Women -- Education
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Caro Louise Buffington, Two Scrapbooks and Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3628
Overview
Two scrapbooks, photographic portraits, and loose photographs kept by Caro Louise Buffington of Huntington, West Virginia. The Buffingtons were a prominent family in the history of Huntington. One scrapbook contains photographs and the other contains paper records, dating from 1913-1918. The photo scrapbook (7 in. x 9 in. x 2 in., 90 pages) contains snapshots dating from 1913-1917; locations of image content include Huntington, Parkersburg, and Charleston (Lick Branch Swimming Hole), West...
Dates:
1905-1940; Majority of material found within 1915-1918
Emma Boehler, Student, Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2857
Overview
Fifteen letters, from Emma Boehler to her sister, Louise and her mother and father in Morgantown, West Virginia. She writes from Powhatan College for Young Women, Charles Town, about her friends, classes and activities at school.
Dates:
1911
Lillian Waugh, Professor, Papers and Artifacts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4518
Scope and Contents
Papers, photographs, binders, artifacts, and newspapers belonging to Lillian Waugh, professor of Women's Studies at WVU and gender equality activist. This collection contains personal family photographs, correspondence, and research about Waugh keeping her surname after marriage. Protest and activism papers, photographs, and artifacts include assorted materials related to Waugh's involvement in the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) campaign, gender...
Dates:
1884-2021; Majority of material found within 1960-2018
Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute, Degree for Martha Brock
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2812
Overview
A.B. degree awarded to Martha Brock in 1861 by the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute in Morgantown, West Virginia. Degree is signed by the president and professors from the institute. This is an oversize item.
Dates:
1861
Storer College Administrative and Operational Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1322
Scope and Contents
Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes...
Dates:
1865-1960; Majority of material found within 1930s-1950s
Storer College Correspondence, Business Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2621
Overview
Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. Types of records include correspondence, business papers, photographs, memorabilia, issues of the Storer Record (the Storer College newspaper), financial records, scrapbooks, bulletins, minute books, newspaper and magazine clippings, diaries, motion pictures, and miscellaneous material. Includes records regarding the early years of the...
Dates:
1854-1964
West Virginia and Regional History Center, Video Recording of West Virginia Day Program
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5187
Scope and Contents
Unedited video recording, on DVD and original digital footage, of the West Virginia Day Program presented by the West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries' West Virginia & Regional History Center on June 20, 2014. The program, titled "Celebrating Two Hundred Years of Education in Morgantown," included three speakers, all WVU faculty: Dr. Barbara J. Howe, Dr. Lillian J. Waugh, and Dr. Connie P. Rice. The speakers were introduced by Dr. John Cuthbert, Director and Curator of the...
Dates:
2014
West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5048
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials from the West Virginia University Women’s Studies Center, now called the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. Materials include financial documents, organization records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, posters, and textiles. The earliest materials in the collection are letters from the first women to attend West Virginia University in 1885 prior to their admittance to the university in 1889. The latest materials include...
Dates:
1885-2002 and undated
West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5131
Overview
This collection contains materials from the West Virginia University (WVU) Women's Studies Program (WSP), Center for Women’s Studies (CWS), Council for Women’s Concerns (CWC), and Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS), mostly dated between 1974 and 2018.
The majority of materials relate to the growth and development of the CWS, particularly through events they hosted or supported, such as the Dickinson Symposium and the Women’s Centenary.
Dates:
1838-2018 and undated; Majority of material found within 1967-2018