West Virginia and Regional History Center
Samuel T. Wiley (1850-1905) Papers
Wiley, Samuel T.
A&M 1842
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0.8 Linear Feet
Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
1872-1905
Letters, notebooks, scrapbooks, diaries, manuscripts, and memorabilia of a secondary schoolteacher in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Preston County, and an author and local historian of Preston and Monongalia counties in West Virginia. The collection includes notes on history, orthography, new method arithmetic, two teachers report books of 1872-1885 and 1879-1880, teachers' certificates, a Wiley family genealogy, manuscripts on slavery, Odd Fellowship, public schools, after-dinner speeches, history of the United States, short stories, assorted sayings and aphorisms, notes for a history of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, a biographical sketch of Wiley and copies from his diaries and works, and an autograph book and information on Monongahela College at Jefferson, Pennsylvania.
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English
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Samuel T. Wiley (1850-1905) Papers, A&M 1842, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Separated Materials
Separated to the map collection:
1. Geological Map of the United States; 1872; 16 1/2 in. x 34 in.
2. Geological Map of York County Pennsylvania; 1879; 21 in. x 26 in.
3. Map Showing Various Purchases From the Delaware River to the Ohio; ca. 1800; 6 in. x 9 in.
4. Map of the United States Showing States and Territories; ca. 1887; 11 in. x 13 1/2 in.
5. Map of West Virginia Showing State Routes and the More Important County-District Roads; ca. 1931; 22 in. x 24 1/2 in.
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Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Fayette County (Pa.)
Monongalia County (W. Va.)
Preston County (W. Va.)
Authors -- Letters and papers
Diaries and journals.
Education
Genealogy
Freemasons
Teachers
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
Slaves and slavery.
Universities and colleges
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Monongahela College
Wiley, Samuel T.
Wiley family