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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

Johns Hopkins University, Alumni Association, West Virginia Branch, Minutes and Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 1876
Overview

Records of an association of Johns Hopkins alumni at West Virginia University, including two minute books, 1913-1924 and 1925-1958. Members include J.M. Callahan, O.P. Chitwood, Friend E. Clark, and A.M. Reese.

Dates: 1913-1958

Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3186
Overview Record book, photo and certificate of the West Virginia University Alpha chapter of a national honorary fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa. A chapter charter was granted only to those institutions whose standards measured up to a high scholastic ideal. The fraternity's purpose being to undertake to conserve the influences that were restored and liberated by the Renaissance, specifically those influences that refine and humanize mankind. Membership was open to those undergraduate seniors in the top...
Dates: 1910-1936

West Virginia University, Department of History, Records

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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

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