West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Courtney Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1629
Overview
Papers of a Monongalia County, West Virginia, farm family residing near Maidsville include: the farm account books of John and John J. Courtney, 1831-1877; family Bible records and photographs; college essays of Alpheus Courtney, a West Virginia University student; manuscript ciphering book, 1817; diary of Ulysses J. Courtney, 1878-1883 (7 vols.) pertaining to lumbering, farming, and livestock operations, and community religious and social life; correspondence; steamboat bills of lading,...
Dates:
1804-1920
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2208
Overview
Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, research notes, and other papers of a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Included are: his official as well as personal correspondence; notes for speeches; research notes, rough drafts and proofs for his published works on William L. Wilson and Johnson Newlon Camden; exams, outlines, and notes for classes he taught; material relating to the...
Dates:
1843-1971
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
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- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
- West Virginia -- History 2
- Account books 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War -- Bounty receipts 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Grafton. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Iowa 1
- Land. 1
- Livestock 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Marriage records 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Mound-builders 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroads - Monongahela Valley Railroad. 1
- Slavery 1
- Steamboats 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Webster Springs (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
- West Virginia - songs 1
- West Virginia -- Economic conditions 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia University - Presidential Selection Committee. 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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