West Virginia and Regional History Center
Barns Family, Diary of Bernie Hodges and Other Material
Barns Family
A&M 0970
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0.01 Linear Feet
Summary: 1/10 in. (4 items in 1 folder, 0.1 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, shared with A&M 0925, 1.75 in.)
This microfilm reel is shared with another collection: A&M 0925. The extent of that reel is calculated in the resource record for A&M 0925 but not this collection.
1893-1920
Diary of school teacher Bernie Hodges (later Mrs. John S. Barns; born June 23, 1873, died February 1, 1930), January 1 to June 18, 1893, regarding teaching, giving music lessons, visiting relatives, and riding horses, among other activities; there are also entries regarding a trip by boat from the [Burning] Springs to Parkersburg, and by train to Clarksburg and Buckhannon, and her decision to move to Ritchie County. There is also a shield-shaped metal insignia badge for Sergeant Thomas Rufus Barns of Company K, 10th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry (undated); a cartridge case; and a postcard (with picture of Science Hall, West Virginia University) to Miss Helen Barns of Harrisville, West Virginia from "Pearl" regarding illness of mother (ca. 1910-1920).
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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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Barns Family, Diary of Bernie Hodges and Other Material, A&M 0970, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Related A&M Collections
925, 958, 970
Separated Materials
Postcard views of West Virginia University buildings, Morgantown Country Club, and Cheat Haven dam and power plant separated to the postcard collection.
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Diaries and journals.
Education
Barns, Bernie Hodges (Mrs. John S.)
Barns, Thomas Rufus.
Hodges, Bernie.
Barnes family