The Fred Lambert Collection consists primarily of notebooks containing information on families and local history of Cabell and Wayne Counties, West Virginia. Included are cemetery readings, copies of deeds, wills, indentures, newspaper articles, research notes and notes of interviews conducted by Mr. Lambert of Cabell County residents. Material on Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Kanawha, and Boone Counties is also included.
A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.
To search for a specific notebook, type the MS number, box number, and notebook number in quotes like so: "MS 76 Box 9 Notebook 1". Then, enter the MS, box number, and notebook number, including quotes, in the search bar to the left.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964.
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Capt. Hurston Spurlock
Capt. Hurston Spurlock,12.5x17.5cm A Civil War Veteran Lived in Wayne County Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Capt. John Thornburg
Capt. John Thornburg,13x18cm Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Carpenter Crew, Guyan Valley High School, Lincoln Co.,W.Va.
Carpenter Crew during construction of Guyan Valley High School, Lincoln Co.,W.Va., image in black and white..
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Catlettsburg, Ky. wharfboat Maxie Yost, ca. 1897
Catlettsburg, Ky. wharfboat Maxie Yost, ca. 1897, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Maxie Yost, Catlettsburg wharfboat, c. 1895. (She was built at Guyandotte,WVa, 1897)
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Catlettsburg to South Point, Oh, ferry boat Bonne, 1915
Catlettsburg to South Point, Oh, ferry boat Bonne, 1915, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Card on Back reads: The Bonne, Catlettsburg-South Point Ferry, a center-wheel boat. She was destroyed by ice winter of 1917-18.
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Charles A. Rece and wife Mary Pulley of Mt Sterling, Ky
Charles A. Rece and wife Mary Pulley of Mt Sterling, Ky., W.Va.,12.5x18cm Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Charles A. Rece of Milton, W.Va.
Charles A. Rece of Milton, W.Va.,12.5x18cm Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Charles L. Roffe
Charles L. Roffe,12.5x18cm Charles L. Roffe, R.F.D Barboursville. He lived near Martha. Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Charles M. Wilson
Charles M. Wilson, 6x10cm Father of Charles E. Wilson (see W. F. Wilson), a son & oldest, a tailor in Huntington Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Cincinnati & Wheeling steam packet boat Hudson, ca. 1900
Cincinnati & Pittsburgh steam packet boat Hudson, ca. 1900 , image in black and white. Back reads: Pittsburgh and cincinnati Passenger packet Hudson, 275 feet long
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Cincinnati & Wheeling steam packet boat Phil Sheridan, ca. 1876
Cincinnati & Wheeling steam packet boat Phil Sheridan, ca. 1876 , image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: 1866-1876
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Cincinnati & Wheeling steam packet boat Wild Wagoner, ca. 1876
Cincinnati & Wheeling steam packet boat Wild Wagoner, ca. 1876 , image in black and white. Date is approximate.
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Clark Curry residence, Hamlin,Lincoln County, W.Va
Clark Curry residence, Hamlin,Lincoln County, W.Va.,8.4x10cm
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Close up showing construction details of Old County Jail at Barboursville, W.Va.
Close up showing construction details of Old County Jail at Barboursville, W.Va., 15.5x10cm Dovetail joints
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Col. Tabor and family
Col. Tabor and family, 9x14cm Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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C&O train
C&O train,17x121cm Date is approximate. Written on back: A C&O train Photo property of F.B. lambert return to Bob Withers (in red ink and circled) 40px3", p-12, bottom t94 used (in red pencil) #3
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County Superintendent William Algeo
Photo of county school superintendent William Algeo, image in black and white. mounted on cardboard. Back reads: "County Superintendent William Algoe," and "property of F. B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va."
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Covered bridge at Marion, Lawrence Co., Oh.
Covered bridge near Marion, Lawrence Co., Ohio, image in black and white. Back reads: "Taken about July 1, 1925, at or near Marion, Lawrence Co., Ohio"
