Descriptive Summary
Title: William David Mason Collection
Span Dates: 1888-1990
Bulk Dates: 1942-1990
ID No: Ms2021-293
Creator: William David Mason
Extent: 1 box
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Abstract:
Administrative Information
Donor:
Transfers: None
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], William David Mason Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.
Processor: Archives Staff
Biographical Note:
Contents List:
1. William David Mason family information and genealogy.
2. Family photographs-1990.
3. Check book receipts.
4. Draft notices-August 1942.
5. Correspondence-August 1942.
6. Correspondence-September 1942.
7. Correspondence-October 1942.
8. Correspondence-November 1942.
9. Correspondence-December 1942.
10. Correspondence-January 1943.
11. Correspondence-February 1943.
12. Correspondence-March 1943.
13. Correspondence-April 1943.
14. Correspondence-May 1943.
15. Correspondence-June 1943.
16. Correspondence-July 1943.
17. Correspondence-August 1943.
18. Correspondence-September 1943.
19. Correspondence-October 1943.
20. Correspondence-November 1943.
21. Correspondence-December 1943.
22. Correspondence-January 1944.
23. Correspondence-February 1944.
24. Correspondence-April 1944.
25. Correspondence-May 1944.
26. Correspondence-June 1944.
27. Correspondence-July 1944.
28. Correspondence-August 1944.
29. Correspondence-September 1944.
30. Correspondence-October 1944.
31. Correspondence-November 1944.
32. Correspondence-December 1944.
33. Correspondence-1969 and 1970.
34. Correspondence-May 1970.
35. Correspondence-1971-1995.
36. Correspondence-Empty envelops, unknown dates.
37. Correspondence-bills, letters, cards and notices.
38. Poem: "The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels," March 1944.
39. Libby Mason, Becky Mason and Susy Mason-pictures, newspaper articles and clippings.
40. Letter to Miriam Mason from Lavaletto Keiley, 1938.
41. Letter from Arthur Quiller-Couch, 1901.
42. Property receipts paid by Miriam Briggs Mason.
43. Sugar ration certificates, 1944.
44. 16th Field Artillery Observation Battalion-headquarter locations, June 1944-May 1945.
45. Small notebook with vehicle mileage notes.
46. 1998 16th Field Artillery Observation Battalion reunion.
47. Post cards.
48. Photographs of William David Mason during World War II, 1942-1943.
49. Retirement from West Virginia Water Company, 1986.
50. Honorable discharge from United States Army, William David Mason, June 21, 1945.
51. Newspaper headline: William David Mason graduation from high school, Charleston, West Virginia.
52. The Amateur Reporter, Charleston, West Virginia.
53. Boy Scouts of America, membership card, 1939.
54. Santa Clara University, photographs.
55. Writing assignment, English class assignment, July 7, 1943.
56. College paper assignment, July 22, 1943.
57. Fort Sill, Oklahoma, field and class work, 1944.
58. Santa Clara University and 289th Field Artillery Observation Battalion Training Headquarters Rosters, 1943-1944.
59. Certification cards: West Virginia certification as surveyor.
60. 16th Field Observation Battery reunion information, letters and photographs.
61. World War II drawings by William David Mason.
62. Employment benefits and Veterans Administration benefits.
63. Miscellaneous: obituary of Lt. C. A. Porterfield.
64. Receipt: Diamond Department Store, Charleston, West Virginia.
65. Application for employment: Moss Russell Haynes.
66. Surveying receipts: 1948-1952.
67. West Virginia Water Company: company party April 26, 1967.
68. Photographs and business cards.
69. Medical power of attorney: Anna Belle Hill Compton.
70. West Virginia and the Revolutionary War: West Virginia Water Company handout.
71. Business registration: State of West Virginia and St. Albans, West Virginia.
72. Survey and notes: Pulurie tract of land, 1984.
73. Deeds and survey notes: property on Turkey Run Shoals of Little Coal River.
74. Copy of incorporation of the town of Buffalo, West Virginia, December 12, 1888.
75. Rolled up photograph of Headquarter and staff of 289th Field Artillery Observation Battalion. September 4, 1944.
76. Mounted photograph of William David Mason and unknown.
1. Survey and notes for Howard G. and Laura Ehman Conner, 1953.
2. Survey for J. B. Martin, January 8, 1984.
3. Survey for Guy Leonard, August 29, 1958.
4. Survey for Franklin W. Kern, September 29, 1973.
5. Survey for C. E. Hoffman, May 12, 1953.
6. Survey for James M. and Zelma Henson, December 6, 1967.
7. Survey for Virgil Young, September 12, 1967.
8. McGovran Subdivision neighborhood, 1985.
9. Survey notes for Garrett White property, July 8, 1967.
10. Survey notes for Orval White property, July 19, 1966.
11. Survey for E. T. Teel, October 9, 1953.
12. Survey notes for Mary Stovers property, 1972.
13. Survey for Denny Smith, 1973.
14. Property of Bertha Curry, 1926-1968.
15. Right of way granted to Etna Shedd, April 19, 1947.
16. Survey for Luther C. Shaffer, Jr., 1976.
17. Survey for Roy V. and Charlotte B. Salisbury, January 23, 1963.
18. Survey for Ulan Hammon, May 10, 1974.
19. Survey for Coy Rhodes, July 17, 1976.
20. Survey for William M. Midkiff, May 3, 1955.
21. Survey for 656 Piccadilly Street, Charleston, West Virginia, June 3, 1953.
22. Mineral rights for property owned by Miriam Briggs Mason, September 16, 1978.
23. Letter to George Stokes, attorney, original survey by Dan Shaffer, 1967.
24. Survey for Harold Lambert, July 23, 1963.
25. Survey for R. R. Kennedy, August 5, 1955.
26. Survey notes, Thomas Oaks Keeney, March 30, 1968.
27. Survey notes, Bill Dawson lands, September 1, 1969.
28. Survey for Robert Eagan, June 15, 1949.
29. Gas well locations, property of M. A. Harbet, September 10, 1948.
30. Survey notes, Gary Blue survey, no date.
31. Survey for Ben K. Baer and Frank A. Baer, July 18, 1953.
32. Survey for George C. Schmidt, May 10, 1951.
33. Survey for A. G. Older and B. E. Wilson, 1966.
34. Letter to Roy Samms, Jr., stream flow, October 11, 1968.
35. Survey for William F. Russell, 1966.
36. Survey for Garnett Pruett, January 21, 1975.
37. Survey for Wilson Pritt, August 27, 1965.
38. Survey for Shirley A. Newhouse, August 1, 1979.
39. Survey for Fred and Helen Dent, June 19, 1982.
40. Survey for H. E. Curtis, June 25, 1949.
41. Survey for Elizabeth Commetti, July 1978.
42. Survey for Samuel Campbell, 1969.
43. Survey for Elmer [?] Anderson, August 6, [?].
44. Survey for Clarence Bateman, 1972.
45. Survey for Robert Britton, July 15, 1968.
46. Survey for Paul Dotson, September 21, 1946.
47. Survey for E. H. Hoffman, April 27, 1974.
48. Survey for Johnny H. Walls, November 18, 1996.
49. Survey for Mike Lewis, August 11, 1984.
50. Survey for Norma C. McCarty, February 28, 1976.
51. Survey for A. L. Hughes, June 15, 1949.
52. Survey for Franklin T. and Sandra K. Lanham, 1971.
53. Survey for Harvey Martin, 1966.
54. Surveys for Theodora Rutherford, 1968-1979.
55. Survey for Marcella Keller, 1977.
56. Survey, maps and photographs of J. O. Thaxton Family Cemetery, 1997-1998.
57. United States Army surveying school notes, 1943.
58. Fort Sill, Oklahoma, field and class work, 1944.
59. Deeds and survey notes, Hess and Runyon properties.
60. Deeds and survey notes, Lost Run and Rock Camp Creek, Roane County.
61. West Virginia Water Company organization and supervisor call information, 1985.
62. West Virginia Water Company, photographs.
63. Survey for J. E. Gunnoe, Oakridge Drive, booster station lot.
64. West Virginia American Water Company reunion, photographs, 1996.
65. 289th and 16th Field Artillery Observation Battalions 1992 reunion, letters, photographs and memorabilia.
66. Surveying notes, star positions and charts.
67. Photographs of William David Mason.
68. History of Charleston, West Virginia, by Julius A. Degruyter, February 4, 1963.
69. Survey notes and maps for Jackie Fields, 1999.
70. Survey for Sam Marino, lot #87, February 22, 1975.
71. Survey for Eula Acree, December 8, 1973.
72. Survey for Alfred Atkinson, April 13, 1977.
73. Survey for Nathan P. Baker, September 15, 1968.
74. Survey for Edward R. and Joyce Baker, December 10, 1968.
75. Survey for Joe and Judy Balog, February 21, 1990.
76. Survey for Luella Belcher, May 19, 1980.
77. Survey for Delbert Boggess, November 1, 1976.
78. Survey for Charles Gainer Bolte, January 20, 1993.
79. Survey for [?] Buckingham, 1992.
80. Survey for Charles Buckland, May 4, 1986.
81. Survey for Richard A. Burdette, July 10, 1996.
82. Survey for Richard A. and Carolyn S. Burdette, April 1, 1972.
83. Survey for Jay Cadle, June 20, 1981.
84. Survey for Robert C. and Carolyn M. Cantley, August 4, 1971.
85. Survey for Kenneth Cavender, March 21, 1970.
86. Survey for Homer Clark, February 14, 1990.
87. Survey for Virginia M. and Henry T. Coleman, June 19, 1971.
88. Surveys for Gary E. Cox, 1972-2001.
89. Survey for John Davidson, December 13, 1975.
90. Survey for Helen Marie Davis, January 9, 1965.
91. Survey for James and Audrey Deford, February 3, 1968.
1. Survey for J. W. W. and Beth Dorsey, July 30, 1984.
2. Survey for A. M. Eggleston, 1953.
3. Survey for Dr. William H. Ellswood, December 9, 1969.
4. Letter from John O. Kizer, April 4, 1972.
5. Survey for Charles E. Fish, October 21, 1991.
6. Survey for Jack L. Gill, August 29, 1969.
7. Survey for Randy Greathouse, June 2, 1985.
8. Survey for Raymond G. Gunnoe, September 23, 1971.
9. Survey for H. W. and Doris Hall, May 30, 1966.
10. Survey for Carl Haning, June 8, 1958.
11. Survey for Everett Harper, November 11, 1972.
12. Survey for W. F. Hardiman, February 26, 1965.
13. Survey for Jeffery V. Harrison, June 8, 1985.
14. Survey for Dale R. Hescht, January 11, 1969.
15. Survey for Edwin C. Hess, October 9, 1983.
16. Survey of Hess and Graceland Cemetery, 1968.
17. Survey for Vernon Hess and Harold Runyan, 1979-1980.
18. Survey for Vernon Hess and Harold Runyan, October 12, 1974.
19. Lands of William Douglas and Dreama F. Hughart, 1980-1996.
20. Survey for James Belford and Mabel Hughart, April 8, 1998.
21. Surveys for John Hughart, 1996.
22. Surveys for Carl and Leonard Jacobs, 1968-1976.
23. Survey for John B. Lawman and John E. Young, December 20, 1977.
24. Survey for Mrs. Bertie Jarrell, May 13, 1973.
25. Survey for Mink Jarrett, 1953.
26. Survey for Jerry W. Jessie, February 27, 1971.
27. Survey for John Johnson, October 22, 1978.
28. Survey for Rawleigh L. Joseph, October 15, 1967.
29. Survey for Harry W. Kelly, 1971.
30. Survey for Joseph James and Linda Koval, May 19, 1989.
31. Survey for H. W. Lawrence, 1972.
32. Survey for Charlie and Sally Love, 1975.
33. Surveys for Sam Marino and Carl Jacobs Company, Grishaber Brothers Construction, Loudon District, Kanawha County, 1958-1976.
34. Survey for Jack M. McCloud, 1967.
35. Survey for Charles A. Mease, 1969.
36. Survey for A. R. Midkiff, May 6, 1978.
37. Survey for Archie G. Miller, 1983-1993.
38. Survey for Samuel E. Miller, July 24, 1970.
39. Survey for Jenise V. Mudie, July 10, 1990.
40. Survey for Roy Mundy, March 22, 1978.
41. Survey for The Nature Conservancy, 1977.
42. Survey for James Quarles and Andy Overpeck, June 18, 1983.
43. Survey for Charles Pelzel, June 18, 1983.
44. Survey for Charles Pelzel, 1978-1998.
45. Survey for Liston Pennington, November 26, 1976.
46. Survey for Edward A. Randolph, March 11, 1972.
47. Survey for G. B. Rayford, March 22, 1968.
48. Survey for David Joe and Greta Reed, April 16, 1988.
49. Survey for Levi Reed, September 28, 1972.
50. Survey for Vernon Hess and Harold Runyon, 1974-1984.
51. Map of St. Mathews Episcopal Church, Charleston, Kanawha County, [1924].
52. Survey for Lloyd Shank, September 14, 1968.
53. Survey for Hubert A. Smith, May 21, 1973.
54. Survey for William J. Songer, 1979.
55. Survey for James W. Spencer, May 7, 1976.
56. Survey for Ray Staats, June 7, 1972.
57. Survey for Lawrence Stalnaker, July 17, 1965.
58. Suggested division of Lot 4, Nitro, Kanawha County, May 25, 1987.
59. Survey for Donald W. Torman, July 21, 1986.
60. Survey for Greer Toyer, September 5, 1981.
61. Survey for Charles Carl Tucker, January 1, 1973.
62. Survey for D. T. Tyree, March 17, 1990.
63. Survey for Calvin C. Caldwell, 1960’s.
64. Survey for David Walls, September 26, 1990.
65. Survey for Dan Walls, Jr., December 3, 1975.
66. Survey for Bill Ward, June 18, 1966.
67. Surveys for Raymon C. Adkins, Inc., 1973-1982.
68. Surveys of Westgate Subdivison, Kanawha County, 1972-1973.
69. Surveys of Wildwood Subdivision, Kanawha County, 1969-1971.
70. Survey for Charles L. Wilson, 1972.
71. Survey for Lawrence C. Yeardley, 1980.
72. Survey for John Zitzelsberger, October 18, 1990.