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Start Over Collection Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers Date range 1902

Confederate Bonds and Cook Certificate (includes three $1000 Confederate bonds [1862-1863], a promissory note from the Confederate government for future bonds [1864], an original and two copies of Southern Orphan Association Certificates [1867]; a clipping showing a $500 Confederate currency note [undated]; and a certificate of appointment for Roy Bird Cook to the Board of Trustees of the West Virginia Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund [1957]; 9 items) Box 48, Folder 11

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
  3. Series 15. Oversize Material
  4. Series 15. Oversize Material--General

Contains a "Descriptive Book" or roster of the Morris Post #50, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Department of West Virginia, Weston, Lewis County, which includes the name, age, birthplace, etc., of 137 soldiers. Also contains a poem entitled "The Death of the G-A-R," by MacKinlay Kantor; and a handbill from the Headquarters of the Department of West Virginia, Grand Army of the Republic, upon their return from the Sixteenth National Encampment in Des Moines, Iowa. 3 items Box 3, Folder 14

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
  3. Series 6. Military Records
  4. Series 6. Military Records -- West Virginia

Contains a piece of Weston Council No. 59 Jr.O.U.A.M. (Junior Order United American Mechanics) ephemera and scrapbook. The scrapbook includes a pamphlet of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays, W.Va.M., which includes name, age, occupation, etc., of the officers and members. Also includes a loose ledger page. 2 items Box 3, Folder 15

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
  3. Series 6. Military Records
  4. Series 6. Military Records -- West Virginia

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