Edward E. Meredith Papers, 1817-1954 , A&M 1814

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Abstract

Clippings, letters, broadsides, and articles written or collected by E.E. Meredith, author of the newspaper column, "Do You Remember," which appeared in the Fairmont TIMES-WEST VIRGINIAN. There are: copies of theatre programs, 1917-1919; electoral tickets, 1860, 1864; a proclamation by George B. McClellan, commanding the Department of the Ohio, 1861; and an open letter, "Monongahela River Bridge Underwriting Syndicate Managers," concerning the construction of the million-dollar bridge in Fairmont. Subjects include: Marion County, West Virginia; Augusta County, Virginia; farming account books, ca.1853, 1888; Barnsville; Barrackville Covered Bridge; banks and banking in Marion County, 1842-1892; blacksmith shops; buffalo; Marion County Historical Society; coal industry in the Fairmont region; a West Virginia Gold Mining and Milling Company certificate; Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad Company stock certificate; stock of Weston and Fairmont Turnpike Company; school teaching, 1819, 1824, 1850, and 1858. Correspondents or persons mentioned include Charles H. Ambler, Edgar B. Sims, Lemuel Chenoweth, Eli Chenoweth, Paul M. Angle, J.M. Callahan, Ken McClain, William Haymond, Francis H. Pierpont, Ira E. Robinson, and Clem Shaver.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Edward E. Meredith Papers, A&M 1814, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Account books
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957
Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975
Augusta County (Va.)
Authors -- Letters and papers
Banks and banking
Bridges
Broadsides.
Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.)
Builders and contractors.
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956
Chenoweth, Eli.
Chenoweth, Lemuel, 1811-1887
Coal mining.
Covered bridges
Election of 1860.
Election of 1864.
Elections
Fairmont.
Farms and farming.
Haymond, William.
Marion County (W. Va.)
Marion County Historical Society (W. Va.)
McClain, Kenneth.
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Meredith, Edward E.
Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining.
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad.
Robinson, Ira E.
Shaver, Clem.
Sims, Edgar B. (Edgar Barr), 1882-
Taxation
Teachers
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
West Virginia Gold Mining and Milling Company
Weston-Fairmont Turnpike Company
Women's history -- 1800-1849
Women's history -- 1850-1899
Women's history -- 1900-1929
Women's history -- 1929-1950
Women's history -- 1951-present

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957
Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956
Chenoweth, Eli.
Chenoweth, Lemuel, 1811-1887
Haymond, William.
McClain, Kenneth.
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Meredith, Edward E.
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Robinson, Ira E.
Shaver, Clem.
Sims, Edgar B. (Edgar Barr), 1882-