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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Arah J. Evans Autograph Album

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 3/4 in. (1 folder)
Autograph album of Miss Arah J. Evans of Monongalia County, West Virginia, containing poetry, devotions, and scriptural passages inscribed by her friends between 1849 and 1851. Some pages are blank while others have color illustrations of floral designs.
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Arah J. Evans Autograph Album 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 3/4 in. (1 folder)

Autograph album of Miss Arah J. Evans of Monongalia County, West Virginia, containing poetry, devotions, and scriptural passages inscribed by her friends between 1849 and 1851. Some pages are blank while others have color illustrations of floral designs.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers

1.9 Linear Feet Summary: 23 in. (4 document cases, 1 flat storage box)

Papers of John and Sarah Atkeson-Morgan documenting Atkeson-Morgan family history and the history of the Morgan home and farm in Putnam County, West Virginia for period ca. 1840-1900.

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Atkeson-Morgan Family Papers 1.9 Linear Feet Summary: 23 in. (4 document cases, 1 flat storage box)

Atkeson-Morgan Family

Papers of John and Sarah Atkeson-Morgan documenting Atkeson-Morgan family history and the history of the Morgan home and farm in Putnam County, West Virginia for period ca. 1840-1900.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Bob Henry Baber, Author, Poem

.01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 item in 1 oversize folder)

A copy of the poem "A Bed Time Rhyme" by Bob Henry Baber printed on a poster with illustrations and Baber's autograph. The author was formerly the mayor of Richwood, West Virginia. The illustrations were by Boyd Carr of Bedford, Virginia.

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Bob Henry Baber, Author, Poem .01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 item in 1 oversize folder)

Baber, Bob Henry

A copy of the poem "A Bed Time Rhyme" by Bob Henry Baber printed on a poster with illustrations and Baber's autograph. The author was formerly the mayor of Richwood, West Virginia. The illustrations were by Boyd Carr of Bedford, Virginia.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Catherine Osborn Goff, Collector, Illustrated Autograph Book and Other Material

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 flat storage box)
Collection includes an illustrated autograph book of May Ellen Smith of Pruntytown, (West) Virginia, with entries from 1849-1856; a manuscript newspaper, 1879; and an empty scrapbook.
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Catherine Osborn Goff, Collector, Illustrated Autograph Book and Other Material 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 flat storage box)

Goff, Catherine Osborn
Collection includes an illustrated autograph book of May Ellen Smith of Pruntytown, (West) Virginia, with entries from 1849-1856; a manuscript newspaper, 1879; and an empty scrapbook.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers

2.65 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 7 3/4 in. (12 wrapped ledgers, 27 in.); (31 oversize folders, 3 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Scrapbooks, mainly of newspaper clippings, maintained by a mining engineer, geologist, and businessman from Charleston. The scrapbooks contain clippings, announcements, and a few letters relating to Krebs' business, Charleston civic affairs, and professional engineering organizations. Topics covered include: the oil boom at Blue Creek in 1912; oil field development in Kanawha and Clay counties; oil and coal shipments on the C.&O.; coal, oil, gas, and coke production figures; report on the coal strike of 1922; surveys of West Virginia's coal, oil, and gas resources; machinery used in coal production; disputed land claims of the Colonial Timber and Coal Corporation, 1923; the New River Coal field; drainage areas and water power in West Virginia; Hinton Dam; Pennsylvania bituminous districts; rate hearings of the United Fuel Gas Company; early coal and gas operations in West Virginia; Norfolk and Western Railway affairs; silicosis cases resulting from the Hawks Nest tunnel construction, 1933; and bituminous coal prices in West Virginia and the U.S., 1906-1925.
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Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers 2.65 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 7 3/4 in. (12 wrapped ledgers, 27 in.); (31 oversize folders, 3 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Krebs, Charles E. (1870-1954)
Scrapbooks, mainly of newspaper clippings, maintained by a mining engineer, geologist, and businessman from Charleston. The scrapbooks contain clippings, announcements, and a few letters relating to Krebs' business, Charleston civic affairs, and professional engineering organizations. Topics covered include: the oil boom at Blue Creek in 1912; oil field development in Kanawha and Clay counties; oil and coal shipments on the C.&O.; coal, oil, gas, and coke production figures; report on the coal strike of 1922; surveys of West Virginia's coal, oil, and gas resources; machinery used in coal production; disputed land claims of the Colonial Timber and Coal Corporation, 1923; the New River Coal field; drainage areas and water power in West Virginia; Hinton Dam; Pennsylvania bituminous districts; rate hearings of the United Fuel Gas Company; early coal and gas operations in West Virginia; Norfolk and Western Railway affairs; silicosis cases resulting from the Hawks Nest tunnel construction, 1933; and bituminous coal prices in West Virginia and the U.S., 1906-1925.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Edward J. Cabbell, Historian, Papers

1.5 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)
The papers of Edward J. Cabbell, an author, poet, editor, and historian documents subjects regarding African-American history in Appalachia, encompassing the colonial period through 1988. The materials include research papers, articles, photographs, clippings, books, and publications such as "Then & Now" and "Black Diamonds". There is also information pertaining to the John Henry legend and includes articles, music references and literature. There are photographs of paintings and sculptures of John Henry, candid images of the John Henry Folk Festivals, Edward J. Cabbell as the director of the John Henry Memorial Foundation and Louis W. Chappell, a West Virginia University professor who compiled a massive collection of Appalachia folklore and music, including John Henry material.
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Edward J. Cabbell, Historian, Papers 1.5 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)

Cabbell, Edward J., 1946-
The papers of Edward J. Cabbell, an author, poet, editor, and historian documents subjects regarding African-American history in Appalachia, encompassing the colonial period through 1988. The materials include research papers, articles, photographs, clippings, books, and publications such as "Then & Now" and "Black Diamonds". There is also information pertaining to the John Henry legend and includes articles, music references and literature. There are photographs of paintings and sculptures of John Henry, candid images of the John Henry Folk Festivals, Edward J. Cabbell as the director of the John Henry Memorial Foundation and Louis W. Chappell, a West Virginia University professor who compiled a massive collection of Appalachia folklore and music, including John Henry material.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

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)
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.
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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.
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Ira E. Robinson Papers

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)

Additional papers of Ira E. Robinson, including ts. and photostat copies of papers concerning the Revolutionary War service of Col. John Gibson and Col. Archibald Lochry; a tls. From J. Wm. DeGrange with accompanying articles on army activities in the vicinity of Philippi, W. Va. during the Civil War; and a clipping and reprint of articles by I. E. Robinson. There are, also, facsimilies of ms. letters and poems by James Whitcomb Riley; tls written by Edmond Eitel for Mrs. Riley to Mr. Robinson; a diploma from Fairmont Normal, and several certificates of appointment signed by Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, and [Wm.] M. O. Dawson; and autographed photographs of Herbert Hoover and Davis Elkins.

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Ira E. Robinson Papers 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)

Robinson, Ira E.

Additional papers of Ira E. Robinson, including ts. and photostat copies of papers concerning the Revolutionary War service of Col. John Gibson and Col. Archibald Lochry; a tls. From J. Wm. DeGrange with accompanying articles on army activities in the vicinity of Philippi, W. Va. during the Civil War; and a clipping and reprint of articles by I. E. Robinson. There are, also, facsimilies of ms. letters and poems by James Whitcomb Riley; tls written by Edmond Eitel for Mrs. Riley to Mr. Robinson; a diploma from Fairmont Normal, and several certificates of appointment signed by Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, and [Wm.] M. O. Dawson; and autographed photographs of Herbert Hoover and Davis Elkins.

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John Lewis Cole Poem

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 3/4 in.
John Lewis Cole was a librarian in West Virginia in the late nineteenth century. Collection consists of a sixteen-page narrative poem, "The Old Fayette School-House," written by J. L. Cole in December 1891. The text of the poem is typed, but it is accompanied by hand-drawn illustrations.
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John Lewis Cole Poem 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 3/4 in.

Cole, John Lewis
John Lewis Cole was a librarian in West Virginia in the late nineteenth century. Collection consists of a sixteen-page narrative poem, "The Old Fayette School-House," written by J. L. Cole in December 1891. The text of the poem is typed, but it is accompanied by hand-drawn illustrations.
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Karl D. Myers, Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Papers

0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.)
Includes biographical sketch, pocket diary, manuscripts, published books, funeral book, photographs.
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Karl D. Myers, Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Papers 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.)

Myers, Karl Dewey, 1899-1951
Includes biographical sketch, pocket diary, manuscripts, published books, funeral book, photographs.

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