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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
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Date range 1799

Tyler County Archives, 1788/1933 48.33 Linear Feet Summary: 48 ft. 4 in. (80 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 records cartons, 15 in. each); (2 ledgers, 3 in.); (84 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Tyler County Court
Circuit and county court papers including minute books, order books, witness books, rule books, execution books, and trial dockets. There are poll books for state and federal elections (1816-52).
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Underground Railroad, 1799/1999 Box 9, Folder 42

Facsimiles of documents pertaining to slaves in Jefferson County, VA. Itinerary for Underground Railroad tours [Ohio?]. The Escape of Jane: a True Story of the Underground Railroad by Henry Burke & Dick Croy. Henry Robert Burke correspondence. Brochure on Henderson Hall, Wood County. Dick Croy correspondence and resume. Newspaper articles by Burke. "Black Cultural Sites in West Virginia" compiled by Michael Pauley and Peter Jesus, 1990

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  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Underground Railroad, 1799/2013

Van Hall, Historian, Microfilm Collection of Tax Records for Virginia Counties and Other Material, 1757/1966, bulk 1757/1865 1.3 Linear Feet 1 ft. 4 in. (4 flat storage boxes, 4 in. each)

Hall, Van Beck

Van Beck Hall, a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, collected these records to support his research for a forthcoming book The Political Economy of Virginia, 1790-1830 [as of October 2019]. The majority of the records are on 57 reels of microfilm and contain land tax and personal property tax records for southeastern and central Virginia counties (1771-1861). Examples of counties include Caroline, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Prince George, and Stafford, among others. Miscellaneous records on 5 reels of microfilm include a report from the Virginia Library Board (1916-1917), lists of state and county officials (1780-1865), records of arms delivered (1792-1798), tobacco inspections (1795-1813), insurance declarations (1796-1821), and a doctoral dissertation about Maine's separation from Massachusetts (1966). Additionally, 3 reels of microfilm contain the Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1776-1832) and 8 reels of microfilm contain the Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1790-1831).

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