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Katharine Gregg Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4598
Scope and Contents
Papers, reports, and other materials of Dr. Katharine Gregg relating to projects and reports on which she worked, including the Canaan Valley Power Project, Monongahela National Forest Land Management and Resource Plan, and the Holly Grove Mining/Little Kanawha Environmental Impact Statement. This collection also includes material documenting Dr. Gregg's involvement with the Sierra Club, including two yard signs protesting the creation of the proposed Potomac-Appalachian Transmission...
Dates:
circa 1972-2003
Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4536
Scope and Contents
Papers of Katherine G. Johnson. Includes assorted artifacts, family photographs, awards, honorary degrees, correspondence, and other material regarding the career and life of Katherine G. Johnson. The bulk of the collection is focused on material relating to the release of the 2016 film Hidden Figures while other material details Katherine Johnson's early life and her family history. Such material includes news clippings, magazine...
Dates:
1800-2024; Majority of material found within 2016-2021
Katherine M. Hunter, Compiler, Local Histories and Genealogies
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2885
Scope and Contents
Local historians and genealogies from West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle (Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan counties), compiled by researcher Katy Hunter. Most of the papers consist of Hunter's notes made from sources in courthouses, libraries and historical societies. Also included is correspondence between Hunter and clients seeking historical information. The correspondence and notes are bound into fifty-eight notebooks, for which there is an index in the inventory folder. In addition to the...
Dates:
1948-1974
Katherine Williams, Collector, Williams Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4138
Scope and Contents
Family papers compiled by Katherine Williams of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Most of the papers are of the James H. Taylor family of Clarksburg, West Virginia dating from the 19th century. There are also records of the Irwin family including a genealogy, and the Civil War letters of private George Irwin, a soldier in Company F, 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Other families documented include the Redman and Summers families. The collection includes letters, autograph books, family...
Dates:
ca. 1840-2005
Kathryn Belle McGee Records regarding Rhododendron Girls State School at Jackson's Mill
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3627
Scope and Contents
Records regarding Kathryn McGee and the first Rhododendron Girls State program at Jackson's Mill, West Virginia, a "citizenship training school" held during summer months and sponsored by the American Legion Auxilliary. Includes mainly Girls State records, such as publications, election records, programs, photographs, and other materials.Series include:
Series 1. Historical Information, 1942, 2003 (box 1)
Series 2. Rhododendron Girls State Records,...
Dates:
1941-2003; Majority of material found within 1941, 1978-1987
Kathryn Cramer Morgan, Charles William Cramer Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3855
Overview
Papers of the Charles William Cramer family of Morgantown. He was born in 1876 in Piedmont, West Virginia; graduated from Law School at West Virginia University in 1897; served in the 6th Cavalry Regiment in the Spanish-American War; and moved to Morgantown in 1901. Includes 176 page narrative by Cramer regarding his life from 1876 to ca. 1905, covering his student days at West Virginia University and his service during the Spanish-American War. There is a photo of Charles Cramer; and photos...
Dates:
1876-ca.1970
Keadle Family Photographs and History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1670
Overview
Photographs and a brief historical statement of the Keadle family from Greenbrier and Monroe counties.
Dates:
1963
Keith Dix and Archie Green, Compilers, Folk Music Recordings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4707
Scope and Contents
One undated vocal recording of Ballad of Mother Jones with dobro and guitar accompaniment. Contributed by Dr. Keith Dix and Archie Green.
Dates:
undated
Keith Dix, Papers regarding Labor History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2800
Overview
A collection of typescripts, brochures, pamphlets, books, tape recordings, and assorted ephemeral publications concerning radical political and economic groups and community organizing related to labor history in Appalachia and the United States as compiled by Keith Dix. Organizations and publications represented in the collection include New Directions in Labor (1970-1971), New American Movement (1970-1971), New University Conference (1971), Labor Research Association (1971), Students for a...
Dates:
1923-1976
Keller Hotel of Romney, West Virginia, Hotel Register
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4476
Scope and Contents
DVD containing digital copies of pages from the hotel register of the Keller Hotel of Romney, West Virginia for the period 1854-1909 (incomplete). The register book pages list the guests' names and check-in dates. The pages may also list the guests' home residence and/or room number. In some cases, financial information is also included, such as how much each guest paid, and calculations of the hotel’s total revenue. The collection also includes scans of black-and-white photos of the hotel...
Dates:
1854-1909; Majority of material found within 1855-1907