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Berlin B. Chapman, Compiler, Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 2229
Overview

Microfilmed copy of a scrapbook outlining the history of college debating in West Virginia, 1933-1941. The scrapbook was prepared by Dr. Chapman and the Fairmont State College debate teams. Original is in the Fairmont State College Library.

Dates: 1933-1941

Erbie Claire Albright (d. 1964) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1991
Overview Correspondence, business papers, educational records of a home economics teacher and supervisor who graduated from West Virginia University, attended Chicago and Columbia universities, taught home economics at Morgantown High School, and was supervisor of home economics for the Monongalia County School System. The papers cover: family affairs; schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York; West Virginia Home Economics Association; National Education Association department of...
Dates: 1915-1943

General Education Board Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3193
Overview Correspondence, reports, statistics, maps, photographs and pamphlets related to the efforts in West Virginia of the early southern program of the General Education Board (GEB). The GEB, founded by John D. Rockefeller, is one of the most significant philanthropic efforts in the history of U.S. education particularly noted for its aid to African-American schools, teachers and students. In West Virginia it aided the African-American colleges of West Virginia State, a public institution and...
Dates: 1901-1967

Harvey Bowman, Soldier, World War II Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 0299
Overview Air Force Captain Harvey Bowman served in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a member of the 43rd Bombardment Group and on General Douglas MacArthur's staff. One oversize scrapbook chiefly documents Bowman's military service in New Guinea and Australia from 1942 to 1945. This fragile volume consists of loose pages with photographs, orders and regulations, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous material tipped in. Photographs depict Bowman's unit and his surroundings in...
Dates: 1929, 1942-1945; Majority of material found within 1942-1945

Ladwig Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3325
Scope and Contents Papers of the Ladwig family. They document the professional and personal lives of medical and teaching professionals in West Virginia in the early twentieth century, includng Dr. Otto Ladwig (1875-1968), his wife Calora Hardway Ladwig (1882-1974), and Margaret and Gertrude Hardway, Calora's sisters. The Ladwigs lived in Harrison and Randolph counties and were active in itinerant logging communities such as Evenwood. There are correspondence, publications, deeds, certificates, and photos...
Dates: 1870-1959

Preston Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2201
Overview

Correspondence, legal papers, and business papers of John J.D. Preston, his ancestors, and his relatives. The correspondence is primarily between members of the Preston family with topics being discussed, such as living conditions, business conditions, military training camps, Civil War battles, politics and campaigns, political personalities, education, schools, and the World Wars. Correspondents include John Preston, Rev. David Preston, John J. Davis, and John W. Davis.

Dates: 1817-1945

Storer College, Administrative and Operational Records

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Collection Number: A&M 1322
Scope and Contents Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes...
Dates: 1865-1960; Majority of material found within 1930s-1950s

Storer College Correspondence, Business Papers and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 2621
Overview Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. Types of records include correspondence, business papers, photographs, memorabilia, issues of the Storer Record (the Storer College newspaper), financial records, scrapbooks, bulletins, minute books, newspaper and magazine clippings, diaries, motion pictures, and miscellaneous material. Includes records regarding the early years of the...
Dates: 1854-1964

Sylvia Soupart, Student, Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 3229
Overview

Scrapbook of Sylvia Soupart, an early graduate of University High School. Much of it is about the early development of this school by West Virginia University including clippings about its first commencement. There are also photos and clippings about Morgantown's involvement in World War II.

Dates: 1928-1945

William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 2032
Overview Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Addendum of 2010/10/29 includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs. Addenda of 2011/03/21 and 2011/06/20 include papers of William Moreland, and...
Dates: 1824-2008

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Democratic National Convention of 1924. 1
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Prohibition -- United States -- History 1
Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
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Richmond (Va.) 1
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Storer College 3
West Virginia University 3
Brewster, J.M. 2
Curtis, Silas, 1804- 2
Day, George T. 2
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Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869 2
McDonald, Henry Temple, 1872-1951 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
National Education Association of the United States 2
New England Free Will Baptist Association 2
United States. Veterans Administration 2
Albright, Erbie Claire, 1897-1964 1
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 1
American Red Cross 1
Ball, George H. 1
Balli, Anna. 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Bowman, Harvey B. 1
Bowman, Harvey. 1
Brackett, Louise Wood. 1
Brackett, Rev. Nathan. 1
Brown family 1
Callaghan, Glen S. 1
Chapman, Berlin B., 1900-1995 1
Chapman, Carl B. 1
Chapman, Landon. 1
Clark, H.Y. 1
Clark, Robert. 1
Columbia College (Columbia University) 1
Cowen High School (Cowen, W. Va.) 1
Cox, John Harrington, 1863-1945 1
Davis and Elkins College 1
Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916 1
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 1
Deahl, J. N. 1
Dorsey Tours, Inc. 1
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 1
Fleming, Wallace Bruce, 1872-1952 1
Frame, Nat T. (Nat Terry), 1877- 1
Friend, L. L. 1
Gemmill, John D. 1
General Education Board 1
Goodnight, Cloyd 1
Greenbrier Military Academy 1
Gregory, A. F. 1
Hardway family 1
Hardway, Ronald V. 1
Harlow, James G. 1
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 1
Hill, L. B. 1
Hodges, W. E. 1
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 1
Hovey, George Rice. 1
Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 1
Kirby, David. 1
Ladwig, Colora Hardway (Mrs. Otto) 1
Ladwig, Cornelia. 1
Ladwig, Dr. Otto. 1
Ludwig family 1
Malone, Weldon C. 1
McCune, Icie Hope Clark. 1
McKinney, Richard I. 1
Moreland family 1
Moreland, Ethel B. (Finnicum) 1
Moreland, James R., 1879-1955 1
Moreland, Joseph. 1
Moreland, William A., 1916-1986 1
Morris Harvey College 1
Oklahoma State University 1
Preston family 1
Preston family - Genealogy 1
Preston, John J.D. 1
Preston, John. 1
Preston, Rev. David. 1
Purinton, Daniel B. 1
Rice, H. A. 1
Rohrbough, E. G. 1
Rosier, Joseph, 1870-1951 1
Salem College (Salem, W. Va.) 1
Salzano, Sylvester B. 1
Shawkey, M. P. 1
Shortridge, W.P. 1
Smith, Ella V. 1
Soupart, Sylvia 1
Stewart, I.D. 1
Stewart, J.D. 1
Storer Normal School 1
Trent, William Woodson. 1
Turner, John R. 1
University High School (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1
University of Chicago 1
University of Wisconsin 1
Webster Springs High School (Webster Springs, W. Va.) 1
West Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges 1
West Virginia Home Economics Association 1
West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.) 1
West Virginia Wesleyan College 1
West Virginia. Division of Information & Statistics 1
West Virginia. State Department of Education 1
Wheat, Harry G. 1
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