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West Virginia University, Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1284

Overview

Records of West Virginia University's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) chiefly contain student records from 1950 to 1954. These documents are arranged alphabetically according to student name, and include personal information as well as course and grade information and cadet grades. Permission of a curator is required to view these records. Collection also contains one folder of printed recruiting materials for the ROTC program from 1955 to 1960, including WVU ROTC student guides, general recruitment brochures, and an issue of the WVU Military Mountaineer newsletter from 1959.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-1959
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1950-1954

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Requires signed form, since 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.

Biographical / Historical

Although military training was part of the West Virginia University curriculum since the founding of the school in 1867, the first Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit was not installed until World War I. This first unit was established in 1916 and was followed by a Signal Corps unit in 1941 and an Air Force unit in 1946.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet (Summary: 5 in. (1 document case))

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/

Related A&M Collections

316, 1284, 1336

Title
West Virginia University, Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Records, 1950-1959
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