5.9 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 ft. 11 in. (14 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 scrapbook, 1 in.)
Creator
Lowther, Minnie Kendall, 1869-1947
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/
Language
English
Abstract
M.K. Lowther (1869-1947) was a journalist and one of the first women newspaper editors in West Virginia. She was the author
of the HISTORY OF RITCHIE COUNTY; BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND IN ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY; FRIENDSHIP HILL, HOME OF ALBERT GALLATIN;
MARSHALL HALL AND OTHER POTOMAC POINTS IN STORY AND PICTURE; and MT. VERNON: ITS CHILDREN, ITS ROMANCES, ITS ALLIED FAMILIES
AND MANSIONS. There are complete and incomplete typescripts, rough drafts, revisions, photographs and plates of her books.
Also there are typescripts of news articles on Washington, D.C., the Potomac Valley, and Wood County. There are genealogical
notebooks and correspondence and also correspondence to publishers concerning business arrangements. Families mentioned are:
Ball, Barber, Bee, Brake, Broadwater, Burns, Chenoweth, Clayton, Collins, Corbitt, Cox, Cunningham, Davis, Day, Dougherty,
Drake, Fittro, Fitzrandolph, Goff, Hall, Hardman, Harris, Haymond, Henderson, Hoff, Hughes, Ireland, Jackson, Johnson, Kapkin,
Kendall, Kercheval, Kuykendall, Leep, Leg(g)ett, Lemon, Lowther, McDougal, McGinnis, McGregor, McNeill, Marsh, Maxwell, Meredith,
Minear, Modesitt, Morgan, Morrison, Murphy, Null, Nutter, O'Maley, Piatt, Pierpont, Pribble, Prunty, Ralston, Reger, Riddel,
Riddle, Scott, Sharp, Shinn, Sleeth, Smith, Stump, Taylor, Waldo, Web(b), Willard, Willis, Wilson, and Zinn.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers, A&M 0740, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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