West Virginia -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Audiovisual Media Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4537
Scope and Contents
This is an artificial collection of audiovisual material collected by the Center. Formats include VHS, DVD, CD, U-matic, Betacam, and motion picture film. The collection covers a wide range of subjects, including material pertaining to West Virginia University (WVU) and material pertaining to the state in general. Material pertaining to WVU includes recordings of events such as retirement parties, commencements, symposia, speeches, and West Virginia Day celebrations; material from WWVU TV;...
Dates:
ca. 1975-2005, undated
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2208
Overview
Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, research notes, and other papers of a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Included are: his official as well as personal correspondence; notes for speeches; research notes, rough drafts and proofs for his published works on William L. Wilson and Johnson Newlon Camden; exams, outlines, and notes for classes he taught; material relating to the...
Dates:
1843-1971
James Morton Callahan, Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0115
Scope and Contents
Another manuscript given by Dr. Callahan is his "History of the Christian Church in Western Europe." The title is self-explanatory. The work demonstrates the result of careful research.5 boxes contain notes, letters and documents gathered from the time Dr.Callahan was a student at the Johns Hopkins University until the year of his retirement from West Virginia University. This work pertains to the development of these in American History, chiefly in the field of diplomacy;...
Dates:
1900-1947
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0821
Scope and Contents
This collection includes manuscripts, printed and newspaper materials collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. This collection includes papers concerning many phases of West Virginia History, although centered on Preston, Taylor, and Monongalia counties. Includes marriage licenses from Preston County, 1881-1947; newspaper clippings from Morgantown newspapers; a meeting invitation from the Monongalia...
Dates:
1880-1947