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USS West Virginia Life Preserver
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4640
Scope and Contents
This life preserver, constructed of treated canvas over foam, was salvaged from the wreckage of the U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48) after the surprise December 7, 1941 Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The life preserver measures 25 inches in diameter and includes the phrase, "U.S.S. W. Va. 1st Fire and Rescue Div" painted in red.
Dates:
Event: 1941 December 7
USS West Virginia, Navy Uniform of Granville R. Williams
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3462
Overview
Dress white U.S. Navy uniform that belonged to Granville R. Williams, Gunner's Mate 2nd Class, who served aboard the USS West Virginia during the attack at Pearl Harbor. Williams survived the attack and was awarded the Purple Heart. His Purple Heart medal and five campaign and achievement medals adorn the uniform. There is also a photograph of Williams and a copy of the article 'The Horror of Pearl Harbor' from Militaria International magazine (May 2001) which includes a reminiscence by...
Dates:
1941-2001
USS West Virginia Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2005
Scope and Contents
Materials concerning the dedication of the bell of the armored cruiser U.S.S. West Virginia, December 7, 1967. Items include program, invitation, diagram of proceedings, and newspaper clippings of dedication. Second accession: Mimeographed copy of essay about dedication. 1968 Oct 31: Xerox copy of 1 loose-leaf notebook containing the material created for the dedication services of the bell from the armored cruiser USS West Virginia. The project was initiated by WVU's...
Dates:
1967-1988
USS West Virginia Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2026
Scope and Contents
One folder of letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the arrangements to bring the mast of the USS West Virginia to the WVU Campus
Dates:
1963
USS West Virginia, Records Regarding 17th Reunion of the Crew
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4200
Overview
Faxed correspondence from the West Virginia Division of Veterans Affairs in Charleston in 1998, showing copied pages from the 1985 issue of The Mountaineer, the newspaper of the USS West Virginia, regarding the 17th reunion of the crew.
Dates:
1985
USS West Virginia, Records Regarding Bell, Clapper, and Mast
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3559
Overview
Records regarding the mast, bell, and clapper of the USS West Virginia, from both the World War I armored cruiser put into service in 1903, and the World War II battleship of the same name. Includes correspondence, receipts, loan forms, incident and damage reports, memoranda, newspaper articles (copied and original), and a magazine article regarding West Virginia University's possession of the bell and clapper from the cruiser and the mast from the battleship. This collection details the...
Dates:
1967-2002; Majority of material found in 1982-1991
USS West Virginia, Scrapbook and Memorabilia
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Collection Number: A&M 3463
Overview
Artifacts, scrapbook, photographs, clippings, and ephemera related to Pearl Harbor, the USS West Virginia, and World War II. The collection includes a 9' x 14' scrapbook labelled 'Logalbum, USS West Virginia, Aloha Honolulu' with a color illustration of the USS West Virginia on the cover, it contains 27 vintage World War II photographs of mostly naval ships (not including the USS West Virginia). There is an 8' x 14' print of a tinted photograph of the USS West Virginia. There are also four...
Dates:
1941-1991
USS West Virginia, Scrapbook and Other Material of William Hand
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3612
Overview
Scrapbook, hat, neckerchief, ribbons, and pins of United States Navy Seamen First Class William Hand of the Battleship USS West Virginia. He enlisted August 1933 and was honorably discharged July 1937. Scrapbook includes certificates, Christmas menu, clippings, envelope covers, newsletters, photo of whale boat crew, and photo of S-Division of the USS West Virginia. Ribbons and pins include: 1) whale boat crew medal, 1935 (blue ribbon); 2) US Navy good conduct medal, 1937 (maroon ribbon); 3)...
Dates:
1934-1988; Majority of material found within 1934-1937
Uz Barns, Soldier, Civil War Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0974
Overview
Diary of Uz Barns of Ritchie County, a volunteer in the Union Army who served as a private in the 10th West Virginia Infantry. The diary covers the years 1862 through 1865 and contains daily entries, mainly regarding weather conditions. Barns also wrote about marches and distances marched per day; encampments at various places in eastern West Virginia and in Winchester, Virginia; and engagements with Confederate forces at Beverly, (West) Virginia, Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, and Deep...
Dates:
1862-1865
Valerie Nieman Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4542
Scope and Contents
Papers of novelist and poet Valerie Nieman, a graduate of West Virginia University’s journalism department. She has written books and poetry, mostly on Appalachia and themes set around Appalachian life, including To the Bones and In the Lonely Backwater. Nieman has won several awards, fellowships, and grants, including being a 2013-2014 North Carolina Arts Council poetry fellow, as well...
Dates:
circa 1975-2025 and undated