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Academies (Private schools)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Louis Watson Chappell (1890-1981), Folklorist, Research Papers, Sound Recordings, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2480
Overview Research papers and sound recordings compiled by Louis Watson Chappell, an English Professor and folklorist at West Virginia University who collected, documented, and preserved West Virginia's folk music and folk traditions. He was born in Belvidere, North Carolina and educated in English Language and Literature at Wake Forest University (B.A.), and the University of Virginia (M.A.). Receiving a faculty appointment at West Virginia University in 1922, Chappell embarked upon a career...
Dates: 1815-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Maxwell Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates: ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia Academy, Bond and Invitation to Examination

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0400
Overview

One bond regarding a fund-raising lottery (1832) and a printed invitation to student examination (1834) related to the Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Dates: 1832, 1834
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia Academy, Invitation to Examination

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0401
Overview

One printed invitation to a student examination (1834) issued by the Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Dates: 1834
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia Academy Minute Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2971
Overview Minutes of the meetings of the Trustees dealing with raising and disbursing of funds, the establishment of rules and regulations and the hiring of personnel to supervise and to instruct at the Academy. Special mention is made of site location and awarding and payment of contracts for the erection of a new building. The new building was completed in 1831, located at the northeast corner of Spruce and Walnut Streets. Also mentioned are the trustee boards' decisions on acquiring property and...
Dates: 1827-58
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia Academy, Samuel Haldeman, Grade Report and Letter

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0529
Overview

Copy of grade report for Samuel Haldeman issued by Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1853. There is also a letter (3 pages on 2 leaves) from Ada Haldeman Ford providing biographical information on Samuel Haldeman.

Dates: 1853, 1953
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia Academy to West Virginia Agricultural College, Deed

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0403
Overview

A 7-page deed transferring the Monongalia Academy and Woodburn Seminary property, Morgantown, West Virginia, to the West Virginia Agricultural College in April 1867.

Dates: 1867
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia Academy, Tuition Receipts and Grade Reports

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0068
Overview

Three tuition receipts and four grade reports issued by Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, West Virginia, for student H. Lowe.

Dates: 1853-1855, 1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia Academy, Typescript Narrative History

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0402
Overview

Three page typescript narrative history of Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, West Virginia, from 1814 to 1867, authored by Susan Maxwell Moore.

Dates: 1939
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Randolph Academy Minutes

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1592
Overview

Minute book of an early Clarksburg, West Virginia, academy, which was renamed Northwestern Virginia Academy in 1842. There is also a typed copy of minutes for the board of trustees.

Dates: 1803-1851
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center