1991 ACCESSIONS (528-539)

WHISMAN, RICK, collector. Papers, ca. 1862-1935. 1 cubic foot. Gift of Rick Whisman, 1991. ACCESSION 528.
Huntington, West Virginia, resident. Collection includes a Civil War letter by Charles Sayre; legal papers from the law offices of Brown & Brown in Boyd County, KY, and oversized photographs and printed material.

ALLEN, JOHN, collector. Papers (photoreproductions), 1784-1991. 7 items. Gift of John Allen, 1991. ACCESSION 529.            
Wheeling, West Virginia, lawyer. Papers consist of deeds of property owned by George Washington and the will of Archibald McClean, all relating to property in what is now Ohio and Marshall Counties, West Virginia.

ARCHER, ROBERT L. Typescripts, 1871-1896. 31 items. Transferred, 1991. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 124 (ACCESSION 530).
Manuscripts include "Chronicles of Early Huntington," used by Doris Miller for her centennial history of Huntington, West Virginia.

ELDRIDGE, CARRIE, compiler. Typescript (computer-generated; photoreproduction), 1757-1990. 3 vol. Gift of Carrie Eldridge, 1991. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 125 (ACCESSION 531). 
"Cabell Cemeteries, Cabell County, West Virginia," provides diagrams, directions, history, and methodology in addition to cemetery inscriptions.

ACCESSION 532 (See: ACCESSION 511, Hobart O. Franklin)

HUBBARD FAMILY. Papers, 1702-1960. 74 leaves. Gift of William Wise, 1991. ACCESSION 533. 
Genealogy of Dearborn County, Indiana, and Grayson County, Kentucky family and reminiscences of the 7th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War, at the battles of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Bull Run, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Antietam, and the Wilderness Campaign.

HUNTINGTON [WEST VIRGINIA] LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. Papers, 1950-1991. 1 cubic foot. Gift of Nancy Taylor, 1991. ACCESSION 534.
Scrapbook; files of various community projects undertaken by this civic group.

SOUTHERN WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE 19TH CENTURY... Papers, 1694-1991. 128 reels of microfilm. Purchased, 1991, for the Nancy V. Whear Memorial Women's History Collection. Originals located in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 126 (ACCESSIONS 535, 628, 640, 646, 647).            Diaries, correspondence and other papers relating to women in the South include descriptions of plantation and family life, domestic relations, and travel before and after the Civil War.

HINES FAMILY. Papers, 1878-1976. .25 cubic feet. Gift of Genevieve Darden Sayre, 1991. ACCESSION 536.
Papers of physician Oscar Taylor Hines and family include Hines's letters to his father while Hines was in medical school in Richmond, VA, 1897-1898. Also contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and other letters relating to the family in Wayne County and Huntington, West Virginia.

BAUMGARTNER, RICK. Papers, 1976-1979. .25 linear ft. Transferred, 1991. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 128 (ACCESSION 537).
Newspaper columns by Mr. Baumgartner written for the Huntington Advertiser dealing with history of Huntington, West Virginia, families and local events; many were later compiled into the booklet, "First Families of Huntington, West Virginia."

MATNEY, HARRY B., JR. Typescript (computer-generated; photoreproduction), 1860-1950. 10 leaves. Gift of Alan B. Gould, 1991. ACCESSION 538. 
"Livisay family of Wayne Co. [West Virginia]" gives the history of an African-American family; paper was a presentation at the West Virginia Black History Conference at Marshall University in September, 1991.

WEST VIRGINIA. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND HISTORY. HISTORIC PRESERVATION UNIT. Report, 1988. 1 vol.: 106 pp. Gift of the Cabell County Planning Commission, 1991. ACCESSION 539. 
"Ritter Park" surveys the city park of Huntington, West Virginia, established in 1908 and the 51 homes around its perimeter. The surveyed district is now on the National Register of Historic Districts.