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Morgantown (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 187 Collections and/or Records:

Morgantown Newspaper, "The Monongalia Gazette"

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4060
Overview

Two original issues of the Morgantown newspaper "The Monongalia Gazette", dated 9 June 1804 and 6 October 1809. This newspaper, which began publication in 1804, was the first to be published west of the Alleghenies. Both newspapers consist of four pages. The 1804 issue is complete, and is titled "The Monongalia Gazette, and Morgantown Weekly Advertiser". The 1809 issue is missing a small part of the second leaf (pages three and four).

Dates: 1804, 1809

Morgantown Post Chronicle, Industrial Edition, Special Edition of Newspaper

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4098
Overview

A special edition issue of the Morgantown Post Chronicle newspaper, referred to as an "Industrial Edition". This publication contains articles regarding prominent citizens and businesses and was intended to promote commerce. Pages 1-8 of the publication are missing.

Dates: 1913

Morgantown Post Office Scrapbook and Other Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3060
Overview Scrapbook and other records documenting the history of the Morgantown post office. Includes news clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and papers. Many clippings deal with postmaster appointments and changes in postal employee conditions such as pay raises and working hours. Many pictures and articles document the construction of the previous post office, now the Morgantown Arts Center, as well as the present post office. There are also clippings about natives of Morgantown serving in the...
Dates: 1907-1978

Morgantown Residential Photography, Glass Plate Negatives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4154
Scope and Contents Includes 28 glass plate negatives documenting subjects from Morgantown, West Virginia circa 1890-1910. Subjects include Morgantown homes owned by Captain Hatfield (corner of Spruce and Willey), J. H. Stewart, I. G. Lazelle, Rumsey, Dr. I. C. White, H. B. Allen. Miss Hattie Tennant (southeast corner of Spruce and Pleasant), W. P. Willey (background features Miss Hattie Tennant house), William H. Moorhead and Frank Cox (corner of Pleasant and Spruce Street), McDermott's Stables (Kirk Street),...
Dates: circa 1890-1910

Morgantown Rotary Club Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2157
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, minute books, attendance lists, financial statements, and clippings of the Morgantown Rotary Club from 1952 to 1969. Included are papers pertaining to the first World Affairs Institute, held in Morgantown in April of 1960. Most of the correspondence is from or to William A. Moreland, President of the club for most of the period.

Dates: 1951-1975

Morgantown Rotary Club, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1331
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, attendance records and reports, membership applications, financial records, printed materials, and minutes for the years 1937-1955. These archives consist primarily of the papers of Secretary J. Mason Bucklew.

Dates: 1918-1956

Morgantown Rotary Club Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1693
Scope and Contents

Additional archives. Minutes, 1956-1962, financial records, 1959-1961, membership records, 1961, general correspondence, 1959-1962, and other papers.

Dates: 1956-1969

Morgantown Rotary Club Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1491
Scope and Contents

Office files of the Morgantown Rotary club include correspondence, attendance and membership files, financial records, printed materials, scrapbooks, and the minute books (2 vols) of the Club's first two directors. There is a folder on a Morgantown traffic study.

Dates: 1918-1960

Morgantown Tailor's Account Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0535
Overview

Account book of an unknown tailor in Morgantown, West Virginia, from 1850 to 1856. Provides names of customers, a list of work completed, and fees.

Dates: 1850-1856

Mountain People's Cooperative Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2527
Scope and Contents

Includes co-op newsletters, circulars, promotional literature, business correspondence, discussions and decisions of the managing committee and daily operating notes from the workers of a Morgantown, West Virginia, grocery store. There are also editorials on liberation movements and trade unionism.

Dates: 1976-1978