West Virginia and Regional History Center
Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers
Lowther, Minnie Kendall, 1869-1947
A&M 0740
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5.9 Linear Feet
Summary: 5 ft. 11 in. (14 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 scrapbook, 1 in.)
1907-1945
M.K. Lowther (1869-1947) was a journalist and one of the first women newspaper editors in West Virginia. She was the author of the HISTORY OF RITCHIE COUNTY; BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND IN ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY; FRIENDSHIP HILL, HOME OF ALBERT GALLATIN; MARSHALL HALL AND OTHER POTOMAC POINTS IN STORY AND PICTURE; and MT. VERNON: ITS CHILDREN, ITS ROMANCES, ITS ALLIED FAMILIES AND MANSIONS. There are complete and incomplete typescripts, rough drafts, revisions, photographs and plates of her books. Also there are typescripts of news articles on Washington, D.C., the Potomac Valley, and Wood County. There are genealogical notebooks and correspondence and also correspondence to publishers concerning business arrangements. Families mentioned are: Ball, Barber, Bee, Brake, Broadwater, Burns, Chenoweth, Clayton, Collins, Corbitt, Cox, Cunningham, Davis, Day, Dougherty, Drake, Fittro, Fitzrandolph, Goff, Hall, Hardman, Harris, Haymond, Henderson, Hoff, Hughes, Ireland, Jackson, Johnson, Kapkin, Kendall, Kercheval, Kuykendall, Leep, Leg(g)ett, Lemon, Lowther, McDougal, McGinnis, McGregor, McNeill, Marsh, Maxwell, Meredith, Minear, Modesitt, Morgan, Morrison, Murphy, Null, Nutter, O'Maley, Piatt, Pierpont, Pribble, Prunty, Ralston, Reger, Riddel, Riddle, Scott, Sharp, Shinn, Sleeth, Smith, Stump, Taylor, Waldo, Web(b), Willard, Willis, Wilson, and Zinn.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers, A&M 0740, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Separated Materials
Panoramic photo of WV Delegates to Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Convention separated to A&M 4168, the Panoramic Photos Collection.
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Blennerhassett Island (W. Va.)
Friendship Hill National Historic Site (Pa.)
Maryland
Mount Vernon (Va.)
Mt. Vernon.
Ohio River Valley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Potomac River Valley
Ritchie County (W. Va.)
Virginia
Washington (D.C.)
West Virginia
Wood County (W. Va.)
Authors -- Letters and papers
Rivers and river valleys.
Women's history -- 1850-1899
Women's history -- 1900-1929
Women's history -- 1929-1950
Dougherty family
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
Johnson family
Lowther, Minnie Kendall, 1869-1947
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Allen family
Austin family
Ball family
Barber family
Bee family
Brake family
Broadwater family
Burns family
Chenoweth family
Clayton family
Coburn family
Collins family - Genealogy
Collins family
Corbett family
Cornell family
Cox family
Cross family
Cunningham family - Genealogy
Cunningham family
Davis family
Day family
Deam family
Drake family
Fitzrandolph family
Gandy family
Goff family - Genealogy
Goff family
Hall family
Hardman family
Harris family - Genealogy
Harris family
Hayman family
Heaton family
Henderson family
Hickman family
Hoff family
Huff family
Hughes family
Ireland family
Jackson family
Johnson family - Genealogy
Kapkin family
Kendall family
Kercheval family
Kuykendall family
Leep family
Leggett family
Lemmen family
Lowther family
Marsh family
Marshall family
Maxwell family
McDougall family
Guinness family
McGregor family
McNeill family
Meredith family
Minear family
Moats family
Modesitt family
Morgan family - Genealogy
Morgan family
Morris family - Genealogy