West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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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- Subject: Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. X
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- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Land. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Marriage records 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Mound-builders 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Slavery 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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