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West Virginia University, Athletics Communications, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5209

Scope and Contents

This collection includes broadcast recordings on cassette tapes, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, and other records and papers pertaining to West Virginia University Athletics Communications Office and their published works mainly regarding WVU football, men's basketball, and baseball.

Cassette tapes include audio recordings of radio broadcasts of WVU men's basketball, women's basketball, and football games.

Publications include media guides, score cards, and programs of men's basketball, football and baseball. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings pertain to the 1968 football team, the 1951-1954 men's basketball teams, and others.

Papers include files of WVU Sports Information Director Edgar "Eddie" Barrett and WVU Athletic Director Robert "Red" Brown on the West Virginia Centennial Celebration. Other papers include publications, tributes, and photographs of former WVU and NBA basketball star Jerry West.

Dates

  • Creation: 1944-2014, undated
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Box 25 is restricted (cannot be used) until it can be cleaned.

Audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers must contact 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

20.42 Linear Feet (20 ft. 5 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (13 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 index card box,12 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.) )

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 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfer from Antonik, John, on behalf of WVU Athletics, 2016/03/10

Title
West Virginia University, Athletics Communications, Records
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2016/03/22
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