Series 13. Addendum of 2017/07/19, 1859-1992, undated

Series — Multiple Containers

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This addendum is minimally processed.

Box 77 includes a "WVU 1966" flag on a short stick, various other WVU artifacts such as pins, and a purple pennant that says "West Virginia" on it.

Boxes 78-81 include WVU publications (various issues of the Monticola from 1896 to 1965); other WVU printed material such as commencement programs, football programs, and a pamphlet titled "Laws of West Virginia Agricultural College" (1867); WVU ephemera; a WVU-related scrapbook (ca. 1929-1933); and an undated candy box with WVU on the label.

The last four folders of box 81 include photographs related to Vaughn Kiger, his work, and political campaigns (1970-1976).

Boxes 82-85 include books and pamphlets related to Morgantown, West Virginia in general, other cities, and local special interest groups. Also includes ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, audio recordings, and more. Additional topics include local schools, politics (including Jay Rockefeller), genealogy, local history, and more. One of the scrapbooks is from the Rogers family of Morgantown (ca. 1920s). The audio recordings are two identical records of Phi Sigma Kappa songs from 1910. Additional highlights include Morgantown High School yearbooks, issues of the Allerli, and items from the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute.

Box 86 includes scrapbooks and an artifact. The artifact is a decorative glass plate commemorating the Morgantown Bicentennial in 1985. The two scrapbooks are from Samuel Newton Lemley of Morgantown (ca. 1940-1946); Lemley served in WWII in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and was a cousin of Vaughn Kiger. They include mostly photographs with a few clippings and ephemera.

Box 87 includes books, clippings, a framed photograph of Vaughn Kiger and Judge Robert E. Maxwell, and artifacts, including a few from Morgantown High School (ca. 1903-1992). Pamphlets include a U.S. Navy Flight Training Manual (1943) and a "Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia" by Thomas Abernethy (1948).