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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Places Wheeling (W. Va.)

Thornton Perry, Collector, Publications regarding West Virginia History, 1787/1934 .7 Linear Feet 8 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 loose map, 1/8 in.)

Perry, T. Tayloe
Publications and manuscript from the Thornton Perry Museum Collection, reflecting Perry's interest in the history of West Virginia and the immediate region. Subjects include various aspects of West Virginia history, such as the Civil War, statehood, Wheeling, John Brown, and other topics. Formats include broadsides, reports, pamphlets, almanacs, a manuscript account book, newspapers, maps, and others. See Scope and Content Note for details and contents list.
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United States District Court, Wheeling, Naturalization Petitions, 1844/1872 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

United States District Court - Wheeling.
Naturalization petitions of the U.S. District Court for Northern WV at Wheeling. These are declarations of intent for U.S. citizenship from immigrants who are overwhelmingly either of British, Irish or German nativity.
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Virginia 4th Militia Records, 1842/1847 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in.

Virginia 4th Militia
Meeting minutes, resolutions and orders for a volunteer military unit under the administrative jurisdiction and board of inquiry of the Ohio County Court. Contains routine matters such as rank, pay, fines, and parade orders. Mention is made of other units, namely the City Blues, Washington Guards, Wheeling Guards, Wheeling Riflemen, Wheeling Artillery, and Lafayette Riflemen. Officers names prominently mentioned are James Tanner, James S. Wheat, and George W. Sights.
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Watson Family Papers, 1783/1878 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Watson family

The collection includes manuscript materials (correspondence, land warrant, accounts, receipts, petition and will) and printed and typescript materials (invitations, broadside, newspaper and magazine clippings). Subjects of the various items include sale and survey of land; schools, churches, estates, comment on and description of agriculture, social and economic conditions in Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, Morgantown, Fairmont, and Wheeling, WV, and Ireland; westward migration [1849]; gold mining, enslaved Africans; and business and family affairs.

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Watson Family Papers, 1798/1902 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Watson family

The collection includes 57 letters (1795-1871) to or from Benjamin H., Henry, James G., James O., Rebecca D., and Thomas Watson; 3 land grants on sheep-skin (1787-1798) Monongalia County; 25 articles of agreement (1812-1875), manuscript; 4 manuscript wills or copies of wills (1852-1862); 32 surveys, maps, and plats of coal fields (1798-1892); 99 tax receipts (1807-1865), manuscript and printed forms; 44 receipts for clerking fees (1815-1845) manuscript and printed forms; 79 receipts, bills, notes (1782-1862), manuscript and printed forms; 51 miscellaneous manuscript and printed forms (1790-1902), including inventories of estates, sale bills, notes on legal matters with respect to property, court proceedings, etc.; and one manuscript constable's receipt book of Campbell and Watson.

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West Virginia Sheet Music, 1850/1977 1.5 Linear Feet 6 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each

Collection of sheet music of mostly songs about West Virginia or written by West Virginians. Also includes Civil War era editions of songs by George F. Root, including "The Battle Cry of Freedom", "Just Before The Battle, Mother", "On, On, On, The Boys Came Marching!", "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp", and "The Vacant Chair". See Scope and Content Note for contents list.
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West Virginia Statehood Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin, 2013 0.3 Linear Feet Summary: 4 in. (1 small clamshell box)

Commemorative coin for the sesquicentennial of West Virginia statehood, which was commissioned by the Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation (WNHAC). The coin is gold in color. One face shows Francis H. Pierpont, the (West) Virginia politician who served as governor of the Restored State of Virginia and is considered the "father of West Virginia"; the other face shows Independence Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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West Virginia University, College of Arts and Sciences, Centennial History, Records, 1924/1992 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)

West Virginia University. College of Arts and Sciences
A collection assembled on behalf of the WVU College of Arts and Sciences by Dr. Barbara Howe, WVU Department of History, for the Centennial History Project. Most of the records relate to the Humanities program at West Virginia University. Includes mostly copies of materials from former students, as well as transcriptions of interviews with former faculty or their spouses.
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Wheeling Custom House / West Virginia Independence Hall, 1986 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Wheeling Custom House / West Virginia Independence Hall
A documented interpretation of the architectural and physical history of the West Virginia Independence Hall touching upon those persons who have had an impact upon its design, construction, maintenance, and preservation. Most prominent of these are two architects: its original designer, Ammi B. Young, and the man primarily responsible for its restoration, Tracy R. Stephens. Included are floor plans, section views, photographs, and specifications of the building itself and of other similarly designed buildings.
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