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West Virginia University. Corps of Cadets

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Alston Gordon Dayton Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0211
Scope and Contents

Collection contains Dayton’s appointment certificate in the West Virginia University’s Corps of Cadets (1878), newspaper articles containing speeches delivered by Dayton, copies and notes for speeches and lectures, notebooks, and an inventory of books owned by Dayton. Ephemera within the collection includes the 1898 report of the “New England Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania,” and programs from the West Virginia Republican Association and the New York County Lawyers Association.

Dates: 1878-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mary J. Tarowsky, Compiler, West Virginia University Photographs and Ephemera

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5248
Scope and Contents Collection includes mostly West Virginia University ephemera, publications, photographs, and negatives, collected by the Young family. Much of the WVU ephemera was likely collected by Guy Bell Young (1874-1962) during his time at the university. Also includes photographs and negatives produced by his son, Guy Bayard Young (1908-1999). Many of these images are from 1936-1937 and pertain to WVU; subjects include Esther Benford (the first woman to receive a civil engineering degree from WVU,...
Dates: 1898-1966, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Corps of Cadets, Certificate

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1929
Overview

A certificate issued by West Virginia University Commandant of Cadets promoting Phillip H. Strausz, second Corporal, Co. B, Corps of Cadets. March 19, 1883.

Dates: 1883
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Corps of Cadets, Rank Certificate for R.R. Hughes

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5266
Scope and Contents

A West Virginia University cadet rank certificate for R. R. Hughes dated February 10th, 1900, promoting Hughes to Cadet Sergeant in the WVU Corps of Cadets. It is signed by R. E. Fast, Colonel W.V.N.G., Commandant of Cadets; and Earl (Carl?) Harry Smith, Adjutant.

Dates: 1900 February 10
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Coal mining - coal industry. 1
Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
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Lumber industry and timber. 1
Marion County (W. Va.) 1
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Preston County (W. Va.) 1
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Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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West Virginia - politics. 1
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Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
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