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A sketch of Woodburn Seminary, by Susah Maxwell Moore, written in 1939; it traces the development of the property on which the school was located, through the Thomas P. Ray estate; the names of the founders are given; describes the origin of the name of the school and concludes with a sketch of student life.

Records from the offices of circuit and county clerks containing inventories, wills, appraisements, estate and administrative settlements, and bills of sales.

Six ledgers of the Worthington Baptist Church of Marion County, WV. Includes financial records, meeting minutes, annual reports, church statistics, building plans, and membership lists. There is also a history of the church, which is a denominational affiliate of the American Baptist Convention, USA.

The Writers' Program was a federal New Deal program (1935-1942) that employed jobless individuals with literary and writing skills for the purpose of researching and recording a broad assemblage of information regarding their states and local counties. This collection contains some of the records of the West Virginia division of the Program (the bulk of which are in A&M 454), including material regarding Mineral and Hampshire Counties, as well as Berkeley, Grant, Hardy, and Pendleton Counties. For additional detail, please consult the scope and content note.

This collection contains records of the Saint Andrew's Society and books on Scotland and Scottish Clans. Records include newsletters, letters and pamphlets about the ongoings of the Saint Andrew's Society along with ledgers documenting the society's financial transactions during the period of 1861-1956.

This collection contains records of the Saint Andrew's Society and books on Scotland and Scottish Clans. Records include newsletters, letters and pamphlets about the ongoings of the Saint Andrew's Society along with ledgers documenting the society's financial transactions during the period of 1861-1956.

The "Young Eph's Lament" Song Sheet, circa 1850-1899, is a 5 x 8 inch hand-colored lithograph song sheet featuring four stanzas in stereotypical black dialect.

Digital copies of papers of the Zinn family of Preston County, West Virginia, including legal documents and genealogical records. Legal documents include a letter of attorney, indentures, deeds, stock certificates, and surveys of property. Genealogical records include a handwritten record of births, a page from a family bible recording births and marriages, and a typescript regarding the history of the Zinn family. Frequently mentioned names include Isaac Dean and George Zinn. The collection also includes an 1867 letter of commendation to George Zinn; it accompanied a medal awarded for service in the Civil War. This collection consists only of digital scans of the original documents. The collection also includes a digital version of an autobiographical account by Thomas E. Zinn titled "Sea Stories From My Time in the United States Navy" regarding his experiences as a naval and commercial pilot in the period ca. 1950s-1970s.