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Literature -- Societies, etc

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

E.C. Smith, Student, Diary Regarding Experiences While at West Virginia University

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5125
Scope and Contents Diary by E.C. Smith, a student at West Virginia University (WVU), regarding his experiences in 1874. Activities documented include academic (preparing papers, Greek and Latin studies, reading Charles Darwin, etc.), literary society (elections, debates, recitations), military cadet (drills, lectures, marching), and Methodist Episcopal Church events (including sermons and other activities). He also attended a commencement (June 18). Recreational and social activities are also recorded,...
Dates: 1874

Florence Stewart Book Club Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3794
Overview

Records of the Florence Stewart Book Club of Morgantown, West Virginia. The book club was founded in 1957 by a group of Morgantown women to read and discuss literature. The collection includes book lists, membership lists, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other material.

Dates: 1957-2011

Fox Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0477
Scope and Contents

Letters and business papers of the Fox family, centered on William and Vause Fox; there are accounts showing prices for goods and services in the first decades of the nineteenth century, including hides and leather, surveying, field labor, and weaving; items on Negroes and slavery, the Literary Society of Romney; and letters from Virginians who had taken up western lands.

Dates: 1788-1892

Fox Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0471
Scope and Contents

Papers centering upon Williams and Vause Fox, Hampshire County; including indentures, patents a slave deed, return of supplies and regimental orders of the 77th Regiment of Virginia Militia, accounts for farm implements and household supplies; names mentioned include Johnson Barkelow, and William and George Calmes; the land papers bear the signatures of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Wood, and Thomas Randolph.

Dates: 1799-1859

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

Richard Orr Curry (1931-1997), Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1203
Scope and Contents West Virginia mountain tales by Richard Orr Curry; papers of Jacob W. Mathews, a merchant from Alvon; papers of Charles R. Mathews, judicial officer at New Helena, Nebraska; correspondence of Catherine White Hoke of Alvon pertaining to family affairs; papers of Jacob W. Mathews including correspondence pertaining to the Confederate "Immortal Six Hundred"; Confederate veteran affairs; business papers of the firm of Hoylman and Matthews; Charles Matthews papers consisting of essays, business...
Dates: 1849-1959

Sophia Blaydes, Compiler, Literary Discussion Group Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3621
Overview Records of the Literary Discussion Group of the Morgantown Senior Center of Morgantown, West Virginia. This six volume history through photographs and documents was compiled by Sophia Blaydes, Professor of English, West Virginia University, and a leader of the Group. Each volume includes a table of contents. Includes group rosters, programs, correspondence, newsletters, clippings, and greeting cards. Volume I contains photographs of a visit by West Virginia poet Muriel Dressler; and Volume...
Dates: 1978-2007

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

William M. Dent (1831-1914) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0976
Overview

Correspondence, 1868, of William M. Dent and others concerning a school for girls operated by W. Giddings at Melrose, Rockingham County, Virginia; and a program for the seventh annual contest between the Columbian and the Monongalian Literary societies of the Monongalia Academy, 1860.

Dates: 1860, 1888