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Primarily letters written by Edmond, mostly to his wife and brother, while he was serving in Congress from 1797-1801. A graduate of Yale, Edmond was a lawyer in Newtown, Connecticut. His letters describe strained relations with France, the defeat of Bonaparte, a duel, the theater, and a presidential ball. He also gives ample advice to his wife on her spiritual and physical health. His papers also contain legal notes from cases he took, deeds, a journal page written while in Congress, and a statement of his injury in the Revolutionary War. Family papers include deeds for land in Newtown bought and sold by John Chandler, Edmond's father-in-law, and correspondence, receipts, notes on births, marriages and deaths, and assorted documents relating to the Booth and Curtis families, his daughter and granddaughter respectively.

The "View now" link directs to the finding aid only. Please email wvrhcref@mail.wvu.edu or call 304-293-3536 for more information about accessing collection A&M 4050 Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, 1960-2015. John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV (b. 1937) represented West Virginia in the United States Senate for five terms. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth Congress and served from January 15, 1985, to January 3, 2015. He was not a candidate for reelection in 2014. Rockefeller previously served in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968); as Secretary of State of West Virginia (1968-1972); president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973-1976); and Governor of West Virginia (1977-1985). From 1964-1966, he was a volunteer in the Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) program in Emmons, West Virginia. The bulk of the Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers document his 30-year career in the United States Senate with additional materials related to his earlier political career.

T.C. Power was a Montana merchandise, transportation, mining, ranching, banking, and real estate magnate; and U.S. Senator from Montana from 1890 to 1895. Collection (1868-1950) includes personal, business, and political correspondence plus financial and legal papers of many of his business enterprises. Collection documents Power's involvement in military and Indian trade, steamboating, freighting, stage coach lines, mail contracts, cattle and sheep ranching, mining, banking, bridge building, townsite development, and other enterprises., The T.C. Power Papers are arranged into sixteen subgroups: 1) T.C. Power--Political, 2) T.C. Power--Personal, 3) T.C. Power and Brother (includes associated companies), 4) C.B. Power--Personal, 5) Grain Companies, 6) Hardware Companies, 7) Mercantile Companies, 8) Mining Companies, 9) Organizations 10) Ranch Companies, 11) Real Estate, 12) Transportation Companies, 13) Water Companies, 14) Bismarck, North Dakota, enterprises, 15) Washington and Oregon enterprises, and 16) Miscellaneous enterprises., The papers (1881-1902) in the T.C. POWER--POLITICAL SUBGROUP document his unsuccessful bid to be the first State governor in 1889 and, more importantly, his term as a United States senator, 1890-1895. Forming the largest segment of the political papers is the General Correspondence, which reflects issues that affected the livelihood of his constituents: free silver and the wool tariff. Most of this is incoming correspondence with only a few letters of reply from Power. Other questions of interest to Montanans during his term of office were the establishment of better services, such as post offices for rural areas, irrigation, uses of public lands, and requests for political patronage. The subgroup also contains Financial Records, including an election expense account for 1888-1895; Legal Documents, Speeches, including an 1889 campaign speech; Clippings, mainly tariff issues, irrigation, and political scrapbooks; and a Miscellany Series, which includes lists of registered voters; federal documents; a record of bills, etc., pertaining to irrigation introduced in the U.S. Senate during the 52nd Congress, an 1892 list of attorneys in Montana, and petitions for the establishment of post offices., The papers (1871-1923) in the T.C. POWER--PERSONAL SUBGROUP reflect his involvement in the firm of T.C. Power and Brother, and his financial investments in other areas. Because Power played such an important role in the administration of T.C. Power and Brother, his General Correspondence details some of the activity of the holding company, particularly after 1900. The Financial Records, which detail his personal investments in mining and real estate--including areas outside of Montana, make up another significant portion of his personal papers. There are also some records for his household expenses. Other series include Legal Documents, consisting mostly of agreements and bills of sale; Organization records, including stock certificates and minutes of meetings; miscellaneous Clippings; assay and company Reports; and a Miscellany Series including such things as a 1920 list of sheep owners in Montana and a 1916 list of materials suitable for paving streets in Fort Benton., The largest volume of records are those in the T.C. POWER AND BROTHER SUBGROUP. T.C. Power and Brother was a holding company whose operations first centered at Fort Benton. Originally the activity of the company focused on steamboating on the Missouri River, supplying merchandise to branch stores, Indian agencies and military posts, cattle ranches, and area residents. The company later expanded to include mining, stage coach lines, and real estate. Records for the holding company are nearly complete for the period 1880-1900. Some records, such as outgoing correspondence and financial material, date to the late 1860s. Between 1900 and 1920 there is almost no correspondence in the company's records. Consequently, the personal papers of T.C. Power and of C.B. Power, and those companies in which T.C. Power and Brother had an interest, must be used to fill this gap., Charles Benton Power's personal records (1895-1941), in the C.B. POWER--PERSONAL SUBGROUP, document his active participation in various aspects of T.C. Power and Brother, as well as his extensive interests outside of Montana. His General Correspondence (1895-1940) documents the economic reversals of the 1920s and 1930s, particularly as they affected the companies of T.C. Power and Brother. Other series include Financial Records (1895-1940); Legal Documents (1894-1938); and Organization records (1922-1932), including stock certificates and minutes of the Montana Automobile Association., The GRAIN, HARDWARE, MERCANTILE, MINING, RANCH, REAL ESTATE, TRANSPORTATION, and WATER SUBGROUPS reflect the Powers' wide-ranging economic interests. In many ways the records represent a cross-section of Montana's economic life during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. During the 1800s most of the records of these companies were retained with the T.C. Power and Brother records. After 1900, however, they were filed separately by each company. The difficulty then in dealing with this collection is that the whole Power corporation was not entirely consistent in either of these practices. Consequently a researcher interested in one of these subgoup companies also has to look in the T.C. Power and Brother records, and in the personal papers of T.C. Power and C.B. Power. In addition to their Montana businesses, T.C. and C.B. Power were also involved in real estate, irrigation, mercantile, banking, and lumbering operations in Oregon and Washington., The records in the WASHINGTON AND OREGON SUBGROUP have been kept separate from the Montana businesses, but additional material can be found in the T.C. Power and Brother, T.C. Power--Personal, and C.B. Power--Personal subgroups. (Manuscript Collection 55).

Primarily justice of the peace records, namely summonses, depositions, complaints and executions, from the long career of a Groton, Connecticut war hero. Also includes papers of his son, Isaac, from various town offices he held and from the settlement of the estate of Peleg Lewis, deeds from Benadam's father and grandfather, both of whom were named Benadam, and records of the town of Groton.

Contains the following type of materials: oral histories., Contains information pertaining to the following military units: Chaplain Corps., General description of the collection: The Chaplains Oral History papers include a total of 16 chaplains and Chaplain Corps personnel interviews done under the Senior Officer Oral History Program, the vast majority of which deal with the Vietnam-era Army. There are two from World War II and one from Desert Storm. The single heaviest denominational influence is the Roman Catholic Church, with small representations of Protestant, Episcopal and Jewish.

Includes personnel files and flight logs, WASP wings, official letters from the Army Air Forces and personal letters of recommendation, Fifinella honorable service pin and other medals and insignia, ID cards and licenses, certificates/diplomas, letters, clothing and patches pertaining to Martha Rountree's WASP service. Her personnel papers detail her orders, training records and exams, records of compliance, job title/salary, and immunization records. Also includes post-war records regarding the fight for militarization, the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame Medal and other materials.

Records contain letters, news clippings, photographs, documents and other personal papers describing Steadman's life in aviation, including her work as a owner/operator of Trimble Aviation, as flight instructor, running acharter service, various other jobs in the world of aviation and national and international air races.

James Brisbin, a Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, native, served as an Army officer in the Civil War and the Indian Wars, 1868-1891. He was stationed at Fort Ellis, Fort Assiniboine, Fort Custer, Montana Territory, and many other western forts. Brisbin was also a writer and publicist. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence (1860-1890), and writings (1850-1891) concerning the Army, the Indian Wars, the West, and Montana Territory., This collection consists almost exclusively of drafts and copies of James S. Brisbin's writings. These writings generally focus on his army career, the Plains Indian and the Indian Wars, and other facets of his experiences in the Northwest. Also included are articles and handwritten copies of letters to newspapers on a wide variety of topics. The collection also contains a small amount of correspondence, including Civil War era letters, family letters and correspondence on Brisbin's military career in the West. A portion of this collection has been microfilmed (Microfilm 328). (Manuscript Collection 39).

Correspondence, military records, flight manuals, news clippings, identification cards, training handbook and color copy of photographs of Brown while at Avenger and Aloe Field, ca. 1944. Includes letters regarding application to Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and WASP. Personal letters to family include oversize postcards of training planes, February 1944 to October 1944. Also includes the Memorial Service program from the memorial service of WASPs Elizabeth Erickson and Mary Howson, ca. 1944.

Contains biographical material, military records and two pilot log books, 1942-1944. The log books document her private pilot training in Sunny South Airport, Miami, Florida; her training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas after joining th WASP; and wartime assignments at Dallas Love Field and Shaw Army Air Field, 1943-1944. Also includes photographs of WASP during the war and at later reunions.

Biographical sketch detailing briefly her experience in the WASP and her work with Stinson Aircraft Company. Also includes photographs, resume, news clippings about Cook, a few letters, records about Stinson Aircraft Company and the L-5 airplane.

The bulk of the collection consists of post war files, including military records, materials and reports about the class of 43-W-7, identification cards, correspondence with the WASP organization, news clippings, photographs and reunion records.

Correspondence, photographs, WASP flight records, reunion memorabilia, news clippings and miscellaneous files of Reed's public service in Colorado. There are programs and news clippings pertaining to Reed's competition in several Powder Puff races sponsored by the Ninety-Nines, a women's aviation organization.

Copies of various military records as part of the Women's Civilian Pilot Program, including identification cards; orders; medical forms; an accident report, April 20, 1944; photographs and color copies of her WASP insignia. Special orders include her transition training at the B-26 Transition Group at Mather Field, Sacramento, California. Another form indicates her flight record at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas.

Biographical material, report on the WASP program by Marjorie Nicol, records of postwar reunions, and "Air Transport Command" menu and photographs from the funeral of Ken Magid.

Aviator. Earned her private pilot license in October 1940, in Red Bluff, California; flight instructor at Reno Airport. Served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), class of 43-W-2., WASP leather flying helmet; ID card and pin at Long Beach, private pilots certificate, 1943, honorable discharge certificate, 1943, WASP insignia and wings, invitation to class 43-W-2 graduation in Houston and miscellaneous reunion materials.

Contains biographical materials, military flight records, articles written by Hohn, photographs and a scrapbook. Correspondence is both personal and pertaining to WASP, Inc., a postwar organization for the WASP. The collection also includes news clippings and articles about Hohn and WASP reunion ephemera. Flight records indicate she served at Romulus Army Air Base, Romulus, Michigan; Greenwood Army Air Base, Greenwood, Mississippi; Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida and Cochran Field, Georgia.

Contains news clippings, photographs, aviation publications, video of "Silver Wings and Santiago Blue," a small group of aviation bumper stickers, and a variety of WASP ephemera. Also includes cards supporting United States troops overseas as part of a campaign headed by Gunderson during the WASP 2008 Reunion.

Black and white photograph of Ninety-Nines Luncheon Banquet, celebrating their 20th anniversary, at the Waldorf-Astoria Straight Roof, New York, New York, October 5, 1949. Jacqueline Cochran, director of the WASP, is pictured seated at the head table.

Contains biographical material, military flight records, personal identification cards, flight certificates, personal correspondence, news clippings and photographs.

Correspondence, subject files, organizations, speeches, judgeships, printed and audio visual materials. This collection consists primarily of material collected during the years (1977-1998) while she worked as a District Attorney for Nueces County, Texas; as judge of the 148th District Court in Corpus Christi, 1995-1998; and in 1998 as federal judge in the U.S. Southern District of Texas, Brownsville, nominated by Bill Clinton.

Biographical sketch, official orders and Army Air Force records. Also includes photographs.

Original drawing of a desk fan labeled "1982 Draft" blowing bits of paper away; one of the papers reads "1980 Campaign Rhetoric."

Original drawing of Barry Goldwater dressed as a fighter pilot as he sits inside of a paper airplane with the words "Test Ban Treaty" written on it.

Original drawing of a battle field with a tattered United States one dollar bill on a flag pole. A projectile with a Cross of Lorraine symbol has pierced through the dollar bill.

"This report, divided into four sections, documents dramatic changes over the past decade. With the industry in distress, local newspapers are shrinking, and some are vanishing. At the same time, a new type of newspaper owner has emerged, very different from traditional publishers, the best of whom sought to balance business interests with civic responsibility to the community where their paper was located. As newspapers confront an uncertain future, the choices these new owners make could determine whether vast 'news deserts' arise in communities and regions throughout the country. This has implications not just for the communities where these papers are located, but also, in the long-term, for all of America."--Page 5

In this age of data based decision making and accountability, parent involvement and data collection are paramount. This study represents a significant contribution to educational research by extending the understanding of home-school communication media with specific regard to daily progress reports. The purpose of this study was to compare communication scores of parents of student using paper daily progress reports with communication scores of parents of student using electronic daily progress reports. This quasi-experimental posttest only control group design research study compared survey results of parents (N = 45) of middle school students currently using a DPR as part of an intervention in a middle school located in central Connecticut. The survey instrument was the Parental Academic Support Scale (PASS) containing five subscales: Academic Performance, Classroom Behavior, Preparation, Hostile Peer Interactions, and Health. Independent t tests were conducted to discover whether the mean communication scores between groups of parents were significantly different. A chi-square (x²) analysis was conducted to evaluate difference in media preference between groups. Significant differences in communication practices and preferences were found. Parents of children using electronic daily progress reports practiced more regular communication with teachers. Likewise, parent media preferences were significantly different between groups. Recommendations for further research are discussed.

Original drawing of an elephant reading "'Debategate' or 'The Case of the Purloined Papers'" to a donkey who is transcribing the elephant's comments. They are presumably representatives of the Democratic and Republican Party.

Original drawing of Nikita Krushchev cutting up a paper labels "Test-Ban Treaty" into a paper doll chain while John F. Kennedy holds back a man labeled "AEC [Atomic Energy Commission]" from lighting a fuse on a bomb

A small diary kept by John R. Crossman of Columbia County, Wis., beginning with notations made during his service with the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment, Co. M in the Civil War. The diary includes lists of clothing and the cost of each item, his own telling of Lincoln's assassination (he attended the funeral in Washington, D.C.), and an account of volleys fired by his company to salute Union victories in 1865. Additional entries include recipes for linaments and other treatments for animals, accounts of rents collected, money spent, and work done for hire. Also included is his discharge paper anad a formal portrait of him in uniform holding his rifle.

The Japanese Relocation collection consists of photographs of the internment camps established during World War II. The photographs were taken at Tule Lake, California from 1942 to 1943 and are representative of the conditions of the camps and the life styles of the Japanese Americans who lived in them. There are photographs of living quarters, classrooms, parades, office workers, and farm laborers., Collection is arranged topically.; J. Douglas Cook; Tule Lake, Newell, California; Tule Lake; Waukon, Washington; 1: Portrait of Cook, Administrator of Tule Lake; Photographs depicting the conditions of the camp and the lifestyles of the Japanese-Americans who lived in them. Pictures are arranged chronologically by date. The photographer was Frances Stewart.; 2: View of barracks; 3: Evacuee clerks at work in Administrative office.; 4: Turnips grown by evacuees; 5: Workers in packing shed; 6-10: Evacuee parade celebrating Labor Day; 11: Evacuee band; 12-14: View of Farm at Tule Lake; 15-18: Evacuees harvesting spinach; 19-22: Workers in packing shed; 23-24: Scene at Harvest Festival; 25-26: Harvest Festival Parade; 27-28: Cabaret International Evacuee show; 29-30: Evacuees receiving absentee ballots; 31: Workers at city desk of Tulean Dispatch; 32-34: Nursery school children; 35-37: Exterior of barracks demonstrating how evacuees try to decorate them; 38: Fifth grade pupils and teacher; 39: Camp High School; 40: Sixth grade students in classroom; 41-42: Grade school students at recess.; 43-49: Classroom scenes; 50-53: Hog farm; 54: View of camp; 55-61: Evacuees working on farm digging potatoes; 62: Evacuee cashier; 63: Evacuee filing clerk; 64-351: Photographs of camp and people at Tule Lake Relocation Center. There is no specific identification on the pictures, but they offer an overall view of what life was like in the camp. Photographer was J. Douglas Cook.; 352: Group portrait of evacuees at Reloation Camp in Washington.; 353-355: Camp life of Japanese at Tule Lake; 359: Japanese working in camps at Tule Lake; 364-365: Japanese children going to school at Tule Lake; 356-358: Camp life of Japanese at Tule Lake; 360-363: Japanese working in camps at Tule Lake; 366-368: Japanese children going to school at Tule Lake.

Original drawing of a cashier and a boy. The cashier is behind a counter and packing a bag. There is a sign on the counter that says "school supplies" in capital letters. The boy is facing the cashier and holding a piece of paper.

Original drawing of a man, which appears to be President Gerald Ford, sitting in what looks like the Oval Office. Outside the office are two men. One is talking and the other is holding papers while listening.

Original drawing of two birds in a cage. The bird on the right is talking to the bird on the left. At the bottom of the cage are papers.

Original drawing of President Richard Nixon being taped by a television camera. He is holding a stack of papers up, is sweating, and has a microphone over his head. In the background is a United States flag.

Original drawing of U.S. President Richard Nixon sitting at his desk and clutching a pile of papers titled "Property Improvements", "California Real Estate", "Deed", "Florida Real Estate."

Original drawing of two adults under a makeshift shade on their porch and dressed in beach attire, one is holding papers labeled "Taxes", "Bills". Above them is an older man behind a barred window and he is wearing a shirt labeled "U.S. Work Ethic."

Original drawing of three soldiers sitting on a tank and discussing the paper, which reads "President States Aims."

Two men are going through papers in the "State Dept. Southeast Asia Div."

Original drawing of Melvin Laird with papers labeled "Laird's ABM Plans" in his pocket, standing next to a large missile with labeled "CCCP."

Original drawing of Ho Chi Minh sitting at a desk shuffling cards (U.S. Politics 1968). On the desk are papers of battle plans.

Original drawing of Lyndon Johnson at a desk filled with papers and invoices on military equipment being shipped to different militarized zones around the world.

Original drawing of US military officials around a map on a table. The man closest to the table is angrily scrunching a paper in his fist which reads "I said cool the bombing -LBJ."

Original drawing of Lyndon Johnson writing "or admirals" on a sign which reads "War is too serious to be left to generals". In his other hand is a stack of papers labeled "urgent," "Report on H-bombs on Greenland," "38th parallel infiltration," "Pueblo," "Vietnam."

Original drawing of President Lyndon B. Johnson wearing a bicorne hat, carrying a sword, and reading a paper that is labeled "Maps of Vietnam." Behind President Johnson is a city with multiple explosions labeled "inflation," "crime," "riots" and "strikes."

Original drawing of a man showing a paper to an IRS officer regarding taxes.