6.6 Linear Feet, Summary: 6 ft. 6 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 large
flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)
Creator
Mathers, Max
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
Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family
and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick,
his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented
in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local
history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective
service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period
and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors
are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely
of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument
to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of
Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for
missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and
documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half
of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Max Mathers Collection Papers, A&M 2386, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.