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Morgantown (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:

Sylvia Soupart, Student, Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3229
Overview

Scrapbook of Sylvia Soupart, an early graduate of University High School. Much of it is about the early development of this school by West Virginia University including clippings about its first commencement. There are also photos and clippings about Morgantown's involvement in World War II.

Dates: 1928-1945

Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 2284
Overview A scrapbook and personal diary of Volney Andrews, one-time president of Local 175, covering the years 1938-1949. There is material on disputes over the legitimacy of the AFL and the CIO especially as it was reflected in state regional labor councils and jurisdictional struggles in West Virginia between the United Mine Workers of America and the Progressive Mine Workers of America. Also mentioned are political concerns such as elections, congressional investigations of labor and foreign trade...
Dates: 1938-1949

The New Dominion, Newspaper Published in Morgantown, West Virginia

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Collection Number: A&M 4153
Overview

20 July 1878 issue of "The New Dominion" newspaper of Morgantown, West Virginia and Monongalia County. This newspaper was published by J.E. Fleming and W.I. Morgan and contained articles of local and national interest.

Dates: 1878

Thomas P. Ray Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 0798
Overview

Copy of a diary of a Morgantown resident, with references to early merchants and public officials; the building of schools, churches, and business buildings; volume of river traffic; and roads and mail routes opened.

Dates: 1829-1852

Thomas Ray Dille Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0171
Scope and Contents Papers of a Morgantown attorney, genealogist, and antiquarian. There are several series of office files relating to Dille's law practice, and extensive correspondence regarding his historical and genealogical studies. Families for which there are genealogical compilations include Dille, Ray, Stewart, McFarland, Tennant, David Evans, and John Evans. Monongalia County birth and death records; cemetery readings; copies of wills and indexes of will books; names in real estate and appraisement...
Dates: 1781-1948

Thomas Ray Dille Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0191
Scope and Contents

Four notebooks of Col. John Evans family history prepared by Thomas Ray Dille; (maps of voting districts in Monongalia County) papers of the Monongalia County Historical Society; and copies of the constitution and charter of the York County (Pa.) Historical Society

Dates: ca. 1774-1939

Thomas Ray Dille Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0357
Scope and Contents Gift of the brothers and sisters of Thomas Ray Dille, lawyer, historian, and genealogist of Morgantown W.Va. This collection contains the family histories of the Dille, David Evans, and John Evans families, as well as the Ray, Stewart, McFarland, and Tennant families. Materials include five loose leaf volumes of cemetery records of Monongalia County; family records of Monongalia County, and family Bible records. Additional materials about the Forks of Cheat Baptist Church,...
Dates: ca. 1774-1939

Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2714
Overview Papers regarding Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969), a West Virginia University student who won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his services as a U.S. Army medic during the Vietnam War. He performed duties as a conscientious objector willing to serve. The microfilmed collection includes personal letters, programs, magazine articles, and other papers relating to his life and death. Most of the letters were written by Bennett, his parents, other relatives, and friends while Bennett was in the...
Dates: 1962-2003

Thomas Zinn, Collector, Papers and Collectibles

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Collection Number: A&M 3190
Overview Pictures and genealogical information on the Zinn and allied families, namely the Shafers, from France and Germany who eventually settled in West Virginia, particularly the line of George Zinn, a Revolutionary War veteran of Preston County. There are also two postcards of Williamstown, Wood County, West Virginia, and 108 photos of Morgantown, West Virginia, especially of the Farmers and Merchants Bank while C. Glenn Zinn was an executive, ca. 1742-1974. Addenda to the collection include: 1)...
Dates: ca. 1900-2005

Thoney Pietro Company Ledger

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Collection Number: A&M 4086
Overview

Ledger kept by the Thoney Pietro Company of Morgantown, West Virginia (1919-1920). The company was named for and partly owned by Thoney Pietro, an Italian immigrant, Morgantown resident, skilled stonemason, and building contractor. Records include the by-laws of the company, minutes of stock holder meetings, and stock transfers. For additional information regarding Thoney Pietro and his business activities, see A&M 2836.

Dates: 1919-1920