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M. G. Comuntzis Obituary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3334
Overview
One newspaper clipping of an obituary from the August 20, 1989 issue of The Dominion Post titled, "Space Pioneer M.G. Comuntzis Dies." "Marcus G. Comuntzis was born in Morgantown, West Virginia on July 8, 1921. He received his undergraduate degree from West Virginia University, served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a second lieutenant, and received a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a member of the initial staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
Dates:
1989 August 20
M. W. Haymond, Signer, Post-Civil War Voter's Affidavit
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4343
Overview
A voter’s affidavit signed by M.W. Haymond of Fairmont, West Virginia in October of 1865. While the document is titled “Voter’s Affidavit”, such a document may also be referred to as an “oath of allegiance” or “loyalty oath”. These were used by the Union to certify that the signer had not fought for or otherwise aided the Confederacy.
Dates:
1865 October 26
Mabel DeVries Tanner, Playwright, Correspondence and Play Scripts
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Collection Number: A&M 4408
Scope and Contents
Mabel Tanner was a playwright who lived in Morgantown, West Virginia. The collection includes her correspondence advocating her plays, including letters to the Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s. There is also correspondence with the Hollywood movie star Anthony Quinn.box 1; correspondence (including letters from Anthony Quinn), four play scripts authored by Mabel Tanner (including "May Madness," "Call it Madness," "The Go-Between," and "Bread and Wine"), two photographs of...
Dates:
ca. 1906-1965
Mabel Hoggard, Educator, Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 3719
Overview
Papers of Mabel Welch Wims Hoggard documenting the career of a dedicated educator and a pioneer in breaking many racial barriers, including the first African-American staff writer for the Williamson News (Mingo County, West Virginia, ca. 1942), administrative staff member for The Williamson Housing Authority (ca. 1942), and the first permanent African-American teacher in Nevada (1945). The collection includes her personal and professional correspondence (ca....
Dates:
1924-1989; Majority of material found within 1932-1953, 1989
Mabel Horn Letters and Photographs
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Collection Number: A&M 3476
Overview
Letters from "Aunt Mabel" in Coal Center, Pennsylvania to Mabel Horn in Clarksville, Pennsylvania. Topics include: arthritis, cooking, death, family, gardening, health, holidays, meals, "presents for pop," produce, reunions, weather, and working, among others. There are also a few letters from other people. Places mentioned include: Clarksville, Coal Center, Jefferson, Rices Landing, and Washington, Pennsylvania. There are three photographs: 1) group portrait of students and teacher at...
Dates:
1953-1956
Mabel Marie Griffith, Compiler, Scrapbooks of a Morgantown Resident
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Collection Number: A&M 3530
Overview
Two scrapbooks (10 in. x 13 in.) compiled by Mabel Marie Griffith (born 02-28-1896) documenting her life in Morgantown, West Virginia in the period 1914-1926, including her personal and family life, education (Morgantown High School and West Virginia University), and her attendance of athletic, musical, and theatrical events. There is documentation of the effects of World War I (WWI) on Morgantown, Redpath Chautauqua, the impact of the influenza epidemic on the family of Charles Holt (the...
Dates:
1903-1929; Majority of material found in 1911-1920
Macajah Anderson Thorn Letter
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2210
Overview
Copy of a manuscript letter written by Macajah Anderson Thorn to his father, Gordon Cloyd Torn, from Prison No. 2,Camp Chase, Ohio, dated November 18, 1864. Macajah was the grandfather of Gordon Thorn, the lender. At the time, the Thorn home was in Bland County Virginia. Macajah was a confederate captured near Moorefield. There is also included a copy of a typescript communication, 4/30/1926, from the U.S. War Department to Mrs. H. H. Ball, Princeton, W.Va. concerning Sgt. Thorn's War...
Dates:
1864
Macil Ingram, Compiler, AFL-CIO Dept. of Education Materials
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Collection Number: A&M 2424
Overview
Assorted AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) pamphlets and other materials distributed by the AFL Dept. of Education in Charleston, West Virginia, between 1949 and 1956. Most of the pamphlets are dated prior to the 1955 merger of the AFL and CIO and pertain chiefly to the work of the American Federation of Labor. Pamphlets provide information about the history of the AFL, labor organizations, the benefits of unions, and the AFL's Committee on...
Dates:
1949-1956
Maddex Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4642
Scope and Contents
3 booklets and a freshman beanie regarding West Virginia University belonging to Eugene Maddex and assorted West Virginia University-related ephemera regarding environmental activism, student life, and more belonging to Lee Maddex (Eugene's son). Also included are several flyers, posters, and other ephemera promoting performances of local Morgantown bands (specifically Nexus and Granny's 12 Gauge).Addendum of 2025 May 20 includes materials documenting Eugene Byington Maddex's...
Dates:
1937-1946, 1982-2000
Mae Robinson Stiles, Compiler, History of Wana
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2422
Overview
A short history of Wana, West Virginia compiled by Mrs. Mae Robinson Stiles for the West Virginia Centennial in 1963.
Dates:
1800-1930