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Roderick Wilson, Science Teacher, National Youth Science Camp Records and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4048
Overview
Records regarding the National Youth Science Camp created by Roderick Wilson, a retired Physics teacher of West Virginia University Institute of Technology. Includes delegate selection records, 1990-1996 (box 1, in three folders); visitor autograph books, 1973-1985, that include signatures by Senators Bob Dole, Strom Thurmond, etc. (box 1, in three books); and four reels of motion picture film, including footage of the Science Camp, undated (box 2). Also includes copies of glass collecting...
Dates:
circa 1963-2013
Rodney A. Pyles, Collector, Programs regarding Events in Morgantown (W.Va.)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3368
Overview
Programs (ca. 50 items) for: West Virginia University (WVU) School of Music and theatrical events; various fine arts events in Morgantown, Clarksburg, and Buckhannon, WV. Also includes WVU faculty manual (1966) and rough manuscript notes regarding the Roy Bird Cook Collection at the West Virginia Collection, WVU.
Dates:
1948-1966
Roger Butcher, Student, Memorabilia of South Harrison High School
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3677
Overview
Student memorabilia of Roger Butcher, a resident of Harrison County, West Virginia. Includes: postcards, certificates, track meet ribbons, 4-H award ribbons, greeting cards, 4-H camp group portraits, South Harrison High School graduation autograph book, and other material.
Dates:
1979-1983
Rogers McAvoy, Compiler, Clair Bee Research Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 3686
Overview
Research papers regarding basketball coach and author Clair Bee, native son of Grafton, West Virginia, and a significant influence in establishing the modern game of basketball. The materials were compiled by Rogers Mc Avoy, a professor of Educational Psychology at West Virginia University. The collection documents Bee family history and Clair Bee's life, including his student years at Grafton High School and Waynesburg College (where he began his coaching career), and his rise in college...
Dates:
1883-2005; Majority of material found within 1915-1983
Roland P. Davis, Engineer, Records regarding Bridges in West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3881
Overview
Records of Engineer Roland P. Davis, who was associated with the College of Engineering at West Virginia University, serving as a professor (1911-1932), and later as Dean (1932-1955). These papers document his work as a consultant, including work for the State Road Commission as a "Consulting Bridge Engineer". There are extensive records and photographs regarding bridges in West Virginia, including the New Martinsville Bridge, the Parkersburg suspension bridge, and others. There are also...
Dates:
ca. 1955-1970
Romine Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1963
Overview
Photocopies of a list of family records from the Bible of the John W. and Elizabeth C. Romine family from 1824 to 1891. Records list name, birth date, death date, and marriages in the Romine family.
Dates:
1824-1891
Romney Cornet Band, Minute Book, Concert Program, and Newspaper Clippings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2431
Overview
Minute book of the Romney Cornet Band, Feb-June, 1885, including a concert program and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1885 Feb-June
Ron Rittenhouse, Collector, Monongah Mine Photographs and Oral History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4520
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 69 .tif files and 1 .wav file created by digitizing 40 postcards documenting the aftermath of the 1907 Monongah Mines Disaster and 1 microcassette containing an oral history of George Earl Vincent conducted by Ron Rittenhouse documenting Vincent's experience during and after the disaster.The original materials were loaned for digitization and returned. Only the digitized materials are part of this collection. The loaned materials originally consisted...
Dates:
1907, 1991
Ronald Lewis, Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3882
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials of various formats used and created by historian Dr. Ronald Lewis throughout his career. There are records and course materials from classes taught by Dr. Lewis at the University of Delaware and, primarily, at West Virginia University (WVU). It includes other documents relating to his work as a faculty advisor to graduate students in WVU’s history department. There is extensive documentation of his research, most of which was done on Appalachian history and...
Dates:
circa 1850-2021; Majority of material found within circa 1970-2021