West Virginia University - student letters.

Overview

Incoming postcards to Ethel Flesher Stewart (1890-1988) of St. Marys, West Virginia. The 20 postcards featuring images of West Virginia University (9 items) and Morgantown (11 items) are mostly from a correspondent named "James", a WVU student whose messages provide a snapshot of student life in the academic year 1908-1909. There are also postcards with images of St. Marys (8 items), Parkersburg (5 items), Sistersville (3), Mannington (3), Marshall College (2), and other localities (7).

Overview

Xerox copy of a letter home dated March 21, 1881, from a West Virginia University student to his mother and father, H.B. Tharp, in Ritchie County.

Content Description Fifteen letters from Bard M., a member of the West Virginia University (WVU) Cadet Corps, to Rebecca Putney (1895-1992) of Charleston, West Virginia. On evidence of stationary, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. There are also two letters to Ms. Putney from WVU regarding how to apply for admission. Notable information in the letters includes a description of the funeral of Lieutenant Colonel Richmond of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, train schedules to Charleston WV, and...

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...