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West Virginia University

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Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Clara Hough Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0158
Overview

Diary of Clara Hough of Morgantown, West Virginia, documenting Hough's social life and activities in 1877 when she was twenty years old. Topics include reading, sewing, skating, calling on friends, attending church, dances, playing croquet, events at West Virginia University (WVU), and news of friends and family. Also includes notes from 1876 on WVU letterhead bearing the name of Miss Mamie Hough.

Dates: 1876-1877

David Dial, Collector, Glass Plate Negatives of West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station Projects And Other Subjects

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5152
Scope and Contents

Glass plate negatives of West Virginia University Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station projects and other subjects. There are pictures of mostly crops, including potatoes and tobacco, and some of livestock. Other images include single plates of Morgantown, Woodburn Circle, a bridge, and of the "campus from the Station building". Related images can be found in Archives and Manuscripts (A&M) Collection No. 5027.

Dates: 1891-1912

E.C. Smith, Student, Diary Regarding Experiences While at West Virginia University

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5125
Scope and Contents Diary by E.C. Smith, a student at West Virginia University (WVU), regarding his experiences in 1874. Activities documented include academic (preparing papers, Greek and Latin studies, reading Charles Darwin, etc.), literary society (elections, debates, recitations), military cadet (drills, lectures, marching), and Methodist Episcopal Church events (including sermons and other activities). He also attended a commencement (June 18). Recreational and social activities are also recorded,...
Dates: 1874

Ethel Flesher Stewart, Postcard Correspondence Regarding West Virginia University and Other Topics

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3761
Overview

Incoming postcards to Ethel Flesher Stewart (1890-1988) of St. Marys, West Virginia. The 20 postcards featuring images of West Virginia University (9 items) and Morgantown (11 items) are mostly from a correspondent named "James", a WVU student whose messages provide a snapshot of student life in the academic year 1908-1909. There are also postcards with images of St. Marys (8 items), Parkersburg (5 items), Sistersville (3), Mannington (3), Marshall College (2), and other localities (7).

Dates: 1908-1912

Israel C. White (1848-1927) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0797
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the original geological notebook of Dr. I. C. White written in 1875, while a member of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey in Greene County, PA, and the original Geology Field Notebook kept by Dr. White during the West Virginia University spring term of 1883.

Dates: 1875; 1883

Israel C. White Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0710
Scope and Contents Personal and business records of Dr. Israel C. White, assistant geologist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1876-1883; professor of geology West Virginia University, 1877-1892; assistant geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, 1884-1888; delegate to the International Geological Congresses, St. Petersburg, 1897-1927; and chief geologist of the Brazilian Coal Commission, 1904-1906. Included are family letters and pictures; also, diagram plans, and maps 1874-1941. Additional...
Dates: 1867-1941

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

Mildred Arnett-Reed Morgantown Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3333
Overview Photocopy facsimile of scrapbook assembled by Mildred Arnett-Reed (11' x 16'; 95 pages). Includes photographs, letters from her sister and friends, newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera documenting Reed's activities in the Morgantown, West Virginia area during her high school years (1924-27). There are also clippings and letters regarding her wedding in 1931, and greeting cards for her 25th wedding anniversary. Photographs include candid and portrait shots of Mildred's family (William...
Dates: 1924-1956

Monongalia Academy Minute Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2971
Overview Minutes of the meetings of the Trustees dealing with raising and disbursing of funds, the establishment of rules and regulations and the hiring of personnel to supervise and to instruct at the Academy. Special mention is made of site location and awarding and payment of contracts for the erection of a new building. The new building was completed in 1831, located at the northeast corner of Spruce and Walnut Streets. Also mentioned are the trustee boards' decisions on acquiring property and...
Dates: 1827-58

Monongalia Academy to West Virginia Agricultural College, Deed

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0403
Overview

A 7-page deed transferring the Monongalia Academy and Woodburn Seminary property, Morgantown, West Virginia, to the West Virginia Agricultural College in April 1867.

Dates: 1867

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  • Subject: Morgantown (W. Va.) X

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Morgantown (W. Va.) 26
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 6
Universities and colleges 5
Academies (Private schools) 3
Land. 3
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Marion County (W. Va.) 3
Preston County (W. Va.) 3
West Virginia University -- Students 3
Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
Women's schools. 3
Churches -- Methodist 2
Coal mining. 2
Fairmont (W. Va.) 2
Maps. 2
Steamboats 2
Taylor County (W. Va.) 2
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 2
Washington (D.C.) 2
West Virginia University - athletics. 2
Abortions 1
Account books 1
Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978 1
Banks - American Security and Trust. 1
Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
Cheat Lake (W. Va.) 1
Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
Churches -- Church of the Brethren 1
Churches -- Episcopal 1
Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
Civil War - West Virginia 7th Infantry. 1
Civil War battles - Warm Sulphur Springs. 1
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
Coal mines and mining 1
Coal mining - Safety. 1
Coal mining - coal companies. 1
Coal mining - coal industry. 1
College students - West Virginia - Morgantown. 1
Cuba 1
Diaries and journals. 1
Education 1
Election of 1978. 1
Election of 1980. 1
Elections 1
Fayette County (Pa.) 1
Genealogy 1
Geologists 1
Geology 1
Grafton. 1
Greek letter societies - West Virginia - Morgantown. 1
Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
Historic preservation - property inventories. 1
History -- Societies, etc. 1
Horse-drawn vehicles -- West Virginia 1
Indians of North America 1
Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 1
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
Labor unions 1
Literature -- Societies, etc 1
Lumber industry and timber. 1
Marriage records 1
Maryland 1
Metropolitan Theatre. 1
Military camps 1
Monroe County (W. Va.) 1
Morgantown, WV - Historic building Survey. 1
Morgantown, WV - Young Socialist Alliance Educational Series. 1
Mound-builders 1
Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979 1
Nuclear power. 1
Ohio River and Valley. 1
Palatine. 1
Pennsylvania 1
Philippi. 1
Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.) 1
Point Pleasant, Battle of, W. Va., 1774. 1
Politics and government. 1
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
Railroads -- West Virginia 1
Real property 1
Reunions. 1
Schools 1
Schools - Morgantown. 1
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
Slavery 1
Soldiers' letters - Viet Nam War. 1
Strand Theater. 1
Teachers 1
Theaters - Morgantown. 1
Union (W. Va.) 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Viet Nam War - letters of soldiers' families. 1
Viet Nam War - soldiers' letters. 1
Vietnam 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American 1
Weather 1
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