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Earl L. Core (1902-1984) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1556
Scope and Contents
Office files and correspondence of Dr. Core, head of the Biology Department, editor of Castanea, and well-known biologist. Collection includes multiple addenda, all of which have been interfiled except for the addendum of 1978/01/17.Includes personal and business correspondence from the time Dr. Core served as Chairman of the WVU Department of Biology (ca. 1951-1969). Some correspondence (1967-1969) pertains to the Morgantown Public...
Dates:
1928, 1948-1978
Earl L. Core (1902-1985) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1197
Scope and Contents
The office files of Dr. Core, Head, Department of Biology, contain personal and professional correspondence. The papers deal with his work in the field of botany: as Curator of the Herbarium; as organizer of the Appalachian Botanical Club and editor of its journal, Castanea; and in various phases of botanical research. Some of the correspondence deals with academic duties and activities, and also reflects his interests in religious,...
Dates:
1920-1951 and undated
Earl L. Core and P.D. Strausbaugh, Mock-up of Illustrations for "Flora of West Virginia"
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4009
Overview
Mock-up of illustrations for the book "Flora of West Virginia, Second Edition" by Earl L. Core and P.D. Strausbaugh. The mock-up shows a rough draft of what the illustrated pages of the book would look like when published. Mock-up is composed of black and white botanical illustrations on pieces of illustration board (11 in. x 16 in.). The mock-ups show the layout of text and illustrations with notes and corrections. Also contains mock-ups and other material regarding the book's cover...
Dates:
1970
Earl L. Core, Collector, Correspondence with Georgia C. Price
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1190
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Georgia C. Price, Blackstone, Virginia with Dr. Core on the lore and family history of old time residents of Clay and other western districts of Monongalia County.
Dates:
1942
Earl L. Core, Collector, Letter
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1251
Scope and Contents
Autographed letter signed by Margaret Cannon, Christopher Yoders, and Joseph S. Cannon to Jacob Mirs [Myers] Cassville, Monongalia County, Virginia. Dated, Martinsburg, Ohio, July 24. Letter from Myers' relatives in Knox County, Ohio briefly describing the country around Martinsburg.
Dates:
undated
Earl L. Core, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1275
Scope and Contents
Letters from Campbell Jobes to Core, dated Elm Grove, W. Va., July 28, 1927, and a receipt for distilling corn, from the papers of Captain Alphaeus Garrison.
Dates:
1840, 1927
Earl Ray Zinn Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3040
Overview
Correspondence, photos, postcards and memorabilia of a school teacher of White Days Creek and of his wife, Mary Corrothers Zinn. Most of the collection consists of correspondence and photos of Zinn's career in the U. S. Army during World War I. Zinn worked as a math school teacher and as a census taker in the Fetterman District of Taylor County. He spent the war in training at Camp Knox, West Point, KY in Battery E., 70th. Field Artillery Brigade, and he discusses in the letters the daily...
Dates:
1910-1975
Earl W. Kennedy, Mine Inspector, Coal Company Mine Inspection Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3999
Scope and Contents
Coal mine inspection records compiled by Earl W. Kennedy, mine inspector and safety manager. Includes notebooks of mine inspection records kept by Kennedy, memoranda regarding mine safety audits, safety training materials, and other material. Records mainly regard the Consolidation Coal Company (now Consol Energy, Inc.).The coal mine inspection records consist of notebooks kept by Kennedy from 1981 until July 1997 (box 1, folder 1 through box 9, folder 1). There are also scans of...
Dates:
1974-2013
Easton-Avery Community History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0255
Overview
A sketch of the Eason-Avery Community prepared by Mrs. Frank Donaldson, and published by the Monongalia County Farm Bureau; includes sections on early history and settlers, war history, schools, churches, and other social organizations.
Dates:
ca. 1769-1927
Easton-Avery, Farm Woman's Club Minutes
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1817
Overview
Meeting minutes of the Easton-Avery (W.Va.) Farm Woman's Club from 1945 to 1959 in two volumes. Volume I is from 1945 to 1948 and Volume II is from 1949 to 1959. Topics include membership, treasury information and dues, fundraising, household activity demonstrations and discussions (including canning, kitchen improvements and cooking, plants, and home decor), and community activities, (including a play, auction, curb market, parties, holiday dinners, food sales, and more). Minutes are...
Dates:
1945-1959