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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MS 76 Box 9 Notebook 7 - Rafting on the Guyandotte. Roughs of Guyan, etc. Sam Bias, contains all on this subject.
Fred Bussey Lambert
The Fred B. Lambert Collection contains notebooks with notes related to local history and genealogy collected over the years by Fred B. Lambert. A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.
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MS 76 Box 9 Notebook 8 - Lincoln County sketches
Fred Bussey Lambert
The Fred B. Lambert Collection contains notebooks with notes related to local history and genealogy collected over the years by Fred B. Lambert. A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.
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MS 76 Box 9 Notebook 9 - The Lincoln County Fry family, Spurlock family, Hager family
Fred Bussey Lambert
The Fred B. Lambert Collection contains notebooks with notes related to local history and genealogy collected over the years by Fred B. Lambert. A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.
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Northcott & Buffington Clothiers, Huntington, W.Va.
Northcott & Buffington Clothiers., Huntington, W.Va., image in black and white.
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Ohio River Railroad Passenger Station and Ohio River Railroad Freight Depot, Huntington, W.Va.
Ohio River Railroad Passenger Station and Ohio River Railroad Freight Depot, Huntington, W.Va.,25x20cm
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Old church and school on Cobb's Creek
Old church and school on Cobb's Creek, 7x12.6cm Written on back: Old church and school on Cobb's Creek sent to me by Sam G. Pauley Return to F.B. Lambert Hamlin, W.Va.
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Old County Jail, Barboursville, W.Va
Old County Jail, Barboursville, W.Va.,11.5x8cm Posted sign in front -USA WORK PROGRAM WPA Wooden structure with dovetail joint
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Old Lesage School, Cabell Co., W.Va.
Old Lesage school, Lesage, Cabell Co., W.Va., image in black and white. mounted on cardboard. Date is approximate. Back reads: "The Old Lesage School, Property of F. B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va."
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Old Toll house (Merritt house), Barboursville"Old Toll House" (Merritt house), James & Kanawha Rv Turnpike, Barboursville
"Old Toll House" (Merritt house), James & Kanawha Rv Turnpike, Barboursville, 20.7x25.5cm The old Toll House at Barboursville, as it stood on the original site, at the forks of the road, one (the Kanawha Road), the other leading down to Route 60, at the mouth of Mud River. This was built before the Kanawha Road was finished, on land originally owned by Captain William Merritt, later by one of his sons. Merrit did not operate toll house. This is Merritt house. C. Eldridge 18 Oct 1984 (Toll House has been reclaimed)
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Oxen hauling timber, 14 Mile Creek, Lincoln Co.,W.Va., summer 1903
Oxen hauling timber, 14 Mile Creek, Lincoln Co.,W.Va., summer 1903, image in black and white. Captions read: Stanton Ross, BenNoe & John Sawyer & Son. Team when hauling on 14 mile Creek in summer, 1903.
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Packet steamboat Andes, ca. 1895
Packet steamboat Andes, ca. 1895, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back rfeads: Andes (This was one of several photos in this folder sent to Earl Cooper from Fred Way.)
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Packet steamboat Andes, ca. 1900
Packet steamboat Andes, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back rfeads: Andes (This was one of several photos in this folder sent to Earl Cooper from Fred Way.)
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Packet steamboat Bonanza, ca. 1900
Packet steamboat Bonanza, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back rfeads: Bonanza (Ran on the Ohio River)
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Packet steamboat Bostona, ca. 1899
Packet steamboat Bostona, ca. 1899, image in black and white. Date is approximate. This was probably the boat by that name built 1879 at Cincinnati, and dismantled about 1899.
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Packet steamboat Bostona, ca. 1899
Packet steamboat Bostona, ca. 1899, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: steamer Bostona
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Packet steamboat Bostona, ca. 1900
Packet steamboat Bostona, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: steamer Bostona 1879-1899
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Pauline Lambert on swinging bridge at Hubball
Pauline Lambert on swinging bridge at Hubball, 6x8.5cm My guest, sister Pauline, an Indiana teacher, on the seinging bridge at Hubball (a big thrill for them) Is there a swinging bridge in this location? Property of F.B. Lambert
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P.D. Garrett Jr., Lincoln County preacher,Curry, W.Va.
P.D. Garrett Jr., Lincoln County preacher,Curry, W.Va., 12.2x17.8cm The Greatest Lincoln County preacher. The others are probably his sons, or other prechers "Uncle Dyke" Dyke Garrett baptised "Devil Anse" Hatfield
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Photo Christas card showing steamboat Rees Lee
Photo Christmas card showing steamboat Rees Lee, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Here is a big cargo for you on the old Rees Lee, Signed by Fred Way. (undated) (built 1899, sank and lost 1906)
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political rally at Cabell County Courthouse
Political rally at Cabell County Courthouse, Huntington, image in black and white. Date is approximate.
