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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Timber run, mouth of Big Sandy River, Catlettsburg, Ky.
Timber run, mouth of Big Sandy River, Catlettsburg, Ky., image in black and white.. Date is approximate. Log rafts that were floated down the Big Sandy River, ca. 1900.
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T.J. Haile of Hamlin, W.Va.
T.J. Haile of Hamlin, W.Va., 9.5x12.2cm Sketch by Ail.Eng.Co Property of F.B. Lambert
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Tom Thornburg House, Center Street, Barboursville
Tom Thornburg House, Center Street, Barboursville, 15x19.5cm Evans,Bowers, Lowther, Harvey, Cummings,Daniels ,Daniels, Love, Martin, Thornburg, Armstrong, Blackwood, Wingrove, Dunn, Maggie Thornburg/Mamie Thornburg, ? Thornburg Photo property of Mrs. L.E.Swann
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Towboat Arthur Hider moving an entire town, 1944
Towboat Arthur Hider moving an entire town, 1944, image in black and white. This entire town was moved by the towboat Arthur Hider down the Ohio River in 1944.
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Towboat & ferryboat Champion No. 3 at Cincinnatti, ca. 1905
Towboat & ferryboat Champion No. 3 at Cincinnatti, ca. 1905, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Champion No. 3
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Towboats pushing log rafts, ca. 1900
Towboats pushing log rafts, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. This appears to have been on the Ohio River, possibly the mouth of the Big Sandy River near Catlettsburg. Boat on the left appears to be named "Seal ---"
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Tugboat "Ashland", Ashland Oil Company
Tugboat "Ashland", Ashland Oil Company,22.8x19cm An Ashland Oil company tugboat with 15 barges 1948
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Turnolley Jones & family, Mary Bragg Jones (standing), Hattie Jones, Mr. Charley Mann
Turnolley Jones & family, Mary Bragg Jones (standing), Hattie Jones, Mr. Charley Mann,Odell Mannon, Jessie Mannon, image in black and white. mounted on cardboard Date is approximate. Living now over the hill back of Chesapeake Them are 1. Odell Mannon 2. Jessie Mannon Property of F.B. Lambert
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Two steamboats at the Ashland Coal Works, ca. 1900
Two steamboats at the Ashland Coal Works, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back has card attached which reads: Steamboat Bonanza, built 1885 at Cincinnati, dismantled at Cincinnati, 1909. Smaller boat is the Bellevue, built 1890, lasted at least until 1908.
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Two steamboats docked at a wharf, probably on Ohio River
Two steamboats docked at a wharf, probably Ohio River, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Two mail carrying packet boats that ran Parkersburg to Cincinnati, nearest may be the "Playfair"
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Unidentified steamboat interior, ca. 1900
Unidentified steamboat interior, ca. 1900, image in black and white. Date is approximate.
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Unidentified steamboat wreck, ca. 1900
Unidentified steamboat wreck, ca. 1900 , image in black and white. Date is approximate.
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Unidentified steamboat wreck, ca. 1916
Unidentified steamboat wreck, ca. 1916 , image in black and white. Caption states 1916
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Unidentified steam towboat wreck, ca. 1900
Unidentified steam towboat wreck, ca. 1900 , image in black and white. Date is approximate.
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United States Coast Guard - WWII Normandy invasion
United States Coast Guard - WWII,25.3x20.6cm 2517 From: Public Relations Division, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C. Official Coast Guard Photo Supplies pour ashore for invaders of France This striking panorama of the French invasion beach was made by a Coast Guard Combat Photgrapher from a hillside cut with the trenches (foreground) of the ousted Nazi defenders. The channel waters are black with shipping, as reinforcements and supplies are funneled ashore for the conquest of the Cherbourg Penisula. Balloon barrages float overhead to protect the ships from low-flying enemy strafers. One balloon rests on the deck of an LST. Headed inland are long parades of trucks, loaded with troops and supplies. In rewriting caption, please mention "Coast Guard."
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United States Mail Carrier, West Hamlin
United States Mail Carrier, West Hamlin,13.5x8.5cm Former mail carrier from West Hamlin, (20? yrs. ago.) Property Mrs. Leete About 1906
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United States Navy - Ships -U.S.S.Wakefield,
H. Nelson
United States Navy - Ships -U.S.S.Wakefield,13.5x8.5cm U.S.S.Wakefield. The ship George Jr. Neal was on when it burned Official Navy Photos, H.G. Nelson, 311 Granby St., Norfolk 10, VA., Reorders 65 cents Including Mailing
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Unveiling of Collis P. Huntington statue, Huntington, W.Va.
Unveiling of Collis P. Huntington statue, Huntington, W.Va., image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: "Unveiling C. P. Huntington Statue"
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Upper Grades, Dial School, Four MIle (Lincoln Co.,W.Va.?)
Upper Grades, Dial School, Four Mile (Lincoln Co.,W.Va.?), image in black and white. mounted on cardboard.
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U.S. Mail packet steamboat Chesapeake, ca. 1887
U.S. Mail packet steamboat Chesapeake, ca. 1887, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Chesapeake 1871-1887
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U.S. Mail packet steamboat Chesapeake, ca. 1887
U.S. Mail packet steamboat Chesapeake, ca. 1887, image in black and white. Date is approximate. Back reads: Chesapeake 1871-1887
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U.T. Gordy
U.T. Gordy, 15x22.5cm signed on back, Yours very truly, U.T. Gordy Mount Pleasant, Pa. This was a Pennsylvania School man, and one of my University friends at W.V.U. Summer School. I don't remember what year - F.B.L. a fine fellow Property of F.B. Lambert
