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West Virginia University

 Organization

Found in 193 Collections and/or Records:

West Virginia University, Memorabilia Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0448
Overview Collection consists of ephemera, publications, and other memorabilia related to the history of the West Virginia University. Includes dance cards and programs (1896-1932, 1951, undated); programs for school clubs, memorials, musical performances (1892-1931, 1965-1967); commencement programs and invitations (1875-1950); sporting event and concert tickets (1895-1975); student and university publications (1899-1963, undated); and other ephemera. Dance cards and programs pertain to various...
Dates: 1875-1981, 2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1875-1932

West Virginia University, Memorabilia Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0274
Overview West Virginia University memorabilia consists of artifacts and other materials related to the history of the University. Items include pins, key chains, a mug, a pom-pom used in connection with a football game, metal ornaments depicting campus buildings, two hats (including baseball cap from ca. 1910-1920), dance cards, programs for various events and ceremonies, and a sign advertising a website where students participating in Commencement 2012 could share memories of their time at WVU...
Dates: 1889-2012

West Virginia University, Mineral Industries Building, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1737
Overview

Preliminary announcements, invitations and reply cards, banquet and dedication ceremony programs, and articles in the WVU Alumni Magazine and the Athenaeum concerning the Mineral Industries Building Dedication, October 16 and 17, 1942. Two folders of additional material concerning the planning, construction and dedication of the Mineral Industries Building include blueprint, correspondence program and publish articles about the building.

Dates: 1942; 1938-1942

West Virginia University, News Service, Photographs

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5188
Overview

Photographs of the News Service of West Virginia University (WVU). Subjects of images include aerial views, architecture, athletics, campus scenes, construction, historic images, student life, and WVU faculty and staff, among others. Formats include prints, negatives, proof sheets, transparencies, and digital files. See Scope and Content note for more information.

Dates: ca. 1890-2007; Majority of material found within 1950-2007

West Virginia University, Newspaper Clipping Subject Files

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0893
Scope and Contents

Subject files containing newspaper clippings related to West Virginia University from the 1880s to approximately 2006. Most articles are from the 1960s and 1970s. Subjects include campus athletics, buildings, graduating classes, committees, facilities, faculty and faculty publications, organizations, the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system, and special events.

Dates: 1880s-2023; Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s

West Virginia University, Newspaper Print Blocks

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1398
Overview

Newspaper print blocks, most unlabeled, featuring West Virginia University (WVU) subjects, such as: football and basketball teams; WVU buildings, including Woodburn and E. Moore Halls; and a 1967 University centennial block, among others.

Dates: 1965-1968; Majority of material found within 1965-1968

West Virginia University, Oglebay Hall, Blueprints

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0668
Overview

Seven sheets of blueprint plans for the Agricultural Building, West Virginia University, by Paul A. Davis, Philadelphia, PA.

Dates: 1916

West Virginia University, Oglebay Hall, Drawings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5062
Overview

Two 18' x 32' architectural drawings of Oglebay Hall of West Virginia University: Foundation and Basement Plan at scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot; Block Plan at scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot. Paul A. Davis of Philadelphia is the architect. Oglebay was completed in 1918.

Dates: ca. 1916-17

West Virginia University, Orchesis Dance Group, Collected Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0450
Scope and Contents

Three photographs and an advertising poster of Orchesis dance programs, 1950-1951. Addendum includes two VHS tapes of Orchesis dance concerts from 2004 and 2005. Orchesis was a student dance group at WVU in existence from 1928-2010.

Dates: 1950-1951, 2004-2005

West Virginia University, Oversize Glass Plate Negatives of Group Portraits and Other Subjects

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5203
Scope and Contents

Includes 47 glass plate negatives of West Virginia University student groups created circa 1900-1930. Subjects include football, baseball, and basketball teams; musical groups; and fraternity, sorority, and club groups. Three boxes contain glass plate negatives while the final box contains the original sleeves in which the negative were housed (with identifying information where present). Digital scans are available.

Dates: circa 1900-1930

Additional filters:

Subject
Morgantown (W. Va.) 26
Universities and colleges 26
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 13
Politics and government. 11
West Virginia University -- Students 11
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Genealogy 10
World War, 1939-1945 9
World War, 1914-1918 8
Diaries and journals. 7
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 7
Land. 7
Marion County (W. Va.) 7
Railroads 7
Account books 6
Elections 6
Lawyers - letters and papers. 6
Coal mining. 5
Education 5
Academies (Private schools) 4
Botany 4
Lumber trade 4
Monroe County (W. Va.) 4
Transportation 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
West Virginia -- History 4
Women's schools. 4
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 3
Agriculture 3
Broadsides. 3
Churches -- Methodist 3
Fairmont. 3
Harrison County (W. Va.) 3
Immigration. 3
Indians of North America 3
Pennsylvania 3
Petroleum industry and trade 3
Preston County (W. Va.) 3
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 3
Revolutionary War. 3
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 3
Spanish-American War, 1898 3
Steamboats 3
Taxation 3
Travel accounts. 3
USS West Virginia. 3
Washington (D.C.) 3
West Virginia - Governors. 3
West Virginia University - athletics. 3
West Virginia University -- History 3
West Virginia University. Presidency 3
Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
Biology 2
Botany -- West Virginia 2
Botany and botanists. 2
Builders and contractors. 2
Canals 2
Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
Civil War - veterans - Confederate. 2
Civil War -- Confederate Army 2
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 2
Coal mines and mining 2
Coal mining - coal companies. 2
Democratic National Convention of 1928. 2
Engineering 2
Estate settlements. 2
Europe 2
Fairmont (W. Va.) 2
Farms and farming. 2
Fayette County (Pa.) 2
Frontier and pioneer life 2
General stores 2
Geology 2
Grafton. 2
Indiana 2
Judges - letters and papers. 2
Keeneys Creek, W.Va. 2
Maps. 2
Mills and mill-work 2
Politicians -- United States 2
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
Schools 2
Scrapbooks 2
Slavery 2
Slaves and slavery. 2
Surveyors and surveying. 2
Taylor County (W. Va.) 2
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 2
Union (W. Va.) 2
United States -- Politics and government 2
United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 2
United States Navy - USS WEST VIRGINIA. 2
West Virginia -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 2
West Virginia -- Capital and capitol 2
West Virginia -- Economic conditions 2
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
West Virginia University - Publications. 2
West Virginia University - building plans. 2
West Virginia University - buildings - Colson Hall. 2
West Virginia University - buildings - Martin Hall. 2
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