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Works Progress Administration, West Virginia Publications
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.4093
Overview
West Virginia related publications of the Work Progress Administration, mainly consisting of Inventories of the County Archives of West Virginia prepared by The Historical Records Survey Division of Women's and Professional Projects, as well as inventories of federal archives in West Virginia, church archives, public vital statistics, and calendars of letters and papers. Also includes two folk studies of counties by the West Virginia Writers' Program. The Historical Records Survey was a project...
Dates:
1937-1941
World War I Book Titled "Collier's New Photographic History of the World's War"
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.4445
Content Description
A 128 page photographic history of World War I, including "photographs by the official photographers accompanying each army" that were "collected and arranged by Francis J. Reynolds and C. W. Taylor". It focuses on the western front, and on America's participation in the conflict, and was issued in 1918 by the New York company P. F. Collier & Son Publishers.
Dates:
1918
World War I Group Portrait Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.4013
Overview
Framed photographs from the World War I era. Includes three framed group portraits and nine framed panoramic (Cirkut) photographs. The panoramic photographs include formal and candid group portraits as well as scenic views. See Scope and Content note for contents list.
Dates:
1917-1919, undated
World War I Posters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.1957
Overview
Twelve French and twenty-four American posters promoting recruitment and financial support of their respective countries' efforts during World War I. American posters document recruitment, and the campaigns for the Liberty Bond, Victory Liberty Loan, and the United War Work Campaign, the latter supporting organizations such as the American Library Association, YMCA, and the YWCA, among others.
Dates:
1914-1918
World War I Service Medal Awarded by Wayne County, West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.4486
Content Description
A medal awarded for service in World War I by Wayne County, West Virginia. The medal is circular in shape and bronze or gold in color with a dark blue ribbon. The front face of the medal depicts the bust of a man in Revolutionary War-era military dress. The man depicted may be the Marquis De La Fayette, based on his tricorn hat with a cockade and the association of La Fayette and the United States involvement in WWI. The reverse of the artifact reads "Presented by Wayne Co., W.Va. for service...
Dates:
ca. 1920
World War II Certificate for Distinguished Services Awarded to West Virginia University by the West Virginia State Council of Defense
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.0574
Overview
Certificate for distinguished services awarded to West Virginia University by the West Virginia State Council of Defense; includes covering letter from Carl G. Bachman, executive director of the State Council of Defense, to Charles A. Lawall, president of West Virginia University, citing services for which the award was made.
Dates:
1943-1944
World War II Era Motion Picture Films Regarding the European Theater
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.4014
Overview
56 reels of 16mm motion picture film. Much of the film seems to be newsreels from German organizations. Most films have no sound. Subjects include battles and other events of World War II, as well as a few reels of film that predate the war.
Dates:
1934-1948, undated
World War II Pilot Survival Packet
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.3581
Overview
World War II pilot survival packet for American pilots shot down in Europe. Includes two maps of western and eastern Europe respectively; two German Mark notes in denominations of one million and fifty million marks respectively each dated 1923; two foreign language phrase books, one for Croation, Serbo, Albanian, Greek, and Italian, and the other for French, Polish, Russian, and German; one small compass; six small sheets of blank paper; one metal bar wrapped in paper (1/2 in. x 4 in.); and...
Dates:
1943-1945
World War II Ration Cards and Stamps
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.3548
Overview
World War II mileage ration cards and stamps issued by the Kingwood Rationing Board to the Preston County Coke Company of Cascade, West Virginia, as part of the Mileage Rationing Program. Includes "certificates of war necessity" (Aug. 28, 1943) to cover four coal trucks, and certificates for tire replacement.
Dates:
1943-1945
World War II Scrapbook, Clippings Regarding West Virginians and Others
Collection
Collection Number: A&M.4062
Overview
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings regarding mostly West Virginia men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II. Clippings include photographs, the nature and location of service, news of homecomings, weddings, births, awards, missing persons, injuries, and deaths.
Dates:
ca. 1942-1945
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- Account books 254
- Politics and government. 226
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 194
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 185
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 176
- Land. 163
- Genealogy 156
- Diaries and journals. 149
- Education 115
- Universities and colleges 102
- Coal mining. 100
- Elections 95
- Rivers and river valleys. 90
- Preston County (W. Va.) 89
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 84
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 84
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 82
- Farms and farming. 80
- World War II. 79
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 76
- Railroads 76
- General stores 71
- Taxation 69
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 69
- Politicians -- United States 68
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 68
- Surveyors and surveying. 66
- United States -- Politics and government 65
- Frontier and pioneer life 63
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 62
- Transportation 60
- World War, 1914-1918 59
- Agriculture 57
- Authors -- Letters and papers 56
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 56
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 55
- Church buildings 53
- Coal mining - coal companies. 53
- Maps. 52
- Marion County (W. Va.) 52
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 52
- Slaves and slavery. 51
- Lumber trade 49
- Mills and mill-work 49
- Court records 48
- Travel accounts. 45
- Art and artists 44
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 44
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 44
- Petroleum industry and trade 44
- Union names. 43
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 43
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 41
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 41
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 40
- Steamboats 39
- Wood County (W. Va.) 39
- Parkersburg. 38
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
- Revolutionary War. 38
- West Virginia - Governors. 38
- Baptists 37
- Livestock 37
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 36
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 35
- New Deal, 1933-1939 35
- Pennsylvania 35
- Tucker County (W. Va.) 35
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 32
- Teachers 32
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 32
- Virginia 32
- Banks and banking 31
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 30
- Churches -- Methodist 29
- Fairmont. 29
- Monroe County (W. Va.) 29
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 29
- Women's history -- 1951-present 29
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 28
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 28
- Ohio 28
- Civil War -- War diaries 27
- Environmentalism. 27
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) 27
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 27
- Kentucky 27
- Photography 27
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 27
- Charleston. 26
- Civil War -- letters 26
- Hardy County (W. Va.) 26
- Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 26
- Ohio County (W. Va.) 26
- Physicians - letters and papers. 26
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 26
- Politicians 26
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 26
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 25
- Jefferson County. 25 ∧ less
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- West Virginia University 189
- United Mine Workers of America 50
- Democratic Party (U.S.) 45
- Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 38
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 38
- West Virginia University. President 34
- West Virginia University. Library 31
- Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 29
- Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 29
- United States. Congress. Senate 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 27
- Camden, Gideon D. (1805-1891) 25
- West Virginia. Legislature 24
- Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 23
- Byrd, Robert C. 23
- Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 23
- Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 23
- Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 23
- Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 22
- Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 21
- Monongalia County (W.Va.) 21
- Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 21
- Smith family 20
- West Virginia University. Department of History 19
- Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 18
- Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 18
- Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 18
- Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 18
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 17
- 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 University. College of Agriculture 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
- Dayton, Alston Gordon 14
- Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 14
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 14
- McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 14
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 14
- Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 14
- 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
- Morgan family 13
- Patteson, Okey L. 13
- Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971 13
- White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 13
- Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 12
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 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
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 12
- Weston State Hospital 12
- Barron, W. W. 11
- Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 11
- Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 11
- Gore, Howard M. 11
- Post, Melville Davisson, 1869-1930 11
- West Virginia University. College of Pharmacy 11
- American Federation of Labor 10
- Brown family 10
- Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 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
- Jackson family 10
- MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 10
- Robinson family 10
- Ruffner family 10
- United States. Works Progress Administration 10
- West Virginia University. Department of Biology 10
- Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 10
- Consolidation Coal Company 9
- Dayton, Spencer. 9
- Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 9
- Green, William. 9
- Hall family 9
- Hardesty, David C., Jr. 9
- Johnson, Louis. 9
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 9
- Lewis family 9
- Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson, 1824-1901. 9 ∧ less
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