Oren F. Morton (1857-1926) Papers, ca. 1799-1846, 1875-1926 , A&M 1191

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Oren F. Morton (1857-1926) Papers, A&M 1191, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, sketch books, published and unpublished manuscripts, literary notes, business records, and printed material of a schoolteacher, newspaper writer, county historian, novelist and essayist from Kingwood, whose fiction and nonfiction writings deal primarily with the Virginia-West Virginia Allegheny highlands. His best known works are WINNING OR LOSING?: A STORY OF THE WEST VIRGINIA HILLS (1901); LAND OF THE LAUREL: A STORY OF THE ALLEGHANIES (1903); UNDER THE COTTONWOODS: A SKETCH OF LIFE ON A PRAIRIE HOMESTEAD (1900); and histories of Preston, Pendleton, and Monroe counties. The collection also includes a manuscript temperance paper, "The Meridian Temperance Banner," 1880; and a list of marriage bonds for Monroe County, 1799-1846.

Series include:
Series 1. Manuscripts, ca. 1875-1926 (boxes 1-4)
Series 2. Essays, Lectures, and Stories, ca. 1875-1926 (box 4)
Series 3. Notes, Sketch Books, and Other Material, ca. 1875-1926 (box 5)
Series 4. Source Materials and Diaries, ca. 1799-1846, 1875-1926 (box 6)

Container List

Series 1. Manuscripts (boxes 1-4)

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1-3 ca. 1875-1926

Scope and Contents

This series includes assorted book drafts and notes for published and proposed novels, histories, and other works, including "Under the Cottonwoods: A Sketch of Life on a Prairie Homestead;" "Winning or Losing?: A Story of the West Virginia Hills;" and "Schooldays at Northwest."

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
"Epigrams"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
"Epigrams"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
"An Irony of Fate"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
"An Irony of Fate"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
"Land of the Laurel: A Story of the Alleghanies"
ca. 1903
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
"From the Saco to the Wichitas (Maine to Oklahoma)"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
"From the Saco to the Wichitas (Maine to Oklahoma)"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
"From the Saco to the Wichitas (Maine to Oklahoma)"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
"Sketches of the Virginia Alleghanies"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
"Sketches of the Virginia Alleghanies"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
"A History of Preston County, West Virginia, Part 1"
ca. 1914
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
"Under the Cottonwoods: A Sketch of Life on a Prairie Homestead"
ca. 1900
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
"Under the Cottonwoods: A Sketch of Life on a Prairie Homestead"
ca. 1900
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
"Under the Cottonwoods: A Sketch of Life on a Prairie Homestead"
ca. 1900
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
"Winning or Losing?: A Story of the West Virginia Hills"
ca. 1901
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
"Winning or Losing?: A Story of the West Virginia Hills"
ca. 1901
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Augusta Notes
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
"Bob Kruso of Westland"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
"Bob Kruso of Westland"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
"The Voyages of Glorietta (Bob Kruso)"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
"Margaret of Wapacome"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
"Schooldays at Northwest"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
"Schooldays at Northwest"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
"The Skies of Eden"
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Notes and material on American climate
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Notes and problems for an arithmatic book
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Material for a story of Frederick Grimke
ca. 1875-1926

Series 3. Notes, Sketch Books, and Other Material (box 5)

Mixed Materials Box: 5 ca. 1875-1926

Scope and Contents

This series includes assorted library and historical notes, sketch books, and other material regarding the history of West Virginia, Virginia, and various counties; world history; and other assorted topics.

Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Material on world history
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Material and notes on the history of VA and WV
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
Material and notes on maps and county histories
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
Sketch books on "Schooldays at Northwest," "Bob Kruso," etc. (2 vols.)
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
Sketch books on West Virginia and other states (2 vols.)
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
Library notes, extracts, expressions, etc.
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
Miscellaneous literary notes
ca. 1875-1926

Series 4. Source Materials and Diaries (box 6)

Mixed Materials Box: 6 ca. 1799-1846, 1875-1926

Scope and Contents

This series includes source materials gathered by Morton for writing, including newspaper clippings, marriage bonds, memorandum books, and other ephemera. Also included are several diaries and records of Morton's book business.

Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Newspaper clippings, "The Loyal Home Worker," from the Washington, D.C. National Tribune
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
Manuscript, Meridian Temperance Banner (1:1)
1880 March 13
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
Typescript, marriage bonds, Monroe County
ca. 1799-1846
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Material on Manchuria and the Orient
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Papers and records on O.F. Morton's book business
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6
Correspondence
1873–1925
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7
Diaries and memorandum books (8 items)
1875–1923
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8
Diary
1876–1918
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9
Diary extracts and personal data
ca. 1875-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10
Printed material (5 items)
ca. 1875-1926