Monongalia County (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:
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
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0576
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West’s personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West. The...
Dates:
1774; 1780; 1830-1952
Rufus A. West, Collector, Records regarding West Virginia History and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0599
Scope and Contents
This collection includes manuscripts, printed materials, and newspaper clippings collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. Collection includes catalogues from West Virginia University for the years of 1882-1883 and 1892-1893; newspaper clippings from newspapers about Morgantown and West Virginia; Nuzum Family and Historical Society Annual Reunion program, 1946; and newspaper clippings about
Mr. West's...
Dates:
1870-1949
Samuel Hanway Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0570
Overview
Manuscript surveys and plats of land in Monongalia and Preston counties, West Virginia, by Samuel Hanway, county surveyor. There are papers showing acreage and owners; an early plat of Morgantown showing streets, lots and numbers; plat of courses of the Monongalia and Preston County boundary; maps of Monongalia and Preston counties, including a map of eleven tracts of land on Prichard and Whiteday Creek, Monongalia County, which notes the Morgantown-Clarksburg Road, Cratzer's Tavern, and the...
Dates:
1782-ca. 1818
Samuel T. Wiley (1850-1905) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1842
Overview
Letters, notebooks, scrapbooks, diaries, manuscripts, and memorabilia of a secondary schoolteacher in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and Preston County, and an author and local historian of Preston and Monongalia counties in West Virginia. The collection includes notes on history, orthography, new method arithmetic, two teachers report books of 1872-1885 and 1879-1880, teachers' certificates, a Wiley family genealogy, manuscripts on slavery, Odd Fellowship, public schools, after-dinner...
Dates:
1872-1905
Samuel W. Shingleton, Collector, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1158
Overview
Ledger, 1849-1851, of Samuel D. Thorn, a purveyor of groceries, grain, and whiskey from Thorntown, Monongalia County, West Virginia; and a Sunday school minute book, Mt. Morris Methodist Episcopal Church, Barbour County, 1848-1863.
Dates:
1848-1863
Sarah Jane Lough Civil War Letter regarding Confederate Activity in Morgantown
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0672
Overview
Letter dated 3 May 1863, written by Sarah Jane Lough of Morgantown, (West) Virginia to her brother Elza T. Lough, a private in the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Lough reports the entry of Confederate troops into Morgantown on 27 April 1863 and the Confederates' activities in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas during the following week. Subjects of note include the taking of horses and other property; a skirmish at Fairmont; spies passing through the town; and detailed accounts of...
Dates:
1863
Scott and Hess Families Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3564
Overview
Transcripts, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, bills of lading, and a legal notice regarding the Scott and Hess families of Monongalia County, West Virginia. The focus of the collection regards James Scott and his brother, David Scott, who was a major in the 118th Virginia Militia. The collection references the families from the 18th century to the 20th century. Transcripts include a land grant (1774) for James Scott (1742-1781), awarded for service in the French and...
Dates:
1910-1945
Scott Family Genealogy and Clothing
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0745
Overview
A family tree of the Major David Scott family and allied families, including the Hess, Chipps, and Pindall families. The family tree contains mention of war veterans as well as births, marriages, and deaths. There is an accompanying letter by Helen Wesp sent to her cousins requesting more detailed information about these family lines. Also mentioned in the letter is a Revolutionary War veteran of Monongalia County, Lt. James Scott. This collection also includes dresses, pants, and other...
Dates:
1941
Scotts Run Community Center Scrapbook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0652
Overview
Scotts Run Community Center scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, attendance statistics, and a survey of families. The survey documents families inhabiting the area, indicating their nationalities, religious affiliations, and number of children. The Scotts Run Community Center, known as 'The Shack,' was started in 1928 under the auspices of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Particularly active during the height of the Depression, its organized...
Dates:
1927-1938