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Libraries -- West Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Beth Toren, Librarian, Photographs of West Virginia University Libraries and Librarians

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4545
Scope and Contents

Assorted photographs, some with subjects identified, of West Virginia University's Wise Library, WVU librarians, and other library staff. Photographs depict a card catalog drawer, various events, interior and exterior images of Wise Library before the 2003 renovation, and one Stewart Hall exterior architectural feature of a reader.

Dates: circa 1990s-2000s

Clarksburg Public Library, Collector, Miscellaneous Historical Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1285
Scope and Contents

Subscription list of the Clarksburg Public Library, 1913-1922

Dates: 1913-1922

Wade Family Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2293
Overview

A scrapbook, kept by Fanny Isabella Wade Wallace, containing correspondence, post cards, and genealogical records of the Britton, Davis, Hursey, and Wade families of Clarksburg. There are obituaries of prominent West Virginians as well as news clippings and invitations to weddings and social events. There are also news clippings of local and American history.

Dates: ca. 1900-1950

West Virginia Library Association Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0715
Overview

West Virginia Library Association (WVLA) records, including correspondence, committee reports, treasurer's reports and records, executive board minutes, annual conference minutes, old constitutions and bylaws, membership records, financial records, and photographs. For descriptions of addenda, please see the Scope and Content Note.

Dates: 1914-2015

West Virginia Library Commission, Minutes

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1292
Scope and Contents

The West Virginia Library Commission was established in 1929 to develop and support libraries in the state. Meeting minutes document the services the commission provided and the issues that it faced from 1942 to 1958. Topics include budgets and financial issues, library extension services, staff positions, circulation and other usage statistics, conferences, field activities, and inventory and processing.

Dates: 1942-1958