West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 193 Collections and/or Records:
William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1694
Overview
Correspondence, diaries, writings, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers of Wilson, a private in the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry (Confederate), President of West Virginia University, 1882-1883, member of Congress, 1883-1895, Postmaster General, 1895-1897, author of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 1894, and President of Washington and Lee University, 1897-1900. The collection includes portions of the diaries covering the years 1862-1863, 1865, 1868-1870, 1877-1891, 1896-1899. Most of the...
Dates:
1862-1900
William O. Armstrong Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2176
Scope and Contents
Letters, speeches, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia of Dr. William O. Armstrong, principal of Dunbar School, Fairmont, and the first Black student to attend the graduate school at West Virginia University. Includes correspondence, articles, speech scripts, and other material regarding Armstrong's involvement with the Marion County Public Library, Marion County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and other organizations. Also includes...
Dates:
1918-1919, 1936-1971
W.O. Ison, Collector, Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0073
Overview
Letters written to Professor W.O. Ison, Morgantown, mainly from members of his immediate family concerning Ison's teaching career in Everett, Pennsylvania and at West Virginia University, Methodism, and family matters.
Dates:
1873-1880
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
- 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 + ∧ less
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