54.9 Linear Feet, Summary: 54 ft. 11 in. (121 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 large flat
storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (2 ledgers, 5 1/2 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)
Creator
Dille, Thomas Ray
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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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Thomas Ray Dille Papers, A&M 0171, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Papers of a Morgantown attorney, genealogist, and antiquarian. There are several series of office files relating to Dille's
law practice, and extensive correspondence regarding his historical and genealogical studies. Families for which there are
genealogical compilations include Dille, Ray, Stewart, McFarland, Tennant, David Evans, and John Evans. Monongalia County
birth and death records; cemetery readings; copies of wills and indexes of will books; names in real estate and appraisement
books; Monongalia Academy and Woodburn Female Seminary ledgers, 1858; correspondence; legal papers; newspaper clippings; family
papers; and an account book of J.R. Moore, 1837. Collection also contains papers on the West Virginia Historical Society,
Morgantown and Wheeling Railroad, Sons of the Revolution and the Evansdale Corporation.