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.
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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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Sawmill, West Hamlin, Lincoln County, W.Va.
Sawmill, West Hamlin, Lincoln County, W.Va., 12.5x18cm An Early Sawmill at or near the present town of West Hamlin of Lincoln County, W.Va
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School busses at Guyan Valley High School, Branchland, W.Va.
School Busses at Guyan Valley High School, Branchland, W.Va.., image in black and white.. Back reads: "Property of F. B. Lambert,"
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School group, Branchland School, Branchland, W.Va.
School group, Branchland School, Branchland,W.Va., image in black and white. Caption reads: "School Group, Branchland, W.Va., 9-17-26" Back reads: " Property of F. B. Lambert"
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School group, Guyan Valley High School, Lincoln Co.,W.Va.
Student group, Guyan Valley High School, Lincoln Co.,W.Va., including students from: McComas, Laurel Hill, Harts Green Dist., image in black and white..
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School group, Guyan Valley High School, Lincoln Co.,W.Va.
Student group, Guyan Valley High School, Lincoln Co.,W.Va., image in black and white..
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School group, Guyan Valley High School, Lincoln Co.,W.Va.
Freshman Class, Guyan Valley High School, Lincoln Co.,W.Va., image in black and white.. Fred B. Lambert standing on far left.
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Schoolhouse, Bryan Settlement, Cabell Co., W.Va.
Schoolhouse, Bryan Settlement, Cabell Co., W.Va.., image in black and white.. Back reads: "Old school house, Bryan Settlement 1840-50Property of F. B. Lambert," "This settlement was somewhere near Union Ridge, beyond the head of Seven Mile Creek, in Cabell County."
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Senior Class, Guyan Valley High School, Branchland, W.Va.
Senior Class, Guyan Valley High School, Branchland, W.Va., image in black and white. caption on front reads: "Senior Class, Guyan Valley High School, 12-2-30" Back reads: "F. B. Lambert, Principal, left side"
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Sgt Charles E. Stokes
Sgt Charles E. Stokes,15x22cm Feb. 16, 1944 S/Sgt. Charles E. Stokes 6915709. Taken in Mackay Australia Nov. - 1944 while on rest-leave from service in New Guinea. Left U.S. Jan. 1942 for Australia. Was instructor there for 6 mo. then sent into New Guinea as Dept. head of Sheet Metal Shops. On this writing he is still in New Guinea but has sent us word that he would be seeing us by July - 1944. A Rankin decendent. at the age of 22 yrs. Photo property of F.B. Lambert, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Showboat Columbia, ca. 1908
Showboat Columbia, ca. 1908 image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Columbia
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Showboat "Majestic," anchored at Sistersville,W.Va.
Showboat "Majestic", anchored at Sistersville, W.Va., image in black and white. Written on back of photo: Friday Aug 27, 1948 This boat had been at 10th St., Huntington most of this week. Will show last time Aug. 29th - Sat night. G. Harry Wright & 22 pupils of Kent, O. State University
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Sidewheel batwing J. C. Hopkins No.2 pushing log rafts, ca. 1899
Sidewheel batwing boat J. C. Hopkins No.2 pushing log rafts, ca. 1899, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: J.C. Hopkins No. 2 (sank in 1899)
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Sidewheel steamboat Thealka, ca. 1900
Sidewheel steamboat Thealka, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Thealka
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Sidewheel steam packet boat Sandy Valley
Sidewheel steam packet boat Sandy Valley, ca. 1900. image in black and white. Date is approximate. There were two boats by this name. One was used on the Big Sandy during the Civil War, the 2nd was built in the 1880's. (This one iw the one built 1888.)
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Small packet steamboat City of Ironton, ca. 1882
Small packet steamboat City of Ironton, ca. 1882, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Built at iIronton, Oh;. This boat ran on regular dailry schedule from Portsmouth, Oh to Huntington. It was sold and renamed the Issaquena in 1882.
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Souvenir card of Booton's Creek School, Cabell Co.,W.Va.
Souvenir picturing Fred B. Lambert, Teacher and list of pupils of Booton's Creek School, School Dist. No. 8, Cabell Co., W.Va., image in black and white. Card shows Fred B. Lambert as Teacher, and Trustees: Frank Morrison, William Dunkle, Rufus Hensley.
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Steamboat Argand on the Big Sandy River, ca. 1880
Steamboat Argand on the Big Sandy River, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Caption reads: Steamboating up Sandy. The above picture of the Argand was one of the familiar scenes before the advent of the railroad Back reads: From Johnson Co., Ky Hist. (Built 1873, sank 1880.)
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Steamboat Betsy Ann, ca. 1900
Steamboat Betsy Ann, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Betsy Ann
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Steamboat Beulah Brown, on Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River, ca. 1900
Steamboat Beulah Brown, on Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Beulah Brown, taken near mouth of George's Creek, Levisa Fork (This was one of the batwing boats that ran on the Big Sandy River. Dismantled 1899.)
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Steamboat, "Big Sandy"
Steamboat, "Big Sandy",17.5x12.5cm Date is approximate. sidewheel packet boat built Cincinnati, 1884. Ran Cincinnati - Pomeroy and Cincinnati-Louisville. Burned at Cincinnati 1895.
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Steamboat, 'Bonanza"
Steamboat, "Bonanza',18x12.6cm Date is approximate. Insert in upper left hand corner of mustached gentleman sitting in a wicker chair. a sidewheel packet boat built Cincinnati, 1885. (Predecessor by same name built 1876 burned 1884.) Ran Cincinnati-Portsmouth. Dismantled at Cincinnati 1909.
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Steamboat, "Bostona"
Steamboat, "Bostona",18x12.6cm Date is approximate. This was probably the one built in 1867 in Cincinnati. (There were 6 steamboats with the same name.) Belonged to the White Collar Line (two white rings on smokestacks.) Ran Cincinnati to Portsmouth. Dismantled 1879.
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Steamboat Enquirer which ran between Louisa & Catlettsburg, Ky, ca. 1900
Steamboat Enquirer which ran between Louisa & Catlettsburg, Ky, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Enquirer
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Steamboat Express, ca. 1879
Steamboat Express, ca. 1879, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Express (#2 ? 1870-1879) The banner states that Tte group it is hauling is the I.O.G.T., which was the International Order of the Good Templars, which was different from the Knights Templar. Dismantled and hull served as the Wheeling wharfboat until 1892.
