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Steamboats Records 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Ohio River Transportation Company

Bills of lading from the Ohio River Transportation Company, Wheeling Wharf Boat Company, Parkersburg Rig & Reel Company, Shippers Packet Company Lines, and G. M. Beaver, steamboat agent and wharf boat proprietor, Sistersville. Also includes a promotional flyer to vote for Jeff Frame, Wharf Master, in a 1905 election.

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Steamboats Records 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Cooper, Edward B.

Letters of a West Virginia River Captain to his daughter, 1877-1885; papers of Captain Edward B. Cooper, 1879-1891, Master of the Steamer Sonoma operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg; bills of lading and miscellaneous papers, 1891-1930, 1955; log book of the Steamer Victor, 1932, operating out of Ashland, Kentucky for the Ashland Oil Company; and a log book of the Steamer Greenbrier, 1939, operating on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.

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Steamboats Records 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 5 items (1 folder)

Five receipts for payment of freight by Mallory and Company 1870; Sam Johnson, 1876 and 1879; Jason Furgison, 1878; and Charles Williamson 1885. Shipments made to Long Reach, W.Va., Furgison and Morgans Landing, of stoves, salt, barrels, cement, marble and hay, on steamers New State, Wheeling, Marietta & Parkersburg Packet; Salt Valley, Ironton, Huntington, Pomeroy, Parkersburg, Marietta, Wheeling and Pittsburg Packet; Welcome, Wheeling and St. Mary's Tri-weekly Packet; and Emma Graham of the Cincinnati and Pittsburg Packet Line, E. B. Cooper, Master.

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Steamboats Records 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

The official logbook of a cargo vessel which traveled up and down the Ohio River between Marietta, Ohio and Ravenswood, W.Va. The log covers a three month period, October to December, 1883. The log records the stops that were made on each run, the kinds of items that were being transported, and to whom cargoes were delivered.

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Thomas Hanson Journal 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Hanson, Thomas
Journal of a surveying party including Hanson, John Floyd, James Nocks, Roderick McCray, and Mordecai Batson. The Journal describes the route taken from Fincastle County, Virginia, to the Ohio River and Kentucky, with mention of Gauley Mountain, Coal and New rivers, and other western Virginia geographical locations. Included is a list of persons for whom the surveys were made.
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Thomas P. Ray Diary 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Ray, Thomas P.
Copy of a diary of a Morgantown resident, with references to early merchants and public officials; the building of schools, churches, and business buildings; volume of river traffic; and roads and mail routes opened.
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Union Carbide Corporation, Hawk's Nest Project, Papers 7.08 Linear Feet 17 document cases, 5 in. each

Union Carbide Corporation. Hawk's Nest Project

Correspondence, memoranda, drafts, briefs, exhibits, reports, and newspaper clippings on the Federal Power Commission's licensing of Union Carbide Corporation's Hawk's Nest and Glenn Ferris power dam projects. Subjects include FPC hearings, history of navigability of the Kanawha River, efforts to dam the Kanawha River, the navigability of the New River, and the New-Kanawha Power Company. Correspondents include H.G. Davis, Russell A. Alger, Homer Adams Holt, Robert C. Byrd, and Jennings Randolph.

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United Mine Workers of America, Local Union 6046, Archives 0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases; 5 in.)

United Mine Workers of America. Local Union 6046
Minutes, correspondence, grievance case files, and union campaign material of union locals in the New River field. The correspondence concerns implementation of national bituminous coal mine contracts, local 6046's members' benefits, safety and working conditions in the Lochgelly mine, and state and federal legislation sought by the UMW. The minutes of Local 6046 meetings summarize all matters discussed and acted on, including reports from the local's mine and safety committees, expenses, contributions of money from employed members to sick or unemployed members, adjustment of disputes between miners and management and between the miners themselves. The grievance files reveal official relationships between the local, UMW District 29 and the national headquarters as well as relations with the supervisory personnel of the New River Coal Company.
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