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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, A&M 4218, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Matthew S. Holt
Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. (1850-1939) was born in Gilmer County, Virginia (now West Virginia), in July 1850 to parents, Matthew S. Holt, Sr. and Abagail C. (Bennett) Holt.
He was a respected physician, horse breeder, and a controversial political figure. Dr. Holt was a self-proclaimed socialist, atheist, and pacifist. His outspoken opposition to America's involvement in World War I brought much criticism and physical attacks against his family and himself, but Dr. Holt held firm to his views.
Dr. Holt married Chihela Dew in 1895, and they raised six children including Andrew E. Holt and Rush D. Holt, Sr.
Chihela (Dew) Holt (1871-1949) was the first female graduate of Salem College and later taught in a business school. She later opened her own grocery store next to the family home in Weston, West Virginia.
Dr. Holt died in Weston, West Virginia, on March 31, 1939.
Andrew E. Holt
Andrew E. Holt (1901-1976) was born in Weston, West Virginia, on September 21, 1901 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. and Chihela (Dew) Holt.
He worked as a retail merchant in the grocery industry. He was also involved with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia.
Andrew Holt died in Weston, West Virginia in June 1976.
Ralph K. Chase
Ralph K. Chase (1901-1948) was born on July 14, 1901 in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Robert C. B. Chase and Louise S. Chase.
He pursued legal education and became a practicing attorney in New York State before moving to Washington, D. C. to take a government-related position in the 1930s. It is likely during this time that Ralph Chase met his future wife, Jane H. Holt, younger sister to Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia.
Ralph Chase died in Arlington, Virginia, on July 31, 1949.
Helen Jane Holt Seale
Helen Jane Holt Seale (1945-2008) was born on September 7, 1945 in Weston, West Virginia, to parents Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt.
In 1963, she obtained a degree from Greenbrier College in Lewisburg, West Virginia. During this time, Helen Jane Holt also traveled to numerous locations both in the United States and abroad including Washington, D.C., Florida, North Carolina, Norway, and Denmark, among others.
In 1967, Helen Jane Holt was married in New Orleans, Louisiana; however, no information is available about her husband.
Helen Jane Holt Seale died on October 28, 2008.
Sources:
A&M 4218, Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.
Ancestry Library. West Virginia University, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2017.
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family.
Series 1. Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers; 1837-1943
Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the Weston Republican, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the Weston Republican, 1881-1893.
Series 2. Andrew E. Holt Papers; 1926-1958
Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.
Series 3. Ralph K. Chase Papers; 1918-1947
Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.
Series 4. Helen Jane (Holt) Seale Papers; ca. 1930-2008
Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.
Series 5. Mixed; ca. 1820-2013 and undated
Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order, not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.
Arrangement
This collection is one of five (see also A&M 0873, 1858, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A&M 873 and A&M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A&M 1858.
In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A&M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A&M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A&M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.
Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.
For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia & Regional History Center.
Related Material
0873, 1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4386
Separated Material
One postcard, showing North View of New State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va., ca. 1951, separated to Postcard Collection, A&M 3960.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Account books
- Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939
- Froelich
- Froelich, William
- Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
- Horses -- Breeding
- Hughes, Edwin Holt, 1866-1950
- Lawyers - letters and papers.
- Lewis County (W. Va.)
- Physicians - letters and papers.
- Socialist Party (U.S.)
- United States. Maritime Commission
- Weston (W. Va.)
- Weston Cash Grocery
- Weston Republican (newspaper)
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Chase, Ralph K.
- Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939
- Froelich, William
- Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
- Holt, Andrew E.
- Holt, Helen Louise Froelich, 1913-2015
- Holt, Mathew S., 1850-1939
- Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
- Hughes, Edwin Holt, 1866-1950
- Seale, Helen Jane Holt
Container List
Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the Weston Republican , ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the Weston Republican , 1881-1893.
The correspondence is composed of letters to and from Dr. Matthew S. Holt discussing both business and personal matters. Included within this correspondence is a letter to President Warren G. Harding (located in box 2, folder 3).
The books, which reflect Dr. Matthew S. Holt's occupation as a physician and personal interests, include account books, day books, and pedigree horse books which are also interleaved with related photographs.
Miscellaneous writings and publications are composed mostly of original poetry by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, but also include other collected writings and printed material relevant to Dr. Matthew Holt's interests.
Other material of note includes: Dr. Matthew S. Holt's debate with West Virginia Senator Chilton regarding America's Preparedness which is exemplified by letters authored by Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Senator Chilton printed in a newspaper editorial (located in box 32, folder 6); Holt family genealogical material (located in box 40, folder 10); and a Gilmer County, West Virginia, court summons signed by Dr. Matthew S. Holt as a witness (located in box 27, folder 8).
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous Family Items (Contains personal and business records, letter to Pres. Harding, newspaper clippings, small notebooks and account books.)1837–1883
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous Family Items (Contains correspondence.)1888–1939
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous Family Items (Contains personal and business records.)1891–1924
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Miscellaneous Family Items (Contains personal and business records.)1900–1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 3
Matthew S. Holt Papers, Poetry, and Printed Materials, 1914-1938 (Includes poetry original to Matthew S. Holt (some typed, some written) --- Miscellaneous publications.)1914–1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 4
Matthew S. Holt, Pedigree Books (Horses), 1896-1921; Voter Lists, 1928; and Medical Account Books, 1874-1900 (Interleaved in pedigree books are photographs.)1874–1928
- Mixed Materials Box: 5
Matthew S. Holt Papers, Medical Account Books, 1917-1920; The Weston Republican Account; and Day Books, 1879-1900 (Most of the books are ledger format and are mostly empty.)1881–1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 22
Matthew S. Holt, 1851-1938 (Includes correspondence and material about horses and horse breeding.)1851–1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous Material1891–1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 3
Newspaper Clippings1916–1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 8
Gilmer County Court--Summons of James H. Cain by Gilmer County Sheriff (Signed by Matthew Holt as witness)1866
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 6
Clippings (Includes clippings of concerning Dr. Matthew S. Holt's debate with West Virginia Senator Chilton regarding America's Preparedness for War. Includes letters authored by Holt and Chilton printed in an editorial section of an unidentified newspaper.)1916
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 10
Miscellaneous (Includes writings, clippings, and genealogy material)1937-1939 and undated
Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.
Correspondence is comprised mostly of letters relating to Andrew E. Holt's business interactions with the Buckeye Incubator Company (Springfield, Ohio), the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Charleston, West Virginia), and the Ponder Plant Company (Omega, Georgia), among others. Also included is correspondence with United States Senators sent directly from Andrew E. Holt or in care of his brother, Rush D. Holt, Sr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Business and Personal Items1943–1951
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Correspondence; Holt v. Radio Station WMMN1926–1950
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Holt v. Radio Station WMMN, continued, Complaint Against J. P. Council Company1950–1958
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous Family Items (Contains personal and business records.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous Family Items (Contains personal and business records.)1950–1951
Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.
Personal papers include notepads and bound notebooks concerning subjects relating to law. The business records include daily reports and legal papers describing different cases. Also included are: Ralph K. Chase's reading files (correspondence, memos, and reports); and material relating to the United States Maritime Commission (records, reports, and contracts).
Educational material includes notes and typed and written documents exemplifying Ralph K. Chase's coursework (notes, essays, etc.) in Law and English, among others.
Correspondence includes letters to and from Ralph K. Chase relating to business interactions with, but not limited to, insurance companies and other lawyers in New York. Also included is personal correspondence with family and friends.
Other material of note includes: certificates presented to Ralph K. Chase for his dedication to law including the certificate acknowledging that he could practice law in New York State (located in box 9, folder 6), certificates of appreciation recognizing Ralph K. Chase's involvement in the United States' Selective Service System (located in box 9, folder 6), and educational certificates including a "college entrance diploma in science" for the University of the State of New York (located in box 9, folder 6).
- Mixed Materials Box: 6
Ralph K. Chase Papers, Law Notebooks, 1924-1927; Bills and Notes; and I-Criminal Law (Includes personal law record books [probably school notes?].)1924–1927
- Mixed Materials Box: 7
Ralph K. Chase Papers, Law Notebooks, 1924-1927, Equity Property (Includes personal law record books {probably school notes?])1924–1927
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
Ralph K. Chase Papers, Law Notebooks, 1924-1927, Sales, Torts, and Other Notes (Possibly from when he was in Law School) (Includes personal law record books and legal papers (notes?) detailing aspects of different cases.)1924–1927
- Mixed Materials Box: 9
Ralph K. Chase Papers, Law Notebooks, 1918-1947 (legal papers (notes?) detailing aspects of different cases --- (Harvard?) university song book --- Miscellaneous school notes --- Includes a copy of: what appears to be a play script, essays, and other English materials.--- numerous certificates including a certificate acknowledging that he could practice law in New York State, certificates of appreciation recognizing Ralph K. Chase's involvement in the United States' Selective Service System, and educational certificates including a "college entrance diploma in science" for the University of the State of New York [all in folder 6].)1918–1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 10
Ralph K. Chase Business, Legal, and Personal Papers; Correspondence, 1926-1947 (Includes records of personal and business actions.)1926–1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 11
Ralph K. Chase Papers, United States Maritime Commission, Contracts and Other Items, 1937-19431937–1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 12
Ralph K. Chase Papers, Reading File, May 10, 1937-October 6, 19411937–1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 13
Ralph K. Chase Papers, Reading File, November, 1941-March, 19431941–1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 23
Ralph K. Chase (Includes correspondence and business files [?], 7 legal pads of notes, and material about engineering courses.)1920–1940
Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.
Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards to and from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale and her family. Occasions include holidays, get well, celebrations, and general, among others.
Educational material consists of Bible and Sunday school material including activity sheets and religious publications; grade and secondary school material including subject handbooks, notes, and certificates of completion; and college material including a copy of the 1956-57 Greenbrier College catalog, copies of the college newsletter, Brier-Bits , and Helen Jane Holt Seale's diploma from Greenbrier College, among other material.
Travel material includes menus, postcards, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera gathered from trips in the United States (Florida, North Carolina, etc.) and to other countries (Norway, Denmark, etc.).
Miscellaneous personal papers include photographs; miscellaneous material such as scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, etc.; material from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding; and assorted ephemera including tickets and other Washington, D.C.-related items from the 1961 presidential inaugural parade; among other material.
Also included in this series is material relating to Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's Death.
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 1
Newspaper Clippings1967
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 7
Miscellaneous (Includes miscellaneous material including photographs, correspondence, and clippings.)ca. 1930-ca. 1956
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 10
Miscellaneous (Includes miscellaneous correspondence and publications.)1962–1964
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 14
Miscellaneous (Contains miscellaneous material from American Airlines (including a membership certificate for the "Sky Cradle Club") and miscellaneous clippings and publications.)1948–1964
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 15
Miscellaneous (Includes miscellaneous scrapbook clippings among other material.)1945–1953
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 4
Postcards to Helen Jane Holt from Her Parentsca. 1946-ca. 1948
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 5
Correspondence1940s-1960s
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 6
Correspondenceca. 1960-ca. 1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 7
Greeting Cards1945–1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 8
Greeting Cards1945–1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 9
Sunday School and Bible School Memorabiliaca. 1950-ca. 1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 1
Pre-school and School Papersca. 1947-ca. 1963
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 2
Travelca. 1960-ca. 1964
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 3
Travelca. 1968-ca. 1971
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 4
Ephemera: Washington, D.C.1961–1964
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 5
Ephemera (Includes tickets for the presidential inaugural parade.)1961
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 6
High School and Collegeca. 1961-ca. 1966
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 7
Wedding1967
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 8
Clipping-Obituary; 2008/101947–2008
- Mixed Materials Box: 36 Folder: 9
Children's Hair Cut Clippingsca. 1947-ca. 1950
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 6
Helen Jane Holt1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 11
Greenbrier College (Incudes a copy of the 1956-57 catalog and copies of the college newsletter Brier-Bits1956–2011
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 12
Greenbrier College (Includes Helen Jane Holt's diploma.)1963
Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.
- Mixed--Biographical Material1932-2006 and undatedScope and Contents
Includes biographical sketches of Senator Rush D. Holt, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt and Rush D. Holt, Jr.; a Froelich family history (1966); and a 1932 Illinois farm lease listing Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt's father, W. E. Froelich, as the agent (copy); among other material.
- Mixed Materials Box: 33 Folder: 1
Biographical Sketches of Holt Family (Includes Senator Holt, Helen F. Holt and Rush Holt, Jr.)ca. 2006
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 8
Genealogy and Family History-Froelich Family1966–2003
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 4
Biography Information Regarding the Holtsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 6
Froelich Family Historyca. 1966
- Mixed Materials Box: 33 Folder: 1
- Mixed--Clippings1920-2011 and undatedScope and Contents
Includes original and photocopied newspaper clippings addressing topics such as politics including Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s and Rush D. Holt, Jr.'s careers and Senator Robert C. Byrd's death; family events such as Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding and Rush D. Holt Sr.'s death; and miscellaneous topics such as historic places and events, family members and friends, and subjects of personal interest; among other topics.
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
Newspaper Clippings, 1934-1943; Scrapbooks, December 31, 1934-October 26, 1936 (Includes newspaper clippings relating to Rush Holt, Sr.'s political career (mainly) in addition to other topics.)1934–1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 to 3
Newspaper Clippings, June 19, 1942-October 10, 1943 (Includes newspaper clippings relating to Rush Holt, Sr.'s political career (mainly) in addition to other topics.)1942–1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 24 Folder: 3
Rush Holt: Newspaper Clippings (Includes Photocopies (Mostly political.)1934–1992
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 11
Bishop Hughes (Includes Photocopies of articles about the history of West Virginia Methodist Church and West Virginia-born Bishops. Articles mention Bishops Edwin Holt Hughes and Matthew Simpson Hughes who were brothers and relatives of Rush Holt, Sr.)ca. 1920-1969
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous1943–1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 5
Mixed Clippings1935–1953
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 7
Clippings (Includes clippings concerning the death of Senator Rush Holt, Sr.)1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 8
Clippings (Includes articles pertaining to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political career, Helen Jane Holt's wedding, Helen F. Holt's father, William Froelich, mayor of Gridley, Illinois, also a photograph of Dr. Matthew S. Holt, editor of The Weston Republic (undated).)1938–2006
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 9
Clippings (Includes miscellaneous clippings collected by Helen Holt, family and friends; topics vary from historic places and events, family members and friends, to subjects of personal interest.)ca. 1940-2006
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 1
Holt Family (Includes photocopies.)2010, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 2
Various Material (Includes photocopies and articles about Sen. Robert C Byrd's death.)1941–2011
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 5
Clippings1990–2009
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
- Mixed--Correspondence1820-2013 and undatedScope and Contents
Includes letters and cards sent by the Holt family to each other and to other individuals concerning personal and business activities. In addition to the family members, individuals who corresponded with the Holts include J. M. Bennett, David Goff, and George W. Jackson, among others. A notable piece of correspondence is a Civil War letter from Confederate soldier J. B. Mairecolas (located in box 38, folder 6).
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 4
General Correspondence, Legal Matters, etc. (Includes letters to David Goff.)1820–1843
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 5
Rush Holt, Jr., Helen F. Holt, M. S. Holt, and Other Holt Family Members Materialca. 1850s-ca. 1860s
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 6
General Correspondence1870–1892
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 7
General Correspondenceundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 8
General Correspondence, Court Summons1843
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 12
J. M. Bennett (Some letters from him also in preceding folders.)1852–1874
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 5
Correspondenceca. 1930
- Mixed Materials Box: 29
Empty Folders and Mailing Envelopes (retained for addresses and dates)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 16
Correspondence: "Answers to Cards"1945–1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 5
Correspondence1969 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 6
Miscellaneous (Contains notes.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 7
Correspondence: "Engagement Letters"ca. 1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 8
Correspondence: "Engagement Letters"ca. 1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 3
Correspondence (Includes cards and letters of congratulations to Senator and Helen Holt, on the birth of their daughter, Helen Jane.)1945–1946
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 5
Postcards, Letters, Greeting Cards from Family and Friends1946–1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 33 Folder: 2
Correspondence (Includes wedding congratulations and greeting cards.)1941–1948
- Mixed Materials Box: 33 Folder: 3
Correspondence (Includes cards of congratulations on the birth of daughter, Helen Jane; also first Christmas and birthdays greetings.)1945–1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 33 Folder: 4
Correspondence (Includes cards of congratulations on the birth of daughter; greeting cards and letters from family and friends, postcards to Helen Jane from her parents, small plastic monkey and horse; also church bulletins, (3 items), 2 bulletins from the Dedicated in Baptism service for Helen Jane, (1947/06/29 and 1 bulletin from 1947/06/22.)1945–1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 3
Holt Family1957–2005
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 6
Correspondence (Includes a Civil War letter within the correspondence material from Confederate soldier J.B. Mairecolas dated 1863. (only item in this folder).)1863–2013
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 7
Correspondence-Special Saved Letters1941–2012
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 8
Correspondence2010–2012
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 9
Correspondence2011–2012
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 10
Correspondence2010–2013
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 11
Greeting Cardsca. 2010-ca. 2013
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 12
Greeting Cardsca. 2010-ca. 2013
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 4
- Mixed--Photographs1900-2009 and undatedScope and Contents
Includes pictures of members of the Holt family including Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt; pictures of the 1945 VJ (Victory in Japan) Day celebration held in San Francisco, California; and pictures of United States presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. Also included is a picture of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt with former West Virginia Secretary of State, Natalie Tennent.
- Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 2 to 19
Photographs (Includes photographs of VJ Day 1945, Holt family pictures, Rush Holt pictures, and Helen Holt pictures --- includes a picture of FDR.)1905–1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 9
Photographsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 5
Holt Family1938–1949
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 7
Miscellaneous (Includes a picture of Helen Holt with Natalie Tennant.)2004–2009
- Mixed Materials Box: 39 Folder: 1
Photographs (Includes an e-mailed picture from Rush's and Helen's wedding.)1940–2012
- Mixed Materials Box: 39 Folder: 2
Photograph (Includes a Rush Holt Sr. framed photograph.)ca. 1930
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 3
Photographsca. 1900
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 7
Photographsca. 1930-ca. 1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 8
Photographsca. 1930-ca. 1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 9
Photographsca. 1930-ca. 1960
- Mixed Materials Photograph Filing Cabinets
Nine Photographs (includes portraits of family members and scenic views)1935-1946, undated
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Digital Photographs of Holt Family and ClippingsConditions Governing Access
Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Scope and ContentsPhotograph captions include: 4218_002: "baby Margaret Abigail Holt with 4 generations of mothers" GENERAL INFO for folder containing 004-009 + 013: "Holt family pictures. Dr. M.S. Holt born July 28th, 1850, died March 31st, 1939 and children Many pictures of Mother (Margaret Abigail Holt) (1896-1986 and Grandfather Mathew Samuel Holt (1850-1939)" 4128_004: "Holt home, store, and Dr. Holt's office (upstairs over store). Grandfathr Holt raised horses and some were used for harness racing." 4128_005: "Mathew Samuel Holt circa 1870s" 4128_005: "Dr. Mathew Samuel Holt, b July 30, 1850 died March 1939, picture probably early 1900s. (Original picture scratched and discolored". This photo has possibly been touched up? 4128_007: "Dr. M.S. Holt (about) 1870s" 4128_008: "seated Jane, Lelah, "Dr. Margaret . Standing Rsh, Andrew, Charles, Matt" 4128_009: "Dr. M.S. Holt and his sister, Laura Holt Doyle" 4218_010: "Grandfather Holt was an agnostic, not an atheist. Being a man of science, he probably was suspicious o f'preachers' who peddled what he considered nonsense or worse, untruths." 4218_013: "Rush Holt + brothers 1934 (c483). L to R: Rush, Andrew, Charles, Mathew Holt in Holt Library, Main Street. Weston, WV"
- Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 2 to 19
- Mixed--Printed Material1914-1952 and undatedScope and Contents
Includes publications collected by members of the Holt family including books, pamphlets, scrapbooks, programs, certificates, and other miscellaneous printed items.
Items of note include an issue of Social Justice with a headline about the United States' entering World War II (located in box 19) and a copy of War Twixt God and the Devil by Dr. Matthew S. Holt (located in box 18, folder 4).
- Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1909-1952, undated (Includes Three bound publications: The Heacock System of Newspaper Correspondence by William A. Heacock (1920), The Way of the Aggressor by John Michael (1941), and War Twixt God and the Devil by M. S. Holt (1924).)1920–1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 5 to 8
Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1909-1952, undated (Includes Miscellaneous pamphlets.)1914–1952
- Mixed Materials Box: 19
Members' Book (duplicate of the official record of the races during the seasons of 1894/1895, over the course of the Lewis Company Agricultural and Mechanical Society, Weston West Virginia, Miscellaneous Items - Dr. M.S. Holt Pictures, scrapbook items and other items, Mrs. Jane Holt Chase pictures, Mr. Ralph K. Chase banquet program, certificate, one picture (J. H. Long)(c. 1890-1938), Miscellaneous printed materials (1934-1941), includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications, among other material. Also includes an issue of Social Justice with a headline about the United States' entering World War II.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4
- Mixed--Miscellaneous1906-2014 and undatedScope and Contents
Includes assorted material relating to the Holt family including personal and business records and notes, correspondence, photographs, newspaper mats and clippings, genealogical material, miscellaneous printed material, and ephemera, among other material.
Material of note includes records from the Weston Cash Grocery (located in box 14, folders 3 and 4) which was opened by Chilela (Dew) Holt, mother to Rush D. Holt, Sr.; and newspaper mats and plates that were used for Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s campaign (located in box 21, folders 3 to 6); and metal license plates that were used for campaign advertising (located in box 21, folder 2).
- Mixed Materials Box: 14
Correspondence and records of Weston Cash Grocery; 1919-1948 (Includes family correspondence (not just Rush Holt, Sr.) --- personal business records (bank records, receipts, etc.). For Grocery, includes receipts, invoice records, and other records relating to the store.)1919–1948
- Mixed Materials Box: 15
Invitations, Newspaper Clippings, Tickets, Name Cards, and Miscellaneous Items, 1933-19431933–1943
- Mixed Materials Box: 16
Prints, Pictures, and Photos; Items for Scandinavian Trip, 1939; Stenographic Notebooks, 1910-1946 (Includes numerous note books.)1910–1946
- Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 1
Correspondence (Includes Letter to Santa from Helen Jane Holt.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 21
Newspaper Mats (Paper and Metal), License Plates, etc. (Includes postcards from overseas; newspaper mats and plates that were used for Rush Holt, Sr.'s campaign; and metal license plates that were used for campaign advertising.)ca. 1930-1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 24 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous Senate and House of Delegates Material1945–1993
- Mixed Materials Box: 24 Folder: 2
Facsimile and Typescript Copies of News Articles Pertaining to Abraham Lincoln, Holt, Sr., and Helen Holt1863–1955
- Mixed Materials Box: 25 Folder: 10
Miscellaneous Family News Clippings and Other News Material (Includes photocopies.)1866–1987
- Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 1
West Virginia Governor--Cecil Underwood Inauguration (Includes program and transcript of inaugural speech by Underwood.)1997
- Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 2
West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. (Includes membership directory, programs, and newsletter.)1968–2003
- Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 3
Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, D.C. (Includes programs and Pi Alpha Kappa brochures.)1964–1968
- Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 4
United States Government (Includes invitations, programs, tickets, etc. regarding White House events and other events such as banquets, inaugurations, etc., among others. For example luncheon honoring the spouses of the Senate held by Laura Bush.)1939–2004
- Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 5
United States Government (Includes invitations, programs, tickets, etc. regarding White House events and other events such as banquets, inaugurations, etc., among others. For example luncheon honoring the spouses of the Senate held by Laura Bush.)1964–2004
- Mixed Materials Box: 26 Folder: 6
United States Government (Includes invitations, programs, tickets, etc. regarding White House events and other events such as banquets, inaugurations, etc., among others. For example luncheon honoring the spouses of the Senate held by Laura Bush.)1967–2002
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 1
United States Government (Includes invitations, programs, tickets, etc. regarding White House events and other events such as banquets, inaugurations, etc., among others. For example luncheon honoring the spouses of the Senate held by Laura Bush.)1982–2001
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous (Includes programs and invitations regarding events involving politics, education, religion, family and friends.)1944–2003
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous (Includes programs and invitations regarding events involving politics, education, religion, family and friends.)1952–2004
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous (Includes programs and invitations regarding events involving politics, education, religion, family and friends.)1965–2004
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 6
Holt Family (Envelopes were retained for dates and addresses.)ca. 1930
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 7
Holt Family (Contains postcards (mostly unused).)1944
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 9
Miscellaneous Publications--West Virginia (Regarding The Greenbrier, Jackson's Mill, Tamarack, Capitol, Margaret Holt Early, Bridgeport, and A Portrait of West Virginia by Arnout Hyde, Jr.; also includes sheet music for Keep the Stars Shining Bright in Old Glory, official bicentennial song of the Women's Club of Clarksburg, West Virginia (1975).1953–1976
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 10
Clippings (Non-West Virginia, Non-Holt)1954–2000
- Mixed Materials Box: 27 Folder: 11
Clippings (Non-West Virginia, Non-Holt) (Includes news article about President Johnson and family.)1942–2000
- Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 1
Publication--Final Report of the West Virginia Centennial Commission: Submitted to the Legislature and the People of West Virginia.1963
- Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 2
Publication--Greenbrier County Historical Booklet: 160th Anniversary, 1778-1938.1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 3
Publication-- New York Times Magazine--Article about Julius Hess, a West Virginia native, who received letters from a cousin in Germany seeking help from the Nazis from 1938-19461997
- Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 4
Publication-- Good Living Series --Published by West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service (Contains 10 issues)1914
- Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 5
Publication-- Ambition: A Journal of Inspiration to Self Help1908
- Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 6
Publications--West Virginia University (Includes pamphlet about the PRT; brochure about Home Demonstration Works, 1953, of the Agricultural Extension Service; and a University Map.)1953 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 7
Publications--West Virginia University Foundation (Includes By-Laws of the West Virginia Foundation, Incorporated and State of West Virginia Certificate of Incorporation.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 28 Folder: 8
Morgantown, West Virginia (Includes visitors travel guide, menu for The Glasshouse Grille, and walking tour of Morgantown's business district.)1987
- Mixed Materials Box: 29 Folder: 1
Ephemera (Includes bingo cards from Reno, 1941; train schedule for New York, 1944; pass to Wheeling Downs, 1956, pass to Waterford Park, 1956; and business cards, bingo cards, etc.)1944–1961
- Mixed Materials Box: 29 Folder: 2
Ephemera (Miscellaneous)1941–1967
- Mixed Materials Box: 29 Folder: 3
Lionel Model Trains (Includes model train billboards, track layouts, and instruction manuals.)ca. 1955-ca. 1965
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous (Contains miscellaneous clippings and publications relating to different members of the Holt family.)1940–1975
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous1958-1959 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous (Contains an itinerary dated 1969 and a poem.)1938–1969
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 6
Miscellaneous (Contains notecards, possibly for speeches.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 8
Miscellaneous (Contains material from a public speaking course.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 9
Miscellaneous (miscellaneous publications)1945-1946 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 11
Miscellaneous (Includes correspondence, checks, statements, and publications.)1954–1961
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 12
Miscellaneous (Includes personal notes.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 30 Folder: 13
Miscellaneous (Includes personal notes and correspondence.)1947 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous (Contains miscellaneous clippings, notes, and cards, among other material.)2001 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous (Contains miscellaneous notes, clippings, and publications, among other material.)1972 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous (Contains clippings, notes, correspondence, program booklets, and other miscellaneous material.)1961-1977 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous (Contains correspondence, publications, and notes, among other miscellaneous material.)1983-1985 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 9
Miscellaneous (Contains a Zelta [Zeta?] Mu Epsilon pledge manual and a photograph.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 10
Correspondence1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 31 Folder: 11
Miscellaneous (Contains miscellaneous clippings, correspondence, and publications.)1941-2003 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous (Contains miscellaneous clippings, correspondence, and publications.)1995-2005 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 32 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous (Contains correspondence, clippings, and publications, among other miscellaneous material.)2002-2005 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 1
Holt family Ephemera; (Includes place cards, stationary, business cards and greeting cards.)1935–2004
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous (Includes prospectus and clippings pertaining to a variety of subjects, including the Watergate and the YMCA Boarding House.)1997–2005
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous: Froelich Family (Includes material relating to the activities of the Froelich family including correspondence and receipts. )ca. 1925-ca. 1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 34 Folder: 4
Senator Rush Holt, Sr.--Family, DAR, Dr. M. S. Holt (Family Material, DAR)ca. 1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 35
Miscellaneous (Includes scrapbooks (2 items); 1. Scrapbook focused on Senator Rush Holt's last year in the senate, Helen Froelich and Senator Holt's courtship; includes photographs, clippings, magazine article from LIFE Magazine (1940), memorabilia; also includes loose items, clippings, correspondence pertaining to W. E. Froelich, Mrs. Helen Holt's father; 2. Scrapbook focused on Senator Rush Holt and Helen L. Froelich's engagement and wedding; includes clippings, wedding invitations, "Marriage Vow" booklet.)1940–1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous (Includes programs for philanthropic events, among other material.)1975–2011
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 9
Narrative: Memories Growing Up in Weston & Correspondence1999
- Mixed Materials Box: 37 Folder: 10
Magazines (Mentions of Holt or West Virginia.)1982–2011
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 1
Miscellaneous (Includes instruction booklets about masonry and architecture/structural engineering. It appears that this material belonged to W. E. Froelich.)ca. 1906
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous (Includes a copy of the Congressional Record noting Helen Holt's retirement from service in federal government, Department of Housing and Urban Development, speech given by Senator Byrd.)1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous2010
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous (Includes business cards, and other material.)2009–2011
- Mixed Materials Box: 38 Folder: 5
Typescripts (Includes two unattributed typescripts, one a description of a Holt home in Washington, D.C., the other a draft of a review regarding a book about Belle Boyd.)ca. 1945 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 39 Folder: 3
Miscellaneous (Includes issues of How to be Smart and Charming .)1939
- Mixed Materials Box: 39 Folder: 4
Scrapbook (Contains material in German.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 39 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous (Includes a copy of the Congressional Record with a letter from Robert C. Byrd.)1988
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 1
Papers of Helen Holt, (including correspondence and material regarding Rush Holt, Jr. Correspondence is mainly personal in nature and includes Christmas cards. Materials regarding Rush Holt, Jr. regard his political career and include news articles, clippings, and correspondence. Part of this material regards Holt's decision in 2014 to not seek re-election.)1993–2014
- Mixed Materials Box: 40 Folder: 2
Papers of Helen Holt, (including correspondence and material regarding Rush Holt, Jr. Correspondence is mainly personal in nature and includes Christmas cards. Materials regarding Rush Holt, Jr. regard his political career and include news articles, clippings, and correspondence. Part of this material regards Holt's decision in 2014 to not seek re-election.)1993–2014
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Narrative: Memories Growing Up in Weston & Correspondence with Helen Holt (PDF file, 77 pages--physical copy also included in collection)5.6 Megabytes One PDF file1999-2000English.
- Mixed Materials Box: 41
Miscellaneous (includes photographs, printed material, clippings, and ephemera; subjects include Rush Holt Sr.'s political campaigns and career, Rush Holt Jr.'s political career, and general family material)ca. 1907-2013English.
- Mixed Materials Box: 14