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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).

This series contains minutes of meetings of the faculty from 1729-1967, in nine volumes and four boxes. These minute books describe various administrative actions taken by the College including faculty hires, admissions, and the curriculum. The 1729-1784 volume is laminated; the 1817-1830 and 1830-1836 books are bound in leather; the 1846-1861 and 1861-1863 are laminated. The 1729-1784 volume has also been photocopied. The 1817-1839 minutes are also available as typescripts. Minute Books, volumes 1-10 have been digitized and are available online.

The Genealogies Series contains photocopies of documents and maps, and extensive research notes on the Hill family from the 1600s to the 1900s. Date spans in parentheses record dates of genealogical information, date spans in the date column records dates of record creation.

This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.

This series consists of genealogical material organized by Earl Gregg Swem that are described under the collection number Mss. 82 Swem 4.

Papers of the family of Socrates Maupin (1809-1871), professor at the University of Virginia, including letters to him, and correspondence of his son, Chapman Maupin (1846-1900), during the Civil War and while studying in Europe. There are also letters and ephemera relating to Chapman Maupin's interest in his Washington forebearers, and deeds, some of which concern other ancestors. The bulk of the papers, 1850-1870, are letters received by Peter Grayson Washington (d. 1872), brother-in-law of Socrates Maupin, primarily while serving as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1853-1857. Most of the letters, many of which are from Congressmen or government officials, are of a routine nature and relate to political patronage, Democratic politics, and the various responsibilities of the Treasury Department. Later letters relate to Washington's work as a claims agent in Washington, D.C., and to his investments in New York City.