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Gauley Mountain Coal Company Papers

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.
The collection consists of a letter from William N. Page, organizer of the Gauley Mountain Coal Company, concerning dangers in mining; abstracts of land titles granted to Robert Morris in 1795; World War II production statistics for the company; copy of a contract between the company, the United Mine Workers of America, and the Charleston General Hospital for hospitalization of miners and their families; letter outlining the life of Robert Hamilton Morris, director of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1946; and two blueprints showing bore holes and face section of the Pocahontas No. 3 and No. 4 coal seams.
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Gauley Mountain Coal Company Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

Gauley Mountain Coal Company
The collection consists of a letter from William N. Page, organizer of the Gauley Mountain Coal Company, concerning dangers in mining; abstracts of land titles granted to Robert Morris in 1795; World War II production statistics for the company; copy of a contract between the company, the United Mine Workers of America, and the Charleston General Hospital for hospitalization of miners and their families; letter outlining the life of Robert Hamilton Morris, director of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1946; and two blueprints showing bore holes and face section of the Pocahontas No. 3 and No. 4 coal seams.
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Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) Papers and Correspondence

8.6 Linear Feet Summary: 8 ft. 6 1/2 in. (20 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Correspondence, farm records, legal and financial records, speeches, medical files, photographs, and newspaper clippings of Governor (1913-17) and United States Senator (1929-35) Henry D. Hatfield, who was also chief surgeon and founder of the Huntington Memorial Hospital.

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Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) Papers and Correspondence 8.6 Linear Feet Summary: 8 ft. 6 1/2 in. (20 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962

Correspondence, farm records, legal and financial records, speeches, medical files, photographs, and newspaper clippings of Governor (1913-17) and United States Senator (1929-35) Henry D. Hatfield, who was also chief surgeon and founder of the Huntington Memorial Hospital.

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Huntington State Hospital Papers

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)
Correspondence and documents pertaining to the West Virginia Asylum for the Incurables, now Huntington State Hospital, mainly concerning the location of a suitable site by the office of the secretary of state. Correspondents include John W. Davis and W.A. MacCorkle.
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Huntington State Hospital Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Huntington State Hospital
Correspondence and documents pertaining to the West Virginia Asylum for the Incurables, now Huntington State Hospital, mainly concerning the location of a suitable site by the office of the secretary of state. Correspondents include John W. Davis and W.A. MacCorkle.
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James Kincaid Papers

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.
Bills, receipts, and letters of Kincaid of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, mainly concerning his attempts to obtain a position at the Richmond, Virginia insane asylum as a medical student and his various contacts with Greenbrier County as a school teacher. Also there is a Renick family history.
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James Kincaid Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

Kincaid, James
Bills, receipts, and letters of Kincaid of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, mainly concerning his attempts to obtain a position at the Richmond, Virginia insane asylum as a medical student and his various contacts with Greenbrier County as a school teacher. Also there is a Renick family history.
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James S. Lakin (b. 1864), West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)
Correspondence of a member and president, 1921-1929, of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which directed the financial operations of all state institutions from 1909 to 1933. Most of the letters are between Lakin and Dr. Henry D. Hatfield; subjects include medical and hospital affairs, the Greater Huntington Hospital Association, the Kessler-Hatfield Hospital in Huntington, and applications for political office. There are occasional references to politics and business conditions. There are a few letters between Lakin and John W. Davis when Davis was U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-1916, and U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1920.
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James S. Lakin (b. 1864), West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Lakin, James S. (b. 1864)
Correspondence of a member and president, 1921-1929, of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which directed the financial operations of all state institutions from 1909 to 1933. Most of the letters are between Lakin and Dr. Henry D. Hatfield; subjects include medical and hospital affairs, the Greater Huntington Hospital Association, the Kessler-Hatfield Hospital in Huntington, and applications for political office. There are occasional references to politics and business conditions. There are a few letters between Lakin and John W. Davis when Davis was U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-1916, and U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1920.
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John Frissell Papers

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (2 folders, 2 in.; 1 unboxed ledger, 2 in.)
A scrapbook and clippings, advertisements, letters, manuscripts of speeches, and notes on medical practice, compiled by Dr. John Frissell (1810-1882), a physician at the Wheeling Hospital and medical superintendent of military prisoners and soldiers in Wheeling during the Civil War. The scrapbook is a folio volume, Register of the Sick and Wounded, U.S.A. General Hospital. There is also information on the Medical Society of the City of Wheeling, the West Virginia Medical Society, medical conventions in West Virginia, and Wheeling local history.
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John Frissell Papers 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (2 folders, 2 in.; 1 unboxed ledger, 2 in.)

Frissell, John, Dr., 1810-1882
A scrapbook and clippings, advertisements, letters, manuscripts of speeches, and notes on medical practice, compiled by Dr. John Frissell (1810-1882), a physician at the Wheeling Hospital and medical superintendent of military prisoners and soldiers in Wheeling during the Civil War. The scrapbook is a folio volume, Register of the Sick and Wounded, U.S.A. General Hospital. There is also information on the Medical Society of the City of Wheeling, the West Virginia Medical Society, medical conventions in West Virginia, and Wheeling local history.
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M.H. Ross, Collector, Papers

0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Papers (1935-1947) including correspondence, bonds, tax returns, checks, bank statements and account books of the Fairmont General (Cook ) Hospital Graduate Nurses' Alumni Association, Fairmont, W. Va. See inventory for complete description.

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M.H. Ross, Collector, Papers 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Ross, M. H.

Papers (1935-1947) including correspondence, bonds, tax returns, checks, bank statements and account books of the Fairmont General (Cook ) Hospital Graduate Nurses' Alumni Association, Fairmont, W. Va. See inventory for complete description.

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Monroe County Archives

65.08 Linear Feet Summary: 65 ft. 1 in. (96 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 records carton, 17 in.); (19 ledgers, 2 ft. 5 in.); (120 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
Court case papers, wills, deeds, surveys and plats, ca.1772-1879, along with bound volumes of court records, deeds, estrays, road and tax records, a register for free blacks, and private account books, 1783-1923. The account books include: records of a U.S. Army post hospital at Union, 1867-1869; oil well drilling, 1886-1890; Union and Fort Spring Stage Line, 1876-1877; newspapers, 1867-1903; taverns, 1815-1872; and Union Lyceum minutes, 1845-1847.
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Monroe County Archives 65.08 Linear Feet Summary: 65 ft. 1 in. (96 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 records carton, 17 in.); (19 ledgers, 2 ft. 5 in.); (120 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Monroe County Court
Court case papers, wills, deeds, surveys and plats, ca.1772-1879, along with bound volumes of court records, deeds, estrays, road and tax records, a register for free blacks, and private account books, 1783-1923. The account books include: records of a U.S. Army post hospital at Union, 1867-1869; oil well drilling, 1886-1890; Union and Fort Spring Stage Line, 1876-1877; newspapers, 1867-1903; taverns, 1815-1872; and Union Lyceum minutes, 1845-1847.
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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.)
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.
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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.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital Records

3.7 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 7 3/4 in. (1 folder, 3/4 in.); (171 ledgers, 3 ft. 7 in.)
Minute book, 1906-1923; medical care records, 1902-1922; and miscellaneous papers of a hospital founded at Hansford in 1886 by the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of West Virginia. The hospital, designed to serve the medical and surgical needs of miners and railroad workers and their families, closed in 1923.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital Records 3.7 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 7 3/4 in. (1 folder, 3/4 in.); (171 ledgers, 3 ft. 7 in.)

Sheltering Arms Hospital (Hansford, W. Va.)
Minute book, 1906-1923; medical care records, 1902-1922; and miscellaneous papers of a hospital founded at Hansford in 1886 by the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of West Virginia. The hospital, designed to serve the medical and surgical needs of miners and railroad workers and their families, closed in 1923.

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