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West Virginia University

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

John Rogers Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3156
Overview

The collection consists largely of correspondence to Morgantown businessman John Rogers from relatives in Pennsylvania and Maryland. It also includes two letters from Sgt. William A. Widney, who was assigned to the U.S. War Department during the Civil War, to a Morgantown friend (possibly William Hennen). One letter was written by an unidentified woman to her grandson, a West Virginia University student.

Dates: 1788-1870

Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1414
Scope and Contents Papers of Matthew Neely, a politician who had a long career as senator, congressman, governor, and Democratic political boss. Collection includes speeches, correspondence, pamphlets, legal papers, photographs, and copies of the Congressional Record . There are also newspaper clipping scrapbooks covering the years 1928-1954 (on five reels of microfilm). Neely had a long career, including law student at West Virginia University, Marion County lawyer, mayor of Fairmont, congressman, 1913-1921,...
Dates: 1900-1954

Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958), Politician, Scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1353
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings on Neely's controversy as a law student at WVU, and his subsequent career as a lawyer, Mayor of Fairmont, Congressman, and United States Senator.

Dates: 1900-1924

Mrs. Louise Morris, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1808
Scope and Contents Materials Collected by Mrs. Louise Morris, genealogist and authority on local history. The collection includes a notebook kept by J. H. Wherry, a student at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1859; a genealogy of the DeVaul, Haun, [F]ast families of Marion and Monongalia counties, 1817-1957; an essay on "Immigration" by George Whitham, 1896, favoring immigration restriction because of the increased number coming from " the Latin races of southeastern Europe;" land surveys from dead books, 1827-1933,...
Dates: 1859-1964

Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0821
Scope and Contents This collection includes manuscripts, printed and newspaper materials collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. This collection includes papers concerning many phases of West Virginia History, although centered on Preston, Taylor, and Monongalia counties. Includes marriage licenses from Preston County, 1881-1947; newspaper clippings from Morgantown newspapers; a meeting invitation from the Monongalia...
Dates: 1880-1947

Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0576
Scope and Contents Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West’s personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West. The...
Dates: 1774; 1780; 1830-1952

William O. Armstrong Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2176
Scope and Contents Letters, speeches, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia of Dr. William O. Armstrong, principal of Dunbar School, Fairmont, and the first Black student to attend the graduate school at West Virginia University. Includes correspondence, articles, speech scripts, and other material regarding Armstrong's involvement with the Marion County Public Library, Marion County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and other organizations. Also includes...
Dates: 1918-1919, 1936-1971

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  • Subject: Marion County (W. Va.) X

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Land. 4
Fairmont. 3
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 3
Morgantown (W. Va.) 3
Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
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Elections 2
Fairmont (W. Va.) 2
Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
Politicians -- United States 2
Politics and government. 2
Preston County (W. Va.) 2
Taylor County (W. Va.) 2
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
United States -- Politics and government 2
United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 2
Universities and colleges 2
West Virginia - Governors. 2
West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
Academies (Private schools) 1
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
Church buildings 1
Churches -- Fairview Church 1
Churches -- Methodist 1
Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
Civil War - West Virginia 14th Infantry. 1
Civil War - West Virginia 17th Infantry. 1
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Infantry. 1
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Infantry. Company A 1
Civil War - West Virginia 1st Light Artillery. 1
Civil War - West Virginia 3rd Cavalry 1
Civil War - West Virginia 6th Cavalry, Company A. 1
Civil War - West Virginia 7th Infantry. 1
Civil War - West Virginia 7th Volunteer Infantry. 1
Civil War battles - Warm Sulphur Springs. 1
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
Clinton District, Monongalia County. 1
Coal mining - coal industry. 1
Confederate soldiers - Monongalia County 1
Coopers Rock State Forest (W. Va.) 1
Deckers Creek 1
Fayette County (Pa.) 1
Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort. 1
Genealogy 1
Grafton. 1
Greene County (Pa.) 1
Hacker Valley. 1
Halleck Community 1
Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
Immigration. 1
Indians of North America 1
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
Jefferson College, Pa. 1
Kern's Fort. 1
Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
Lumber industry and timber. 1
Maps. 1
Marriage records 1
Maryland 1
Mills and mill-work 1
Mound-builders 1
Palatine. 1
Pennsylvania 1
Philippi. 1
Preston County Courthouse. 1
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
Raven Rocks 1
Revolutionary War. 1
Robinson's Run. 1
Slavery 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Surveyors and surveying. 1
Uffington. 1
Washington (D.C.) 1
Weather 1
Webster Springs (W. Va.) 1
West Virginia -- History 1
West Virginia - songs 1
West Virginia -- Economic conditions 1
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
West Virginia University - Drill Field 1
West Virginia University - buildings - Main Library. 1
West Virginia University - buildings - Martin Hall. 1
Weston (W. Va.) 1
White Rocks -- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
Women's schools. 1
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