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Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) Papers, 1786/1878

0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, numerous internal improvement schemes in Virginia and Pennsylvania, and local history of the Martinsburg and Shenandoah Valley area. Correspondents include Sherrard Clemens; Lyman C. Draper; John J. Jackson, Jr.; Daniel Lamb; Alexander Martin; Samuel Price; George W. Summers; Henry A. Wise; and Waitman T. Willey. For a more complete list of subjects and correspondents, see Scope and Content Note. For a partial list of contents, see the control folder. For more information about Faulkner, see the Historical Note.
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Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) Papers, 1786/1878 0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884
Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, numerous internal improvement schemes in Virginia and Pennsylvania, and local history of the Martinsburg and Shenandoah Valley area. Correspondents include Sherrard Clemens; Lyman C. Draper; John J. Jackson, Jr.; Daniel Lamb; Alexander Martin; Samuel Price; George W. Summers; Henry A. Wise; and Waitman T. Willey. For a more complete list of subjects and correspondents, see Scope and Content Note. For a partial list of contents, see the control folder. For more information about Faulkner, see the Historical Note.
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E.C. Smith, Student, Diary Regarding Experiences While at West Virginia University, 1874

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 items (diary and transcript)

Diary by E.C. Smith, a student at West Virginia University (WVU), regarding his experiences in 1874. Activities documented include academic (preparing papers, Greek and Latin studies, reading Charles Darwin, etc.), literary society (elections, debates, recitations), military cadet (drills, lectures, marching), and Methodist Episcopal Church events (including sermons and other activities). He also attended a commencement (June 18). Recreational and social activities are also recorded, including baseball, boating, swimming, croquet, and amateur musical performances; and picnics, dances, visiting friends from the Morgantown Female Seminary, and eating at restaurants. Names of professors and fellow students are recorded. Alexander Martin, the first President of West Virginia University, is reported to have delivered two sermons, and a lecture on astronomy. There are references to carriage, railroad, and steamboat travel, and to the towns and cities of Morgantown, Fairmont, Grafton, Parkersburg, Ravenswood, Point Pleasant, Spencer, and Harper's Ferry. Includes transcript of 108 pages.

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E.C. Smith, Student, Diary Regarding Experiences While at West Virginia University, 1874 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 items (diary and transcript)

Smith, E.C.

Diary by E.C. Smith, a student at West Virginia University (WVU), regarding his experiences in 1874. Activities documented include academic (preparing papers, Greek and Latin studies, reading Charles Darwin, etc.), literary society (elections, debates, recitations), military cadet (drills, lectures, marching), and Methodist Episcopal Church events (including sermons and other activities). He also attended a commencement (June 18). Recreational and social activities are also recorded, including baseball, boating, swimming, croquet, and amateur musical performances; and picnics, dances, visiting friends from the Morgantown Female Seminary, and eating at restaurants. Names of professors and fellow students are recorded. Alexander Martin, the first President of West Virginia University, is reported to have delivered two sermons, and a lecture on astronomy. There are references to carriage, railroad, and steamboat travel, and to the towns and cities of Morgantown, Fairmont, Grafton, Parkersburg, Ravenswood, Point Pleasant, Spencer, and Harper's Ferry. Includes transcript of 108 pages.

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Marmaduke Herbert Dent (1849-1909) Papers, 1870

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Diploma from West Virginia University, signed by T.H. Logan, George C. Sturgiss, Alexander Martin, S. G. Stevens, H. H. Pierce, J. Stevenson, and Fred W. Wood

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Marmaduke Herbert Dent (1849-1909) Papers, 1870 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1 item (1 oversize folder)

Dent, Marmaduke Herbert (1849-1909)

Diploma from West Virginia University, signed by T.H. Logan, George C. Sturgiss, Alexander Martin, S. G. Stevens, H. H. Pierce, J. Stevenson, and Fred W. Wood

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Martin, Alexander. Artist file: miscellaneous uncatalogued material

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This file may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material.

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West Virginia University, Alexander Martin, President, Obituaries and Other Material, 1893

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Photocopied obituaries regarding Alexander Martin, the first President of West Virginia University (1867-1875), from several newspapers, including the New York Christian Advocate (12-12-1893), the Indianapolis Journal, and the Wellsville Union (a weekly Republican newspaper from Ohio). The collection also includes biographical sketches that outline the life of Alexander Martin covering his immigration from Nairn, Scotland (north Britain); his years as an educator and preacher; and his service as President to both West Virginia University (WVU) and DePauw University.
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West Virginia University, Alexander Martin, President, Obituaries and Other Material, 1893 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 12 pages (1 folder)

Photocopied obituaries regarding Alexander Martin, the first President of West Virginia University (1867-1875), from several newspapers, including the New York Christian Advocate (12-12-1893), the Indianapolis Journal, and the Wellsville Union (a weekly Republican newspaper from Ohio). The collection also includes biographical sketches that outline the life of Alexander Martin covering his immigration from Nairn, Scotland (north Britain); his years as an educator and preacher; and his service as President to both West Virginia University (WVU) and DePauw University.
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West Virginia University, President Alexander Martin, Crayon Portrait, 1867

0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (oversize box)
One crayon portrait (17 1/2 in. x 23 1/2 in.) of the first President of West Virginia University, Reverend Alexander Martin. The crayon portrait was popular in the period ca. 1860 to 1900. They were created by enlarging a photograph onto drawing paper with a weak photographic emulsion in order to produce a faint image. An artist then drew over the picture with charcoal or pastels, trying to duplicate the photograph while making it look hand drawn.
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West Virginia University, President Alexander Martin, Crayon Portrait, 1867 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (oversize box)

One crayon portrait (17 1/2 in. x 23 1/2 in.) of the first President of West Virginia University, Reverend Alexander Martin. The crayon portrait was popular in the period ca. 1860 to 1900. They were created by enlarging a photograph onto drawing paper with a weak photographic emulsion in order to produce a faint image. An artist then drew over the picture with charcoal or pastels, trying to duplicate the photograph while making it look hand drawn.
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West Virginia University, Presidents' Inaugural Speeches and Other Material, 1867/1995

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Copies of transcripts of inaugural speeches delivered by West Virginia University presidents, including Alexander Martin (1867), Jerome Raymond (1897), Thomas Hodges (1911), John Roscoe Turner (1928), Irvin Stewart (1946), Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr. (1959), Paul Miller (1962), James Harlow (1968), and David C. Hardesty, Jr. (1995). Also includes transcript of a Faculty Assembly Speech delivered by E. Gordon Gee (1982), and a report titled "Building for a New Century: Higher Education in West Virginia" by the Carnegie Foundation (1987).
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West Virginia University, Presidents' Inaugural Speeches and Other Material, 1867/1995 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (3 folders)

West Virginia University. President
Copies of transcripts of inaugural speeches delivered by West Virginia University presidents, including Alexander Martin (1867), Jerome Raymond (1897), Thomas Hodges (1911), John Roscoe Turner (1928), Irvin Stewart (1946), Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr. (1959), Paul Miller (1962), James Harlow (1968), and David C. Hardesty, Jr. (1995). Also includes transcript of a Faculty Assembly Speech delivered by E. Gordon Gee (1982), and a report titled "Building for a New Century: Higher Education in West Virginia" by the Carnegie Foundation (1987).
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William A. Moreland, Collector, Papers, 1794/1958

0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 24 items (1 folder, 13 items); (1 oversize folder, 11 items)
Papers of Alexander Smith and George W. Brown. The Smith papers are letters and receipts, 1794-1814, and include a letter from N. Suter commenting on a naval battle of the War of 1812, current prices, government, and business conditions and receipts for the payment for slaves. The Brown letters, 1870-1886, concern a gift to West Virginia University, marriage, and payment of land taxes. Correspondents or persons mentioned include Alexander Martin and John W. Mason. Receipts, 1881-1894, are for taxes paid by the Brown, Miller and Co. Also included are certificates of appointment and commissions, 1858-1921, for Virginia Militia, Quartermaster General and Adjutant General of the state of West Virginia, the Collector of Internal Revenue, the U.S. Army Officers' Reserve Corps, the National Guard, and a membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia.
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William A. Moreland, Collector, Papers, 1794/1958 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 24 items (1 folder, 13 items); (1 oversize folder, 11 items)

Moreland, William A., 1916-1986
Papers of Alexander Smith and George W. Brown. The Smith papers are letters and receipts, 1794-1814, and include a letter from N. Suter commenting on a naval battle of the War of 1812, current prices, government, and business conditions and receipts for the payment for slaves. The Brown letters, 1870-1886, concern a gift to West Virginia University, marriage, and payment of land taxes. Correspondents or persons mentioned include Alexander Martin and John W. Mason. Receipts, 1881-1894, are for taxes paid by the Brown, Miller and Co. Also included are certificates of appointment and commissions, 1858-1921, for Virginia Militia, Quartermaster General and Adjutant General of the state of West Virginia, the Collector of Internal Revenue, the U.S. Army Officers' Reserve Corps, the National Guard, and a membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia.
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William Price (1803-1881) Papers, 1787/1917, bulk 1805/1885

0.25 Linear Feet 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)
Papers of William Price (1803-1881), a Monongalia County, West Virginia, resident, member of the Wheeling Convention, and state legislator, 1869-1873. Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, legal documents, and pictures. The correspondence, 1858-1912, concerns farming, the cattle business, and observations on the Civil War. Land papers also relate to Greene County, Pennsylvania. There is a diary and memo book of William Price, 1861-1863, containing two references to his membership in the Wheeling Convention, 20 June 1861; an account book, 1885-1890; a journal maintained by Price during two business trips to Philadelphia in 1865; and a novel, "Charlotte Temple" published in 1807 owned by Mary Swon, with her family history inscribed on the back pages. There are also letters from Monongalia County citizens commenting on legislative enactments. Correspondents include R.L. Berkshire and Alexander Martin. An addendum of 2001/06/29 contains typescript transcriptions of the papers of William Price and family.
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William Price (1803-1881) Papers, 1787/1917, bulk 1805/1885 0.25 Linear Feet 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Price, William, 1803-1881
Papers of William Price (1803-1881), a Monongalia County, West Virginia, resident, member of the Wheeling Convention, and state legislator, 1869-1873. Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, legal documents, and pictures. The correspondence, 1858-1912, concerns farming, the cattle business, and observations on the Civil War. Land papers also relate to Greene County, Pennsylvania. There is a diary and memo book of William Price, 1861-1863, containing two references to his membership in the Wheeling Convention, 20 June 1861; an account book, 1885-1890; a journal maintained by Price during two business trips to Philadelphia in 1865; and a novel, "Charlotte Temple" published in 1807 owned by Mary Swon, with her family history inscribed on the back pages. There are also letters from Monongalia County citizens commenting on legislative enactments. Correspondents include R.L. Berkshire and Alexander Martin. An addendum of 2001/06/29 contains typescript transcriptions of the papers of William Price and family.

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