A&M 1942Henry Ruffner (1790-1861) and William Henry (1824-1908) Papers, 1829-1913 A&M 1942Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:52:07 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Henry Ruffner (1790-1861) and William Henry (1824-1908) Papers A&M 1942 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5661 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (310 items), 1.75 in.) 1829-1913 Pamphlets include Henry Ruffner's antislavery pamphlet, 1847, and his Union speech, 1856. Subjects of the manuscripts and correspondence include family history; travel; Kanawha Salt Works; schools in Virginia and Kanawha County; Lane Seminary Library; Presbyterian Church; slavery, coal, gas, iron, and timber; Johns Hopkins, Washington and Lee, Harvard, Hobart, Cornell, and Hampden-Sydney colleges; Greenbrier County; Alabama; election of 1904; University of Virginia; Kanawha Valley floods; Venezuela; American Colonization Society; and the Philippine Islands. Persons mentioned or commented on include Philip Doddridge, John Letcher, Hugh Mercer, and Nelson A. Miles. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, John Eaton, John P. Hale, H.R. Helper, W.S. Laidley, David L. Ruffner, John W. Wayland, and William L. Wilson. 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: West Virginia & Regional History Center English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Venezuela Philippines Kanawha Valley. Kanawha County (W. Va.) Alabama Greenbrier County (W. Va.) African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. Coal mining. Ministers - letters and papers. Education. SEE ALSO Schools. Women's history -- 1800-1849 Genealogy Elections Iron furnaces and iron industry. Rivers and river valleys. Kanawha Salt Works. Lumber trade Gas industry Women's history -- 1900-1929 Travel accounts. Churches -- Presbyterian Abolition of slavery Women's history -- 1850-1899 Floods Authors -- Letters and papers Education Election of 1904. Missionaries Slaves and slavery. Schools. SEE ALSO Academies Universities and colleges American Colonization Society Johns Hopkins University Washington and Lee University Harvard University Cornell University University of Virginia. Hobart College Hampden-Sydney College Lane Seminary Library Laidley, W.S. Wayland, John W. Ruffner, David L. Letcher, John, 1813-1884 Hale, John P. Mercer, Hugh Ruffner, Henry, 1790-1861 Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909 Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832 Ruffner, William Henry, 1824-1908 Eaton, John. Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925 Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 McClung family - Genealogy Ruffner family