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Start Over Collection Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection Date range 1900

Notebook including typescript of "A Hole in the Ground and other stories by C. Pierson, Author of the Haunted Bottom and Other Stories. History of Clay County, Pioneer and Pioneer Days of Nicholas County." (1899) Introduction by William P. Gould of Ft. Myers, Florida (1925). Compiled and published by C.W. Bell of Zela, WV Box 5, Folder unfoldered

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection
  3. Series 1. Correspondence, Local Histories, and Records

Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection 2.34 Linear Feet (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2.5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 in.); (1 oversize folder, 0.1 in.)

Donnelly, C. Shirley, Reverend

Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly, a Baptist minister and local historian, collected these materials for his own research and interest in West Virginia history. The collection contains various materials pertaining to coal mining and West Virginia history, especially in the New River area and Fayette County. It includes correspondence, land grant and deed records, pamphlets, journals, local histories, records, photographs, and art relating to mining and life in the New River area. One set of correspondence includes recollections, a yearbook, and newspaper clippings by a World War II sailor from the USS West Virginia. Another series of correspondence includes the antebellum, wartime, and postwar letters and personal receipts of Charles Dequasie, a Confederate soldier from Fayette County, West Virginia, and Robert Edward Dequasie's personal and business correspondence. Other ephemera includes West Virginia and mining journals and certificates belonging to Donnelly and others. A scrapbook and notebook of newspaper clippings pertain to early court hangings and executions in West Virginia. Political posters include those for West Virginia Governor William C. Marland and West Virginia Senators Harley Kilgore and Robert Byrd.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Series 1. Correspondence, Local Histories, and Records

Includes correspondence between Donnelly and others about coal mining and mining accidents primarily in Fayette County, West Virginia, in the early twentieth century. Other correspondence includes letters from a sailor recalling his experiences on the USS West Virginia and personal correspondence of Donnelly on various topics. Local histories include manuscripts about the Civil War battle of Carnifex Ferry and the following areas in West Virginia: Thurmond; Fayette County; and Clay County. Highlights of local records include a book of West Virginia land grants (1820s-1840s), 18th and 19th century land deeds, and a roster and history of the West Virginia National Guard (1929, 1950).

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection

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