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Ian Gray, Interviewer, Oral Histories with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Employees, 2015 18.3 Gigabytes 18 files, formats include .mts, .mp3, and .docx

Gray, Ian

This collection includes three digital oral histories and associated transcripts for interviews with Terry Donk, Lucille and Robert Grimm (mother and son), and Paul Riggs, all employees of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Donk interview is on video in six parts and features 1 hour 04 minutes 17 seconds of footage. The Grimm interview is on video in seven parts and includes 1 hour 30 minutes 55 seconds of footage and an additional 04 minutes 36 seconds of audio without video. The Riggs interview includes 1 hour 43 minutes 49 seconds of audio. All interviews were conducted by Ian Grey in 2015.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Israel C. White Papers, 1867/1941 29.4 Linear Feet Summary: 29 ft. 4 in. (68 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (3 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (5 oversize folders, 1/2 in.)

White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927

Personal and business records of Dr. Israel C. White, assistant geologist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1876-1883; professor of geology West Virginia University, 1877-1892; assistant geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, 1884-1888; delegate to the International Geological Congresses, St. Petersburg, 1897-1927; and chief geologist of the Brazilian Coal Commission, 1904-1906.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

J.P. Carney, Civil War Era Diary, 1864 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 3/4 in. (1 folder)

Carney, J.P.
Diary of John P. Carney of Moundsville and Benwood, West Virginia, from January to October 1864, chiefly documenting Carney's daily activities, the weather, and movement on the Ohio River and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). Carney initially writes from Moundsville, where he appears to be a student, and then from Benwood, where he begins work at the B&O Railroad depot in May 1864. Almost daily entries record the weather and its effects on the Ohio River, including the amount of ice in the river and how it rises and falls. Comments about the Civil War are scattered throughout the diary and are mostly reports of what Carney reads in the newspaper. Carney briefly mentions troop movements; Confederate prisoners and black Union soldiers passing through the area; the death of Colonel James Mulligan; General George B. McClellan's presidential campaign; General Jubal Early's raid on Washington, D.C., and the B&O Railroad in July and August. He appears mostly concerned with the status of the railroad during Early's raid. Restoration of telegraph lines to Baltimore is indicated for September 13. Several pages are faded and illegible, and there are no entries for the month of April.
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Miscellaneous Records regarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Cass Railroad, and Other Railroads, 1932/1978 0.10 Linear Feet 1.25 in. (3 folders)

This collection contains miscellaneous records regarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Cass Railroad, and other railroads. Types of records include newspapers and news clippings, calendars, and ephemera. See "Scope and Content Note" for additional information regarding material within the collection.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) Papers, 1827/1902 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872
Personal papers and scrapbooks of Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), a Parkersburg attorney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, member of the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1861-1862, legislator from Wood County in 1863, U.S. Senator from 1863-1869, and participant in West Virginia railroad and business enterprises. Includes manuscripts speeches, essays, correspondence, and three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. Highlights include a manuscript speech on the American Colonization Society, which helped found the colony of Liberia (undated); a letter to the president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company (March 18, 1836); a draft of "Address of the Delegates composing the New State Constitutional Convention to their Constituents" (1863). Other subjects of Van Winkle's writings include the U.S. Constitution, philosophical and religious writings (including the rights and nature of mankind), and Virginia and West Virginia politics. The scrapbooks are mostly full of clippings, with subjects including the Northwestern Turnpike, politics, and the development of Parkersburg (1827-1902, undated). One of the scrapbooks also includes journal entries (1834-1844).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Railroads and Government Regulation Collection, 1862/1870 .01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Supervisors of Marshall County

Miscellaneous items relating to railroads and to laws and regulations regarding railroads. Includes photostat copies of Supreme Court arguments in the case of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company vs. Supervisors of Marshall County et al. (1869-1870). Also includes miscellaneous correspondence consisting of a copy of a letter regarding rates of service approved by Edwin Stanton, who was Secretary of War under Lincoln. There are also photocopies of correspondence addressed to J.D. Rockefeller regarding proposed regulations.

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