A&M 1191Oren F. Morton (1857-1926) Papers, ca. 1799-1846, 1875-1926 A&M 1191Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:53:25 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Oren F. Morton (1857-1926) Papers Morton, Oren F., 1857-1926 A&M 1191 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/4435 2.5 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 6 in. (6 document cases, 5 in. each) ca. 1799-1846, 1875-1926 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/ English Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Oren F. Morton (1857-1926) Papers, A&M 1191, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Correspondence, diaries, sketch books, published and unpublished manuscripts, literary notes, business records, and printed material of a schoolteacher, newspaper writer, county historian, novelist and essayist from Kingwood, whose fiction and nonfiction writings deal primarily with the Virginia-West Virginia Allegheny highlands. His best known works are WINNING OR LOSING?: A STORY OF THE WEST VIRGINIA HILLS (1901); LAND OF THE LAUREL: A STORY OF THE ALLEGHANIES (1903); UNDER THE COTTONWOODS: A SKETCH OF LIFE ON A PRAIRIE HOMESTEAD (1900); and histories of Preston, Pendleton, and Monroe counties. The collection also includes a manuscript temperance paper, "The Meridian Temperance Banner," 1880; and a list of marriage bonds for Monroe County, 1799-1846.

Series include: Series 1. Manuscripts, ca. 1875-1926 (boxes 1-4) Series 2. Essays, Lectures, and Stories, ca. 1875-1926 (box 4) Series 3. Notes, Sketch Books, and Other Material, ca. 1875-1926 (box 5) Series 4. Source Materials and Diaries, ca. 1799-1846, 1875-1926 (box 6)

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 Kingwood (W. Va.) Monroe County (W. Va.) Pendleton County (W. Va.) Preston County (W. Va.) Virginia West Virginia Authors -- Letters and papers Birth, marriage, and death records. Teachers Temperance Morton, Oren F., 1857-1926 Series 1. Manuscripts (boxes 1-4)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158829ca. 1875-192612341-3Scope and Contents

This series includes assorted book drafts and notes for published and proposed novels, histories, and other works, including "Under the Cottonwoods: A Sketch of Life on a Prairie Homestead;" "Winning or Losing?: A Story of the West Virginia Hills;" and "Schooldays at Northwest."

"Epigrams"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158833ca. 1875-192611"Epigrams"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158834ca. 1875-192612"An Irony of Fate"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158835ca. 1875-192613"An Irony of Fate"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158836ca. 1875-192614"Land of the Laurel: A Story of the Alleghanies"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158837ca. 190315"From the Saco to the Wichitas (Maine to Oklahoma)"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158838ca. 1875-192616"From the Saco to the Wichitas (Maine to Oklahoma)"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158839ca. 1875-192617"From the Saco to the Wichitas (Maine to Oklahoma)"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158840ca. 1875-192618"Sketches of the Virginia Alleghanies"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158841ca. 1875-192621"Sketches of the Virginia Alleghanies"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158842ca. 1875-192622"A History of Preston County, West Virginia, Part 1"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158843ca. 191423"Under the Cottonwoods: A Sketch of Life on a Prairie Homestead"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158844ca. 190024"Under the Cottonwoods: A Sketch of Life on a Prairie Homestead"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158845ca. 190025"Under the Cottonwoods: A Sketch of Life on a Prairie Homestead"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158846ca. 190026"Winning or Losing?: A Story of the West Virginia Hills"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158847ca. 190127"Winning or Losing?: A Story of the West Virginia Hills"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158848ca. 190128Augusta NotesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158849ca. 1875-192631"Bob Kruso of Westland"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158850ca. 1875-192632"Bob Kruso of Westland"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158851ca. 1875-192633"The Voyages of Glorietta (Bob Kruso)"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158852ca. 1875-192634"Margaret of Wapacome"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158853ca. 1875-192635"Schooldays at Northwest"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158854ca. 1875-192636"Schooldays at Northwest"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158855ca. 1875-192637"The Skies of Eden"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158856ca. 1875-192638Notes and material on American climateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158857ca. 1875-192641Notes and problems for an arithmatic bookArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158858ca. 1875-192642Material for a story of Frederick GrimkeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158859ca. 1875-192643Series 2. Essays, Lectures, and Stories (box 4)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158830ca. 1875-192644-6Scope and Contents

This series includes stories, essays, and lectures potentially written by Morton.

Essays and lecturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158860ca. 1875-192644Essays and lecturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158861ca. 1875-192645StoriesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158862ca. 1875-192646Series 3. Notes, Sketch Books, and Other Material (box 5)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158831ca. 1875-19265Scope and Contents

This series includes assorted library and historical notes, sketch books, and other material regarding the history of West Virginia, Virginia, and various counties; world history; and other assorted topics.

Material on world historyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158863ca. 1875-192651Material and notes on the history of VA and WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158864ca. 1875-192652Material and notes on maps and county historiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158865ca. 1875-192653Sketch books on "Schooldays at Northwest," "Bob Kruso," etc. (2 vols.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158866ca. 1875-192654Sketch books on West Virginia and other states (2 vols.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158867ca. 1875-192655Library notes, extracts, expressions, etc.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158868ca. 1875-192656Miscellaneous literary notesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158869ca. 1875-192657Series 4. Source Materials and Diaries (box 6)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158832ca. 1799-1846, 1875-19266Scope and Contents

This series includes source materials gathered by Morton for writing, including newspaper clippings, marriage bonds, memorandum books, and other ephemera. Also included are several diaries and records of Morton's book business.

Newspaper clippings, "The Loyal Home Worker," from the Washington, D.C. National TribuneArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158870ca. 1875-192661Manuscript, Meridian Temperance Banner (1:1)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588711880 March 1362Typescript, marriage bonds, Monroe CountyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158872ca. 1799-184663Material on Manchuria and the OrientArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158873ca. 1875-192664Papers and records on O.F. Morton's book businessArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158874ca. 1875-192665CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588751873–192566Diaries and memorandum books (8 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588761875–192367DiaryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1588771876–191868Diary extracts and personal dataArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158878ca. 1875-192669Printed material (5 items)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/158879ca. 1875-1926610