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

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Finding Aids

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0547: Morrow Family Papers, 1775-1938, Marshall University Special Collections

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0548: Carl G. Wolfe Manuscript, 1987, Marshall University Special Collections

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0549: Byron T. Morris Papers, 1775-1989, Marshall University Special Collections

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0551: William Dusenberry Papers, 1843-1903, Marshall University Special Collections

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0552: Albert Esposito Papers, 1971-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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0553: Emilie Friedericke Muller Lowe Manuscript, 1751-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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0555: Cyrus Family Genealogy, 1740-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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0556: Huntington Humane Society Scrapbook, 1951-1953, Marshall University Special Collections

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0559: Benson J. Lubin Papers, 1904-1935, Marshall University Special Collections

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0560: Noah Lambert Papers, 1912-1926, Marshall University Special Collections

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0561: Lawrence E. Bruce Jr. Papers, 1990-1993, Marshall University

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0566: Robert S. Tamplin Jr. Papers, 1948-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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0567: Low Gap United Baptist Church Records, 1898-1944, Marshall University Special Collections

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0568: River Cities Cultural Council [Ashland, KY] Records, 1990-1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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0572: Velva Morrison Sharp, 1937-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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0573: Robert B. Hayes, 1965-1984, Marshall University Special Collections

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0574: Autograph Book, 1851-1855, Marshall University Special Collections

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0575: Women's Club of Huntington, 1961-1993, Marshall University Special Collections

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0576: Richard Marks Collection, 1953-2012, Marshall University Special Collections

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0583: Janice Chandler Papers, 1969-1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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0585: Augustus Kuper Family Papers, 1816-1818, Marshall University Special Collections

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0586: ECCHO (Eastern Cabell County Humanities Organization) Records, 1985-1986, Marshall University Special Collections

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0587: Grimm Family Papers, 1900-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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0588: Ina Crawford Scrrapbook, 1923-1936, Marshall University Special Collections

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0589: Nellie Radford Diploma, 1911, Marshall University Special Collections

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0590: Maurice Harmon Papers, 1993-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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0594: Charles Runyon Papers, 1945, Marshall University Special Collections

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0595: Grass Family Papers, 1909-1950, Marshall University Special Collections

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0596: C. Clifford Caverlee Collection, 1895-1981, Marshall University Special Collections

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0598: Marcia Myers Collection, 1895-1993, Marshall University Special Collections

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0605: John D. Harshbarger Papers, 1862-1961, Marshall University Special Collections

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0606: Beard Family Papers, 1942-1997, Marshall University Special Collections

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0607: George Colin McIntosh Typescript, Marshall University Special Collections

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0608: Andrew D. Earles Typescript, 1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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0609: Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching Records [Microfilm], 1930-1942, Marshall University Special Collections

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0610: Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records [Microfilm], 1852-1910, Marshall University Special Collections

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0611: Virginius R. Moss Papers, 1856-1903, Marshall University Special Collections

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0612: Jim Comstock Collection, 1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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0613: Paul D. Stewart Papers, 1862-1864, Marshall University Special Collections

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0614: Andrew Roseberry Papers, 1857-1995, Marshall University Special Collections

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0616: Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital Association Records, 1897-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

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0620: Ms. W.A. Millard and Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924, Marshall University Special Collections

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0621: Harold S. Straus Papers, 1970-1983, Marshall University Special Collections

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0622: Critical Issues Committee Papers, 1971-1973, Marshall University Special Collections

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0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections

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0627: Robert O. Ellis Papers, 1968-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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0630: R. Clinton Woodson Papers, 1942, Marshall University Special Collections

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0631: Bean-Kesinger-Ballard Family Manuscript, 1790-1898, Marshall University Special Collections

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0632: Dolores Imogene Dowling Papers, 1942-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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0636: James R. Shephard Papers, 1942-1965, Marshall University Special Collections

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0639: Huntington Homemakers Papers, 1957-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

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0641: Warren D. Morrison Typescript, 1996, Marshall University Special Collections

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0642: Current History Club Scrapbook, 1908-1950, Marshall University Special Collections

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0643: William Lloyd Griffin Letter, 1976, Marshall University Special Collections

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0644: Mae Newman Scrapbooks, 1957-1963, Marshall University Special Collections

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0645: Beecher R. Burnett Letters, 1943, Marshall University Special Collections

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0651: Smith Family Papers, 1935-1942, Marshall University Special Collections

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0652: James Thomas Hetzer Scrapbook, 1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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0653: Frances S. Hensley Papers, 1979-1983, Marshall University Special Collections

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0655: Ensign Family Papers, 1804-1945, Marshall University Special Collections

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0656: Hugo Hart Herrenkohl Manuscript, Marshall University Special Collections

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0657: Maureen B. Milicia Papers, 1960-1996, Marshall University Special Collections

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0658: Louis A. Mobayed Photographs, 1927-1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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0660: Matewan Development Center, Inc., 1989-1995, Marshall University Special Collections

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0661: Elizabeth Cometti Collection, 1861-1869, Marshall University Special Collections

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0662: Smith Family Correspondence, 1857-1866, Marshall University Special Collections

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0663: Anna Lee Musgrave Tallman Collins Papers, 1909-1997, Marshall University Special Collections

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0664: Bertha Casto Diaries, 1934-1938, Marshall University Special Collections

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0665: Ellen Dorcas Harn Papers, 1871-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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0666: Susan and Geoff Eacker Collection, 1997, Marshall University Special Collections

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0668: Opal Turman Schmeling Papers, 1995, Marshall University Special Collections

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0669: Sue Shank Manuscript, 1996, Marshall University Special Collections

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0670: Jean Edward Smith; John Marshall: Defender of a Nation Manuscript Materials, Marshall University Special Collections

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0671: James E. Verlander Papers, 1896-1911, Marshall University Special Collections

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0672: Anderson-Newcomb Company Photographs, 1895-1957, Marshall University Special Collections

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0673: Janet Gibbs Reed Papers, 1813-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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0674: Maxine Adkins Stewart Collection, 1926-1973, Marshall University Special Collections

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0675: Margaret Reasor Scrapbook, 1937-1951, Marshall University Special Collections

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0678: Karen N. Cartwright Nance Collection, 1865, Marshall University Special Collections

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0679: George Coleman Baker Typescript, 1936, Marshall University Special Collections

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0680: Marjorie Willett Collection, 1925-1958, Marshall University Special Collections

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0681: Virginia Talbott Quay Papers, 1918-1984, Marshall University Special Collections

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0682: Daughters of the American Revolution John Young Chapter, 1748-1989, Marshall University Special Collections

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0683: Reba Ann Light Goodno Scrapbook, 1898-1993, Marshall University Special Collections

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0684: Virginia Brown Laidley Manuscript, 1937, Marshall University Special Collections

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0685: United Daughters of the Confederacy. W. Va. Division Records, 1898-2004, Marshall University Special Collections

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0689: Associated Press Bulletins, Marshall University Special Collections

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0690: James Wilson Papers, 1842-1854, Marshall University Special Collections

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0691: Carl Burrowes Papers, 1988-1997, Marshall University Special Collections

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0694: Amy Hudok Collection, 1973-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

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0697: Archibald Debow Norris Diaries, 1861-1863, Marshall University Special Collections

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0698: W.Va. Chapter Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America Records, 1983-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

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0699: Dorothea Hall Papers, 1924-1935, Marshall University Special Collections

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0700: Etna Iron Works Ledger, 1876-1878, Marshall University Special Collections

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0701: William Lemaster Trial Transcript, 1993, Marshall University Special Collections

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0702: Kenneth Hechler Collection, Book Correspondence, 1954-1998, Marshall University Special Collections

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0703: Rosanna A. Blake Collection, 1818-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

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0704: Satellite Network of West Virginia (SatNet) Records, 1986-2001, Marshall University Special Collections

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0705: Carrie Noble Kline Papers, Marshall University Special Collections