West Virginia -- Centennial celebrations, etc.

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A county-by-county collection of report forms, photographs, and histories of churches in existence for more than a century, assembled during the state centennial year.

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A metal motor vehicle license plate issued to commemorate the Centennial of West Virginia Statehood. The plate has yellow lettering on a blue background with "1963" where the plate number would usually be.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, financial records, and minutes of the West Virginia Centennial Commission from 1958-1964. This material was obtained for the Library by Festus P. Summers, commission member. Much of Dr. Summers' personal correspondence as a commission member is included. Correspondents include Don Crislip, Cecil H. Underwood, P.H. Price, Lyndon B. Johnson, Philip Conley, William D. Barns, Ross B. Johnson, Festus P. Summers, Robert L. Hogg, George More, Frances Krauskopf, Donovan...

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Correspondence to and from J. Arthur Butcher, Concord College, Athens, W.Va., relating to an appeal through newspapers by Mr. Butcher to collect historical data for the centennial in 1963.

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Collection regarding postage stamp commemorating the centennial of West Virginia statehood. See "Scope and Contents" for additional information, including an addendum.

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China plate memorializing the West Virginia Sesquicentennial. It measures 9 inches in diameter by 1 1/2 inches high. Its face is decorated with a state seal in blue and gold; its rim is ornamented with blue and gold trim. The plate was produced as a limited edition special design by the Homer Laughlin China Company of Newell, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents This collection includes broadcast recordings on cassette tapes, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, and other records and papers pertaining to West Virginia University Athletics Communications Office and their published works mainly regarding WVU football, men's basketball, and baseball. Cassette tapes include audio recordings of radio broadcasts of WVU men's basketball, women's basketball, and football games.Publications include media guides, score cards, and...

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Includes material regarding the centennial of West Virginia University (WVU). Includes mostly sound recordings; the collection also includes correspondence, notes, memos, and other material, including the files of Don Bond, Director of the Development Office, and the files of Charles Shetler, Curator of the West Virginia Collection, West Virginia University Libraries. Box 1 contains a copy of a WVU centennial edition of a Charleston Gazette newspaper magazine dated 2 February 1967.