Collections : [West Virginia and Regional History Center]

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 1932 Places Wetzel County (W. Va.)

Everett F. Moore Papers 3.4 Linear Feet 3 ft. 4 1/2 in. (6 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 6 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (4 oversize folders, 1/4 in. each)

Papers of Everett F. Moore, a lawyer who practiced in Marshall County and the surrounding area. Everett Moore was the uncle of Governor Arch Moore; they practiced law together. This collection mainly includes papers regarding legal cases and Moore's law practice as well maps of coal fields and other mineral resources. This collection is minimally processed.
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Kodol, West Virginia Post Office Records 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Kodol, West Virginia. Post Office
The ledgers of a rural Wetzel County post office containing receipts and combined registers of money orders issued and cash books recording the sale of postage stamps and domestic money orders. There is also an account book of the Charles S. Phillips General Store containing along with the ledger receipts, business papers and personal letters.
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Samuel and Anna Cole Diplomas and Certificates 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 large flat storage box)

Cole, Samuel and Anna
Diplomas and certificates of Samuel J. Cole, Anna F. Cole and Fonda Talkington. Includes high school and college diplomas and marriage, postmaster appointment and WV pharmacy certificates mainly of S. J. Cole. One postmaster appointment certificate is originally signed by Woodrow Wilson. Cole, a graduate of Church District High School, was a lifelong resident, pharmacist and postmaster of Hundred, Wetzel County, WV.
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Thornton Tayloe Perry, Collector, Papers 4.5 Linear Feet Summary: 4 ft. 6 in. (12 index card boxes, 4 1/2 in. each) [the boxes contain a total of 68 reels of microfilm]

Perry, T. Tayloe
This microfilm version of the Thornton Tayloe Perry Collection held by the Virginia Historical Society contains historical material collected by Perry over a 30 year period. It concentrates upon western Virginia and West Virginia with particular emphasis upon the lower Shenandoah Valley and Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties of West Virginia. The microfilm was placed in the West Virginia Collection by the Virginia Historical Society under provisions of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant.
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West Virginia Postmasters Appointment Records 0.58 Linear Feet Summary: 7 in. (4 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

West Virginia Postmasters
The record of the appointment of postmasters in the following WV counties: Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming. The record shows the dates of establishment and discontinuance of post offices, their changes of name, and the names of and the appointment dates of their postmasters. Beginning in 1870, it shows the names of post offices to which mail from discontinued offices was sent. The record also shows the dates of Presidential appointments of postmasters and the dates of their confirmation by the Senate, usually the dates that post offices were authorized to issue money orders, and occasionally the dates on which the locations of offices were changed.
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Wetzel County, Newspapers and Other Material 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 3/4 in. (1 folder)

Hall, Leonard S.
Collection of material related to Wetzel County. There are newspapers, including copies of the Tyler County Journal (Middlebourne, 1947); Wetzel Democrat (New Martinsville, 1943-1948); and Wetzel Republican (New Martinsville, 1945-1948). Other records include "Ordinances of New Martinsville" (pamphlet, 1872); U.S. Congressional publications regarding tax law from the 78th Congress (four pamphlets, 1943-1944); court docket for Circuit Court of Wetzel County (September 1945); certificate of service issued by the Selective Service System to Leonard S. Hall (1947); and an alumnus newsletter of Marietta College (1947).
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Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers 131.6 Linear Feet 131 ft. 7 in. (41 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 oversize record carton, 18 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (274 unboxed ledgers and notebooks, 78 ft. 7 in.)

Tetrick, Willis Guy, Jr., 1911-1995
Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.
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