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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers, A&M 0122, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Collection includes original copies of correspondence relating to Virginia and West Virginia, as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, and research notes. Events pertaining to the Civil War and the formation of West Virginia are covered. Among the most important items are the private correspondence of Waitman T. Willey (1835-1861 and 1866-1868); data pertaining to education in Mason County, West Virginia (1861-1875); typescript copies of letters of Samuel Woods (see also A&M 1445); typescript copies of diary of Lieutenant Fabricius Augustus Cather (for originals, see A&M 3633); private correspondence (1939-1941); Mercer County records; Marion County records; McDowell County records; and Jackson, Mineral, Raleigh, Taylor, Pendleton, Pleasants, Greenbrier, and Wood County items. Also includes information relating to Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, and Parkersburg. Other matters of interest are contained in letters written by John Brown, Wills DeHass, and Alexander Boetler, and references to Stonewall Jackson, James Rumsey, genealogy of the Robertson family, and battles of the Civil War.

Related Material

122, 743, 1003, 1010

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957
• Boteler, Alexander Robinson, 1815-1892
• Brown, John, 1800-1859
• Cather, Fabricius A.
• DeHass, Wills.
• Education. SEE ALSO Schools.
• Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History
• Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
• Mason County (W. Va.)
• Mason County W.Va. - education
• Parkersburg (W. Va.)
• Robertson
• Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792
• Shepherdstown (W. Va.)
• Statehood politics -- West Virginia
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
• West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900
• Woods, Samuel.