West Virginia and Regional History Center
Hugh Sayre, Collector, Papers
Sayre, Hugh
A&M 2436
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1.1 Linear Feet
Summary: 1 ft. 1 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)
1872-1927, 1953
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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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Hugh Sayre, Collector, Papers, A&M 2436, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, miscellaneous family papers, nineteenth century school records, ledgers, bank books, and memorabilia of Hugh F. Sayre and family of Parkersburg, Reedy, St. Marys and West Creek, West Virginia. Some material relates to oil and gas leases on the Sayre family farm and Sayre's invention of a scientific alphabet called EBDECORD.
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Ebdecord.
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
Reedy (W. Va.)
Roane County (W. Va.)
Saint Marys (W. Va.)
West Creek (W. Va.)
Wood County (W. Va.)
Account books
Bank books
Banks and banking
Deeds and leases.
Education
Estates and estate settlements.
Gas industry
Inventors and inventions.
Ledgers.
Oil and Gas Industry and Fields.
Petroleum industry and trade
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Zero Oil Company
Carter, G. W.
Carter, Sarah A.
Sayre, Agnes.
Sayre, Daniel C. (Daniel Clemens), 1903-1956
Sayre, Edward A.
Sayre, Hugh F.
Sayre, James H.
Sayre, Mrs. Agnes (died 1901)
Sayre, Mrs. Agnes (died 1953)
Sayre, Mrs. Agnes.
Sayre, Robert H.
Woodyard, Ben A.
Sayre family
Personal and business papersArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169626ca. 1872-19271Personal and family papersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169629ca. 1872-192711Sarah A. and G.W. Carter estatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169630ca. 1872-192712Business and financial papersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169631ca. 1872-192713Miscellaneous deeds and leasesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169632ca. 1872-19271419th Century school papers and recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169633ca. 1800s-1890s15Ledgers, bank books, and pocket notebooks (includes a 1872 geography notebook)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169627ca. 1872-19272Photographs, clippings, and memorabiliaArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169628ca. 1872-19273Funeral guest book for Mrs. Agnes SayreArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/16963419533Two family photograph albumsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169635ca. 1872-19273Family photographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169636ca. 1872-192731Family photographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169637ca. 1872-192732Clippings and cardsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169638ca. 1872-192733MemorabiliaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/169639ca. 1872-192734