West Virginia and Regional History Center
Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961
A&M 1686
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1.7 Linear Feet
Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)
1842-1961
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], Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers, A&M 1686, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, essays, clippings, and account books of a Clarksburg lawyer, Republican state senator, and Harrison County local historian. Subjects include the history of Clarksburg and Shinnston; the Progressive Movement, women's suffrage, and prohibition in West Virginia; West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia Historical Society; Methodism in Harrison County and the state; Methodist missions in Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and the United States; gristmills and covered bridges in West Virginia; America First Day [1922]; Edward Grandison Smith; Parkersburg Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; family and personal history; history of the Mason-Dixon Line; the (Clarksburg) 50-Year Club; Nutter Fort Methodist Church; and the Harrison County Fair. Also, tape recordings of an interview relating to Mr. Harmer's career as an attorney in Clarksburg.
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China
Clarksburg (W. Va.)
Harrison County (W. Va.)
India
Korea
Nutter Fort (W. Va.)
Philippines
Shinnston (W. Va.)
Account books
America First Day
Covered bridges
Churches -- West Virginia -- Harrison County
Churches -- Methodist missions
Churches -- Methodist
Churches -- Nutter Fort (W. Va.)
Harrison County Fair.
Lawyers - letters and papers.
Mason-Dixon Line
Mills and mill-work
Politics and government.
Progressive Union Movement.
Prohibition -- United States -- History
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Railroads
Transportation
Universities and colleges
Women -- Suffrage
Women's history -- 1800-1849
Women's history -- 1850-1899
Women's history -- 1900-1929
Women's history -- 1929-1950
Women -- United States -- History
Clarksburg 50-Year Club
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
West Virginia Historical Society
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961
Smith, Edward Grandison
Harmer family
America First DayArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/16067019221Autobiography -- HarmerArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160671undated1Board of Regents, State Normal Schools -- Letters of recommendationArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1606721897–18981John Brown indictment (typescript)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160673undated1Correspondence -- HarmerArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160674undated1Covered bridges -- Manuscript and correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160675undated1Daughters of the American RevolutionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160676undated1Edward Grandison SmithArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160677undated150-Year Club speech -- Harrison County towns and post officesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160678undated1Fleming letters and Benj. Tyson Harmer papers.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1606791842, 18521Granville Davisson Hall correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1606801905, 1925-1929, 19571Harmer's papersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160681undated1Mason-Dixon LineArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160682undated1Methodist Historical Society of West VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160683undated1Methodist Historical Society of West VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160684undated2Missionary correspondence and reports (China, Korea, India, etc.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160685ca. 1929, 19402Nutter Fort Methodist ChurchArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160686undated2Old grist millsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160687undated2Parkersburg Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio RailroadArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160688undated2PoliticsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1606891894–19602Politics -- Harrison CountyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/16069019142Politics -- Election to State SenateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/16069119182Politics, commissions, appointments, and certificates of electionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160692undated2Prohibition reportArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1606931887, 1933-19343RehobothArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160694undated3Shinnston, Clarksburg, and Harrison County (Items of historical interest -- Clippings)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160695undated3Speeches and addresses -- HarmerArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160696undated3Walter Stuart editorials and correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160697undated3Wesley L. Cheuvront (family history, Methodism, Harrison County, etc.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160698undated3West Virginia University stadium bondsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160699undated3Woman Suffrage Ratification of the 19th Amendment in WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/16070019203Y.M.C.A. of ClarksburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160701undated3Two clipping notebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160702undated4Memoranda on bankruptcy cases (1 book)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/160703undated4Account book of expendituresArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1607041903–19154Account of sales of Harmer's Magistrate's Manual formsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1607051930–19504Cash account booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1607061890 November 26-1894 June 184Cash account booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1607071895 April 9-1920 December 314Cash account booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1607081913 July 1-1922 December 304Cash account booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1607091923 January 1-1934 December 314Cash account booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1607101934 January 1-1947 December 314