M 262. MANN, Nancy Murray, 1869-1962. Papers (photoreproductions), 1914-1985. .25 linear feet. Loaned for copying by Betty Mann Foard, 1985. ACCESSION 1985.0475. Huntington, West Virginia, suffragist, active in both Democratic and Republican parties on the national level. Served on board of Federal Women's Reformatory at Alderson, W. Va. Papers include speeches, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. 263. MARSHALL, Richard Coke, collector. Letters (photoreproductions), 1817-1976. 5 items. Originals in possession of Mr. Marshall. Transferred, 1979. ACCESSION 277. Copies of Lee's General Order number 9, 10 April 1865; a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Augustus Watson and J. H. Cocke regarding the founding of the University of Virginia, 10 March 1817; and a letter from Thomas Marshall to his brother Edward regarding the health of their father, Chief Justice John Marshall, 19 June 1835. 264. MARSHALL FAMILY. Papers (some photoreproductions), 1987-1988. 4 items. Gift of Dr. Sam Clagg, 1988. ACCESSION 488. A list of descendants of John Marshall prepared for the Marshall University Sesquicentennial Committee in 1987; includes some correspondence from family members. 265. MARSHALL UNIVERSITY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1963-to present. 6.5 linear feet. Deposited by the Office of Oral History of Appalachia. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 19 (Accession 64). Tape recordings and transcripts of oral interviews with residents in the West Virginia-Ohio-Kentucky Tri-State region regarding such topics as farming, schools, health care, folk customs, and many others related to life in this Appalachian region. Guides and index are available in the Special Collections Department. 266. MARSHALL UNIVERSITY REGIONAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION. Photographs, ca. 1888- to present. 2 linear feet. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 64 (Accession 227). A continually expanding collection of photographs of individuals, groups, buildings, locations, and activities of the West Virginia-Ohio-Kentucky Tri-State Region. Index in Special Collections Department. 267. MASON, Mary. Letter, 1935. 2 items. Gift of Col. George Wallace. ACCESSION 31. Miss Mason was the daughter of Mrs. Salina Hite Mason, who owned Marshall College during the Civil War. Miss Mason's letter lists the students attending the academy in 1865. 268. MASON, Nimrod. Papers, 1863-1865. 5 items. Purchased, 1974. ACCESSION 96. Logan County, West Virginia, native. Includes a list of members of the Seventh West Virginia Cavalry, discharge papers, and commission papers signed by Arthur Boreman and Francis Pierpont, first governors of West Virginia. 269. MASON CITY, WEST VIRGINIA. Account book, 1885-1935. 1 volume. Gift of Miss Christine Fruth, 1986. ACCESSION 432. Accounts kept by J. N. Manley, town treasurer. Also contains election lists, 1927-1935. 270. MASON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, Census (photoreproduction of typescript), 1810-1840. 2 vol. Loaned for copying by Mrs. Violette Machir. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 48 (Accession 165). 1810 and 1820 censuses were transcribed by Mrs. Owen Crickard; 1840 census lists heads of households only. 271. MASON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. Court records, 1805-1890. .5 linear feet. Gift of Col. Charles Lewis Chapter, NSDAR, 1985. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 94 (Accession 413). Assorted records of the county and circuit courts, including estate appraisals, school house plans, wolf scalp claims and oaths of allegiance. Records were salvaged when the old courthouse was razed ca. 1955. 272. MASON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. Court records (photoreproductions), 1806-1860. 2 items. Gift of Christine Fruth, 1988. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 94-A (Accession 473). Photoreproduction of marriages, 1806-1850, and the Register of Free Negroes, 1838-1860. 273. MATHEWS, C. G. Warrant, 1864. 1 item. Received, 1974. ACCESSION 204. Promotion warrant, dated 12 April 1864, in the Twelfth Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, signed by Col. William B. Curtis, at Martinsburg, [West] Virginia. 274. MATTHEWS, Thelma Morrison. Typescript (photoreproduction), 1935. 8 leaves. Gift of James Jeffrey, 1979. ACCESSION 291. `A brief history of Salt Rock two-room elementary school,' compiled by Mrs. Matthews, principal at the school. Includes histories of the community and of Walnut Grove and Palestine schools. 275. MERIWETHER, Elizabeth. Letter, undated. 1 leaf. Transferred, 1976. ACCESSION 141. Letter to Lyon G. Tyler commenting on his purchase of six copies of her book Facts and Falsehoods; asks him to read The Master of Red Leaf. 276. MEYNELL, Everard. Letters, 1923[?]; undated. 2 items. Transferred 1979. ACCESSION 266. Comments on the sale of The Letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell and gives news of the family. 277. MILLER, Daniel. Will (photoreproduction), 1791. 4 leaves. Gift of James Jeffrey, 1981. ACCESSION 362. Augusta County, Virginia, will, accompanied by a typed transcript. 277.1 MILLER, Doris Copley. Papers, ca. 1930-1989. 43 linear feet. Gift of Montserrat Miller,1990. ACCESSION 525.1. Huntington, West Virginia poet, newspaperwoman, and local historian. Papers include her work in draft and printed form; correspondence, notably the Jesse Stuart letters; poetry of others; working files from her years as religion, education and poetry editor at the Huntington Publishing Company; financial and personal papers; genealogical research<. 278. MILLER-THACKSTON FAMILY. Papers, 1843-1874. .5 linear feet. Gift of Mrs. C. C. Remmele, 1948. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 38 (Accession 47,55). Barboursville, West Virginia, family. Letters to Eugenia Miller in school in Cincinnati, 1849-1852, and later, correspondence between Eugenia and her husband Benjamin Thackston, who worked in Richmond during the Civil War. Includes copies of Thackston's speeches. 279. MILLER, Martha Elizabeth Carpenter, 1881-1962. Papers, 1898-195-. 3 items. Gift of Mrs. Maxine Miller Hoke, 1979. ACCESSION 257. Huntington, West Virginia, resident. Papers include poetry and a photograph of the Marshall College class of 1898. 280. MOBLEY, Harvey and Beulah. Typescript, 1983. 59 leaves. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mobley, 1983. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 84 (Accession 374). `Thomas Hannan and descendants,' from 1757 to 1957, with family group sheets, transcriptions of wills and deeds, and addenda. 281. MOFFAT, Charles Hill. Papers, 1977-1980. l linear foot. Gift of Dr. Moffat, 1980. ACCESSION 300. Former professor and chairman of department of history at Marshall University. Papers are notes and drafts of his manuscript, `Marshall University, 1837-1980: An Institution Comes of Age.' 282. MOODY, Kenneth and Edna. Typescript (photoreproduction), 1972. 63 leaves. Loaned for copying by Walter Taylor, 1980. ACCESSION 310. `Ball family genealogy, 1765-1972,' includes newspaper clippings, 1972-1979, relating to this Mason County, West Virginia, family. 283. MOON, George. Document, 1844. 1 item. ACCESSION 56. A statement of account with E. Williams of Baltimore, Maryland. 284. MOORE, Charles P. T. Papers, 1861-1886. 16 items. ACCESSION 5. Judge of West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Papers are primarily legal documents or letters concerning legal matters. Includes an invoice of articles received from J. A. Kline for use in the General Hospital at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, by the Second Virginia Cavalry. 285. MOORE, Frederick. Document, 1824. 1 item. ACCESSION 32. Land grant for five hundred acres in Cabell County, West Virginia; signed by Governor John Pleasants. 286. MORGAN, Claude M., collector. Papers, 1863-1972. 40 items. Gift of the Claude Morgan estate, 1973. ACCESSION 245. Huntington, West Virginia lawyer and Civil War collector. Papers include articles written for Confederate Echoes and Rhode Island History, photographs, newspaper clippings. Books and scale models of Civil War armaments were also part of the collection. 287. MORGAN, Henry B. Papers, 1891-92. 5 items. Loaned for copying by Melissa Simmons, 1980. ACCESSION 318. Resident of Cooper County, Missouri, writing of family matters to cousin Lydia ----. 288. MORGAN FAMILY. Papers, 1831-1935. 2 ft. Gift of Oretha Morgan Foard, 1948. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 12 (Accession 12). An addendum of glass negatives taken by Thomas Morgan was added in 1986. MANUSCRIPT 12-B (Accesssion 707). Business, general and family correspondence as well as legal and financial papers related to land acquisition in Putnam County, West Virginia. Also includes the papers of J. M. H. Beale, early settler of Mason County, West Virginia. 289. MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA. ELIZABETH LUDINGTON HAGANS CHAPTER, NSDAR. Typescript (photoreproduction), n.d. 41 leaves. Purchased, 1974. ACCESSION 148. `Monongalia in the Revolution,' a history of the formation of Monongalia County, West Virginia, and of Revolutionary War service of its residents. 290. MOSES, Grace. Typescript (photoreproduction of carbon copy), 1966? 10 leaves. Gift of Mrs. Ruby McIntyre, 1986. ACCESSION 445. `Resume of the. . .Revolutionary War record of John Lewis,' from the original located in the NSDAR Library in Washington, D. C. 291. MULLENS, WEST VIRGINIA. United Methodist Church. Typescript (photoreproduction), undated. 2 volumes. Acquired from J. B. F. Yoak, 1976. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 36 (Accession 125, 142). History of the church from 1910 until 1975, containing rosters of pastors, elders, district superintendents, and bishops. 292. MURRILL, Winston W. Scrapbook, 1933-1983. 1 volume. Gift of Mr. Murrill, 1983. ACCESSION 373. Former Huntington, West Virginia, journalist. Miscellanea pasted on a photoreproduction of a volume of the West Virginia Book Bank, reset and bound by Mr. Murrill. 293. MUSA, Donna, collector. Scrapbook, 1939-40. 1.5 cubic ft. Loaned indefinitely by Mrs. Musa, 1982. ACCESSION 369. Huntington, West Virginia, public school teacher. Newspaper clippings concerning the growth of Germany, with maps, political cartoons, and analyses of European affairs by David Lawrence, Westbrook Pegler and others. 294. MUSGRAVE, Paul N. Papers, 1930-1974. .5 linear ft. Gift of Mrs. Paul Musgrave, 1974; Robert Alexander, 1983. ACCESSION 82. Educator at Marshall University. Papers consist of correspondence with botanists in the U. S. Department of Agriculture concerning his problems with growing amaryllis; color charts; and weather diaries. 295. MYERS FAMILY. Record, 1750-1860. 1 volume. ACCESSION 16. A genealogical record of the David Myers family of Maryland and Pennsylvania with watercolor ornamentation. Also contains notes on mathematics and surveying.
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