West Virginia and Regional History Center
Charles L. Robinson, Collector, Papers of a Marion County Family
Robinson, Clarence D.
A&M 3924
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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.)
1872-1927
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Biographical / Historical
Clarence D. Robinson was the President of Monongahela Bank, which began business in 1903 (West Virginia Blue Book, 1918), General Manager of Lambert Coal Company (Report of the State Board of Regents, 1916), and backed a venture to build a $300,000 theatre in Fairmont (Variety, 1922).
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles L. Robinson, Collector, Papers of a Marion County Family, A&M 3924, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
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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Fairmont (W. Va.)
Robinson, Clarence D.
Robinson family
Series 1. Robinson Family Papers, Boxes 1 and 2Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425931876-1927 and undatedBook -- Fairmont City Directory (includes Fowler map of Fairmont attached to book)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14255119021unfolderedBook -- "The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14255218761unfolderedPhotographs -- Two pictures of Clarence D. Robinson; One Funerary Photo of Elizabeth Morris Robinson (who passed away in 1917)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142553ca. 1910-191711Photographs -- Four pictures of Charles Francis Robinson (son of Clarence and Elizabeth)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142554ca. 1905-192012Photographs -- Three Mounted Prints of Fairmont (including one of bridge); One Print of Bridge over River Ice; One Published Photo of Bridge (1921)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142555ca. 1890-1900, 192113Photographs -- Two Photos of "Sicilian Thimble Club" (1908); One Photo of Eighth Grade Class (1915); One Photo of Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia (undated)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425561908, 1915, undated14Ephemera -- Receipt from Wheeling Store (1883); Certificate from Methodist Episcopal Church (undated); Humorous Broadside Regarding Wedding (undated)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425571883, undated15Ephemera -- Assessment from Palatine Lodge (1892); Program for Methodist Episcopal Dedication Week for New Church (1911); Receipt for Building Supplies (undated)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425581892, 1911, undated16Photograph of Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad DepotArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425591899/07/2721 Portrait Photograph of Clarence D. Robinson, Jr.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14256019272unfolderedScrapbook of Lizzie BarnesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142561ca. 18812unfolderedReceipt Book (includes list of names)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14256218872unfolderedLedger (with label of "Coal Bank Book") (includes financial transactions, diary entries from "Palatine" dating from 1888-1889, and brief comments regarding weather from 1910-1918)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425631888-19182unfolderedLedger of Purchases (includes list of household goods)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425641887-18902unfolderedLedger of Employee AccountsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14256518982unfolderedLedger of Purchases and/or SalesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142566ca. 1882-18832unfolderedLedger of SalesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425671884-18862unfolderedArtifact -- Purse from First National Bank of FairmontArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142568undated2unfolderedSeries 2. Addendum of 2015/03/16, Box 3Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425941872-1922 and undatedStock Certificate for Harry P. Robinson's shares of Delmar Coal Company, Fairmont, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425701 April 192031Photograph of Blanche Boxwell Robinson, Charles F. Robinson, and Frank Barnes Robinson (Frank Robinson was State Senator for Jefferson County, WV [1920] and was the oldest child of Charles Lee Robinson of Fairmont, WV)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142571192032Photograph of Frank Barnes Robinson as a Young ManArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142572ca. 190532Photograph of Woman (writing on back reads: "grandfather [John?] Hoult's second wife. Mother of Thomas J. Hoult and William W. Hoult. Grandmother of Lohman Hoult." Rebecca Jane Hoult was married to Francis H. Robinson, parents of Charles L. Robinson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142573undated32Photograph of Ollie Cooper Barnes (wife of J. Walter Barnes, sister-in-law of Marie Elizabeth Barnes [who was wife of Charles L. Robinson])Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142574undated32Photograph of Ella Robinson Sterling (wife of Dr. Albert W. Sterling, sister of Charles Lee Robinson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142575undated32Map Showing Extension of Fairmont, Marion County, WV (stamped first lot sale May 18th and 19th, 1892)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142576ca. 189233The West Virginian (name written in top margin: H. A. BankheadArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14257722 August 187234Fairmont West Virginian (name written at top: C. L. Robinson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14257825 December 188535The Fairmont Index (F. H. Robinson as addressee)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14257913 July 188835The Fairmont Index (promoting the town of Fairmont, WV)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14258015 April 189235The Fairmont Index (discusses the Fairmont Development Company)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425813 January 189436The Fairmont Index (Harry Pressley Robinson, History of Fairmont, WV; Harry P. Robinson was brother of Charles Lee Robinson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14258226 June 189636Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD newspaper; article concerning William Howard Taft swearing in as president, autographed by Taft and Harry Delmer Robinson, Sr. [donor's grandfather])Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425835 March 190937The Fairmont Times (article regarding Carnegie Heroes awards and first African-American recipient)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14258419 October 190738The Fairmont West Virginian (Barnes Family Reunion article)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1425851 September 191038The Fairmont West Virginian (Titanic information)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14258620 April 191239Baltimore American (3 issues concerning the sinking of the Titanic)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14258720-22 April 1912310The Fairmont Times (special gravure section, bridge souvenir edition regarding New Concrete Bridge Dedication)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14258829 May 1921311The West Virginian (articles regarding Another Black Hand Murder & Bridge Dedication [2 separate wrapped sections])Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14258931 May 1921311The Fairmont Times (2 copies of incomplete issue; tribute to Charles Lee Robinson from A. H. Jackson)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14259016 April 1922312The West Virginian (article, Indictment of Coal Operators Threatened)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14259110 June 1922312The West Virginian, National Publicity Edition (sections 2-4, featuring Clarence D. Robinson, brother of Charles L. Robinson)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/142592undated313