0.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)
Creator
Norona, Delf, 1895-1974
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
Correspondence to and from Delf Norona, a local historian, archeologist, and philatelist of Moundsville. Most of the correspondence
concerns the "Horn Papers", their publication and eventual discrediting as a historical hoax perpetrated by W. F. Horn. Supposedly
based upon authentic eighteenth-century diaries, court records and maps, the Horn Papers was a collection of transcripts about
the early settlement of the Ohio Valley. Norona, as an authority on the frontier era, was initially impressed and worked with
the Greene County (Pa.) Historical Society to get the transcripts published. He then later served on the investigating committee
sponsored by the Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia, which proved the transcripts to
be fraudulent. There are also letters concerning the West Virginia Historical Society, of which Norona served several terms
as president. Among the prominent correspondents are Carl Bridenbaugh, Lawrence Henry Gipson, and Arthur Pierce Middleton.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Delf Norona, Historian, Correspondence, A&M 3076, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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