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Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence of W.K. Marshall, a West Virginia railroad engineer, includes letters received from his wife and sons in Callaghan,
Virginia, as well as the letters he wrote to them. This collection also includes letters from Marshall's brother and niece.
Marshall's correspondence concerns the following subjects: personal and family matters; employment conditions on the railroad;
railroad accidents; trade union and fraternal society insurance plans. Letters from Marshall's wife touch on people and events
in Callaghan, Virginia and on the family's farm work.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Marshall Family Letters, A&M 2513, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.