Robinson Family Manuscripts, 1847-1883 A&M 2662
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P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification A&M 2662
Title Robinson Family Manuscripts 1847-1883
URL: https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195236
Quantity 0.75 Linear Feet, Summary: 9 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)
Creator
Robinson family
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 Most of the letters are to Helen M. Robinson of Fetterman, Taylor County, West Virginia, from relatives and friends. Subjects
discussed include housekeeping, fashions, farming, schools, religion, and the Civil War from both the Confederate and Union
perspectives. There are frequent, specific references to the political and military state-of-affairs in the upper Ohio Valley
region.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robinson Family Manuscripts, A&M 2662, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
See A&M 4460 for transcriptions.
Baltimore Infirmary -- Baltimore (Md.)
Batesville (Va.)
Civil War - Songs and poems.
Civil War - Union soldiers.
Civil War - Union sympathizers.
Civil War - Virginia 25th Cavalry.
Civil War - Virginia 26th Cavalry.
Civil War - Virginia 40th Cavalry Battalion.
Civil War - troop movements.
Civil War -- letters
Civil War -- Camps and camp life
Civil War -- Confederate soldiers
Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers
Civil War -- Description
Civil War -- Forts
Education
Farms and farming.
Fetterman (W. Va.)
Frankfort (Mineral County, W. Va.)
Grafton.
Granville (W. Va.)
Hospitals and hospital records.
Ison, Willey Owens.
Kingwood (W. Va.)
Land - Civil War disruptions.
Martinsburg (W. Va.)
McGuires Tunnel.
Medicine
Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute
Moundsville (W. Va.)
New Milton (W. Va.)
Ohio River Salt Company (Middleport, Oh.)
Ohio River Valley
Ohio River Valley Railroad Company
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
Patterson's Creek (W. Va.)
Poetry.
Politics and government.
Preachers.
Religion. SEE ALSO Churches.
Rivers and river valleys.
Robinson family
Robinson, Eleanor.
Robinson, Hannah P.
Robinson, Helen M.
Robinson, James M.
Robinson, John A.
Robinson, William Johnson.
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
Slaves and slavery.
Taylor County (W. Va.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
Wheeling (W. Va.)
Women
Women -- Roles in society
Women's letters and papers.
Batesville (Va.)
Fetterman (W. Va.)
Frankfort (Mineral County, W. Va.)
Grafton.
Granville (W. Va.)
Kingwood (W. Va.)
Martinsburg (W. Va.)
Moundsville (W. Va.)
New Milton (W. Va.)
Ohio River Valley
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
Patterson's Creek (W. Va.)
Taylor County (W. Va.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
Wheeling (W. Va.)
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 1847-1914
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Letters
1847-1857
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Letters
1857
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Letters
1858-1860
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Letters
1860-1861
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Letters
1861-1862
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Letters
1862
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Letters
1862
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Letters
1862-1863
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Letters
1863
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Letters
1863-1864
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Letters
1864
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Letters
1864
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Letters
1864-1865
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Letters
1865
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Letters
1865
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Letters
1865-1866
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Letters
1866
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Letters
1867-1868
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Letters
1868-1869
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Letters
1869-1870
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Letters
1870-1873
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Letters
1874-1875
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Letters
1875
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Letters
1875-1883
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Letters, Civil War Period
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Letters, Civil War Period
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Letters, Pre & Post Civil War Period
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Letters, Pre & Post Civil War Period
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Letters, Pre & Post Civil War Period
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Letters, Pre & Post Civil War Period
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Letters, Pre & Post Civil War Period
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Envelopes
1854-1914
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Oversized letters
1856, 1862, & 1867
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