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A.C.L. Gatewood Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1519
Overview Correspondence, diary, and farm account book of a Confederate officer and Pocahontas County cattleman and farmer. The correspondence deals primarily with Gatewood's activities as adjutant general and chief of staff of the West Virginia Division, United Confederate Veterans. The Civil War diary, 11 March-15 December 1865, covers action of Company F, Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, "Laurel Brigade," Rosser Cavalry Division, from Staunton to Appomattox. The farm account book, 1866-1869, also...
Dates: 1801-1816, 1855-1919
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

American Legion, Mountaineer Post No. 127, Morgantown Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0139
Overview

Official records of the American Legion post established at West Virginia University in 1945.

Dates: 1945-1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

American Missionary Society Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2224
Overview

Papers which relate to the American Missionary Society's Schools for Freedmen operated by the Society in Virginia and West Virginia. Includes correspondence, teacher's monthly reports, and the superintendent's monthly reports for West Virginia schools located at Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, Charles Town, Martinsburg, and Charleston.

Dates: 1848-1882
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Andrew Summers Rowan (1857-1943) Papers and Memorabilia

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Collection Number: A&M 1780
Overview Burial flag, cord, pictures, and correspondence, 1963-1964, concerning disposition of these items. There is a resume of Rowan's life after 1922 and information on his military service, which included a mission in Cuba prior to the Spanish-American War, which was glorified in Elbert Hubbard's A Message to Garcia. There is a resume of Rowan's life, most notably his U.S. Army career, 1881-1909. An 1881 graduate of West Point, he served on the frontier against Indians...
Dates: ca. 1940-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Angela Boserman, Collector, Letter and Tuition Account from Randolph County

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Collection Number: A&M 0261
Overview

Letter from Patrick Durkin to David Goff, 17 March 1855, about being attacked by dogs on a public road; and a photostat of a tuition account by Cyrus Kittle, school commissioner of School District No. 12, with teacher H. W. Mills, for teaching indigent children in Randolph County, West Virginia, 23 February 1861.

Dates: 1855, 1861
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barbara Bircher Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4320
Scope and Contents Papers of Barbara Bircher (1930-2010; nee Barbara Jean Clear) of Westover, WV. Includes family photographs (including portraits, group portraits, and candid shots), two reels of motion picture film ("4 July 1974" and unidentified), genealogy material regarding the Bircher, Clare, and Clear families, clippings, two audio recordings (vinyl discs), and other material.Box 1 folder 21 contains the two vinyl discs, including "Steel Mill Blues" performed by Mike Pickering, 1982; and...
Dates: ca. 1920-2010
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barbour County Board of Education, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1726
Overview

Financial records, building specifications, inspection and attendance reports, resolutions and orders of the Barbour County, Cove Township Board of Education, 1865-1968.

Dates: 1865-1968
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Barrackville High School, Yearbook "The Alpha"

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Collection Number: A&M 4396
Content Description Barrackville High School yearbook "The Alpha" (1935). In addition to being a yearbook for the class of 1935, this volume also contains historical sketches. There are histories of: the class of 1935, student body presidents, Barracksville High School (1910-1935), school building, Barracksville elementary schools, first slaves in the community, churches, Bethlehem Mine No. 41, and other subjects. There are lists of teachers and graduates over many years. There are also a few photographs. ...
Dates: 1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Berlin B. Chapman, Compiler, Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 2229
Overview

Microfilmed copy of a scrapbook outlining the history of college debating in West Virginia, 1933-1941. The scrapbook was prepared by Dr. Chapman and the Fairmont State College debate teams. Original is in the Fairmont State College Library.

Dates: 1933-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Beryl Burchinal, Compiler, Monongalia County Schools Photographs

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Collection Number: A&M 3566
Overview

Class photographs of the students of Beryl Burchinal, a teacher at Fort Martin, Rosedale, and Randall schools in Monongalia County, from 1930-1934. The collection also includes class photographs from Bailey School; a note on the schools in which Beryl Burchinal taught during the early 1930s; and photographs of Crispin Hernandez, a former student.

Dates: 1930-2001; Majority of material found in 1931-1934
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
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Women's schools. 22
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Monongalia County - schools. 14
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California 4
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West Virginia University 16
Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.) 13
Storer College 8
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 7
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 7
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Woodburn Female Seminary (Morgantown, W. Va.) 7
Agricultural College of West Virginia 6
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 6
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 6
Democratic Party (U.S.) 5
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 5
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 5
Meadows, Clarence W. 5
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 5
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 5
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 5
West Virginia. Legislature 5
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 4
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 4
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 4
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 4
Dille, Thomas Ray 4
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 4
Glenville State College 4
Green, William. 4
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 4
Mollohan, Robert H. 4
Patteson, Okey L. 4
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 4
United Mine Workers of America 4
University of Virginia. 4
American Red Cross 3
Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925 3
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 3
Byrd, Robert C. 3
Dawson, William M.O. 3
Dayton, Alston Gordon 3
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 3
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 3
Halbritter, R. Doyne 3
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 3
Hubbard, C. D. (Chester Dorman), 1814-1891 3
Lewisburg Female Institute (Lewisburg, W. Va.) 3
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 3
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 3
McDonald, Henry Temple, 1872-1951 3
McKinley, William, 1843-1901 3
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 3
Moore, J.R. 3
Preston, Rev. David. 3
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 3
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 3
Ruffner family 3
State Board of Control of West Virginia 3
Tennant family 3
Trent, William Woodson. 3
United States - Railway Administration. 3
United States. Internal Revenue Service 3
Virginia Military Institute 3
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind 3
West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.) 3
Weston State Hospital 3
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 3
AFL-CIO 2
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 2
American Colonization Society 2
American Federation of Labor 2
American Legion 2
Andrews, Volney. 2
Armstrong, Glenn. 2
Associated Press 2
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment 2
Baldwin, Robert D. (1891-1982) 2
Barns, Fleming and Company 2
Barns, James F. 2
Barns, John S. 2
Barns, John S. and Company 2
Barns, Thomas. 2
Barron, W. W. 2
Berkeley Springs Sanitarium 2
Biaggi, Mario 2
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 2
Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986 2
Boyle, William M. 2
Boyle, William M. Jr. 2
Brewster, J.M. 2
Brown, John, 1800-1859 2
Buckman, Cecil G. 2
Burnside, Maurice Gwinn, 1902-1991 2
Butler, Paul M. (Paul Mulholland), 1905-1961 2
Cairnes, Tom. 2
Carey, James B. 2
Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975 2
Carroll, James Hawley, 1820-1890 2
Carter, E.A. 2
Chapman, Berlin B., 1900-1995 2
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 2
Clark, Robert. 2
Columbia College (Columbia University) 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 31st 2
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