Papers, 1852-1980 (bulk 1940-1975).

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Papers, 1852-1980 (bulk 1940-1975).

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Chiefly correspondence, 1919-1980, documenting Perry's collecting activities. Prominent correspondents include Stuart Ellet Brown (of Baltimore, Md., and Berryville, Va., lawyer, amateur historian, and bookman), Olive A. Divers (of Ravenswood, W. Va., author), C.E. Douglas (of Vienna, W. Va., bookman), Charles R. Goans (itinerant West Virginia book scout), Lyndall S. Harlow (of Lewisburg, W. Va., bookdealer), Alvin Lohr (of Hagerstown, Md., bookdealer), Herman Edmond Matheny (of Akron, Ohio, bookdealer), E.E. Meredith (of Fairmont, W. Va., journalist and historian), Delf Norona (of Moundsville, W. Va., historian and book collector), Alma Virginia Pitts (of Philippi, W. Va., active member of the Barbour County Historical Society), Boyd Blynn Stutler (of Charleston, W. Va., historian and book collector), F.B. Voegele (of Pontiac, Mich., historian and author), and Ernest James Wessen (of Mansfield, Ohio, owner of the Midland Rare Book Company). Also includes accounts, legal documents, memorandum books, and correspondence and other materials relating to the West Virginia Civil War Centennial Commission, and newspaper clippings on local history. In addition, there are scattered papers of members of the Craighill, Perry and Tayloe families, including account books, scrapbooks, and correspondence; and also medical school notes of Perry's son, Thornton Tayloe Perry (b. 1913) while a student at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1934-1936.

5, 500 (ca.) items (40 manuscript boxes)

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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University of Virginia. Dept. of Medicine

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Matheny, H. E. (Herman Edmond), 1910-

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Lohr, Alvin.

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Divers, Olive A.

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Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1892-1981,

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Native of Charles Town, W. Va., auto dealer, postmaster, veteran of both World Wars, and collector of manuscripts and rare books dealing with western Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1852-1980 (bulk 1940-1975). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30658879 ...

Voegele, F. B.

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Douglas, C. E. (Charles Edward)

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Tayloe family.

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Perry family.

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Meredith, E. E.

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Goans, Charles R.

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Stutler, Boyd B. (Boyd Blynn), 1889-1970

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Wessen, Ernest James, 1887-1974

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Ernest J. Wessen was an antiquarian book dealer whose particular interest lay in America. His catalog entitled "Midland Notes," represented a model of it's kind, combining scolarships and humor. From the guide to the Ernest James Wessen Collection, 1961-1968, (Ohio University) Ernest "Ernie" James Wessen (1887-1974) was a bibliographer and an antiquarian book dealer, proprietor of the Midland Rare Book Co. (Mansfield, Ohio). His particular interest lay in Americ...

Harlow, Lyndall S.

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Midland Rare Book Co. (Mansfield, Ohio)

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Norona, Delf, 1895-1974

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Pitts, Alma Virginia.

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West Virginia. Civil War Centennial Commission.

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Brown, Stuart E. (Stuart Ellett), 1916-

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Clarke County, Va., Democratic chairman and campaign worker. From the description of Stuart E. Brown papers [manuscript] 1946 (1959-1972) 1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647951266 Virginia Democratic politician. From the description of Papers, 1860-1970, of Brown and of Tilghman Howard Bunch [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825591 ...

Craighill family.

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Perry, Thornton Tayloe, 1913-

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