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Morgantown (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 187 Collections and/or Records:

Mrs. J.D. Fletcher, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1073
Overview

Correspondence of Martha Brand Wolfe and Charles M. Wolfe, who operated a small farm at Morgantown. The papers include some old Monongalia County land deeds of Charles I. Brand; letters from evangelists Dr. R.E.L. Jarvis and Dr. Edward D. Fellers, together with letters of Mrs. Wolfe on religion. There are also Christmas cards, local news clippings, two Brand family autograph albums, family photographs, and a newspaper clipping book, 1881-1905.

Dates: 1857-1954

Nell Lanham Leonian (1892-1975) Papers, Typed Document

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2000
Overview

A Morgantown resident's account of her student years at West Virginia University and of experiences as a teacher at her alma mater and in southern West Virginia. Included is a history of the Bailey, Lanham, and Pepper families.

Dates: 1967

Oscar Wood, Glassworker, Typescripts of Poetry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1350
Scope and Contents

Two small volumes of verse composed by Oscar Wood.

Dates: 1960

Oscar Wood, Glassworker, Typescripts of Poetry

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1481
Scope and Contents

A typed volume of verse, "Lichen & [Moss]," by Oscar Wood, a retired Morgantown glass worker. Much of the verse deals with the Monongalia County area, its scenery, life, labor, and culture.

Dates: 1961

Panoramic Photographs Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4168
Overview Collection of over 110 panoramic photographs documenting soldiers and military camps, conventions and meetings, West Virginia University (WVU), businesses, railroads, family reunions, and more. Types of image include group portraits, landscapes, and building photographs. Conventions and meetings include the WV Delegates to Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Convention, the 13th Annual Meeting of the WV Dairymen's Association, the Democratic National Convention, the WV State...
Dates: 1890-2008; Majority of material found within 1890-1960

Pennsylvania and West Virginia Genealogies

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1788
Overview

Genealogy, family line forms, index, and a family chart of the Bear-Baer and allied families. Compiled by Earle E. Baer, Pittsburgh, PA. Several pages on the Swisher-Bush, and Smith Townsend families were compiled by L. Bush Swisher, Morgantown, and Townsend J. Smith, Tucson, AZ. Also includes the family lines of Bear-Baer, Boreman, Bush, Cook, Edwards, Jackson, Keller, Kurtz-Kurz, Newman, Pursglove, Sellers, Smith, Spencer, Stalnaker-Stelnaker, Steinaker, Watson, and Young-Jung.

Dates: 1944-1947, 1963

Perley Reed, Author, Poetry and Artwork

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Collection Number: A&M 1776
Overview The Marriage Certificate of Perley Reed and Elizabeth Dee Frost, telegrams recieved by Elizabeth and Perley, as well as newspaper clippings celebrating their engagment. Elizabeth's certificate of intitiation into The Delta Kappa Gamma Society in 1965. There are also 6 artworks by Reed, who was a hobbyist painter.The artworks are:Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau Oil on canvasboard, 30 x 24, 1966 A Soldier’s Farewell, Oil on canvasboard, 20 x 16, 1963 Matterhorn, Oil on...
Dates: 1922-1965

Postal Records of Morgantown and Uffington

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3342
Overview Includes one record book of money orders issued at the post office in Morgantown, West Virginia from September 1867 through April 1877. There are also four record books of 'Receipts and Payments' at the post office in Uffington, West Virginia from April 1922 through April 1944. Uffington record books document transactions involving postage stamp stock, incoming sales, stamps, canceled money order advances received, orders paid, as well as quarterly accounts. This collection also includes a...
Dates: 1867-1944

Price Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0492
Overview

Business and personal papers of Edward Price (1818-1907), William Edward Price (1856-1938), and other members of the Price family in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Included are birth and death records and newspaper clippings on the Price, McCue, and Lazzelle families, 1830-1945; and other papers centering on Morgantown and Monongalia County.

Dates: 1830-1945

Putney-Reed Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2876
Overview Correspondence, legal papers, photographs and genealogical records of the Putney-Reed family. The letters, which were exchanged between family members in California, Iowa and Kanawha Salines, West Virginia, primarily concern family affairs. There are also thirty-seven letters, 1858 - 1862, written by Emily Reed a student at the Woodburn Female Seminary in Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia), to her family describing student life, particularly the curriculum and her efforts to promote...
Dates: 1820-1899