Russell Lawrence Family Papers, 1886-1964 , A&M 3589

West Virginia and Regional History Center

1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com
URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu

Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Abstract

Papers of the family of Russell Lawrence of Riverton, West Virginia in Pendleton County. Russell Lawrence was a farmer, school teacher, and deacon of a church. Includes: letter regarding Lawrence Estate (1954); correspondence regarding family business and legal affairs and local church matters, among other topics (1920s-1940s); memo books including names and brief notes regarding financial transactions (1886, 1929-1964); pamphlets with religious messages from outside West Virginia (1920s-1930s); miscellaneous pamphlets including one from the World's Dispensary Medical Association (1908), "The Custodian and the School Child" from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (ca. 1920s), and "Safety Education in Home and School" (ca. 1930s); greeting cards (ca. 1929-1944); and ephemera, including bill from Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company (1941), "loyalty stamp" cards (1943), and two advertising cards from the Chicago Tailors Association (1925), among other items.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Russell Lawrence Family Papers, A&M 3589, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Separated Material

To Books: 1) "The Shepherd College Catalog" (7-31-2006). To Serials: 1) "West Virginia Institute Bulletin" published by the West Virginia State Department of Education (1927). To Printed Ephemera: 1) "Building for Christ; Step by Step; The Peoples Church" published by the Shenandoah Valley Gospel Association of Harrisonburg, Virginia (1949).