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Adamston Flat Glass Factory, Glass Cutting Tool .25 Linear Feet 3 in. (1 flat storage box)

Adamston Flat Glass Company

A metal tool with a wooden handle, known as a "splitter", used for cutting glass. The tool was used at the Adamston Flat Glass Factory, which was located in Adamston, West Virginia (a former town that is now part of the city of Clarkburg).

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Agnes Smith (1906-1994), Author, Papers 0.4 Linear Feet 5 in. (1 document case)

Smith, Agnes, 1906-1994

Papers of author Agnes Smith (1906-1994), including typescript of "An Edge of the Forest", a children's book published in 1959, covers for the book, and a typescript draft of a television script prepared from the book by BBC for the program "Adventures in English." There are also two letters regarding BBC use of the book (1965-66) and six short stories by Smith, generally titled "Engagements and Obituaries."

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Catherine C. Burke, Collector, Business Letterheads, Postcards, and Other Material regarding Clarksburg, WV 0.08 Linear Feet 1 in. (3 folders)

Burke, Catherine Custer
Collection of material related to Clarksburg and Bridgeport, West Virginia. Includes 1) public records, including court appointments, summons, and a case (12 items, 1804-1852); 2) advertising card for Mme. Ulman's Parlors (1 item, ca. 1910-1920); 3) letterheads for businesses and services, including agricultural supplies, automobile repair shops, banks, restaurants, etc. (89 items, ca. 1900-1930); 4) postcards (39 regular postcards, 8 small ones, ca. 1910-1930); and 5) copy of newspaper titled "Harrison County Whig, And Western Virginia Advertiser" (1 item; 8-3-1843). For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this collection's four digit call number (otherwise known as an a&m number).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Chapin Family Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (2 folders)

Chapin family
Letters of Phineas Chapin (1792-1857), and other family members in Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Clarksburg, West Virginia. There are: intimate sketches of the social life of Clarksburg in the first half of the nineteenth century; descriptions of a plantation house in Mississippi in 1860; and a few papers bearing on family business affairs, including cattle raising in Harrison County.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles Carpenter, Collector, Papers 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (2 folders)

Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975

This collection includes court case papers and exhibits from Taylor & Harrison Counties; deeds; title abstracts; one land grant; a coal lease for mining & stripping; one letter; and a genealogy chart for the Morgan family.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles E. Pride, Broker, Incoming Business Letters 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)

Pride, Charles E.
Incoming business letters to broker Charles E. Pride of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Charles E. Pride (1857-1905) worked as a merchant, broker, and traveling salesman before settling in Clarksburg in 1895 to work as a broker. The incoming letters in this collection document his brokerage work involving a variety of companies and commodities. Companies include: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; D.C. Wilhelm, Breeder of Short Horn Cattle; J.K. Armsby Company, Chicago; and P. Duff and Sons, Pittsburg [Pittsburgh]; among others. Commodities include: cement; gas, oil, and coal; seeds, grain, hay, and straw; fruits and vegetables; seafood; and coffee, tea, and sugar; among others. The letter of 20 March 1903 references insider trading.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Civil War Letter from Clarksburg, Confederate Bond, and Jonathan Jackson Agreement 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 3 items (1 folder)

Tinnell, Shannon
Collection includes: 1) letter from Union soldier W. Fleming in Clarksburg (undated); 2) Confederate bond issued to James M. Beckham (1864); and 3) financial agreement involving Jonathan Jackson, father of "Stonewall" Jackson (1821). See scope and content note for details.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clarksburg Autograph Book 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item

Johnson, Kevin Wadsworth
One autograph book (3 1/4" x 5 1/4") with bas-relief illustration in faded gold of spider on a web against a burgundy background. Contains autographs of individuals from the Clarksburg and Shinnston areas.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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