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Moler, Nellie May Hendricks, 1879-1953. Papers, 1902-1952 (bulk 1930-1945).

Title: Papers, 1902-1952 (bulk 1930-1945).

Correspondence, 1906-1952, concerning genealogical research; genealogical files; writings and notes on historical subjects; newspaper clippings; and other papers of genealogist Nellie May (Hendricks) Moler of Shepherdstown, W. Va. Mrs. Moler corresponded extensively with persons all over the United States who were tracing relatives in West Virginia, western Virginia, and western Maryland. Significant correspondents include Levi Kelsey Cramb, Julia Angeline Drake, Sara Sullivan Ervin, Lillian Hayes Fisher, M.M. Lewis, Sumner Leroy Martin, James Ridgeley Orndorff, Oglesby Paul, Frank Crothers Shepherd, Louis Adrien Sigaud (concerning his book on Belle Boyd, and containing additional information about her), and J. Milton Williams. Families represented in the correspondence and files include: Harper, Hendricks, Hite, Martin, Orndorff, Shepherd, Strode, Swearingen, and many others. The writings, by Mrs. Moler and others, chiefly concern Civil War subjects, including the battles of Chickamauga and Hampton Roads, essays on the Confederate States Navy, and recollections of Jefferson Davis. Other topics include Dolley Payne (Todd) Madison and the debate over Andrew Jackson's birthplace. Other writers include William Price Craighill and Leonora Whitaker Wood. The newspaper clippings concern historical and local events in Bolivar, Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, and other places in Jefferson County, W. Va., and Morgantown, W. Va. Included is a published list of Jefferson County marriages, 1801-1885.

ArchivalResource: 786 items.

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Burr, Edward, 1859-1952. Edward Burr papers, 1865-1898.

Title: Edward Burr papers, 1865-1898.

Correspondence, military papers, scholastic records, printed materials, memorabilia, and photographs, relating chiefly to Burr's career in the U.S. Army Engineer Corps (1882-1898). Documents his service as assistant engineer of canal construction on the Columbia River (Portland and Cascade Locks, Or.), as inspector of the construction of lock gates (Cascade Locks, Or.), as supervisor of river and harbor improvements (Norfolk, Va.), and as assistant to the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Also includes Burr's records while a student at Washington University, Saint Louis, Mo., and West Point Military Academy. Correspondents include Francis Collingwood, Wm. P. Craighill, William B. Dennis, Thomas H. Handbury, George H. Mendell, Henry Clay Newcomer, and Charles Francis Powell.

ArchivalResource: 750 items.3 containers.

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Craighill, Wm. P. (William Price), 1833-1909. Diary, 1849-1859.

Title: Diary, 1849-1859.

The first volume, 1849, of William Price Craighill's diary concerns his education at Charlestown Academy in Charles Town, Va. (now W. Va.). Volumes two through eight cover his education at the United States Military Academy at West Point through 1852 and then pick up again in 1857 with reminiscences of school life. Volume eight, 1859, also concerns Craighill's service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Savannah, Ga., Fort Sumter, S.C., Key West, Fla., Washington, D.C., and Fort Delaware, Del. Enclosed with the diary is a photocopy of a letter of Craighill to his mother, 1861, concerning his decision not to leave the U.S. Army to join the Confederacy.

ArchivalResource: 8 v.

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