West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Brand Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1576
Scope and Contents
Business and official papers of Monongalia sheriff, John M. Brand and his deputy, William N. Brand, 1861-1872; letter from E. I. Moore of Woodburn Seminary; class prophecy, June 1898 by Friend E. Clark of West Virginia University; and diaries kept by Miss Willa Brand during a European trip, 1913, and a journey through the British Isles in 1924.
Dates:
1861-1872, 1898-1924
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
Filtered By
- Subject: Women's schools. X
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- Subject
- Academies (Private schools) 3
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 3
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 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
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education 1
- Europe 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Land. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Palatine. 1
- Philippi. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Travel accounts. 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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