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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Clarence L. Musgrave Papers, A&M 1238, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

The papers of Clarence L. Musgrave, Fairmont mortician and editor, include family correspondence (1861-1936); photographs; account books of his father, Eli, and his grandfather Zebulon Musgrave; record books and correspondence pertaining to the operation of the Eli Musgrave & Sons funeral home and the "Fairmont Republican" (ca.1895-1898). Other materials include a ledger of the John Carlin Camp, No.8, Sons of Veterans, United States Army (1887-1894); a record book of the Ladies Aid Society of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Fairmont (1901-1906); an account book of the estate of William Shaver (1860-1868); an account book of the Marion County Republican Executive Committee (1908-1910); membership and dues records of the Fairmont chapter of the Sons of the Revolution; and class notes from Fairmont State Normal School (1895).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Churches -- Methodist Episcopal
• Churches -- West Virginia -- Fairmont
• Editors - letters and papers.
• Fairmont Normal School
• Fairmont Republican.
• Fairmont.
• John Carlin Camp No.8.
• Ladies Aid Society.
• Marion County (W. Va.)
• Musgrave Funeral Home
• Musgrave, Clarence L.
• Musgrave, Eli.
• Musgrave, Zebulon.
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
• Shaver, William.
• Universities and colleges
• Veterans - Sons of Veterans, United States Army.
• Veterans -- Sons of the Revolution
• Women -- Societies and clubs