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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Rev. John Calvin Rece
Rev. John Calvin Rece,12.5x18cm A Baptist Minister, Guyandotte Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Rev. John Calvin Rece
Rev. John Calvin Rece,12.5x18cm A Baptist Minister, Guyandotte Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Rev. John Calvin Rece
Rev. John Calvin Rece,12.5x18cm A Baptist Minister, Guyandotte Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Rev. Stephen Spurlock
Rev. Stephen Spurlock,7x11.5cm Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Richard Calvin Rankin, Jr.,
Richard Calvin Rankin, Jr., image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: R.C. Rankin Jr., no 80 + years, Ripley, Oh. Son of R.C. Rankin, Sr. grandson of Rev. John Rankin, called "President of the Underground Railroad"
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River scene at Lover's Rock between Logan and Stollings, W.Va., 1902-03
River scene at Lover's Rock between Logan and Stollings, W.Va., 1902-03, image in black and white. Back reads: River Scene - Lover's Rock between Logan and Stollings (upper end of Logan) 1902-03.
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River scene near mouth of Guyandotte River
River scene near mouth of Guyandotte River, Guyandotte, W.Va., image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: "River scene near mouth of Guyandotte River" "Property of F. B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va." Shown are stacked log rafts being floated downriver.
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Robert E. Lee Shoemaker
Robert E. Lee Shoemaker, 10.5x16.5cm Date is approximate. Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Roster of Huntington Chapter, American Business Club, Jan. 1950,
Roster of Huntington Chapter, American Business Club, Jan. 1950, image in black and white. Barta Studios, Huntington, stamped on back
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Round Top School, Jefferson District
Round Top School, Jefferson Dist , image in black and white. Back reads: "Round Top School, Jefferston Distr., 1899, Col. Tabor (W.E.) Child on stump is Martha estep sister to Mrs. Roma Spears. 3 Spears girls two living, one dead. Boy with hat is Watty Estep."
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Rudolph Adkins Residence, Harless Fork 9-17-1926
Rudolph Adkins Residence, Harless Fork 9-17-1926, 25.5x20.5cm
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Rufus Lester, Fort Gay, RI., W.Va
Rufus Lester, Fort Gay, RI., W.Va.,9x13cm School Teacher, Co. Supt., etc. Property of F.B. Lambert
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Ruins of Buffington Mill, Guyandotte, W.Va.
Ruins of Buffington Mill, Guyandotte, W.Va., image in black and white. Date is approximate. Caption on photo reads: "Stack of Mill built 1856, burned by soldiers, during war 1862, East Huntington, W.Va. Formerly Guyandotte." This is partially incorrect. This is the brick stack of the Buffington Mill which was burned by Union Soldiers when Guyandotte was burned, Nov. 1861.
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Ruins of Lincoln Co. Courthouse, Hamlin, W.Va.
Ruins of Lincoln Co., W.Va. Courthouse, Hamlin, W.Va., col. Back reads: "furnished by Brookie Pauley, property of Mrs. Hosephine Haga, Hamlin, W.Va., return to F. B. Lambert, Hamlin, W.Va."
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Salt Rock School, Salt Rock, W.Va.
Salt Rock School, Salt Rock W.Va., (undated), Fred Lambert on far right, image in black and white. mounted on cardboard Back reads: "F. B. Lambert on right side and Salt Rock School"
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Sampson Roberts
Sampson Roberts,10x12.5cm Father of Anna Roberts Harshbarger, Milton, W.Va. Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Sampson Simmons & wife
Sampson Simmons & wife, 7x11cm Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Sampson Simmons & wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Vinson, at Old Mud River Bridge, about 1920
Sampson Simmons & wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Vinson, at Old Mud River Bridge, about 1920, 12.5x18.5cm Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Samuels-Long House, Barboursville
Samuels-Long House, Barboursville, 13x17.5cm The Mason Long House - Barboursville., formerly the home of John Samuels, County Clerk of Cabell Count. Photo property of F.B. Lambert
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Samuels-Long House, Barboursville
Samuels-Long House, Barboursville, 13x17.5cm The Mason Long House - Barboursville., formerly the home of John Samuels, County Clerk of Cabell Count. Photo property of F.B. Lambert
