West Virginia
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Charleston, West Virginia Account Book,
Collection consists of a ledger listing accounting information for an unidentified business located in the Charleston, West Virginia area.
County Map of Virginia and West Virginia
Map is among the earliest to distinguish West Virginia from Virginia.
Bettie D. Cramer Manuscript Book,
The collection consists of a manuscript receipt book created by/belonging to Bettie D. Cramer of Wheeling, West Virginia, c. 1883. The notebook contains recipes, housekeeping tips, and elocution exercises.
Curry Family Letters
Family in Atchison County, Missouri, writing to family and friends in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Nine letters in which they write about the beauty of the country, Grange and revival meetings, crops, weather, sickness, and deaths.
J. D. Kingsbury Papers
Missionary sent by the American Sunday-School Union in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Monongalia and Marion counties, Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1854. Papers include Kingsbury's certificate appointing him to his position by the Union, and five letters to him from co-workers and friends referring to Kingsbury's concerns over the position given him and his plans to establish a library.
Map of the Twelve-Pole and Part of the Guyandot Basins, Showing the location of Coal, Oil, Gas, Iron and Timber Lands, In Wayne, Cabell, Lincoln, and Logan Counties, West Virginia
Map shows land owned by the Guyandot Coal Land Association in the Guyandot basin, in West Virginia. It displays some railroads and openings in coal beds.
Thomas R. Martin Letters,
The collection contains two letters written by Pvt Thomas R. Martin, Company F, 10th Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion) to his parents. One is dated September 22, 1861 and written from Sewell, VA (now WV), the second is from Gordonsville in May 1863.
Mullens Smokeless Coal Company Records
The Mullens Smokeless Coal Company records consist mainly of ledgers and cash books which detail company accounts, coal buyers, and billings. Also included are certificates of capital stock, Mining Laws from the West Virginia Legislature, and various publications pertaining to coal mining.
Frank M. Murdock Papers
One volume of notes taken by Murdock, of Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia. Notes are of several clubs in Kingwood, and include the constitution and meeting minutes of the Kingwood Amateur Troupe, programs and minutes of the Kingwood School Literary Society, and treasurer's notes of the Mozart Band of Kingwood. Also includes Murdock's certificate of baptism (1877).