Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.)
Organization
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Professor Henry Woods Address
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2263
Overview
Hand-written copy of an address delivered to a group of Monongalia Academy graduates in connection with a WVU Alumni meeting. The address was probably delivered around 1910 and contains information about the early history of the academy. Professor Woods taught at Washington & Jefferson College and was also a minister at a church in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
ca. 1910
Thomas Ray Dille Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0171
Scope and Contents
Papers of a Morgantown attorney, genealogist, and antiquarian. There are several series of office files relating to Dille's law practice, and extensive correspondence regarding his historical and genealogical studies. Families for which there are genealogical compilations include Dille, Ray, Stewart, McFarland, Tennant, David Evans, and John Evans. Monongalia County birth and death records; cemetery readings; copies of wills and indexes of will books; names in real estate and appraisement...
Dates:
1781-1948
Thomas Ray Dille Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0357
Scope and Contents
Gift of the brothers and sisters of Thomas Ray Dille, lawyer, historian, and genealogist of Morgantown W.Va. This collection contains the family histories of the Dille, David Evans, and John Evans families, as well as the Ray, Stewart, McFarland, and Tennant families. Materials include five loose leaf volumes of cemetery records of Monongalia County; family records of Monongalia County, and family Bible records. Additional materials about the Forks of Cheat Baptist Church,...
Dates:
ca. 1774-1939
West Virginia and Regional History Center, Video Recording of West Virginia Day Program
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5187
Scope and Contents
Unedited video recording, on DVD and original digital footage, of the West Virginia Day Program presented by the West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries' West Virginia & Regional History Center on June 20, 2014. The program, titled "Celebrating Two Hundred Years of Education in Morgantown," included three speakers, all WVU faculty: Dr. Barbara J. Howe, Dr. Lillian J. Waugh, and Dr. Connie P. Rice. The speakers were introduced by Dr. John Cuthbert, Director and Curator of the...
Dates:
2014
William M. Dent (1831-1914) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0976
Overview
Correspondence, 1868, of William M. Dent and others concerning a school for girls operated by W. Giddings at Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia; and a program for the seventh annual contest between the Columbian and the Monongalian Literary societies of the Monongalia Academy, 1860.
Dates:
1860, 1888
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- Morgantown (W. Va.) 11
- Women's schools. 10
- Academies (Private schools) 7
- Universities and colleges 6
- Account books 3
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 3
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 2
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 2
- Education 2
- Genealogy 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 2
- Monongalia County - schools. 2
- Revolutionary War. 2
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 2
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 2
- Academies 1
- African Americans -- Education (Higher) 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Churches -- Forks of Cheat Baptist 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Education -- West Virginia 1
- Elections 1
- Grafton. 1
- Henry v. Pierpoint 1
- Literature -- Societies, etc 1
- Monongalia Academy. Fund Raising (1832-1846) 1
- Schools 1
- Schools - Monongalia County. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Virginia - Debt Commission. 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- Women -- Education 1 + ∧ less
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