Morgantown (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:
Thoney Pietro, Contractor, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2836
Overview
Personal letters, business correspondence, account and time books, and Sons of Italy papers of Thoney Pietro, a member of the Morgantown contracting company of Pietro Brothers. An addendum (2004 January) includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers and historical documentation of Morgantown, WV. Notable are the map and blue print of the Pietro Castle grounds (later the Good Counsel Friary). Another addendum (2013 January) includes an accounting ledger,...
Dates:
circa 1867-1982
Vaughn L. Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3950
Overview
Historical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley,...
Dates:
1784-ca. 2010s; Majority of material found within ca. 1880s-2010
W. P. Shortridge, Personal Account Book
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2865
Overview
Account book containing personal financial records of W.P. Shortridge of Morgantown, West Virginia, 1940-1942.
Dates:
1940-1942
Waitman T. Barbe (1864-1925) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0831
Overview
Papers of the managing editor of the Parkersburg DAILY STATE JOURNAL, 1889-1895, editor of the WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL JOURNAL, and member of the English faculty of West Virginia University, 1895-1925. The collection includes manuscripts of Barbe's published poetry and unpublished short stories, correspondence, notes, speeches, class lectures, illustrations for short stories drawn by John Rettig, a scrapbook of clippings of reviews and correspondence relating to Barbe's book, GOING TO COLLEGE,...
Dates:
1884-1930
Walter and Osie Lewis Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2304
Overview
Papers of Walter Dix Lewis (1891-1958), a carpenter and facilities worker, and Osie Grose Lewis (1891-1979), his wife, of Morgantown, West Virginia. The collection is divided into six series: Series 1. Letters, 1908, 1923, 1934-1979 and undated; Series 2. Diaries, 1927-1957; Series 3. Cards, 1940, 1951-1979 and undated; Series 4. Financial and Legal Materials, 1927-1978; Series 5. Family Material, 1960-1974 and undated; and Series 6. Printed Material, 1931-1977 and undated. Collection also...
Dates:
1908, 1923-1979 and undated; Majority of material found in 1940s-1970s and undated
Walter and Osie Lewis Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3816
Scope and Contents
Papers of Walter Dix Lewis (1891-1958), his wife Osie Eleanor Grose Lewis (1891-1979), and their descendants. Includes correspondence (postcards, telegrams, letters), photographs, pay slips, sound recordings, motion pictures, and miscellaneous items.Series include:Series 1. Postcards; 1908-1985 and undated
Series 2. Letters and Telegrams; 1913-1946 and undated
Series 3. Photographs; circa 1890s-1996 (bulk undated)
Series 4. Walter Lewis Pay Slips;...
Dates:
1908-2006 and undated
Walter Brown, Letter Regarding Trip to Morgantown, (West) Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4004
Overview
Letter from businessman Walter Brown to his business partner Benjamin Coates regarding Brown's trip to Morgantown, (West) Virginia, dated 13 June 1848. Brown describes his visit to Morgantown on business, including meetings with local businessmen, taking orders for cloth goods, and establishing business relationships. Morgantown businessmen mentioned include Mr. Dering, William Lazier, Mr. Chadwick, and Isaac Stiles, as well as Jonathan Haman of Fairmont.
Dates:
1848
Warren E. Hall (1891-1969) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2131
Overview
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, sermons, radio addresses and a photograph of Warren E. Hall, a Presbyterian minister. The collection consists mostly of sermons; correspondence covers the early years, 1916-1926. The radio addresses were made in Michigan and Morgantown.
Dates:
1916-1969
Watson Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1815
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 57 letters (1795-1871) to or from Benjamin H., Henry, James G., James O., Rebecca D., and Thomas Watson; 3 land grants on sheep-skin (1787-1798) Monongalia County; 25 articles of agreement (1812-1875), manuscript; 4 manuscript wills or copies of wills (1852-1862); 32 surveys, maps, and plats of coal fields (1798-1892); 99 tax receipts (1807-1865), manuscript and printed forms; 44 receipts for clerking fees (1815-1845) manuscript and printed forms; 79 receipts, bills,...
Dates:
1798-1902
Watson Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1949
Scope and Contents
The collection includes manuscript materials (correspondence, land warrant, accounts, receipts, petition and will) and printed and typescript materials (invitations, broadside, newspaper and magazine clippings). Subjects of the various items include sale and survey of land; schools, churches, estates, comment on and description of agriculture, social and economic conditions in Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, Morgantown, Fairmont, and...
Dates:
1694; 1783-1878; 1926