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West Virginia and Regional History Center
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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Forbes, Anderson, and Hildebrand Families, Correspondence and Other Material, A&M 2641, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Records related to the Forbes, Anderson, and Hildebrand families of northern West Virginia. The Forbes and Anderson families were related by marriage, some of whom lived in Morgantown; the Hildebrands were neighbors of the Forbes family in Morgantown. The Forbes and Anderson papers include genealogical information, correspondence, greeting cards, photographs, and other material. The Hildebrand papers include correspondence, World War I and World War II records, photographs, medical and financial records, and newspaper clippings, among other material. Of special interest in the collection is a 1862 November 24 proclamation issued by Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont regarding the West Virginia statehood bill before the United State Congress at that time.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Anderson family
- Forbes family
- Hildebrand family
- Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters
Container List
Other individuals documented in Box 1 include Lileth Bosco, Thomas Forbes (died ca. 1930), and Frank Anderson (died ca. 1977).
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Civil War Era Materials [4 items]1862-1863Scope and Contents
Includes a November 24, 1862 proclamation issued by Virginia governor Francis H. Pierpont summoning the State General Assembly to convene in Wheeling to discuss the West Virginia statehood bill before the United States Congress.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Genealogy Recordsca. 1900-1930, 2013
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
WWI Induction Papers for Carl Hayes1918
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Miscellaneous Papers and Ephemera of Robert Howellca. 1930-1948
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5a
Ephemera [1 of 2]ca. 1930sScope and Contents
Contains business card for the catering business of Lileth Forbes; and handbill for 1932 musical comedy at the Nixon Theater, Pittsburgh.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5b
Ephemera [2 of 2]ca. 1930sScope and Contents
Contains business card for the catering business of Lileth Forbes; and handbill for 1932 musical comedy at the Nixon Theater, Pittsburgh.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Insurance Policies1911, 1931
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Greeting Cards to the Andersons and to Daisy Forbesca 1930s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Greeting Cards to the Andersons and to Daisy Forbesca 1930s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Morgantown High School Programs1964-1967
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Frame: 10
Photographs of the Forbes Family and Othersca. 1900-1930
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Frame: 11
Photographs and Photo Postcards of the Forbes Family and Streamline Marketundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Frame: 12
Celebrity Autographs (includes Jack Benny, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Roscoe Arbuckle, among others)ca. 1930s
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Hildebrand Family Correspondence1916, 1917, 1918
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Correspondence Regarding the Employment of Lewis Hildebrand in a Civil Service Postion1912-1929
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
World War II Correspondence1944-1945Scope and Contents
Most letters are from Lewis and Margaret Hildebrand's son, Bryce, while he was serving on the battleship USS Alabama in the Pacific theater; includes descriptions of battles and of the Alabama sailing into Tokyo Bay shortly after the Japanese surrender.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Family Correspondence (includes greeting cards)1944-1985
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Correspondence regarding a Court Case1950 May 29
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Genealogy Recordsca. 1928-1944
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Newspaper Clippingsca. 1944-1968
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
World War I Records of Lewis Hildebrandca 1917-1918Scope and Contents
Includes Navy handbook, examination paper, selective service card, and name stencil.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Navy Nurse Loretta Lambert1925, ca. 1942Scope and Contents
Includes 1925 narrative reminiscence of Navy Nurse Loretta Lambert's tour of duty on the USS Henderson and sightseeing tours of Mediterranean countries; also includes her World War II dogtag and chain.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
Insurance, Financial, and Property Recordsca. 1926-1949
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Insurance, Financial, and Property Recordsca. 1926-1949
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
Medical Records1951-1968
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
Church Newsletter and Program1945, 1954
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
Ephemeraca. 1938-1968Scope and Contents
Includes a 1938 Irish Sweepstakes ticket and Lewis Hildebrand's 1945 VFW and American Legion membership cards, among other items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
Photographs [3 prints] and Negatives1937-1938, ca. 1965, undatedScope and Contents
Includes: Lewis and Margaret Hildebrand, ca.1965, and two school photographs of Bryce Hildebrand, 1937-1938; there are also three negatives of unidentified subjects, undated.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Item: 1
Three United States Navy Cruisers: the CL 89 USS Miami, the CL 107 USS Huntington, and an Unidentified Cruiser; and Another Navy Vessel; All Docked in an Unidentified Locationca. 1945
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Item: 2
A Large Group Portrait of United States Navy Officers and Sailors on Board Shipca. 1917
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Item: 3
A Large Group Portrait of Sailors at the United States Naval Training Station in Great Lakes, Illinois (Stored in its original mailing tube, addressed to Mrs. Lewis Hildebrand of Greensboro, Pennsylvania, from her son, Bryce1942 August 18
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Black and White Photographs of Members of the Forbes, Lewis, and Grose/Groves Families with Identificationsca. 1900-1950
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Black and White Photographs of Members of the Forbes, Lewis, and Grose/Groves Families with Identificationsca. 1900-1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Black and White Photographs of Friends and Distant Relatives of Forbes Family with Identificaitonsca. 1900-1910