West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Mrs. Louise Morris, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1808
Scope and Contents
Materials Collected by Mrs. Louise Morris, genealogist and authority on local history. The collection includes a notebook kept by J. H. Wherry, a student at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1859; a genealogy of the DeVaul, Haun, [F]ast families of Marion and Monongalia counties, 1817-1957; an essay on "Immigration" by George Whitham, 1896, favoring immigration restriction because of the increased number coming from " the Latin races of southeastern Europe;" land surveys from dead books, 1827-1933,...
Dates:
1859-1964
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
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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- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 2
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 2
- Preston County (W. Va.) 2
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 2
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Universities and colleges 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Church buildings 1
- Churches -- Fairview Church 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 14th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 17th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 1st Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 1st Infantry. Company A 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 1st Light Artillery. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 3rd Cavalry 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 6th Cavalry, Company A. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Volunteer Infantry. 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Clinton District, Monongalia County. 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Confederate soldiers - Monongalia County 1
- Coopers Rock State Forest (W. Va.) 1
- Deckers Creek 1
- Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort. 1
- Genealogy 1
- Grafton. 1
- Greene County (Pa.) 1
- Hacker Valley. 1
- Halleck Community 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Immigration. 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Jefferson College, Pa. 1
- Kern's Fort. 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marriage records 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Mound-builders 1
- Palatine. 1
- Philippi. 1
- Preston County Courthouse. 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Raven Rocks 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Robinson's Run. 1
- Slavery 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Uffington. 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 - Drill Field 1
- West Virginia University - buildings - Main Library. 1
- West Virginia University - buildings - Martin Hall. 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- White Rocks -- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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