A&M 2662Robinson Family Manuscripts, 1847-1883 A&M 2662Staff 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 08:16:57 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Robinson Family Manuscripts Robinson family A&M 2662 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/781 0.75 Linear Feet Summary: 9 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.) 1847-1883 Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor County, West Virginia, from relatives and friends. Subjects discussed include housekeeping, fashions, farming, schools, religion, and the Civil War from both the Confederate and Union perspectives. There are frequent, specific references to the political and military state-of-affairs in the upper Ohio Valley region. 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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 Batesville (Va.) Fetterman (W. Va.) Frankfort (Mineral County, W. Va.) Grafton. Granville (W. Va.) Kingwood (W. Va.) Martinsburg (W. Va.) Moundsville (W. Va.) New Milton (W. Va.) Ohio River Valley Parkersburg (W. Va.) Patterson's Creek (W. Va.) Taylor County (W. Va.) Wheeling (W. Va.) Baltimore Infirmary -- Baltimore (Md.) Civil War -- Camps and camp life Civil War -- Confederate soldiers Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers Civil War -- Description Civil War -- Forts Civil War -- letters United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons Civil War - Songs and poems. Civil War - troop movements. Civil War - Union soldiers. Civil War - Union sympathizers. Civil War - Virginia 25th Cavalry. Civil War - Virginia 26th Cavalry. Civil War - Virginia 40th Cavalry Battalion. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Education Farms and farming. Hospitals and hospital records. Land - Civil War disruptions. McGuires Tunnel. Medicine Poetry. Politics and government. Preachers. Religion. SEE ALSO Churches. Rivers and river valleys. Schools. SEE ALSO Academies Slaves and slavery. Women -- Roles in society Women's letters and papers. Women Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute Ohio River Salt Company (Middleport, Oh.) Ohio River Valley Railroad Company Ison, Willey Owens. Robinson, Eleanor. Robinson, Hannah P. Robinson, Helen M. Robinson, James M. Robinson, John A. Robinson, William Johnson. Robinson family Series 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-3)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938981847-1914123LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938991847-185711LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193900185712LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939011858-186013LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939021860-186114LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939031861-186215LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193904186216LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193905186217LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939061862-186318LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193907186319LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939081863-1864110LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939091864111LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939101864112LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939111864-1865113LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939121865114LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939131865115LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939141865-1866116LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939151866117LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939161867-1868118LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939171868-1869119LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939181869-1870120LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939191870-1873121LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939201874-1875122LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193921187521LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939221875-188322Letters, Civil War PeriodArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193923undated23Letters, Civil War PeriodArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193924undated24Letters, Pre & Post Civil War PeriodArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193925undated25Letters, Pre & Post Civil War PeriodArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193926undated26Letters, Pre & Post Civil War PeriodArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193927undated27Letters, Pre & Post Civil War PeriodArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193928undated28Letters, Pre & Post Civil War PeriodArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193929undated29EnvelopesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939301854-1914210Oversized lettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1939311856, 1862, & 186731