Ellison Family Papers, 1819-1977 A&M 2484

Ellison Family Papers, 1819-1977 A&M 2484


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P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2484
Title
Ellison Family Papers 1819-1977
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195073
Quantity
3.3 Linear Feet, Summary: 3 ft. 4 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
Ellison 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

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ellison Family Papers, A&M 2484, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Scope and Contents

The correspondence, wills, deeds, receipts, recipes, remedies, and genealogy, of the Ellison-Dunlap Petrie families of Monroe County. The letters discuss family and business matters, enslaved Africans, the Civil War, and settlement of some family members in Kansas. There are papers about land and farming, including surveys, deeds, memos, and accounts as well as correspondence and printed material about the WVU Agricultural Extension Service. There are ledgers for Han Creek Mill and an account book of William Petrie. There is also an 1831 journal of William Petrie with entries about his travels to England, Cuba, New Orleans, and along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. There are separations from this collection of photographs, pamphlets, newspapers, and broadsides.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Broadsides.
  • Cuba
  • Diaries and journals.
  • Dunlap family
  • Ellison family
  • Ellison, Allison Dunlap.
  • England
  • Farms and farming.
  • Kansas
  • Keadle, Charles Alexander.
  • Land.
  • Medicine - Folk remedies.
  • Mills and mill-work
  • Monroe County (W. Va.)
  • New Orleans (La.)
  • Ohio River and Valley.
  • Petrie family
  • Petrie, William.
  • Rivers and river valleys.
  • Slaves and slavery.
  • Travel accounts.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • West Virginia University. Agricultural Extension Service

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Cuba
  • England
  • Kansas
  • Monroe County (W. Va.)
  • New Orleans (La.)
  • Ohio River and Valley.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Civil War letters and miscellaneous
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
James Dunlap Family; letters from Kansas
1880–1883
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Letters
1828–1844
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Dunlap letters
1870–1880
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Addison Dunlap, Jr. letters
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Baldwin to A. Dunlap (copies)
1841–1844
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Farm instructions and miscellaneous
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Jennie Dunlap
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Dunlap family letters
1881
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Miscellaneous and fragments
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Unidentified copies
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Petrie (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Petrie Family letters (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Petrie (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Petrie (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Petrie-Dunlap letters (copies)
1824
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Petrie letters (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Petrie letters (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Dunlap letters (originals)
ca. 1870s-1890s
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Dunlap letters (copies)
ca. 1870s-1890s
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Ellison Family letters (to J. Z. Wllison, Red Sulphur Sptrings, WV [originals])
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Ellison Family letters (to J. Z. Wllison, Red Sulphur Sptrings, WV [copies])
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
Ellison Family letters (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
M. A. & Mary Dunlap letters (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
Addison Dunlap-Clara Dunlap letters (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Dunlap letters (copies)
1846–1881
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
Deeds
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
Ellison letters (copies)
1907–1912
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
Menu, letters (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
Recipes, cures (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20
Petrie correspondences (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
William Petries's memo book; account book
1819–1820
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Harriet Dunlap teacher's certificates
1874–1878
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
"The Rural New Yorker;" handwritten notes, accounts, and genealogical information
1902 February 22
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
William Petrie's diary of trip from Virginia to England
1831
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Hans Creek Mill ledger, accounts
1840–1855
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Hans Creek account book & Red Sulphur Springs blank book
1853–1854
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Recipes and cures
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
Attendance Records, WVU Military Dept., J. Z. Ellison
1900 June 30
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Unidentified letters (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
John R. Ellison, Jr.'s will (original)
1842
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Petrie Correspondence
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
Charles Dunlap-Helen Ellison correspondence (copies)
1976–1977
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
William Petrie's diary of trip from Virginia to England (copy)
1831
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Ellison, Dunlap family Bible records, obituaries, other documents (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Ellison, Dunlap Families - Wills (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Ellison letters (copies) (with calendar of letters attached)
1912–1913
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Accounts for farm products and farm labor (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Notebook, Account book
1819–1820
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
Hans Creek Mill ledger
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
Hans Creek Mill ledger, Red Sulphur Springs ledger (copies)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9
Ledger volume: Farm accounts & minutes of Phoenix Grange #18 (pp. 50-80)
1903–1908
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10
Ledger volume: Farm accounts & memorandum book
1905–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Correspondence -- J. B. Eillson to J. Z. Ellison (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Correspondence -- (Civil War) D. L. Ruffner, James Dunlap (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
Correspondence -- Addison Dunlap letters from Kansas & Texas (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
Correspondence -- Petrie-Dunlap Families (originals)
1882–1923
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
Correspondence -- Undated fragments & letters (originals)
ca. 1870s-1880s
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
Dunlap Family correspondence (originals)
1871
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
Correspondence -- Charles Baldwin to Addison Dunlap (originals)
1841–1844
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
Correspondence -- Dunlap Family letters (originas)
1882–1923
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
Miscellaneous material -- printed material, court records, and school report
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
Correspondence -- Fragments (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
Correspondence -- Ellison Family letters (originals)
1912–1916
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12
Correspondence to Jennie Dunlap (originals)
ca. 1871-1881
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Petrie-Dunlap letters (originals)
1824
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
Petrie Family letters (originals)
ca. 1830s-1840s
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
Petrie Family letters (originals)
ca. 1830s-1840s
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Petrie Family letters (originals)
ca. 1870s
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Petrie Family letters (originals)
1831–1848
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6
Wills - Elizabeth Stodghill, James A. Dunlap [1838], Addison Dunlap [185?-?], John Ellison [1840] (originals)
ca. 1838-1850s
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7
J. Z. Ellison letters (originals) (photo attached to 1912 letter)
1907, 1912
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8
Dunlap letters (originals)
1845–1881
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9
Kansas letters from Dunlap (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10
Accounts for farm products & farm labor (originals)
ca. 1840s-1850s
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11
Farm deeds -- J. Z. Ellison to A. D. Ellison [1954], S. S. Miller to A. D. Ellison [1886], agreement for division of property between J. Z. Ellison, Mrs. Julia A. Smith, and J. W. Fleshman [1881], John Miller to J. Z. Ellison [1869], John Hutchinson to Jennie Ellison [1842] (several surveys included)
1842, 1869-1886, 1954
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12
Diaries (two) of F. H. Petrie
1834–1841
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12
A.D., C.A., & Clara Ellison student account book (originals)
1900–1907
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 13
Ellison farm deeds (originals)
1830, 1857, 1873
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 14
Eillison Family correspondence (originals)
1879–1924
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 15
Correspondence concerning Ellison family history (originals), genealogical charts
1920–1946
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 16
Miscellaneous receipts (originals)
1836–1914
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1
Ellison-Dunlap photos (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
Ellison-Dunlap photos (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3
Ellison-Dunlap photos (originals) (Copies of these photos filed in Monroe County folder of picture collection)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4
Pamphlets (4 items)
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Photographs (43 items)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous correspondence, printed material, newspaper clippings
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
Correspondence from and conerning Clarence P. Ellison (originals)
1912, 1944
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3
Correspondence and printed material on WVU Agricultural Extension Service from A. D. Ellison's files
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous letters (originals)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5
Newspapers -- "The Border Watchman," Union, WV (2 copies)
1881 March 12
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5
Newspapers -- "Monroe County Watchman," Union, WV
1884 May 2, 1904 January 21, 1911 February 16
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5
Newspapers -- "Richmond Daily Whig," Richmond, VA
1860 September 15
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5
Newspapers -- "Houston Daily Post," Houston, TX
1887 September 22
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5
Newspapers -- "Oxford Falcon," Oxford, MS
1871 July 7