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Eugene Levassor Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Levassor, Eugene
Correspondence, business and legal papers, maps and printed materials of a French emigre, land speculator, and merchant from Cincinnati and Parkersburg. Subjects include Levassor's extensive landholdings in Kanawha, Lincoln, Jackson, Wood, Wirt, and Monongalia counties, and activities of his land agents; James Swann lands; the coming of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad to Parkersburg; the Panic of 1857 in that city; oil fever in the Wood County area, 1859-1866; and the activities of J.H. Diss Debar, West Virginia's first commissioner of immigration. Correspondents include J.H. Diss Debar, James M. Laidley, Charles Lisez, and Alexander Quarrier.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Fort Van Metre Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 7 items (photocopies)

Fort Van Metre
Two maps and one description of the Fort Van Metre property; a copy of the will of Abraham Van Metre, 1780; sketch of Major Samuel McCulloch; and a picture of Shaw Hall, West Liberty College, thought to be the site of the fort.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harry C. Woodyard (1867-1929) Papers 1.4 Linear Feet 1 ft. 5 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 2 in.)

Woodyard, Harry C., 1867-1929

Correspondence, legal, and financial, and miscellaneous papers of a businessman and politician from Roane County, West Virginia, who was elected to the state Senate in 1898 and to the U.S. Congress as a Republican for several terms: 1902-11, 1916-23, 1925-27. His early business activity was in wholesale groceries and the lumber industry. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and owned an estimated eighteen weekly papers. Woodyard's sons continued in their father's business after his death. The correspondence consists of letters received by Woodyard during his later terms as congressman (1920s), as well as personal letters from his family and friends.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hart Collection 1762-1913 1.00

Hart, John, 1860-1937 Beverley, Martha A. Cullen, John Holt, George Edmund Jesse, Julie Leigh, John T. Lyle, James A. Smith, Richard C. Wilson, J. arrangement

Autographs albums, library catalogs of personal libraries, maps, math notes and scrapbooks.Many collections and material were purchased from John Hart during the 1930's and filed under their own accession numbers or even interfiled with existing collections.

  1. College of William and Mary

Herbert P. McGinnis Papers 2.6 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (6 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

McGinnis, Herbert P.
Well leases and records, geologic reports, maps, printed material, photographs, and other papers of McGinnis, an oil and gas operator who owned the Tri-State Oil & Gas Co. of West Virginia, and who, after graduating from Marshall University in 1910, became a leading figure in the oil and gas business. Some of his poetry is included in the collection.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Herbert Warder Dent (b.1880) Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Dent, Herbert Warder
Deeds of Peter T. Laishley and Samuel Arnold, Preston County, 1834 and 1837; photographs of the judges of the State Supreme Court of Appeals, 1863-1937; a map of the McGraw and Yates addition to Grafton; and Dent family genealogical data.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hotchkiss Map Collection 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Hotchkiss, Jedediah (1828-1899)
Microfilm copy of the Hotchkiss Map Collection housed at the Library of Congress. Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899) was a Confederate army officer, topographical and mining engineer, and historian. Collection contains more than three hundred cartographic items made by Hotchkiss during the Civil War and the post-war years. Civil War maps include detailed battle maps, sketch books, and some general regional maps, chiefly in Virginia. Post-war maps include information about railroads, mining, and geology, mostly in Virginia and West Virginia.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Israel C. White (1848-1927) Papers 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927

Correspondence of Dr. Israel C. White, 1904-1906, mainly concerning his activities as chief of the Brazilian Coal Commission; includes various coal analysis reports and a report on the fossil plant materials collection made in Brazil by Dr. White and Dr. Sexias; manuscript and typescript of "Notes of Explorations in Brazil"; and a passport issued to Dr. White signed by John Hay, 1904.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Israel C. White Papers 29.4 Linear Feet Summary: 29 ft. 4 in. (68 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (3 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (5 oversize folders, 1/2 in.)

White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927

Personal and business records of Dr. Israel C. White, assistant geologist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1876-1883; professor of geology West Virginia University, 1877-1892; assistant geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, 1884-1888; delegate to the International Geological Congresses, St. Petersburg, 1897-1927; and chief geologist of the Brazilian Coal Commission, 1904-1906.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

James R. Moreland (1879-1955) Papers 1.6 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 7 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 folder, 1/2 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 ledger, 1/2 in.)

Moreland, James R., 1879-1955

Family papers of Alexander Smith, Charles Edgar Brown, and Joseph Moreland; correspondence; materials relating to local history and Moreland's civic, social, religious, and professional activities.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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