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Woodbine Cemetery Records 26.17 cubic feet 74 boxes, 6 flat files

Woodbine Cemetery
The Woodbine Cemetery Records, circa 1830-2006, consist of materials relating to the operation of Woodbine Cemetery, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The collection includes a wide array of financial and commercial materials, including receipt books and loose receipts, account books, checks, ledgers, bank statements, board minutes and reports, customer correspondence, insurance information, maps, and other materials produced during the course of business over approximately the past 150 years.
  1. James Madison University

Woodbridge-Blennerhassett Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, typescript copies, 1.75 in.)

Woodbridge-Blennerhassett and Company
Correspondence and financial records of the firm of Dudley Woodbridge and Company of Marietta, Ohio, pertaining to Woodbridge's partnership with Harman Blennerhassett. Subjects include early Ohio River trade, transportation, and markets; Blennerhassett's financial misfortunes; the Burr conspiracy; and family and social affairs. Included in the collection are extracts from the Silas Brown letters in the Library of Congress relating to the Burr Conspiracy; and an unpublished manuscript by Josephine Phillips, "The Blennerhassett-Woodbridge Partnership: An Experiment in Chain Store Operation, 1798-1806.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Woodbridge Family Papers 1.80 Linear Feet

Woodbridge, Dudley Warner, 1896-1969

Papers relating to the Woodbridge and Mendenhall Families including materials of Julia Woodbridge Oxrieder, folklorist and author; her brother, Hensley Woodbridge, a bibliographer of Latin American literature; and their parents, Dean of the College of William and Mary Law School, Dudley Woodbridge and his wife. Some material relates to Williamsburg, Virginia. The collection includes diaries, scrapbooks, photographs and other materials.

  1. College of William and Mary

Wood County Archives 166.50 Linear Feet Summary: 166 ft. 6 in. (324 document cases, 5 in. each); (216 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Records from the offices of circuit and county clerks containing inventories, wills, appraisements, estate and administrative settlements, and bills of sales.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wood County Survey Plats 0.15 Linear Feet 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Survey plats made by L.G. Merrill & Associates of Parkersburg and Wood County, WV prepared by magisterial districts with the corresponding dates when the survey was made. Magisterial districts with dates are as follows: Box 1 - Clay, 1948-49; Harris, 1955-56; Lubeck, 1939-40; Parkersburg, 1929-32; Slate, 1953-54; Steele, 1956-57. Box 2 - Tygart, 1927-28; Union, 1946-47; Walker, 1952-53; Williams, 1937-38.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Correspondence Collection 1.5 Linear Feet

This collection contains more than 700 letters, the vast majority dating to World War II between 1940 and 1945. Each of the first five series deal with numerous letters to/from a primary correspondent, whether husband and wife, family members, or varying levels of acquaintance that date between 1940 and 1945. The final two series contain correspondence and ephemera unrelated to World War II that was included in the collection when purchased.
  1. University of Richmond

World War II Era Motion Picture Films regarding the European Theater 5.2 Linear Feet 5 ft. 1 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (6 flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each); (1 artifact box, 2 ft. 1 1/2 in.)

56 reels of 16mm motion picture film. Much of the film seems to be newsreels from German organizations. Most films have no sound. Subjects include battles and other events of World War II, as well as a few reels of film that predate the war.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War I & II Pamphlet Collection 4 Linear Feet 7 archival boxes.

U.S. Government
The pamphlets found in this collection highlight the many aspects of military and wartime life, mainly during World War II. The pamphlets provide clues as to how day-to-day military life was conducted during the First and Second World Wars, including the ins-and-outs of pre-military enlistment, the role of women during the war, and perceived German intentions. Many publications offer insight into how a soldier is to conduct himself on and off the battlefield, including restrictions he is to adhere to when returning home. All publications are official United States issue, and are therefore official documentation of how the army communicated with the average soldier.
  1. University of Richmond

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