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West Virginia University, Military Ball, Souvenir Glass

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5167
Overview

One souvenir glass commemorating a social event with labeling in gold letters reading "West Virginia University", "Military Ball"; the labeling includes an eagle emblem. The glass is 3 in. in diameter, and 3 1/4 in. high.

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

West Virginia University, Mineral Industries Building, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1737
Overview

Preliminary announcements, invitations and reply cards, banquet and dedication ceremony programs, and articles in the WVU Alumni Magazine and the Athenaeum concerning the Mineral Industries Building Dedication, October 16 and 17, 1942. Two folders of additional material concerning the planning, construction and dedication of the Mineral Industries Building include blueprint, correspondence program and publish articles about the building.

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

West Virginia University, Monticola, Yearbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5025
Scope and Contents Archival copies of the Monticola, the student yearbook of West Virginia University. Also includes copies of the Freshman Register from 1978, 1984, 1985, and 1987; other copies of Freshman Register are in the West Virginia and Regional History Center main reading room at call number 378.754 W52fre. User copies of the Monticola are available for viewing in the...
Dates: 1896-1987, 1992, 2000
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Morrill Act, Land Grants

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Collection Number: A&M 5174
Overview Three land grants from the United States General Land Office to George S. Pigott, for the state of West Virginia, dated 1867. Each document grants 160 acres to Pigott as part of the Morrill Act of 1862. The Morrill Act provided each state with 30,000 acres of Federal land for each member in their Congressional delegation. The lands, or the proceeds from their sale, were to be used to establish and fund educational institutions that focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts. These three...
Dates: 1867
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Mortar Board Society, Laurel Chapter, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0594
Overview Records of the Laurel Chapter of the Mortar Board at West Virginia University, 1919-1979, include membership index cards, newsletters, a photo album, and two scrapbooks. The Mortar Board, a national honor society for college seniors, was established nationally in 1918 and on the campus of West Virginia University by 1919, according to membership cards. Index cards contain names and addresses of members. The Laurel Link newsletter, mostly from the 1960s, provides information about chapter...
Dates: 1919-1979; Majority of material found within 1960-1969
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Mountaineer Credit Union, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0317
Overview Records of the West Virginia University Mountaineer Credit Union, which operated in Morgantown, West Virginia, from October 1943 to 1946. Records include the certificate of incorporation; correspondence and shareholder meeting minutes related to the establishment and operation of the credit union; statements of resources and liabilities; reports of condition and account statements; correspondence with the West Virginia Credit Union League and the Credit Union National Association; and...
Dates: 1943-1947
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Mountaineer Mascot, Matthew Zervos Scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5208
Scope and Contents Collection includes scans of the contents of two scrapbooks featuring Matthew Zervos of Moundsville, West Virginia, who served as WVU's Mountaineer mascot in the 1986-1987 school year. Scrapbook content includes mostly photos of Zervos dressed as the Mountaineer and carrying out the mascot's public duties. Also included are a letter from then-State Treasurer A. James Manchin, a written statement by Zervos about his time as Mountaineer, and programs and ephemera from Mountaineer mascot...
Dates: 1986-2002
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Music Division, Recital Programs

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5078
Overview

Student and faculty recital programs of the Music Division of WVU, 1980-96. RIS forms, 1986-88.

Dates: 1980-1996
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Music Library, Autographed Sheet Music

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5091
Overview

Six pieces of sheet music with composer autographs: 1) Augusto Rotoli (1887); 2) Estelle Gray-Lhevinne (1919); 3) Elfie Newman-Perper (1946); 4) Elliot Griffis (1957); 5) Vincent Persichetti (1965).

Dates: 1919-1965
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, National Research Center for Coal and Energy, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4634
Scope and Contents

Reports, slides, photographs, and audiovisual material of the National Research Center for Coal and Energy at West Virginia University depicting the various research and education projects they ran.

Dates: 1979-2000 and undated
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
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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English 4807
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German 2
Italian 2
Chinese 1
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Swedish 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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