|
T.M.
Marshall |
Robert
F. Kidd |
Edward
G. Rohrbaugh
Presidential Papers - Thomas Marcellus Marshall
Thomas Marcellus Marshall. 1851-1925.
(Principal 1875-1881)
Thomas Marcellus Marshall (T. M. Marshall) was a
former principal of Glenville Normal School. He was
widely known as an educator and a world traveler.
He was born May 17, 1851, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
R. Marshall of Stouts Mills, WV. He received his early
education in Gilmer County, and later graduated from
Marshall College.
In September of 1873, shortly after Glenville Normal
School opened, T. M. Marshall was appointed First
Assistant to the principal Louis Bennett. T. M. Marshall
became the principal of the school in 1875 and served
until June 1881. Later, he taught for a few years
in Indian schools in the West. T. M. Marshall was
very prominent in the N.E.A. and was its first life
director. In his world travels, he visited nearly
every county. He could speak at least six different
languages. T. M. Marshall married Olive A. Hays and
had seven children. He died November 13, 1925.
This collection belongs to Glenville State College.
It is unsure how the college acquired or who donated
the papers of T. M. Marshall. The T. M. Marshall Collection
is the first collection of Presidential Papers the
college archive has acquired and processed.
This collection of papers of Thomas Marcellus Marshall
encompasses the time period from 1878 until 1905.
The collection consists primarily of financial records
(payment receipts, debt notes, etc.), as well as contracts
that Thomas Marcellus Marshall was involved in, such
as rent contracts, land purchase contracts and purchase
contracts. Some prominent names that appear in the
collection are Robert F. Kidd, Samuel A. Hays, Peregrine
Hays, William F. Steele, and Noah L. Wells.
The collection consists of Personal Papers, 1881;
Correspondence, 1881-1902; Financial Records and Statements,
1882-1901; Debt Notes to T. M. Marshall, 1879-1902;
Debt Notes of T. M. Marshall, 1881-1905; Receipts
of Payment by T. M. Marshall, 1881-1904; Notes of
Payment received by T. M. Marshall, 1897; Deeds, 1885-1891;
Business/Partnership Contracts, 1899-1904; Land Purchase
Contracts, 1884-1903; Lease Contracts, 1899-1902;
Rent Contracts, 1884-1904; Sale/Purchase Contracts,
1898-1901; Miscellaneous Contracts, 1886-1903; Land
Survey Sketches, 1898-1899; Miscellaneous Papers,
1878-1905; R.R. Marshall Papers, 1879-1896; and T.
M. Marshall’s Associates Papers, 1858-1901.
|
