West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John Rogers Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3156
Overview
The collection consists largely of correspondence to Morgantown businessman John Rogers from relatives in Pennsylvania and Maryland. It also includes two letters from Sgt. William A. Widney, who was assigned to the U.S. War Department during the Civil War, to a Morgantown friend (possibly William Hennen). One letter was written by an unidentified woman to her grandson, a West Virginia University student.
Dates:
1788-1870
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
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
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- Fairmont (W. Va.) 2
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
- Preston County (W. Va.) 2
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 2
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 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
- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Infantry. 1
- Civil War battles - Warm Sulphur Springs. 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) 1
- Grafton. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Maps. 1
- Marriage records 1
- Maryland 1
- Mound-builders 1
- Palatine. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Philippi. 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Slavery 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Weather 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
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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