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West Virginia Naturalization Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3363
Overview

Eighty-seven (87) reels of microfilm documenting naturalization in West Virginia counties. Bulk of material dates from 1900-1940.

Dates: 1814-1991

West Virginia Newspaper Clippings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2227
Overview A collection of clippings from various newspapers for the period 1861-1873. The clippings were pasted in the register book of McClure House Hotel, which was discovered among the Ohio County Court records. Subjects covered by the clippings include Civil War military operations and battles, the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy, Ohio County election returns for 1872, a controversy over the reorganization of the government in Berkeley County, controversy over...
Dates: 1861-1873

West Virginia Newspaper Histories

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3271
Overview

Manuscript histories of WV newspapers by Ed Steel, Bonnie McBee, David Farmer and Pam Redmond. The histories include information on the newspapers and their news items and editors. Titles included are Guyandotte Herald (Huntington), Virginia Republican (Martinsburg), Monongalia Mirror, American Union (Morgantown), Parkersburg Gazette and Western Virginia Courier, and the Wheeling Times & Gazette and The Daily Young America.

Dates: 1984

West Virginia, Office of Auditor, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3155
Overview

Public utility tax reports on car lines, bus and airlines, oil and gas companies, telephone and telegraph companies, and railroads operating in West Virginia. The collection represents a portion of the microfilmed archives of the Auditors Office.

Dates: 1935-1945

West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company Record Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0227
Overview Record book for the West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company, a Michigan-based company that had drilling operations in Ritchie County, West Virginia, for 1865 to 1878. Minutes from annual stockholders meetings from 1865 to 1878 provide information about by-laws, committee reports, stock certificates, buying land, and selling oil. Minutes from board of directors annual meetings from 1865 to 1882 document the appointment and resignation of officers, company procedures, and financial matters....
Dates: 1865-1881

West Virginia Ordnance Works, Publisher, Employee Newsletter "The Echo"

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4383
Content Description

Six issues of "The Echo", a newsletter published by the employees of the West Virginia Ordnance Works. Content of the newsletters includes introductions of new employees; recognition of exceptional performances; updates regarding the facility; and news regarding the progress of the war, particularly the role of ordnance. The West Virginia Ordnance Works (WVOW) was a United States Army ammunition manufacturing facility located in Point Pleasant, West Virginia that operated from 1942-1945.

Dates: 1945

West Virginia Philosophical Society Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4316
Scope and Contents

Records of the West Virginia Philosophical Society dating from its founding, including correspondence, programs, treasury and membership materials, meeting minutes, papers read at meetings, an early constitution, and more.

Dates: ca. 1947-1976

West Virginia Physical Therapy Association, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2466
Overview

These records comprise both the founding documents and the organizational papers of the West Virginia Physical Therapy Association. Included among them are the charter, bylaws, minutes and financial statements. There are also correspondence files, membership lists, committee reports and documents from the national parent organization, the American Physical Therapy Association.

Dates: 1947-1976

West Virginia Poetry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2405
Overview

Poetry and verse unaccompanied with music notation about West Virginia, western Virginia and Appalachia or by area authors unknown, little known, unpublished or rarely published, such as Ida L. Reed. Reed is the author of the poem, "Come to the Cross Today".

Dates: 1882 May 30-1885 March 20

West Virginia Portraits Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0030
Overview

An artificial collection composed of portraits in the West Virginia University Libraries and West Virginia and Regional History Center of historical West Virginia subjects dating from approximately the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. Includes portraits of political and military figures, and West Virginia University presidents.

Dates: ca. 1845-1960

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Subject
Account books 257
Politics and government. 226
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 204
Morgantown (W. Va.) 187
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 176
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Genealogy 161
Diaries and journals. 149
Education 115
Universities and colleges 102
Coal mining. 100
Elections 95
Preston County (W. Va.) 90
Rivers and river valleys. 90
Lawyers - letters and papers. 84
Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
World War, 1939-1945 83
Farms and farming. 82
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
Railroads 78
Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
United States -- Politics and government 72
General stores 71
Taxation 71
Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
Politicians -- United States 68
Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
Surveyors and surveying. 67
Frontier and pioneer life 63
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
World War, 1914-1918 61
Agriculture 59
Transportation 59
Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 56
Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
Church buildings 53
Coal mining - coal companies. 52
Maps. 52
Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
Marion County (W. Va.) 51
Slaves and slavery. 51
Lumber trade 49
Mills and mill-work 49
Court records 48
Art and artists 45
Travel accounts. 45
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
West Virginia -- Politics and government 44
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 43
Petroleum industry and trade 43
Union names. 43
Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
Taylor County (W. Va.) 41
West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection 41
Baptists 40
Steamboats 39
Wood County (W. Va.) 39
Parkersburg. 38
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Revolutionary War. 38
West Virginia - Governors. 38
Livestock 37
Tucker County (W. Va.) 36
Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
New Deal, 1933-1939 35
Pennsylvania 35
West Virginia University -- Students 35
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
Teachers 32
Virginia 32
Banks and banking 31
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
West Virginia - Politics and government. 30
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 29
Churches -- Methodist 29
Fairmont. 29
Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
Photography 29
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
Women's history -- 1951-present 29
Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
Civil War -- War diaries 28
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 28
Ohio 28
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 28
Civil War -- letters 27
Civil War battles. 27
Environmentalism. 27
Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
Hardy County (W. Va.) 27
Kentucky 27
Physicians - letters and papers. 27
Charleston. 26
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
Ohio County (W. Va.) 26
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
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Language
English 4807
French 2
German 2
Italian 2
Chinese 1
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Names
West Virginia University 197
United Mine Workers of America 52
Democratic Party (U.S.) 45
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 43
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 38
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United States. Congress. Senate 38
West Virginia University. President 35
West Virginia University. Library 32
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 31
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 31
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 29
West Virginia. Legislature 29
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 28
United States. Congress 28
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 27
West Virginia University. Agricultural Extension Service 26
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 25
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 23
Byrd, Robert C. 23
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 23
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 23
Monongalia County (W.Va.) 23
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 21
West Virginia University. Department of History 21
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 21
Smith family 20
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 18
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 18
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 18
Dayton, Alston Gordon 18
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 18
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 18
West Virginia University. College of Agriculture 18
Davis family 17
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 17
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 17
Brown, John. 16
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 16
Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 16
United States. Army 16
West Virginia (Ship) 16
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 15
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 15
Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.) 15
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 15
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
Morgan family 14
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 14
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 14
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 13
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 13
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 13
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 13
Hayman family 13
Meadows, Clarence W. 13
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 13
Patteson, Okey L. 13
Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971 13
Weston State Hospital 13
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 13
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 12
Core, Earl Lemley, 1902-1984 12
Dawson, William M.O. 12
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 12
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 12
Moore family 12
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 12
Barron, W. W. 11
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 11
Consolidation Coal Company 11
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 11
Gore, Howard M. 11
Jackson family 11
Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930 11
Washington, George, 1732-1799 11
West Virginia University. College of Pharmacy 11
West Virginia University. Department of Biology 11
West Virginia University. Extension Service 11
American Federation of Labor 10
Brown family 10
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 10
Dayton, Spencer 10
Evans family 10
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 10
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 10
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 10
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 10
Robinson family 10
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 10
United States. Works Progress Administration 10
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 10
Cuthbert, John A. 9
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
Green, William. 9
Hall family 9
Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
Johnson, Louis. 9
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