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Scott-Palmer Family Papers, 1829-1916 A&M 1458

Scott-Palmer Family Papers, 1829-1916 A&M 1458


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1458
Title
Scott-Palmer Family Papers 1829-1916
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198323
Quantity
2.3 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 ft. 4 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (3 flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each)
Creator
Scott-Palmer 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

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Scott-Palmer Family Papers, A&M 1458, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Family papers of school master Theodore Scott (1805-1877); his daughter Saida Scott Palmer, a music teacher; her husband, Jewett Palmer, Civil War officer, local Republican official, and mayor of Marietta; and his daughters, Winifred and Muriel, a concert contralto. Includes correspondence, letter books, diaries, school registers and reports, scrapbooks, genealogical records, and theatre and opera programs.

Topics include Scott's teaching career at Portsmouth, Ohio (1836); Marietta, Ohio, and the Western Liberal Institute (1838-1872); and Williamstown, West Virginia (1872-1875). Additional topics include the Marietta Universalist Society; temperance; the effect of the secession crisis on New York financial interests; General Dumont's fight with John Hunt Morgan in 1862; Republican politics in Ohio, 1874-1890; civil service reform; veterans' affairs of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and the musical career of Muriel Palmer and social life in Now York, 1888-1890, as reflected in her letters to her family.

Correspondents include Leonard Scott, G. T. Flanders, and Achille Errani. Jewett Palmer's copy book, kept while he was Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue at Marietta, contains letters to Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, Nathan Goff, Rufus R. Dawes, and Nelson Holmes Van Voorhes.

Related Material

1423, 1458

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Civil War - Ohio 36th Volunteer Infantry, Company G.
  • Civil War - Ohio 36th Volunteer Infantry.
  • Civil War -- Cabell County (W. Va.)
  • Civil service reform -- United States
  • Education
  • Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920
  • Grand Army of the Republic
  • Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
  • Marietta (Ohio)
  • Marietta Universalist Society
  • McKinley, William, 1843-1901
  • Palmer family
  • Palmer, Jewett.
  • Palmer, Saida Scott.
  • Politics and government.
  • Queen Victoria
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  • Schools
  • Scott, Theodore family.
  • Scott-Palmer family.
  • Secession - United States.
  • Taxation
  • Teachers
  • Temperance
  • United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1861-1865). Company G
  • United States. Internal Revenue Service
  • Veterans. SEE ALSO under Civil War - veterans.
  • Western Liberal Institute
  • Williamstown (W. Va.)
  • Women's history -- 1800-1849
  • Women's history -- 1850-1899
  • Women's history -- 1900-1929

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Marietta (Ohio)
  • Williamstown (W. Va.)
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Container List

Series 1. Theodore Scott and Saida Scott Palmer Papers
1829–1876
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Theodore Scott, Writing Book and Diary
    1829-1830, 1836-1837
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
    Theodore Scott, School Reports
    1831–1850
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
    Theodore Scott, Correspondence
    1836–1849
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
    Theodore Scott, Correspondence
    1857–1862
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Theodore Scott, Correspondence
    1868–1870
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Scott Family Genealogy
    1879
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
    Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias
    1863
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
    Theodore Scott, Miscellaneous Papers
    ca. 1830s-1840s
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
    Theodore Scott Diary
    1872–1875
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
    Theodore Scott Letter Book
    1874–1876
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    Saida M. Scott Palmer, Register of Music Pupils
    1862–1863
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
    Catalogue of the Officers and Pupils of the Troy Female Seminary (book)
    1865–1866
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    Scott Genealogical Record
    ca. 1870
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    Sarah Booth Scott, Poetry and Clipping Book, "Filial Tributes"
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7
    School registers of Theodore Scott, 1838-1875 at Marietta, Ohio and Williamstown, West Virginia
    1838–1875
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Series 2. Jewett Palmer Papers (and Saida Scott Palmer)
Mixed Materials Box: 3 ca. 1861-1915
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Parchment copying book (outgoing letters of Palmer while Deputy Collector for United States Internal Revenue, collector's office 15, district Ohio)
    1878–1887
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Scrapbook containing clippings and other items related to the Civil War, Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), and Civil War veterans and reunions. Clippings include information about the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and other Marietta, Ohio soldiers, historical accounts of the regiment's involvement at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Missionary Ridge, excerpts from the diary of Sergeant John T. Booth chronicling early war actions in northern West Virginia, and clippings about the death and funeral of General George Crook. Also contains a recruitment poster for the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Clippings are within a Mark Twain Patent Scrapbook, published by Daniel Slote and Co.
    ca. 1861-1915
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Saida M. Scott Palmer Clipping Scrapbook
    ca. 1870-1900
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Series 3. Muriel Jewett Palmer Papers
1881–1910
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
    "Our Darling's Album Up to Date," made by Winifred Palmer (To M.J. Palmer)
    1898
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
    Muriel Palmer Diary
    1881, 1885
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
    Muriel Palmer Correspondence
    1888-1892, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
    Letters from Muriel J. Palmer copied by her mother (2 volumes)
    1888–1890
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Clipping Scrapbook (in a Mark Twain's Patent Scrapbook, published by Daniel Slote and Co)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
    Muriel Palmer, Queen Victoria Scrapbook
    1900–1901
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
    Winifred Palmer, English History Scrapbook
    1902
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
    Winifred Palmer, French History Scrapbook (2 volumes)
    1902–1903
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
    Winifred Palmer, United States History Scrapbook
    1903
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5
    Winifred Palmer, Diary of a trip to Europe
    1900
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
    Theater, opera, lecture, and misc. programs, mostly from New York City
    ca. 1900
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
    Theater, opera, lecture, and misc. programs, mostly from New York City
    ca. 1900
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
    Programs and brochures
    1889–1907
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
    Newspaper clippings
    ca. 1890-1910
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
    Theater, opera, lecture, and misc. programs, mostly from New York City
    ca. 1866-1910
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6
    Theater, opera, lecture, and misc. programs, mostly from New York City
    ca. 1880-1910
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