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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
Oliver Perry Chitwood (1874-1971), History Professor, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2219
Overview
Correspondence, research notes, and manuscripts of a professor of history at West Virginia University (1907-1946), professor emeritus (1946-1971), and author of several college history textbooks and biographies. Subjects include book publishing, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence with legislators and congressmen, personal correspondence, former students, and the Democratic Convention delegate selection in 1928. Also included are materials on Chitwood's books JOHN TYLER: CHAMPION...
Dates:
1907-1969
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