Guide to Collection 416. Charles Town, West Virginia Collection of Photographs, n.d.

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Appalachian State University

Contact Information:

Special Collections
Carol G. Belk Library and Information Commons
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
28608 USA
Phone: (828) 262-4041
Fax: (828) 262-2553
Email: spcoll@appstate.edu
URL: http://www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll

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Repository:	Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection
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Title:	Collection 416. Charles Town, West Virginia Collection of Photographs, n.d.
Language of Material:	Material in English
Location:	The Documents Series are housed within the small collection files. Photographs are stored within the cold storage unit.
Abstract:	Charles Town, West Virginia Collection of Photographs is a collection of twenty-eight mid-nineteenth century portraits of individuals believed to be from Charles Town in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

Extent:	0.025 linear feet, 3 archival folders

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. No Inter-Library Loan. The photographs are housed separately within a cold storage unit. Please allow additional time to allow the photograph to adjust to room temperature.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection 416. Charles Town, West Virginia Collection of Photographs, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.

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Acquisitions Information

The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection in April 2008. Its accession number is 08-23. It is not open to the public.

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Processing Information

Processed by Kathryn Staley, June, 2008

Encoded by Kathryn Staley, June, 2008

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Historical Note

Charles Town, West Virginia is located in Jefferson County, West Virginia in the northeastern panhandle. Charles Washington founded the town in 1786. In 1801, Jefferson County was formed from Berkeley County. Jefferson County contains 212 square miles, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the Shenandoah River. Abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charles Town in 1859.

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Collection Overview

These photographs likely originate from Jefferson County, West Virginia; however, some appear to have been misplaced within the photograph album resulting in an inability to determine the accuracy of the photograph album's names within the collection as a whole.

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Collection 416. Charles Town, West Virginia Collection of Photographs. (undated)

		Collection 416A. Document Series. (undated)
Folder
1	1	Photocopies of the Photograph Album.

		Collection 416B. Photograph Series. (undated)
The Photograph Series is organized in original arrangement within the photograph album. None are dated. These are stored in the cold storage unit and require additional time to return to room temperature.
Unless noted, the names were found on the photograph album and some are definitely incorrect as shown by feminine names being attached to males' photographs.
Folder
1	1	Mary Schofield.

		William Grantham and wife Maria Waugh.
			The woman is wearing a cap.

		Adam Rhilman.
			The photograph is of a girl, approximately 10 years old, sitting on a tassled chair.

		Helen Jessie Rosenburg.
			Moustached man standing in an overcoat.

		Wesley Wilson.
			Man in a goatee.

		Eddie Rosenburg.
			Girl approximately 5 years old.

		Jessie Rosenburg.
			Man with lighter colored hair in overcoat.

		McKendry Rieley.


		Willie Rieley.
			Man in his twenties.

		George Duke.
			Man in his twenties.

		Laura Lewis.
			Three year old girl.

		William Smith.
			Moustached man in his late thirties.

		Clifton LittleJohn, his sister Julia Johnson, and her baby.
			Child is about three years old; man is moustached.

		Charile and Woodward Johnson.
			Two boys between 5 and 10 years old.

		Young unnamed teenage girl with ringlets and rings.

		Two unnamed young girls, about seven years old.

		Neely Clifton.
			Moustached man in his early thirties.
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2	2	Annie Kirby.
			Twenty year old woman.

		Mrs. Potterfield.
			Woman in late teens or early twenties with necklace.

		Sherrie Brown.
			Woman in twenties.

		Unnamed woman in Civil War era dress.

		Cousin Elizabeth [Shilchison?].
			Woman in Civil War dress.

		Frank Driscoe.
			Girl approximately 2 years old.

		Mrs. Mary Kerchival.
			Fifty year old Civil War era woman.

		John Kerchival.
			Sixty year old man.

		Eddie Rosenburg.
			Eight year old boy.

		Lee Johnson.
			Four year old blond boy with checked outfit.

		Lydia Moore Millar, mother of Fannie Moore, grandmother of Fannie and Emma Alkinson.
			Elderly woman in Civil War era dress and a cap. The photograph album labeled her as Thomas E. Smith.