Skip
Navigation
West Virginia State Archives

Recent Donations
to the
West Virginia State Archives


Doc and Chickie Williams Collection (Ms2021-367)
Material related to the lives and careers of Doc and Chickie Williams, WWVA Jamboree, and related performers, 1936-2020
Finding Aid

Mingo County Circuit Clerk Collection (Ar2128)
Chancery and law case files of the Mingo County Circuit Court
Finding Aid

Delbert Ray French Collection (Ms2021-294)
Funeral cards, and materials relating to the Du Pont Belle plant, 1928-2021
Finding Aid

William David Mason Collection (Ms2021-293)
World War II correspondence and land surveys in Kanawha County, 1888-1990
Finding Aid

Christopher Lively Civil War Letters Collection (Ms2021-292)
Civil War letters written by Christopher Lively, 22nd Virginia Infantry, to his wife Matilda Margaret (Mag) Lively in Centerville (present-day Greenville) in Monroe County, 1864-1865.
Finding Aid

Wallace-Mathews Collection (Ms2021-291 and Ph2021-291)
Correspondence, clippings, school materials, civic organization materials, gas industry materials, scrapbooks, and photographs, relating to the Wallace and Mathews families of Charleston, 1784-2002
Finding Aid

Eugene Hezekiah Washington Collection (Ms2021-233)
Materials on African American schools and alumni organizations, 1929-2017
Finding Aid

William Harry Clarke Collection (Ms2021-207)
Correspondence, World War II chaplain William Harry Clarke and wife Ruth Gilmore Clarke, 1935-1946
Finding Aid

Tina Sonis Holmes Collection (Sc2021-205)
Taylor Jones caricatures, Kiwanis Club newsletters, centennial scrapbook, and other materials, 1957-1992
Finding Aid

Ronald and Sybil Ryan Lawrence Collection (Ms2021-203)
World War II correspondence and Charleston materials, 1912-1962
Finding Aid

George F. Williamson Family Collection (Ms2021-202)
Original land records from Logan and Mingo counties and Pike County, Kentucky, and documents relating to Williamson
Finding Aid

Frank W. Helvey Jr. Collection (Ms2021-167)
Legal papers and political campaign materials, Kanawha County, 1960-1994
Finding Aid

Minnie Johnson Collection (Ms2021-106)
Diary and log of automobile trip to western United States in 1929 and correspondence to parents in Lewisburg while teaching in New Mexico during World War II
Finding Aid

Paul J. Nyden Collection (Ms2021-001)
Papers of award-winning investigative reporter, 1912-2016
Finding Aid

Leslie D. Carpenter Collection (Ms2020-081)
Miscellaneous materials, primarily Harrison County, including John W. Davis letters, Harry Powers photographs, and The Waldo Hotel documents, and items signed by Governor Henry (Lighthorse Harry) Lee and Thomas McKeand, 1740-2006
Finding Aid

David Smith Collection (Ms2020-053)
Documents, Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company, 1854-1995
Finding Aid

C. Donald Hatfield Collection (Ms2020-049)
Writings of newspaper publisher and author C. Donald Hatfield, 1949-2003
Finding Aid

Shannondale and Beyond Collection (Ms2018-081)
Documents relating to Citizens of Shannondale, Shannondale Woman's Club, and other organizations in Shannondale Springs, 1957-2011
Finding Aid

Pendleton County Clerk Collection (Ar2095)
Records from office of Pendleton County Clerk, 1790-1964
Finding Aid

Roane County Circuit Clerk Collection (Ar2096)
Chancery and law case files of the Roane County Circuit Court
Finding Aid

McDowell County Circuit Clerk Collection (Ar2094)
Chancery and law case files of the McDowell County Circuit Court
Finding Aid

Mercer County Circuit Clerk Collection (Ar2092)
Chancery and law case files of the Mercer County Circuit Court
Finding Aid

Gilmer County Clerk Collection (Ar2090)
Records from office of Gilmer County Clerk, 1844-1950
Finding Aid

Okey DeRaimo Photograph Collection (Ph2018-028)
Photographic negatives taken by Okey DeRaimo during his thirty-five-year career with Armco Steel
Finding Aid

Morgan County Clerk Collection (Ar2089)
Records from office of Morgan County Clerk, 1751-1950
Finding Aid

Pleasants County Circuit Clerk Collection (Ar2087)
Chancery and law case files of the Pleasants County Circuit Court
Finding Aid

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation Collection (Ms2018-024)
Records of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation
Finding Aid

Barton Family Collection (Ms2018-007)
Materials of family including William A. Barton and his son Robert Jameson Barton who was killed in Vietnam, 1936-1993
Finding Aid

Doddridge County Clerk Collection (Ar2086)
Records from office of Doddridge County Clerk, 1841-1954
Finding Aid

Lewis County Clerk Collection (Ar2085)
Records from office of Lewis County Clerk, 1816-1968
Finding Aid

J. Alfred Taylor Collection (Ms2018-005)
Papers of Fayette County newspaper publisher and politician who served in WV House, US House, Fayette County School Board, 1897-2007
Finding Aid

League of Women Voters of West Virginia (Ms2018-002)
Correspondence, other files, 1943-2017
Finding Aid

Tanner J. Livisay Collection (Ms2018-001)
Papers of Tanner J. Livisay, home demonstration agent and later state extension specialist with the Extension Service
Finding Aid

Naylor Family Collection (Ms2017-039)
Correspondence of the family of Walter L. Naylor, mostly his wife Elfa and children Merle, Carl, and Rex
Finding Aid

Keely Family Collection (Ms2017-038)
Papers of the Keely Family of Kanawha County, also 13th Maine Infantry
Finding Aid

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin Collection (Ar2082)
Papers of Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
Finding Aid

First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin Collection (Ar2083)
Papers of First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin.
Finding Aid

Monongalia County Circuit Clerk Collection (Ar2079)
Chancery and law case files of the Monongalia County Circuit Court
Finding Aid

Robert Lee Beanblossom Collection (Ar2081)
Papers of the Conservation Commission and its successor, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.
Finding Aid

Woman's Kanawha Literary Club Collection (Ms2017-019)
Papers of the Woman's Kanawha Literary Club.
Finding Aid

Mineral County Chancery Files (Ar2028)
Papers of the Mineral County Circuit Clerk.
Finding Aid

Calhoun County Chancery Files (Ar2054)
Papers of the Calhoun County Circuit Clerk.
Finding Aid

Marion County Circuit Clerk Collection (Ar2025)
Papers of the Marion County Circuit Clerk.
Finding Aid

James F. Brown III Collection (Ms2016-071)
Papers of the Brown family of Kanawha and Cabell counties.
Finding Aid


West Virginia State Archives

West Virginia Archives and History