West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ernest Glenwood Otey (1895-1966) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1909
Overview
Correspondence, financial records, speeches, reports, blueprints, and pamphlets of a Bluefield banker and businessman who was a treasurer of the Democratic Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University. Subjects include numerous businesses in the Bluefield area, Bluefield State College, Concord College, Bank of Bramwell, Island Creek Coal Company, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Smokeless Operators Association, Virginia Railway,...
Dates:
1935-1965
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
West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates:
1909-1949
Additional filters:
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- Academies (Private schools) 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Banks - Bank of Bramwell. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Land. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Palatine. 1
- Philippi. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railroad. 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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