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West Virginia University

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Found in 195 Collections and/or Records:

West Virginia University in World War I Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0389
Scope and Contents

Contemporary manuscripts containing list of alumni and students who served in U.S. forces, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, with rank, branch etc. Also comment written ten years after war; a memorial address by President Frank B. Trotter; tribute to alumni in war by John Harrington Cox, C. R. Jones, Robert A. Armstrong, O. P. Chitwood, C. W. Waggoner, C. Edmund Neil, et al.

Dates: 1917-1927

West Virginia University in World War I Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0172
Scope and Contents

Brief biographies, news stories, letters, pictures and printed memorials concerning University men killed in World War I.

Pictures from this collection have been transferred to the picture file.

Dates: 1917-1920

West Virginia University, Inauguration of President Harlow, Sound Recordings and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2060
Overview Sound recordings and other material related to the inauguration of James G. Harlow as 16th President of West Virginia University, 13-14 September 1968. There are nine reel-to-reel tape recordings, some of which are duplicates, documenting: 1) speech by Bob Considine regarding "The Political Arena"; 2) ceremonies and speeches leading up to the inaugural address; and 3) the inaugural address of President Harlow. There is also a letter from Chester A. Arents, Dean, College of Engineering to Dr....
Dates: 1968

West Virginia University, Inauguration, President Miller (1962), Greetings and Invitation Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1763
Overview

Official greetings from American Colleges and Universities to President Miller upon his inauguration as President of West Virginia University in 1962. Also includes letters accepting or declining the invitation to attend the inauguration.

Dates: 1962

West Virginia University, Inauguration, Sound Recordings and Program

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1327
Overview

Sound recordings (8 reels) of the inauguration of Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., as president of West Virginia University, on October 2 and 3, 1959; and a program for the inauguration. Three records of Stahr's inauguration, a separation from A&M 2208, Festus P. Summers Papers, was added 1973 March 26.

Dates: 1959

West Virginia University, Land Grant College Survey, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1130
Scope and Contents

Statistical reports and questionnaires concerning West Virginia University for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Education Land Grant College Survey.

Dates: ca. 1931

West Virginia University, Life Week Program, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1896
Scope and Contents

Life Week Archives include: Outline and purpose of the program, planning materials, suggestions for speakers, minutes of steering committees, schedules, news releases, programs, evaluations, lists of faculty members who participated, secretaries notebooks and correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1939; 1946-1963

West Virginia University, Lists of Honorary Degrees Awarded

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4369
Scope and Contents

Lists and information regarding honorary degrees awarded by West Virginia University. Includes honorary degree recipients (1947-1983), order of the vandalia award recipients (1961-1984), alpha list of honorary degree recipients (1873-1969).

Dates: ca. 1984

West Virginia University, Literary Societies, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0888
Overview Records of two West Virginia University literary societies. Columbia Literary Society Records include minutes books, 1861-1920 (4 Vols.); ledgers, 1873-1907 (2 Vols.); and roll book, dues record, and financial reports, 1906-1921 (1 Vol.). Records of the Parthenon Literary Society include minute book, 1895-1911 (1 Vol.) and roll book, dues record, and financial reports, 1907-1911 (1 Vol.). The collection also includes miscellaneous notes, lists, reports, and letters inserted between pages of...
Dates: 1861-1920

West Virginia University, Mechanical Hall Fire News Release

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0869
Overview

News release concerning the Mechanical Hall Fire at WVU on June 13, 1956, including a statement from the President's Office, and a glossy print photograph of the fire.

Dates: 1956

Additional filters:

Subject
Morgantown (W. Va.) 27
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 Feminist Activist Collection 2
West Virginia University - Publications. 2
West Virginia University - building plans. 2
West Virginia University - buildings - Colson Hall. 2
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