The Marshall University Special Collections Department is home to manuscript materials covering a wide range of subjects reflecting historical events, business, education, arts, and sciences. While many of the materials are related to West Virginia, several collections are regional and national in scope.
This gallery provides access to downloadable finding aids for the department’s processed collections. Looking for digitized materials only? You can find all of our digitized manuscript materials under Digitized Manuscript Collections.
For more information or to use any of these collections, contact:
Special Collections, Morrow Library
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
(304) 696-2343
speccoll@marshall.edu
Finding Aids
0001: Robert Gilchrist Family Papers, 1783-1957, Marshall University Special Collections
0002: Laidley Family Papers, 1834-1944, Marshall University Special Collections
0003: Taylor County, West Virginia, District School Commissioners Reports, 1857-1859, Marshall University Special Collections
0004: Charles E. Frampton Papers, 1917-1964, Marshall University Special Collections
0005: Charles P. T. Moore Papers, 1861-1886, Marshall University Special Collections
0006: Virgil Anson Lewis Papers, 1843-1973, Marshall University Special Collections
0007: Samuel Roy Jenkins Diaries, 1887-1941, Marshall University Special Collections
0008: George Henry Augustus Kunst Papers, 1846-1940, Marshall University Special Collections
0009: David Michael Gideon Papers, 1878-1959, Marshall University Special Collections
0010: Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers, 1890-1973, Marshall University Special Collections
0011: Mary Constance Enslow Papers, 1892-1962, Marshall University Special Collections
0012: Morgan Family Papers, 1831-1935, Marshall University Special Collections
0013: Nathaniel Bacon Papers, 1870-1891, Marshall University Special Collections
0014: Virginia Wiley Papers, 1896-1901, Marshall University Special Collections
0015: Avery L. Graybeal Papers, 1881-1919, Marshall University Special Collections
0016: Myers Family Record, 1750-1860, Marshall University Special Collections
0017: The College Echo, 1891, Marshall University Special Collections
0019: Fred Finley Timebook, 1936-1940, Marshall University Special Collections
0020: Tapley Garnes Papers, 1846-1883, Marshall University Special Collections
0021: Edith Miller Stephens Papers, 1867-1900, Marshall University Special Collections
0022: Huntington Banks Scrapbooks, 1919-1965, Marshall University Special Collections
0023: Theeta Searcy Lyon Papers, 1923-1941, Marshall University Special Collections
0024: Kanawha County, [West] Virginia. Board of School Commissioners Records, 1823-1846, Marshall University Special Collections
0025: Anna E. Bishop Papers, 1866-1941, Marshall University Special Collections
0026: J. A. Earl Typescript, 1936-1981, Marshall University Special Collections
0027: William S. Stribling Agreement, 1836, Marshall University Special Collections
0028: John L. Hawkins Letters, 1928-1929, Marshall University Special Collections
0029: D. Farrier Letter, 1857, Marshall University Special Collections
0030: Charles W. Ferguson Letters, 1849-1950, Marshall University Special Collections
0031: Mary Mason Letter, 1935, Marshall University Special Collections
0032: Frederick Moore Land Grant, 1824, Marshall University Special Collections
0033: John H. Brumfield Land Grant, 1850, Marshall University Special Collections
0034: Henry A. Smith Letter, 1881, Marshall University Special Collections
0035: George Reade Capias Order, 1782, Marshall University Special Collections
0036: Stanton Field Letter, 1858, Marshall University Special Collections
0037: N. K. Hanley Teaching Certificates, 1868-1874, Marshall University Special Collections
0038: D. G. Staley Letter, 1850, Marshall University Special Collections
0039: Cornelius Holly Indenture, 1837, Marshall University Special Collections
0040: Hammat Family Papers, 1822-1862, Marshall University Special Collections
0041: James Buffington Papers, 1837-1859, Marshall University Special Collections
0042: Mrs. J. W. Wade Letters, 1913-1918, Marshall University Special Collections
0043: Henry P. Alderman Papers, 1898-1919, Marshall University Special Collections
0044: George Wallace Letters to M. P. Shawkey, 1935, Marshall University Special Collections
0045: Joe James Bavely Statement, Marshall University Special Collections
0046: Laidley Family Papers, 1834-1944, Marshall University Special Collections
0047: Miller-Thackston Family Papers, 1849-1941, Marshall University Special Collections
0048: Marshall Academy Records, 1852-1856, Marshall University Special Collections
0049: James Holderby Indenture, 1838, Marshall University Special Collections
0050: James Beauchamp Clark Letter, 1850-1921, Marshall University Special Collections
0051: Lord McAuley Letter, 1857, Marshall University Special Collections
0052: Jenkins Family Papers, 1860-1989, Marshall University Special Collections
0053: John Gibson Papers, 1842-1887, Marshall University Special Collections
0054: Aleshire Family Papers, 1862-1889, Marshall University Special Collections
0055: Miller-Thackston family papers, 1849-1941, Marshall University Special Collections
0056: George Moon Letter, 1884, Marshall University Special Collections
0057: Addison Moffat Scott Papers, 1873-1939, Marshall University Special Collections
0058: Wayne Methodist Church History, 1960, Marshall University Special Collections
0059: Athens Methodist Church History, 1940, Marshall University Special Collections
0060: J. L. Hensley Manuscript, 1886, Marshall University Special Collections
0061: Smith Run Methodist Church History Manuscript, 1952, Marshall University Special Collections
0062: S. D. Wesson Civil War Diary Transcript, 1862-1864, Marshall University Special Collections
0063: James E. Morrow Letter, 1973, Marshall University Special Collections
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection, Marshall University Special Collections
0065: Dr. Richard Curry Papers, Marshall University Special Collections
0066: Harry Edmund Danford Papers, 1902-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
0067: C. C. Henking Collection, 1795-1861, Marshall University Special Collections
0068: Theeta Searcy Lyon Papers, 1923-1941, Marshall University Special Collections
0069: West Virginia Association of Colleges and Universities Papers, 1961-1974, Marshall University Special Collections
0070: Lyman Wight Letterbook, 1849-1856, Marshall University Special Collections
0071: Irvin Dugan Papers, 1933-1963, Marshall University Special Collections
0072: Draper Manuscript Collection, 1838-1891, Marshall University Special Collections
0073: Harmon Blennerhasset papers, 1764-1831, Marshall University Special Collections
0074: Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General [Microfilm], 1876-1896, Marshall University Special Collections
0075: Floyd J. Smith Diaries, 1887-1892, Marshall University Special Collections
0076: Confederate States of America, Army, Medical Department, 1862-1864, Marshall University Special Collections
0077: Laidley Family Papers, Marshall University Special Collections
0078: John McKernan Papers, 1967-1975, Marshall University Special Collections
0079: Anna Schrule Papers, 1901-1975, Marshall University Special Collections
0080: Hancock-Wilson-Baise Papers, 1887-1950, Marshall University Special Collections
0081: Henry Dourif Letters, Marshall University Special Collections
0082: Paul N. Musgrave papers, 1930-1974, Marshall University Special Collections
0083: Cabell County [West Virginia] Court Records, 1809-1866, Marshall University Special Collections
0084: Robert Saltz Papers, 1968-974, Marshall University Special Collections
0085: Lexington, Kentucky Clinic, 1928, Marshall University Special Collections
0086: Ellsworth Vachel Bowers, 1887-1938, Marshall University Special Collections
0087: Campbell-Staats Family Papers, 1875-1925, Marshall University Special Collections
0088: Ethel Simmons Papers, 1925-1962, Marshall University Special Collections
0089: Ora Patterson Biddle Papers, 1913-1968, Marshall University Special Collections
0090: Barta Studios, 1956-1983, Marshall University Special Collections
0091: United Fund, 1968, Marshall University Special Collections
0092: Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church Records, 1873-1974, Marshall University Special Collections
0093: Wallace Garfield Hayner Papers, 1933-1973, Marshall University Special Collections
0094: Charles Anthony (Carl) Hoffman, M.D., Papers, 1946-1975, Marshall University Special Collections
0095: Frank Witcher McCullough Collection, 1932-1939, Marshall University Special Collections
0096: Nimrod Mason Papers, 1863-1865, Marshall University Special Collections
0097: Jon Edward Thomas Collection, 1943-1975, Marshall University Special Collections
0098: S. J. Pollar Papers, 1862-1938, Marshall University Special Collections
0099: Cabell-Wayne Historical Society Collection, 1880-1973, Marshall University Special Collections
0100: Brown Family Papers, 1864-1934, Marshall University Special Collections
0101: Washington-Jefferson Holographs, 1781-1808, Marshall University Special Collections
