Louis and Sallie Bennett, Papers of a Lewis County Family, ca. 1870-1930 A&M 4198

Louis and Sallie Bennett, Papers of a Lewis County Family, ca. 1870-1930 A&M 4198


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 4198
Title
Louis and Sallie Bennett, Papers of a Lewis County Family ca. 1870-1930
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197491
Quantity
2.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 ft. 2 1/2 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)
Creator
Bennett family
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
Papers of Louis Bennett, a wealthy lawyer, and of his wife, Sallie Bennett. This collection is minimally processed. Includes letters, a few photographs, and other material. There are records regarding the Glenville Normal School (including reports, correspondence, and advertising from publishers of school books) where Mr. Bennett was a principal (1870s); and letters authored by Sallie Bennett to her husband Louis (1880s). This collection is largely unprocessed.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Louis and Sallie Bennett, Papers of a Lewis County Family, A&M 4198, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Scope and Contents

Papers of Louis Bennett, a wealthy lawyer, and of his wife, Sallie Bennett. This collection is minimally processed. Includes letters, a few photographs and other material. There are records regarding the Glenville Normal School (1870s), and letters authored by Sallie Bennett to her husband Louis (1880s). This collection is largely unprocessed.

Separated Material

To Printed Ephemera Collection:

Clarksburg, The Jewel of the Hills . Clarksburg: Chamber of Commerce, 1926.

Five years of Council-Manager Government in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Annual Report . Clarksburg: City Council. 1926.


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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2
Correspondence and other material related to Louis Bennett and the Glenville Normal School
1870s
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 4
Correspondence related to Sallie Bennett, including letters to and from her (future) husband Louis, and other material
1880s
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Miscellaneous material, including photos, printed items, and manuscripts
ca. 1870-1890, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Oversize portrait photograhs of three pilots (including Louis Bennett, Jr.), two magazines from London (with articles re Bennett, Jr.), other
ca. 1917-1925