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West Virginia and Regional Postcard Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3960

Scope and Contents

This collection of postcards primarily documents locations all over West Virginia, including various counties and regions and West Virginia University. There are also several postcards of locations in other states as well, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, and others. A significant portion of this collection has been digitized ("scanned"), and some of these digitized postcards are available to view on West Virginia History OnView. Most of these images have not yet been flagged in OnView as being part of this collection, so they may need to be looked up by their ID number. Any ID numbers in this contents list were added during the scanning process, and will match the ID numbers in West Virginia History OnView.

The addendum of 2024 December 19 to A&M 3960, West Virginia and Regional Postcard Collection, Assorted West Virginia Real Photo Postcards consists of assorted real photo postcards of locations in West Virginia (predominantly eastern West Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle) (box 14).

Series include:
Series 1. Scanned Postcards of West Virginia Counties, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 1-5)
Series 2. Assorted Scanned Postcards, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 6-7)
Series 3. Duplicate Scanned Postcards, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 8-9)
Series 4. Postcards of West Virginia Counties, Not Scanned, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 10-12)
Series 5. West Virginia and Other Postcards, Not Scanned, ca. 1905-1930 (box 12)
Series 6. Oversize West Virginia Postcards, Not Scanned, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 12-13)
Series 7. Oversize Non-West Virginia Postcards, Not Scanned, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 13-14)

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1900-1960
  • Creation: Majority of material found within circa 1900-1940

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

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

5.8 Linear Feet (5 ft. 10 in. (14 document cases, 5 in. each))

Language

English

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 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfer from WVU. Libraries. West Virginia and Regional History Collection, 2013/09/17

Gift from Parsons, Doug, 2024/05/15

Title
West Virginia and Regional Postcard Collection
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2013/09/05
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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