West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Sylvia Soupart, Student, Scrapbook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3229
Overview
Scrapbook of Sylvia Soupart, an early graduate of University High School. Much of it is about the early development of this school by West Virginia University including clippings about its first commencement. There are also photos and clippings about Morgantown's involvement in World War II.
Dates:
1928-1945
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- Academies (Private schools) 3
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 3
- Women's schools. 3
- Universities and colleges 2
- Account books 1
- Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Education 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Land. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Metropolitan Theatre. 1
- Palatine. 1
- Philippi. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Schools 1
- Schools - Morgantown. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Strand Theater. 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Theaters - Morgantown. 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia University - athletics. 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
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