 4 in.); (14 document cases, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (3 flat storage boxes, 2 1/2 in. each); (9 flat storage boxes, 1 1/2 in. each); ( 44 photos in photograph filing cabinets) 11.7 Gigabytes 131 TIFF files, 2 PDF files

Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Salt Sulphur Springs Records 5.8 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. 10 in. (85 ledgers)

Salt Sulphur Springs Company

Daybooks, ledgers, journals, letter books and reports. Primarily concern the various business enterprises of the Salt Sulphur Springs Company including general store, hotel, stage line, telegraph company and farm. Also a letter book of the Oriental Powder Mills, Charleston, W.Va, of which John W.M. Appleton was agent; general store daybooks of E.D. Ballard; hotel and general store cash and daybooks of Erskine and Caruthers from Lexington and Salt Sulphur Springs. Records of the M.C.C.C. and O. Company of Waldingfield and Mill Creek, W.Va., and Mill Creek School records and Sweet Springs Gristmill and hotel records.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Samuel T. Wiley (1850-1905) Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Wiley, Samuel T.
Letters, notebooks, scrapbooks, diaries, manuscripts, and memorabilia of a secondary schoolteacher in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Preston County, and an author and local historian of Preston and Monongalia counties in West Virginia. The collection includes notes on history, orthography, new method arithmetic, two teachers report books of 1872-1885 and 1879-1880, teachers' certificates, a Wiley family genealogy, manuscripts on slavery, Odd Fellowship, public schools, after-dinner speeches, history of the United States, short stories, assorted sayings and aphorisms, notes for a history of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, a biographical sketch of Wiley and copies from his diaries and works, and an autograph book and information on Monongahela College at Jefferson, Pennsylvania.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Schools, Berkeley County Board of Education, Records 0.44 Linear Feet Summary: 5 1/4 in. (3 reels of microfilm (17 vols.), 1.75 in. each)

Schools. Berkeley County Board of Education
Records of the Arden District, 1916-1930; Gerrardstown District, 1877-1925; the Hedgesville District, 1866-1927; Martinsburg District, 1908-1918; Mill Creek District, 1921-1935; and the county superintendent, 1893-1911. Subjects covered include: tax assessments, attendance applications, teacher appointments, apportionment of funds, and school levies.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Schools, Hardy County Board of Education, Records 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm (6 vols.), 1.75 in. each)

Schools. Hardy County Board of Education
Record books of the Capon District, 1911-1921; Lost River District, 1880-1907; Moorefield District, 1866-1925; the South Fork District, 1873-1926; and the County Financial Secretary's Record Book, 1919-1933. Subjects covered include: salaries and outlays paid, subscription and tax levy rates and the estimates of the teachers and building funds.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Schools, Harrison County, Records 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (3 items in 1 folder, 0.1 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Schools. Harrison County
Minutes of the Board of Education, Clarksburg (West Virginia) District, 1879-1915; a typescript copy of a teaching contract, Buffalo Creek, 1835; and a note concerning the school fund for Harrison County, 1863-1865.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Schools, Morgantown, Miscellany 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Schools. Morgantown
School records of Daisie Fleming, including grade reports, commencement programs, photographs, and Parent-Teachers Association materials. Most pertains to Morgantown High School.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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