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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Monongalia County Round Barn Records, A&M 2940, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers of Margaret Little of Morgantown, West Virginia regarding the history of two buildings located near Westover, West Virginia. Addendum of 2016/01/14 includes poetry written by Little.

Papers regarding the "Round Barn" include a typescript by Little on the history of the building, which was built in the late nineteenth century by Ulissus Ralphsnyder, a Morgantown farmer and cattle dealer. Little also discusses the current state of the building and potential efforts towards its preservation. Appended is a floor plan of the barn, with notes regarding its condition in 1984. (Later that year, the building would be moved to Arthurdale and restored.) There are also five photographs: four of the building itself and one of the grave of Ralphsnyder's daughter Jesta, which is located on the property.

Papers regarding the Colonel Dudley Evans house include a typescript by Little on the history of the house and of the Evans family, who settled in Monongalia County ca. 1770. When she was a child, Little lived in the house with her family for about a year. Accompanying the typescript is a pencil drawing of the house made by Will Strunk in 1939.

Addendum of 2016/01/14; 1970-1997; 1/2 in. (3 folders); includes poetry written by Little.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Evans family
• Evans family house.
• Evans, Dudley.
• Little, Margaret.
• Monongalia County, W. Va. -- Buildings
• Poets, American -- West Virginia
• Ralphsnyder's Round Barn
• West Virginia - Poetry.
• Westover (W. Va.)