0 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 reel of microfilm (5 vols. and 9 folders)
Creator
Curtis, William B. (1821-1891)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers of a brigadier general of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry and his family from West Liberty include correspondence,
business and legal papers, military and veterans' records, photographs, clippings, and account books. Includes papers of West
Liberty Post 78, Department of West Virginia G.A.R.; records and photographs of the Twelfth West Virginia Infantry Regiment;
photographs, clippings and published and unpublished material pertaining to the town of West Liberty and the Normal School;
local and state historical materials compiled by Maude Curtis; mercantile letterheads of Wheeling; West Liberty Presbyterian
Sunday School register, 1830-1834; C.N. Short's register of funerals, 1893-1917; and a Civil War diary and account book, 1863-1865.
Subjects include Montgomery and Shotwell family history, West Liberty Academy and Bethany College.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William B. Curtis (1821-1891) Papers, A&M 1591, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.