W 419. WADE, Mrs. J. H. Correspondence, 1913-1918. 6 items. ACCESSION 42. Point Pleasant, West Virginia, resident. One letter describes concert at the Ashland, Kentucky, Christian Church and activities at the needlework guild. 420. WALKER FAMILY. Papers (photoreproductions), 1814-1944. 5 leaves. Originals in possession of Mrs. Claude L. Walker. Gift of James Jeffrey, 1979. ACCESSION 262. Pages from the Walker family Bible with genealogical information about the Walker, Swann, and Ullom families. 421. WALLACE, George Selden. Letters, 1935. 3 items. Transferred, 1935. ACCESSION 44. Huntington, West Virginia, attorney and author. Letters to Morris Shawkey, president of Marshall College, concern the early history of the school. 422. WALLACE, William, collector. Photographs, ca. 1880-1947. .5 linear ft. Gift of Dr. Mack Gillenwater, 1989. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 115 (Accession 484). Huntington, West Virginia, resident. Photographs of early Cabell County dwellings and Huntington scenes, some of which were used in George S. Wallace's Cabell County Annals and Families. 423. [COLLECTION WITHDRAWN] 424. WARREN, Harlow. Papers, 1880-1979. 1 cubic ft. Gift of Mr. Warren, 1979. ACCESSION 276. Author of Beckley, U. S. A.; resident of Raleigh County, West Virginia. Papers include photographs used in the four volumes of his works, a newspaper clipping file pasted onto notecards; notations; and paste-ups of pages. 425. WARREN, John. Papers, 1953-1977. .5 cubic ft. Transferred, 1985. ACCESSION 419. Graduate school dean and botany professor, Marshall University. Papers relate to botanical research in Latin America and contain reprints of articles. 426. WASHINGTON, George. Letter (photoreproduction), 1781 January 31. 1 leaf. Acquired, 1974. ACCESSION 101. Letter to an officer instructing him to permit a group of prisoners to proceed to Elizabeth Town [New Jersey], where they are to report to the Commissary of Prisoners, who will pass them on to New York for exchange. 427. WATTS-DUNTON, Walter Theodore, 1832-1914. Letters, 1882, 1888. 2 items. Transferred, 1976. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 42 (Accession 167). English author. Letters (addressee unknown) are a response to a request for poetry to be included in a forthcoming book, and an offer of assistance in literary matters. Mentions Swinburne. 428. WAYNE, WEST VIRGINIA. Methodist Church. Typescript (carbon copy), 1846-1960. 3 leaves. Acquired, 1973. ACCESSION 58. Brief history lists pastors since 1925, mentions other members and officers. Contains notes by W. L. Bias. 429. WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. School Board. Records, 1881, 1890. 2 items. Acquired, 1987. ACCESSION 449. Summary of Sub-district ll, of District Six (1881) and the register of Rife School in Stonewall District (1890). 430. WAYNE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. School Commissioner. Reports, 1860. 2 items. Transferred, 1977. ACCESSION 175. Two accounts for the payment of tuition of indigent children, with Miles Jackson and Leander Bloss, teachers, and Walter Queen and Anthony Plymale, commissioners. 431. WEBB, Tessa Sweazy. Letter (typescript), 1936 August 27. 1 leaf. Transferred, 1976. ACCESSION 140. Letter from Columbus, Ohio, newspaper columnist to Charles Stater of Huntington, West Virginia, commenting on her columns and on poetry published in the newspaper. 432. WEBB FAMILY. Papers, 1824-1953. 4 pp. Transferred, 1984. ACCESSION 397. Bible record containing genealogical information on Webb, Eaton, Kinder, Lasley, Summers, Jopling and Mattox families of Mason and Putnam Counties, West Virginia; Boyd County, Kentucky; and Gallia County, Ohio. 433. WEICHMANN, Norman C., 1921-1970. Papers, 1944-1946. 13 items. Received, 1980. ACCESSION 305. Chemical worker from Lawrence County, Ohio. Papers include newspaper clippings about Roseville, Ohio, servicemen in the second world war and correspondence, including V-mail. 434. WEILL, Herman. Typescript, ca. 1972. 2 linear ft. Gift of Dagmar Weill, 1980. ACCESSION 311. Graduate dean and history professor, Marshall University, Huntington, West VIrginia. Manuscript form of European Diplomatic History, 1815-1914, with holograph additions and corrections; photoreproductions of primary sources. 435. WELLIVER, Mary Lee. Typescript (photoreproduction), 1977. 73 leaves. Original located in the Wise Library, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. Loaned for copying, 1978. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 71 (Accession 271). `Pearl S. Buck's manuscripts: the harvest of half a century. A catalog of book manuscripts belonging to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation Collection, Hillsboro, West Virginia.' 436. WELLMAN, Clyde A., 1890-1959(?). Papers, 1808-1947. 13 items. Transferred, 1988. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 109 . (Accession 472). Huntington, West Virginia, newspaperman. Papers include original typescripts for articles for the Herald-Dispatch concerning early history of Cabell County and Huntington, West Virginia. 437. WESSON, S. D., 1839-1909. Diary (photoreproduction of typescript), 1862-1864. Acquired, 1973. ACCESSION 62. Sergeant, Co. K, Eighth Illinois Cavalry; describes campaigns in Virginia: Richmond, Williamsburg, and Bull Run. Mentions seeing Abraham Lincoln and Franz Sigel. 438. WEST VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION AND DANCE. Records, 1933- . 5 cubic ft. Deposited 1977, 1981. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 45. (Accession 177). Administrative papers, subject files, financial papers, publications and affiliation files of teachers' professional interest organization. 439. WEST VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. Papers, 1961-1974. 23 cubic ft. Gift of Helen Beury, 1974. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 11 (Accession 69). Office files of executive director Elizabeth V. Hallanan, including minutes of board of directors, correspondence, and financial records. Organization lobbied for an independent governing board for higher education institutions. 440. WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. Records (photoreproductions), 1881-1900. Loaned for copying by Evy Lou Linville, 1981. ACCESSION 334. Minutes of the conference, 1886-1890; baptisms, 1881-1891; `Names of Saints and Friends of the South West Virginia Conference,' l900. 441. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND HISTORY. Historic Preservation Unit. Forms (photoreproductions), 1983-1984. 1 linear ft. Loaned for copying by Sandra Dyke, 1984. ACCESSION 395. Survey of downtown Huntington, West Virginia, identifying architecturally significant structures in a 48-block area; includes photographs, floor plans and maps. 442. WEST VIRGINIA FARMERS' ALLIANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. Charter, 1890. 1 item. Transferred, 1978. ACCESSION 223. Charter for union number 120, listing charter members J. H. Maddy, W. L. Lindsay, J. F. Leftwich, W. T. Maddy, and D. W. Leftwich. 443. WEST VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR COORDINATING COMMITTEE. Papers, 1977. 1 cubic ft. Gift of Betsy McCreight, 1979. ACCESSION 270. Correspondence, news releases, expense vouchers, and other materials relating to state and national International Women's Year conferences. 444. WEST VIRGINIA MILITIA. 16th Regiment, Co. A. Muster roll (photoreproduction), 1867. 2 leaves. Gift of Jan Haddox, 1982. ACCESSION 359. List of officers and men of a Mason County, West Virginia, unit. 445. WEST VIRGINIA STATE SOCIETY, NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Records, 1948- . 6 cubic ft. Gift of Mrs. Warren G. Campbell, 1986,1989; the State Society, 1991-1993. ACCESSION 450. RESTRICTED; MEMBERS ONLY. Computer sheets and working papers of the state Registrar, noting changes in membership in the chapters; also, two drawers of ancestor cards, a card file of Revolutionary War soldiers, records of disbanded chapters, and selected committee papers. 446. WEST VIRGINIA WOMEN'S YELLOW PAGES, 1973-1978. 2 cubic ft. Gift of Barbara Matz, 1985. ACCESSION 427. Working papers and draft copies of book edited by Mary Lee Daugherty of Charleston, West Virginia. Includes correspondence, research notes, samples from the Boston Women's Yellow Pages, which served as a prototype. 447. WHEAR, Nancy Voiers, 1930-1989. Papers, 1985-1988. 1.5 cubic ft. Gift of Paul and Nancy Whear, 1988. ACCESSION 500. Huntington, West Virginia librarian; violinist. Papers consist of research notes, grant application papers, reports and support material for `History-Making Women of Huntington, West Virginia, 1871-1971,' a project funded by the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia. Also papers pertaining to the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Committee of Huntington. 448. WHITE, John M. Typescript, 1975. 8 leaves. Gift of Mr. White, 1975. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 27 (Accession 106). `The James River and Kanawha Turnpike, Old and New,' a research paper written for Historical Geography 501 at Marshall University. 449. WHITE, L. Marie. Papers, 1870-1976. 1 linear ft. Transferred, 1976. ACCESSION 135. Assistant Registrar and assistant to the director of alumni affairs at Marshall University. Papers consist of lists of graduates of Marshall College, newspaper clippings, and her notes, drafts and manuscript for her booklet, `Metamorphose of Old Main,' and an unpublished history of the Albert Gallatin Jenkins Laboratory School at Marshall College. 450. WHITTAKER-GLANVILLE FAMILY. Papers, 1854-1985. 2 linear ft. Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Whittaker Atkins, 1985. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 96 (Accession 418). Papers consist primarily of genealogical materials pertaining to Glanville and related families of Ohio, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. A significant part of the collection are the diaries of Annie Heacock, a teacher at the Penn School for freed slaves in Beaufort, South Carolina, 1864-1869. Other diaries include the Civil War diary of John Whittaker, a surgeon in the 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 451. WIGHT, Lyman. Letterbook, 1849-1856. 1 reel of microfilm. Originals located in the Department of History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri. Acquired, 1973. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 16 (Accession 70). Copies of correspondence discussing Indian affairs and the establishment of the Mormon Church in Texas. 452. WILEY, Virginia. Papers, 1896-1901. .5 linear ft. ACCESSION 14. Mason County, West Virginia, schoolgirl. Papers consist primarily of letters received while she was a student at the Virginia Female Seminary, Staunton, Virginia, and at Mont de Chantal Academy, Wheeling, West Virginia. Included are items addressed to her father, Rankin Wiley, lawyer and former legislator in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. 453. WILLISON, Mary, 1824-1907. Holograph manuscript (photoreproduction), undated. 7 leaves. Gift of Leon Willison, 1978. ACCESSION 243. Poem entitled, `The Old White,' about White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. 454. WILSON FAMILY. Papers, 1901-1920. 17 items. Acquired, 1974. ACCESSION 161. Cabell County, West Virginia, family. Collection contains correspondence; receipts, including a statement from Barboursville College; and photographs, mostly unidentified. 455. WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Library. Draper Manuscript collection, 1755-1815. 133 reels of microfilm. Acquired, 1972. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 6 (Accession 72). Published guide available in the library. Papers relate chiefly to the area between the Mississippi and Hudson Rivers, especially the frontier region, and consist of Lyman C. Draper's notes and collected papers. Published guide in department. 456. WISE, Henry A. Letters (photoreproductions and typescript transcriptions), 1855; 1861. 65 items. Loaned for copying by David O. Ryan, 1978, and Robert Chapman, 1982. ACCESSION 217, 352. Governor of Virginia, 1855-1859; Confederate Army general, 1861-1865. The 1855 letters are addressed to E. W. McComas, and discuss Wise's political plans and the political climate in Virginia and the nation. The 1861 letters were transcribed by Terry Lowry from originals located in the National Archives Confederate Records, group 109, and relate to the Kanawha Valley campaign. 457. WOODEN, Warren Walter, 1941-1983. Papers, 1971-1983. 3 cubic ft. Transferred, 1988. ACCESSION 489. Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, English professor, scholar, author. Papers consist of correspondence and manuscripts of articles, papers read at conferences, and teaching papers. 458. WOODRUFF, E. Wesley. Letter, 1967 (typescript). 1 item. Transferred, 1979. ACCESSION 285. Clergyman. Letter to Rev. Charles Stater of Huntington, West Virginia, comments on Woodruff's book, Christ the `Alpha and Omega.' 459. WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION OF WEST VIRGINIA. Historic Marker Project. Typescript (photoreproduction), 1985. Carbon copy (ca. 1936) located in NSDAR Library, Washington, D. C. 2 vol. Gift of Cora P. Teel, 1985. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 92 (Accession 412). Volume 1: Wayne County, West Virginia, births (`A' - `B' only), wills and inventories, 1842-1900; volume 2: Wood County, West Virginia wills and inventories, 1800-1899. 460. WPBY (Television station), Huntington, West Virginia. Typescript (photoreproduction), 1980. 245 leaves. Loaned for copying by WPBY-TV, 1981. ACCESSION 335. Transcript of a videotaped program, `The Comstock Load,' a series of interviews with Jim Comstock, editor and publisher of the West Virginia Hillbilly. 461. WSAZ (Television station), Huntington, West Virginia. Film; videotape, 1953-1982. Ca. 1036 reels of film; ca. 240 videocassettes; 57 cubic ft. other. Sound. Black and white; color. 16 mm. 1/2 inch. Gift of George Andrick, 1976; 1979; 1987. PROCESSED: MANUSCRIPT 41 (Accession 138). Newsfilm and tape of local National Broadcasting Company affiliate evening news broadcast; includes scripts and an index.
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