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West Virginia University, Board of Governors, Correspondence and Other Materials

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0995

Overview

Correspondence files of Charles T. Neff, Jr. Secretary of the WVU. Board of Governors. Includes letters from Edward Grandison Smith, president of the Board, and Hugh L. Scott, Robert L. Ramsay, John J. Cornwell, Members of the Board, and Governors Howard M. Gore, William G. Conley and Herman G. Kump; copies of programs, speeches, and reports give information on construction of the WVU Library building; memorial program for Louis Black, Robert A. Armstrong, and Cleveland M. Seibert; a brief history of the governing bodies of WVU; inaugurations of Gov. W. G. Conley; a history of the WVU Board of Governors and an outline of the work program and organization of the Campus office of the Board, including lists of WVU items collected as a beginning of a library; and explanation of a map of WVU real estate holdings giving date of acquisition and source of gift or purchase. Also included, are biographical sketches of one hundred and eleven prominent men and women in West Virginia.

Dates

  • Creation: 1927-1942

Creator

Language of Materials

English

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

2.1 Linear Feet (Summary: 2 ft. 1 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each))

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
West Virginia University, Board of Governors, Correspondence and Other Materials, 1927-1942
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