1.6 Linear Feet, 1 ft. 7 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 4 in.)
Quantity
0.0002 Gigabytes, 2 .pdf and .docx files, These files have been printed and added to folder 1.
Creator
Harper 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/
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harper Family of Pendleton County, Photographs and Papers, A&M 4281,
West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Photographs of the Harper Family of Pendleton County. Also includes a small amount of genealogical and manuscript material.
Photo formats include cartes de visite, tintypes, cabinet cards, mounted photos, prints, and photo postcards. Subjects include
the Charles Skidmore Harper Family, the Jacob Conrad Harper and Susan McDonald Harper Family, additional Harper family members,
and members of associated families, including the Carr, Cooper, Daniels, Harman, Harrison, and Montoney families. Addendum
of January 2018 (box 1, folders 20-25, and box 2) includes mostly photographs of various family members, including the families
of Amby Harper, Jacob C. Harper, Susanna Skidmore, and Dr. E.A. Harper, as well as a few family trees. Addendum also includes
material pertaining to Brandon Fuller, a WVU graduate (1951) and a Harper family descendant.
Separated to book collection:
Lydia Harper, or, The lost child : a true narrative, illustrative of the text (1848) bound with Heathen books and Christian tracts (1846) published by American Sunday-School Union.
Cartes de Visite Album (includes 8 CDVS, half of the subjects are identified)
ca. 1850s-1880s
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Notebook (includes accounts and genealogy notes, may have belonged to an Otis Harper)
ca. 1911-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Charles Skidmore Harper Family Papers (includes correspondence, deeds, etc. for C.S. Harper and family, and many Harmans)
ca. 1910-1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Charles Skidmore Harper Family Photographs (includes roughly 5 mounted photos, 47 black and white prints, 1 cabinet card,
1 photo postcard, and 1 tintype; subjects seem to be Charles, his wife, and children)
ca. 1890-1948
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Charles Skidmore Harper Family Photographs (includes 5 mounted photos, 4 black and white prints)
ca. 1900-1958
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Charles Skidmore Harper Family New Testament
1859
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Jacob Conrad Harper and Susan McDonald Harper Family Photos (includes roughly 9 mounted group portraits, 1 cabinet card, 1
black and white print, 3 scans, and two newspapers)
ca. 1880-1960
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Jacob Conrad Harper and Susan McDonald Harper Family Photos (includes roughly 11 black and white prints and 2 color prints)
ca. 1920-1964
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Lelia Harper Mauzy Family Tintype Album (Leila was daughter of Amby Harper; album includes roughly unidentified 31 tintypes,
some loose, and 1 CDV)
ca. 1860s-1880s
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Dr. E.A. Harper Photos (1 cabinet card of E.A. Harper, two mounted photos of his home in California)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Erma Harper Photos and Postcards (includes 2 black and white prints, 2 photo postcards, 1 postcard)
ca. 1910s
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Harper Family Material (includes genealogical notes, facsimiles of mostly identified photographs, clippings, a mounted photo,
and other material)
ca. 1870-2017
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Business Card and Photos (Dr. R. M. Harper business card, 2 small black and white prints, 2 photo postcards, all of children)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Cooper Family Photos (includes 1 color print, 1 photo postcard, 6 black and white prints, 5 mounted photos, and 2 cabinet
cards)
ca. 1880s-19504
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Montoney Family Photos (includes 2 black and white prints and 3 mounted photos)
ca. 1900-1920
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Identified Photos (unsorted photos of members of the Carr, Harrison, Harper, Harman, Daniels families; includes roughly 8
photo postcards, 10 mounted photos, 2 cabinet cards, and one name card)
ca. 1900-1930s
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Identified Photos (unsorted photos of members of the Carr, Harrison, Harper families; includes roughly 9 modern facsimiles,
2 color prints, 12 black and white prints)
ca. 1900-200s
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Unidentified Photos (includes roughly 29 photo postcards, 21 black and white prints, 5 mounted photos, 1 cabinet card, 6 color
prints, and 2 pieces of correspondence)
Amby Harper Family Papers (includes correspondence, deeds, and genealogical information)
ca. 1884-1940, 2000English.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Amby Harper Family Photos (includes mostly tintypes, a cased daguerreotype, and a photo postcard)
ca. 1870s-1890sEnglish.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
Jacob C. Harper Family Papers (deed correspondence, etc.)
1911, undatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Jacob C. Harper Family Photos (includes cabinet cards, photo postcards, prints, and more regarding mostly the children of
Jacob)
ca. 1880-1971English.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
Jacob C. Harper Family Photos (includes mostly prints regarding the children of Jacob and their families)
ca. 1900-1964English.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Children of Susanna Skidmore and Nicholas Harper Photos
ca. 1860-1900English.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Photos of Dr. E.A. Harper's Descendants
ca. 1870-1920English.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Assorted Harper Family Photos
1902, undatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4-6
Brandon Fuller Papers (Fuller is a Harper descendant who graduated from WVU in 1951; papers include photographs, clippings,
items from his school days, material pertaining to his wife who taught in Morgantown, and more)
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