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This folder includes cased tintype and paper photographs (ca. 1875-1920s, undated). The tintype depicts two unidentified children. The subjects of the cased paper photographs are an unidentified woman and Oscar C. Kubach, Sr.'s second wife, Bettie Toland Kubach, and an unidentified child, likely either Annetta Kubach or Nancie Kubach, Kubach, Sr. and Bettie's oldest daughters.

This folder includes a variety of Oscar C. Kubach, Sr.'s letters. These letters, both written by and to Kubach, are predominately personal letters to his second wife, Bettie Toland Kubach, and personal letters from friends and family in Germany written in German. Also included are several business letters and personal letters to Narcie Kubach and Oscar C. Kubach, Jr.

This folder includes business and personal letters. The business letters focus on Kubach, Sr.'s involvement in the Beury Coal & Coke Company, but there are also letters regarding the Fayette Coal & Coke Company, the Honduras Mining Company, and the beginnings of the New River Coal Company. The personal letters focus on Kubach, Sr.'s family and happenings in Shamokin, PA and Stone Cliff, WV. Also included are three letters regarding Oscar C. Kubach, Jr.'s time at the University of Indiana. An index of this correspondence is available.

This folder includes Xerox copies of the correspondence in File Folders 1 and 2 made at the time of the 1978 Addendum. An index of the correspondence in this folder is available.

This folder includes a rendering and explanation of the Kubach family coat of arms prepared by Halberts, a guest map for an unidentified 12th century castle, an illustration of a set of armor with explanations of the different parts, and a program from the 1867 Fifth Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Coal Exchange.

This folder includes mounted photographs and two loose paper photographs. Subjects of the mounted photographs (ca. 1870s-1910s, undated) include building settlements, railroads, trains, unidentified groups of people, and Oscar Kubach himself. Subjects of the loose paper photographs (ca. 1910s, undated) are an unidentified woman perched on a wood pole and a large, unidentified building. These images are available online through West Virginia History OnView.

This folder includes mounted photographs, a cabinet card, and a loose paper photograph. Subjects of the mounted photographs (ca. 1870s-1890s, undated) include buildings and several groups of unidentified children. The cabinet card (ca. 1870s-1899, undated) is a posed portrait of Oscar C. Kubach, Sr. taken by George M. Bretz's studio in Pottsville, PA. The loose paper photograph (ca. 1910s, undated) is of an unidentified river dam.

This folder includes cabinet cards, cartes de visite, mounted photographs, and a loose paper photograph (ca. 1875-1933, undated) of members of the extended Kubach family. Subjects of the cabinet cards include Oscar C. Kubach, Sr.'s sisters, brother, sisters-and-brothers-in-law, and nieces. Subjects of the cartes de visite are Kubach, Sr.'s stepmother and nephew. Subjects of the mounted photographs are Kubach, Sr.'s brother-in-law's sister and sister-in-law. The loose paper photograph is of Kubach, Sr.'s sister. All photographs are labeled by either Oscar C. Kubach, Jr. or the collection's seller.