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West Virginia Industrial Archaeology Book Box 70

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile maps and articles, reports, student papers, photographs, correspondence, etc. Subjects include Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Martinsburg, John Laudon McAdams, the Potomac River Hydroelectric Dams and the Weston Bridge and Gauley Bridge Turnpike. Highlights include HAER reports about Potomac River Hydroelectric Dams, Dams #4 and #5, Grafton Machine Shop and Foundry and B&O Railroad structures.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Emory L. Kemp Papers regarding Industrial History
  3. Series 1. Research Files
  4. Series 1. Research Files -- Industrial Structures

West Virginia Industrial Archaeology Book Box 71

Kemp researched West Virginia industrial archaeology for a monograph he prepared on the state's industrial history. This box contains research materials, including facsimile reports, facsimile book excerpts, facsimile engineering drawings, facsimile census listings, correspondence, book drafts, newsletters, articles and photographs. Subjects include manufacturing, Morgantown, mills, iron furnaces and historic places and engineering structures in West Virginia. Highlights include grant applications, correspondence and drafts of the book Recording West Virginia Industrial Heritage. The following oversize material was moved to Box 343: notes about the Census of Manufacturers.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Emory L. Kemp Papers regarding Industrial History
  3. Series 1. Research Files
  4. Series 1. Research Files -- Industrial Structures

West Virginia Land Grants Records 8.17 Linear Feet Summary: 8 ft. 2 in. (56 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Records of land grants made by the Secretary of the Colony of Virginia from 1748 to 1778, by the Virginia Land Office of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1779 until 1863, and by the State of West Virginia from its formation until 1912. These records were held by the Office of the West Virginia State Auditor at the time the Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia was published by State Auditor Edgar B. Sims in 1952. The land grants were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah and are now held by the West Virginia State Archives.

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West Virginia Newspaper Clippings 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

West Virginia.
A collection of clippings from various newspapers for the period 1861-1873. The clippings were pasted in the register book of McClure House Hotel, which was discovered among the Ohio County Court records. Subjects covered by the clippings include Civil War military operations and battles, the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy, Ohio County election returns for 1872, a controversy over the reorganization of the government in Berkeley County, controversy over moving the state capitol, and the constitutional convention of 1873.
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West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company Record Book 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 volume)

West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company
Record book for the West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company, a Michigan-based company that had drilling operations in Ritchie County, West Virginia, for 1865 to 1878. Minutes from annual stockholders meetings from 1865 to 1878 provide information about by-laws, committee reports, stock certificates, buying land, and selling oil. Minutes from board of directors annual meetings from 1865 to 1882 document the appointment and resignation of officers, company procedures, and financial matters. Also includes published annual reports from 1867 to 1872 that describe market conditions and summarize the company's operations.
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West Virginia Politics [Autographed Letters Signed], folder 1 of 2 (includes letters, a clipping regarding Judge J.J. Jackson [undated], a petition regarding the state capitol [1867], and an auditor payment voucher [1868]; letters are all originals with one facsimile [Nathan Goff]; correspondents include Judge M. Hampton [regarding J.J. Jackson, Jr.], Nathan Goff, C.D. Hubbard, Benjamin A. Smith, F.A. Lowell, J.M. Bennett, and Arthur I. Boreman; 11 items) Box 9, Folder 1

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  2. Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
  3. Series 5. Individual, Family, and Civil War History Papers

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