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West Virginia University, Biology Department, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 5070
Overview Biology Department records, most of which pertain to the personal and professional activities of Elizabeth Bartholomew. Materials include: biographical information (Bartholomew, Core, Leach, Nuttall, Strausbaugh), Department Newsletters (includes extensive information, 1958-1965), photographs (including faculty and students, circa 1928-1960s, a Phi Epsilon Phi portrait, 1930, and WV and non-WV landscapes), returned mail of deceased servicemen (1945), and letters regarding students who are...
Dates: 1900-1989
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Biology Department, Specimen Slides

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Collection Number: A&M 5211
Overview

Specimen slides of the Biology Department. Slide frames include annotations for 1) numeric codes, 2) latin terminology, and 3) geographic location by county name. Slides from the western United States are from the collection of biologist William T. Jackson, who worked at West Virginia University from 1949-1950. Other slides are from the general collection of the Biology Department.

Dates: ca. 1940-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Board of Governors, Correspondence and Other Materials

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Collection Number: A&M 0995
Overview Correspondence files of Charles T. Neff, Jr. Secretary of the WVU. Board of Governors. Includes letters from Edward Grandison Smith, president of the Board, and Hugh L. Scott, Robert L. Ramsay, John J. Cornwell, Members of the Board, and Governors Howard M. Gore, William G. Conley and Herman G. Kump; copies of programs, speeches, and reports give information on construction of the WVU Library building; memorial program for Louis Black, Robert A. Armstrong, and Cleveland M. Seibert; a brief...
Dates: 1927-1942
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Board of Governors, Minutes

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Collection Number: A&M 1411
Overview

Minutes of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University, including 1927 June 16 - 1947 June 30 (bound copies, volumes I - XX); also 1947-1950 (on microfilm). (These copies are archival third and fourth copies; copies one and two are available in the reading room of the West Virginia and Regional History Center; see 379.754 W517mi.)

Dates: 1927-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Board of Governors, Miscellaneous Items

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Collection Number: A&M 0988
Overview

The Office of Charles T. Neff, secretary of WVU Board of Governors, for the period 1926-1938. Also, three interior views of WVU. Woman's Hall, undated.

Dates: 1926-1938; 1942
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Board of Governors, Records regarding Faculty Research

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Collection Number: A&M 0881
Overview

Records from the West Virginia University Board of Governor's Office, made up of inter-departmental correspondence concerning faculty research and publication. Originally the research for this was done by Charles Thompson Neff, Secretary of the Board during the years 1927-1933.

Dates: 1927-1933
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Board of Regents and Executive Committee, Minutes

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Collection Number: A&M 1172
Overview The Board of Regents and its Executive Committee governed the administration of West Virginia University from 1868 to 1919. Several volumes on microfilm document the early history of the university from the minutes of Board of Regents and Executive Committee meetings. One volume from 1882 to 1901 records the minutes of the Board of Regents meetings while two volumes from 1872 to 1881 and 1882 to 1901 record the minutes of Executive Committee meetings. Topics include finances, buildings and...
Dates: 1872-1919
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Board of Trustees, Reports and Working Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 5063
Overview

Reports and working papers regarding the history of advisory boards for WVU. Reports include a history of WVU advisory boards (1868-1989), and a report on the Board of Trustees (1989-2000). There is a folder of handwritten notes regarding the authority, scope, and actions of the BOT of WVU for period 1989-2000; and a list of citations for articles that appeared in the Charleston Gazette regarding the BOT for same period.

Dates: 2001
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Buildings and Grounds, Blueprints and Specifications

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Collection Number: A&M 0461
Overview Proposals, plans, and correspondence regarding West Virginia University building projects. Includes specifications for Woodburn Hall (1873) and blueprints for the north wing (1897), specifications for the Evansdale Library (1978), and renovation of Colson Hall (1978). There are also floor plans for Purinton House with a sketch of the exterior (ca. 1905). Other items include maps and drawings pertaining to east Morgantown (1901) and the WVU Campus (1971), and several blank diplomas for...
Dates: 1873-1979; Majority of material found within 1897-1978
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Buildings, Martin, Science, Woodburn, and Library, Architect Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2289
Overview

Twenty one xerox pages of typescript notes and items located regarding the architects employed by WVU. For planning and supervising the construction of Martin, Woodburn, and Science halls, and the old Library (administration) building.

Dates: 1873-1910
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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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
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Authors -- Letters and papers 58
Birth, marriage, and death records. 56
Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
Church buildings 53
Coal mining - coal companies. 52
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Marion County (W. Va.) 51
Slaves and slavery. 51
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Mills and mill-work 49
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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
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 33
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Virginia 32
Banks and banking 31
Indians of North America 31
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 30
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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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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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