West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
E.C. Smith, Student, Diary Regarding Experiences While at West Virginia University
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5125
Scope and Contents
Diary by E.C. Smith, a student at West Virginia University (WVU), regarding his experiences in 1874. Activities documented include academic (preparing papers, Greek and Latin studies, reading Charles Darwin, etc.), literary society (elections, debates, recitations), military cadet (drills, lectures, marching), and Methodist Episcopal Church events (including sermons and other activities). He also attended a commencement (June 18). Recreational and social activities are also recorded,...
Dates:
1874
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0821
Scope and Contents
This collection includes manuscripts, printed and newspaper materials collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. This collection includes papers concerning many phases of West Virginia History, although centered on Preston, Taylor, and Monongalia counties. Includes marriage licenses from Preston County, 1881-1947; newspaper clippings from Morgantown newspapers; a meeting invitation from the Monongalia...
Dates:
1880-1947
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- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Horse-drawn vehicles -- West Virginia 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Land. 1
- Literature -- Societies, etc 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Marriage records 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Mound-builders 1
- Ohio River and Valley. 1
- Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.) 1
- Point Pleasant, Battle of, W. Va., 1774. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Slavery 1
- Steamboats 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Webster Springs (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia -- History 1
- West Virginia - songs 1
- West Virginia -- Economic conditions 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia University - Student organizations. 1
- West Virginia University -- Students 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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