West Virginia University - Football.

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Papers and certificates of a Preston county resident, B. F. Woodward, 1908-32.

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Papers of Donald Nehlen, Hall of Fame head football coach for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, 1980-2000. The collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, ephemera and the 2000 season Mountaineer offense playbook. There are also several reproductions, both digital and prints, of photographs from several events celebrating his career, and images of awards and honors presented to Coach Nehlen for his contribution to college football.

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Papers of Neal Heflin and his daughter, Lois Heflin. Includes family papers, West Virginia University student records and publications (the Heflins were WVU students), and materials regarding West Virginia history and tourism. Neal Heflin attended West Virginia University in the early 20th century and remained in West Virginia throughout his life, living in both Clarksburg and Fairmont.

Overview Memorabilia acquired by West Virginia University (WVU) student Sallye Bom (formerly Sallye Stewart) during the 1940s. Includes Sallye Bom's WVU Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) woman's cap and cape dating from 1948 in navy blue and gold. Also includes photograph of Sallye Bom, 1944 WVU football handbook, and 1944 WVU football schedule. (Robert Bom was a member of the Mountaineers football team in 1944.) There are WVU football programs for 1944 (6 issues and 1 duplicate), 1945 (7...

Overview Sound recordings of interviews conducted with Tony Constatine in 2001, sports editor of the Morgantown Post from 1936-1972. Topics addressed include the history of football and basketball at West Virginia University (WVU) through the decades. Includes over 20 hours of interviews on original set of cassette audio tapes, and duplicate set of digital audio files on 27 compact discs (numbered 1-8, 8a-26). Also present are compact discs 27-29 with additional sports related files. Interviews were...

Scope and Contents This collection includes broadcast recordings on cassette tapes, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, and other records and papers pertaining to West Virginia University Athletics Communications Office and their published works mainly regarding WVU football, men's basketball, and baseball. Cassette tapes include audio recordings of radio broadcasts of WVU men's basketball, women's basketball, and football games.Publications include media guides, score cards, and...

Overview Programs, newsletters, photographs, and other material regarding the West Virginia University Athletics Department collected by John Antonik, Director of New Media. Includes programs for the All-Sports Banquet (1951, 1954), the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame 14th Annual Induction Ceremony (2004), and other events. Photographs are black and white and date from the 1940s; subjects of photographs include WVU sports teams, World War II veterans attending WVU, Fred Schaus (WVU...

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Scrapbook of football team of West Virginia University. Includes 45 photographs formatted as prints or picture postcards. There are postcards of the game between WVU and Washington Jefferson College with the score of 7-0 in evidence, and one of WVU and Carlisle, indicating the 1917 season. Includes numerious identified portraits of players. There is one group portrait of the 1916 team.

Scope and Contents Collection of newspaper clippings regarding athletics at West Virginia University, primarily in the period of 1950-1980. Includes series of clippings regarding football, basketball, general athletics, and the athletics department. General athletics clippings include articles regarding baseball, cheerleading and the Mountaineer mascot, first nationally televised sporting event from West Virginia, non-revenue sports, racial integration, rifle team, and Title IX and women's sports, among other...

Overview Programs for West Virginia University football and basketball intercollegiate games. Football programs are scattered and incomplete in the range from 1940-2001, although there is a concentration for the 1961-1967 seasons; basketball programs are similarly scattered and incomplete in the range from 1950-2001, with the exception of the 2000-2001 season. Most programs are for individual games although there are a few guides for entire seasons as well. Miscellaneous items (box 1, folder 1)...