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Minter L. Wilson (d.1968) Papers 0.5 Linear Feet Summary: 6 in. (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

Wilson, Minter L.
Eight volumes of copies and original speeches and legal opinions of Minter L. Wilson, lawyer and judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1937-1945.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ogden Family Papers 0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Ogden family

Documents [1791-1887] concerning lands and business in Harrison and Monongalia counties; history of the Ogden, Talkington, Hawker, and other families [1911-1946]; correspondence [1904-1907] concerning Marshall W. Ogden's law practice and business; and a list of candidates endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan in West Virginia in 1924.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Osborne Family Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961
A genealogy of the Osborne family of Greenbrier County. Originally from New Jersey, the family settled in Greenbrier and Hampshire counties.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Patrick J. Crogan (1856-1949) Papers 33.75 Linear Feet Summary: 33 ft. 9 in. (81 document cases, 5 in. each)

Crogan, Patrick J., 1856-1949
Correspondence and legal papers of a Preston County attorney who was counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There is much material on cases tried by Crogan for banks, utilities, lumber, and coal companies.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Price Family Papers 10.4 Linear Feet Summary: 10 ft. 5 1/4 in. (19 document cases, 5 in. each); (10 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

Price family
Family papers, periodicals, newspapers, clippings, maps, and other materials of the Price family in Marlinton. Most of the papers are those of Andrew Price, a Marlinton attorney, including records of the law firm of Price, Osenton and McPeak. Other materials, ca.1901-1949, concern J.W. Price, a Marlinton physician. There are muster rolls of Company C, Sixty-second Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., from Pendleton County; and manuscripts of essays, verse, and historical articles written by Andrew Price.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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

Robert Emmett McCabe, Lawyer, Papers 12.5 Linear Feet 12 ft. 6 1/4 in. (30 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

McCabe, Robert Emmett, Sr., 1883-1963
Legal files of attorney Robert Emmett McCabe of Charleston, West Virginia. They contain letters and casework for individuals and businesses. There is also an addendum to this collection containing political and financial records and other material. See scope and content note for details.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Robert L. Hogg, Lawyer, Genealogy 1.5 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)

Hogg, Robert Lynn, 1893-1973

This collection consists of nine legal notebooks and a volume of bound correspondence. The legal notebooks are bound volumes designed for use in recording notes on different types of cases and legal terms. Each volume begins with an alphabetical case index that names the cases and terms dealt with in that volume and gives the page numbers where the material for each is written. The volumes overlap as to the cases and terms they discuss, but generally contain different references and definitions. There is no apparent order to them. Some are heavily used, whereas others contain only a few notes. The notes refer to standard law books and individual cases, sometimes noting fully the value and significance of a precedent or term, other times simply referring to a particular case or work for clarification. Some knowledge of the reference citation system used would be necessary for using the notes to refer to the sources. The bound volume of correspondence consists of letters to Robert L. Hogg from various insurance companies and associations, friends, and colleagues congratulating him on his appointment as Manager and General Counsel of the American Life Convention, September, 1944.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rush Dew Holt Family Papers 29 Linear Feet 29 ft. (32 document cases, 5 in. each); (6 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); 9 photos in photograph filing cabinets 0.94 Gigabytes 14 files, formats include .pdf and .tif

Chase, Ralph K.
Papers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family. The collection is divided into five series as follows: Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers (1837-1943), Andrew E. Holt Papers (1926-1958), Ralph K. Chase Papers (1918-1947), Helen Jane Holt Seale Papers (ca. 1930-2008), and Mixed (ca. 1820-2013 and undated).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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