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West Virginia and Regional History Center
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Virgil Anson Lewis, Historian, Papers, A&M 1507, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Published and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, and speeches of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first state historian and archivist and a former state superintendent of schools. Subjects include the exploration, Indian wars, and settlement of Western Virginia; the Tory insurrection in the Valley of Lost River, 1781; the West Virginia new state movement; Masonry in West Virginia; Andrew S. Rowan; and various West Virginia authors. Correspondents include: George W. Atkinson, Waitman Barbe, Danske Dandridge, William M.O. Dawson, Granville D. Hall, Hu Maxwell, Mrs. Alexander McVeigh Miller, and Melville D. Post.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925
- Authors -- Letters and papers
- Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925
- Civil War - West Virginia 9th Volunteer Infantry.
- Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914
- Dawson, William M.O.
- Education
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools.
- Freemasons
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Hall, Granville Davisson, 1837-1934
- Indians of North America
- Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912
- Maxwell, H.
- Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.
- Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930
- Revolutionary War - Tory Insurrection.
- Revolutionary War.
- Rivers and river valleys.
- Rowan, Andrew Summers
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies
- Skinner, B.M.
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia
- Valley of Lost River.
- Women's history -- 1850-1899
- Women's history -- 1900-1929
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925
- Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925
- Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914
- Dawson, William M.O.
- Hall, Granville Davisson, 1837-1934
- Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912
- Maxwell, H.
- Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.
- Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930
- Rowan, Andrew Summers
- Skinner, B.M.
Container List
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Book Two, The Building of the Nation or The Rise and Progress of Constitutional Government in the United States , By Virgil A. Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Book Two, The Building of the Nation or The Rise and Progress of Constitutional Government in the United States , By Virgil A. Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Book Two, The Building of the Nation or The Rise and Progress of Constitutional Government in the United States , By Virgil A. Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Book Two, The Building of the Nation or The Rise and Progress of Constitutional Government in the United States , By Virgil A. Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Book Two, The Building of the Nation or The Rise and Progress of Constitutional Government in the United States , By Virgil A. Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Manuscripts, Notes, Etc., "A Documentary History of the Indian Wars in West Virginia." By Virgil A. Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Manuscripts, Notes, Etc., "A Documentary History of the Indian Wars in West Virginia." By Virgil A. Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
The American Flag in History, or The Story of the Stars and Stripes , By Virgil A. Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Manuscripts & Documents on "The Tory Insurrection in the Valley of Lost River in 1781" and "John Carper, the Hunter of Lost
River - A Tale of the Alleghenies" by Philip Pendleton Cook
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Manuscripts & Documents on "The Tory Insurrection in the Valley of Lost River in 1781" and "John Carper, the Hunter of Lost
River - A Tale of the Alleghenies" by Philip Pendleton Cook
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Methodism In West Virginia -- Notes, Manuscripts -- By Virgil A. Lewis (published October 1941)
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
"Stuart's Memoirs of the Indian Wars and other occurrences and kindred papers"
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Masonic Material -- "Early Free Masonry in West Virginia" by Virgil A. Lewis, Miscellaneous Masonic Material
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Masonic Material -- "Early Free Masonry in West Virginia" by Virgil A. Lewis, Miscellaneous Masonic Material
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
"The Credibility of the Christian Story From the Standpoint of History" Read by Virgil A. Lewis before District Conference
of Methodist Episcopal Church at Ravenswood, West Virginia, June 4, 1911
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
"Manuscript" -- A History of Jamestown "By Virgil A. Lewis of Charleston"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous Documents (folder 1 of 2; includes typescripts); Important Historical Data for History of Big Sandy Expedition
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous Documents (folder 1 of 2; includes typescripts); "Young Kate of The Rescue - A Tale of the Great Kanawha"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous Documents (folder 1 of 2; includes typescripts); "Notes on the Indian Wars in Western Virginia"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous Documents (folder 1 of 2; includes typescripts); "Indian Wars on the Ohio River of A Brief History or the Settlement
at Bellville In Western Virginia..." by Samuel Preston Hildreth, 1839
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous Documents (folder 1 of 2; includes typescripts); Typewritten Extracts from Newspapers Concerning Governor Pierpont
(Peirpoint) and the Restored Government of Virginia
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous Documents (folder 2 of 2; includes typescripts); Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Pioneer Settlers
of the State of Ohio... By S.P. Hildreth
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous Documents (folder 2 of 2; includes typescripts); Excerpts from the "Calendar of Virginia State Papers"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 1 of 4); Thomas Dunn English
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 1 of 4); "Last Leaves from Public Documents
of History of West Virginia"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 1 of 4); History of Beauchamp Family
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 1 of 4); Education
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 1 of 4); Notes, etc. on Records of the
Revolutionary War
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 1 of 4); Damon and Pythias
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 2 of 4); Lecture (includes "Josephine,"
"Why the Boy Leaves the Farm," and "Take the Best"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 3 of 4); "Heroines of History"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 3 of 4); Odd Historical Data
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 3 of 4); "Take the Best and Leave the
Worst" by Lewis
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 3 of 4); "Last Soldier of the Revolution"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 3 of 4); "Notes for "Upper Potomac Region
in Colonial Times"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 3 of 4); Notes on Lafayette
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 3 of 4); "A Word with the Boys and Girls"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Miscellaneous Addresses, Articles on West Virginia, etc., by Virgil A. Lewis (folder 4 of 4)
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
Newspaper Clippings, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Various Articles Written by Lewis on West Virginia Subjects (folder 1 of 2); "Early Newspapers in the Virginias"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Various Articles Written by Lewis on West Virginia Subjects (folder 1 of 2); "James Rumsey; and Early Steam Navigation on
West Virginia Rivers"
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Various Articles Written by Lewis on West Virginia Subjects (folder 1 of 2); "Letart Falls in History"
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Various Articles Written by Lewis on West Virginia Subjects (folder 2 of 2); "The Big Sandy River Expedition Against the Shawnee
Indians..." (contains typescript and manuscript material)
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Correspondence; ca. 1895-1912
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous (includes biographical sketch, miscellaneous printed material, news clippings of Mr. Lewis, Thanksgiving Proclamation
of 1896)
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Ledger (contains important historical dates and Indian/Native American Geography [names])
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Methodism in West Virginia
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Methodism in West Virginia
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
"Biographical Sketch of Samuel Kercheval, Historian of the Valley"