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Box        Folder     Contents

 

1          1          101 Facts about Wheeling

1          2          1049-1063 Main Street

1          3          738-740 Main Street

1          4          American Legion Post #1

1          5          Arion Hall/Ferrel Building, 2000 Main Street

1          6          Arion Hall—Wheeling’s German Singing Society

1          7          Athenaeum Prison

1          8          “The Aviator” Monument [Louis Bennett, Jr.]

1          9          Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

22        1          Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1 of 2)

22        2          Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (2 of 2)

1          10        Bethany College – Upper Ohio Valley Archives

1          11        Biographical Information on Beverly Fluty

1          12        Bloch House-Block Party

1          13        Bridgeport Bridge

1          14        C & P Telephone

1          15        Caldwell, Alfred and George

1          16        Campbell, A.W.

1          17        Capitol Music Hall

1          18        Carroll Club/ Paull-Paxton House

                        Center Wheeling Contracts - Oversized Materials

1          19        Center Wheeling, Historic

1          20        Center Wheeling, Chapline Row

1          21        Central Union Building, 14th and Market Street

1          22        Centre Foundry

1          23        Centre Market Nomination and Preservation

22        3          Centre Market, notes and clippings

22        4          Centre Wheeling, contracts

22        5          Centre Wheeling, maps

1          24        Chapman and Hutchisson Building, 1218 and 1222 Main Street

1          25        Cholera in Wheeling

2          1          Christmas in Wheeling (1 of 2)

2          2          Christmas in Wheeling (2 of 2)

2          3          Churches

2          4          Civic Center Mural Dedication [reproduction of Céloron plaque / leaden plate]

2          5          Civil War in Wheeling

2          6          Clemons, Sherrard and Gibson, Henry and Jane

2          7          Coal in West Virginia

2          8          Court Theatre

2          9          CrossGates Highrise for the Elderly [now Petroplus Towers]

2          10        Cruger, Daniel

2          11        Cummins, Dr. Robert Hazlett [transcription of diary]

3          1          Davis, Rebecca Harding

3          2          Delta Queen Trip / Heritage Port Festival

3          3          Dunbar House, 629 Main Street

3          4          Echo Point

3          5          Eckhart House, 810 Main Street

3          6          Electricity in Wheeling

3           7          Elm Grove and Steel Bridges

3          8          Faces of Wheeling

3          9          Faris, Joseph

3          10        First Church of Christ, Scientist (14th and Jacob Streets)

3          11        First English Evangelical Lutheran Church

3          12        First National Bank, 12th and Main Street

3          13        First United Presbyterian Church

3          13a      Flaccus building

3          14        Flags of America

3          15        Fort Henry

3          16        Fort Henry Club (and block, including Kepner Funeral Home)

3          17        Fort Henry Stone

3          18        Franzheim, Giesey, and Faris (Architecture Firm)

4          1          Friends of Wheeling Activities, 1970-1980s

4          2          Friendship Hill

4          3          Frissell House, 54 14th Street

4          4          Germans in Wheeling

4          5          Glass, general research notes

4          6          Goshorn, William S.

4          7          Grave Creek Mound

4          8          Greenwood Cemetery Tour Research

4          9          Grimm House – Beech Glen

4          10        Gunboat “Wheeling”

4          11        HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey) and HAER (Historic American Engineering Record) in Wheeling, 1971-1992

4          12        Hancher Clock and Hancher history [includes photographs of 1998 restoration]

4          13        Hempfield Railroad / Viaduct

4          14        Hess House, 811 Main Street

4          15        Holliday House (William and Lydia), 2330 Eoff Street

4          16        Hobbs Home, 3530 Eoff Street

5          1          Hughes House, 751 Main Street

5          2          Hullihen Monument

5          3          Jacob, Alexander Mitchell

5          4          John Knote Building, 1049 Main Street

5          5          La Belle

5          6          Lebanese in Wheeling [see related photographs in Centre Wheeling photographs folder]

5          7          Linsly and the First State Capitol

5          8          List and Hazlett Houses, 821-823 Main Street

5          9          List Buildings, 1400-1408 Main Street

5          10        List House, 827 Main Street

5          11        List, Henry K.

5          12        “Made in Wheeling” Company Details

5          13        “Made in Wheeling” Company Lists

5          14        Madonna of the Trail

5          15        Main Street Bridge

5          16        Marsh Wheeling Stogies

5          17        McConkey Monument

5          18        McFadden Building, 1122 Market Street

5          19        McLure House

6          1          Miller, William W.

6          2          Mingo Indian

6          3          Monument Place, general research

6          4          Monument Place Tours (Affiliated Materials)

6          5          Monument Place Tours (Scripts) [includes 2 photographs of Fluty]

6          6          Nation, Carrie (Carry) A.

6          7          National Park Service Involvement

6          8          National Pike Festival

6          9          National Road

6          10        National Road Mile Markers

7          1          Oglebay Christmas and Gas Tree Research

7          2          Oglebay Events and Exhibits [featuring North Wheeling (“Old Town”)]

7          3          Oglebay Mansion Student Tours of Wheeling [Wheeling Discovery program]

7          4          Oglebay Owners Return Tour (Wheeling 225th Birthday Events)

7          5          Oglebay Park History

7          6          Oglebay Property Owners

7          7          Oglebay, Seventh National Glass Seminar

8          1          Oglebay, Wheeling Glass Exhibit

8          2          Oglebay, Wheeling Glass Exhibit Research

8          3          Oglebay, Wheeling Glass History Event, 1994

8          4          Oglebay, Wheeling Glass Pamphlets and Clippings

8          5          Ohio County Election of 1860

8          6          Ohio County Public Library

8          7          Ohio River (1 of 2)

8          8          Ohio River (2 of 2)

8          9          Operation Look-Up Series

8          10        Owens, John Joseph [Paintings of Old Wheeling]

8          11        Palace of Gold (New Vrindaban)

8          12        Paull House, 729 Main Street

8          13        Paxton Building, 1108 Main Street

8          14        Paxton, James

9          1          Phillips Buildings, 600 Block Main Street

9          2          Preservation Conference engagements

9          3          Proud of Wheeling Campaign, brochure, 1989

9          4          Pythian Building / College Square Plaza

9          5          Pythian Castle

9          6          Reuther, Walter [includes audiocassette, “Theodore C. Reuther, Mrs. Reuther, Father Lewis and Beverly Fluty at their home on Floral Ave., February 1, 1982”]

9          7          Rhodes and Hazlett Houses, 921-923 Main Street

9          8          Schenk, Otto

9          9          Schmeichel Building, 2265-2267 Market Street

9          10        Schmulbach, Henry

9          11        Schmulbach Building, 1134 Market Street

9          12        Slavery in Wheeling (featuring Lucy Bagby)

9          13        Smith, George Weatheral

9          14        Soldiers and Sailors Monument

9          15        Spirit of the American Doughboy” Monument (Wheeling Park)

10        1          St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church

10        2          St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

10        3          St. Vincent de Paul Church

10        4          Statehood mural research

10        5          Sterling Drug Company

10        6          Stifel Fine Arts Center

10        7          Stifel-Kossuth House 807 Main Street

10        8          Stone and Thomas Store

10        9          Stratford Springs

10        10        Sullivan, Patrick J.

10        11        Thomas, Jacob C.

10        12        Unruh Building, 1125 and 1127 Main Street

10        13        Victoria Theatre and Mother Jones

10        14        “A Walking Tour of Victorian Wheeling”

10        15        Walking tours, general

11        1          Washington Hall and Replacements

11        2          Washington statue

11        3          Welty Buildings, 1118 Main Street and 1222 Market Street

11        4          West Virginia Centennial

22        6          West Virginia Independence Hall

11        5          West Virginia Northern Community College (College Square Plaza)

11        6          West Virginia Penitentiary

11        7          West Virginia postal service

11        8          West Virginia prohibition

11        9          Wheeling advertisements

11        10       Wheeling Area Historical Society Newsletters and Clippings

11        11        Wheeling Artisan Center, Exhibit research, 1990s

11        12        Wheeling companies, historic (1 of 2)

11        13        Wheeling companies, historic (1 of 2)

11        14        Wheeling, glass research

12        1          Wheeling history, 2000 Leading Facts booklet

12        2          Wheeling history, correspondence

12        3-8       Wheeling history, general, clippings

13        1          Wheeling history, research (uncategorized) [1 of 2]

13        2          Wheeling history, research (uncategorized) [2 of 2] [separated - oversized copy of 1903 tracing “Plat of Old Town Wheeling, WV”]

13        3          Wheeling history, resource list

13        4          Wheeling hospitals

13        5          Wheeling monuments

13        6          Wheeling Park history

13                    13        7          Wheeling potteries

13        8          Wheeling stained glass           

13        9          Wheeling street cars

13        10        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1847

13        11        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1847 - Daily Times and Minutes

13        12        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1848

13        13        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1849

13        14        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1847, 1848, 1850, newspaper copies

14        1          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1859, 1860, 1863

14        2          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1871-1873, 1886, 1890

14        3          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1890 Supreme Court Case

14        4          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1941, 1943

14        5          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1969

14        6          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1970

14        7          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1971

14        8          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1972

14        9          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1974

14        10        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1975

14        11        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1976

14        12        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1977

14        13        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1978

14        14        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1979

14        15        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1980 (1 of 2)

15        1          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1980 (2 of 2)

15        2          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1981

15        3          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1982

15        4          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1983

15        5          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1984

15        6          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1985

15        7          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1986

15        8          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1986 National Trust presentation

15        9          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1987 [includes photographs of Lighting the Bridge ceremony and  LP:  Chris Rewalt, City of Lights, Car Music BMI, 1987]

15        10        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1987 National Trust Photo Exhibit

15        11        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1988

15        12        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1989 [140th birthday celebrations, includes photographs]

15        13        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1990

15        14        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1991

16        1          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1993

16        2          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1995-1996

16        3          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1997

16        4          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1998

16        5          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1999

16        6          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, book 1999

16        7          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, International Conference of Historic Bridges, 1999

16        8          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, cable wrapping (1999)

16        9          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 2000

16        10        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 2000-2001

16        11        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, articles about suspension bridges (including Wheeling Suspension Bridge)

17        1          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, articles (1 of 2)

17        2          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, articles (2 of 2)

17        3          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Wheeling Suspension Bridge Award

17        4          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, brochures

17        5          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Ellet, Charles (1 of 2)

17        6          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Ellet, Charles (2 of 2) [includes photographs of Ellet’s grave site]

                        17        7          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, court case and Act of Congress

                        18        1          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, documentary, 1998-1999 (1 of 2)

18        2          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, documentary, 1998-1999 (2 of 2)

18        2a        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, “An Honor to the Country” article

18        3          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Honor Award nomination materials for Suspension Bridge

18        4          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, lighting

18        5          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, newspaper series (1 of 2)

18        6          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, newspaper series (2 of 2)

18        7          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Oglebay Mansion Collection, Suspension Bridge Materials

18        8          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, paint colors

18        9          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, presentation at Madison School (1999)

18        10        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, postage stamp

18        11        Wheeling Suspension Bridge, reports and history 1897, 1928, 1931, 1953, 1957

19        1          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Roebling, John A.

19        2          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, significance

19        3          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Tour

19        4          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Charter and Bridges

19        5          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, The Wheeling Bridge Case, by Elizabeth Monroe

19        6          Wheeling Suspension Bridge: A Pictorial Heritage; illustration, captions

19        7          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, general

19        8          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, plan for preservation, Emory Kemp, 1979

19        9          Wheeling Symphony

19        10        Wheeling Terminal Railroad Bridge

19        11        Wheeling theatres

19        12        Willow Glen (McKinley Mansion)

19        13        “Women of West Virginia,” brochure

19        14        Woodward, Simpson Harvey (La Belle founder)

19        15        WWVA 40th Anniversary (1943-1973), booklet

19        16        Zane buildings, 109-111 Main Street

19        17        Zinn Building, 1001 Main Street

19        18        Zion Lutheran Church’

19        19        Non Wheeling articles

 

Photographs

20        1          1983 Wheeling history illustrations, negatives (1 of 2)

20        2          1983 Wheeling History Illustrations, slides and small album of prints (2 of 2)

20        3          Aerial photographs, “Bird’s Eye View of Wheeling”

20        4          Bridgeport bridge, negatives, 1987

20        4a        Bridgeport covered bridge

20        5          Buildings

20        6          Centre Market [1 of 2] [includes images of business owners and their shops]

20        7          Centre Market [2 of 2]

20        8          Elm Grove viaduct, 1989

20        9          Greenwood Tour (1991)

20        9a        Independence Hall, negatives

20        10        Monuments, 1984

20        11        People

20        12        Postcards

20        13        Steamboats

20        14        Terminal Bridge (Steel Bridge)

21        1          Trolleys

21        2          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, negatives

21        3          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, historic photographs, pre-1950s

21        4          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1970s-1980s

21        5          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, 1990s

21        6          Wheeling Suspension Bridge, postcards

 

Ephemera

21        7          Wheeling High School “The Record” (1914 and 1915)

21        8          Mine to Market Magazine (November 1929) Wheeling Steel

21        9          Stock certificates

21        10        Ephemera

21        11        Billheads and Ads

 

Calendars

24                    Historic Scenes of Greater Wheeling calendars, 1979-1994 [also includes index of photograph subjects for years 1976-1989]

 

Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company Minute Books [photocopies]

23                    Minute book A-I

23                    Minute book A-II

23                    Minute book B-I

23                    Minute book B-II

 

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