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West Virginia University

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

Thomas Clark Atkeson (1852-1935) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1126
Overview

Family history, autobiographical sketch, account books of farming operations in Putnam County, West Virginia, 1894-1934, and articles and pamphlets written by a state agricultural leader, founder of the state Grange, and national Grange representative in Washington. Atkeson also played a leading role in the development of the West Virginia University Agricultural College at Morgantown where he was a professor for many years.

Dates: 1894-1934

Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2714
Overview Papers regarding Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969), a West Virginia University student who won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his services as a U.S. Army medic during the Vietnam War. He performed duties as a conscientious objector willing to serve. The microfilmed collection includes personal letters, programs, magazine articles, and other papers relating to his life and death. Most of the letters were written by Bennett, his parents, other relatives, and friends while Bennett was in the...
Dates: 1962-2003

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Morgantown (W. Va.) 2
Banks - American Security and Trust. 1
Civil War - West Virginia 7th Infantry. 1
Civil War battles - Warm Sulphur Springs. 1
Farms and farming. 1