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Scrapbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Anna Santore DeLancy, Student, Scrapbook Regarding West Virginia University

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5096
Overview Scrapbook of Anna Santore DeLancy (1911-2001), West Virginia University (WVU) student, class of 1934, and social worker at "The Shack" in Pursglove. Scrapbook includes: WVU Student Fee Card; WVU Freshman Handbook published by the Women's Student Government Association (1931-1932); advertisement for Non-Fraternity Student Body President; unidentified cyanotype; programs from the Nixon Theater, Pittsburgh, PA; WVU commencment program, 1934; WVU commencement invitation, 1932; autographs of...
Dates: 1930-1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Berlin B. Chapman, Compiler, Scrapbook

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Catherine Osborn Goff, Collector, Illustrated Autograph Book and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2105
Overview

Collection includes an illustrated autograph book of May Ellen Smith of Pruntytown, (West) Virginia, with entries from 1849-1856; a manuscript newspaper, 1879; and an empty scrapbook.

Dates: 1849-1879; Majority of material found in 1849-1856
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2413
Overview

Scrapbook titled LOOK TO THE WEALTH OF WEST VIRGINIA, containing layouts for ads prepared by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia.

Dates: 1962
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Collection of the Hulver Family and Baughman Settlement, Hardy County, West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4552
Scope and Contents The collection includes a wealth of information on the Baughman and Hulver families, and others who established the Baughman Settlement in the late eighteenth century. The collection spans from the antebellum Civil War era through World War Two. The collection includes correspondence, postcards, family photograph albums and assorted photographs, biographical sketches and family history, books, legal documents, receipts, certificates, and Confederate money. Also present are assorted...
Dates: 1800-2013, undated; Majority of material found within 1830-1950, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Emma Wickes Graham Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2468
Overview In 1931 Graham compiled this scrapbook as a class project at East Fairmont High School. Includes ten letters from West Virginia authors which narrate experiences in their lives. Correspondents are: Robert A. Armstrong, J.M. Callahan, John Harrington Cox, J. Frank Marsh, Elizabeth Davis Richards, Frank S. Townsend, Ella May Turner, Grace Yoke White, and Bettie Bush Winter. Also includes original copy of sheet music for the song "Farewell W.V.U. Farewell" with autographed photograph of...
Dates: 1931
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Folk Song Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1709
Overview

An 18 in. x 14.5 in. scrapbook of lyrics to American folksongs copied from turn of the century newspapers and magazines. Among the more than 1000 titles included are "Kentucky Belle", "Bonny Black Bess", "Life's Railway to Heaven", "The Blackberry Girl", "Robin Redbreast", and "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder".

Dates: 1890-1920
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Greener Hills Program Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2192
Overview

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings regarding the Greener Hills program of the West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service. The Greener Hills program stressed balanced grasslands farming and its importance for livestock raising in the state. The clippings provide information on various activities and programs of the Greener Hills program, including regional meetings, lectures, farm demonstrations, and publications.

Dates: 1951-52
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John E. Reed, Plant Encyclopedic Scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4560
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 153 handmade scrapbooks in which John E. Reed gathered and pasted newspaper and magazine articles, pamphlets, pictures, definitions, and handwritten notes about different plants. These scrapbooks are alphabetized by the botanical/scientific names of each plant, and the collection also includes four index books for reference. It also includes copies of two pages of correspondence between John Reed and William H. Witte with background about the scrapbooks (Box 1).

Dates: circa 1910s-1950s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center