60.6 Linear Feet, Summary: 60 ft. 7 1/4 in. (134 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (30 ledgers,
4 ft. 6 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in)
Creator
Moreland, James R., 1879-1955
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/
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], James R. Moreland Papers, A&M 0870, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Business and personal papers of a Morgantown attorney and antiquarian. The boxed materials consist of legal papers, abstracts
of titles and other items relating to Moreland's law practice; business and personal correspondence, records of Morgantown
and Monongalia County corporations, including the Morgantown Hotel Company, Union Investment Company, Bank of Masontown, and
the LaMar Coal Company.
The bound volumes include a receipt book for shares in the Monongalia County Farmer's Company of Virginia, 1815-1818; Deckers
Creek Sand Company; a ledger (1877-1901) of Huston & Demain, contractors and builders, Morgantown; and letter books and business
records of various law firms with which Moreland was associated.
Collection also contains correspondence, property survey maps, and legal papers concerning West Virginia's acquisition of
Coopers Rocks land.