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Gravely and Moore Studio, Photography Business in Charleston, Negatives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2523
Overview
Negatives and other material from the Gravely and Moore Studio of Charleston, West Virginia. The majority of items within the collection are cellulose acetate negatives; the collection also includes glass plate negatives, prints, two photograph albums, and other material, as well as a card catalog documenting business transactions with customers. The collection is organized into customer project files as established by the Studio; the contents of these files are stored in envelopes usually...
Dates:
1860s-1960s; Majority of material found within 1930-1945
Hopemont Hospital Cirkut Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3539
Scope and Contents
Ten photographs documenting the West Virginia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Hopemont in Preston County, West Virginia. Photographs show buildings, grounds, and patients. The photographs include views of the facility looking east and west; an interior shot of the dining hall with residents at meal time; and an exterior view of the Gore Hospital building. Includes nine cirkut or panoramic photographs (two of which show the same image) and one standard size photograph.
Dates:
1920-1938
Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Scrapbook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3307
Overview
One (11.5' x 12') volume of photographs documenting the Sanitarium located at Hopemont, Preston County, WV. The volume contains over 130 photographs depicting the facilities, services, staff, patients, and local scenery.
Dates:
ca. 1920-1929
West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates:
1909-1949