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USS West Virginia Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2026
Scope and Contents

One folder of letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the arrangements to bring the mast of the USS West Virginia to the WVU Campus

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

USS West Virginia Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2005
Scope and Contents Materials concerning the dedication of the bell of the armored cruiser U.S.S. West Virginia, December 7, 1967. Items include program, invitation, diagram of proceedings, and newspaper clippings of dedication. Second accession: Mimeographed copy of essay about dedication. 1968 Oct 31: Xerox copy of 1 loose-leaf notebook containing the material created for the dedication services of the bell from the armored cruiser USS West Virginia. The project was initiated by WVU's...
Dates: 1967-1988
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

USS West Virginia Commemorative Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4233
Scope and Contents

Battleship USS West Virginia commemorative book entitled "Crossed the Equator Again" documenting a tradition performed on the ship when it crosses the equator. Includes photographs, cartoons, and humorous text.

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

USS West Virginia, Scrapbook and Memorabilia

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Collection Number: A&M 3463
Overview Artifacts, scrapbook, photographs, clippings, and ephemera related to Pearl Harbor, the USS West Virginia, and World War II. The collection includes a 9' x 14' scrapbook labelled 'Logalbum, USS West Virginia, Aloha Honolulu' with a color illustration of the USS West Virginia on the cover, it contains 27 vintage World War II photographs of mostly naval ships (not including the USS West Virginia). There is an 8' x 14' print of a tinted photograph of the USS West Virginia. There are also four...
Dates: 1941-1991
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, Student Affairs, Records regarding USS West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 5156
Scope and Contents Records created by the Student Affairs office at West Virginia University regarding establishment of a campus memorial of mast and bell from the World War II era battleship USS West Virginia and from the armored cruiser USS West Virginia respectively. Records regarding the battleship mast include historical information, dedication information (1963), photographs of battleship and mast, clippings, and correspondence of Joseph E. Gluck and others (1960-2001). Records regarding the bell include...
Dates: 1937-2002; Majority of material found within 1960-1970
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Deb Green, Collector, Battleship USS West Virginia Memorabilia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4119
Overview Material regarding the battleship USS West Virginia (commissioned 1923, decommissioned 1947), including photographs, memoranda, "orders of the day," radio messages, press summaries, menus ("bill of fare"), programs for holiday and recreational events, wing fabric from a USS West Virginia plane, and newspapers with articles regarding the ship. Material mainly regards the day-to-day operations of the ship and its crew, as well as special events such as holidays, sports competitions, and film...
Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

USS West Virginia, Commemorative Pin and Challenge Coin

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Collection Number: A&M 4234
Scope and Contents

USS West Virginia 75th anniversary commemorative pin, inscribed with text reading "75, Remember Pearl Harbor, 1941". This pin was handed out at a 75th anniversary commemorative event at the downtown library of West Virginia University Libraries. There are two copies of this pin in this collection. There is also in the collection a USS West Virginia BB-48 Challenge Coin in a plastic case with an image of the vessel printed on the coin.

Dates: 2016
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

USS West Virginia, Navy Uniform of Granville R. Williams

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Collection Number: A&M 3462
Overview Dress white U.S. Navy uniform that belonged to Granville R. Williams, Gunner's Mate 2nd Class, who served aboard the USS West Virginia during the attack at Pearl Harbor. Williams survived the attack and was awarded the Purple Heart. His Purple Heart medal and five campaign and achievement medals adorn the uniform. There is also a photograph of Williams and a copy of the article 'The Horror of Pearl Harbor' from Militaria International magazine (May 2001) which includes a reminiscence by...
Dates: 1941-2001
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

USS West Virginia, Records Regarding Bell, Clapper, and Mast

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Collection Number: A&M 3559
Overview Records regarding the mast, bell, and clapper of the USS West Virginia, from both the World War I armored cruiser put into service in 1903, and the World War II battleship of the same name. Includes correspondence, receipts, loan forms, incident and damage reports, memoranda, newspaper articles (copied and original), and a magazine article regarding West Virginia University's possession of the bell and clapper from the cruiser and the mast from the battleship. This collection details the...
Dates: 1967-2002; Majority of material found in 1982-1991
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William Wright, Sailor, Photographs of USS West Virginia Crew

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Collection Number: A&M 4453
Content Description

Photographs of William Wright and other members of the crew of the USS West Virginia. Also includes photographs taken of the ship itself. All photographs in this collection are reproductions. Wright was a Radio Technician 2nd Class. He served on the ship from 1944 until 1945 and saw action at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

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

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