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Andrew C. Lyons, Architect, Drawings for Buildings in Fairmont, West Virginia 8 Linear Feet 8 ft. (31 newspaper boxes, 3 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 1.5 in. each); (1 folder, 1/4 in.)

Lyons, Andrew C., 1873-1942
Architectural drawings by A.C. Lyons; includes pencil drawings and blueprints for mostly residential buildings in Fairmont, West Virginia. There is also a pamphlet regarding the life and work of Andrew C. Lyons entitled "Art and Architecture of Fairmont: Exploring the Works of Andrew C. Lyons and Raymond Stoker" by M. Raymond Alvarez. See scope and content note for contents list.
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Charles L. Robinson, Collector, Papers of a Marion County Family 0.75 Linear Feet Summary: 9 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.)

Robinson, Clarence D.

Papers collected by Charles L. Robinson, including business and family papers of Marion County businessman Clarence D. Robinson. There are books, photographs, ephemera, scrapbook, ledgers, and artifact. Addendum of 2015/03/16 includes a stock certificate, photographs of family members, a map of Fairmont, and scattered issues of Fairmont and Baltimore newspapers.

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Chesney MacCauley Ramage, Surgeon, Photographs and Biography 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Three photographs and biographical material regarding Chesney MacCauley Ramage, a native of West Milford, West Virginia. After graduating from Fairmont High School (in 1900) and West Virginia University (WVU), he attended John Hopkins University Medical School in Baltimore. He then returned to Fairmont and established a surgical practice, becoming the superintendent and chief surgeon at the Miners' Hospital (Fairmont Emergency Hospital). Photographs include graduating glass of Fairmont High School (1900), Chesney building a hunting lodge (ca. 1904), the WVU Men's Glee Club (ca. 1906 or 1907), and hunting lodge (ca. 1904).
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Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959), Barns Family Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Smith, Clarence Edwin, 1885-1959
Correspondence, business, and legal papers, and photographs of Thomas Barns (1750-1836) and his son John S. Barns, who operated a grist and saw mill at Polsleys Mill (now Fairmont). Papers deal with a river trip to Indiana, 1837; coal mining in 1839; the money question, 1838; land transactions, farming, and mercantile operations of the Barns family; Rosecrans in Middle Tennessee, 1863; and the poor economic conditions, 1878.
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Cullen Martin, Student, West Virginia University Diploma, Textbooks, and Other Material 1.5 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 5 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Martin, Cullen Guile
Items belonging to civil engineer and West Virginian Cullen Guile Martin (1883-1930), including Martin's West Virginia University (WVU) diploma (1912); a card-mounted black and white photograph of Martin (ca. 1900); 14 picture postcards of Morgantown and Fairmont sent to Martin's sister Delsie Martin Coffman of Clarksburg, West Virginia (1907-1909); and 23 books that belonged to Martin (1891-1923). Books are mainly textbooks, likely used by Martin while at WVU, and include titles such as "Electric Power and Traction" (1907), "Latin Grammar (1895), "Practical Rhetoric" (1896), and "Meservey's Book-keeping, Single Entry" (which may be helpful for understanding 19th century financial ledgers) (1895), among others. A full list of books is included with the collection.
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Earl W. Kennedy, Mine Inspector, Coal Company Mine Inspection Records 3.75 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 9 in. (9 document cases, 5 in.)

Coal mine inspection records compiled by Earl W. Kennedy, mine inspector and safety manager. Includes notebooks of mine inspection records kept by Kennedy, memoranda regarding mine safety audits, safety training materials, and other material. Records mainly regard the Consolidation Coal Company (now Consol Energy, Inc.).

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Electric Street Railways History 0 Linear Feet Summary: 2 items

Copy of a handwritten memoir by Mr. C.D. Herbst concerning his career as an engineer with the West Penn Power Company, and a copy of a booklet on the history and development of electric street railways in Parkersburg, West Virginia and Marietta, Ohio.
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Ethel S. Stemple, Diploma and Certificate from Elliot Commercial School 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 2 items (1 oversize folder)

Stemple, Ethel S.
Two documents issued by the Elliot Commercial School of West Virginia to Ethel S. Stemple, a certificate of scholarship indicating that she was a student in the shorthand and typewriting department (ca. 1904) and the diploma issued to Stemple when she completed the shorthand course (1904).
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Fairmont Junior High School, Publisher, Student Newsletter "Spotlight" .1 Linear Feet 3/4 in. (7 items in 1 folder)

Fairmont Junior High School

Seven issues of "Spotlight", a monthly newsletter published for the students of Fairmont Junior High School. Contents include school news and announcements, lists of honor roll students, performance of school sports team, student poetry and artworks, and jokes.

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