West Virginia -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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