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World War, 1939-1945 -- Monongalia County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Elmer W. Prince, Papers of a Morgantown Resident and City Official

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3130
Overview Items that belonged to Elmer W. Prince, Morgantown City Manager from 1933 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1966. The collection includes Prince's 1905-07 post card collection, a 1921 West Virginia University Bachelor of Science Degree in civil engineering, and two Morgantown budget statements, 1935 and 1937. There are also photographs, including images of Morgantown (1941) and several taken by Prince of post World War II France and Germany (1945-1946). Prince served as an army major during and after...
Dates: 1905-1967
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Matthew Massullo, Collector, World War II Ration Books and Newspaper Announcing Death of President Kennedy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4220
Scope and Contents

Collection includes memorabilia collected by Matthew Massullo, including six World War II ration books and one ration coupon issued in Monongalia County; a Morgantown newspaper announcing the death of President Kennedy in 1963; and one Fairmont newspaper with a headline about the West Virginia Centennial in June 1963.

Dates: 1942-1945, 1963
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Max Mathers Collection Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2386
Overview Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical...
Dates: 1821-1957
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia County Veterans Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2979
Overview

Mostly consists of cemetery readings, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, pension records of servicemen from Monongalia county.

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

West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts, Clifford Brown, Music Professor, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2820
Overview

Newspaper clippings, photos, brochures, and programs concerning the career of Cliff Brown, WVU music professor and bandmaster, and the conducting of musical education and programs at WVU. Noteworthy is a program for the dedication of the "E" flag, a military designated award for excellence in war production, to the Morgantown Ordinance Works during World War II.

Dates: ca. 1940-60
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center