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Earl L. Core (1902-1984) Papers 24.2 Linear Feet Summary: 24 ft. 2 in. (58 document cases, 5 in. each)

Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984

Office files and correspondence of Dr. Core, head of the Biology Department, editor of Castanea, and well-known biologist. Collection includes multiple addenda, all of which have been interfiled except for the addendum of 1978/01/17.

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Earl L. Core (1902-1985) Papers 9.6 Linear Feet 9 ft. 7 in. (23 document cases, 5 in. each)

Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984

The office files of Dr. Core, Head, Department of Biology, contain personal and professional correspondence. The papers deal with his work in the field of botany: as Curator of the Herbarium; as organizer of the Appalachian Botanical Club and editor of its journal, Castanea; and in various phases of botanical research. Some of the correspondence deals with academic duties and activities, and also reflects his interests in religious, historical, and civic activities at Core, WV.

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Earl L. Core, Collector, Letter 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item (1 folder)

Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984

Autographed letter signed by Margaret Cannon, Christopher Yoders, and Joseph S. Cannon to Jacob Mirs [Myers] Cassville, Monongalia County, Virginia. Dated, Martinsburg, Ohio, July 24. Letter from Myers' relatives in Knox County, Ohio briefly describing the country around Martinsburg.

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Earl L. Core, Collector, Papers 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 2 items (1 folder)

Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984

Letters from Campbell Jobes to Core, dated Elm Grove, W. Va., July 28, 1927, and a receipt for distilling corn, from the papers of Captain Alphaeus Garrison.

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Earl Ray Zinn Papers 2.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 1/2 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)

Zinn, Earl Ray
Correspondence, photos, postcards and memorabilia of a school teacher of White Days Creek and of his wife, Mary Corrothers Zinn. Most of the collection consists of correspondence and photos of Zinn's career in the U. S. Army during World War I. Zinn worked as a math school teacher and as a census taker in the Fetterman District of Taylor County. He spent the war in training at Camp Knox, West Point, KY in Battery E., 70th. Field Artillery Brigade, and he discusses in the letters the daily activities of his unit. There are also photos in uniform and copies of the military records of Earl Zinn and of his grandfather, Sailor Michael Zinn. Sailor Zinn was a member of the 14th. WV Inf. during the Civil War. He was captured and died in the infamous Confederate prison camp in Georgia of Andersonville. There is also a 19th century photo album and loose pictures of the Steele, Arnett & Sanders families of Monongalia County who are related to Mrs. Earl R. Zinn.
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Edward C. Bunker (1830-1867) Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Bunker, Edward C. (1830-1867)
Legal papers of a Morgantown lawyer, partner of United States Senator Waitman T. Willey, prosecuting attorney of Monongalia County, state senator, and judge of the Eleventh Circuit Court. Included are papers which relate to Bunker's Civil War service and Willey's legal practice. There are a few items of correspondence on land speculation and immigration in post-Civil War West Virginia.
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Edward D. Bayles, Collector, Land Grants 0 Linear Feet 2 items (photocopies)

Bayles, Edward D.
Two hand-written land grants: one for Monongalia County dated 1791, and one for Preston County dated 1837. The Monongalia grant names "Amos Robants, assignee of Ezekiel Jones" and the Preston grant names Richard Forman.
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Edward Evans Parrish (1791-1874), Oregon Trail Diary 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 item in 1 folder)

Parrish, Edward Evans, 1791-1874
Typescript copy of the diary of Reverend Edward Evans Parrish, a native of Monongalia County, West Virginia, written during a journey to the Oregon territory from 1843 to 1845. The diary begins in October 1843 when Parrish and his group left Hoskinsville, Morgan County, Ohio, and ends in July 1845. Diary is twenty-seven pages and chiefly consists of brief entries. Parrish primarily describes their route west along the Oregon Trail, including the rivers they crossed and other geographical features along the way. Other topics include the weather and heavy rains impeding their journey; moving up cattle and horses; animals on the prairie, including antelopes and buffalo; hunting buffalo; encounters with Native Americans; the health of his family and others in the camp; activities in the camps; the organization of the camps; and their arrival in Oregon City in December 1844. Transcript was made from a copy of the diary printed in the Transactions of the Sixteenth Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association, 1888.
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E. L. Mathers and Max Mathers, Compilers, Monongalia County Scrapbook 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Mathers, E. L. and Max Mathers, Compilers
A scrapbook compiled by E.L. Mathers and Max Mathers, dealing with Morgantown and Monongalia County. There are photographs and newspaper clippings concerning civic, military, and social organizations; taverns and hotels; churches and schools; marriages and deaths; historic houses, early buildings, business places, and river navigation; and biographical sketches.
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