CABELL, Samuel
ACCESSION 476.
Dates: 1818-1832.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers (photoreproduction), 23 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of William O. Markin, 1988.
Description: Revolutionary War soldier from Nelson County, Virginia; papers consist of military bounty land warrants and scrip issued in 1832; also will and some correspondence. Originals located in National Archives, Washington, D. C.

CABELL COUNTY, [VIRGINIA] CIRCUIT COURT.
ACCESSION 603.
Dates: 1809-1815.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Minute book, 1 vol. Photocopy of original located in the Cabell County, W. Va., courthouse.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Carrie Eldridge, 1994.
Description: Holograph; also contains "Commonwealth's Causes" (1809-1810). Transcribed in Eldridge's "1809-1815 Cabell County minute book abstracts : an abstract of the combinded [sic] "First" minute and law order books of Cabell County, VA/WV." (Accession 580).

CABELL COUNTY [VIRGINIA] COURT.
ACCESSION 550.
Dates: 1849-1862.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Rule Book, 1 volume (photoreproduction).
Method of Acquisition and date: Loaned for copying by Carrie Eldridge, 1992.
Description: List of judgements by county court on actions submitted by parties for arbitration,with notes on type of action and amount of damages.

CABELL COUNTY [VIRGINIA] SCHOOL COMMISSION.
ACCESSION 2004/09.0740
Dates: 1819-1883.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Records. 2 vols.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Nancy Hanger.
Description: The School Commissioners' record book (1819-1860) records orders of the commissioners: appointments; authorizations for expenditures; determination of the districts and how many schools will be subscribed to in each; and other business of the commissioners. The Record Book of Free Schools, Barboursville township (1865-1883), includes minutes of meetings; descriptions of the school districts; statistics on numbers of children; disbursements of funds; titles of textbooks; and other information relating to the operation of the schools.

CABELL COUNTY [WEST VIRGINIA] ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
ACCESSION 226 (PROCESSED; MS 63)
Dates: 1956-1977.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Records, 2 cu. ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Transferred, 1978.
Description: Minutes and scrapbooks.

CABELL COUNTY [WEST VIRGINIA] COUNTY CLERK.
ACCESSION 451 (PROCESSED; MS 99)
Dates: undated.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Book (photoreproduction), 61 leaves.
Method of Acquisition and date: Loaned for copying by Sandra Dyke, 1987.
:Description: Descriptions of the sixty-one lots that made up the original Savage land grant.

CABELL COUNTY [WEST VIRGINIA] COUNTY COURT.
ACCESSION 83 (PROCESSED; MS 51)
Dates: 1809-1866.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Records andminutes, Typescript (carbon copy), 2 vol. Preservation photoreproduction, 6 vol.
Method of Acquisition and date: Compiled by R. S. Douthat, former clerk of the court; includes circuit court records. Indexed.

CABELL COUNTY [WEST VIRGINIA] PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ACCESSION 543 (PROCESSED; MS129)
Dates: 1848-1984.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 1 cubic foot.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of the Library, 1992.
Description: Bulk of original gift was transferred to WV Collection vertical file; remainder includes some deeds and manuscript items, but consists primarily of photographs and glass slides of views of Huntington, West Virginia.

CABELL COUNTY [WEST VIRGINIA] MEDICAL SOCIETY.
ACCESSION 425.
Dates: 1951.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 7 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Dr. Robert Coon, 1985.
Description: A report to Gov. Okey Patteson regarding location of a proposed medical school, promoting Huntington as a site; letters from the governor and a report justifying the location at Morgantown.

CABELL COUNTY [WEST VIRGINIA] MEDICAL SOCIETY.
ACCESSION 504.
Dates: 1903-ca. to 1975.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 5 cu. ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Dr. Charles Moffat, 1985.
Description: Files of the medical society supplied to Dr. Moffat for research on his book, "History of the Cabell County Medical Society, 1890-1985;" includes minutes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

CABELL-WAYNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Accession 1975/06.0099
Dates: ca. 1880-1973.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 43.5 cu. ft.; 374 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Permanent loan of the Society, 1974.
Description: Important collection of photographs of Huntington and Cabell County, West Virginia families, buildings, and places. Extensive clipping and pamphlet files in addition to family papers, scrapbooks, framed documents, and display panels.

CALDWELL, Clara Jefferson, 1894-1972(?).
ACCESSION 372.
Dates: 1839-1954.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Notebook (photoreproduction), 116 p.
Method of Acquisition and date: Original in possession of Mrs. Naomi J. Sowards. Loaned for copying, 1982.
Description: Cabell County, West Virginia resident. Notebook contains holograph entries recording genealogical information about Caldwell, Winters, Jefferson and related families; household accounts; livestock records; deaths in Lesage area; activities at Oak Hill, Mt. Carmel and Z. Warner United Brethren Churches.

CALDWELL, David.
ACCESSION 2003.0719.
Dates: 1818-1853.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Letters, 4 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of james Jeffery.
Description: Carbon copy of typed transcripts of letters of Episcopal clergyman from Vermont, later Virginia.

CAMP CREEK CHURCH OF CHRIST
ACCESSION 2007/06.0760
Dates: 1920-1950.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 0.5 cu. ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Michael O. Tabor, 2007.
Description: A church record book for the Camp Creek Church of Christ located in the vicinity of East Lynn, West Virginia. The record book contains membership rosters, birth, death, and marriage information as well as financial information related to the congregation. Additional loose (un-numbered) register pages and correspondence are also included.

CAMPBELL, Ruth Cammack.
ACCESSION 149.
Dates: 1948-1970.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 15 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Acquired ca. 1974.
Chiefly magazine and newspaper articles about the community and civic activities of Mrs. Campbell and her aunt Grace Laferre Cammack, both of Huntington, West Virginia.

CAMPBELL FAMILY.
ACCESSION 459.
Dates: 1818-1971.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 24 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Transferred, 1987.
Description: RESTRICTED ACCESS; by permission of William Campbell. Genealogy of Huntington and Monroe County, West Virginia family; includes Ratliff family of Wayne County, West Virginia and Johnson family of Monroe County, West Virginia.

CAMPBELL-STAATS FAMILY.
ACCESSION 1974/10.0087
Dates: 1876-1924.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 2 ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Transfer, 1974.
Description: School papers and correspondence of Jennie Ratcliff Campbell of Wayne County and Huntington, West Virginia. Includes Campbell family history and miscellaneous cards, clippings, and account books as well as receipts and correspondence related to the construction of the Coleman Staats home, now the Marshall University President's home.

CANTRELL, John.
ACCESSION 154.
Dates: 1829.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Document, 1 item.
Method of Acquisition and date:
Description: Holograph bill of complaint by Philip Pitman, administrator of the estate of George Huston, against John and Mary Clendenin Cantrell of Mason County, (West) Virginia, as exhibited in the Superior Court of Chancery at Staunton, Virginia.

CARDER FAMILY.ACCESSION 166.
Dates: 1942-1945.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 1 ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Anna Carder Proffitt, 1976.
Description: Letters from Ancel B. Carder of the United States Marine Corps during second world war; also letters from family in Huntington, West Virginia.

CARELLI-GILBERT, Marti.
ACCESSION 527.
Dates: 1990
Collection Type/Materials and size: Galley proof (photoreproduction), 161 leaves.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of C. T. Mitchell, 1990.
Description: Halftime a book by Ms. Carelli-Gilbert, widow of Al Carelli, describes their marriage and how the family coped with his death. Carelli, a coach, was travelling with the Marshall University football team that died in the 1970 airplane crash.

CARROLL FAMILY.
ACCESSION 396.
Dates: 1867-1951.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 0.5 linear feet.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Lewis Carroll, June, 1984.
Description: Papers consist primarily of tax receipts for Cabell County, West Virginia property. Also included are drawing instruction booklets and embroidery patterns of the 1880's as well as newspaper clippings, programs of musical events and ration books from the Second World War.

CASTO, BERTHA.
ACCESSION 664.
Dates: 1934-1938.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Diaries, 3 vol.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Marjorie Willet, 1997.
Description: Charleston, W. Va., resident; diary entries describe daily activities of a physician’s wife; includes Dr. Casto’s entry recording his wife’s death.

CAVE, Preston A., Jr.
ACCESSION 409.
Dates: 1937-1967.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 20 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mrs. Sue Cook, 1985.
Description: Huntington, West Virginia resident, collector for Internal Revenue Service. Papers consist of training certificates, newspaper clippings, a letter of appointment and a photograph.

CAVERLEE, C. Clifford, collector.
ACCESSION 596.
Dates: 1895-1981.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Scrapbooks, 13 v.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mrs. C. C. Caverlee, 1994.
Baptist minister in West Virginia. Collection consists of Rev. Caverlee's collection of cancellations from West Virginia post offices, many of which are now non-existent.

CHAFIN, Andrew, 1886-1977.
ACCESSION 716 (COPYING RESTRICTED).
Dates: 1972.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Interview, 31 leaves.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Brad Chafin, 2002.
Description: Great-nephew of Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield discusses the feud and members of the Hatfield family.

CHANDLER, Janice.
ACCESSION 583.
Dates: 1969-1976.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, ca. 10 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Beth Hager, 1994.
Description: Huntington, W. Va. music educator. Papers include a script for "200 years celebration of Cabell county," a bicentennial musical presentation that was never produced.

CHAPMAN, Berlin Basil.
ACCESSION 467; 486Dates: ca. 1942-1980.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 0.5 linear feet + 2 reels of microfilm.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Dr. Chapman, 1987, 1988.
Description: West Virginia native, history professor at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Collection consists of books and pamphlets written by Dr. Chapman and others; includes microfilm of family papers and an essay, `One room schools of Mannington District, Marion County, West Virginia [1920-1922].

CHAPMAN, Robert, collector.
ACCESSION 306.
Dates: 1863-1886.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers (photoreproduction), 6 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Loaned for copying by Mr. Chapman, 1980, 1983.
Description: Copies of a Confederate discharge for Samuel Hamilton, notice of withdrawal of charges of desertion for Samuel B. Smith, and property return form.

CHENEY, Samuel F.
ACCESSION 169.
Dates: 1862-1891.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 75 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Temporary loan of Jack Womeldorf, 1976.
Description: Reports, inventories, vouchers, muster rolls, and other papers prepared by Captain Cheney of the Thirty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
ACCESSION 616.
Dates: 1897-1979.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 29 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Marjorie J. Willet, 1995.
Description: Corporate hospital established for railroad employees; papers relate to the hospital located in Huntington, W. Va. and include published histories, pamphlets and photographs. The Huntington hospital now houses the Marshall University School of Medicine.

CHICAGO, PARKERSBURG, & NORFOLK RAILROAD COMPANY OF VIRGINIA.
ACCESSION 215.
Dates: 1887.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 1 vol.
Method of Acquisition and date: Acquired, 1978.
Description: Holograph incorporation papers signed by Isaac Scott, G. B. Gibbens, and S. F. Shaw of West Virginia, and W. M. Morse and W. W. Lucas of Ohio and Covington, Virginia.

CHILDERS, Emma.
ACCESSION 314.
Dates: 1904-1945.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 8 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Emma Louise Gillespie, 1980.
Description: Marshall College alumna; teacher. Papers include a letter from Lawrence J. Corbly, President of Marshall College, and programs from National Education Association conventions.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS (Charleston, West Virginia branch)..
ACCESSION 256.
Dates: 1920-1932.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Records, 7 vol.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Lisle G. Brown, 1979.
Description: Minute books and roll and record books of the Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association, handbooks for Bee-Hive girls and minutes of Sunday evening branch meetings.

CHURCHILL, Winston.
ACCESSION 360.
Dates: 1943.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Letter (photoreproduction), 1 leaf.
Method of Acquisition and date: Received, 1982.
Description: Typescript letter inscribed `for Mark Twain file, James E. Morrow Library/Cyril Clemens.'

CLAGG, Harry.
ACCESSION 2004.0733.
Dates: 1935-1963.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 10 vols. (0.5 linear ft.).
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Sam Clagg.
Description: Scrapbooks and papers related to Clagg's years as a football player, coach and principal in Cabell Co., W. Va. schools: football programs, photographs, playbook, diagrams.

CLAGG, Sam E.,1920- .
ACCESSION 436.
Dates: 1958-1986.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 10.5 cubic feet.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Dr. Clagg, 1986.
Description: Marshall University professor of Geography, faculty leader, former acting president, author, cartographer. Papers include material from Dr. Clagg's service on Board of Regents advisory council of faculty, chairman of the faculty governance system and council of chairmen; drafts of several books and dissertation.

CLARK, Corrie and Kate Clark.
ACCESSION 173.
Dates: 1889.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Notebooks, 4 vol.; 6 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Transferred, 1977.
Description: School notebooks for literature, history, natural science and algebra. One item bears a Wytheville, Virginia address.

CLARKSBURG, W. VA. STEALEY HEIGHTS METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
ACCESSION 1976/03.0126 (PROCESSED; MS 37)
Dates: 1915-1928.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Typescript (photoreproduction), 4 p.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of J. B. F. Yoak, 1976.
Description: History of the founding, dedication and list of pastors until 1928.

CLENDENNING FAMILY
ACCESSION 134 (PROCCESSED; MS 40).
Dates: 1850-1944.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 1 ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Catherine Clendenning Oliver, 1976.
Description: Correspondence of family members from Harrison County, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia. Includes letters written during the First World War by Robert J. Clendenning, describing life in the Army Medical Department and in occupied Germany after the war. Also included are letters from Arminta Holliday Clendenning of Freeport, Ohio, describing life in the 1850's. Family histories, certificates, newspaper clippings, and photographs are also part of the collection.

COFFMAN, Mary S., compiler.
ACCESSION 464 (PROCESSED; MS 106)
Dates: 1843-1882.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Will abstracts, 1 vol.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Cora P. Teel, 1987.
Description: Typescript on mimeographed forms. Abstracts of Barbour County, West Virginia, will book vol. 1 1/2; indexed.

COLKER, Betty
ACCESSION 2008/08.0766
Dates: 1864-1865.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Newspapers, 47 issues.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mrs. Colker, 2008.
Description: Issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspapers.,

COLLINS, Anna Lee Musgrave Tallman.
ACCESSION 281.
Dates: 1909-1997.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 0.25 linear ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mrs. Collins, 1997.
Description: Point Pleasant, W. Va., resident. Papers relate to the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter NSDAR and local history materials about Mason Co., W. Va., including black and white photographs of Mason Co. historical highway markers.

COLLINS FAMILY.
ACCESSION
Dates: 1878-1920.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 16 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of William K. Easley, 1979.
Newark, Ohio, family. Papers consist of a diary kept by Louise Scheidler Collins (1878-1884); letters to Louise and Aimee Collins; deeds and certificates.

COLWELL CEMETERY PAPERS
ACCESSION 2009/09.0773.
Dates: 1753 - ca. 2009.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 8 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Joyce Lynn Thomas Hanna, 2009.
Description: Digital images of tombstones of member of the Colwell family of Mason Co.,W.Va.; includes a family pedigree chart and narrative of Capt. Oliver Brown concluding his Revolutionary War Service. Cemetery is now owned by Bob Baird, Gallipolis Fort, W.Va.

COMETTI, Elizabeth, collector.
ACCESSION 661.
Dates: 1861-1869.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Letters, 1 microfilm reel.
Method of Acqusition and date: Purchase, 1960.
Description: Former member of the Marshall University History Dept.; letters relating to W. Va. were microfilmed from the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina, namely the William T. Sutherlin and W. R. Redding collections.

COMFORT, Richard O.
ACCESSION 370.
Dates: 1962-1982(?).
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 1 cubic foot.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Dr. Comfort, 1982.
Description: Marshall University sociology professor. Papers consist primarily of secondary materials about rural sociology and Appalachian studies.

COMSTOCK, Jim, Collector.
ACCESSION 612.
Dates: 1976.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 2 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Transferred, 1995.
Description: Autograph letter signed by Marvin Stone to Comstock and holograph reminiscence of Huntington, W. Va. in 1940-1941 by John Duncan.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, Medical Department.
ACCESSION 1975/01.0076
Dates: 1862-1864.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Copybooks, 2 vol.
Method of Acquisition and date: Acquired, 1975.
Description: Register of Hospital number four, Army of the New River, directed by Dr. John A. Hunter, and copybook of Will Jennings, medical director of the Department of Southwestern Virginia. Volumes contain copies of letters and orders sent and received. The register for Hospital number four also contains lists of patients.

CONNER, Frances.
ACCESSION 312.
Dates: 1927-1928.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 13 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Acquired, 1980.
Description: Memorabilia from Huntington (West Virginia) High School and Marshall College: calling cards, program, newspaper clippings, invitation.

COOK, Willis, d. 2008
ACCESSION 2010/09.0780
Dates: 1965(?) to 1999(?).
Collection Type/Materials and size: Photograph collection, 180 photos, approx. 4 cu. ft)
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mrs. Delores Cook, 2010.
Description: Local Huntington photographer (died 11/17/2008) born in Wyoming Co., West Virginia. Graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography. From 1951 to 1957 was the WSAZ-TV station's first Director of Photography. Former Director of Public Relations for CSX Transportation.

CORBLY, Lawrence Jugurtha, 1858-1935.
ACCESSION 282.
Dates: ca. 1890.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Artifacts, 8 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mrs. Sidney Thomas Corbly, ca. 1951.
Description: First President of Marshall College (1906-1915); appointed principal in 1896. Items acquired by Mr. Corbly while studying in Germany: inkwell, carvings, watch case, among others.

COTTRILL, L. Beryl.
ACCESSION 457.
Dates: 1942-1946.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 0.5 linear feet.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mrs. Sue DeJournett, 1987.
Description: Salesman for Midland Grocery Company of Portsmouth, Ohio. Papers consist of change sheets--instructions and admonitions about the sale of the products. Notable for comments and insight into rationing and pricing during the Second World War.

CRAWFORD, Ina.ACCESSION 588.Dates: 1923-1936.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Scrapbook, 0.25 linear ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Source unknown; received 1994.
Description: Huntington, W.Va., businesswoman. Scrapbook contains letters, postcards, newspaper clippings, and ephemera pasted on entries in a ledger book. Correspondence includes letters from future husband Okey Hayslip, later Huntington C.P.A.

CRITICAL ISSUES COMMITTEE (Huntington, W. Va.).
ACCESSION 622.Dates: 1971-1973.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 19 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Transferred, 1996.
Description: Papers of this civic group consist of minutes of meetings in which numerous civic issues are discussed.

CUNNINGHAM, David.
ACCESSION 235.
Dates: 1858-1863.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 20 items.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mrs. Laura Woodall, 1978.
Description: Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, native and captain in Company B, 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Diaries cover 1862 and 1863, mention Antietam and Vicksburg campaigns, as well as activities in West Virginia. Also includes tax receipts for Harrison County, Ohio, 1858-1863.

CUNNINGHAM, Robert.
ACCESSION 2003-0717.
Dates: 1930-2002.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 0.25 linear ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Robert Cunningham.
Description: Primarily scrapbooks of photographs of river boats; includes two original oil paintings.

CURRENT HISTORY CLUB (Huntington, W. Va.)
ACCESSION 642.
Dates: 1908-1950.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Scrapbook, 1 vol.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Carol Watson, 1996.
Description: Women’s civic group established in 1906 and elected to membership in the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1908. Scrapbook depicts efforts to improve literacy and health conditions of disadvantaged children of Huntington, W. Va.

CURRY, Richard Orr, 1931- .
ACCESSION 1973/01.0065.
Dates: 1860-1986.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 3 ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Dr. Curry, various dates.
Description: Typescript and photostatic copies of letters and documents pertaining to West Virginia statehood, Dr. Curry's dissertation topic published in 1964 as A House Divided by the University of Pittsburgh press. Later accessions consist of Dr. Curry's papers concerning academic freedom and government censorship of overseas scholars.

CURRY, William.
ACCESSION 220.
Dates: 1976.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Typescript, 45 leaves.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mr. Curry, 1978.
Description: Draft of A Price Guide to Values. . .of Books Written by Jesse Stuart.

CUTLER, Ann.
ACCESSION 333.
Dates: 1922-1978.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 1.5 cubic feet.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Lillian Eiland, 1981.
Description: Free-lance writer, author of The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics, Instant Faith, and Four Minutes to Live. Marshall College alumna, 1924. Papers consist of copies of her articles from newspapers and magazines; galley sheets; correspondence; contracts; copies of books; diplomas; and a scrapbook.

CYRUS, Benjamin B., Jr.
ACCESSION 501.Dates: 1722-[1992].
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 1.5 cubic feet.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Mr. Cyrus, 1989, 1991, 1992.
Description: Genealogical research on Cyrus, McKeand, Kilgore, Hensley and related families of Wayne County, West Virginia.

CYRUS, Sally
ACCESSION 2007/11.0762
Dates: 1910-2005.
Collection Type/Materials and size: Papers, 10 cu. ft.
Method of Acquisition and date: Gift of Sally Cyrus, 2007.
Description: Local (Huntington, WV) resident whose family owned a landmark hardware store in Old Central City. Her collection includes her personal scrapbooks and memorabilia from her years as a Camp Fire girl, her mother's membership in the Huntington Azalea Garden Club, her personal collection of material from the Jewel Doll Club, and records of her active participation in the renovation of Old Central City.