Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Confederacy Supporters in Wheeling, 1819-2004, undated A&M 5179

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Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 5179

Title

Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Confederacy Supporters in Wheeling 1819-2004, undated 1850s-1860s 2000-2004

URL:

https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197706

Quantity

1.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (1 record carton)

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

Research papers compiled by history professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf regarding his study of people who supported the Confederacy in Wheeling, (West) Virginia in 1861. Includes manuscript research notes and facsimiles of documents regarding prisoners of war; traitors; legislative petitions (topics include transportation, education, banking, temperance, and property); military service (including the Shriver Grays, a Confederate unit organized in Wheeling in 1861); religion; black newspapers and history; labor and socialism; and court records (includes marriages and naturalizations). Also includes material related to a class Dr. Fones-Wolf taught on these subjects.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Confederacy Supporters in Wheeling, A&M 5179, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Related Material

5170, 5179

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Confederate States of America
Fones-Wolf, Ken
Ohio County (W. Va.)
West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Wheeling (W. Va.)

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Ohio County (W. Va.)
West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Wheeling (W. Va.)