State Board of Control of West Virginia
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Gravely and Moore Studio, Photography Business in Charleston, Negatives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2523
Overview
Negatives and other material from the Gravely and Moore Studio of Charleston, West Virginia. The majority of items within the collection are cellulose acetate negatives; the collection also includes glass plate negatives, prints, two photograph albums, and other material, as well as a card catalog documenting business transactions with customers. The collection is organized into customer project files as established by the Studio; the contents of these files are stored in envelopes usually...
Dates:
1860s-1960s; Majority of material found within 1930-1945
Walter R. Thurmond (1881-1967) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2141
Overview
Operator in the Logan coalfield for many years, collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, and president of the state Board of Control, 1937-1941. Thurmond returned to the coal industry in 1941 and helped organize the Southern Coal Producers' Association, serving as its secretary until his retirement in 1958. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers, including Thurmond's diaries for 1938-1967. Subjects include labor relations, taxes, mine...
Dates:
1938-1967
West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates:
1909-1949
West Virginia University, Potomac State College Business Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5233
Scope and Contents
Business correspondence of Potomac State College. The institution was called the Preparatory Branch of West Virginia University on the official letterhead till mid-1921, when it became Potomac State School. In 1951, the name changed to Potomac State College of West Virginia University. The business correspondence is bound into 30 volumes, which include letters from the school's principal to the State Board of Control, various reports, and subjects such as attendance and purchasing. The...
Dates:
1913-1966
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- Politics and government. 2
- Universities and colleges 2
- Advertising photography 1
- Aerial photographs. 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Architectural photography 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Chemical industry 1
- Church buildings 1
- Civil Service -- Employees 1
- Coal - Logan County. 1
- Coal - Mine safety. 1
- Coal - company stores. 1
- Coal - labor disputes. 1
- Coal - labor relations. 1
- Coal - problems. 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Coal mining - Safety. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Dance and dancers. 1
- Department stores 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education, Higher -- Administration 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- High Schools -- West Virginia 1
- High school students -- West Virginia 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Immigrants and immigration. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Logan County - coal. 1
- Logan County, W. Va. -- Public schools 1
- Logan County. 1
- Military Personnel - United States. 1
- Missionaries 1
- Nurses 1
- Photographers 1
- Photography 1
- Photography of children 1
- Police, State - West Virginia. 1
- Portrait photography 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Public institutions -- West Virginia 1
- Schools - Logan County. 1
- Schools -- West Virginia 1
- Taxation 1
- Wedding photography. 1
- West Virginia - public institutions. 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1 + ∧ less
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