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201st National Guard, Regiment Histories

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1297
Overview

Histories of the 201st National Guard Regiment. This regiment dates back to colonial times, beginning as Captain Morgan Morgan's company of militia, and has served with merit in nearly every war in which the United States has engaged. Specific details of this unit's deployment are included in an index.

Dates: 1949-1991
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Albert M. Reese Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0929
Scope and Contents

Certificates of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1922, and the War Production Board, 1945, awarded to A.M. Reese; also a program of the Flag Day services held in Morgantown, June 18, 1944.

Dates: 1922; 1944-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

American Phytopathological Society Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1586
Overview

Correspondence of the society's president, Julian G. Leach, professor of plant pathology at West Virginia University, and papers of the society's War Emergency Committee.

Dates: 1941-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ancella Bickley, Historian, Photographic Portraits of African-American Soldiers

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Collection Number: A&M 4190
Overview

Photographic portraits of African-American soldiers from the WWII era (black and white, averaging 2 in. x 3 in.). Some of the portraits have names recorded to their backs in pencil. These soldiers were stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Dates: circa 1942-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Andrew Edmiston Jr. (1892-1966) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1994
Overview Correspondence, deeds, financial and military records, newspaper clippings, and photographs of a Democratic politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1933-1942, newspaper editor, and businessman from Weston, Lewis County. Subjects covered include the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the coal and glass industries. Correspondents include David Goff, Charles E. Hodges, Charles Lively, Alfred E. Smith, Harold L. Ickes, Joe L. Smith, Jennings Randolph, Clarence W. Meadows, James...
Dates: 1916-1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Austin Willard Martiney, World War II Postcard Accordion Book from Chanute Field

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Collection Number: A&M 3749
Overview

Postcard accordion book from Private Austin Willard Martiney of the 32nd Technical School Squadron, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois, to Jimmie Markley of Volga, Barbour County, West Virginia. Chanute Field was the location of a U.S. Army Air Corps technical school for instruction in aircraft mechanics and maintenance during World War II. The booklet contains images of the training facilities.

Dates: 1942
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Betty Lou Allcock, World War II Era Scrapbook by Resident of Wheeling

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Collection Number: A&M 3814
Overview

Scrapbook by Betty Lou Allcock, resident of Elm Grove, Wheeling, WV. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, programs, greeting cards, etc. regarding World War II, Girl Scouts, Girl Reserves, Triadelphia High School, musical performances, and local news. Highlights include letters from soldiers before and during their deployment.

Dates: 1935-1947
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Brown Family World War II Ration Books and Coupons.

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Collection Number: A&M 3146
Overview

World War II ration books and coupons which belonged to the Brown family of Farmington, Marion Co.

Dates: 1942-1944
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles McCamic (1874-1956) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0939
Overview The office files of Charles McCamic of the law firm of McCamic and Clarke, Wheeling, West Virginia. McCamic was president of the Interstate Bridge Company; president and director of the Northeast Mississippi Oil Company; director of the Sehon-Stevenson Company; president and director of the American Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Company; and a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1905. The files contain correspondence, case papers, and business reports of clients; also papers of...
Dates: 1919-1956
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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United Mine Workers of America 5
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Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 4
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 4
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 4
United States. Congress 4
American Federation of Labor 3
American Red Cross 3
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 3
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 3
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 3
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West Virginia World War II History Commission. 3
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Bailey, Cleveland Monroe, 1886-1965 2
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Brewster, J.M. 2
Brown family 2
Byrd, Robert C. 2
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 2
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
Curtis, Silas, 1804- 2
Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel John Evans Chapter (Morgantown, W. Va.) 2
Day, George T. 2
Edmiston, Andrew. 2
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 2
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 2
Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869 2
Hartley, L. S. 2
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 2
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 2
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 2
McDonald, Henry Temple, 1872-1951 2
Meadows, Clarence W. 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
Preston, John J.D. 2
Progressive Mine Workers of America 2
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 2
Rosier, Joseph, 1870-1951 2
Shortridge, W.P. 2
Smith, Joe L. 2
Stewart, Irvin, 1899-1990 2
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 2
United States. Army Air Forces 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
United States. Navy 2
United States. Office of Civilian Defense 2
United States. Veterans Administration 2
United States. War Production Board 2
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West Virginia University. President 2
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201st National Guard Regiment 1
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion 1
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
Albright, Erbie Claire, 1897-1964 1
Allcock, Betty Lou 1
Ambler, H. K. 1
Ambler, Letty C. 1
Ambler, Lucy J. 1
Ambler, S.W. 1
America First Committee 1
American Book Center for War Devastated Libraries, Inc. 1
American Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Company 1
American Legion - Post No. 2. 1
American Phytopathological Society 1
Anderson family 1
Armbrecht, Edward C. 1
Atkins, Paul A. 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Ball, George H. 1
Balli, Anna. 1
Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925 1
Barrick, George Milton, Jr. 1
Barrick, Margaret Mathers. 1
Barrick, Milton Jr. 1
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Barten, Jay. 1
Bartron, Charles Paul, 1919-1992 1
Baughman, Dorothy Jones, 1897-1979 1
Bell, David. 1
Bell, Ethel Lee. 1
Benedum, Michael. 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 1
Bond, Donovan H. 1
Bongiorni, Joseph P. 1
Borges, Luis. 1
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Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986 1
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