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West Virginia Archives and History
Annual ReportFiscal 2015-2016
Mission
Archives and History maintains the Archives and History Library and the West Virginia State Archives; administers the highway marker program to designate historical sites; and provides support services and technical assistance to state, county, and historical
organizations and institutions. Under the Code, the director of Archives and History serves as secretary to the citizen advisory Archives and History Commission and as staff to the Records Management and Preservation Board.
The mission of Archives and History is to collect and preserve West Virginia’s public records and historical materials, to make these records available to the public and
private sectors, and to disseminate historical information through publications and programs, so as to enrich the lives of past and present residents and future generations.
Highlights
• Electronic Records Archives officially started work on first group of permanent electronic records
• 4,516statedocumentsand25,379pagesprinted from documents in electronic form, and 510booksandpamphletsaddedtocollections
• RecordsManagementandPreservationBoardawardedgrantstotalling$384,027tosupportprojectsin42counties
• morethan350linearfeetofmanuscriptsandstate government records, and more than 85,000photographsandnegativesaddedtocollections
• statewidecountyrecordspreservationprojectdigitized1,069recordbooksfor9counties
• 49new,replacement,andrefurbishedhighwayhistoricalmarkerserectedin35counties
• 281researchletters,2,005referencecalls,and21,114e-mailshandled
In the past year, Archives and History continued its emphasis on offering educational opportunities for students of all ages. In addition to planning and implementing the ever-expanding History Bowlcompetition, the library hosted more than two dozen events, including lectures, conferences, and research programs, and the sesquicentennial marker project was initiated, which will result in the creation of 160 new highwayhistorical markers. Efforts also continued on digitization projects, with the completion of the map scanning project, the continuation of the statewide preservation project, and the initiation of a dark storage unit for the permanent preservation of electronic records.
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Library During the 2015-2016 year, theArchives andHistoryLibraryhandledmorethan2,000referencecalls,themostinmore than15 years. Staff also answerednearly one-
third more research letters than in the previous year. In trying to helps patrons seeking membership in lineage societies, one staff member was able to locate proof to open several new lines of ancestry to previously unproven patriots. Another staff member provided closure tothefamilyofaGermanimmigrantkilledinaWestVirginiacoalmineaccidentin1922byfinding his death record, a newspaper article, and the Department of Mines Fatal Accident Report. Research into school yearbooks and mililtary documents, coupled with discovery of a class reunion announcement, put one woman in touch with her late father’s classmates and led to tearful phone calls of gratitude to the staff researcher.
Physical use of the library declined somewhat, in part because of unexpectedclosures due to severe weather, building work o r c o n d i t i o n s , a n d construction of the bus turnaround adjacent to the building. In addition, the library hosted fewer evening lecture programs (see boxes left and nextpage)in2015-2016thanithad in the previous year, although the per-programaverage attendance (45)was higher.
The B lock Ser ies , a s u m m e r t i m e s e r i e s of programs on African American life that has been put together by the West Virginia Center for African American Art and Culture, continued for the first two months of the fiscal year andresumedinMay2016for a third year of speakers. Although these programs draw some attendees at other library programs,
“Meanest County” in the Nation: Hip-Pocket Ethics on the Early New River
Coal Mining Frontier, 1890-1910
Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy
Block Series: African American Life in Charleston
New River Bridge
Emancipation and Statehood in West Virginia
Block Series: African American Life in Charleston
Flintlock Rifles of West Virginia
West Virginia’s Food Heritage
When Sadie Hawkins Went to College
An American in Madras
Honoring West Virginia Veterans: Students Write History
West Virginia Rosie the Riveters
July7
July16
July23
Aug.4
Aug.20
Aug.27
Sept. 1
Sept.17
Oct.22
Nov.5
Nov.10
Nov.19
Dr. Paul Rakes
Brandon Kirk
Hubert S. “Rabbit” Jones
Erin Riebe
Dr. Michael Woods
Richard H. Payne
Clarence Craigo
Stan Bumgardner
Mary Johnson
Karan Bali andDick Fauss
Pat McClure, G. W. H.S. students,
Katherine Bush
Anne Montague
Archives and History Library Lecture Series, 2015-2016
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they have introduced a number of new people to the Archives and History Library.
OnOctober 2-3,Archivesand History hosted a joint conference of the Virginia Genea log ica l Soc ie ty and Mining Your History Foundation. Attendees were able to conduct research in the library on the first day, which brought dozens of researchers to the library. Several came early and spent part of the previous day in the library as well.
Dur ing Fest ivALL in J u n e , E r i c D o u g l a s showeda35-minutevideopresentation, “Memories of the Valley,” which played on a continual loop in the library for two hours. Archives and History also served as the location for the FestivALL OralHistoryProject,duringwhichDouglasrecordedinterviewswith13individualsoveratwo-dayperiod.
Library staff conducted two successful family history badge programs with scouts during the year, one in November with Brownie Girl Scouts and the other in December with Boy Scouts. In May, the Marion County High School Genealogy Club spent a day in the library researching family. A West Virginia State University archaeology class visited in June to research a Fort Hill site.
Over thecourseof theyear,usersof the librarycomputersconducted43,000searchesintheAncestry,HeritageQuest,andFold3subscriptiondatabases.AsubscriptiontotheNewspaperArchivedatabasewasaddedinMarch2016.InJuly2015,anewcatalogerbeganworkinArchivesandHistory,andduringthefiscalyear510itemswereaddedtotheonlineVoyager® catalog.
In February, the library manager began compiling information on digital microfilm scanners in hopesofreplacingthelibrary’scurrentoutdatedandoutmodedreader-printerswithmachines
ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016
Plantation Archeology, Industrial Slavery and the Glenwood Project
Geology Underlies It All: The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey in Service to the Public for
over a Century
History of a Loudon Heights Garden Club and Neighborhood–Revisited
Growing Up in Charleston and Other Lesser Known Facts
Published Works of Huey Perry
Rocking the Kanawha: The Golden Age of Music in the Kanawha Valley
Block Series: African American Life
History of Charleston, WV, as Lived by Four Families
Block Series: African American Life
Jan.5
Jan.28
Feb.2
March17
April21
May19
May26
June7
June30
Dr. Robert F. Maslowski
Dr. Michael Ed. Hohn
Pam Harvit
Jerry Waters
Huey Perry
Terry Lowry
Joseph E. Turner
Brooks F. McCabe Jr.
Dr. Cubert Smith
Archives and History Library Lecture Series, 2015-2016
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“On each visit I have found the staff to be both knowledgeable and accommodating. They are a remarkable asset for the State ofWestVirginia....”-January2016
“People like me (in Fla.) could never do this documentation withoutthelibrary’shelp.”-June2016
that incorporate the current technological standard in microfilm viewing and copying and thathaveadigitizingmicrofilmscannerallowingtheimagetobeenhancedandfine-tunedinmultipleways,withchoiceofprinting,e-mailingorstoringthefinalimagetoaharddriveorportable device. Other considerations in acquiring new machines are simplicity and ease of use for both staff and patrons and the capability to work with the library’s current Vendapin charging system in order to avoid additional costs. In March, staff saw demonstrations of three different systems, two of which did not include one or more of the important features. At the end of the fiscal year, Archives and History was in the process of trying to acquire two of the suitable machines.
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Web Site The Archives and History Web site remains an important area of outreach. In fiscal 2015-2016, staff added 1,216image files,284html/PDFtext files,and4,777database
records.AmongtheitemsaddedwereQuickQuizzes(3quizzes,30questions),findingaidsfor several collections, and new records in the Golden Horseshoe Winners, State Government Documents, and Periodicals databases. The Photo Gallery, which contains images that had previously been on display in Archives and History’s photo gallery off the Great Hal l , was updated with the addition of images for the Jennings Randolph and West Virginians and Military exhibits. Staff begana project to update the online newspaper microfilm listing to more accurately reflect holdings; the listing of holdingsfor18countieshad been updated by the end of June.
Inaddition,51biographiesofindividualsincludedontheWestVirginiaVeteransMemorialwere added to the Web site. For the third year, Archives and History’s Veterans Memorial volunteer worked with an Advanced Placement U.S. History class from George Washington HighSchool,assistingtheminwritingbiographies.OnNovember10,tenofthestudentswhohad been in the class the previous year participated in an evening program in the Archives and History Library, “Honoring West Virginia Veterans: Students Write History,” with additional remarks by volunteer Patricia McClure and teacher Katherine Bush. A few other individuals have submitted biographies, too. One of them, Leon Armentrout, was nominated byMiningYourHistoryFoundationasa2016HistoryHeroforhisdedicationtopreparingbiographies for all the individuals on the memorial from Randolph and Pendleton counties.
IntheFallof2015,ArchivesandHistoryparticipatedindivisionmeetingswithWestVirginiaInteractive regarding a potential redesign of Culture and History’s Web site. Although it was determined that the product provided in the current Office of Technology statewide contract with West Virginia Interactive would not include a number of the division’s more complexWebofferings,inparticularthoseofArchivesandHistory,thesemeetingsdidrevealthe need for reorganization of Archives and History’s portion of the Web site. Archives and History’sWebpresencedatestothemid-1990s,andmanyofthefilescreatedintheearlyyears were not grouped in subject folders. It became clear that these files could not remain unfoldered in any new design. Staff subsequently began a longterm and time consuming
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Collections In2015-2016,WestVirginiaArchivesandHistoryreceivedseveral noteworthy collections. Among the larger collectionsreceivedwere32boxesofCourtofClaimscase
files;62volumesandtwoboxesofnaturalizationrecordsfromMonongalia,Nicholas,andOhiocounties;36boxesandthreeoversizedfoldersofJamesF.BrownIIIpapers;6,214negativesofW.E.BollingerandSons;1,792prints,1,103,andtwoCDsfromtheBureauofEmploymentPrograms/WorkForceWestVirginia;and20boxesofprints,negatives,slides,transparencies and digital files from the Division of Natural Resources. The Brown family was very prominent in banking, coal, land, timber, and legal issues in Cabell and Kanawha counties, as well as southern West Virginia. W. E. Bollinger and Sons was a commercial photography businessinCharleston;theimagesdatebetween1929and1965.(Seetheaccessionlistat
process of reorganizing Web pages, with particular attention to moving several hundred files into subfolders, a process that entails making modifications not only to the files being moved but also to hundreds of other files that contain links to the moved files. By the end ofthefiscalyear,approximately1,000fileshadbeenmoved.
Duringtheyear,morethan15,000responsestotheDailyTriviawerereceived,andmorethanfour million Quick Quiz pages were accessed. Archives and History pages remained the most accessed pages on the division’s Web site, in particular the Vital Research Records pages.
In social media activity, Archives and History continued reaching out via YouTube, Facebook, andTwitter.Staffuploaded33videostoYouTubeduringfiscal2015-2016,bringingthetotalnumberavailableasofJune30,2016,to327.TheavailablevideosincludenearlyalloftheArchives and History evening programs, so that people who do not live nearby can still take advantage of these learning opportunities.
TheYouTubechannelhad169,362viewsduringthe2015-2016fiscalyear,an18percentincrease over the previous year. As has been true for several years, the Ellis Dungan documentary Tiger Shikar in India, uploaded in2012, remained themostviewed item.Dungan’s High Speed Steel,a1969filmonWeirtonSteelCompany’sBasicOxygenFurnaceoperations, was second, while another Dungan film about India, Inside India: Village Life in Southern India, was the third most viewed film. The attraction of Dungan’s films about India kept that country second only to the United States in the number of viewers of Archives and History’s YouTube channel.
Nearly30percentofArchivesandHistory’sYouTubeviewersarebetweentheagesof25and34.With82percent,theoverwhelmingmajorityofviewersaremen,althoughwomenhave shown more interest in genealogy programs and select history lectures. With Facebook, ontheotherhand,60percentofthepeoplereachedbyArchivesandHistory’spagearewomen; aneven largerpercentageof “fans,”70percent, arewomen.Compared to theYouTube page, the Facebook page reaches an older, predominantly United States, especially West Virginia, demographic.
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the end of the report for a complete list of additions to the West Virginia State Archives collectionsin2015-2016.)
Two significant additions to the State Archives map collection were made during the year: West Virginia Department of TaxationandConsolEnergymaps.Betweenthese collections and work on other, smaller, ones,16,370mapsweretakenin,placedinfolders, placed in drawers, or stored either flat or rolled over the course of the year.
Fiscal 2015-2016was an important yearfor Archives and History with regard to permanent preservation of electronic records. With funding from the Council of State Archivists’ State Electronic Records Initiative (SERI), one staff member took advantage of several training opportunities. Staff completed a new SERI Digital PreservationCapability Self-Assessmentand completed a preliminary inventory of digital records held in the State Archives.
Overthecourseoftheyear,staffalsometwithandhade-mailcontactwithindividualsfromtheOfficeofTechnologyaboutelectronic recordsplans,withmixedresults.TheOffice
ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016
Archives Patron ServicesLibrary Patrons Library Reference Calls Electronicinquiries/responsesLibrary Tour GroupsResearch Letters AnsweredPhoto research requestsPatronphotosprint/digitalRetouchedprints/digitalimagesNews station moving images requestsCivilWarMedalInquiries(e-mail)etc.Medal applications receivedMedals mailedDonor contactsNew Highway markers ordered
Total 5,1092,00521,114
202819290643016222272144
Archives and History Statistics
Collections Cataloging/ProcessingScanned photos (other) Film processedPhotos copiedContact SheetsArchivesPrints/ElectronicimagesArchives collections accessioned (li. ft.)Photographs/negativesaccessionedDonation letters (books, other misc.)Microfilm rolls rolls,35mm numberofimages,35mmMicrofilm rolls duplicated 16mm 35mmMicrofilm rolls receivedState Documents Received pages of electronic filesBooks, etc. Cataloged
Total 0 9 15 0 291359.585,142 44
147115,085
0 153 0 4,51625,379 510
Records Management BoardPhonecalls/electronicinquiriesSite visitsCounty records auth. for disposal (cu. ft.) Grant reports processed
766 22 545 171
Web SiteDaily Trivia responsesDatabase records addedDigitized images added HTML/PDFfilesadded
15,3244,7771,216284
Intra-agency Support - PhotosExhibits Print/digitalHistoric Preservation Goldenseal Digital filesMuseum Gratisprints/digital
Totalintra-agencyimages
217 43 31 0 21
312
Inter-agency SupportLibrary photocopies State records auth. for disposal (cu. ft.)
84213,508.4
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Highway Markers During the year, 4markerswere refurbished, 1 wasreplaced, and44newmarkerswereordered.The latterfigure is largely comprised of markers created as part of the
sesquicentennialmarkerproject.Markersweredistributedacross35countiesinthestate.Followingisalistofmarkersrefurbished/replacedinthe2015-2016fiscalyear:
The State Archives provided many still photographs and moving images for the American Experience production The Mine Warsin2015-2016,andmanyphotographsandextensivemoving imageswere also provided forWest
Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Jay: A Rockefeller’s Journey. The moving images archivist assisted the Wood County Historical Society with the transfer of footage of Parkersburg trolleysinthe1940sthathadbeenshotbyRogerBlackburn,whowillbeusingsomeofthetransferred footage for a presentation in September.
Inhonorofthe40thanniversaryoftheVandaliaGathering,ArchivesandHistoryproduceda retrospective program showing traditional musicians who have appeared at the annual eventovertheyears.Thenearly3-hourprogramwasshownattheCultureCenter,inthesmalltheaterofthemuseumandintheGreenRoom,duringthe2016VandaliaGathering.
Nearly147rollsofmicrofilmwereproducedinfilming40newspapers—15weekliesand25dailies—fortheperiodfrom2011to2016.Mostofthenewspapersfilmedwerefrom2015.The backlog of newspapers housed in the collections area continues to shrink as they are preserved in the more durable microfilm format.
AudiovisualArchives
of Technology set up a dedicated networked computer and installed OT-approved software.However,the software that performs fixitychecks was not configured to send e-mail notices of problems,leaving staff without any means of discovering issues with individual files short of manually comparing the results from one scan with those of the previous scan. Nevertheless, onJune16,staffbeganworkonthefirst group of electronic records, generating initial checksums, extractingmetadata, and creatingadditional copies.
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B&O Railroad Depot—Cabell CountyBarboursville—Cabell CountyCabell County—Cabell CountyOld Stone House—Monongalia CountyPineville—Wyoming County
Following is a list of new markers ordered in the fiscal year:
Hanger’s Limb—Barbour County*Belle Boyd—Berkeley County*Charles Faulkner—Berkeley County*Burning of Boone Courthouse—Boone County*Robert Hagar—Boone County*Burning of Sutton—BraxtonCounty*Campbell Tarr—Brooke County*John Hunt Oley—Cabell County*John S. Witcher—Cabell County*Moccasin Rangers—Calhoun County*Chapman J. Stuart—Doddridge County*Fort Mulligan—Grant County*Samuel Price—Greenbrier County*South Branch Valley—Hardy County45th USCT—Harrison County*Clarksburg Convention—Harrison County*John S. Carlile—Harrison County*James J. Andrews—Hancock County*Daniel Frost—Jackson County*Battle of Boteler’s Ford—Jefferson County*
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The statewide county records preservation project staff continued to travel back and forth to county courthouses to collect and return deed books. Over the course of the year, staff digitized record books for the following counties:
Boone, Clay, Fayette, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mineral, Pendleton, and Wood.
Inthethirteenthroundofgrants,49officesin42countieswereawardedgrantstotaling$384,027forprojectsscheduledtobeginonJuly1,2016,themostcountiesawardedRecordsManagement and Preservation Board (RMPB) grants in a single year since the grant program began a little more than a decade ago. As with the previous year’s round of grants, the thirteenth round did not require reformatting projects to produce preservation microfilm; however, reformatting to improve access and preservation of records through microfilming of permanent
RecordsManagement
George W. Summers—Kanawha County*Burning of Logan Courthouse—Logan County*Samuel A. J. Cockayne/The Cockayne Farm—Marshall CountyJohn Hall—Mason County*William H. Powell—Mason County*Napoleon Bonaparte French—Mercer County*Thomas R. Carskadon—Mineral County*Willey House/Willey Amendment—Monongalia County*Allen T. Caperton—Monroe County*Charles T. O’Ferrall—Morgan County*First State Capitol—Ohio County*Gordon Battelle—Ohio County*James W. Williamson—Pleasants County*Raid on Huntersville—Pocahontas County*William G. Brown—Preston County*Alfred Beckley/Wildwood—Raleigh County*Big Beaver Creek Ancient Fortification—Raleigh CountyMary Jane Snyder—Tucker County*Daniel D. Johnson—Tyler County*D.D.T. Farnsworth—Upshur County*George R. Latham—Upshur County*The West Virginia Strawberry Festival—Upshur CountyJacob Beeson Blair—Wood County*Peter G. Van Winkle—Wood County*
*sesquicentennial marker
Thesesquicentennialmarkerprojectwillcreate160markers, includingat leastone foreachcounty.ArchivesandHistoryreceiveda$256,000grantacoupleofyearsagoandaMemorandumofUnderstandingwassignedlastfiscalyear.Midwaythroughthe2015-2016years, the Division of Highways issued the Notice to Proceed, giving Archives and History two years to complete the project.
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records that existonly in digital format was added as an eligible project.
While grants awarded inthe2015-2016yearaveraged sl ightly more than $12,000,those awarded for the 2016-2017 year,with a larger number of counties receiving grants, averaged a
littleover$9,100.Only twogrants, those forKanawhaandWayne,wereinexcessof$15,000.KanawhaCountywas awarded $19,091 to purchase roller shelving foroversize deed and land books in the county clerk’s office andtoscanandindexcivilcasefilesinthecircuitclerk’soffice.WayneCountywasawarded$17,109toindexdeedbooks that had been digitized by the RMPB Statewide Preservation Project, to encapsulate the assessor’s copies of land books, and to purchase a map cabinet in the county clerk’soffice.Morethantwo-thirdsofthegrantswerefor$10,000orless,withthesmallestgrant($2,727)awardedto Marshall County to review records and implement the retentionscheduleandtoscanandindexcasefilesintheprosecuting attorney’s office. Slightlymore than one-half of the recipient counties were represented at a grant ceremonyheldatthecapitolonMarch9,2016.
County BarbourBerkeleyBoone BraxtonCalhounFayetteGrantGreenbrierHampshireHardyHarrisonJacksonKanawhaLewisLincolnMarionMasonMcDowellMercer MingoMonongaliaMonroeMorganNicholasPendletonPutnamRaleighRitchieRoaneSummersTuckerUpshurWayneWoodWyomingTotal
Granted$13,549.00$19,492.00$10,000.00$8,103.00$12,429.00$22,243.00$8,628.00$14,409.00$4,455.00$12,046.00$10,000.00$10,000.00$32,814.00$10,000.00$14,227.00$10,000.00$14.611.00$10,000.00$18,023.00$10,000.00$18,431.00$20,000.00$10,000.00$16.126.00$4,955.00$10,000.00$5,124.00$5,864.00$5,559.00$10,000.00$9,409.00$10,000.00$12,000.00$10,000.00$10,000.00$422,497.00
Records Management and Preservation Grants
2015-2016
Melissa Bennett, Pocahontas County Clerk, with Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
Archives and History Director Joe Geiger with Governor Tomblin at the grant ceremony on March 9
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Staff provided assistance to several state agencies regarding their records and retention schedules and also responded to requests for information on various topics
from state agencies. Staff continued to assist the Department of Education with preparation of the Golden Horseshoe test, serving as judges at the Social Studies Fair, and reading names of Golden Horseshoe recipients at the ceremony in May.
Inter-Agency Support
Culture and HistoryInternal Support
Archives and History continued to play a substantial role in the division’s West Virginia History Bowl, which tests eighth-gradestudentsontheirknowledgeofhistory,art,preservation, and cultural topics, in its seventh year in
2015-2016.RegionalcompetitionswereheldinFebruary2016,withaplay-incompetitioninMarch.Therewere123teamsrepresenting73schoolsin36counties.Thewinningandrunner-upteamsfromeachregionalwere eligible to participate in the statecompetition,whichbrought24teams to the Culture Center on April 26. In the championship round ofthedouble-eliminationtournament,South Middle School (Monongalia) defeated Cameron High School (Marshall). South Middle School Team2placedthird,whileFairviewMiddle School (Marion) placed fourth. The library served as one of the competition venues for the statewide tournament.
Archives and History staff continued to provide support to other sections within the Division of Culture and History.Thedarkroomphotographerprovided31digitalimagesforGoldenseal magazine, publishedthroughtheCommunicationsunit,43forHistoricPreservation,and217printsanddigitalimagesforexhibits.Througharrangementsmadebythedivision,ArchivesandHistorystaffalsodedicatedmuchtimeinsearchingforandprinting21gratisimagesforindividuals in other state and legislative offices. Duringthefiscalyear,threeArchivesandHistoryexhibitswereondisplayinthephotogallery located in the north wing off the Great Hall, between the library and the entrance to thehallwayleadingtotheArchivesandHistoryoffices.AtthestartofJuly,anexhibitfromthe Jennings Randolph Collection went on display. That was followed by one on state parks, resorts,andforests(November2015-February2016).FromFebruarytoJune,anexhibitonthe Norman family was on display.
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Outreach Archives and History staff were involved in various outreach activities during
the year. The monthly evening lectures were held in the Archives and History Library. Through division press releases and e-blasts, constituentswere notified about upcominglibrary events. The twentieth annual History Day at the Legislature was held onJanuary29,2016.Groupsaroundthestatenominated50HistoryHeroesandnearly70groupsregisteredfordisplayspaceatthecapitol.Ofthose,44HistoryHeroesacceptedtheir awards in person and 56 groups had displays in thecapitol. The division’s Technical Services staff provided invaluable help to displayers and to Archives and History staff.
The seventeenth annual Hoot Owl was held in the Archives and History Library on April 1-2,2016.Theall-nightevent,co-sponsoredby Archives and History and the Mining Your History Foundation,was attended by 50people. Staff and MYHF volunteers assisted researchers in locating materials. Proceeds from the annual event are dedicated to purchase and support the collections of the Archives library.
As was the case the previous year, staff were requested to devote a portion of their Memorial Day weekend to the division’s annual Vandalia Gathering. Staff provided assistance to other sections, as well as to the division.
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Archives and History Staff (2015-2016)
Joe Geiger Jr. directorDebraBasham assistantdirector/recordsarchivist
Archives:Constance Baston project specialistDickFauss audio/filmarchivistEd Hicks (retired June) archival photographerMaryJohnson historian/archivistTerry Lowry historianRandy Marcum historianMatt McGrew education coordinator
Library:Susan Scouras library managerMatt Dailey state documents specialistElaine Gates research specialistHarold Newman research specialistMichael Shock librarianJaime Simmons research specialist
Records Management and Preservation Board:Denise Ferguson county records archivistKyle Campbell county records specialist Chuck Ocheltree county records specialist Support:vacant secretary
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Archives and History Commission (2015-2016)
Voting members:Tommy Bailey, St. AlbansDr. Melissa Bingmann, MorgantownDr. Robert S. Conte, White Sulphur SpringsNat DeBruin, HuntingtonHarold Forbes, MorgantownBecky Frye, MartinsburgVictor Greco, WheelingDr. Charles Ledbetter, Scott DepotDr. Billy Joe Peyton, InstituteNathan J. Randolph, HuntingtonAlison Thornton, ElkinsDr. Joan Walker, HedgesvilleKeven Walker, Martinsburg
Exofficiovotingmembers:Fredrick H. Armstrong (president, West Virginia Historical Society), CharlestonDr. William S. Arnett (president, West Virginia Historical Association), Morgantown
Exofficiononvotingmembers:Joseph N. Geiger Jr. (director, Archives and History, and secretary to the
commission), Huntington Dr. Michael Ed. Hohn (director, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey),
MorgantownCharles Morris (director, Museums), CharlestonSandra Scaffidi (president, Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, Inc.), FairmontSusan Pierce (director, Historic Preservation), CharlestonRandallReid-Smith(commissioner,CultureandHistory),Charleston
Records Management and Preservation Board (2015-2016)
John Bennett, prosecuting attorney, LoganBetsy Castle, circuit clerk, KingwoodDiana Cromley, county clerk, Point PleasantBettyHarmison,genealogical/historicalsocietyrepresentative,BerkeleySpringsKenneth Lemaster Jr., sheriff, MartinsburgMark Musick, assessor, MorgantownStephen Shuman, attorney, MorgantownJack David Woodrum, county commissioner, Hinton
Exofficiomembers:RandallReid-Smith(commissioner,CultureandHistory),CharlestonSteven D. Canterbury (director, Administrative Office of the Courts), Charleston designee Matt Arrowood (deputy director, Division of Court Services)Gale Given (director, Office of Technology), Charleston designee Justin McAllister (chief financial officer, Office of Technology)
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2015-2016 Accessions
State Government RecordsAdjutantGeneral.Listingofalladjutantgenerals,historiesofunitsofNationalGuard,1925-ca.2000.6folders.Unknowndonor.Ar2061
Adjutant General. Listings of Civil War Medals, including during period being dispensed by Archives and History,n.d.4items.Transferfromlibrary.Ar2062
BerkeleyCounty.Trusteerecords,1862-1935,1959.1box.BerkeleyCountyClerk’soffice,Martinsburg.Ar2058
BoardofArchitects.Minutes,agendasandothermaterialsfromboardmeetings,2000,2010-15.1folder.BoardofArchitects,Huntington.Ar1902acc
BoardofDentalExaminers.Reportsandfinancialreportstoauditor, filesonpastmembersofBoardofDentistry,1984-2002.12folders.BoardofDentalExaminers,Beckley,andBoardofDentistry,CrabOrchard.Ar2039acc
BoardofDentistry.Recordsoflicensesissuedtodentistsanddentalhygienists,1922-79;indexoflicenseddentists1900-77.3volumes.WVBoardofDentistry,CrabOrchard.Ar2039acc
BridgeRecords,1980s-2000s.4folders.DivisionofHighways,District3,Parkersburg.Ar1895acc
CalhounCounty.CircuitCourtfilesincludingchancery,lawandSupremeCourtcases,1848-1968.59boxes.CalhounCountyCircuitClerk,Grantsville.Ar2054
CapitolComplex.ImpactStudiesAccommodatingScienceandCulturalCenteranditsEnvirons,articlesonhistoryofCapitol,ca.1921,ca.1932,mid1970s.4items.SaraJoheBusse,Charleston.Ar1812acc
CourtofClaims.Casefiles,1971-97.32boxesandoversized.CourtofClaims.Ar2065
Forestry.Plans,correspondenceandotherreportsregardingforestryplansandfireprevention,1915-70.2boxes.CharlesR.“Randy”Dye,DivisionofForestry.Ar2064
GilmerCounty.JournaloftheBoardofSupervisors1864-68;OrdinancesoftheBoardofSupervisorsforDeeds1865-69.2volumes.GilmerCountyClerk,Glenville.Ar2053
GoldensealMagazine.Oldmanuscriptmaterials,1975-2015.29boxes.GoldensealMagazine.Ar2055
Governor’sCommissiononFairTaxation.Memos,researchmaterialsandotherdocumentsofcommission,1996-99.1box.Dr.CalKent.Ar2057
HancockCountyCircuitClerk.Civilcasefiles,manydealingwithWaterfordParkorWeirtonSteel,1965,1967.1box(7files).HancockCountyCircuitClerk,NewCumberland.Ar2052acc
Hancock County Circuit Clerk. Criminal files against Harold Chambers, Harold Metz and Bozo Dragisch for dynamiting fish; civil file Bessemer & Lake Erie RR Co. vs. Weirton Steel;1933,1995.3files.HancockCountyCircuitClerk,NewCumberland.Ar2052acc
Accessions
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ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016
Accessions
HouseResolutions19and20.ResolutionsrememberingthelateGovernorArchA.MooreJr.andFirstLadyShelleyRileyMoore,2015March13.2items.HouseClerk’sOffice.Ar2063
MineralCountyCircuitClerk.Casefiles,appointmentsandotherrecords,1877-1939.2boxes.MineralCountyCircuitClerk,Keyser.Ar2028acc
NaturalResources.ProgramandticketforinauguralserviceCassScenicRailroadtoBaldKnob,1968May25.2items.Unknowndonor.Ar2060
Naturalization records.MonongaliaCountypetitions, declarations andother records, 1896-1955. 40volumesand1box.MonongaliaCircuitClerk’soffice,Morgantown.Ar1878acc
Naturalization records. Nicholas County petitions, declarations of intent, certificates of naturalization and otherrecords,1908-52.8volumesand1box.NicholasCountyCircuitClerk,Summersville.Ar1878acc
Naturalization records.OhioCounty, 1866-1907. 14volumes.OhioCountyCircuitClerk,Wheeling.Ar1878acc
Senate.Financialjournalsforextraordinarysessions1936,payroll1944,contingentfund1953-54andinterimcommitteetoconductstudyonalcoholism1953-54.1936-54.4volumes.JakeNichols,SenateParliamentarian’sOffice.Ar2059
StatePolice.Payrollrecords,1919-24.2boxes.WestVirginiaStatePolice,Institute.Ar2056
ManuscriptsAccountbook.KanawhaCountystore,1857December1-1858December31.1volume.DavidAdkins,Arlington,TX.Ms2016-026
Accountbook.RandandFitz,HaleHouse,Charleston,1879May-1882June.1volume.EvaBronson,Barboursville,VA.Ms2016-027
Accountbook.TaxbillscollectedbyJohnW.Sentz,MaldenDistrict,KanawhaCounty,1877-78.1volume.RogerMetz,Leawood,KS.Ms2016-028
Accountbooks.LedgersbelongingtoCharlesWaggenerofPointPleasant,1829-45.2volumes.AnnetteThompson,Naples,FL.Ms2015-063
Billheimer,GordonE.Collection.DiariesofMontgomeryresident,2014September-2015January;2016January-March.3items.GordonBillheimer,Montgomery.Ms2008-101acc
Blue, Ken Collection. Correspondence, reference materials and planning documents for WV Black History Conference,copiesofpapersdeliveredatconferences,1979-95.1box.KenBlue,Huntington.Ms2015-066
Bradford, Thomas Armstead Collection. Correspondence before, during and after Civil War of Captain ofCompanyH,31stVirginiaInfantry,laterinlegislatureandlaterfamilydocuments,1952-60.1box.RobertKindergan,OrmandBeach,FL.Ms2015-055
Brown, James F. III Collection. Correspondence, legal and business papers and other documents of KanawhaandCabellfamily,1827-1981.36boxesand3oversizedfolders.JamesF.BrownIV,executorofestateofJamesF.BrownIII,Charleston.Ms2016-071
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Accessions
Bryan,GeorgeCollection.Correspondenceandothermaterialsofmininginspector,1941-54.4folders.RowenaFarrar,Williamsburg,VA.Ms2016-052
Byrd, Senator Robert C. Correspondence and other materials regarding Dr. Perry F. Harris Award presentedtoByrdasmasterfiddler,2007-2008.1folder.RobertTaylor,St.Albans.Ms2016-053
Carpenter, Bert E. Collection. Correspondence, forms, articles and other materials of WWII service in Navy,1944-55.3folders.BeverlyCarpenter,St.Albans.Ms2016-006
Charleston Community Music Collection. Correspondence, programs and other materials regarding local musicassociation,1940s-2015.4boxesand11volumes.CarolGeneLustig,Charleston.Ms2015-060
ChurchWomenUnitedCollection.Minutes,bookletsandothermaterials,1945-2007.2boxes.WillaAnderson,Dunbar.Ms2015-061
CivilWar.DischargeofPrivateJohnW.Jenkins,CompanyG,10thWVInfantry,1865June29.1item.GaryKeller,Sistersville.Ms79-18.2:2
CivilWar.ServicerecordforPrivateRobertA.Clark,CompanyD,10thWVInfantry,1896December15.1item.LarryHellikson,Manteca,CA.Ms79-18.2:9
CivilWar.Typescriptofdiaryofunidentifiedmemberof14thWVInfantry,1863September-1864July31.1item.JanetSpencerHartrett,Washington,DC.Ms79-18.1:83
Daoust, Marcia Peterson Collection. Correspondence and other materials related to various Huntington programsforthehomelessandotherservices,1970-98.1box.MarciaPetersonDaoust,Huntington.Ms2016-035
Diary.AccountsofMabelE.BaldwinLove,Grafton,1909-13.1volume.MarkNewpher,Savage,MD.Ms2016-009
Fleming, Dan B. Jr. Collection. Materials compiled during research and publication of Ask What You Can Do For Your Country The Memory and Legacy of John F. Kennedy,1960-2010.2boxes.BeverlyFleming,Blacksburg,VA.Ms2016-034
FrankelFoundationCollection.Minutes,correspondenceandconferencematerials,1989-94.2boxes.TomBlair,Charleston.Ms2015-062
GassawayHighSchool.Records,1912-32.2volumes.RuthMooney,ElkRiverChapterNSDAR,Sutton.Ms2016-031
Haden,JudgeCharlesCollection.Correspondenceandmemorialmaterials,1998-2004.1folder.AmyHadenSorrells,Charleston.Ms2009-042acc
Higginbotham-SheridanCollection.Deeds,mostlyPutnamDevelopmentCorporationtomembersofHigginbothamfamily,1920-29.7items.BillSheridan,CrossLanes.Ms2016-051
Hudnall, Rebecca Collection. Charleston area materials including Kennedy campaign, Catholic churches, Womens’clubs,politicsandotherassortedmaterials,1942-98.1box.RebeccaHudnall,SanFrancisco,CA.Ms2016-032
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Accessions
Jones, Edith Collection. Correspondence and other materials of Marshall and Alleghany Collegiate Institutestudent,1897-1952.1box.Purchase.Ms2015-064
Landgrant.Grant toCharlesWoodleyKing,KanawhaCounty,15acres,1816March8.1 item.TimBailes,Fresno,CA.Ms80-284acc
Landgrant.Grant toHenryO.Middleton,LewisCounty, 1,000 acres, 1842December 30. 1 item.TransferredfromMs2015-055.Ms80-284acc
Landgrant.GranttoJohnHunter,GreenbrierCounty,150acres,1790June3.1item.KanawhaCountyCircuitClerkandKanawhaCountyClerk,Charleston.Ms80-284acc
Literary manuscript. “‘The Boys’ll Listen to Me’ The Labor Career of William Blizzard” by Shae Ronald Davidson,master’sthesis,Marshall,1998.1volume.Transferfromlibrary.Ms2016-024
Literary manuscript. “Charles Ellet Jr. and the Wheeling Suspension Bridge” by E. L. Kemp, n.d. 1 item. TransferfromoldCultureandHistoryfiles.Ms2016-049
Literary manuscript. “Civil War Enlistments and Service in Southern West Virginia” by Richard Alan Hines,master’sthesis,AmericanPublicUniversitySystem,CharlesTown,2015.1item.RichardAlanHinesviaJoeGeiger.Ms2016-023
Literarymanuscript.“MajorJamesW.Sweeney,36thVirginiaCavalryBattalion(CSA)”byPaulBurig,2001April.1item.Transferfromlibrary.Ms2016-057
Literarymanuscript.“TheWestVirginiaReview”byEleanorBirdCook,1931.1item.Transferfromlibrary.Ms2016-055
Literarymanuscript.“WestVirginia’sMounties”byMerleT.Cole,2015.1item.MerleCole,Daniels.Ms2016-054
Loudon Heights Garden Club Collection. Minutes, membership rolls, correspondence and other materials ofCharlestongroup,1947-2013.2boxes.LoudonHeightsGardenClub,Charleston.Ms2015-054
McGraw, Don Collection. Memorial addresses, Hite family genealogy and Huntington area materials, 1876-2002.2boxes.DonMcGraw,Proctorville,OH.Ms2016-008
NationalLeadCompanyCollection.Rules,contracts,andotherpublications,1937-96.35items.SusanKimble,Charleston.Ms2016-007
Parmer,DavidCollection.BurnsvilleandBurnsvilleHighSchoolmaterials,1869-1985.10boxes.DavidParmer,Hinton.Ms2015-058
Patterson, Robert family. Wedding announcement, genealogy chart and copies of clippings found in A Record of the Families of Robert Patterson[PattersonFamilyRecord],ca.1900-1910.1folder.Transferfromlibrary.Ms2016-056
Pierpoint/PierpontFamily.Correspondenceandothermaterialsregardingfamily,researchforbookandfamilyreunions,late1700s-1989.6boxes.Mr.andMrs.ThomasPierpoint,Woodbridge,VA.Ms2015-065
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Accessions
Poffenbarger, Livia Simpson Collection. Correspondence, articles, research materials on Battle of Point Pleasant,Poffenbargerfamily,1774-1951.3boxes.S.C.Poffenbarger,Durham,NC.Ms2016-025
PrinceFamilyCollection.MaterialsregardingFrancesLouisePrince,andPrincefamilyofBeckley,1930-55.1box.AnnPrinceEngel,Indianapolis,IN.Ms2016-033
ShanholzerCollection.Forms,teachers’certificates,cardsandothermaterials,1892-1976.1box.KarlShanholzer,Huntington.Ms2016-015
Sharp,ArcoandHazelCollection.CivilWarpensionrecords,receipts,taxticketsandotherdocumentsofNoahW.Dawson,L.A.Jones,R.C.DawsonandJamesA.Blackshire,KanawhaCounty,1864-83.8folders.TimothyBlakeParsons,Charleston.Ms2016-005
Silverstein,PhilCollection.Recollectionsofmemberof5thDivisionandactivitiesinWWIIincludingBattleoftheBulge,1943-2005.1box.JaneSilverstein,Charleston.Ms2015-067
Smith-GiltinanCollection.Correspondence andothermaterials ofGiltinan family andEskewSmithandCannon,1829-2012.15boxes,3foldersand38volumes.KatherineBrooksGiltinan,Charleston.Ms2015-059
Trimble, George C. Collection. Correspondence, cards and other materials of Major, 11th WV Infantry andpostwarmilitary,1861-ca.2000.1box.LindaCunninghamFluharty,BatonRouge,LA.Ms2016-017
Turner, Carson W. Collection. Correspondence, documents and other materials regarding World War II serviceandtimeasprisonerofwarinGermany,1940s-2011.1box.Mr.andMrs.TreyBartlett,SouthCharleston.Ms2016-013
Underwood, Cecil H. Genealogy materials compiled for Civil War medal claim, n.d. 1 volume. Archives andHistory.Ms2016-048
Vil(l)ain, Folio and related families. Correspondence, naturalization, school, birth, death marriage and othermaterialsofBelgianimmigrants,1900-89.1box.LindaOsborne,SouthCharleston.Ms2016-030
Washington-ColemanFuneralHome.AgreementofincorporationforMontgomeryfuneralhome,1945July2.1item.Unknowndonor.Ms2016-050
Waugh, Lee Edward and Nancy Collection. Correspondence and records of Mingo and Fayette man who waskilledinWWII,1942-44.1box.CharlotteSpanglerChessman,Muskegon,MI.Ms2016-014
West Virginia Transportation Company Collection. Incorporation information, stock certificates and correspondenceaboutcompany,1926-97.10items.RobertC.Buchanan,PalmCity,FL.Ms2016-004
Workbook.Mathematicsworkbook,1836.1volume.JerryGrady,Charleston.Ms2016-058
Works Progress Administration. Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of ArchivesandHistory,1939January.1volume.Transferfromlibrary.Ms2016-021
Works Progress Administration. Calender of the William E. Stevenson Letters in the State Department of ArchivesandHistory,1939March.1volume.ManchesterPublicLibrary,Manchester,NH.Ms2016-022
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Accessions
Works Progress Administration. Digest of Public Welfare Provisions under the Laws of the State of West Virginia,1935December1.1volume.Transferfromlibrary.Ms2016-018
Works Projects Administration. Calendar of the Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Papers in West VirginiaDepositories,1940October.1volume.Transferfromlibrary.Ms2016-020
WorksProjectsAdministration.CalendaroftheJ.J.JacobsLettersinWestVirginiaDepositories,1940July.1volume.Transferfromlibrary.Ms2016-019
WorldWarII.SpecialOrders#335assigningarmymedicaladministrativestafftodutystationsatCampBarkeley,TX,1942December16.1item.ChuckWiatrowskiforLtc.(Ret)HillardFelixWiatrowski,SanAntonio,TX.Ms2016-010
World War II letters of Ira Haught. Letters from Haught to wife Lorene Fish Haught of Sistersville, 1943-45.2boxes(246items).JamesA.Haught,Charleston.Ms2016-003
PhotographsBallard,LewisandMalindaJaneSpangler.B&Wprint,ca.1880s.2 items.PeteBallard,Peterstown.Ph2016-063 Beta Psi reunion. B&W of Beta Psi alumni gathered on steps of Governor’s Mansion with Governor ArchMoore and letter sending print toRoyS. Samms Jr., 1974August. 2 items.Unknowndonor.Ph2016-062
Bollinger,W.E.andSonsCollection.B&WnegativesofcommercialCharlestonphotographers,1929-65.6,214negatives.Purchase.Ph2016-047
Bryan,GeorgeCollection.B&Wprints ofmine inspectors, ca. 1940s-50s. 2 items.RowenaFarrar,Williamsburg,VA.Ph2016-052
BureauofEmploymentPrograms/WorkForceWestVirginia.B&Wandcolorprints,negativesandscansofstaff,officials,andevents,ca.1970s-2005.4boxes(1,792prints,1,103negativesand41scanson2CDs).WorkForceWestVirginia,Charleston.Ph2015-057
CalvaryBaptistChurch,Charleston.B&WofBaracaSundaySchoolclass,1940.1item.ClaraM.Hill,Albequerque,NM.Ph2016-065
CivilianConservationCorps.CampRandolphalbum,late1930s.103items.GaryBlackshire,Alpharetta,GA.Ph2016-039
Commerce/NaturalResources.Prints, negatives, slides, transparencies and digital files of scenic,tourismandcommercescenesandevents,1980s-2002.20boxes(66,589itemsand598CDs).RonSnow,Commerce.Ph2016-001
Cunningham,Dan.B&WofU.S.DeputyMarshall, n.d. 2 items.BeulahE.Cantley, Charleston.Ph2016-042
Elden, Henry Family Collection. Prints of projects of Charleston architect, family photos, and Top O’Rock,
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1970s-2000s.2boxesand1oversized(380prints,11negatives).HenryEldenestatec/oexecutorBarbaraEldenScavullo,SanFrancisco,CA.Ph2015-056
Elden, Henry Family Collection. Slides of projects designed by Elden such as Top O’Rock; other structures aroundWestVirginiaandneighboringstates,ca.1954-83.1box(568slidesand228stereoslides.HenryEldenestatec/oexecutorBarbaraEldenScavullo,SanFrancisco,CA.Ph2015-056acc Hatfield,Patterson.Copyprint ofPattersonHatfield and family, ca. 1900. 1 item.Steve andDonnaHensley,Ona.Ph2016-061
HerndonCollection.B&WofHerndonScholarsatMountdeChantel,1996February.6items.MargaretBrennan,Wheeling.Ph2009-150acc
KanawhaCity.B&WofconstructionofdrainagesystemnearOwens-Illinoisplant,ca.1955-60.3items.BobKohlbecker,Ft.Myers,FL.Ph2016-045
KanawhaTextbookControvesy.B&WprintsincludingKuKluxKlanprotest,1975September6.17items.MikeBell,Charleston.Ph2016-046
LoudonHeightsGardenClubCollection.Slides,printsandpanoramicofCharlestongroup,1919,1946-2004.70slides,1panoramicand172prints.LoudonHeightsGardenClub,Charleston.Ph2015-054
Love/Gockefamilies.B&WandcolorofMaryFrancesElizabethLoveGockeandsiblings,JosephBernardGocke,PatGockeWhite,1904-80s.5items.MarkNewpher,Savage,MD.Ph2016-009
MeeksCollection.SportsphotosincludingautographedWillieMays,J.R.House,1935Shermanfootball,1919CharlestonHighfootball,ca.1919-90s.24items.GuyMeeks,Sarasota,FL.Ph2016-016
Moore-Capitowedding.ColorprintsofreceptionatCulturalCenterofCharlesCapitoandShelleyMoore,1976.6prints.CharlesCapito,Charleston.Ph2016-043
MorgantownHigh.ColorprintsofClassof197320-yearreunion,1993July3.2items.DianeAshburn,Tempe,AZ.Ph2005-003acc
NationalLeadCompanyCollection.B&WprintsofSouthCharlestonplant,ca.1950s.4items.SusanKimble,Charleston.Ph2016-007
Norman,Hensleyandrelatedfamilies.B&Wprints,ca.1900-20.10items.LindaA.Edsall,Rochester,PA.Ph2016-060
Panoramicnegative.SuperiorCoal?,n.d.1item.BillEpperson.Ph2016-038
Parks, Charles Collection. B&W and color prints of state park employee including North Bend, Audra andHawksNest,late1960s-80s.1box(102B&W,166color).ShielaMartin,Beckley.Ph2016-012
Parmer,DavidCollection.BurnsvilleandBurnsvilleHighSchoolprints,1918-62.51printsand3oversizedarticles.DavidParmer,Hinton.Ph2015-058
Peterstown area.B&Wof area families includingBallard,Campbell andTaylor, n.d. 12 items.ToddSimmons,Boone,NC.Ph2016-037
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Petroglyphs,archaeologicalfinds.B&WofsitesatSaltRock,artifactspossiblyfromBuffalo,n.d.5items.Unknowndonor.Ph2016-041
Pierpoint/PierpontFamily.B&Wandcolorprints,negativesandslidesof familymembers,reunions,ca. 1963-86. 229 prints, 88negatives, 21 slides.Mr. andMrs.ThomasPierpoint,Woodbridge,VA.Ph2015-065
Poffenbarger,LiviaSimpsonCollection.B&WofPoffenbargerandrelatedfamilies,n.d.12items.S.C.Poffenbarger,Durham,NC.Ph2016-025
Postcard.HighlandCottage,TerraAlta,1902.1item.BarbaraCox,FortWorth,TX.Ph2016-067
Postcard.SilverBridge,PointPleasant,n.d.1item.CarlG.Wolfe,Beckley.Ph2016-066
Postcards.Colorpostcardsofcapitol,HawksNest,Beckley,LaurelMountainandotherscenes,ca.1960s.8items.SharonA.Allen,Monson,MA.Ph2016-070
Postcards.Elkins,ca.1910-20s.3items.ShirleyLang,Wilmington,NC.Ph2016-069
Postcards.VariousWestVirginiascenes,1944-80s.12items.BonnieRenoforFrankandKathleenGriffin,Corunna,MI.Ph2016-068
Princefamily.B&WofFrankA.Prince,JamesA.PrinceandtownofPrince,ca.1920s.5items.AnnPrinceEngel,Indianapolis,IN.Ph2016-033
QualityGlass.ColorsnapshotofremainsofMorgantownfactory,ca.2006.1item.RobertMcCormick,MerrittIsland,FL.Ph2016-044
Scott Depot Home Demonstration Club Collection. Color prints and negatives of club members and activities,1970s-80s.1box(299prints,24negatives).BrendaWest,ScottDepot.Ph2016-002
Senate.Compositeofmembers(mislabelledasfirstSenate),1866-67.1item.DavidBurley,Sunnyvale,CA.Ph2016-040
ShanholzerCollection.Postcards,photosandsketchesincludingCapitolfire,Chessiecats,1921-60s.11 postcards, 6B&Wprints, 2 color sketches, 7 oversized sketches.Karl Shanholzer,Huntington.Ph2016-015
Smith,ToniY.Collection.B&WandcolorprintsofCabinCreekareafamilies,mostunidentified,1910-90s.1box(406color,97B&W,3B&Wnegatives,2postcards).ToniY.Smith,Hurst,TX.Ph2016-011
Smith-GiltinanCollection.PrintsandnegativesofSmithandGiltinanfamilies,EskewSmith&CannonCompany,Charlestonandrelatedimages,1860s-1998.6boxes(2,374prints,2,556negatives).KatherineBrooksGiltinan,Charleston.Ph2015-059
Sweeney,MajorJamesW.CopyprintofConfederatecavalryofficer,ca.1861-65.1item.Transferfromlibrary.Ph2016-057
Vil(l)ain, Folio and related families. B&W and postcards of Belgian immigrants, most unidentified, ca. 1900-50.1box(442items).LindaOsborne,SouthCharleston.Ph2016-030
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Vil(l)ain,Folioandrelated families.B&Wprints inalbum,n.d.1volume(76prints).LindaOsborne,SouthCharleston.Ph2016-030acc
Waugh, Lee Edward and Nancy Collection. B&W prints and negatives of WV Institute of Technology studentandarmyofficerwhowaskilledinWWII,1930s-44.25printsand87negatives.CharlotteSpanglerChessman,Muskegon,MI.Ph2016-014 Wilcoxen, JosephCharles.B&WofSt.Marysman inNavyuniform,1942. 1 item.Unknowndonor.Ph2016-064
Special CollectionsBible.Russell,Powersandrelatedfamilies,1856-1980.1volume.ElizabethP.Armitage,LexingtonPark,MD.Sc2016-029 Calendars.WolfCreekPrintery,2011-15.5items.RichardFauss,Elkview.Sc87-14acc
Cunningham, Steve Collection. Programs and other materials relating to sports teams in Charleston includingCharlestonGunnersandWestVirginiaRockets.Sc2016-059
Hoke,MaxineMillerCollection.“Scrapbook,MyLife...SoRichlyBlessed,”n.d.1volume.DaveandHelenHoke,Sarasota,FL.Sc2013-100acc
KanawhaTextbookControversy.KuKluxKlan brochures, 1975. 1 folder.MikeBell, Charleston.Sc2016-046
LoudonHeightsGardenClubCollection.ScrapbooksofCharlestongroup,1971-2004.4volumes.LoudonHeightsGardenClub,Charleston.Sc2015-054
MeeksCollection.Sportsprograms,includingstatebasketballtournaments,North-Southfootball,FinalSixfootball,collegiatebasketballandfootball,track,andothermiscellaneouspublications,1919-2013.6boxes.GuyMeeks,Sarasota,FL.Sc2016-016
Pay record. Cook Spurgeon, 168th Infantry, 1918-19. 1 item. Linda A. Edsall, Rochester, PA.Sc2016-060
ScottDepotHomeDemonstrationClubCollection.Scrapbooks,publicationsandothermaterials,1953-98.1box+22volumes.BrendaWest,ScottDepot.Sc2016-002
Smith, Toni Y. Collection. Funeral programs, obituaries and clippings of Cabin Creek area families; ImprovedHolyPrayerscompiledbySisterRuthM.Hill;1910-90s.2boxes.ToniY.Smith,Hurst,TX.Sc2016-011
Westfall, Ernest Dale Collection. Political cards and ads, Black Walnut Festival programs, oil and gas lease recordsandothermaterialsof20-yearRoaneCountyassessorandfamily,1938-2013.2boxes.KathrynWestfall,Edgewater,FL.Sc2016-036
Yearbook. Huntington High Huntingtonian,1967.1volume.PamBurks,Charleston.Sc2005-003acc
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Accessions
Yearbook. Lincoln Junior High School Searchlight,1936January.1volume.MurnieChenowethviaBillandMarthaMcKee,Charleston.Sc2005-003acc
Yearbook. Potomac State College Catamount,1961.1volume.GeraldRatliff,Charleston.Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Bethany College Meteor 1898;Kodak 1906-07;Bethanian scatteredyears1911-2007. 52volumes.BethanyCollege,Bethany.Sc2005-003acc Yearbooks. Bramwell High Pinnacle 1967, 1969-72;CaponBridge JuniorHighBobcars 1968 (2 c);Hampshire High Trojan1969-71;PotomacStateCatamount1972-73;EasternGreenbrierJuniorHighKnights1993.13volumes.CherylA.Griffith,Mt.Sidney,VA.Sc2005-003acc Yearbooks. Buffalo High School Bison,Kenova, 1974, 1976, 1978. 3 volumes.CindyTrogdonFoltz,Martinsburg.Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks.HampshireHigh School, 1994-2014. 11 volumes.Unknown donor via commissioner.Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Lincoln Junior High Searchlight, January 1937, January andMay1938. 3 volumes. StanBumgardner,Charleston.Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Morgantown Junior High Dragon1968-70;MorgantownHighMohigan1971-73;MorgantownHighClassof1973reunionbookletsfor10and20years;1968-93.8items.DianeAshburn,Tempe,AZ.Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Moundsville High Orospolitan 1928-64. 16 volumes. SusanChincheck,McMechen.Sc2005-003acc
Yearbooks. Sophia High School The Hawks’ and The Hawks’ Nest,ephemeralmaterials,1946-47.2volumesand1folder.ChrisBarbuschak,CityofFairfaxRegionalLibrary,Fairfax,VA.Sc2005-003acc