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County Highway Maps for West Virginia 33.9 Linear Feet 33 ft. 11 in. (11 roll storage boxes, 37 in. each)

West Virginia. State Road Commission

Highway maps for the 55 counties of West Virginia created in 1937. They are in two tones (blue on white), in varying dimensions (including items in the range of 36 in. x 36 in. to 36 in. x 58 in., etc.), and scaled to 1 inch equaling 1 mile. Features indicated on the maps include: roads (US, primary state roads, secondary state roads); state, county, district, and corporate lines; railroads; streams; parks and forests; highway bridges; county seats; cities and villages; lodges; farms; houses; businesses; oil and gas wells; commercial airfields; schools; churches; mines; power plants; factories; hotels; and other information.

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Francis Marion Reynolds (1843-1931) Papers 7.9 Linear Feet Summary: 7 ft. 11 in. (19 document cases, 5 in. each)

Reynolds, Francis Marion, 1843-1931
Business papers of a Keyser attorney who was judge of the sixteenth judicial circuit, 1904-1920; member of the West Virginia Legislature, 1895-1896 and 1901-1904; and a member of many educational, commercial, and financial boards in Mineral County. Correspondents include John J. Cornwell, H.G. Davis, A.G. Dayton, S.B. Elkins, and Cecil B. Highland.
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Hugh Parrill, Deputy Sheriff, Receipts of Hampshire County Court 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)

Parrill, Hugh
Receipts for business of the Hampshire County Court, ca. 1852-1857 collected by Hugh Parrill, Deputy Sheriff. They were stored in a cloth filing system designed and used by Parrill. The receipts, on small slips of paper, document monies collected by the Court for taxes and other transactions involving court cases, land and other property, and the local militia.
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J.C. Sanders, Collector, Papers 0.48 Linear Feet Summary: 5 3/4 in. (1 folder, 1/2 in.); (3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Sanders, John C.
A collection of court records, genealogies, historical sketches and other materials relating to Hampshire and Mineral counties in West Virginia and surrounding areas in Virginia and Maryland. Subjects include a naturalist description of the area and an early history of the region including Indians, white settlement, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. There is material on the Civil War and World War I and World War II veterans.
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Maggie Anderson, Poet, Papers 42.6 Linear Feet Summary: 42 ft. 7 1/4 in. (18 record cartons, 15 in. each); (13 record cartons, 12 in. each); (12 document case, 5 in. each); (1 index card box, 6 in.); (1 document cases, 4 in.); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in.); (2 small flat storage boxes, 1 1/2 in.); (1 rolled storage tube, 2 in.); (1 poster, 1/4 in.) 2.64 Gigabytes 88 files, formats include .doc, .jpg, .tif, .wav, .pdf

Anderson, Maggie
Papers of Maggie Anderson (born September 23, 1948, in New York City), an Appalachian poet and professor. She has been affiliated with organizations such as Kent State University (KSU) and its Wick Poetry Program, the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program (NEOMFA), and others. Collection includes mainly professional papers pertaining to her writing and teaching careers. Formats include manuscripts, correspondence, printed material, photographs, and others. Subjects include awards, professional activities (readings, workshops, etc.), teaching materials, editorial projects, and other material. Editorial projects include Learning By Heart: Contemporary American Poetry about School, A Space Filled with Moving, Years that Answer, and other publications. See Historical Note for more information about Anderson.
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Photograph Album of Residents of Keyser, West Virginia 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 flat storage box)

One photograph album of 39 pages containing 40 photographs apparently created by a resident of Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia, on evidence of the numerous cabinet cards produced by photographers in that city. Although the creator of the album is unknown, many of the pictures have identifications and dates; the subjects of these photos in some cases have been verified as residents of Keyser. These subjects are apparently family and friends of the album's creator.
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Sloan Brothers, Farmers, Papers 1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. (photocopies)

Sloan Brothers
Deeds and farm account books of John, James, Thomas, Richard, and George Sloan, farmers and stockbreeders from Burlington, Mineral County. One volume is an inventory of the debts due to the estate of Edward Taylor, deceased partner of Alfred Taylor in the operation of a tannery, 1835-1839. Photocopies. Material covers the years 1757-1839.
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West Virginia University, Extension Service, Publications, Reports, and Other Material 6.7 Linear Feet 6 ft. 8 in. (5 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 5 in. each)

West Virginia University. Extension Program

Records of the WVU Extension Service. Collection includes instructional booklets on cooking, decorating, and sewing from the 1910s to the 1960s, materials on rural electrification in West Virginia in the 1930s, annual conference programs, and materials on incomes and family budgets. Also includes materials relating to the Farm Woman's Club in West Virginia, studies of school children during the 1940s, and studies of cost of living in rural areas during World War II. There are historical sketches of various county extension programs in the state of West Virginia, most of which describe their establishment and growth.

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Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers 131.6 Linear Feet 131 ft. 7 in. (41 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 oversize record carton, 18 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (274 unboxed ledgers and notebooks, 78 ft. 7 in.)

Tetrick, Willis Guy, Jr., 1911-1995
Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.
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Works Progress Administration, West Virginia Publications 1.5 Linear Feet 1 ft. 5 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

West Virginia related publications of the Work Progress Administration, mainly consisting of Inventories of the County Archives of West Virginia prepared by The Historical Records Survey Division of Women's and Professional Projects, as well as inventories of federal archives in West Virginia, church archives, public vital statistics, and calendars of letters and papers. Also includes two folk studies of counties by the West Virginia Writers' Program. The Historical Records Survey was a project of the Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States. Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives. Please see "Scope and Content Note" for further information.
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