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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

Alexander Campbell (1788-1866) Papers, 1808/1814

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

An 1808-1809 journal with descriptions of travels in Ireland and Scotland and of Campbell's voyage to America. Specific mention is made of weather conditions, fish, birds, food rations, and quarantine of the ship on its arrival at New York City. Collection contains notes for and a list of sermons preached (1810-1814) by Campbell in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

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Alexander Campbell (1788-1866) Papers, 1808/1814 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866

An 1808-1809 journal with descriptions of travels in Ireland and Scotland and of Campbell's voyage to America. Specific mention is made of weather conditions, fish, birds, food rations, and quarantine of the ship on its arrival at New York City. Collection contains notes for and a list of sermons preached (1810-1814) by Campbell in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

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Benjamin F. Miller Letter, 1855

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Letter to Susanna from Morgantown describing hot weather and working arduously in a farm's wheat and oat field. He mentions the courthouse at Pruntytown being struck by lightening. He also gives his opinion about hypocrisy among church members saying that they can no more "square their lives by the Great Moral Code than a jackass can square himself on a sharp edged rail for a fiddler at a camp meeting of bull frogs."
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Benjamin F. Miller Letter, 1855 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

Miller, Benjamin F.
Letter to Susanna from Morgantown describing hot weather and working arduously in a farm's wheat and oat field. He mentions the courthouse at Pruntytown being struck by lightening. He also gives his opinion about hypocrisy among church members saying that they can no more "square their lives by the Great Moral Code than a jackass can square himself on a sharp edged rail for a fiddler at a camp meeting of bull frogs."
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Civil War Diary of a Confederate Soldier at Appomattox Court House, 1865

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One page typescript of a transcription of a Confederate soldier's diary entries for 9-12 April 1865. The soldier was at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Topics discussed include fighting the morning of 9 April; flag of truce and Lee's going to Grant's headquarters; terms of surrender; General John B. Gordon's farewell address to his troops; General Lee's General Order No. 9; another speech by General Gordon, referring to the possibility of a second Southern rebellion; and formal surrender of arms on 12 April, after which the soldier and his regiment were paroled and started for their homes. The soldier who wrote the diary was the grandfather of Richard E. Hyde, late of Charleston, West Virginia.
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Civil War Diary of a Confederate Soldier at Appomattox Court House, 1865 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1 page (1 folder)

One page typescript of a transcription of a Confederate soldier's diary entries for 9-12 April 1865. The soldier was at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Topics discussed include fighting the morning of 9 April; flag of truce and Lee's going to Grant's headquarters; terms of surrender; General John B. Gordon's farewell address to his troops; General Lee's General Order No. 9; another speech by General Gordon, referring to the possibility of a second Southern rebellion; and formal surrender of arms on 12 April, after which the soldier and his regiment were paroled and started for their homes. The soldier who wrote the diary was the grandfather of Richard E. Hyde, late of Charleston, West Virginia.
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D.W. Rogers Manuscripts, 1832/1902

1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)
Diaries written by Rogers for the years 1870-1871, 1874, 1876-1878, 1890-1902 which describe weather conditions, farm operations, his ministerial duties, and purchases for the farm and household. Ordained to preach by the Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1859, he served this as well as fourteen other churches in Preston, West Virginia, and adjoining counties. Included is a book of sermons with notes on biblical passages.
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D.W. Rogers Manuscripts, 1832/1902 1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

Rogers, D. W.
Diaries written by Rogers for the years 1870-1871, 1874, 1876-1878, 1890-1902 which describe weather conditions, farm operations, his ministerial duties, and purchases for the farm and household. Ordained to preach by the Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1859, he served this as well as fourteen other churches in Preston, West Virginia, and adjoining counties. Included is a book of sermons with notes on biblical passages.
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Ebenezer Wilson Patton Papers, 1869/1879

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)
Genealogical data, a letter, and other papers of the Ebenezer Wilson Patton family of Clarksburg, West Virginia, documenting Patton family history and Clarksburg in the 1870s. Genealogical material includes two family records that list births, deaths, and marriages from 1729 to 1879. The letter from Ebenezer Patton to M. L. Paullus of Greenfield, Indiana, describes conditions in Clarksburg in 1872. Topics include Patton's recent return to West Virginia, starting a general store and the state of his business, religious revivals, politics, radicalism, the weather, and news of family and friends. Patton also writes about the status of African Americans in the community after the Civil War. He describes churches, sermons about the status of African Americans, having his former slaves returned to his family to be cared for, and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Ebenezer Wilson Patton Papers, 1869/1879 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Patton, Ebenezer Wilson
Genealogical data, a letter, and other papers of the Ebenezer Wilson Patton family of Clarksburg, West Virginia, documenting Patton family history and Clarksburg in the 1870s. Genealogical material includes two family records that list births, deaths, and marriages from 1729 to 1879. The letter from Ebenezer Patton to M. L. Paullus of Greenfield, Indiana, describes conditions in Clarksburg in 1872. Topics include Patton's recent return to West Virginia, starting a general store and the state of his business, religious revivals, politics, radicalism, the weather, and news of family and friends. Patton also writes about the status of African Americans in the community after the Civil War. He describes churches, sermons about the status of African Americans, having his former slaves returned to his family to be cared for, and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Frank Smith Reader, Soldier, Civil War Diary, 1864

0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Diary of Frank Smith Reader of Brighton, Pennsylvania, who was a private in the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, Company I. The diary covers the period of 10 March to 25 June 1864 and contains ca. 80 pp. Reader, for the period covered by this diary, was on detached duty from his regiment, serving as a clerk at General Franz Sigel's and General David Hunter's headquarters in Martinsburg, Cumberland, and in the field. Reader participated in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was present at the battles of New Market, Piedmont, and Lynchburg. Diary entries comment on the weather; Reader's moods; daily duties; troop movements; skirmishes and battles; and the scorched earth policy employed during the Valley Campaigns. Please see the historical note for further information concerning Reader and his regiment.
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Frank Smith Reader, Soldier, Civil War Diary, 1864 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Reader, Frank Smith
Diary of Frank Smith Reader of Brighton, Pennsylvania, who was a private in the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, Company I. The diary covers the period of 10 March to 25 June 1864 and contains ca. 80 pp. Reader, for the period covered by this diary, was on detached duty from his regiment, serving as a clerk at General Franz Sigel's and General David Hunter's headquarters in Martinsburg, Cumberland, and in the field. Reader participated in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was present at the battles of New Market, Piedmont, and Lynchburg. Diary entries comment on the weather; Reader's moods; daily duties; troop movements; skirmishes and battles; and the scorched earth policy employed during the Valley Campaigns. Please see the historical note for further information concerning Reader and his regiment.
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Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers, 1778/1955

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

Newspaper clippings, mainly from Doddridge and Harrison county, concerning marriages, deaths, family histories, letters from World War I service men, nurses, and from former residents who had moved, or gone to other states to teach, including a series of letters from L.P. Willis from the Phillippine Islands and Japan. Mr.Willis was employed as a teacher and Head Of the Bureau of Education in Japan, and the Phillipines for twenty years. Also, included in the collection are tax and school tuition receipts, orders,unsigned copy of Thomas Hickman's will, deed and other papers of several members of the Hickman family of Harrison county. A photostat copy of a form letter from the State Medical Society Committee on Examination of the Medical Botany of the State addressed to Dr.P. Davis from Wheeling, 1868.

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Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers, 1778/1955 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Newspaper clippings, mainly from Doddridge and Harrison county, concerning marriages, deaths, family histories, letters from World War I service men, nurses, and from former residents who had moved, or gone to other states to teach, including a series of letters from L.P. Willis from the Phillippine Islands and Japan. Mr.Willis was employed as a teacher and Head Of the Bureau of Education in Japan, and the Phillipines for twenty years. Also, included in the collection are tax and school tuition receipts, orders,unsigned copy of Thomas Hickman's will, deed and other papers of several members of the Hickman family of Harrison county. A photostat copy of a form letter from the State Medical Society Committee on Examination of the Medical Botany of the State addressed to Dr.P. Davis from Wheeling, 1868.

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Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers, 1917/1950

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

Newspaper clippings, principally from Harrison and Doddridge county papers, concerning W. Va. Servicemen in World War I, weather and flood reports, and miscellaneous West Virginia Subjects. There are also some clippings from Parkersburg and various Ohio papers.

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Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers, 1917/1950 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Newspaper clippings, principally from Harrison and Doddridge county papers, concerning W. Va. Servicemen in World War I, weather and flood reports, and miscellaneous West Virginia Subjects. There are also some clippings from Parkersburg and various Ohio papers.

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Jackson County, West Virginia Diaries, 1894/1896

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)
Diaries kept by Luther Wolfe, C.A. Wolfe, and Mary Kinser, of Jackson County, which mention weather conditions, community events, family news, and events of national importance.
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Jackson County, West Virginia Diaries, 1894/1896 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Wolfe, C.A.
Diaries kept by Luther Wolfe, C.A. Wolfe, and Mary Kinser, of Jackson County, which mention weather conditions, community events, family news, and events of national importance.
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Jacob S. Hayden Diary, 1852

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)
Chronicle written by Hayden, Mayor of Fairmont, of his trip to the west coast. He describes the perils of a steamboat trip from Pittsburgh to Independence, Missouri, and the joys and hardships of travel by wagon across the Great Plains to California. Indian encounters, river crossings, inclement weather, scarcity of water, thieves, and firing squads are some of the topics noted.
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Jacob S. Hayden Diary, 1852 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Hayden, Jacob S.
Chronicle written by Hayden, Mayor of Fairmont, of his trip to the west coast. He describes the perils of a steamboat trip from Pittsburgh to Independence, Missouri, and the joys and hardships of travel by wagon across the Great Plains to California. Indian encounters, river crossings, inclement weather, scarcity of water, thieves, and firing squads are some of the topics noted.

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