Ridgway Family Papers, Ephemera, and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4594
Assorted West Virginia University publications (including a Student Directory [1962-1963], West Virginia University Bulletin on "The WVU Woman" [1963-1964], etc.) and ephemera, a set of United States War Ration Books for various members of the Ridgway and Clarke families in a leather Ration Book Holder, and other material.
Addendum of 2017 August 04 contains typed letters to W. Clarke Ridgway and Ray Ridgway from various entities at West Virginia University like the Student Affairs and Housing about W. Clarke’s admission to WVU in 1966, as well as Ray’s admission in 1925. (1966, Folder 3)
Addendum of 2022 March 15 contains a November 1929 issue of a parody newspaper titled The Bull Sheet, an independently run publication based in Morgantown; as well as a map of the Morgantown area; a high school credits card belonging to Ray Ridgway; a flyer from the Potomac State School (now WVU Potomac State College) with 1924 sports schedules on it; and a brochure detailing 1921 WV Motor Vehicle Laws. (ca. 1920s-1950s, Oversized Folder)
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W. Clarke Ridgway was a Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University, primarily focusing in Pharmeceutical Sciences, having graduated from WVU with a BS in Pharmacy in 1971. He founded the Ray L. Ridgway Pharmacy scholarship in honor of his father, Ray Ridgway, and the Clarke and Elayne Ridgway Student Services fund. At one point, he was also the curator of the Cook Hayman Museum at the WVU School of Pharmacy. In 2017, he won the David Jacobs Lifetime Service Award and was voted American Institute of the History of Pharmacy president in 2019. Ray L. Ridgway was his father, who was admitted to WVU but was unable to attend; instead he graduated from Ohio Northern University School of Pharmacy. Many of their accomplishments are not documented in the collection.
0.13 Linear Feet (3 folders, 1.3 in total; 1 oversize folder, .25 in. )
English
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository