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Gordon E. Billheimer Collection
Ms2008-101


Descriptive Summary

Title: Gordon E. Billheimer Collection
Span Dates: 1943-2011
Bulk Dates: 1943-2011
ID No: Ms2008-101 and acc
Creator: Gordon E. Billheimer Sr.
Extent: 2 box (Ms2008-101)
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Abstract: Diaries of World War II soldier and Montgomery attorney Gordon E. Billheimer Sr.

Administrative Information

Provenance: The Gordon E. Billheimer Collection was given to the West Virginia State Archives by Gordon E. Billheimer Sr.
Transfers:
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], Gordon E. Billheimer Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.


Contents List:

Box 1

Miscellaneous Papers
Diary, 1943
Diary, 1944
Diary, 1945-1948
Diary, 1971-1984 (scattered entries)
Diary, December 19, 1986-December 31, 1987
Diary, January 7, 1988-November 22, 1991
Diary, November 23, 1991-July 15, 1993
Diary, July 15, 1993-April 30, 1995
Diary, May 6, 1995-April 12, 1996
Diary, April 28, 1996-October 24, 1997
Diary, October 24, 1997-March 1998
Diary, July 23, 1998-August 29, 1999
Diary, July 3, 2000-November 27, 2000
Diary, January 2001-October 16, 2001
Diary, January 2, 2002-December 8, 2002
Diary, May 27, 2003
Diary, August 14, 2003-December 21, 2004
Diary, January 16, 2005-December 31, 2005
Diary, January 2006-December 2006
Diary, January 2007-September 2007
Diary, October 2007, December 2007
Diary, January 2008-April 2008
Diary, May 2008-September 2008
Diary, October 2008-November 2008
Diary, January 2009-March 2009
Diary, April 2009-May 2009
Diary, June 2009-August 2009
Diary, September 2009-December 2009
Diary, January 2010-March 2010
Diary, April 2010-June 2010
Diary, July 2010-October 2010
Diary, November 2010-January 2011
Diary, May-August 2011
Diary, September-November 2011
Correspondence, 1985-1993
Pamphlet, "History of the Billheimer Family," by Cyrus F. Billhimer, 1907
Notes on Billhimer Confederate Soldiers
Article, "Billheimer still going strong after 50 years in law," Montgomery Herald, March 17, 1999
Article, "These kids take music, but not seriously," featuring photo of Jeremy Billheimer, Charleston Gazette, July 7, 1987
Photograph, Gordon Edward Billheimer Sr.
CD, Library of Congress Interview with Gordon Billheimer, 8th Armored Division, July 15, 2006


Box 2

Diary, December 2011-February 2013
Diary, November-December 2013
Diary, March-August 2014
Diary, February-April 2015
Diary, April 2016-June 2016
Diary, July 2016-August 2016
Diary, September 2016-December 2016
Diary, January 2017-May 2017


Manuscript Collections

West Virginia Archives and History