West Virginia University. Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)

Overview Memorabilia acquired by West Virginia University (WVU) student Sallye Bom (formerly Sallye Stewart) during the 1940s. Includes Sallye Bom's WVU Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) woman's cap and cape dating from 1948 in navy blue and gold. Also includes photograph of Sallye Bom, 1944 WVU football handbook, and 1944 WVU football schedule. (Robert Bom was a member of the Mountaineers football team in 1944.) There are WVU football programs for 1944 (6 issues and 1 duplicate), 1945 (7...

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The correspondence file from the office of Dean Hayman, WVU. College of Pharmacy for the years 1950-1951. There are a few items for the years 1948 and 1949 including the Annual Report of the College of Pharmacy, 1949-50. Also, a 37 pp. mimeographed article "You Can Be Proud Of West Virginia University", giving size statistics of 1950, description of physical plant, scope of the University's program for each college, School, Extension Division, R.O.T.C., and Experimentation and Research.

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Records of West Virginia University's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Includes chiefly student records from 1954 to 1955. These documents are arranged alphabetically according to student name, and include personal information as well as course and grade information and cadet grades. Permission of a curator is required to view these records.

Overview Records of West Virginia University's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) chiefly contain student records from 1950 to 1954. These documents are arranged alphabetically according to student name, and include personal information as well as course and grade information and cadet grades. Permission of a curator is required to view these records. Collection also contains one folder of printed recruiting materials for the ROTC program from 1955 to 1960, including WVU ROTC student guides,...

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Scrapbooks of clippings and photographs documenting official and social activities of the Pershing Rifles, WVU Chapter, ROTC. Also includes Charter for WVU Chapter of the National Society of Pershing Rifles (1955) in oversize folder.

Overview The West Virginia University Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) was established in 1916. This small collection consists of a typescript for an undated radio program broadcast from WVU called "ROTICY," which provided information about the Army and Air Force ROTC programs at the University as well as the Signal Corps. Topics include course information about the Military and Air Sciences Division, the benefits of the ROTC program, what the program entails, and the different fields of...