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Joyce T. Hathaway Family, Photographs and Printed Material Regarding Calhoun County

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3864

Scope and Contents

Family photographs and printed material of Joyce T. Hathaway (b. 1927). The original accession includes prints, photographic postcards, strips of 35 mm negatives, digital images, and printed material. Subjects include people, places, and activities of Calhoun County and the town of Grantsville, West Virginia in the early 1900s (prints and postcards) and the 1940s (prints and 35 mm negatives). An addendum of 2013/10/30 includes printed material, photographs, and glass lantern slides. Subjects of the photographs include Webster Springs, Grantsville, the Calhoun County High School fire, and family portraits. The glass lantern slides include advertisements for films (ca. early 1930s).

Photographic material in the original accession (box 1) includes ca. 75 prints, ca. 17 photographic postcards, ca. 141 strips of 35 mm negatives, and ca. 750 digital images. The 35 mm negatives were created by Grantsville native David Barr Hathaway (1924-2009), Joyce's husband. The digital images are positive scans of the 35 mm negatives; the collection does not contain positive prints of these images. In addition to friends and family, subjects of the photographic material include the people, places, and activities of Calhoun County and the town of Grantsville, West Virginia in the early 1900s (prints and postcards) and the 1940s (prints and 35 mm negatives). Highlights of the 35 mm negatives include the West Virginia Baptists Assembly, a WWII scrap convoy, the fire at Calhoun County High School in February of 1942, and the laying of the courthouse cornerstone in Grantsville in 1942, among others.

The original accession also includes printed material pertaining to the West Virginia Teachers' Institutes, the Calhoun County Centennial, Grantsville, and Concord College (box 2; 5 items).

An addendum of 2013/10/30 (box 3) includes printed material, photographs, and glass lantern slides. The printed material includes an essay by David Hathaway regarding the Calhoun County High School fire. Photographs include stereographic cards of Webster Springs; images of the school fire and the Cabot Station explosion; portraits of the Hathaway and Dye families, among others; images of Grantsville; and the first airmail pickup at Pleasant Hill. The five glass lantern slides include four advertisements for commercial films (motion pictures) and one advertisement for Christmas Seals (1927-1935).

Dates

  • Creation: 1881, circa 1900-2012
  • Creation: Majority of material found within circa 1900-1963

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0.83 Linear Feet (10 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (2 document cases, 2.5 in. each))

0.46 Gigabytes (750 files, formats include .jpg, .pdf, .xls, and .html)

Overview

Family photographs and printed material of Joyce T. Hathaway (b. 1927). The original accession includes prints, photographic postcards, strips of 35 mm negatives, digital images, and printed material. Subjects include people, places, and activities of Calhoun County and the town of Grantsville, West Virginia in the early 1900s (prints and postcards) and the 1940s (prints and 35 mm negatives). An addendum of 2013/10/30 includes printed material, photographs, and glass lantern slides. Subjects of the photographs include Webster Springs, Grantsville, the Calhoun County High School fire, and family portraits. The glass lantern slides include advertisements for films (1927-1935).

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Title
Joyce T. Hathaway Family, Photographs and Printed Material regarding Calhoun County
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2012/09/05
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536