0021: Edith Miller Stephens Papers, 1867-1900

Primarily correspondence between Edith Miller and her future husband, Benjamin Stephens. Also contains miscellaneous papers of Mrs. Stephens\u27 father, Charles C. Miller, lifelong resident of Mason County, West Virginia

0194: Howard Burton Lee Papers, 1902-1976

Acco binder with 16 plastic sheet protectors containing copy photographs of photographs used to illustrate his book Bloodletting in Appalachia ; scrapbooks; correspondence concerning his book, The Burning Springs ; newspaper clippings; some Marshall College items. To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Howard B. Lee Papers, 1902-1976 here

0118: Jane Adams Dingess Papers, 1906-1976

Huntington, West Virginia, clubwoman and educator. Papers consist primarily of scrapbooks of school days at Huntington High School, West Virginia University, and Washington and Lee University; also included are resource materials related to conservation and social studies and items concerning the Junior League, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames, and garden club activities. Photographs of Italy in WWI, papers from the Marshall University plan crash in 1970, extensive newspaper clippings from circ WWII and conservation resource material. To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Jane Adams Dingess Collection, 1906-1976 here

0211: William Zban Papers, 1976-1977

Huntington, West Virginia, schoolteacher. Collection consists of typescript (photo reproduction) of manuscript of Five Fundamentals of Ballhandling in Football ; clippings, illustrations, and correspondence from the A. S. Barnes Publishing Company

0360: Winston Churchill Letter, 1943

Photoreproduction of letter from Winston Churchill to Mr. Cyril Clemens, thanking the International Mark Twain Society for their Gold Medal. Inscribed `for Mark Twain file, James E. Morrow Library/Cyril Clemens\u27 on the top of letter by Cyril Clemens

0307: Robert Sechler Papers, 1920-1950

Papers consist of student papers written by Sechler, newspaper and magazine clippings, lecture notes, and thesis. Sechler was Chairman of English Department at Marshall University from 1951 until 1959

0130: Religious Manuscript, 1976

This collection is composed of religious manuscripts all beginning with the phrase, “Book Epch” on the topic of broad disconnected life lessons. There is no context to these manuscripts

0331: The Woman’s Club of Kenova Scrapbook, 1908-1971

This collection consists of one scrapbook containing pasted in yearbooks containing the yearly theme, member directories, and events for the Woman’s Club of Kenova, West Virginia from its start in 1908 until 1971

0191: Kate Harris Typescript, 1912

This collection is composed of a manuscript written by Kate Harris entitled, “Parkersburg: history of the city from time of its settlement to the present in gripping narrative from the pen of the late Miss Kate Harris.

0090: Barta Studios, 1956-1983

This collection contains the negatives of professional photographer Joseph Barta of Huntington, West Virginia; as well as a card index of names. Negatives include portraits, passport photographs, and commercial assignments. The studio was closed by Dale Lear of Gallipolis, Ohio, in May, 1987