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Charles Shetler, Curator and Historian, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2835
Overview

Material written and collected by a former curator of the West Virginia and Regional History Collection that includes bibliographies, transcripts, photostats, papers and historical sketches on various aspects of West Virginia history. Items deal with prominent West Virginia University historians, the Civil War, early settlement, industrial growth, and West Virginia University. A number of letters and circulars discuss the West Virginia Historical Society in 1869.

Dates: ca. 1700-1965
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Edward E. Meredith Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1814
Overview Clippings, letters, broadsides, and articles written or collected by E.E. Meredith, author of the newspaper column, "Do You Remember," which appeared in the Fairmont TIMES-WEST VIRGINIAN. There are: copies of theatre programs, 1917-1919; electoral tickets, 1860, 1864; a proclamation by George B. McClellan, commanding the Department of the Ohio, 1861; and an open letter, "Monongahela River Bridge Underwriting Syndicate Managers," concerning the construction of the million-dollar bridge in...
Dates: 1817-1954
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Department of History, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2216
Scope and Contents

Records of the WVU Department of History, consisting of applications for positions, invoices, purchase records, material on the Army Special Training Program, and faculty material such as grade books, exams, lecture notes, and course outlines.

Dates: 1902-1963
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William D. Barns, Author, Historical Narrative Regarding History Professors Callahan, Ambler, Chitwood, and Shortridge

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Collection Number: A&M 4331
Scope and Contents

Historical narrative about West Virginia University history professors James Morton Callahan, Charles Henry Ambler, Oliver Perry Chitwood, and Wilson Porter Shortridge, authored by William D. Barns and given as a speech to the History Club and Phi Alpha Theta at West Virginia University on November 20, 1974. Includes one photocopy of the handwritten speech and one typescript transcription.

Dates: 1974
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Account books 1
Augusta County (Va.) 1
Authors -- Letters and papers 1
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Bridges 1
Broadsides. 1
Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.) 1
Builders and contractors. 1
Civil War - OH 32nd. Inf. , Co. A. 1
Coal industry. 1
Coal mining. 1
Covered bridges 1
Election of 1860. 1
Election of 1864. 1
Elections 1
Fairmont. 1
Farms and farming. 1
Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
Marion County (W. Va.) 1
Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
Rivers and river valleys. 1
Salt industry - Kanawha County. 1
Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
Taxation 1
Teachers 1
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
Women's history -- 1951-present 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Army Special Training Program 1
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Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971 3
West Virginia University. Department of History 2
Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975 1
Barns, William D. 1
Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 1
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Chenoweth, Eli. 1
Chenoweth, Lemuel, 1811-1887 1
Ennis, Thomas E. (Thomas Edson) 1
Haymond, William. 1
Marion County Historical Society (W. Va.) 1
McClain, Kenneth. 1
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 1
Meredith, Edward E. 1
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 1
Robinson, Ira E. 1
Shannon, Fred A. (Fred Albert), 1893-1963 1
Shaver, Clem. 1
Shetler, Charles 1
Shortridge, W.P. 1
Sims, Edgar B. (Edgar Barr), 1882- 1
Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971 1
West Virginia Gold Mining and Milling Company 1
West Virginia Historical Society 1
Weston-Fairmont Turnpike Company 1
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