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West Virginia and Regional History Center
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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles L. Robinson, Collector, Papers of a Marion County Family, A&M 3924, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Clarence D. Robinson was the President of Monongahela Bank, which began business in 1903 (West Virginia Blue Book, 1918), General Manager of Lambert Coal Company (Report of the State Board of Regents, 1916), and backed a venture to build a $300,000 theatre in Fairmont (Variety, 1922).
Scope and Contents
Papers collected by Charles L. Robinson, including business and family papers of Marion County businessman Clarence D. Robinson. There are books, photographs, ephemera, scrapbook, ledgers, and artifact. Addendum of 2015/03/16 includes a stock certificate, photographs of family members, a map of Fairmont, and scattered issues of Fairmont and Baltimore newspapers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Fairmont (W. Va.)
- Robinson family
- Robinson, Clarence D.
Container List
Series 1. Robinson Family Papers, Boxes 1 and 2
1876-1927 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 unfoldered
Book -- Fairmont City Directory (includes Fowler map of Fairmont attached to book)1902
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 unfoldered
Book -- "The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church"1876
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Photographs -- Two pictures of Clarence D. Robinson; One Funerary Photo of Elizabeth Morris Robinson (who passed away in 1917)ca. 1910-1917
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Photographs -- Four pictures of Charles Francis Robinson (son of Clarence and Elizabeth)ca. 1905-1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Photographs -- Three Mounted Prints of Fairmont (including one of bridge); One Print of Bridge over River Ice; One Published Photo of Bridge (1921)ca. 1890-1900, 1921
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Photographs -- Two Photos of "Sicilian Thimble Club" (1908); One Photo of Eighth Grade Class (1915); One Photo of Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia (undated)1908, 1915, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Ephemera -- Receipt from Wheeling Store (1883); Certificate from Methodist Episcopal Church (undated); Humorous Broadside Regarding Wedding (undated)1883, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Ephemera -- Assessment from Palatine Lodge (1892); Program for Methodist Episcopal Dedication Week for New Church (1911); Receipt for Building Supplies (undated)1892, 1911, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Photograph of Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad Depot1899/07/27
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Portrait Photograph of Clarence D. Robinson, Jr.1927
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Scrapbook of Lizzie Barnesca. 1881
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Receipt Book (includes list of names)1887
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Ledger (with label of "Coal Bank Book") (includes financial transactions, diary entries from "Palatine" dating from 1888-1889, and brief comments regarding weather from 1910-1918)1888-1918
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Ledger of Purchases (includes list of household goods)1887-1890
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Ledger of Employee Accounts1898
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Ledger of Purchases and/or Salesca. 1882-1883
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Ledger of Sales1884-1886
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 unfoldered
Artifact -- Purse from First National Bank of Fairmontundated
Series 2. Addendum of 2015/03/16, Box 3
1872-1922 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Stock Certificate for Harry P. Robinson's shares of Delmar Coal Company, Fairmont, WV1 April 1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Photograph of Blanche Boxwell Robinson, Charles F. Robinson, and Frank Barnes Robinson (Frank Robinson was State Senator for Jefferson County, WV [1920] and was the oldest child of Charles Lee Robinson of Fairmont, WV)1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Photograph of Frank Barnes Robinson as a Young Manca. 1905
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Photograph of Woman (writing on back reads: "grandfather [John?] Hoult's second wife. Mother of Thomas J. Hoult and William W. Hoult. Grandmother of Lohman Hoult." Rebecca Jane Hoult was married to Francis H. Robinson, parents of Charles L. Robinson)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Photograph of Ollie Cooper Barnes (wife of J. Walter Barnes, sister-in-law of Marie Elizabeth Barnes [who was wife of Charles L. Robinson])undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Photograph of Ella Robinson Sterling (wife of Dr. Albert W. Sterling, sister of Charles Lee Robinson)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Map Showing Extension of Fairmont, Marion County, WV (stamped first lot sale May 18th and 19th, 1892)ca. 1892
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
The West Virginian (name written in top margin: H. A. Bankhead22 August 1872
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Fairmont West Virginian (name written at top: C. L. Robinson)25 December 1885
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
The Fairmont Index (F. H. Robinson as addressee)13 July 1888
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
The Fairmont Index (promoting the town of Fairmont, WV)15 April 1892
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
The Fairmont Index (discusses the Fairmont Development Company)3 January 1894
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
The Fairmont Index (Harry Pressley Robinson, History of Fairmont, WV; Harry P. Robinson was brother of Charles Lee Robinson)26 June 1896
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD newspaper; article concerning William Howard Taft swearing in as president, autographed by Taft and Harry Delmer Robinson, Sr. [donor's grandfather])5 March 1909
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
The Fairmont Times (article regarding Carnegie Heroes awards and first African-American recipient)19 October 1907
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
The Fairmont West Virginian (Barnes Family Reunion article)1 September 1910
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
The Fairmont West Virginian (Titanic information)20 April 1912
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Baltimore American (3 issues concerning the sinking of the Titanic)20-22 April 1912
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
The Fairmont Times (special gravure section, bridge souvenir edition regarding New Concrete Bridge Dedication)29 May 1921
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
The West Virginian (articles regarding Another Black Hand Murder & Bridge Dedication [2 separate wrapped sections])31 May 1921
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
The Fairmont Times (2 copies of incomplete issue; tribute to Charles Lee Robinson from A. H. Jackson)16 April 1922
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
The West Virginian (article, Indictment of Coal Operators Threatened)10 June 1922
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
The West Virginian , National Publicity Edition (sections 2-4, featuring Clarence D. Robinson, brother of Charles L. Robinson)undated