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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Steamboat Rob. P.Richam(?), ca. 1900
Steamboat Rob. P.Richam(?), ca. 1900 , image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Rob. P. ---gram (Cannot make out the name)
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Steamboats at Cincinnati wharf, 1905
Steamboats at Cincinnati wharf, 1905, image in black and white. Card glued on Back reads: Original photograph made Mar. 1, 1905. Boats: Courier, Cincinnati, Indiana, Queen City. Tied up at Cincinnati after ice in the Ohio River. Signed by Fred Way.
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Steamboats at wharf, ca. 1904
Steamboats at wharf, ca. 1904, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Notes on back from Fred Way read: Boats at shore: Tacoma, M. P. Wells, Hercules Carrel, Above the Tacoma is Levi J. Workum At mail line wharfboat: Keystone State, Peters Lee, City of Louisville Ben Hur laid up in distance (Photo must have been made between 1899 and 1904, based on dates boats existed in Way's Packet Direcory.)
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Steamboats docked at a wharf, probably on Ohio River, ca. 1890
Steamboats docked at a wharf, probably Ohio River, ca. 1890. image in black and white. Date is approximate. Steamboats are: nearest to wharf is the Telegraph, other is the Scotia.
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Steamboats docked during the 1884 flood on Ohio River near Ravenswood,W.Va.
Steamboats docked during the 1884 flood on Ohio River near Ravenswood, W.Va., image in black and white. Steamboats are: Valley Bell, Minnie Bay, harry D. Knox, at mouth of Sand Creek near Ravenswood, W.Va.
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Steamboats docked on the Ohio River, ca. 1900
Steamboats docked on the Ohio River, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. This appears to have been on the Ohio River, boat on the right is the J. T. Hatfield, 2nd boat is the Tacoma, small towboat is the Francis.
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Steamboat Senator Cordill, ca. 1904
Steamboat Senator Cordill, ca. 1904, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Senator Cordill
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Steamboat St. Lawrence, ca. 1900
Steamboat St. Lawrence, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: St. Lawrence
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Steamboat St. Lawrence run aground, 1886,
Steamboat St. Lawrence run aground, 1886, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Card on Back reads:side-wheel packet boat serving Augusta & Maysville, Ky and Ripley, Oh. Caught in wind and blown on shore 1895.
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Steamboat "Telegraph"
Steamboat "Telegraph",18x12.6cm Date is approximate. a sidewheel packet boat, built Cincinnati, 1864. Transported U.S. troops during the Civil War, under Capt. Wash Honshell. Dismantled 1877.
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Steamboat Telegraph, ca. 1897
Steamboat Telegraph, ca. 1897 , image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Telegraph (1891-1897?) Blt for White Collar Line, after 1892 in Ciuncinnatti-Louisville trade
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Steamboat Thealka
Steamboat Thealka, built 1899, image in black and white.. Circa 1900. Back reads: "Property of F. B. Lambert" Built Paintsville, Ky., 1899. Named for Alka Meek, title was supposed to be "The Alka" but person who painted the title on boat ran it together to make Thealka. Built for the Big Sandy River trade. A batwing, shallow draft boat. Still operating 1902.
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Steamboat Virginia , ca. 1900
Steamboat Virginia , ca. 1900 , image in black and white. mounted on cardboard Date is approximate. Back reads: Virginia
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Steamboat Virginia , ca. 1900
Steamboat Virginia , ca. 1900 , image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Virginia
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Steamboat Virginia, ca. 1900
Steamboat Virginia, ca. 1900 , image in black and white. Date is approximate.
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Steamboat Virginia, ca. 1900
Steamboat Virginia, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Virginia
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Steamboat Virginia run aground, Mar. 1910
Steamboat Virginia run aground, Mar. 1910 , image in black and white.
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Steamboat Wild Wagoner, Ca. 1876
Steamboat Wild Wagoner, ca. 1876, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Wild Wagoner, built Cincinnati, 1864, dismantled 1876 (Wheeling & Cincinnati Packet)
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Steamboat wreck of the Morning Star & Island Queen, Cincinnati, 1922,
Steamboat wreck of the Morning Star & Island Queen, Cincinnati, 1922, image in black and white. Caption reads: Island Queen & Morning Star after fire at Cincy wharf, 1922
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Steam ferry boat Arion
Steam ferry boat Arion, image in black and white.. Circa 1900. Back reads: "The Arion, a local boat, I think, Property of F. B. Lambert" Sternwheel ferry boat built Jefferson, Ind., 1891. Ran Proctorville - Guyandotte. Repaired and registered as a new boat 1902. Sold in 1929 and renamed "David F. Thomas".
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Steam ferry boat Paul F. Thomas
Steam ferry boat Paul F. Thomas, image in black and white. Back reads: "The Paul F. Thomas, Property of F. B. Lambert" Sternwheel ferry boat built Madison, Ind., 1934. Owned by 26th Street Ferry Co., Huntington. Dismantled Feb. 1948. Wreck burned May 1950. Note on front reads "Largest and Fastest Ferry on the Ohio, 26th Street, Huntington, W.Va.".
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Steam packet boat Katydid, ca. 1880
Steam packet boat Katydid, Parkersburg,WV & Gallipolis,Oh , ca. 1880 , image in black and white. Date is approximate. Built Middleport, Oh., 1873. Operated Charleston,Wv- Gallipolis-Pomeroy. Dismantled 1881.
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Steam towboat " Alice Brown" of Pittsburgh, PA
Steam towoat "Alice Brown" of Pittsburgh, PA,17.5x12.5cm Date is approximate. Steam towboat built at Pittsburgh 1871. Ran Pittsburgh to New Orleans. taken apart and hull used for a barge in 1923.
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Steam towboat Atlas, ca. 1942
Steam towboat Atlas, ca. 1942, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Atlas
