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West Virginia University, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Office of Academic Affairs, Time Capsule Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5255

Scope and Contents

Materials from the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences Time Capsule, representing what it means to be a Mountaineer in 2018. The time capsule was created in conjunction with the 2018 campus read book, Station Eleven, and was interred on the college's 25th anniversary. The physical time capsule, containing artifacts from the College, departments, programs, and student organizations, was buried for 20 years, to be excavated in 2038. This collection includes the list of items that went into the pysical time capsule, as well as its location. A digital time capsule, filled with students’ items was also created. This collection includes an inventory of the digital items as well as the files themselves, in PDF and JPG formats.

Dates

  • Creation: 2018-2019

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting 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

.01 Linear Feet (1 flash drive (1 folder))

0.77 Gigabytes (77 files, primarily .jpg and .pdf)

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, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Office of Academic Affairs, Time Capsule Records
Author
Jane LaBarbara
Date
2019/02/10
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
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