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West Virginia University, President's Office, Departmental, and Other Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0690

Scope and Contents

Records from various colleges and departments of West Virginia University, including the Agricultural Experiment Station, Board of Regents, College of Education, Department of Philosophy and Psychology, President's Office, Registrar's Office, and general financial records primarily documenting the early history of the University. Most records are from the President's Office, including correspondence and administrative records dating from 1872-1924.

Materials from the Registrar's Office include student registration forms, 1899-1913; class schedules, 1902-1913; class cards and instructors' reports; absence records; examination records; late registration excuses; applications for cadetships, [1897-1924], faculty minutes, 1867-1899; and grades from 1867-1887. Also includes correspondence from the College of Education, 1896-1945; departmental correspondence and student records from the Department of Philosophy and Psychology, 1921-1948; and minute books of various faculty committees, ca. 1900, including graduation, scholarships, examinations, student affairs, entrance requirements, lectures and public exercises, and registration.

Miscellaneous financial records include vouchers and receipts from 1894 to 1914, checks from 1895-1989, and reports from 1887-1913 as well as volumes with check stubs, 1893-1902; drafts, 1897-1899; warrants, 1898-1899; orders, 1897-1900; shipping books, 1897-1904; expenditures, 1896-1902; and general financial information, 1891-1900.

Other volumes include material related to the Agricultural Experiment Station, 1896-1903, and campus plans from the early twentieth century.

The series arrangement reflects legacy description, and materials currently in the miscellaneous series may relate to other series.

Due to reprocessing, there are no boxes labeled 207-212.

Dates

  • Creation: 1864-1989
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1867-1920

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Special access restriction applies to the microfilm reels.

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

180.58 Linear Feet (318 document cases, 5 in. each); (35 records cartons, 15 in. each); (10 letter file boxes, 3 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in.); (45 volumes in stacks, 5 ft.); (15 reels of microfilm); (1 record carton, 17 in.)

Overview

Records from various colleges and departments of West Virginia University, including the Agricultural Experiment Station, Board of Regents, College of Education, Department of Philosophy and Psychology, President's Office, Registrar's Office, and general financial records primarily documenting the early history of the University. Most records are from the President's Office, including correspondence and administrative records dating from 1872-1924. Box 1A contains a ledger of matriculation records of West Virginia University's first students dating from 1867-1894, including their names, ages, places of residence, and names of parents.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Most of this collection is stored offsite. The only materials onsite are the 45 volumes and the microfilm reels. Please make an appointment prior to visiting in order to access offiste materials.

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/

UNPUBLISHED

Transfer from West Virginia University. College of Arts and Sciences. Dean. Collett, A.R., 1954/12/03, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995

Existence and Location of Copies

Parts of this collection were microfilmed and are available as A&M 5262, West Virginia University, President's Office Records, held at the WVRHC. The contents list for that collection can be searched to find areas of overlap; some of the boxes in A&M 690 have notes on them indicating that they were microfilmed.

Related A&M Collections

690, 3695

Title
West Virginia University, President's Office, Departmental, and Other Records
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
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